As an emerging power, as an empire that had solved its internal problems and was ready to expand into the world, it was only a matter of time before the German Empire built its navy, and as a great power, could it not have a strong navy? Look at those predecessors, from the very beginning of Spain and Portugal to the current Britain, France and Russia, and then to the newly rising Germany and the United States, at this point in time, everyone will decide to build! This is not subject to personal will, whether it is Wilhelm II or the iron-blooded Chancellor Bismarck! This process is a must.

And now Bismarck, the chief consul of the Deutsche Group, is also worried about this, and he is ready to build a big building, but he has no goal yet! To say that playing strategy, domestic affairs, and diplomacy, Bismarck is at least at the level of the strongest king. But when it comes to the navy, even the German admirals haven't figured it out, how can he get a sweat outside the door? Although the direction has not been decided, according to the principle of strategic command of the gun, he already has a general direction, the scale of the fleet should not be too large, Germany is now very safe, the reinsurance treaty still exists, France does not dare to get along with Germany, Russia does not care about getting along with itself, Italy and Austria-Hungary are friends, and Britain and themselves are not enemies. The conditions were unprecedentedly good, and a large fleet did nothing for Germany except to put pressure on Germany and make others taboo!

And now, the iron-blooded prime minister did not have time to think about this strategic issue, because Hesner, the state secretary of the Imperial Navy Office, came to the prime minister's official residence and was reporting to the prime minister. He provided an approximate budget as requested by the Admiralty, and some of the above information caught the Prime Minister's attention.

"The budget for building ships in the Navy is a bit high. And the budget for armor in it seems to be somewhat outrageously high, and the manufacturers of armor in the empire have never quoted such a high price. Bismarck said, pointing to one of the rows.

"This is an offer from a new company called Bavarian Mechanical Design Bureau, and their offer is more than 50% higher than the offer made by other companies! I really don't know what they think, the Admiralty is not going to adopt their armor. Hesner said with some dissatisfaction.

"What is the quality of their armor?" It seemed that the Prime Minister did not want to dwell on the offer, but asked directly about the performance of the new armor.

"The steel armor of Baron Harlberg's company and other companies is stronger, but only limited." Hesner's words were very vague, causing the prime minister's brow to furrow slightly.

"So you mean, it's better to purchase armor from old manufacturers for new ships?" Bismarck asked.

"At least their prices are the most reasonable, and the quality of the old manufacturers is guaranteed after all." Hessner said lightly, as if the prime minister did not intend to dwell on this issue.

"Have you read the test report for this armor?" Bismarck asked.

"I've seen it!" Hessner said without hesitation.

"Okay then, tell me, how much did those armor manufacturers give you to speak for them?" Bismarck's eyes swept the other coldly, making the latter shudder.

"That's the limit of good? According to the description on this report, the performance of this armor is about twice as high as that of ordinary steel-faced iron armor! "The Prime Minister threw another document in front of him, and his muffled words were full of anger!" You have deceived the Empire for your own selfish gain! How bold you are! ”

"Your Excellency, listen to me." Hesner's face was pale, and he couldn't even speak!

"Wait until you get to court to explain! His Majesty the Emperor already knew about this, and he was very disappointed and angry with certain people in the Imperial Admiralty. The hand of some capitalists has been stretched too far! You'd better go back and think about your problems now. Then confess the accomplice in exchange for the mercy of His Majesty the Emperor. Bismarck did not want to listen to the explanation at all, and left the parlor after saying the last sentence.

"God, who is it that can make His Majesty the Emperor personally intervene in this matter? Wasn't this something that could have been done within the Navy in the first place? "Hesner still hasn't understood who he's offended! And the story of this incident started a week ago.

To be honest, the Bavarian **** Ludwig III has been in a very good mood recently, and the one that the baby son made is not armor at all, but a chicken that can lay golden eggs! According to the information provided by the attendants, he had a basic understanding of the profits of the world armored market, especially the German armored market, so to speak, relying on the excellent performance of the new armor. The factory opened by the Bavarian royal family can completely crush other competitors, and it is not difficult to even monopolize the armor of German ships! No one has trouble with money, so His Royal Highness **** is in a very good mood!

But when the letter sent by the Bavarian plenipotentiary in Berlin mentioned that the German Navy did not plan to buy the new products of the Bavarian Mechanical Design Bureau, which was wholly owned by the Bavarian royal family, His Royal Highness **** felt very puzzled, followed by dissatisfaction, and finally anger! Lao Tzu's things are so good, do you dare to do it? Bullying Lao Tzu is a foreigner? On performance, on cost-effectiveness, the new hardened armor directly throws the old armor out a few streets! You don't want to? This is absolutely not normal!

What should I do if this kind of thing happens to general manufacturers? Naturally, I was looking for a relationship to find a way, and I was looking for someone from the Admiralty to find a way, and by the way, stuff some red envelopes or something! But Bavarian Heavy Industry will not do this, His Royal Highness **** will not do this, the people in the Admiralty know me, I don't know him! What are those guys? Even if you talk about things, you can only talk to someone at the level of the Kaiser or chancellor.

And after the ****'s father knew about this matter, the old regent was also very angry, thinking that he had been insulted by those lowly guys in the Admiralty! The Bavarian plenipotentiary in Berlin was immediately instructed to ask the Kaiser about this. As the second largest state in the empire, the Kaiser naturally needs to intervene in this matter. So His Majesty the Emperor knew.

And it so happened that the nephew of Prime Minister Bismarck happened to go to Bavaria to serve as a representative of Prussia. (This is true, but the time may not be right in history.) And when visiting the Bavarian royal family, His Royal Highness ****, who was angry, asked in a very stern tone: "Why are the enterprises of the Bavarian royal family treated unfairly in Prussia?" Where is the dignity of the royal family? Is there corruption in the Imperial Government to the point where money can be used to buy everything? What the hell did Bismarck do? ”

These words were very serious, and scared the well-minted Mr. Earl enough. Where did this start, my uncle didn't offend this noble **** His Royal Highness, right? Is there something wrong? Then His Royal Highness **** brushed his sleeves away, leaving the head of the palace, Count Schelling, and the other party to tell all this in detail. Then that evening, the new deputy immediately reported the matter to his uncle. As a result, what Hulse originally thought was nothing big was stabbed to the top of the empire by the angry Bavarian royal family!

Now not only Hesner is thinking about what to do in the future, but the Prime Minister of the Reich and the Emperor of the Reich are also thinking about what to do! It's true that this is something that the Imperial Government has done inauthentically, well, it is the criminal actions of a small group of people in the Admiralty of the Imperial Government that tarnished the image of the Imperial Government. All those involved must be dealt with, that is for sure, and then it is necessary to think about how to repair the relationship with the Bavarian royal family.

Everyone is a royal family, and they will use their positions to make some money, which is a tacit thing, and the German royal family has shares in major shipyards and the Krupp factory. Therefore, the artillery of the army and navy bought Krupp's, which was equivalent to sending money to the royal family in a change of direction. You can't say that you Hohenzollern can do it, but I can't do it in the Wittelsbach family, right? Moreover, the Dongdong produced by other people's factories is really good, and it is not too much to say that it will contribute to the construction of the Imperial Navy, and if it is exported, it will also contribute to the Imperial Finances!

Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor directly ******** the future new warships of the Imperial Admiralty to purchase the new hardened armor of the Bavarian Mechanical Design Bureau, which was wholly owned by the Bavarian royal family. And the Wittelsbach family, who achieved their goal, also accepted it when they saw it, and didn't poke it out, everyone counted you as good and I was good, and it was over!

And our Prince Ruprecht didn't expect his first order to come so tortuously! But after learning about this incident, he had to sigh, his family is really powerful, it feels good to be an official businessman, no, it feels good to be an imperial businessman! When it makes sense, it's invincible, that's for sure!

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