Hearing that each Ice-class super dreadnought battleship with a main gun caliber of 432 mm costs 44 million No. dollars, and each Pegasus-class battlecruiser with a main gun caliber of 432 mm costs 41 million No. dollars, the emperor of the Noomi Empire, Edgru, still has a calm face, and does not feel any pressure because of the high cost of the Ice class and Pegasus-class.

The reason why the Noomi Empire was able to build seventy-two super dreadnought battleships and seventy-two battle cruisers at the same time was entirely due to the royal gold mine and the royal silver mine controlled by the Noomi royal family, or Emperor Edgru.

The Noomi Empire's royal gold mine, which has gold reserves of more than 100,000 tons, soared in gold production last year, and actually dug out 3,800 tons of gold, and this year, the royal gold mine excavated 3,000 tons of gold in the first eight months, and can produce as little as 4,500 tons of gold in the whole year.

The Noomi Empire's Royal Silver Mine, which has more than 3 million tons of silver reserves, produced 35,000 tons of silver last year, and this year the Royal Silver Mine is expected to produce about 40,000 tons of silver.

According to the price of gold and silver in the international market, last year's royal gold mine and the royal silver mine together contributed about 2.98 billion nood dollars to the Noomi royal family, that is, 298 million British dollars, and this year, the royal gold mine and the royal silver mine can contribute about 3.5 billion nouvenir dollars to the Noomi royal family, which is equivalent to 350 million British dollars.

You must know that the annual income of the Noomi royal family is not only the royal gold mine and the royal silver mine, but the financial department of the Noomi Empire also pays 400 million Noomi dollars to the Noomi royal family every year to support the various expenses of the royal family, and the Noomi royal family also has some other industries, which can also earn a lot of money for the Noomi royal family every year.

Compared with Penelope, the emperor of the Yingluoba Empire, who relied on years of accumulation of talents, the emperor of the Noomi Empire, Edgru, who was like an upstart, was more daring to invest in the navy.

After listening to the cost of the Ice Class and Pegasus-class, Emperor Edgrew nodded slightly and said to Prime Minister Julian: "Although in a short period of time, it is impossible for our Noomi Royal Navy to catch up with the navy of the Tang Empire, but I hope that our Noomi Royal Navy can surpass the Yingluoba Navy, now that the Admiralty has designed the Ice-class super dreadnought battleships and Pegasus-class battlecruisers, and after the construction of thirty-six Mist-class and thirty-six Kushima-class, seventy-two large docks have been vacated, Then let's build thirty-six Ice-class and thirty-six Pegasus-class ships in one go! ”

When Prime Minister Julian heard this, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to build thirty-six ice-class and thirty-six Pegasus-class ships at the same time, you will need three billion and sixty million yuan together, such a large amount of money ......."

Before Prime Minister Julian could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Emperor Edgrew waving his hand, "Don't forget that I am a person with mines, 360 million NOs is not much, before the end of this year, I can get these 360 million NOs together, if the Admiralty is in a hurry, I can first allocate 2 billion NOs to the Admiralty for the early construction of 36 Ice-class and 36 Pegasus-class." ”

Prime Minister Julian heard that Emperor Edgrew was willing to bear all the construction costs of the thirty-six Ice-class and thirty-six Pegasus-class, although his expression was much more relaxed, but his brows were still slightly furrowed, "Your Majesty, the navy can be described as a gold-swallowing beast, in addition to the high construction cost of warships, the fuel and maintenance of each warship is also a huge expense, and now our Noomi Royal Navy has fifty-two super dreadnought battleships, fifty battle cruisers, and ten dreadnought battleships only on the capital ship. Thirteen former dreadnought battleships and 27 ironclad battleships, plus nearly 1,000 warships of other types, will cost more than 1.3 billion yuan in military expenditure every year. ”

After a pause, Prime Minister Julian continued: "By June next year, thirty-six Tengyun-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six Seahorse-class battlecruisers will all join the sequence of our Noomi Royal Navy, and at that time, the military expenditure of our Noomi Royal Navy will increase to 1.4 billion Noomi dollars per year, which is a considerable burden on the finances of our Noomi Empire, after all, the finances of our Noomi Empire also need to be responsible for the military expenditure of 18 million army troops. ”

Emperor Edgrew pondered for a moment and said, "Starting next year, I will allocate 600 million yuan a year to subsidize the Royal Navy, and as for the Ice-class super dreadnought battleships and Pegasus-class battlecruisers, I will still fund the construction of thirty-six ships at the same time. ”

When Prime Minister Julian heard Emperor Edgru's words, he immediately showed excitement and said: "If Your Majesty can subsidize the Royal Navy with 600 million yuan a year, then even if the Royal Navy adds thirty-six Tengyun-class super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six Seahorse-class battlecruisers, there will be no problem with military spending." ”

Emperor Edgrew then said: "Prime Minister, I heard that the navy of the Tang Empire has excluded the former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships from the main fleet, so can our Noomi Royal Navy also mothballed some dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships to reduce military spending?" ”

Prime Minister Julian immediately shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the thirteen former dreadnoughts and twenty-seven ironclad battleships of our Noomi Royal Navy still have a certain combat effectiveness, and although the Datang Navy excludes all the former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships from the seven main fleets, the Datang Navy has scattered all the former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships into twenty-four garrison fleets. The Datang Navy, with two hundred and forty-five battlecruisers and one hundred and seven dreadnought battleships, and the main fleets of our Noomi Royal Navy, still need former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships to perform some tasks, just like the main fleet of the Yingluoba Navy still maintains the establishment of former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships. ”

Emperor Edgrew nodded slightly, "It's true that our Noomi Royal Navy can't be compared with the Tang Navy, but after our Noomi Royal Navy has enough super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, capital ships like the former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships will also withdraw from the main fleets, even if they are not mothballed, they must learn from the Datang Navy and assign the former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships to each garrison fleet." ”

Prime Minister Julian agreed: "With the commissioning of many super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers in the navies of various countries, capital ships such as former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships do not play a big role in the decisive battle of capital ships, and it is inevitable that they will be eliminated. ”

Next, Emperor Edgrew asked Prime Minister Julian about the situation of the Noomi Royal Army and the Noomi Royal Air Force, and Prime Minister Julian also gave Emperor Edgrew a general introduction.

At present, the total strength of the Noomi Royal Army is as high as 18 million, imitating the establishment of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Army of Sharad, forming 180 infantry divisions, each infantry division is about 100,000 people, most of which are also equipped with tanks and armored vehicles designed and produced by the Noomi Empire itself.

The arsenal of the Noomi Empire, with reference to the Renault FT-17 light tank and the 2C heavy tank of the Tang Army, designed and produced a light tank, a medium tank and a heavy tank, and now these three tanks together have been equipped with more than 800 tanks in the Noomi Royal Army, and by the end of this year, the number of tanks in the Noomi Royal Army will reach more than 1,200.

There are two types of armored vehicles designed and produced by the Noomi Empire, and thousands of these two armored vehicles are now in service with the Noomi Royal Army.

The Royal Air Force of Noomi has also been equipped with more than 500 fighters, including two fighters and one bomber, but the performance of these three fighters is very average, fighters, camel fighters and Ilya Muromets heavy bombers, all of which are lagging behind, let alone the Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters and Junker-88 dive bombers equipped with the Datang Air Force.

Emperor Edgrew frowned and said to Prime Minister Julian: "When will better fighters and bombers be designed?" It can be seen from the last war that the Air Force will play a very big role in future wars! ”

Prime Minister Julian hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, our Noomi Empire is weak in the research and development of aircraft engines, because there is no better aircraft engine, so it is impossible to design and produce fighters with better performance. ”

"Is it possible to get the design drawings of aircraft engines from the Tang Empire?"

"Your Majesty, through the efforts of our intelligence department, we have indeed set up a line within the Tang Empire, but the other party has a very high price, and the design drawings of the two aircraft engines are priced at 150 million Tang Yuan, which is 150 million Yuan Yuan."

"The question of price is good, is there enough value in the aircraft engine design drawings provided by the other party?"

"Your Majesty, the aircraft engine design drawings provided by the other party are the engine design drawings of the Lucky Bird fighter and the Iron Eagle bomber, if our Noomi Empire has these two engines, we can design fighters and bombers with very good performance, but the other party's asking price is too high, 150 million yuan is enough to build five Kuaima-class battlecruisers with 381 mm guns."

Emperor Edgrew thought for a moment and said, "150 million Nou dollars is indeed a bit high, but those two aircraft engines are very important to the development of our Noomi Royal Air Force, so I will pay for it!" In addition, this line should not be broken, maybe it will be useful in the future, and I am willing to bid 150 million yuan, and I also have this consideration. ”

Although the money was paid by Emperor Edgru, Prime Minister Julian felt very distressed when he used 150 million yuan to buy the design drawings of the two aircraft engines, "Your Majesty, do you want the intelligence department to bargain with the other party again?" ”

Emperor Edgrew smiled slightly, "Prime Minister, in terms of spending money, you are not as good as me, money is for spending, I feel that I can use 150 million yuan in exchange for the design drawings of two aircraft engines, and I can maintain a good relationship with each other, it is still very worthwhile!" ”

Prime Minister Yuli couldn't help but complain secretly: If the royal family's royal gold mine and the royal silver mine can be assigned to the Ministry of Finance, he will definitely be more free and easy than Emperor Edgrew in terms of spending money.

Of course, Prime Minister Julian didn't dare to say this, "What Your Majesty said is very true, the minister is by no means inferior to Your Majesty in terms of spending money, since Your Majesty agrees, then the Minister immediately let the intelligence department contact the other party." ”

"I'm a little curious, who is the other party?"

"Your Majesty, who is behind the other party, our intelligence department has not figured it out, but the person who is on the line with our intelligence unit is a colonel of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire."

At present, in the three armies of the Tang Empire, the military rank system has been fully implemented, and the officers are marshals, generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, brigadier generals, colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, captains, lieutenants and second lieutenants, non-commissioned officers have three levels, including sergeant, sergeant and corporal, and soldiers have two levels, including senior soldiers and privates.

After the Tang Empire implemented the military rank system, many countries in the world began to follow suit, including the Noomi Empire, as well as the other six countries of the original Seven Nations Alliance.

Emperor Edgrew heard that the intelligence department of the Noomi Empire had contact with a colonel, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, according to the establishment of the Tang Empire, the army colonel is at least a regimental officer, and the commander of the main force regiment under the main division of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire is basically the rank of colonel.

Emperor Edgrew asked with some eagerness: "Can you be sure that the army colonel of the Tang Empire is there any other people behind him?" ”

Prime Minister Julian affirmed: "After the intelligence department's analysis of the colonel of the Tang Imperial Army, there must be a higher status person behind him, and there may even be a huge interest group, he is just an agent who has been pushed to the forefront." ”

A gleam flashed in Emperor Edgru's eyes, "Since our Noomi Empire is ready to support the reorganization of the Seven Nations Alliance, then we will definitely fight with the Tang Empire on the battlefield again in the future, and this line found by the intelligence department may play an unexpected role in the war." ”