Chapter 237: Zheng Hongkui's Weapon List
It is said that Australians have arrested a lot of people in the past two days, at least about 50 people, and there are red-haired people, what is the Australian old man doing. Is it true that www.biquge.info are so sensitive to those technologies?
Could it be that technology is really so important, are they making some fuss and deliberately taking this opportunity to exclude dissidents, it should not be an internal struggle of others?
Various speculations appeared in Zheng Hongkui's mind, but none of them were correct, Australia was indeed carrying out a spy arrest operation, but because of this operation, Wu Zhengdao, who was originally going to negotiate with them, was also delayed for a few days.
"Minister Wu, this is our shopping list, and we hope to form a long-term alliance with Australia."
Zheng Hongkui was as direct as ever, and handed the list directly to Wu Zhengdao, which was impressively written on the number of artillery they needed, as well as the number of ships to be transformed.
The business of transforming into a steam merchant ship is currently only carried out for the Dutch, but Australia does not have a clear rule that the Zheng family cannot be transformed, but the difference between the steam merchant ship and the military is not much different, one is that the Zheng family has always been Australia's false enemy.
Whether the Nanming regime can be supported in the future, whether it will be resisted, the Zheng family is the key, this largest local separatist regime, once the power is too large, then it will be a threat to the Nanming regime.
Therefore, the Australian government is very cautious about all matters of the Zheng family, and everything needs to be approved by the National Security Council before it can be decided.
This time, the Executive Committee and the National Security Committee discussed their intention to form an alliance, believing that the Zheng family was just a local force, and an alliance with him would have a certain impact on the future Southern Ming court.
But at the same time, there is another problem, if the alliance with the Zheng family is very helpful to expand the market in Japan, combined with the current situation, everyone thinks that the alliance within a certain range is still acceptable.
Of course, this scope is defined by the Executive Committee, and according to the idea of the Executive Committee, Wu Zhengdao is currently in contact with the Zheng family's uncle and nephew.
Looking at the list, Wu Zhengdao didn't know what to say, this list must be difficult to pass, and the number of guns far exceeded the number set by the National Security Committee.
Australia has strict restrictions on arms exports, so it is unlikely that so many weapons will be exported.
"Lord Zheng, the quantity of this weapon, I can tell you, has exceeded the annual export limit of the national government, so you want so much, it is definitely not okay, and this artillery, which belongs to the national defense weapon approved by the National Security Council, every export must understand its purpose clearly, to ensure that it will not be used against Australia."
Although there are so many lists, Zheng Hongkui also knows that he will definitely not buy so much, but what he didn't expect was that the Australians were so strict about arms export management, which he didn't expect, but everything can be negotiated, just to see what kind of benefits he can come up with.
The Netherlands and Spain have taken out a piece of land to reach an alliance with Australia, so what the Zheng family can do is the Japanese market, and the Zheng family has a number of shops in Japan, and they only need to be able to come up with some benefits to share with Australia, and it is estimated that they will cooperate with the Zheng family.
"Minister Wu, this is the sincerity we gave for the alliance, you can take a look."
The Zheng family really wants to form an alliance with Australia, and they are willing to share all the Japanese markets and the docks they can use there with Australia, this condition is indeed big enough, but for the Australian Navy that has been armed, Japan's door is open, and there is no defense at all, as long as you want to bombard him at any time.
If you think about it this way, then the conditions of the Zheng family are actually not high, but in addition to having absolute hegemony on the sea, the Zheng family also controls the export of tea along the coast of Fujian, and these things can actually be exchanged, as well as the power of Dayuan Island.
"The Japanese market is indeed attractive enough, but Lord Zheng, you should know that Japan, a small country, as long as the Australian Navy is willing, can directly bombard the country and open up the Japanese market."
Wu Zhengdao is very confident that for the navy, perhaps they are more willing to use force to solve problems, and most importantly, they can train the navy's combat capability.
"Well, we know that Australia has this ability, but war always requires casualties, compared to the peaceful acquisition of the Japanese market, I think which one is more worthwhile, Minister Wu must have a good idea."
After all, compared with the means of war, being able to rely on peaceful means to obtain the market will greatly reduce losses.
If the Australian Navy wants to fight, it first needs to mobilize ships to move, and logistics and supplies must keep up, and these things together can be said to determine the operation of the Australian Navy.
At this time, whether the Executive Committee will use war to gain the market, I am afraid that the support rate will not be too high, after all, for the Executive Committee, the serious lack of funds is the biggest problem.
Wu Zhengdao nodded, indicating that Zheng Hongkui was right.
But if you want to take one of these conditions alone to form an alliance, it is not enough, you must take out the interests of Dayuan Island and transfer the interests of Dayuan Island into the hands of Australia.
The Zheng family has a certain sphere of influence on Dayuan Island, but with the entry of the Dutch and the Spaniards successively, their control is not too strong, and it is not impossible to give up this place.
As for the transformation of ships, this is not possible at present, Australia needs to observe, in one is that the shipyard does not have enough time to transform, in addition to building ships, there are many merchant ships that have not been rebuilt, so it is impossible to agree to them.
In fact, there is not much hope for the Zheng family to transform the ship, after all, they all know the importance of this technology, and it is probably not so simple to get the consent of Australians, in one case, Australians have had unpleasant friction with the Zheng family, and they did not trust the Zheng family so quickly.
Taken together, this shows that they will never provide this technology to the outside world so easily.
Australia is quite cautious even with the Netherlands, and will be even more cautious with them after the espionage incident, after all, a potentially powerful opponent is Australia's biggest threat.
If you want to remove this threat, you must first guard against the Dutch, so you must take more precautions against the potential threat of the Zheng family, otherwise it is very likely to cultivate multiple opponents for yourself in the future. (To be continued.) )