"Welcome to the Kingdom of Bavaria, Mr. Werther!" As Russia's envoy, Count Witte was fully qualified to be greeted by Prince Ruprecht himself. The prince www.biquge.info very disliked Werther as a person, he was shrewd and capable, calculating, and had a good view of the overall situation, and was a very difficult opponent, plus some of the things he had done. The prince could feel his malice towards Germany. However, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and malice is malice. Just bring a large amount of gold rubles to the earl, and the prince will greet him with a smile!

"You should already know the artillery and ammunition we are going to buy, and our representative and yours should have already agreed on these issues, right?" After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Count Witte said.

"That's right, all the artillery and machine guns disposed of in stock are sold at 8% of the original price. The shells are sold at a price of 6 to 7 percent depending on the year, and the freight is paid by the return country, and we are responsible for transportation. The price of the new weapon is sold to you at a price not higher than 110% of the Prussian purchase price. You can pay in rubles, grain, minerals, etc. The prince nodded. These things have been negotiated before, but what does Werther have to make a special trip to do?

"We wanted to buy some special equipment, such as heavy artillery tractors, cars, preferably vehicles that could move in harsh terrain. Before that, we had bought some heavy trucks and cars in your country, and I have to say that the price and performance of these vehicles are very good, better than those in Britain and France, but it seems that we are still a little short of our requirements, and the payment methods are still the same as before. Count Witte said.

"I need a car." The prince suddenly realized. Now Russia must buy a car to use it in the Far East, but in the Far East, can you run a car? Also, what's the matter with that so-called payment method? Are the Russians going to exchange wheat for cars? Just like the later Malaysia used palm oil for tanks?

"But the new vehicles are not the same as the old weapons, the latter is not needed by us, and the former is also in demand in our country, every year, the Munich car factory produces at least 400 trucks of more than 1.5 tons, but even so, it still cannot meet the domestic needs, and the second truck production plant we built in Nuremberg has not yet been put into production. The order for the production of vehicles in Munich has been scheduled for two years, so it is impossible to exchange grain and minerals at the same prices as before. The prince shook his head and said.

Bavarian cars sell well, family cars sell well, and trucks seem to sell even better! The former sold well largely because the pomp and circumstance of the 16 cars on the prince's trip to Vienna was too high! The German aristocracy, especially the Junker manor owners in North Germany, suddenly found themselves simply out, the car was much taller than the horse-drawn carriage, comfortable to sit on, fast and fast, and the most important thing was a symbol of status and status!

And when the Kaiser learned about this, he thought that as the ruler of Germany, he should have a more respectable convoy than the prince! After learning about the pomp and circumstance of the prince's 16 cars, the Kaiser decisively ordered 32 cars for himself! Is 32 cars a lot? Think about the emperor's huge family, his wife and younger brother sometimes need it, right? You also need to pretend to be a foreign guest, right? Of course, the most important thing is to stand out your position, so doubling the number is a must!

As for the popularity of trucks, it is entirely because of the support of the Kingdom of Bavaria! Each truck kingdom gives a subsidy of 2000 marks! What is this concept? Before World War I, the additional allowance of a German submarine sailor was only 1 mark per day, while the maximum number of officers was only 5 marks, and many high-ranking engineers were ...... to serve as soldiers in the submarine force for the allowance. Just by virtue of this subsidy, the cars produced by the Munich Automobile Factory are more economical than horse-drawn carriages, even if they are used for civilian use!

For this, the Kingdom of Bavaria spends about 800,000 to 1,000,000 marks a year! "Are you crazy?" When the prince's grandfather saw the subsidy statement for heavy-duty trucks for the first year, the old man, who had always been very kind, scolded his precious grandson for the first time! This 1 million marks is gone? You can't spend money like this! The wages of all the workers at the Munich car factory don't add up to 1 million marks, right?

This is actually true, a skilled worker in Germany earns about 1,000 marks a year. One million marks is enough to employ 1,000 people, while the Munich car plant now has less than 900 front-line workers, less than ......

"Dear grandfather, don't be angry, in fact, we did not lose, first of all, the royal family is the largest shareholder of the automobile factory, and after each car is sold, we can share a profit of about 3,000 marks. We're just making less. ”

"Secondly, although we have suffered a loss in car sales, but now all the gas stations in Bavaria, as well as most of the car repair shops, repair shops, oil, tires and other related enterprises have royal shares, only the car is used more, we can make money, we just change the profit. Relying on these enterprises, our annual income can basically wipe out our subsidies. The prince explained.

If everything were as it was in history, it would have been too difficult for the German automotive industry to develop. As an emerging industry, as an industry that is not very competitive, give them some support to grow, is 1 million marks a lot? It's only 50,000 pounds, and for the current prince, the diamond mine earns more than that! In order to win at the starting line, this investment is completely worth it, not to mention, the prince also earns a lot from other aspects.

And now the effort is still rewarded, with the support of a large amount of funds, the rapid development of the Bavarian automotive industry, in just 3 years, has successfully developed a maximum cargo capacity of 5 tons of trucks, and if you count the half-track trucks that are being tested, then the load capacity will be higher, and in the field of engines, has made a 150 horsepower diesel engine, and 120 horsepower gasoline engine. The latter can be used as an aero engine instead. At present, this achievement is enough to overwhelm Britain, France and the United States, after all, their country's automobile industry does not have such strong support.

And because of this, the Russians decided to buy vehicles from Bavaria.

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