Chapter 493: Since You Can't Defeat, Let's Be Friends!
"In addition, in fact, there is another very important thing for me to come this time, His Majesty the Emperor hopes that Bavaria can reach a certain understanding with the Prussian industry, you have been fighting for ten years, if you can work together, the empire will have a lot less trouble. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Prince Heinrich said after a moment's thought.
"That's a lot of content." The prince pondered for a while and said.
Ruprecht suddenly understood a little, he contacted Prince Heinrich with the idea of trying it out, but in fact, the prince did not have much hope for this matter, Prince Heinrich himself had a military position, and he was the younger brother of Kaiser Wilhelm, with a high status, although this time he nominally came by to take a look, but the prince was not sure that the other party would definitely accept the invitation. When Prince Heinrich happily agreed, the prince still couldn't believe it, after all, a letter was done, which was a bit scary in terms of efficiency.
Now the prince understands that Prince Heinrich has come here with a mission to send a message to the prince, after all, the two sides have been a little stiff in the bidding for the first batch of dreadnoughts. If the two sides continue to concede and do not give in, the final result is likely to be two systems in one country, if the Bavarian Legion was built by the kingdom itself in history, but the supply and logistics system can still be seamlessly connected with Prussia, then this plane, one country and two systems have appeared. And the Kaiser clearly wanted to bridge this divide.
But unfortunately, there is no way to bridge the gap, Bavaria has money and independent military power in peacetime, and the Kaiser cannot ask Bavaria to use Prussian equipment. Moreover, with the union of the prince and Princess Mary, the Bavarian military and the Austrian military became closer, and many of the equipment of both sides adopted the same specifications, which made it even more difficult for His Majesty the Emperor to start.
At the same time, His Majesty the Emperor also realized that Bavaria could indeed produce a lot of good things, so he thought that if the industrial enterprises of Bavaria and Prussia were integrated, then the problem of both armament specifications and production of high-quality products would be solved. In the emperor's opinion, isn't the prince just for money and army equipment. So if you do it together, Bavaria can get a lot of it. Why not?
This was especially true recently, when the Kaiser visited the armored vehicles produced by the Krupp company. Krupp accused Bavaria of making tracked vehicles a wasteful and useless thing, while Krupp, who had no experience in vehicle development, built a small tank of his own. As a result, there were a lot of problems, not to mention the performance, at least the Kaiser was absolutely not satisfied with this guy who ran off 2 wheels in the experimental site, and after a big rage, the Kaiser finally decided to match the Prussian industrial giants and Bavaria.
"Well, we can consider this, but we must extend an olive branch to the other party first." The prince thought for a while and said, this is not just a matter of face as a kingdom, when the two sides are at loggerheads, whoever speaks first will suffer! When it comes to the issue of interests, the prince naturally can't back down easily.
"So, you agree in principle?" Prince Heinrich asked.
"After all, we are all for the Empire, and there is nothing we can't talk about. And I'm not just a businessman. The prince thought for a moment and said. Bavaria does not have a complete industrial system, and among other things, all the engines used in the experimental vehicles were from the MAN company. Rheinmetall also supplies a large number of components to the Bavarian military plant. Most of the electrical appliances come from Siemens. The prince has been arrogant until now, and he has been able to kill Krupp repeatedly, largely because of the help of such a group ......of Prussian teammates.
Unite the majority and fight against a very small minority, this thing, the prince understands very well, so, while fighting against some of the Prussian military-industrial enterprises led by Krupp, the prince also dispersed some of the corner products or products with lower returns to other Prussian enterprises. For example, Rheinmetall is now supporting Bavaria in the production ......of bearing components. And then the parties are negotiating a project for the production of new torpedoes.
"Well, then, someone will take the initiative to contact you, and I am sure that His Majesty the Emperor will be very satisfied with this, and in this case, your submarine proposal may be passed soon." Prince Heinrich said happily.
And at the same time, Gustav. Krupp stopped in front of a villa that he did not want to enter, because the owner of the villa was Heinrich, the founder of Rheinmetall, the main competitor of the Krupp Group in the arms industry. Lehard!
Historically, Krupp occupied most of the market share of the German naval and army artillery in World War I, while Rheinmetall monopolized the production of machine guns and a large number of artillery shells. And this plane Rheinmetall is even more powerful than the original, and when Krupp's business has shrunk on a large scale, Rheinland's share in machining and other fields continues to expand, of course, this must be indispensable to Bavaria's "help".
But this time, he had to go in again, because it was not only Lehard who was waiting for him in this villa, but also Arnold, the contemporary head of the German electrical giants Siemens family. Siemens. The latter dominates in a number of areas. Both economically and politically influential, and it is said that this meeting, which was held at the behest of the Kaiser, made Gustav have no choice but to accept it!
"People say that Krupp developed under the patronage of the Kaiser and started from politics, and I do not deny the traditional friendship between the Krupp family and the German imperial family, but I must say that Siemens is a real giant who combines politics." Gustav remembered what his father had said to him.
Long before the official establishment of Siemens, the Siemens family used their position as telegraph consultants for the Prussian army to obtain the rights to lay the line from Berlin to Frankfurt and the Rhineland, and also participated in the line laying activities from London to Calcutta through a public relations operation of the British government.
And historically, after the Russo-Japanese War, there was also a Siemens bribery incident. This incident even involved the famous Yamamoto Gonbei, who resigned directly not long after becoming prime minister...... Therefore, the relationship between Siemens and the government is much more than that of Krupp, and it is much wilder! As for bribery, in the 21st century, Siemens is still playing!
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