Cole smiled: "General Liu, I'm just afraid that I'm going to disappoint you, this time it's really difficult for us to meet your requirements, three years, I think the Krupp Group should be able to build six advanced warships, but don't forget, now our relationship with Britain and France is becoming more and more rigid, and our country also needs enough navy to deter Britain and France, so we may only be able to provide you with four warships, no matter how much you can afford now, I hope your country can understand." [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]”

Liang Cheng and Liu Buyun forgot each other and nodded at each other: " That's four warships, just four warships, but these four warships hope to shorten the delivery time, and they also know that now the Tsarist Russian Taipingyan fleet has been reorganized, gathering the elite forces of the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea fleet, the Republic of China is facing a great threat, and at the same time, Japan will give the British Empire to all eight warships, all of which have been robbed of the past, and now the strength of the United Fleet can even dominate Asia, and once a war breaks out, the two need to know clearly that your country's economic interests in the Republic of China will be greatly threatened, and may even change hands! ”

As an officer who retired from the German Army, Kohl has the iron-blooded spirit of German soldiers in his bones, and the concept of hierarchy is even more serious, and now he heard that Liang Cheng and Japan and Russia may attack Germany's interests in the Republic of China, so that Germany's investment in the Republic of China was all in vain, and he stood up from his seat in a flutter.

Cole snorted, "How dare you! What other country in the world dares to touch the property and interests of the German Reich! England can't do it, let alone Tsarist Russia and little Japan! Mr. Liang can tell Mr. Zhang Jianzhi, if Russia and Japan really dare to start a war, the German Empire will definitely not sit idly by! ”

Liu Buyun said in a deep voice: "Mr. Cole, as the commander-in-chief of the navy of the Republic of China, I am very grateful for your remarks, only you can see that now the Tsarist Russia Siberian Railway is stepping up construction, once it is completed and opened to traffic, in just one month, Tsarist Russia can transport two or three hundred thousand army elites to the Far East, plus the original military force of the Far East, I am afraid that it will be close to 400,000 troops, this is not alarmist, if only Tsarist Russia can deal with it, but now Japan is also ready to move, if the two countries join forces again, this will not be able to compete......"

Corifin: "General Liu, don't worry, the German Empire will not sit idly by for such a major matter, if the war really happens, once Tsarist Russia mobilizes the Western Front troops, it will launch a fierce offensive on the Western Front of Tsarist Russia at the first time, and at that time, it will definitely not be able to withstand the offensive of the elite army, two or three hundred thousand elite army?" We can't even send out 100,000 troops! I want to make an idea in Daqing Youtian and Fengtian to make you die of this heart! ”

Liu Buyun nodded: "Of course, we have no doubts about the elite combat power of the German Imperial Army, we only hope to improve our strength as soon as possible, if one day your country faces difficulties, our Republic of China can also help you, if it is really difficult for your country to assist you in purchasing enough warships, I hope your country can send a group of engineers to Fengtian to assist you in setting up an advanced shipyard, and you will build warships by yourself......"

Corry replied: "This matter needs to be reported to His Majesty the Kaiser before I can give you a clear answer, General Liu hopes that His Majesty the Kaiser will request through you." ”

Liang Cheng replied: "Okay, then I will wait for your news with General Liu." ”

The two of them said goodbye from the German legation and went straight to the presidential palace to meet Zhang Yi, and they reported to Zhang Yi about the meeting.

Zhang Yi frowned: "It's okay, it's true that the German Navy is not very strong, and it really can't give you too much assistance, and the four warships will contact the U.S. Minister Tian Xiali for the purchase of warships, and the Americans advocate the spirit of commercial freedom, and they only recognize economic interests, which are nonsense, so you might as well raise the price a little, as long as our warships are purchased back, we will need to purchase warships in the next ten years." ”

Liu Buyun nodded: "I think the Germans proposed to let us assist some shipbuilding engineers in order to establish our own shipyards, which is of great benefit to our own development and production of warships, and we think that shipyards must be started, and we can't always be choked by the big powers to live!" ”

Zhang Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Zixiang has done the right thing about this, but it will take a lot of energy for us to start from scratch and rebuild, so we can directly purchase a shipbuilding company and then move to Dalian to prepare our new shipyard on the basis of this, which should be more convenient!" ”

Liu Buyun shook his head: "It is too difficult to purchase Jianzhi Shipyard, and almost every large shipyard of the Western powers has a total value of tens of millions of taels of silver or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver, which is simply not at all the economic strength that can be eaten now, even if it is eaten, it must be digested**, every shipyard engineer and skilled worker is more than thousands, it is impossible to relocate all of them to Dalian, it is too difficult, and it involves a country, at all, almost any country will agree to the sale." ”

Zhang Yi was stunned, but thought that the investment of tens of millions of taels of silver was indeed too big, and it was impossible for the Republic of China to invest all the funds in a shipyard.

Zhang Yi asked, "Brother Zixiang, what do you do?" If they build a steamship factory on their own, they will start too slowly, and they will catch up with the shipyards of the great powers, and I don't know when it will take. ”

Liu Buyun pondered for a moment: "There is still a way, but there is also some difficulty, I don't know what the final result is?" Zhang Yi replied: "Let's go through it together and see if it can be done." Liu Buyun said in a deep voice: "Then buy Li Zhongtang's hands Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, rely on the current personnel, technology and equipment of Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration to achieve a leap in shipbuilding capabilities!" ”