Just one day later, the ministers of various countries in Beijing were received by Guo Ye. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Ministers from Britain, France, Spain, the United States, Austria-Hungary, Portugal, Tsarist Russia and other countries rushed in and entered the Qianqing Palace to congratulate Guo Ye.

After receiving the congratulations, it was time for some ministers to meet privately.

The British Minister Fitley said to Guo Ye: "Your Majesty, I am entrusted by Queen Victoria and Earl Bit to ask you about the intention to sell the Gatling heavy machine gun, if your country is willing to sell the heavy machine gun to the British Empire, it will be a great beginning of the friendship between Britain and China!" ”

The French Minister Jabucci and the American Minister Montello also said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have also been entrusted by the Prime Minister and the President of the country to inquire about the sale of heavy machine guns......

Guo Ye smiled and said: "The heavy machine gun is a strategic weapon today, compared to the deterrent power of heavy artillery, it is not bad at all, especially in defense, it can give the enemy the greatest lethality, such a weapon, if you want to get us to sell, but it is not so easy to ......."

"That's nature!"

Seeing that Guo Ye had no intention of fierce opposition, Fetley was overjoyed and shouted: "Your Majesty, we naturally know the importance of heavy machine guns, and we are willing to pay a high price to buy them!" ”

Guo Ye shook his head and replied: "Just the high price is not enough to shake my determination to refuse, Mr. Fitley, I would like to trade heavy machine guns with your country, however, the transaction of heavy machine guns needs to be put into a big cooperation plan, that is, you want heavy machine guns, we want warships, and at the same time, your country needs to accept our naval students to study at the Royal Naval Academy of your country!" ”

Fetley burst out laughing, it was amazing! The British Empire is worried that its own warships will not be able to deal with it! You know, now the British Navy is the key time to reequip, a large number of wooden warships, will be retired from active service, replaced by armored ships, but armored ships are too expensive, and some wooden warships, only used a few years, far from reaching the stage of retirement from active service, if the Chinese Empire is willing to take over, then the British Empire is definitely profitable, even if it is sold cheaply to the Chinese Empire, it is also profitable, with backward warships, in exchange for advanced heavy machine guns, it is definitely a profitable deal!

"Your Majesty, your choice is too wise, don't say anything else, ask for a battleship! What we have in the British Empire is that now our warships are being renewed, and many warships have not been in service for more than ten years, or even five years, and our British Empire is willing to sell them to your country at a price of eighty percent, no, seventy percent, which will be the beginning of the great friendship between our two countries! ”

Fetley exclaimed excitedly.

Guo Ye shook his head with a light smile and replied: "Mr. Fitley, you misunderstood what I meant, what I want to buy is not an old ship that has been put into service or is about to be decommissioned, but a new ship, a brand-new ironclad ship, a wooden ship, we can even supervise the construction ourselves, why bother to buy it?" ”

Belch......

Fetley's excited expression suddenly paused, his face was full of astonishment, he didn't expect that this Guo Ye would be so shrewd and directly ask for an ironclad ship! Everyone knows the power of ironclad ships, and above the sea, battleships equipped with thick armor can even defeat three or even more in the face of wooden ships! The ironclad defenses are too strong!

"Nope! Your Majesty, listen to me! ”

Fetley hurriedly replied: "Although the ironclad ship is more advanced, you must know that the ironclad ship is a new technology that has only appeared in recent years, even the British Empire has not mastered it, and the military command technology of the ironclad ship does not have a mature system, which is not the best choice for your country......"

"Haha......"

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Mr. Fitley, this is not something you have to worry about, if you want to buy a large number of heavy machine guns, your country can only exchange armored ships, and I can't look down on other things!" ”

Fettley was completely speechless, this guy is too arrogant, the British Empire has good things, you can't even look down on it! However, the British Empire is not equipped with much armored ships, and the shipyards across the country are producing at full capacity to equip the navy, where can the excess be sold to the Chinese Empire?

However, at this time, it was not the time to offend Guo Ye, Fetley swallowed a mouthful of spit with difficulty, and replied: "Your Majesty, I need to consult the country on this matter, and I need the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Navy to make a decision before I can give you an answer......

"Yes, but Mr. Fitley, our Jinan Arsenal has a limited number of heavy machine guns and heavy machine gun bullets produced in a year, even if it starts production with all its might, it can only produce no more than 7,000 heavy machine guns and 600,000 boxes of ammunition after years of continuous production......

Seven thousand!

It sounds like a lot, but, think about it, now almost all the powerful countries in the world want it, that's a lot of pressure, six or seven countries for one point, then it's not much!

The French minister on the side, Jabucci, shouted: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we in France want to order the first batch of 3,000 heavy machine guns, and in the future, we will continue to purchase more, and please consider it!" ”

The first batch will cost 3,000!

Monterlo, who was on the side, was dissatisfied and shouted: "Mr. Yabuqi, 3,000 heavy machine guns, you want to take more than half of the sales share of the Jinan Arsenal in one go, we will definitely not agree!" ”

"That's right! We, the British Empire, will never agree! ”

Fitley hurriedly said: "Defoe, immediately go back to the legation and send an urgent telegram to the country, and ask for the opinion of Count Bit!" ”

The military attache on the side, Defu, hurriedly agreed and hurriedly retreated.

Guo Ye sat in his seat, leaned back, and replied lightly: "Everyone, don't be excited, this year, the possibility of you getting a heavy machine gun is almost zero, even if it is fast, you will have to wait until next year, because this year's heavy machine gun has been ordered out by others......"

What the!

Several people are all in a hurry!

Someone else is out of order? Who did this to you? It was so quick to start!

"Your Majesty, I don't know which country has such a big appetite to eat the output of thousands of heavy machine guns in the arsenal in one go!"

Montellio exclaimed, originally he thought that with its close relationship with the Chinese Empire, the United States would definitely be able to take the lead, but he didn't expect that he would still be preempted, and now it was difficult for him to explain to Commander Grant and President Lincoln, and the first thing was messed up!

"You should know that the war between Prussia and Austria is about to break out, hehe, naturally these two countries took the lead, and the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia, Mr. Bismarck, personally came forward and showed great sincerity, ordering three thousand heavy machine guns from us in one go, in addition to this, there are hundreds of thousands of boxes of heavy machine gun ammunition ......"

What the!

Jabucci jumped up! Unexpectedly, it was the Kingdom of Prussia that took the lead, even if any country bought it, it would not allow Prussia to order, let alone 3,000 heavy machine guns! (To be continued.) )