Monte was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, why?" ”

Guo Ye smiled: "Okay, this matter is like this, I will personally send a telegram to President Lincoln and explain the reason to him." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Monte heard this and had to stop.

Britain, the United States, and France have all made requests, but in the end they have not received a final and clear answer.

After all, the relationship between Tsarist Russia and the Chinese Empire is not as good as imagined, and Tsarist Russia does not want to be as rich as Britain and France, and at the same time has advanced weapons or industrial technology, how much hope can Tsarist Russia have if it lacks cards?

"Your Majesty the Emperor,"

Hernandev said with a smile: "China and Russia are connected by mountains and rivers, they are friendly neighbors, our Great Russian Empire has always been friendly to China, please be able to sell us heavy machine guns in the face of good-neighborliness and friendship, we are willing to spend enough price to buy, of course we can't buy 3,000 heavy machine guns in one go, we only need 2,000 is enough......

The biggest advantage of Tsarist Russia has never been advanced weapons, but sufficient military resources, the entire Tsarist population of more than 100 million, and the Russians live in the bitter cold zone, the harsh climate, created the Russian soldiers super endurance and stronger physique, this is the biggest reliance of Tsarist Russia, let them be armed with 3,000 heavy machine guns or even 5,000 heavy machine guns in one go, not that they do not have enough troops, but they do not have enough finance to pay, after all, the Crimean War a few years ago made Tsarist Russia very angry, It is only now that the recovery has been made, and the purchase of heavy machine guns worth tens of millions of gold rubles will be a huge burden on the domestic finances.

"Tsarist Russia?"

Guo Ye's brows jumped, Tsarist Russia is the most insatiable country, and they are the ones who have invaded China's territory the most in history!

However, due to Guo Ye's existence, the millions of territories east of the Ussuri River have finally been preserved, and the possibility of losing them in the future is not very great.

"I don't know, what can your country give me in exchange for this military purchase! Don't worry, as long as what you come up with is good enough, I don't mind using all the money from the arms purchase case to buy it again and let the money flow back to Tsarist Russia! ”

Forehead......

Hernandev smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, except for the large area and large population, our Tsarist Russia does not have any particularly advanced fields......"

"That's okay too!"

Guo Ye replied: "Since you don't have it, you can also complete the military purchase, but in terms of price, it is thirty percent higher than that of Prussia!" ”

I'll go......

Hernandev almost cried, up thirty percent, although I don't know how much money Prussia spent, but just looking at the value of machine guns in the war, it is definitely expensive, if you buy two thousand heavy machine guns yourself, I am afraid that there is no difference with the price of three thousand heavy machine guns in Prussia!

"Your Majesty, is this too expensive? We hope to be able to buy a heavy machine gun at the original price of Prussia......"

"I'm sorry, at a fixed price, I might as well tell you that the Gatling heavy machine gun that Prussia bought for 1,600 taels of silver per heavy machine gun, you can only buy it at a price of 2,000 taels, and there is no room for negotiation!"

Guo Ye said firmly!

One thousand six hundred taels!

The hearts of the people were shocked, 1,600 taels of silver, converted into pounds, that is more than 200 pounds! If you buy 3,000 of them, that's more than 600,000 pounds, enough to buy two armored ships! What a high price!

Hernandev was even more bitter, their Tsarist Russia was going to buy it at a price of two thousand taels of silver, even if it was two thousand, it would be 600,000 pounds, converted into gold rubles, and it would be more than four million!

Hernandev began to cry in front of Guo Ye constantly, begging for cheaper, and the whole palace was chaotic again, with a sound of bargaining!

It lasted until the afternoon, Guo Ye still didn't give any concessions, jokes, made concessions to you, that Prussia, but I can't explain it, besides, Lao Tzu still wants to make money!

While there was a lot of noise, the British Legation exhibitor Defoe came in again and whispered a few words in Fetley's ear.

Fiterley nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know how many armored ships your country wants to buy?" ”

Guo Ye replied in a deep voice: "Three heavy ironclad cruisers, three medium cruisers, six gunboats, and six torpedo boats, which will be purchased in five years, and the specific delivery date and price can be negotiated later......"

Fettley hesitated, three heavy ironclad cruisers, three medium cruisers, six gunboats, six torpedo boats, in five years, the British Empire can digest it, after all, now at the speed of the British Empire's shipbuilding, it is not slow, even heavy ironclad cruisers can produce five or six a year, which is enough to complete the delivery on time, and at the same time ensure the replacement speed of the Imperial Navy.

It's just that Guo Ye opened his mouth to purchase so many warships, coupled with the fleet strength of the original Chinese Navy, its strength is no weaker than the Empire's Asian fleet, which is the most taboo in the British Empire!

"Your Majesty, I think our empire can meet your request, but once so many warships join your navy, it will be enough to affect the current balance of Asia's ......."

"Haha......"

Guo Ye laughed and said, "Mr. Fetley, if our Huaxia Empire can't maintain a certain military superiority in East Asia or even Asia, then what kind of empire is it?" As for the threat you are worried about threatening the interests of the British Empire, I think, this is impossible, not to mention five or six years, even if it is twenty years, it is absolutely impossible for our Chinese Empire to affect your country's naval hegemony on the sea, there is no doubt about it, I still have this self-knowledge, what else do you need to worry about? ”

Fetley was dumbfounded, Guo Ye was right, he was indeed a little worried, maybe the empire's army was not the most powerful, but for the strategic advantage of the navy, Fetley had absolute confidence, at present, the British Empire's warships were more than a hundred, just the ironclad battleships and ironclad cruisers, there were forty or fifty, and they were increasing rapidly, even if the navy of the Chinese Empire accepted these warships, its combat power was far inferior to that of the British Navy, and it had no ability to fight at all!

"Well, in that case, on behalf of the British Empire, I can agree to your arms purchase request!"

Fetley replied in a deep voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since we have reached an agreement with the British Empire, then I will not keep you, tomorrow, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Admiralty, and the War Office will have substantive negotiations with our British friends, please come back."

(To be continued.) )