In the process of fighting against the Japanese army, the arms trade of the Xia Empire did not stop, and because the weapons of the Xia Empire were tested in actual combat, buyers were more willing to trade weapons with the Xia Empire, and the weapons sold by the Xia Empire were low in price and full of variety, which stimulated the world's arms traders and countries in demand for weapons to purchase goods from the Xia Empire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Xia Empire never attached any political clauses to the weapons sold, as long as there was real money, which was greatly welcomed by the countries that bought the weapons.

The first to buy weapons were Italy, the Ottoman Empire, Brazil and Chile, and because the Xia Empire gave certain preferential treatment to these 4 countries, it stimulated their purchases.

In addition to Chile, the other 3 countries purchased 1 battleship, 1 battlecruiser and 10 destroyers.

Chile was financially constrained and only purchased 10 destroyers and 20 fast torpedo boats, as well as mountain guns, 155 howitzers, plus 50,000 rifles and 30 million rounds of ammunition for army weapons, all of which were 15 percent lower than the international market price.

The Xia Empire sent a destroyer to each of the above 4 families, and provided a full set of destroyer drawings, which they could build on their own after returning to China.

I feel that the Xia Empire's army weapons have more competitive advantages, and the Ottoman Empire and Brazil have added another batch of army weapons, and if they go back to use without quality problems, they will increase the amount of purchases, and hope to do long-term weapons transactions with the Xia Empire.

Of course, Zhang Wei does not refuse to come to the weapon customer, and the Xia Empire can provide as much as he is willing to buy, and it is all in stock, paying with one hand and delivering with the other, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed.

After trading the weapons of the above four countries, some small countries and arms dealers came to buy weapons.

For example, Iran came to buy army weapons this time, buying equipment for 5 army divisions at one time, and Spain came to buy more than 10 destroyers and dozens of fast torpedo boats.

The Russian Empire couldn't sit still at this time, the Ottoman Empire had battleships and destroyers, which was a great threat to its Black Sea side, and the major powers in the world all had new battleships and new battlecruisers, and the Russian Empire was backward compared to them, so the Tsar sent a telegram to Ambassador Chekovsky to contact the Xia Empire, hoping to sell them to the Russian Imperial battleships and battlecruisers.

When Foreign Minister Hua Guoqiang listened to Chekovsky's statement on the needs of the Russian Empire, he said with a sad face: "Your Excellency, you should know that no country in the world will sell weapons in service to hostile countries, because of your performance in the early stage of negotiations last time, which made His Majesty the Emperor very angry. ”

Chekovsky was embarrassed, but he had to complete the task assigned by His Majesty the Tsar, so he questioned: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, if your country can sell battleships to the British Empire, has there not been a war between your country and the British Empire?" ”

"Your Excellency, we have been at war with the British Empire, but the British Empire has paid the price for their actions, our Xia Empire is a peace-loving country, since they have paid the price for the war, we have turned over all those unpleasantness, we can't be in a state of hostility forever, never do trade!"

Seeing that Chekovsky still had to explain, Hua Guoqiang immediately said: "I can't make decisions on this matter, I have to make a decision after consulting His Majesty the Emperor, you can go back and wait for the news first." ”

Chekovsky had no choice but to say goodbye for the time being and go back to wait for news.

Hua Guoqiang told Zhang Wei that the Russian Empire wanted to buy battleships, battlecruisers and destroyers, as well as torpedo boats.

Zhang Wei is very happy, now he can buy one is one, one type of battleship can sell so many ships, it is already very satisfactory to him, besides, the market for this kind of battleship is saturated, next year, other types of battleships should be launched, if the Russian Empire wants to buy it, then sell it to him.

Hua Guoqiang didn't understand military affairs, and asked: "Your Majesty, the sale of these active weapons to the Russian Empire will not affect the Empire's suppression of the Russian Imperial Navy?" Don't start a war with the Russian Empire with the warships that the Empire sold to them. ”

"Don't worry about this problem, even for other countries, since we dare to sell, we have the means to suppress them, so I now hope that the more they buy, the better, this is equivalent to strengthening our strength, and if they use the warships we sell against us, it will make them a pile of scrap metal in an instant."

Afterwards, the powerful envoy of China summoned Ambassador Chekovsky and told him: "Your Excellency, our emperor is willing to sell the warships needed by the Russian Empire, but I hope that the Russian Empire will not be an enemy of the Xia Empire in the future, because our Xia Empire is a peace-loving country and does not want to be an enemy of any country. ”

Chekovsky was very happy and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you are so right, weapons are for the purpose of maintaining world peace, and our Russian Empire is a peace-loving country, and I can absolutely guarantee that the Russian Empire will be able to maintain peace and friendship with your country." ”

In order not to lag behind the German Empire, Nicholas II decided to buy 2 battleships, 2 battle cruisers, 10 destroyers and 50 fast torpedo boats from the Xia Empire, and got all the drawings, hoping that the domestic shipyards could start building more warships on their own to maintain the naval superiority of the Russian Empire.

After signing the agreement on the purchase of warships, Hua Guoqiang told Chekovsky that the army equipment of the Xia Empire had more price and quality advantages, and all of them were spot transactions, and he hoped that the Russian Empire could put all the procurement of army equipment in the Xia Empire in the future, and ensure that the price was more than 15 percent lower than that of Britain, France, and Germany, and that there would be no political clauses attached, and gave Chekovsky a copy of the price list of weapons and equipment of the Xia Imperial Army.

Nicholas II was very satisfied with the attitude of the Xia Empire, it seems that the Xia Empire did not regard the Russian Empire as a hostile country, at present, the Far East is considered safe, and from the list of army weapons and equipment sent back by the ambassador to Beijing, the price is indeed cheap, and some materials are more than 20 cheaper than the current purchase price, and in the case of no armed conflict with the Xia Empire in the future, this is definitely a good supply channel for weapons and equipment.

Other countries, such as Mexico and Norway, have sent letters asking about the sales prices of different weapons, and now they all seem to be interested in buying them.

Zhang Wei was very optimistic about the prospects of the sales of the weapons industry, believing that only by relying on the sale of weapons and equipment would be able to raise sufficient funds for the development of the empire. To be continued.

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