Zhang Wei was persuaded by Xiao Yuer to accompany his children and wives at home for another day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The two concubines have been pregnant for more than half a year, and their bellies are already very large, and it is not very convenient to move; Anna is very anxious, she has been married for almost 2 months, and Zhang Wei has spent a lot of time with her overnight, but she is not pregnant, and she is very envious of the other princesses, Zhang Wei still stayed in Anna's room to rest that night.

On the afternoon of November 10, Zhang Wei arrived at Xijun Port, where he planned to leave four Xia-class battleships in the evening and give Li Zhaoshui a good handover, and he would be responsible for handing them over to the British at that time.

In Li Zhaoshui's office in the military port, Li Yunhai, Yang Yili and others were all together with Zhang Wei, smoking, drinking tea, and chatting.

Zhang Wei didn't smoke, he was choked lightly, got up and opened the window and said: "It seems that the imperial cigarettes can't be supplied to the army for free in the future, can't you smoke less?" Choked me to death. ”

After Li Zhaoshui extinguished the cigarette, he said: "In the future, no one can smoke in my office, and I must also quit smoking on the warship, and the money saved will buy a warship." ”

Li Yunhai said: "Your Majesty, if we quit smoking, do you want to give us an extra battleship?" ”

Zhang Wei smiled: "How many boxes of cigarettes is a battleship worth?" There is no comparison with this. ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, the Pacific Fleet has several Xia-class battleships, and the Central Fleet is only equipped with one Xia-class battleship, and I feel that it is indeed a little less. ”

The Xia-class battleship that Yang Yili took when he went to pick up his bride last time felt much stronger than the Lanfang-class battleship, so he said, "Your Majesty, why don't we dispose of the remaining Lanfang-class battleships and replace them all with Xia-class battleships." ”

When Zhang Wei heard this, he immediately said: "Okay, you dispose of the remaining Lanfang-class battleships, and I will replace them all with Xia-class battleships; In addition, you can sell Xia-class battleships from now on, and for every two Xia-class battleships sold, I will give you one. ”

Li Yunhai immediately asked, "Your Majesty, what about the Baiqi-class battle cruisers?" With just 2 ships, I feel that there are too few to defend the Empire's maritime borders. ”

"You can sell it, whether it's a Lanfang-class battlecruiser or a Baiqi-class, as long as you sell it, I'll add new ones to you, but do you have a goal?" Zhang Wei asked.

Li Yunhai continued to ask: "Your Majesty, how is the price calculated?" As long as the price is right, there will definitely be quite a few customers. ”

Zhang Wei searched the contents of the system and confirmed that the manufacturing cost of the battleship was 1.88 million pounds, so he said: "The sales price of each Xia-class battleship in the future is 1.9 million pounds, and the sales price of the Lanfang-class battleship will be reduced to 1.2 million pounds, but the price will be announced after the delivery to the UK, otherwise the British will be psychologically unbalanced, and at the same time, do you ask how many battleships on the Hawaiian side have been salvaged?" It was also sold after it was repaired. ”

Li Zhaoshui hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty! I asked about Hawaii a few days ago, and they replied that they had all been salvaged, but there was no way to repair the battleships and battlecruisers, and the docks over there were too small, and they needed to be left with a few large docks when His Majesty went to Hawaii again. “

This is not difficult for Zhang Wei, this time when he passed through Hawaii, he solved it for them, after repairing the battleships and battle cruisers, those docks can be used to provide maintenance services for passing merchant ships, besides, as the largest naval base in the center of the Pacific Ocean, it is indeed inconvenient to have no large dockyards to provide maintenance support.

Yang Yili asked: "Your Majesty, what is the price of the Baiqi-class battleship?" ”

"The Baiqi-class battlecruisers are 2.2 million pounds each, and the Lanfang-class battlecruisers are still 1.2 million pounds each, and now they still mainly sell battleships, and then sell them at a reduced price after selling a few batches; Battlecruisers are bought less, and the price will not be reduced for the time being. ”

Yang Yili continued to ask: "Your Majesty, if our latest warships are sold, will it pose a threat to us?" Shall we equip a couple of more advanced, more powerful, and better protected battleships? ”

Li Zhaoshui took over and said: "You don't have to worry about this, as long as you can sell it, no one can threaten the empire's maritime frontier, I'm afraid you can't sell it." Your Majesty, this matter still has to be planned slowly, and my idea is that when the four Xia-class battleships are delivered to Britain, all the naval attachés of all countries in the empire will be invited to publicize it well, and as long as the empire announces the sale, there will definitely be a purchase. ”

Zhang Wei said: "Okay, you can handle this matter, the more you sell, the greater the benefit to the empire, we are not afraid of threats, now the entire Pacific Ocean is our sphere of influence, and in the future, the entire Indian Ocean is also our sphere of influence, it would be good if we didn't threaten others; When I come back this time, I will see how many more advanced battleships and battlecruisers and destroyers will be equipped for you, and you will consider it yourself, choose some in advance, and I will make a reference when the time comes. ”

The three of them hurriedly replied: "Yes, Your Majesty! ”

Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, the Xia-class battleships and the Baiqi-class battlecruisers were kept secret after the Battle of Hawaii, and the Central Fleet also went to pick up relatives once, and the news must have leaked, as long as we announce the sale, there will definitely be countries to buy, our technology is advanced, the price is not high, and the service is considerate, not to mention anything else, the Germans will definitely buy it, France, Italy and other countries may also buy it, but the market for battleships is too small after all, we should sell more destroyers in the next step, Torpedo boats, cruisers and other cheap warships, those small countries, poor countries will definitely buy, a lot. ”

In the afternoon, Zhang Wei dined with everyone at the naval officers' cafeteria.

The naval officers at the base knew that Zhang Wei had arrived, and they would eat in the restaurant in the afternoon, and the management personnel notified the restaurant in advance to make preparations. Well-informed people knew that Zhang Wei would release a few Xia-class battleships and wait at the dock early after dinner.

After the meal, at about 6 o'clock, it was already dark, and Zhang Wei and the others came to the dock together, ready to release a few Xia-class battleships.

At present, there are a large number of officers and men in the navy, and what is lacking is warships, and several battleships and battle cruisers have been sold this year, resulting in many officers and men not being able to board the ships, so this time they only purchased warships, and did not combine them with naval officers and men.

Li Zhaoshui had already ordered the commanders of the four battleships without warships to organize the officers and men under their jurisdiction and temporarily take charge of the maintenance of the four Xia-class battleships.

Zhang Wei first released a battleship from the system, everyone looked at the huge hull like a mountain, gradually appeared on the sea, the battleship did not start, floating with the waves, very dangerous, the fleet officers who had been prepared for a long time immediately took a small boat, approached the warship, and then boarded the warship in order, after half an hour of inspection, the warship began to ignite and start, and then drove to the designated place to anchor and moor.

It took nearly three hours before the four Xia-class battleships were placed, which also made Zhang Wei understand that the difference between officers and soldiers on the warship and those without officers and soldiers was huge when the system was released, and accumulated valuable experience for similar things in the future.

Then Zhang Wei released another amphibious plane from the system, took off directly from the military port, and flew in the direction of Luzon Island. (To be continued.) )