The military personnel were happy, but the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had a bad face, and it was related to the interests of the country, and they cut the land without defeat, and although the land was sold, it was always disgraceful.

"Majesty!" The Foreign Secretary wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wilhelm II, he was slightly dissatisfied with this loyal courtier, just now he not only had no reason, not even a diplomatic vision, he glanced at the Foreign Secretary coldly, and said: "Since it is destined to be something that cannot be kept, then use this little benefit, the northwest is not ordinary rich!" ”

The fact that there is money in the Northwest is well known to German officials from Wilhelm II to Germany, not to mention that in the past few years, various mineral deposits sold to Germany, especially tungsten, which has become the standard for high-hardness alloys, Germany has imported a large number of tungsten and other mineral deposits from China. However, in the past two years, the products sold by the Northwest to Germany have begun to change, such as various light industrial products, high-quality and low-cost Baotou products, and now they are gradually sold to the world.

Among them, it is especially listed separately, that is, antibiotics and stockings, these are all sharp weapons to make money, and the conservative estimate of the annual income is extremely amazing, which can be proved from Yang Yuanzhao's previous trip to Europe, he is like a boy who scatters money, spilling more than 1.5 billion US dollars, which is still a small part compared to what he earns.

In the Northwest, in the demand, the redemption was mentioned, which gave Germany the opportunity, and now although Germany is not without money, but in the stage of mobilization and preparation for war, who will feel that he has less things in his hands and less funds to obtain. A military port. Several railways, plus decades of operation in Germany. If you really use money to describe it, it's a huge number. If the talks are good, the German side may increase its combat strength by a few people. This was of direct help to the Great War in Germany.

Looking at the slightly lost Foreign Secretary, Wilhelm II shook his head, turned to look at Tirpitz, and said: "This matter is caused by the navy, then let the navy talk about it, remember to get enough benefits!" ”

Tirpitz was delighted. Immediately responded, by the way, Tirpitz also said the fantasy class, Wilhelm II is a super lover of battleships, the high seas fleet without the direct support of Wilhelm II, I'm afraid it is still an empty shelf, I heard that there are actually more powerful warships than the Bavarian class, and the Chinese side is very excited if it starts to build 5 ships. According to the current comparison of capital ships between Germany and Britain, what does 5 battleships that can be compared with the Bavarian class, or even stronger, represent? What's more, there are a full 4 Orion modifications, which are modified according to British drawings and some technologies from the Northwest and Germany. Even if he only has Orion's most basic combat power, he is a capital ship without exception. Ultra-dreadnought.

"Let it go, as long as the Northwest is willing. We can take it all down! Wilhelm II waved his hand excitedly and ordered.

After receiving the affirmative order from Wilhelm II, Tirpitz felt a burst of excitement in his heart, since taking office, Tirpitz's foundation for establishing the High Seas Fleet lies in the concept of a risk fleet, keeping his naval strength stable at a fixed and large proportion of the first, so that if the first wins after a war with himself, the remaining forces are no longer enough to maintain his maritime supremacy, so that a war with himself needs to risk a partial victory and total defeat. In this way, your own fleet, which makes the enemy's war attempts extremely risky, is a fleet of risks. The point is to prevent war, not to start it. Because of the war, although the enemy is heavily damaged, it is indeed almost certain that he will be defeated.

Tirpitz is very clear about this, the reason for doing this, is also a helpless choice, Germany's heritage is not as good as Britain, even if the industrial production capacity is strong, in the shipbuilding industry, there is still some gap with Britain, now the war is almost imminent, such a risk fleet is almost meaningless, it is almost impossible to lose both under the premise, Germany still can not break the British blockade.

But now, with the inexplicable help of the northwest, he even has the opportunity to increase the number of capital ships, which is an absolute surprise, the current number of capital ships of Germany and Britain, because of the early completion of the King class, is 21 to 25, and the British still has 3 ships, which are about to be completed in 1913, that is, 17 to 28, if you add the Iron Duke class that started construction last year, it is expected to be completed in 14 years, and the British side will increase to 32 or even more.

For Germany, because of the reserve of various military supplies, the expansion of the number of troops and military supplies, last year did not start the construction of battleships, this is a relatively helpless result, at this time, there are 9 ships to join the German high seas fleet sequence, Germany will be the first time, in the number of capital ships on the same number jù, and even with the help of China's shipbuilding strength, continue to explode the capital ships, even if the capital ships can not return quickly, but in East Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and even into the Atlantic, Threatens British logistics and transport, which is also a huge advantage.

Tirpitz's words dispelled the last scruples of Wilhelm II, sometimes, money can't buy a qiē, but such a direct combat power, that money can't replace, under the strong pressure of the British home fleet, the German navy is under the greatest pressure, can exchange Qingdao for this advantage, why not do it. Just like the German High Seas Fleet, the cost of each ship does not exceed 2 million pounds, and the total value may be tens of millions of pounds, but tens of millions of pounds can be compared with the high seas fleet, which is not an order of magnitude at all.

War is about to break out, and what is extremely crucial to the war and has a direct effect is far more valuable than some currency, and it seems that there are good things in the northwest.

The court meeting in the German Imperial Palace lasted for a whole afternoon, and the negotiations on Shandong were only one of the small topics, and in the territory of Germany, the colonies in the Far East occupied a very small share, and if it were not a territorial issue, they were not even qualified to go to the court of Wilhelm II, which was also the fundamental reason why even diplomats did not open their mouths after knowing that there were enough interests, and now the situation in Europe was tense, and there were too many things that needed to be dealt with by Wilhelm II.

Zhang Ze has been waiting patiently since he contacted Crook, as a diplomat, he has enough patience, in his opinion, the northwest has paid a huge benefit, this benefit is enough to make Germany tempted, because what the northwest provides is exactly what they need most.

Sure enough, after the court meeting was over, Crook reported the information to him, and it was the first time that he was in charge of such an important matter, and he solved it so perfectly, of course, it was the best, which represented his status.

Tirpitz, who was in charge of the negotiations, did not come to Zhang Ze that day, but calculated through Guò, the German calculation method, of course, can be calculated more, and in the end, Qingdao, Jiaozhou Bay, all together, the price is as high as 400 million pounds, which is 2 billion US dollars.

Such a huge number almost frightened Zhang Ze, taking the most advanced battleship at present, a cost of about 2.5 million, this is 160, in this world, it is impossible for any country to have so many warships.

Zhang Ze directly questioned this, especially to inform the Germans that this price was impossible and had to be reduced.

Tirpitz did not lower the price, but came up with another plan, in this plan, there are various physical prices, in Tirpitz's plan, if the physical goods are offset, their prices will increase a lot, such as the 15-inch naval guns of the battleship, such as the one under construction, imitating the British Orion Change, and for example, the Fantasy class that is under construction.

The 15-inch naval gun was a must-have for Germany, and his price was 1.8 times the normal price, which was much higher than the German Army's order price, and as for the battleships, it was increased to the extreme, with the Orion being increased to 4.5 million pounds, and the Fantasy class being as high as 6.8 million.

Such a price was much higher than the actual price of a battleship, and in this era, after the price of a battleship had risen sharply before, basically, it was stable to about 2.5 million pounds, and the price of German warships was slightly higher, while the price of British warships was slightly lower.

Zhang Ze doesn't know the price of these warships in China, because this is a professional field, but he knows that the current price of the Bavaria-class built by Germany is only about 2.6 million pounds, Orion is twice as fast as the Bavarian class, and the Fantasy class is almost tripled, a huge premium, which means that the other party is very optimistic about the battleships, and it also means that they want the northwest to use this to trade.

Such a large amount, and even the price of the kind, made Zhang Ze unable to decide, he quickly gave back to Germany and sent it to the northwest, because it involved the transaction of warships, which was the field that Yang Yuanzhao was personally responsible for, this proposal was quickly sent to Yang Yuanzhao, and when he first saw it, Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment, but soon, he saw the purpose of the Germans from the middle.

It turned out that Tirpitz also saw that since the Northwest wanted to redeem Jiaozhou Bay and gave the Germans a chance to cut a knife, of course they would not let it go, 400 million pounds, equivalent to 2 billion Northwest dollars and US dollars, the price is extremely high, but for the Northwest, it is not unacceptable, a Qingdao port is worth it enough, a complete, modern, Qingdao with a large number of docks and various factories, just this, the Northwest is willing to pay at least 100 million pounds, a complete Thoroughly controlling the military ports and ports in the hands of the northwest is extremely important for the northwest, especially the future northwest navy, which will directly have a military port and base, only from the point of view of saving time, Yang Yuanzhao is willing, not to mention that the prices of various warships, naval guns and other physical objects are very high, and the prices of ordinary materials and common items are still relatively objective, slightly higher than the ordinary price. (To be continued......)