Chapter 396: Unexpected Joy

At noon on the 23rd, Xiao Yu'er informed Zhang Wei with her mind: "Your Majesty, the system has reached the conditions for upgrading again, is it being upgraded now?" ”

Zhang Wei put down his chopsticks, thought for a while, and replied: "Don't upgrade now, I don't know what will change after upgrading, or wait until you are pregnant next time you are pregnant, and by the way, you have to give the child a chance to strengthen." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, you are thinking about the long term." Xiao Yuer replied to Zhang Wei sweetly.

In fact, Zhang Wei is afraid that there will be more restrictions after the system upgrade, so he postpones the system upgrade, and when the time comes, he can strengthen the child stronger than anything else.

The afternoon meeting was just some trivial matters, and Pangshan and Li Jingfa also rushed to attend the meeting.

Ambassador Li Jingfa first raised a question: "Your Majesty, there are many Americans who are not optimistic about moving to Brazil, and some American researchers and university professors have already asked whether they can immigrate to Lu, and now the area where the empire issues the most green cards is Lu, so many people are willing to live in Lu, after all, they are most familiar with Lu. ”

Zhang Wei heard it, this is a good thing, those high-level technical personnel are the empire is also cost-effective, as long as they do not contribute to the whites, it will be beneficial to the empire, this is an unexpected joy, so he said: "Yes, as long as the conditions they put forward are not too harsh, the empire will meet their requirements and provide them with a good research environment and conditions, that is, it is cost-effective to raise them for nothing, but as long as the personnel in physics, chemistry, medicine, medicine, engineering, design, mining, smelting and other science and engineering disciplines, The title is at least lecturer or above, and the humanities are still forgotten; After the meeting, you sent my opinion to the ambassadors to Germany, Britain, France, Russia and other European countries, and it is estimated that there are many similar people there who want to get the green card of the empire, even if they are not willing to come now, when the war breaks out in Europe, there will definitely be those who are willing to come, and they will make preparations in advance. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Jingfa said: "Your Majesty, the United States only occupies the area south of the Amazon River in South America, and the regional empire north of the Amazon River can directly occupy it. ”

"We promised the Americans not to attack Brazil, even if they didn't occupy it, the empire still doesn't want to break its trust in such a trivial matter, so it's better to inform them." Zhang Wei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I'm sure they'll agree. Li Jingfa said.

Pangshan said: "Your Majesty, now that the world's grain producing areas and cotton producing areas are basically controlled by the empire's sphere of influence, and the world is in turmoil, resulting in a decrease in production, the price of grain and cotton should also be raised; Don't look at Brazil, Argentina and other places where the climate is suitable for growing crops, but in order to make a fortune, the colonial rulers still mainly planted coffee, cane sugar, etc., planting crops is not the mainstream, cane sugar and coffee cannot replace food, and it is difficult to change to planting crops in a short time. ”

Zhang Wei felt that the suggestion of Pangshan was very good, after all, they were people with first-hand information, and the price increase was doubled, which he patted his head and set, and it would definitely not be very reasonable, so he said: "In the future, the export of relevant materials on the side of Lu will be responsible for the material reserve center you set up, and correspond to the imperial headquarters, after the meeting, you will contact Zheng Daoyou, the premier of the Imperial Government Council, and you will discuss what you have in the future, put an end to internal competition, even if the price increases, the number of exports must be strictly controlled, as long as the trend of rising prices remains unchanged, There are more and more people who believe in hoarding, but the demand for this part of the population is very large. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Pangshan replied happily.

Song Shijie asked, "Your Majesty estimates how long this grain price increase will last?" ”

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "At least for 10 years, under the premise of maintaining the ecological environment, Lu can vigorously develop the grain industry, in the future, it will not be sold, it can also be used as feed or wine, and in the future, people's consumption of meat and dairy products will exceed that of grain, and the living standards of imperial citizens will be higher and higher in the future." “

"Your Majesty, the empire has moved to North America, and you don't want to immigrate naturally, then population is a big problem, if the population is insufficient, it will be difficult for the comprehensive national strength to develop." Song Shijie disagreed with Zhang Wei's policy.

"In the future, the headquarters of the empire will mainly develop high technology, focus on research and development, lead the trend of world development, attract all the elites of the Chinese in the world, it is difficult not to develop, and the outstanding women of other nationalities are only destined for the Chinese to carry on their ancestry, and the men will open mines and farm for the Chinese to engage in breeding; Do you say that the empire needs too many people in this situation? The annual system replenishes several million, plus natural fertility, and it is most appropriate to control the population at about tens of millions to 100 million; In the future, the empire will control the world's major oil-producing regions, grain producing areas, and currency printing rights, which country can compete with the empire? Don't worry about the long-term of the empire at the moment, let's defeat the white people as the primary goal. Zhang Wei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

At this time, the staff officer on duty outside knocked on the door with an urgent telegram and came in: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent telegram from the Imperial General Staff to you!" “

"Bring it to me and I'll take a look."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" As he spoke, the staff officer stepped forward, handed the telegram to Zhang Wei, and then turned and exited the conference room.

Zhang Wei was amused when he saw it, why is there so much good news today, the telegram was forwarded from the General Staff for instructions, Argentina and Chile both want to buy Xia-class battleships and Baiqi-class battlecruisers and some destroyers from the Xia Empire, as well as numerous rifles, heavy machine guns, artillery, etc.

In order to rush the delivery, Argentina actually took the initiative to ask for a price increase, even the old weapons that are now in use in the Xia Imperial Army can also be, which is beyond Zhang Wei's expectations.

Everyone was very curious when they saw Zhang Wei's happy appearance.

Zhang Wei handed the telegram to Feng Guohua. After reading it, Feng Guohua handed it to Chen Yifeng, and then circulated it in order of seats.

After everyone read the telegram, Zhang Wei asked, "Is this good news?" It is a joy to sell so many warships and weapons and ammunition at one time. ”

Pangshan said: "Your Majesty, these two countries are rich in flowing oil, and they must be sold at a good price." ”

Zhang Wei said: "This time, it seems that Argentina is frightened by the United States, or it will not spend money to buy so many warships and equipment." ”

Song Shijie said: "Your Majesty, Argentina has a territory of nearly 3 million square kilometers, a population of 20 million, is among the world's top five exporters, and is still the seventh largest economy in the world, and its per capita income is comparable to that of Germany. ”

"Even if the empire doesn't sell it to them, they will buy it from Europe at a high price, it's better for the empire to make a cheap profit first, it seems that the aid from Britain and France is not very good, with these weapons and equipment, the good days of the United States are over." Zhang Wei said confidently.

Lu Chuanya said: "Argentina is really rich, 3 Xia-class battleships, 3 Baiqi-class battlecruisers, 30 destroyers, as well as torpedo boats and minesweepers, the naval strength will completely blow up the United States, if the army is also equipped, the United States is really not pleased; I don't understand, what is Chile doing with so many weapons and equipment? ”

Chen Yifeng said: "Chile is rich, just copper and saltpeter earn a lot of wealth every year, they also know that the world is going to be chaotic, instead of saving gold and silver that cannot be eaten or drunk, it is better to change to weapons and equipment to settle down, or sleep is not steady." ”

Lu Chuanya said: "Your Majesty, if you sell them so many warships, compared to them, the Atlantic Fleet will become a beggar, and you must strengthen your naval strength." ”

Zhang Wei glanced at him: "Look at what scared you, why are you so daring?" , to strengthen is also to strengthen the Pacific Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet should wait first. ”

Chen Yifeng said: "Your Majesty, Chile's purchase of 2 Xia-class battleships and 2 Baiqi-class battlecruisers is definitely against the empire, and it is necessary to strengthen the naval force of the South American theater." ”

Zhang Wei said: "At the right time, the empire will give battleships equipped with 356mm guns such as the Central Fleet, so the sale of battleships with 343mm guns now will not pose a threat to the empire; As long as the other three fleets maintain a strong strength, the Atlantic Fleet will be safe, and before the end of the war in Europe, the Atlantic Fleet will not increase the number of battleships and battle cruisers, even if it increases the number of warships, it will still be cruisers, which is related to the overall strategy of the empire. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Chuanya knew about the agreement with the European countries, and he was not reluctant, but he was very jealous of the strength of the other three fleets.

Li Jingfa said: "Your Majesty, Britain plans to launch 8 Xia-class battleships every year, and they are also designing more advanced battleships, compared with Britain, the Empire's naval strength is really not strong, and the Empire's naval strength should be strengthened, and the German Navy is also developing very rapidly, and the Empire should pay attention to maintaining their balance." ”

"Now we are showing weakness, if there is really a war, the empire can send more advanced battleships to participate in the war at any time, you can rest assured in terms of safety; You have to pay close attention to the situation in South America, if Brazil and Argentina are strong, send submarines to sink a few transport ships, if the Americans are strong, delay the aid such as weapons and ammunition for a while, in short, let them fight evenly, the more destructive the better, the longer the better, the more dead the better. Zhang Wei said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the South American Theater of Operations will cooperate well with the Atlantic Fleet." Chen Yifeng replied that he also hoped that the war in South America would be as fierce as possible, and that when they were exhausted and unable to fight again, that would be the time for him to make a move.

Zhang Wei continued: "There is another task handed over to the South American theater of operations, to grab more unmarried girls, and now the imperial officers and soldiers are in urgent need of daughters-in-law. ”

Feng Guohua said: "Your Majesty, I can't forget that more than 300,000 unmarried girls have been robbed in the Southern Theater, and many training centers have been set up. ”

"There are a lot of mixed-race girls in South America, all of them are very beautiful, especially Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, now you can find a way to send people to South America to recruit girls, transport them back and train them first, you can also choose from the Americans, in short, the more reserves the better, I'm thinking about you, it's not too much to grab millions, but you must control the quality well." Zhang Wei is in a very good mood now, so he joked with everyone.

Feng Guohua said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, now the empire has not sent unmarried girls to this side for 3 months, and the empire will still need support from the Americas in the future." “

"Haha, it's mutual support! Let's not talk about that, call back to the General Staff immediately, they will sell what they need, and they must satisfy the two customers, Argentina and Chile. Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Feng Guohua went to reply to the telegram as he spoke. (To be continued.) )