356: The Empire has no money
Hearing Sa Daoyi's words, Wang Sirui's face suddenly became happy, and he did not hide his excitement at all. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
That's a 40,000-ton warship, and it's only at a price of 10% of the cost premium, where can you find a price like this?
40,000 tons, if all of them are counted as 4,000-ton ironclad ships, it is also a full ten, although it is impossible for these guys to sell battleships to themselves, of course, Wang Sirui has no intention of buying battleships.
The two Dreadnought-class battleships he ordered from the Americans were basically enough, although the empire had such a large sea territory, the two battleships were indeed a little inadequate.
But it doesn't matter, can't you just build it yourself? Although it may not be as good as the Americans and the British in terms of quality and speed, warships are such high-tech things that always have to be built by themselves.
Two dreadnought-class battleships, which accounted for almost half of the seventy-thousand-ton ones, were left with only four cruisers of four and a half thousand tons, and fifteen destroyers of two thousand tons.
Although destroyers seem to be useless now, in fact they are useless, and from the beginning to the future of the Navy, destroyers have not been eliminated, but have become more and more important.
Now the most important battleships were eliminated early, although the dreadnoughts ordered from the Americans may encounter various problems, for example, after the battleship was built, the Americans realized its true power, so they made excuses not to deliver it, etc.
But there is one point, the dreadnought proposed by Wang Sirui first is actually equivalent to digging a pit for the great powers, allowing them to sink deeper and deeper into the deep pit of the battleship.
Wang Sirui's festivity, Sa Daoyi and the others who watched it suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the benefits they gave really interested the young emperor.
As soon as he thought of this, Sa Daoyi couldn't help but secretly shake his head in his heart, in the end, he was still a little younger, although he had done something that no young person in this world could do, but youth was Wang Sirui's weakness, young people were more likely to be impulsive, but obviously, now they like young people who are more impulsive, otherwise, how could they be used as guns?
"But I don't have any money......" Wang Sirui suddenly changed his painting style, and his face was embarrassed.
Sa Daoyi and the others, who were originally happy, after hearing Wang Sirui's words, the smile on their faces instantly stiffened there, there was no money, ...... good words, the conditions were good, and it was basically done, at this time, you told me that there was no money, which would be embarrassing.
"You have not been in the empire for a day or two, you have been here since the day the empire was established. In order to reduce the burden on the people, the empire only collected half of the tax for the first six years. And the empire has to support an army of millions, and it has to feed the local government, and at the same time it has to vigorously develop industry, education, and everywhere there is a place to use money. Wang Sirui couldn't help sighing, acting naturally has to be full, although he can't be an Oscar actor, but at least he has to deceive these guys who want to use himself as a gunman, right?
"Alas! Speaking of which, I am also a wreck, you say that I am also an emperor, the palace is there, isn't it good to live in it? It was because I had no money that I couldn't afford the maintenance of the palace, so I had to move to this humble barracks. It was precisely because of the lack of money that I had to order the construction of new office space to be stopped, and some departments that did not have office space were placed in the palace to work.
Although I really want to have a fleet, not to fight for hegemony, but just to Anbang, but it is such a small wish, and because I have no money, I have to bury this wish deep in my heart. In the depths of his love, Wang Sirui was suddenly stunned, and then pretended to be out of shape and said:
"Just listen to what I say, don't let anyone else know about it, otherwise there will be no place for me to put this face."
"This ...... what a fucking embarrassment......
Wang Sirui said that to this point, if Sa Daoyi and the others didn't understand what he meant, then they could really buy a piece of tofu and kill him directly.
Wang Sirui's meaning is very simple, fleet, I want, money, I don't have it, I have to owe it first, and I will pay it back when I have money.
As for when it will be returned, you can think about this first, or speculate first.
First of all, during the six-year tax cut, the income must not be much, it is difficult enough to even support yourself, and there is also a war, and the million pounds given by the British do not need to be stuffed between their teeth at all, and at the same time there is industrial construction in the country.
So, you don't have to think about it in the next six years, but what if something goes wrong after six years?
The total number of 40,000-ton warships, even if calculated according to 4,000-ton warships, is ten, and the cost of one is about 500,000 pounds, that is, 5 million pounds.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, we are well aware of the difficulties of your country, and we are proud of your people, who have such a good emperor as you. In order to show good faith, the British Empire could pay for the warships built by instalments, paying 30 percent of the cost first, 20 percent after the warship was launched, and the rest after the handover. Sa Daoyi said.
"Millions of pounds, but also to purchase some domestic industrial equipment, this order will be at least tens of millions of pounds, the empire really can't come up with so much money." Wang Sirui shook his head helplessly.
"What do you say?" Sa Daoyi asked tentatively, there were tens of thousands of grass and mud horses whistling past in his heart, what the hell is this called? However, in order to win over the rising Chinese Empire and kill the old Russian Maozi at the same time, Sa Daoyi is still sure to persuade the country, provided that Wang Sirui's conditions are not too excessive.
"Do you want to pay annually? There are too many supplies needed by the empire, and I don't know exactly how much money is needed, if you agree, I will ask people to make a list in the next few days, and then you will quote, and we will proceed according to the agreement? Wang Sirui had an unstoppable expression, what did it look like? It's the kind of expression that you want, but you don't want to pay right away.
"If it's paid in five years, I can convince the country to give you the lowest interest." Sa Daoyi continued to speak.
"No, no, five years is too short, and the tax reduction period hasn't even passed, this can't work, or maybe 20 years, right? Calculated at the lowest interest rate. Wang Sirui hurriedly shook his head.
Looking at Wang Sirui's expression as a profiteer, the other three representatives also joined the battle group, although the Germans and Americans were potential allies and cooperative teammates of Wang Sirui, but in this kind of matter, the two of them did not have any concessions.
And some bargaining also completely made people realize the other side of Wang Sirui.
Is this still the emperor? How do you feel more profiteers than profiteers?
The four countries had already raised the installment period to ten years, and by that time the tax reduction period of the Chinese Empire had already passed, and they only had to squeeze it a little, and the money would be there.
And with the investment of industrial facilities, the state will only pay more taxes than before, so to speak, there will be no problem in paying off the arrears in ten years.
But Wang Sirui bit the sixteen-year deadline, and after reaching this step, he never let go.
Eventually, after some intense bargaining, the repayment period was set at fifteen years, with interest calculated at the normal rate, and the representatives of the four countries finally agreed to this request.
After achieving the goal, Wang Sirui's heart is still very happy, the fifteen-year period, then it will be 1920, during the First World War, the currencies of various countries depreciated a lot, Wang Sirui's abacus is to pay off at that time at one time, since the pit, then the pit is more thorough.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, what about North Korea and Russia?" After talking about the benefits, Sa Daoyi hurriedly pulled the topic back to the previous topic, this time it was not just about sending benefits.
"I really can't manage North Korea's affairs, and it's not very easy to manage. However, I can give the king of Joseon a death order to end the war within three months. Wang Sirui shook his head, and was embarrassed.
'Nima, according to the current progress, I will go to Busan in three months, and it will be three months, who is the pit? Sa Daoyi cursed in his heart.
"On the issue of North Korea, we are also very sympathetic and support the restoration of North Korea. But after all, the Japanese have been building there for nearly ten years, and our relations with Japan are quite good, and if left unchecked, this will affect the face of several of our countries. In my opinion, it is better for the two sides to stop fighting for the time being, and then sit down and have a good talk, draw a line, and return to the king of Korea on one side and Japan on the other. And then several of our countries will be in charge of overseeing it, and no matter which side takes the initiative to provoke the war, we will send troops together to drive it out of North Korea? Sa Daoyi said.
Wang Sirui frowned fiercely, and at the same time looked embarrassed, in fact, in his heart, Wang Sirui still recognized this plan, who let them have no navy? It is also unlikely that the Japanese will be completely driven out of the sea.
Partition is indeed the most suitable plan for the present, which can not only temporarily stabilize the king of Korea, but also allow the Japanese to temporarily stop for a while, and most importantly, there will be a Korean buffer between the Chinese Empire and Japan.
"I will discuss this matter with the king of Joseon, and I will do my best to facilitate it. Alas, who wants war if they can live in peace? Wang Sirui finally agreed because of the embarrassment.
As for the Russians, no one on either side mentioned it, and it was impossible to implement this plan in a short time, and there was time to discuss this matter in the future.
Japanese? have been beaten as grandsons, do they dare to say no to this condition? (To be continued.) )