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"The equipment for building a rifle factory must be purchased from Germany, and I have long consulted about the price, with an average of 300,000 taels of rifle production lines. And the monthly output of a rifle production line can reach three thousand. My idea is to build three production lines at a time, and strive to redress one main division in a month. ”

The three production lines plus other supporting equipment must not be less than one million taels of silver, and there is no way to solve this million taels of silver, Zhou Zhongju immediately reminded: "Commander, we have no silver!" ”

"But we have weapons in our hands, and a lot of them! As long as we sell the weapon, we will have silver! Yang Xingguo, who had already thought of a solution, replied immediately.

"Now that the imperial court and the Beiyang Army are rushing to expand the army, as long as the rifle in our hands is at the right price, it will definitely be exchanged for silver in a short time. Not to mention more, more than 50,000 rifles plus captured ammunition are still no problem in exchanging 1 million taels of silver. ”

Zhou Zhongju affirmed this proposal and continued to ask: "What about the follow-up production?" Now the arsenal needs to buy back 100,000 taels of raw materials every month, and if you add another rifle factory, the purchase of raw materials every month will definitely not be less than 200,000 taels of silver. ”

"This problem is easy to solve!" Yang Xingguo replied confidently.

"The troops are already equipped with more than 60,000 water rifles, and the price of selling 10,000 rifles will be enough for us to produce two rifles. When all the more than 60,000 rifles are sold, the raw materials will definitely be enough for us to produce 120,000 rifles, enough for us to change our outfits. ”

"After the refitting is completed, the arsenal will continue to produce rifles for sale, and when the time comes, for every rifle produced and sold, the arsenal will be able to earn us at least ten taels of silver, which can definitely be called a cash cow."

After thinking about it in the middle of the week, his frowning brows immediately relaxed, and he replied excitedly: "It's really okay, the arsenal has only been in and out since its establishment, if it can really have income, the arsenal can use these revenues to introduce light and heavy machine gun production factories and artillery production plants." Commander, after I go down, I will pass on the news that we have a large number of rifles to sell to the imperial court and the Beiyang Army! ”

Under the command of Wilhelm II, Germany was greatly strengthened, both economically and militarily, and had a tendency to surpass the old capitalist countries such as Britain and France.

Such a good momentum would have been a good thing. But Wilhelm II was not at all happy.

Old capitalist countries such as Britain and France have large colonies around the world, supporting national development. However, Germany, which had just developed, did not even have a single colony, and there was no place to dump a large number of industrial products produced domestically, which seriously affected Germany's development.

However, when the colonies were almost divided between Britain and France and other old capitalists, all Wilhelm II could do was pull out his teeth. Continuously expanding Germany's military power and increasing Germany's influence in the world...

Russia, which was not far from Germany but had a large population and apprentices, was also favored by Wilhelm II.

It has constantly instigated some small countries around Russia to provoke Russia and deplete Russia's war potential.

But Russia is, after all, an old capitalist country, and even if the country is in turmoil now, the foundation of the empire is still there. With those small countries, it is simply impossible to break Russia's bones.

As a result, it will be difficult for Germany to take advantage of Russia.

It was at this time that Wilhelm II received a telegram from the far east.

The Liaodong Army, an ally he almost forgot, actually took the three northeastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty, directly bordering Russia, and expanded its strength to more than 100,000 people.

The area controlled by the Liaodong Army borders Russia, which means that fighting between the Liaodong Army and Russia may break out at any time.

A year or two ago, twenty or thirty thousand Liaodong troops were able to defeat twice as many Russian troops. Now that the strength of the Liaodong Army has greatly increased, and the total strength has expanded to more than 100,000 people, does that mean that the Liaodong Army can fight against at least 200,000 or even 300,000 Russian troops!

If Germany and Russia really break out in conflict because of interests in the future, then the Liaodong Army, as an ally, can at least help Germany hold back nearly 300,000 Russian troops in the Far East.

Of course, this is only calculated according to the current strength and strength of the Liaodong Army. If the strength of the Liaodong Army doubles in a few years, there will be more troops that can hold back the Russian army. This is absolutely beneficial to Germany's future layout.

Of course, there were also concerns that the Liaodong Army might pose a threat to Germany if it developed too quickly. But as soon as this idea reached the ears of Wilhelm II, he rejected it.

In the words of Wilhelm II, Germany and the Qing Kingdom were too far apart, and as long as the two countries did not border, there could be no threat to each other.

Besides, in the eyes of Wilhelm II, the Great Qing Dynasty has always been a symbol of backwardness and ignorance, and no matter how much Germany supports the Liaodong Army, the Liaodong Army will not develop to the point where it can confront Germany.

Besides, the rifle production lines and small shipyards that the Liaodong Army wants to buy are the most ordinary military equipment, and even if you don't buy it yourself, other countries will sell it. In this case, why not take advantage of this opportunity to further deepen the alliance with the Liaodong Army, and by the way, you can also earn back tens of millions of taels of silver for the empire.

Thinking of these benefits, Wilhelm II agreed to the deal without much hesitation, even after consulting the prime minister.

With the Kaiser's approval and support, the whole transaction went very smoothly and faster than ever.

As soon as Yang Xingguo handed over the deposit to the German permanent representative of the Liaodong Army, Germany began to load the relevant equipment on the ship.

The Japanese troops lurking in the three northeastern provinces were also aware of this transaction, and for the Liaodong Army, a suddenly rising opponent, the Japanese had long wanted to get rid of the Liaodong Army as soon as possible.

However, Japan, which had just experienced the Russo-Japanese War, did not gain a lot of benefits from the three northeastern provinces as it did in history, but lost its original interests because of the appearance of the Liaodong Army.

Under such circumstances, Japan, which had suffered a great loss in national strength, simply did not have the strength to send heavy troops to fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army, and once again gambled on its national fortunes.

However, Japan will not ignore the Liaodong Army, an opponent that will be eliminated sooner or later. As long as he has the opportunity, he will pounce on and bite the Liaodong Army, just like the last time the imperial court contacted the Japanese government to attack the Liaodong Army together.

Although the operation failed in the end, as the territory of the Liaodong Army became wider and wider, and there were more and more troops, they paid more attention to the Liaodong Army. A large number of intelligence officers were sent to the three northeastern provinces to closely monitor every move of the Liaodong Army. (To be continued.) )