At the Imperial Palace, a small meeting on arms sales is taking place.

Zhang Shusheng sat at the top, and on both sides sat Zhou Guolai, Premier of the Imperial Government Council, Liu Shaoqi, Vice Minister and Minister of Finance, Sun Laixi, General Manager of Shusheng Company, Hatton, General Manager of the Habaroque Arms Company, Jiang Baili, Minister of Military Affairs, and Su Yuren, Minister of Operations.

Zhang Shusheng took the lead and lit a cigarette, signaling the others to smoke freely, he tapped a document on the table with his right hand, and said with a smile, "Regarding these 110 Tianlong-class battleships, I know that you have been arguing for many months, and some want to sell them to subsidize the imperial finances. Some want them to join the active service and increase the military power of the empire.

Actually, I agree with both of you, but I'd rather sell them.

How to sell it is a problem, and who to sell it to is also a problem, everyone has seen these materials, speak freely, they are all old acquaintances, don't be restrained just because you have this emperor Lao'er. ”

"Hahaha......"

Zhang Shusheng's words caused a burst of laughter, generally as long as this kind of closed-door meeting is not to discuss any very serious national affairs, His Majesty the Emperor will take the initiative to enliven the atmosphere and make a meeting in a relaxed atmosphere of cigarettes, snacks, and tea.

"Your Majesty, after we emptied the Lagu Star, the Rankers made a comeback, they stationed heavy troops in the Lagu Star, and it is conservatively estimated that there are more than 200 battleships, relying on the Lagu Star, which will adversely affect our future operations, it is simply a border nail.

There are no immediate worries but there are long-term concerns, so don't ignore the forces behind the Rankers. ”

Jiang Baili still wanted to fight for it again, emphasizing the important surname of Wubei, but at this time, the surrounding star fields of the empire were about to turn into a pulp.

Zhang Shusheng waved his hand and said, "Jiang Xiang's worries are justified, and now the external situation is tending to be erosive. Thousands of years of peace have accumulated too many resentments, and the old forces are worried that their interests will be snatched away by the new rising forces, and the new rising forces will be busy dealing with those obstacles in the process of their own rise.

The fundamental reason for the outbreak of this war is that all parties, including the old countries, are no longer satisfied with the division of interests, and they want to use war to carry out a new division of forces.

Of course, the fuse was the Rong family of the Silver Moon Empire. ”

The virtual projection device on the conference table projected a picture, and then it kept switching, and everyone could see it clearly, it was the information about the Rong family of the Silver Moon Empire.

"A super family eager to build a country, the Rong family must have seen the signs of the storm of war in advance, so they couldn't wait to jump out to support the Duchy of Ranke, and finally achieved the goal of establishing a country and becoming the owner of Ranke.

Now that the war is getting bigger and bigger, the situation is getting more and more erosive, but the Rong family has stood firm with absolute financial resources and the support of a third-level civilization.

From the point of view of intelligence, after such a long war, the strength of the Principality of Ranke has not only not weakened, but has become stronger and stronger, and the large fleet has grown from one size before the war to the current four scales, with more than 4,000 battleships, what is this concept? The four large fleets are already equivalent to the two and a half main fleets of the Nok Business Alliance, and the strength of the Rong family should not be underestimated. ”

Jiang Baili stared at these pictures and data and said, these materials about the Silver Moon Empire, about the Rong family's political and economic strength, he was familiar with it, and every time he was shocked by the energy of such a large family.

For the Rong family, this is not only a game of nation-building, but also a gamble on the fate of the family. In order to balance all parties, Yinyue decided to support those families who had lost power to go out and establish a vassal state of Yinyue according to the old rules.

The strength of the Rong family is too strong, not to mention the support they receive in the Silver Moon, their own economic strength and the administrative planet under their jurisdiction alone are several times that of the Principality of Rank.

It's actually a second-level civilization with no formal identity, and it's still a relatively powerful one, and now it's just about to jump on the stage. ”

Zhang Shusheng had to sigh at the domineering of the intermediate civilization, the third-level civilization is already considered an intermediate civilization, they are powerful, the territory is vast, and the military is strong, not to mention its own strength, that is, it is amazing for those of its families to pull one out at will.

And this kind of internal struggle resolution similar to 'separation' has greatly alleviated the internal contradictions of the silver moon for thousands of years, the winner will naturally continue to enjoy the rights and interests of the silver moon empire, and the loser will also get the full support of the empire to build the country.

Especially now that this family founding with the support of a third-level civilization is also mixed with the contradictions between the middle-level civilizations that have accumulated for thousands of years, this matter is a big problem.

Jiang Baili continued: "After Ranke became the master of the Rong family, his strength increased dramatically, and the existence of the space gate made the support from the Silver Moon Empire almost endless.

To give an example, on October 18, 1960, imperial time, that is, last year, the super fleet composed of the fifth and sixth fleets of the Nok Merchants League defeated the first super fleet of the Rankers, and the Rankers lost more than 1,800 battleships alone.

As a result, the Ranks' secret fifth fleet was quickly reinforced, and the battleship soldiers were all Rong family's soldiers except for some high-level robots, which turned out to be the Rong family's own fleet.

For another example, on February 18 this year, the Orions, together with four small countries, organized a super fleet of more than 3,000 battleships to launch a fierce attack on the Rankers, hoping to open up the situation and take one or two planets of the Rankers in one fell swoop.

In the early stage, according to our suggestion, the Orions concentrated on the use of our Draco-class battleships, led by 150 Draco battleships, and focused on breakthroughs, and the Rankers were defeated and retreated, losing more than 600 battleships in half a month, and the result? ”

Zhang Shusheng smiled and continued, "As a result, the Lanks shamelessly moved out one of their hole card forces, and a fleet of 200 F-class battleships went to the front line and fought a draw with our Tianlong battleships.

In terms of quality, our Draco-class battleships are stronger, and they already have a certain advantage over conventional F-class battleships, which is why the Rankers were extremely shocked, thinking that the Guluo Federation secretly supported the Orions, so they did not hesitate to expose their hole cards to send an elite fleet.

As it turned out, our 150 Draco-class battleships still had a certain advantage over the Silvermoon Empire's regular F-class battleships. ”

"Yes, so the Orion sent an urgent call, hoping to purchase another batch of Draco-class battleships, and even proposing the price is not a problem."

Zhou Guolai hurriedly said.

Zhang Shusheng thought for a while and said, "The emotions of the Orions still have to be taken care of, the Lanks have the support of the Rong family, and they will casually pull out an elite small fleet, the Orions are greatly stimulated, President Hu Kun even contacted me personally, hoping that we can urgently provide a batch of battleships, and they will take them to supplement the front line, and this elite fleet of the Lanks scared the Orions."

I promised him that 75 of the battleships would set sail this month, and the price would be 1.38 times the previous one. For the remaining 35 ships, General Manager Hatton is responsible for replenishing us to 80 ships.

I would like to add that, according to the latest information, the Orions have also obtained a batch of F-class battleships from the Gura Federation, but they have used them as a reserve force in the Capital Circle. This batch of about 150 battleships looks like they are slightly worse than ours, and the price is five percent lower than our latest offer. ”

Zhang Shusheng hadn't said the news before, but just when he said it, everyone was surprised, the Tianlong-class battleships could be sold at such a good price, which was a great thing, so that those who wanted to sell battleships sold the original 110 ships with 75 ships.

However, the Guluo Federation is finally willing to reduce the price, also because of the tense situation, this behemoth is also about to start supporting forces, however, with the consistent habits of the Guluo Federation, he neither wants the Orions to be too strong, nor does he want the Orions to be defeated, so although the price of F-class battleships has dropped, the number is not too much, not less, just enough to compete with the F-class battleships exposed by the Rankers.

In this way, if the Orions want to make a breakthrough on the front, they can only continue to purchase battleships from China, and at the same time urge the Chinese to increase production capacity every day.

"In the eyes of the Orions, our annual production of 350 ships next year is still too low, and they are afraid that they wish that our annual production would reach the level of 1,000 ships, so that they can beat half a Ranke in one go."

Hatton said with a wry smile, Zhang Shusheng said that the replenishment of battleships is to focus on the batch of battleships that will be completed next month, "It's no problem to replenish 45 battleships, and there will be a batch of completed goods in 2 months, but after this batch is used, this year can only wait for the end of the year." ”

"Your Majesty, the ...... at the end of the year"

Jiang Baili hurriedly said.

Zhang Shusheng finally made a decision, "At the end of the year, there are 95 ships, so I will give it to you Space Force, so that your Tianlong-class battleships can gather 250 ships, plus 8 Shenlong-class flagship-level battleships, and your strength can already resist the attack of a large fleet of Rankers." ”

The security of the Empire is still the most important thing, and it is very important that the Imperial Space Force can rely on the planetary fortress to defend against possible sneak attacks by the Ranks.

Money can be earned slowly, battleships can produce as much as possible, as long as the input cost is at any cost, production will always be increased, but once the main force of the Rankers sneaks over, it will only blow up the route and face the huge trouble of reopening the route.

Zhang Shusheng got down to business, opened a situation map, which listed a total of 15 countries, and said with his right hand, "Look at the map, I have selected two countries, if there is no problem, this arms sales will be generated in one of the countries." (To be continued.) )