Lechelton was a little anxious, and now he was eighteen. Ninety-three years, maybe next year or another two years, the Argentines will order four armored cruisers from the Italians, and he wants to take the deal. But the Istrian shipyard currently has only some experience in building small ships, in no way more than 500 tons, it is only a civilian shipyard and lacks experience in building large warships. Before that, the Istrian shipyard needed to accumulate experience in this area, at least in terms of the conversion of warships.

Refit? It's a viable option.

Li Haidon has never forgotten the war that is about to take place in the Far East, but what can he do, the end is already doomed, how can a decaying and declining dynasty win a modern war? There is no good way to change the outcome of this war.

Lechelton was thinking about how to profit from the war.

"Haydn, what are you kidding, you plan to buy three warships that are about to be obsolete?" In the conference room of Israia Maschinen, Igar had a surprised look on his face when he heard about Heldon's plan, and the other partners in the room were not much better.

"I'm not crazy, I've been working on this plan for a long time, and at the moment the Italians are willing to sell the 'Durio' to us, and the Germans are also interested in selling their 'Baden' and 'Württemberg'. In addition, I tried to buy the Chilean cruiser "Esmeralda" as well. Heldon was telling the story of his ridiculous-sounding plan to buy four obsolete warships for some £400,000, refit them slightly, and sell them at a premium. It's ridiculous, where in the world to find such fools.

"Even those indigenous Africans wouldn't do such stupid things, unless it's a pig." Muir had a mocking smile on his face, too whimsical.

"Okay, okay, if you don't agree, I'll do it out of my own pocket." Lechelton shrugged his shoulders helplessly, he couldn't persuade his partner to join his plan, "Don't blame me for not telling you in advance. Still, the half a million rifles I need should be fine, right? ”

"That's fine, as long as you can sell them." Igar said, though he was still a little concerned about increasing the company's inventory.

Chogula was willing to follow Li Haidon because he told her the real reason for this plan, "According to my analysis, a big war will definitely break out between the Qing and the Japanese next year." ”

"What?! Are you sure? ”

"Ninety percent sure."

"And what do you mean by your plan?"

"It's not interesting, in the crutch of the war, even the 'Esmeralda' that was bought for 60,000 pounds could be sold for at least 200,000 pounds, or even 300,000 pounds. As for those three ironclad ships, I'm not prepared to ask for a high price. Lechelton paused, "Just sell them at their original cost." ”

"How much is that?"

"It's not much, about one million eight hundred thousand pounds, oh, maybe nineteen."

"Oh my God, you're so black-hearted! But will they buy it? ”

"Don't worry about this, I have a way to force them to accept my terms." "It's like an auction, there are always some auction items that will make people fight for their heads, regardless of their actual value." ”

"Who are you going to sell to?"

"Japanese, of course Japanese!" Lechelton remembered Muir's comment about "unless it's a pig," and couldn't help but lean his head on the couch and laugh.

"What are you laughing at? The Japanese don't have a lot of money. Chogula couldn't help but put her hand on the door of his head.

"There will be, they will have it soon." Lechelton sat up straight, and his face became very unsightly.

Lechelton became busy, and he first had to persuade Ferdinand's cousin to agree to his purchase of their warships from the Germans, Italians, and Chileans in the name of the Imperial Navy. Although these warships are old, they can be used for more than a dozen years, and there is no reason for a private company to buy them back in any case.

Perhaps, they will have to be temporarily incorporated into the Imperial Navy first.

This is not particularly difficult, and if you don't have to pay for it yourself, the Reichstag won't worry about the Habsburg family members themselves.

The Isteria shipyard has been a bit busy lately, and Leheidden has set up a new shipping company, ordering six cargo ships from the shipyard, four 5,000-ton bulk carriers, and two large tankers with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons. He was ready to open a route to East Asia and a route to the Americas, and with the increasing popularity of the internal combustion engine, the demand for oil in Europe was gradually increasing. It's good business, and even building an oil refinery in Trieste is a good idea.

The Prussians, the Autelians were always used to call the Second German Reich that, oh, it was their navy that finally agreed to sell three Saxony-class ironclads to the Austro-Hungarian Navy, which was a bit of a surprise. Of course, the Saxony was not for sale, they were to be kept as a souvenir, and one was to be kept for the East Prussian Navy to look after.

LeHaydon had no choice but to postpone the outfitting of merchant ships in order to vacate the dockyard and dock first.

These warships need to be repainted, at least externally, to make them look like new.

Slightly troublesome was the Chilean Navy, which refused to sell the Esmeralda, and Lehedon wondered if something was wrong with his memory. Later, when I thought about it, I was a little relieved. This was because his bid was insufficient, and in another time and space, the Japanese had spent nearly two hundred and fifty thousand pounds to get their hands on the wrecked ship, and Lechelton would certainly not do that.

Then forget it, thinking about the four ironclad ships in your hand is enough to make the Japanese uncomfortable.

Qiē seemed to be very smooth, and Li Haiden always felt as if he had forgotten something, which was really a headache for him.

"Haydn, this time you go to the Far East, remember to bring me a few nightdresses made of silk." Jogura was snuggled in his arms, and Lechelton rubbed his aching temples with his fingers.

"What? Silk, raw silk! Lehidun's eyes lit up, he sat up suddenly, hugged Jogula's increasingly charming mature and delicate body, and kissed him fiercely on the face, "Little beauty, you are really my lucky star!" ”

It suddenly dawned on Li Haidun that the Sino-Japanese war would affect the whole of East Asia, and the prices of some local specialties such as raw silk and camphor would definitely skyrocket.

Oh my God, that's a big plan, and it might take ...... Well, 50 million crowns!

Thinking of this, Leheid's head felt a headache, "Damn, I have to go to those Jews to borrow money!" He cursed inwardly that most of the bankers in Vienna were Jewish, and that this was what made people jealous and resentful.

Fortunately, Franz was a benevolent emperor who treated the Jews well, and in recent years, tens of thousands of Jews have migrated from Russia to Austria-Hungary because they could not bear the persecution of the Tsar.

Glancing at Jogula, "Did she also learn her money-loving nature from the Jews?" He thought to himself, but he didn't dare to say it.

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