Oneviii. In 98, Empress Elizabeth was assassinated in Geneva, and the unfortunate death of her only son and beloved wife dealt a great blow to Emperor Franz, who was already over seventy years old, and Crown Prince Ferdinand gradually took over the affairs of the empire.

Then it was the turn of the century, and in the summer, at the invitation of Crown Prince Archduke Ferdinand, Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife spent a few pleasant days off the coast of Dalmatia, and then the Crown Prince wanted the German Emperor to visit his new cruiser in Terriaeste. This is enough to make the Navy-loving crown prince proud, and by far the Imperial Navy's "Zanta" is definitely the fastest cruiser in the world.

It is strange that Archduke Ferdinand and the German emperor became friends.

In his youth, the Grand Duke hated the Prussians so much that Lychelton remembered that the Crown Prince had told him in private about his dislike of the Prussians: that they had defeated us, that they had taken away the leadership of the German nation from us, and that they had even set their sights on Bavaria and Hesse......

And now, Lechelton saw two friends who were talking intimately, and thought it was funny.

Accompanied by Archduke Ferdinand, Wilhelm II inspected the weak Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, and then Helden accompanied the two men aboard the "Zanta" for a ride in the Adriatic Sea.

Then the relaxed expression on the German emperor's face disappeared: the speed of the Austro-Hungarian warship was too fast, and its speed had reached an astonishing distance.

"What is the maximum speed of this warship?" He asked.

"Verse 31!" Lechelton replied, thinking in his mind that if it weren't for the coal-fired boiler, it would have been able to reach 33 or 34 knots.

"Oh my God!" The German emperor drew a cross on his chest, "How did you do it?"

"It's very simple, I haven't forgotten the performance of the British at the parade a year ago." Helton Lee said.

"You mean 'Turbonia'? Could that thing make such a big warship run so fast? ”

"Of course, if the power is enough, a battleship can run so fast." However, with the current level of industrial technology, the battleship could not fit so many boilers, Li Hayton said.

The German emperor was silent, staring at the sea in front of him, and after a long while, a terrifying smile appeared on his face: "Brother-in-law, remember that you also have a very large shipyard in Lübeck?" ”

"What for?" Li Haidun was immediately terrified when he heard such a cold name, and immediately asked with vigilance.

"I've always dreamed of being able to build a ship of my own design, but my naval designers have always been dismissive of my opinions." William gave me a look of apprehension, "So can you sell me some of your shipyard shares?" ”

"...... you want to be my partner?" Lechelton quickly calculated the gains and losses in his heart.

"Yes, that's what it means." The German Emperor licked his face and said, "You can't just refuse the kind affection of a German Emperor. ”

Damn, if you want to overwhelm people with power, Li Haiton almost wanted to refuse. However, there seem to be a lot of benefits in this, "3 million marks, 20 percent of the shares." So he endured it before he said that he didn't know how much profit he would lose in the future.

"2 million marks?" Wilhelm II's face suddenly became bitter.

"Okay, if you don't have money, you don't think it happened."

"Okay, okay, brother, don't you have so much cash in your hand, I'll definitely make it up for you with a little more grace." Wilhelm II gritted his teeth and said, "No, I will sell the Eagle Castle in Salzburg." ”

"No, if it doesn't work, you can just take it to the top account."

"Ahem, brother." Ferdinand also interjected, "Brother, I also want to take a stake in your Israia shipyard. He seemed to watch William's plot succeed and blush.

"The Islaya shipyard is worth 24 million kroner, how much do you want?" Li Haidun glanced at him, what kind of people are they, they are cheap everywhere.

Ferdinand's face turned red suddenly, he was much poorer than Wilhelm II, and Emperor Franz was holding on to the property control of the royal family, and it was impossible for him to invest some money if he wanted to. "Ten percent." Ferdinand said vigorously, "Of course, brother, I don't have any money now, you know that I drag my family, and your sister-in-law and my three nephews can only live every year on the little flowers grown in the Goropich manor. In this way, even if my brother and I borrow this money, how about deducting it from the shipyard's dividends every year? He whispered to Lechelton, "You don't lack this money anyway." ”

Damn, there is really a shameless person, I actually met a person who wanted to eat white food, Li Haiton was about to speak, but saw Wilhelm II beating his chest on the side, "What are you doing?" ”

"Oh, why didn't I think of such a clever method!" He and Ferdinand embraced, and they had the frame of meeting their soulmates.

……

Wilhelm II, who had experienced the thrill of the Adriatic Sea, was indeed stimulated, and when he returned to Berlin, he immediately called Tirpitz and asked him to immediately start speeding up the development of the steam turbine and to install it on the warship as soon as possible.

Tirpitz grimaced: "Your Majesty, our research on the steam turbine has just begun, and it is still very unreliable, and it is impossible to install it on a warship in the short term. ”

"But why did the Austrians do it?" Wilhelm II asked rhetorically, "By the way, doesn't Germany and Austria have an agreement on the exchange of naval technology?" They got a copy of almost all of our battleship drawings, and our designers and engineers have been sparing no effort to help them. It's okay to let them help us now, right? Immediately send technicians to Austria to learn their techniques. ”

Emperor Franz and Archduke Ferdinand actually approved the request of German naval technicians to study marine engineering technology in the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

Li Haidun was reluctant, "Brother, and that uncle, you are a little bit cultured, this is a patent." What is a patent? It's something that I spent a lot of money on, and it's worth a lot of money, you know? How can it be given for nothing. ”

"Oh, is it worth it?" The old emperor thought for a while, and felt that he still couldn't let the Germans take advantage, "Then forget it, let William spend money to buy it." ”

Ferdinand hurriedly pulled Lehairdon aside, "Brother, how much is this thing worth?" He saw Lechelton stretch out two fingers and gesture.

"2 million?"

"Brother, are you a little ambitious? At least 200 million marks! After speaking, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was so stunned that his mouth was wide open, walked away. He was going to Berlin to find his brother-in-law, the emperor, and give him a good lesson in law popularization and lecture on patent law.

Or was the German emperor's brain spinning quickly, "Ahem, brother-in-law, this thing is really valuable?" ”

Lehydon nodded earnestly.

"Oh, if that's the case, why don't you build a factory in Germany, because it's always bad to import things from abroad, and the Prime Minister, Tirpitz, and the guys in parliament will annoy me to death. In this way, the factory is built next to the shipyard in which I have a stake, and how about I contribute half of my money to the shares? ”

"Not how?" Lehedon rolled his eyes and looked at the money-greedy guy, "Fifteen percent at most!" ”

"No, it's too little, forty percent!"

"Twenty!"

"Thirty-five!"

"Twenty-five, I won't do it any more!"

"Okay, deal!" William laughed triumphantly, disgusting to watch.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and wipe it, saliva is coming out." Lechelton pulled the handkerchief out of his trouser pocket.

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