Now only Britain is willing to be slaughtered by China, and Britain has no choice, the local industry has been destroyed a lot by the Luftwaffe, and it is urgent to replenish the combat effectiveness of the army, but it will take a long time for the strength of these three armored divisions to be put into the battlefield, and it will take at least half a year to form combat effectiveness, after all, training tank soldiers is not as simple as training infantry.

The French also want to buy a batch of tanks from China to train an armored division, but unfortunately the French have no money now, and all the land is occupied by the Germans, and the French government-in-exile is stretched thin in terms of funds, and they can't be slaughtered by the Chinese, but Xiao Zhenlei is very generous this time.

When the French minister Walder came to him and offered to buy tanks and armored vehicles for an armored division, and was quite embarrassed to ask whether he could owe the money first, and then return it year by year after defeating the Germans, Xiao Zhenlei smiled and said: "There is no problem, but you can't give preferential treatment in price, what price is sold to Britain, what price is sold to your country, and interest must be calculated, after all, it is arrears, and the interest is calculated according to the interest rate issued by the National Bank of China." Of course, if your country can pay in cash, I can decide the price five points less than if I sold it to the British! ”

Five points seems a bit small, but the equipment of an armored division is more than 200 million, and five points is more than 10 million, which is a lot of money, although the French minister Walder wants to pay in cash, but he knows that the French government-in-exile really has no money now.

However, Xiao Zhenlei thought of a very good idea for him, and Xiao Zhenlei said to Walder: "Mr. Walder, you also know that my country is in urgent need of money now. Money is needed to fight wars and develop in the country, so it is best to have cash. I certainly hope that your country will be able to pay in cash, given the situation of your country's Government-in-exile. It seems that it is not possible to pay cash, but I have thought of a way to get your government to pay cash, and to let Mr. Minister make a profit from it. ”

Hearing Xiao Zhenlei's words, Walder instinctively became vigilant, but since Xiao Zhenlei said this, he couldn't help but answer, so he had to be careful: "Oh." I don't know what His Excellency the President has to offer? ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't let your country give up the management of any more colonies, and I don't want your land, I just need cash!"

Walder breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Xiao Zhenlei smiled after seeing his expression, and continued: "That's the case, as far as I know, although the whole country of your country is occupied by the German army. But before the Germans occupied your country, a large number of wealthy merchants in your country fled from France with their wealth, and I think you can pull the strings out of this, Mr. Walder. These patriotic and wealthy businessmen were contacted and asked to jointly pay for the weapons and equipment to buy the equipment, and the French government repaid the money and interest to the wealthy merchants within a specified period of time after the war. In this way, the wealthy merchants made money. They don't have to worry about depreciating their money in the bank all day long, and they can use it to get closer to your country's top government. This will be of great benefit to their future business, and I believe that they will definitely support it, and Mr. Walder, you can not only extract certain benefits from it, but also gain fame, and your ability to do things will definitely leave a deep impression in the hearts of the top leaders of your country, and at the same time, after the government and military of your country have obtained that batch of equipment, the combat effectiveness of the army has also been greatly strengthened, and our country has received cash that can be used to fight against Germany and develop the domestic economy, which can be said to be a good thing that kills four birds with one stone! I can't control your government or the rich businessmen, but if Mr. Walder can make this happen with his connections and abilities, then my government and I will be grateful to you! ”

Xiao Zhenlei's words directly fooled Walder, he saw the huge prestige and huge benefit fee, he thought in his heart, if I facilitate this deal, then I can almost get benefits from the other three parties, I can not only reap commissions, but also get fame, which has immeasurable benefits for my future political career! As long as this deal is promoted, my political future will be bright!

Thinking of this, Walder couldn't help but be a little excited, he pretended to be pondering, and then said to Xiao Zhenlei: "Since the president thinks so highly of me, then I'll try it, as for whether it can succeed, then I can't guarantee it, if not, I also ask the president to sell the equipment to our country in arrears, and then my government will repay it one by one after the war, do you think it's okay?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and smiled: "Of course you can, but I believe in Mr. Walder's ability!" But Mr. Walder, please note that we only need to receive gold".

The French minister Walde was gone, and he was very excited and scrappy when he left, and he watched Walde leave with a smile. In fact, the reason why Xiao Zhenlei gave Walder this idea is because he knows that cash is much more useful, and he can do a lot of things with cash, and if it is in arrears, although he is not worried about whether the French will pay back the money, but when the French repay the money in the future, those can not play as much role as getting cash now.

The day after Walder left, the Russian minister to China, Kuminschi, also came to the door, nothing else, he also got the news that the British had bought the equipment of the armored division from Xiao Zhenlei and told the country, the Winter Palace received his telegram and immediately replied, let him immediately face Xiao Zhenlei, to buy a tank and armored car of an armored division from the Chinese side, Nicholas II's idea is very unique, he does not expect to rely on an armored division to improve the combat effectiveness of the army, his idea is that since the British and the French have it, Then Tsarist Russia can't do without, at least buy a batch back and provide it for the arsenal to study, and technically it can't fall behind the people, this is the idea of Nicholas II, I have to say that his idea is very advanced and realistic.

"Your Excellency, let's be honest, I came to you this time to buy tanks and armored vehicles, and since your country can sell to the British and French, then it will definitely be able to sell to our country!"

Xiao Zhenlei doesn't talk nonsense, selling to anyone is selling, if the Germans take the money, he will buy it, as long as he has money, he doesn't think that he can't do business with the Germans if he fights with the Germans now, it is the British and the French who fight with the Germans, and Huaguo is just having a good time, and he won't really fight the Germans to the end.

"The equipment of at least one armored division is sold to the British at the same price, including motorcycles and trucks!" Xiao Zhenlei said directly.

Kuminschi smiled when he heard this: "No, no, no, Your Excellency, as far as I know, the price you sell to the French is a little lower than that of the British, my country is also a member of the Entente, my country does not ask for a lower price than France, as long as it is the same price as your country sells to France, of course, our country will not take advantage of it in vain, our country needs the equipment of three armored divisions, this amount is enough, right?" But your country wants to send an officer corps to help our country train tank crews! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was extremely surprised, Tsarist Russia actually wanted to buy three armored divisions, much bigger than the British tone, he originally thought that Tsarist Russia could buy one armored division of equipment would be good, but he didn't expect that the Tsarist Russians were really willing to spend money, but Xiao Zhenlei was a little worried about the Tsarist government's ability to pay, you must know that Tsarist Russia has withstood Germany's crazy attack for two years, and Tsarist Russia has lost absolutely no less than three million troops in the past two years until now, which is an extremely terrible number, and the money and materials spent cannot be estimated, Will Tsarist Russia be able to afford this equipment?

Xiao Zhenlei hesitated: "Mr. Kumingschi, please forgive me for not believing in the integrity of your government, can your country come up with so much money now?" You must know that your country's military expenditure in the past two years is not small, and the losses are even heavier, and the total cost of equipment for the three armored divisions is about 600 million yuan! ”

Kuminschi smiled and said: "Your Excellency the President, please let me go, my country is fully capable of paying for this equipment!" ”

Looking at the confidence on Kuminschi's face, Xiao Zhenlei suddenly remembered that the Tsarist government may not be able to come up with so much money, but Nicholas II and the Tsarist Russian royal family can definitely take it out, in another time and space, before the end of World War I, due to the riots of the Russian Revolutionary Party, Nicholas II had to abdicate, and there were 1,600 tons of gold from Nicholas II in the Tsarist Russian treasury at that time. Rumor has it that General Kolchak, loyal to Nicholas II, transported the gold to the Far East, and it was packed in the carriages of 28 armed trains, but no one expected that shortly after the procession set off, the temperature dropped sharply from minus 30 °C to minus 60 °C. On the way, the train ran out of fuel, and Kolchak was forced to switch to sleds to pull the wagons loaded with gold through the snow and ice of Siberia. The escorts died in the bitter cold and were eventually wiped out as they marched to Lake Baikal. This huge treasure became an "ownerless" abandoned on the frozen surface of the lake, and with the thaw of the lake, it finally sank to the bottom of Lake Baikal along with the carriage! It is also said that Kolchak took the initiative to sink the gold to the bottom of Lake Baikal. However, later Russia explored Lake Baikal, but did not find this treasure.

Selling equipment to Tsarist Russia made Xiao Zhenlei very happy, why? Because Nicholas II was rich, so much gold was so tempting.

Soon after, the Americans came again, also to buy tanks, the United States did not buy much, so Xiao Zhenlei was very dissatisfied with the quantity, Xiao Zhenlei proposed that some concessions could be made in price, but the number must reach the size of a division, and the Americans finally thought about it and agreed. (To be continued......)