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Historical Records. The Biography of the Goods Colony also said, "The world is bustling, and it is all for profit." The world is full of soil, all for profit. He also said, "Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing." ”

In fact, these are all to show that the things in the world are nothing more than interests, and when personal interests are satisfied. It has also become "Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing." "People will have higher aspirations.

Of course, you can also look at it in a different way. For example, you could say it's Abraham. Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs". When the four needs of physiology, security, love and belonging, and dignity are satisfied, people begin to pursue the need for self-actualization.

Of course, all this has to be labeled as a precursor - "mortal". Because there are always extraordinary people who will ask to realize their value when the first four items are not met. For example: some university monks who have just come out of society, or the Taizu of the opening dynasty.

The former will basically be blown up by the cruel reality of society, and then honestly pursue the first four items first. And the latter...... They ran 25,000 miles, but in the end, they directly blew up Chairman Chang Shenkai. The latter is a group of non-"mortals" who pursue self-worth realization and surpass the first four needs.

"General, we still need to discuss it......" MacDonald pondered for a while before he said in a deep voice to Tu Qianjun: "Comparing the sale of battleships is also a great thing for us. We always need to get a ...... from the parliament."

Junzi smiled and pressed his hand on the table, and whispered to MacDonald, "Of course, this is not a trivial matter. I can wait for your reply, but hopefully it won't be too long. After all, I can't stay in England for too long, and there are still many things in Manchuria waiting for me to go back and deal with......"

As he spoke, Tu Qianjun paused and whispered to the prime minister: "The next matters will be in charge with a special person." If they can't be the master, then they will report back to me. ”

Tu Qianjun's words have set the tone for this negotiation, and it is very simple: if you can talk, then continue to talk with my subordinates. If not, don't bother me.

Macdonald, of course, understood it by heart. He knew that the tiger did have the capital to say this. Now that oil has been discovered in Manchuria, that is to say, even if Britain refuses to sell it, the Americans will definitely sell it without hesitation!

Next, the British really didn't bother the army again. However, he still took his military son to visit the active naval equipment of the British army, including aircraft carriers and battleships. It's not that they don't want to show their army equipment to their soldiers, and by the way, mix up some orders or something.

But their proposal was rejected by the army, what are you kidding?! I have everything from the Tiger to the 40 guns and the 107 guns, and even the tanks will be designed with those Hans when the time comes, why should I look at your army equipment?!

A few days later, after intense discussions, the British Parliament finally agreed to sell two active Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, the "War Weyer" and the "Barham", to Manchuria.

And as the newest Nelson-class battleship, the council discussed for a long time and did not pass a resolution. In all fairness, this time the British Parliament is also hemorrhaging! You know, the War Weary had just undergone a modern modification in 1924.

The main modification items include, including the addition of anti-torpedo protruding compartments on both sides of the hull; The front chimney is combined with the rear chimney to reduce the impact of smoke exhaust caused by the front chimney close to the bridge and mast; Expansion of mast and bridge facilities at the forward stilt mast; Installation of anti-aircraft guns, retrofitting of seaplanes.

Counted, this battleship is not far behind at the moment. Moreover, the "War Weyware" itself had 8 twin 15-inch/42-caliber main guns, 12 6-inch/45-caliber secondary guns, and 2 76-mm guns.

Its armor configuration is: side armor belt 13 inches. Main deck 2.5-5 inches, turret 13 inches, 5 inches, gun mount 10 inches. Command tower 11 inches. The total weight of the armor is 8100 tons!

And the "Barham" is now in the process of refitting, and its modification direction is also close to the "War Weyware". To put it simply, Tu Qianjun caught up with a good time, and one was already refitted. The other is being renovated.

But after getting the offer from the British, Tu Qianjun almost fell out of his eyeballs! The cost of the Queen Elizabeth class is about 2.4 million pounds, and all the previous modifications and other things plus non-depreciation are up to 3 million pounds.

And the British offered Tu Qianjun a price of five million pounds for one ship! At this time, 1 pound is equal to 4.86 US dollars, and 5 million pounds is more than 24 million US dollars! Tu Qianjun almost scolded with the offer!

it! More than 20 million US dollars, I might as well add more money to buy an aircraft carrier! You know, the cost of the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier in the United States in the near future is only between 15 million and 30 million US dollars, and you dare to charge Lao Tzu more than 24 million yuan for a broken battleship?! Are you black-hearted?!

MacDonald didn't dare to be so black-hearted. But he can't stand the idiots in the council, and the old men are using Tu Qianjun as a fat sheep! The old men who have been squatting in the English Channel still think that the Far East has to look at their eyes and speak.

And it is extremely idiotic that Tu Qianjun will definitely agree to their conditions. There were even lawmakers who ridiculed MacDonald: "You're old...... I was scared by that yellow-skinned monkey. How can the shipbuilding skills of those cowboys be comparable to that of the British Empire?! Moreover, they may not have sold such an important battleship to this yellow-skinned monkey. It's already his honor that we're willing to sell to him! ”

Words like this have gained a lot of approval in Parliament.

MacDonald wasn't going to come to the scene himself, and he threw the deal to the chairman of the trade committee, Walter. Ranciman. And the poor chairman of the trade committee could only come to the hotel with a bitter face and tell Tu Qianjun the news.

"Is this the friendship of the British Empire......" Junzi shook the document in his hand and looked at Walt. Ranciman's voice was as cold as the iceberg of the North Pole that would not melt for 10,000 years!

Walter. When Ranciman heard this, he could only bite the bullet and explain softly: "General." This is just a preliminary plan. The actual price is still negotiable......"

Tu Qianjun sneered and put the document "Bang!" He slammed it on the table and pointed to one of the above: it was necessary to find and extract oil together with the enterprises of the British Empire, and the cost should be shared equally between them. The British Empire, on the other hand, received 50% of the right to extract oil and 10% of the tax exemption.

"What about this?!" Tu Qianjun looked at the chairman of the trade committee coldly, his expression was as cold as ice, "Don't tell me that this is a clerk's clerical error!" ”

Looking at this request, Walt. Ranciman almost bit his tongue off! He cursed those who crouched in parliament and thought that the British Empire was still the British Empire before the First World War, and that the empire could still stomp its feet, and the world trembled.

Don't those idiots know that these cowboys whose world has already tilted to the other side of the ocean?! Didn't this group of stupid donkeys, whose brains were full of money, see the helplessness of the empire at the time of the Manchurian Incident?!

"This ...... I think we can talk about it again...... "Walt. Ranciman wiped the sweat from his forehead. Tu Qianjun said to him: "This is only a preliminary agreement...... Preliminary ......"

Looking at this old guy who was speechless, Tu Qianjun sneered!

"That's it! Since the British Empire has no idea of cooperating with me, then the matter is settled. Junzi glanced coldly at the chairman of the trade committee, picked up the document that he had smashed on the table, flicked it and handed it back to him.

"Please tell Prime Minister MacDonald! Tomorrow I will end my visit to the UK, and this will be the end of this matter! After speaking, Tu Qianjun didn't wait for Walter. What did Ranciman say, and he said directly: "Please go back!" ”

Walter. Ranciman's face fell, and he tried to say something but found that he had no way to guarantee anything. He could only take the documents and slowly walked out of Tu Qianjun's study.

Right in Walt. When Ranciman lost his soul. The heavy rain in the three eastern provinces still shows no signs of stopping!

Under the violent thunder of "boom ......", in the drifting rain of "boom la la ......", several figures wearing raincoats hurriedly walked into the office building of the three eastern provincial governments.

Subsequently, they were led by the staff into the office of the governor of the three eastern provinces, and the office of the name of the plaque, which was filled with smoke. Yan Zhengqing and the others saw these people walking in wetly, and quickly stood up and asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation?!" ”

The person who came took off his raincoat, but it was Yuan Jinkai, the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! Yuan Jinkai shook his head at a few people in this office, and said in a deep voice: "Not optimistic! ”

"The main tributaries in the rainy area and the main stream of the Songhua River have risen successively. When I went to several water-ripple observation stations such as Qiqihar, Fularji, Baijitaobao, Harbin, and Xiaogudong, I found that the water level was rising rapidly. Surveyors predict that if it continues to rain like this, it will lead to flooding of the Nenjiang River and floods of the second Songhua River and Lalin River. Eventually, the main stream of the Songhua River was flooded......"

Hearing Yuan Jinkai's words, everyone was silent. Although everyone was prepared for a flood, everyone still couldn't accept the news when it gradually became a reality!

After a long time. Tu Sancang snuffed out the cigarette in his hand in the ashtray! Facing Yan Zhengqing and the others, he said in a deep voice: "Inform the army!" Let him hurry up and get some attention! Also, what kind of bullshit interviewed! Come back quickly! ”

Yan Zhengqing couldn't help but sigh deeply when he heard this, and walked into the room to draw up a secret message. Then he took it out and handed it to the secretary to urgently call Tu Qianjun in the UK.

At this time, the parliament of the British Empire was also urgently convening! Walter. The news that Ranciman brought back finally made MacDonald unable to sit still! He immediately urgently summoned those damned idiot parliamentarians to a meeting!

At a small meeting of party leaders, MacDonald blushed and "snapped!" He slammed down on the table and whispered to the party leaders.

"Do you really think this tiger is an idiot?! Or do you think that he will not be able to find a warship without our British Empire?! I'm telling you, now he's turned down the contract! And tell our man that he is about to announce the end of his trip tomorrow! Leave the UK!! ”

MacDonald's face turned blue, and he looked at these stunned parliamentarians and shouted, "What are you all having in your heads?!" Twice defeated the tough servicemen of the USSR and Japan. Do you think we can threaten him?! I'm telling you, the order is gone!! The agreement is gone!! Explain to the business owners yourself! ”

After saying that, MacDonald left these stupid councilors and left the conference room directly. He's fed up with the thoughts of these idiots, and he was also at the time of the last Manchurian time! The arrogance of this group of idiots has ruined an order that originally belonged to the British Empire!

It turned out that they were not enough, so try it again this time! MacDonald thought with annoyance. Won't these idiots learn?! You can't die if you look at the newspapers, right?! Is this tiger so easy to coerce?! A bunch of bastards joking about the fate of the empire!

When a congressman saw that MacDonald was leaving, he quickly grabbed him and said urgently: "Prime Minister! You can't just leave! We've got to find a way to get it back, right?! These are two battleships! Moreover, a series of orders for industrial equipment and even oil development cooperation are also included! If that's it. Those business owners are going to make a big fuss! ”

MacDonald coldly pulled the councillor's hand. With an expressionless face, he said: "I don't know how your brains grow, and you actually demanded '50% oil exploitation rights and 10% tax exemptions'!" Do you know what the conditions for the joint development of the Americans and this Tiger are?! 25% mining rights! There is no tax exemption!! ”

As he spoke, MacDonald took a deep breath. Turning to the councillors, whose jaws were almost dropping, he whispered, "I'm sure now that we've succeeded in off the tiger!" Even if we sign a contract with him now with 20% of the mining rights, he may not sign an agreement with us! ”

At this moment, the faces of these parliamentarians became extremely ugly! The loss of the order, which is definitely not what they want to see!

"Or ...... Let's try again......" thought the councillor said, "I have to try it anyway." If those orders are lost, those business owners will fall out......"

Everyone is silent, who dares to say anything at this time?! The arrogant and disdainful glances they had before were gone, and they looked at MacDonald honestly.

"What?! Or the price of five million pounds?! Or 50% mining rights?! MacDonald looked at the councillors sarcastically and said coldly: "If that's the case, my personal advice is not to waste time!" ”

"Nope! No! No, ......" one of the councillors shook his hand and said to MacDonald, "20 percent of the mining rights!" Tax exemption is not needed, as for the warship......"

The councillor said, glancing at the crowd. Especially Lord Chelmsford, Lord Lord Admiralty.

Lord Chelmsford naturally knew what the councillor meant. Aren't you just waiting for him to make an offer?! In fact, Lord Chelmsford was also one of the first to support the sale of warships at a high price, but now it seems that people may not buy the accounts of the British Empire!

The sun never sets on the empire, it has fallen...... Lord Chelmsford lamented inwardly. After a while, he said to MacDonald: "Our 'Queen Elizabeth class' cost around £2.4 million, while the 'War Weybay' and 'Barham' refuels cost about £500,000......"

As he spoke, Chelmsford muttered for a while and whispered to everyone: "If depreciation is included, then the price of a battleship at about two million pounds should be reasonable......

In this way, the price of a battleship will reach about 12 million US dollars. Compared with the previous 24 million and directly cut in half, MacDonald breathed a sigh of relief.

And since the Minister of the Navy has spoken, these parliamentarians naturally won't say much. MacDonald winked at the secretary, who knowingly redrafted a contract.

Of course, the secretary was very clever enough to remove all the idiotic blackmail clauses in the original contract. Then print it out. It was handed over to MacDonald to look at.

After reading it, MacDonald gave it to the councillors and the Admiralty Chancellor Chelmsford to see. After everyone saw that there was no problem, MacDonald personally went to Tu Qianjun's hotel again with the contract.

No way, the tiger declared that he was leaving tomorrow. Macdonald had to come to the hotel overnight to finalize the contract, and this kind of thing will change later!

In case this Tiger consulted the United States directly. I think the price in the United States is more suitable, but in the United Kingdom, I can't even drink the soup!

Just when MacDonald hurriedly came to Tu Qianjun's hotel, he saw Tu Qianjun coming out of the hotel with Shang Dinan and others. And Tu Qianjun's face was gloomy and terrifying!

"General, where are you going?!" MacDonald hurriedly greeted him and said in surprise to Tu Qianjun. And Tu Qianjun said in a deep voice to MacDonald: "Prime Minister, I heard that you have introduced a batch of P-26 fighters, right?!" ”

MacDonald nodded inexplicably. And Tu Qianjun immediately said: "Please approve the five planes for me, I need to drive it back to Manchuria now!" As for these planes, I will return the money to you at the original price. ”

MacDonald couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and at this time, Tu Qianjun seemed to be frank and said to MacDonald: "The Japanese army on the edge of the Yalu River seems to have moved, I must go back to see the situation!" ”

MacDonald nodded understandingly, and in his opinion, perhaps it was the discovery of oil in Manchuria that caught the attention of the Japanese. But that's not MacDonald's concern. He handed the document in his hand to Tu Qianjun and said softly: "It's just a plane, the British Empire has always been generous to its allies!" These are our redrawn contracts, and I would like to ask the general to take a look. If we can, then let's sign it......"