Chapter 186: Sinister intentions
Canovas was a little distracted, he didn't expect Prince Yang to be so brave to admit his mistakes, in fact, even if Yang Feng didn't admit it, he wasn't ready to pursue it further, the reason why he negotiated with this guy was to tell him that even if you did it, don't play anymore, everyone looks down and doesn't look up, we in Spain have also contributed a lot of wealth to you over the years, why do you have to make it unpleasant for a few monkeys?
However, he really didn't expect Yang Feng to be able to apologize to him so frankly, and hurriedly said that there is no need to take this kind of thing too seriously, I am also very indignant about corrupt officials or something, how to punish according to your law, just don't let such a thing happen again in the future.
Of course, Prince Yang patted his chest and assured him that in fact, as long as the monkeys made trouble, it would already be considered a success, and as for whether or not to give them arms in the future, it depended on their appearance, Prince Yang's goal was no longer on this trivial matter at all, he had other plans.
"Your Excellency, I am very touched by your magnanimity, but after all, our mistakes have caused losses to your army, and as an old friend, I will feel very guilty for not making amends, so if you want me to do anything, just ask, as long as it helps you to quell the rebellion." Yang Feng said very sincerely.
Canovas couldn't believe his ears, which meant not only to apologize, but also to give himself some compensation or something, oh my God, is this pie in the sky? Isn't he known for his insatiable greed? Isn't the legendary iron rooster sitting in front of you?
"Can you sell us gas bombs?" He asked tentatively, Spain had always wanted to buy this thing to suppress the Cubans, but Yang Feng had always refused to sell the best weapons to suppress the rebellion on the grounds that they were too brutal to the Cuban people.
"Yes, but I have to have one condition, first of all, you can't use it in the war against Cuba, you have to understand that American public opinion has always been dissatisfied with you, and I don't want to be blamed by the American people for this. After all, I have quite a few industries there. Yang Feng said very frankly.
Canovas quickly nodded, fully understanding this.
"Second, because of the production limit and the fact that there are too many customers who buy from me, I can't give you a large quantity, so I can only supply you in small batches one after another." Yang Feng said.
Of course, Canovas has no opinion, the Swedish gas bomb factory is in short supply for all to see, in addition to Britain and Germany to build production lines, other French factories are still under construction, and almost all other countries in Europe buy from Sweden. Yang Feng is normal like this.
"In addition, I don't think this is enough to express my apologies, you still can't buy warships, if you still buy warships, I can give you a seven-percent discount." Yang Feng then threw out a big gift that almost made him scream.
"Your Royal Highness, you're not kidding, are you?" Canovas said incredulously.
"Am I kidding?" Yang Feng said with a smile.
Canovas was vigilant, there must be a demon when things go wrong, this sentence is not only understood by Chinese, he also knows very well, if it is simply sold to himself gas bombs, it can be said that Yang Feng is to apologize. But coupled with the sale of warships at a low price, this issue is worth considering, because Yang Feng does not need to do this anyway.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, who is the real enemy of Spain? Cuba is the most important colony that you cannot give up under any circumstances. It's a pity that it's in a bad position, next to a growing wolf that desperately needs more food, and you think that with the strength of the Spanish Navy now. Will you be able to withstand the minions of this vicious wolf? Yang Feng said casually.
This was his real purpose, and the Americans won the Spanish-American War so smoothly that the American capitalists were confident in expansion. But what if the United States wins this war miserably? Especially if the naval battle is lost and the coast is shelled, with the audacity of the Americans, I am afraid that they will be cautious in terms of expansion, and the country must stumble on it with all its might, and the geographical position without the enemy is too terrifying.
Canovas suddenly brightened, no wonder this guy is so kind, to put it bluntly, he wants to give the Americans a black hand, which is understandable, China can be said to be the only piece of fat without the owner on both sides of the Pacific Ocean now, but the biggest wolf pack around him is full, the second is almost full, the third and fourth have just eaten another piece of fat, and there will be no other interest in a short time, so that there will be some thoughts left in the last one that has not eaten at all, and His Royal Highness the prince obviously wants to borrow a knife to kill, Knock out a few of the wolf's teeth.
But this is indeed a pie-in-the-sky good thing for Spain, and the Americans' ambitions for Cuba can be said to be well known to passers-by, and what is the purpose of desperately exaggerating the Spanish army's suppression of Cuba over the years, isn't it just to mobilize domestic hostility towards Spain? Spain has been careful to give them an excuse for war all these years, and to be honest, even Prime Minister Canovas himself feels aggrieved.
It's a pity that the strength of the Spanish Navy is too weak now, and there are only four armored cruisers and two battleships that really have the ability to fight modern naval warfare, and the United States Navy is almost twice as many as Spain even if the main battleship cruisers are about to be commissioned, otherwise it would be impossible for him to squeeze money out of his teeth and order the eight new diesel engine warships from Sweden, but even with these, the gap between the Spanish Navy and the United States is still huge.
"Your Royal Highness, we are indeed ready to buy a few warships, such as the 7,000-ton armored cruiser that Sweden is building, and we are also planning to buy four more destroyers, but we are in a hurry." After understanding the true purpose of this goods, Canovas was relieved, the conspiracy was indeed there, but it was not aimed at Spain, since he was naturally happy to take advantage of it, so he said with a smile.
"No problem, I can persuade His Majesty the Ottoman Emperor to move a few of the battleships originally made for him to you, one armored cruiser can be given to you, two destroyers can be given to you first, and the other two can be given to you from my active fleet if you are really urgent, of course, if you believe in the quality of my shipyard in China, there is a batch of ones that were originally built for me myself, and I can also give them to you first, in addition, the latest type of my torpedoes has already begun to be used, with a maximum range of more than ten kilometers, If you need it, you can equip all your warships with this torpedo, and the price is also 70% off. Yang Feng said.
"Of course you can, but in terms of payment?" Canovas said with a slight hesitation, looking at the meaning that he was nervous at hand.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, a seven-percent discount is already very favorable, besides, even if I don't help you, it's not a big deal for me, as long as my fleet is strong enough, I can stop anyone's ambitions for my homeland." Yang Feng said dissatisfied.
Canovas was embarrassed and didn't say anything more, if you want to say that these guys really don't have money, then Yang Feng doesn't believe it, half of the gold found by the beautiful woman's avatar at the bottom of the sea comes from the route from the Americas to Spain, which is not shipped back, and those shipped back will definitely not be less than these, even if the Spaniards can toss again, there should be a lot of inventory at this time, and he himself earned more than fifty tons of gold in the Spanish Civil War in the later generations, and this is less than one-third of Joseph's earnings, at this time they must have more in their hands, but they are reluctant to take it out.
Ending the conspiracy with the Spaniards, Prince Yang sailed to London contentedly, and in this city after more than two years of absence, he was greeted with a grand welcome that was completely in line with the status of a prince, and even the fool officially arrived at the dock with his brother as a prince to welcome the noble highness from China on behalf of his grandmother and father, which made Yang Feng somewhat uncomfortable.
At the end of the welcome ceremony at the docks, he officially went to Buckingham Palace to meet Mrs. Victoria in his capacity as Chinese Foreign Secretary, and then had a meeting with British Prime Minister Salisbury, and did some essential visits, and when these official activities were completed, Prince Xiang began to turn back to his original appearance in the city, and a grand welcome ball invited all the people who had friends with him in the upper class of London, but not in his estate, which was not comparable to the castle of the Young Medical Center, There are all kinds of recreational facilities here, including golf courses, racetracks, and hunting areas.
This medical center, which is completely supported by his expensive modern medicines, has become the last life shelter of the European upper class, and the vast majority of terminal diseases that cannot be treated by others will be solved here, this is Yang Feng's biggest umbrella in the world, under the service of beauties from all over the world wearing nurse clothes, a group of drunken nobles and wealthy families are staggered, Prince Yang can't help but raise his glass and sigh: "This is the real life!" ”
"Your Royal Highness, then why do you have to go to China? I've heard that it's still a barbarian world. The fool's wife asked curiously, her husband had already gone to the room specially arranged by Yang Feng with a group of unscrupulous people at this time, this more ladylike young woman did not like that kind of smoky occasion, but had a good impression of Yang Shiren.
"When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky." Her words provoked Prince Yang's poetry, and suddenly ran to the balcony with a wine glass, tuned the English version of the song translated by Lin Yutang, chanted to the moon, and then said to the chubby princess: "Your Highness, do you think that the people who wrote this kind of poetry hundreds of years ago will be associated with barbarism?" (To be continued......)