Seeing that Nicholas II fell silent, Qingying knew that most of the matter had been done. In another plane of time and space, Japan regards the intervention of the three countries as a great shame, and is always ready to take revenge; And Russia is also accumulating strength and preparing to make a big deal in the Far East. Now history has been changed a little by itself, but it still basically retains its original appearance. This time, Qingying used Mites Qing as bait, just pushing the boat down the river, aiming to strengthen Nicholas II's determination to fight against Japan and pave the way for the next warship peddling!

After a while, Nicholas II said slowly: "Japan, as the representative force of British support in the Far East, naturally wants to defeat it by the strongest means, which is the basic national policy of the Russian Empire long ago. As for Germany's territorial claims to the Qing State, as long as they do not involve the sphere of power demarcated by the Russian Empire, I will support Cousin Willy's actions. Speaking of this, Nicholas II glanced at Qingying and said, "Speaking of which, little Ettel, Cousin Willy must have sent you here for more than just this one thing, right?" ”

"Shu Huang is really the reincarnation of Peter the Great, and every move of the whole of Europe can't hide from your eyeballs." Qingying touched her nose like a child, and sneered, "Actually, what the little nephew said just now was just foreplay; Selling warships to your country to counter Japan is the real purpose for which my father sent me. ”

Nicholas II snorted, and his words were both smug and sneering: "I know that Willy is both greedy and cunning, even if it is to train you, he will not let you run for this almost certain thing, there must be another plan." He was addicted to selling ships in the Qing Kingdom, and now he is paying attention to my Russian Empire! Only this time, your father will be disappointed. With the current naval strength of our Russian Empire, cleaning up the few planks of the Japanese monkeys is as simple as stepping on a bed bug, and there is no need to order any warships from abroad. ”

In the face of Nicholas II's refusal, Qingying did not have any panic in his heart, he smiled slightly, and opened the white document in his hand that recorded all the current belongings of the Russian Navy.

"It is undeniable that your navy is far superior to the Japanese navy in terms of total number and tonnage of individual ships. At present, the most important combat power in the Japanese Navy is still those small trash fish with a displacement of only more than 4,000 tons; However, your navy already has four 10,260-ton 'Catherine II' class ironclad ships, two 9,500-ton 'Alexander II' class ironclad ships and one 8,700-ton 'Twelve Apostles' coastal defense ship. Qingying raised his head from the document and looked directly into the eyes of Nicholas II, "But in the Far East, your country does not have a single capital warship that can handle it!" ”

Qingying sorted out her thoughts and said eloquently: "The four Catherine II-class ironclad ships and the Twelve Apostles coastal defense ships belong to the Black Sea Fleet, and it is absolutely impossible for the British and Turks to let them pass through the Dardanelles, that is, they can only stay in the Black Sea forever. The two Alexander II-class ironclads belonging to the Baltic Fleet are the product of the design of the idea of coastal defense, and they are not at all suitable for long-distance voyages to the Far East. More than half of the 120,000-ton warships jointly intervened by the three countries were French warships, and your country's ships accounted for a small half of them. In addition to the eight cutting-edge cruisers, Japan also ordered two 12,500-ton first-class battleships from Britain half a year ago, and with the shipbuilding efficiency of British shipyards, they will inevitably be delivered in another two years. Therefore, although your navy is strong, in the Far East it is not as strong as Japan, a small country. It can be predicted that by the time Britain delivers those two first-class battleships to Japan, the Japanese navy will have an overwhelming superiority over your country in the Far East, and what should you do with it? ”

For this situation in Qingying's mouth, Nicholas II has long understood it clearly in his heart; He glanced at Qingying lightly and said, "As you said, it is true that the empire does not have capital ships in the Far East, but we can start construction immediately. Little Etter, Shu Huang is not afraid to tell you that in the coming time, the direction of the development of the Russian Empire will be tilted towards the Far East with all its might; With our country's financial resources and industry, it is completely possible to build a Far East Fleet that surpasses the Japanese Navy. Even if the Japanese monkeys can temporarily outperform the Russian Empire in the Far Eastern Navy, then what can they do? The national strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, as long as we get a little serious, they will eventually be crushed by the army of the Empire! ”

Qing Ying nodded slightly, and said slowly: "Your country's industry and financial resources are obvious to all in the world, and Germany will naturally not doubt your country's navy after the outbreak. But Nikolai Shu, please don't forget that Japan is not fighting alone, and behind him stands the British Empire, Victoria's great-grandmother! As a result of this intervention, relations between Japan and your country have fallen to a freezing point, and Britain's purpose of supporting Japan to block your country's expansion in the Far East has long been self-evident. It is conceivable that in the future, it will be inevitable for Britain to stand on Japan's side in line with its own interests. In this Qing-Japanese war, Japan has obtained a huge indemnity of more than 16 million pounds from the Qing State, which is enough for them to repay all their foreign debts before the war and military expenses in the war; And if Britain spares no effort to transfuse blood to Japan, it will definitely not be difficult to build a powerful fleet! Now Victoria's great-grandmother's British Empire is too powerful. ”

Speaking of this, Qingying glanced at the cheap Shu Huang who still had no change in face, and said: "What my father means is that I hope that your country can hand over the glorious mission of building the Far East Fleet to the major shipyards in Germany. As long as your country does this, then the little nephew is here to assure Shu Huang: even if the Japanese Navy receives the full support of the British, your country's Far East Fleet, built by the German shipyard, can completely wipe out Japan's maritime power! ”

Nicholas II suddenly laughed, and his face, which resembled Medvedev, was full of triumph as expected. After a long time, he barely held back, and said hesitantly: "Okay, you Willy, you actually want to pocket all the orders for the construction of a whole fleet of my Russian Empire, and your appetite is too great!" To build a Far East Fleet that would surpass the Japanese Navy, it would cost £15 million to build a shipbuilding, and do you want to make all the nearly 10,000 workers of the New Admiralty Shipyard, the Baltic Shipyard and the Galierny Island Shipyard in the Russian Empire drink the Mistral? Well? ”

Qingying smiled a little awkwardly. Cheap daddy's kung fu on beating snakes with sticks, he has deeply understood it in the past year or so. When he first raised the problem of tonnage waste in German battleships, Wilhelm overturned almost the entire National Naval Design Bureau and drove away a large group of stale and conservative designers; And this time he proposed to China that he could do some business on the Russian Navy, and William directly aimed at the entire lineup of the Russian Far East Fleet. If Germany can really take such a large order, it will directly provide tens of thousands of jobs for the country in the next seven or eight years, so the demand for talents in industries such as coal and steel is innumerable. This is an excellent catalyst for the German economy!

Although Qingying himself felt that William's appetite was too big this time, because each was his own master, he still had to complete William's plan as much as possible. He coughed, his face was not red, and his heart was not beating and he said to Nikolai: "Regarding this, Shu Xiao actually doesn't need to worry at all. Even if your shipyard loses orders for the Far Eastern Fleet, isn't there still orders for the two major navies, the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. At the rate of development of your navy, those workers will definitely have something to eat. The warships designed and built by our German shipyard are moderately priced and have excellent performance, so why don't you think about it? ”

Nikolai looked at the distant nephew in front of him with great interest, and his heart had already begun to calculate quickly. He had no doubt about Germany's firm stance in support of his eastward advance, nor about Cousin Willy's sincerity in wanting to strengthen the Russian Far East Fleet. At present, although relations between Russia and Germany are not as friendly and intimate as they were in Bismarck's time, and there are some rifts between them, the two countries really have common interests in the affairs of the Far East at present. The eastward shift of Russia's strategic center of gravity would greatly reduce the pressure on Germany on the European continent; With the help of Germany, the process of Russia's eastward expansion will also be greatly beneficial. Nicholas II secretly guessed that his cousin Willy might really hope that Russia would bring the British Empire to its knees.

As for the issue of ordering battleships from Germany...... Nikolai's heart moved slightly, and he had already agreed with Qingying's proposal. Although he did not have the same deep love and attainment of warships as William's cousin, he still knew a lot about the general situation of his own navy. Speaking of which, it is true that there are several large shipyards in Russia, but because the industrial foundation can only be regarded as second-rate, this not only makes the industrial products of the same quality much more expensive than that of Britain and Germany, which have a strong industrial foundation, but also makes the performance of the warships built have a considerable disparity compared with the first-class countries. For a long time, the Russian Navy has been plagued by the problem of high quality and high price of domestic warships; This is nothing against the Turks, but if the Russian warships were to fight the Japanese navy with purebred British warships, Nikolai would have some confidence in his heart. Therefore, before Russia's industrial technology has not reached a certain height, the development of the main warships must rely on orders from foreign countries!