I have to admit that arms are indeed one of the most profitable commodities. The total cost of the arms sold by the empire to the Entente countries was only 250 million Chinese dollars. However, the profit obtained was as high as 350 million Chinese dollars. The profit reached one hundred and forty percent of the cost!

So much so that the Emperor Wu Haoxuan, the Prime Minister of the Empire, and the Minister of Finance have recently blossomed, and the profit of 350 million Chinese dollars is also a huge amount of money for the current empire. The empire can do a lot with this huge amount of money. Moreover, this was the first deal between the Reich and the Entente. As the war continued, the Allies would certainly continue to trade arms with the Empire in order to keep the war going. The empire will be able to make more profit in this area.

Wu Haoxuan knew that the First World War, which he was familiar with, lasted for four years. The wealth that Europe had accumulated over hundreds of years was destroyed in this war. What the Chinese Empire has to do now is to get as much wealth as possible from these Europeans. And, of course, the advanced technologies that the Empire has always coveted.

In peacetime, those technologies are probably something that European countries will never sell to China. But now, everything has been won as the first priority. In such a situation, European countries naturally do not pay much attention to these technologies. The empire can also take this opportunity to make up for the shortcomings in this area and realize the empire's take-off in high technology.

Truckloads of munitions left Chinese ports and headed for Europe. These weapons will allow Europeans to kill each other. And China just needs to watch a good show on the side. Wait until Europe is completely weakened, and then jump out to divide the interests of European countries in the world.

In the beginning, the Allies used their own merchant ships to transport these arms. But the military situation in Europe is urgent, and time is running out. In order to speed up efficiency, the Allies simply paid to lease Chinese merchant ships to transport the arms.

With the arrival of these arms in Europe. One by one, the young men of the Entente countries took their weapons and went to the battlefield, and finally their lives were killed by the artillery fire and bullets in the sky. Of course, the excellent performance of China's weapons was also demonstrated in the war. This has allowed China to win more orders.

The first batch of arms purchased by Britain, France, and Russia from China was only a small and insignificant batch to alleviate the urgent need. After discovering that the performance of these arms was very good, Britain, France and Russia also placed follow-up orders one after another, which made the Chinese Empire earn huge profits in the arms trade and strongly supported the development of domestic industrialization.

Of course, the Chinese Empire's aggressive arms sales to the Entente also caused dissatisfaction among other countries. One is the United States, from which the Americans originally wanted to make a big profit. But. China, on the other hand, snatched the biggest piece of cake and left only a little leftover food for the Americans. Of course, China cannot be blamed for this. Who left the Americans themselves unprepared? Britain, France, and Russia first made a request to the United States to purchase arms, but the Americans were unable to meet the needs of Britain, France, and Russia. With no other choice, Britain, France, and Russia had no choice but to turn their attention to China. After using Chinese weapons, it was found that Chinese weapons were indeed cheap and good. In such a situation, Britain, France and Russia will naturally give more orders to China. It's not the United States.

Another country that is dissatisfied with China is undoubtedly Germany. Before the outbreak of war. Germany is the closest country in the Western world to China. Even, China can be as strong as it is now, and it is indispensable for Germany to support it in terms of capital and technology. Originally, Germany was bent on drawing China into the camp of the Allies. Therefore, in international affairs, they have also supported China many times. In order to finally bring China into the camp of the Allies. further increase their odds of winning.

But who knows, in the end, China actually sold weapons to the Entente countries on a large scale, isn't this a stab in the back to Germany? Therefore, the German top management is very dissatisfied with this. Crown Prince William even scolded China for being ungrateful and a white-eyed wolf that could not be raised.

Berlin, the capital of Germany. In the palace, Kaiser Wilhelm II's face no longer had the conceit he had when the war had just begun. However, the current war situation is still dominated by Germany and the Allies. But, regrettably, their strategic goals were not achieved. The strategy of a quick solution to France ultimately failed. Although, at one time, they were very close to Paris. The inability to defeat the French in a quick way meant that their plan had failed. Next, I'm afraid we will have to fight a war of attrition. And this is exactly what Germany does not want to see.

After all, the Entente, with its vast overseas colonies, could fight forever. Germany, on the other hand, is unlikely to receive external support when its maritime trade routes are cut off. Germany's overseas colonies, with the exception of those in the Pacific, which were transferred to the Chinese Empire and protected from falling into the hands of the Entente. The rest of the colonies were attacked by the Allied armies, and it was only a matter of time before they fell.

If the German Navy could defeat the British Navy in one fell swoop, it might be able to turn the tide. After the reopening of the sea trade routes, the resources obtained from overseas will make the German war machine run at high speed, and thus explode with extremely powerful energy. But unfortunately, the German Navy did not seem to be able to accomplish this task. Not to mention the German Navy itself, even Kaiser Wilhelm II did not have this self-confidence.

Wilhelm II never thought of using a powerful navy to defeat the British navy, and the reason why he vigorously developed the navy was more to deter Britain, so that Britain did not dare to intervene in this war and chose to watch from the sidelines. However, Wilhelm II seems to have underestimated Britain's resolve. This made the situation complicated all of a sudden, after the German land offensive was blocked.

"Father Emperor, the Chinese are all despicable and shameless villains, without the support of the Empire, they may have been destroyed by the Japanese and Russians long ago, where would there be restrictions so strong. However, these Chinese are ungrateful, not only are they unwilling to join the Allies to fight, but they also sell weapons and equipment to the Entente, which is simply stabbing us in the back. We absolutely cannot spare these Chinese. "When Crown Prince William was angry. Although, Crown Prince William was the commander of the Fifth Army Corps. However, after the Battle of the Marne, Germany was no longer in a position to launch a new offensive. Therefore, he, the commander, also took the opportunity to return to Berlin.

Wilhelm II glanced at Crown Prince Wilhelm and said nothing. Although he was also very dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire, he knew that the wings of the Chinese Empire had grown stiff, and Germany had nothing to counterbalance the Chinese Empire. Even if they are dissatisfied, what is the use? You must know that the navy of the Chinese Empire is now not inferior to the German navy at all. Even, after the construction of the follow-up capital ships of the Chinese Navy is completed, it will surpass the German Navy. The army of the Chinese Empire is also one of the strongest armies in the world. The defeat of Japan and Russia in succession has already illustrated this point.

"Your Royal Highness, we have no way to take the Chinese now." Prime Minister Holwig said with a wry smile.

"At the very least, we can ask the Chinese to return the loans we lent them!" Crown Prince William said.

When China was just emerging, it borrowed heavily from abroad, both during foreign wars and for industrial development. Germany is an important source of funding for China. China has already received more than 5 billion marks from Germany. When converted into pounds, that's £250 million. After the outbreak of war, this money was undoubtedly a huge amount.

"According to the agreement we signed with the Chinese, it is not yet time to repay the loan. The Chinese will not return these loans. Chancellor Holwig shook his head. He now vaguely felt that the reason why the Chinese Empire asked for such a long time limit for repayment in the first place was probably to anticipate the outbreak of war. This seems to be a pit for Germany at all!

In fact, Wu Haoxuan, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, had this idea in mind. No matter how high the interest rate offered by Germany, it borrowed heavily from Germany, and the borrowed money was used to buy German machinery and equipment and technology to develop itself. As for the time of repayment, after the defeat of Germany, the mark will depreciate like crazy. After the mark had depreciated a thousandfold, the empire returned the loans. At that time, the loan of five billion marks will be only equivalent to the current five million marks. The empire is equivalent to picking up such a large sum of money for nothing.

"Then we can't do nothing, can we? Just watch the Chinese continue to supply weapons and equipment to the Entente. Crown Prince William looked resentful.

The ministers were speechless, in fact, they really didn't have anything to do now.

"His Royal Highness, we can protest from the Chinese." Foreign Minister Count Georg von Hertling proposed.

It's just that in response to him was a cold snort from Crown Prince William. The so-called protest will not have any effect at all. Naturally, there is no need to do such useless work.

Wilhelm II's eyes fell on Moltke Jr., the chief of the German General Staff, as if to see what he could do.

It's just that Moltke didn't seem to notice Wilhelm II's gaze. In fact, after the defeat of the invincible German Army at the Battle of the Marne, Moltke Jr. was a little skeptical that he had made a mistake in revising the Schlieffen Plan. If he hadn't weakened the right flank of the original Schlieffen plan, they might have captured Paris. (To be continued.) )

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