Xu Jie's successive outings will definitely cause dissatisfaction and suspicion among Vittorio and others. So after Xu Jie said goodbye to Garin, he was thinking about how to explain this business to Vittorio and others along the way. Although the merchant did not refuse to accept the business delivered to his door, if the buyer did not have enough money, it was a different matter.

"Are you saying that the Beiyang Fleet of the Qing Empire had the will to purchase cruisers from Italy?" Tycho asked, overjoyed. In fact, Xu Jie had already told Tycho about the situation when he met Xue Fucheng for the first time earlier, but when the news was further confirmed, Tycho was still very happy.

"But if the Beiyang side buys it for 280,000 pounds, I think the business will be very uncomfortable." Vittorio said with some heartache. After all, if it is 70,000 pounds cheaper, not only will the shipyard's profits be greatly reduced, but its own design bureau may not be profitable at all.

"It's a political transaction, and the meaning behind it can't be measured by the amount of money. Our ships have been sold to Turkey in Europe, South America and Asia (let's count Asian countries). If we can sell the ship to the Beiyang Navy in the Far East, this is a good testament to the strength of our design bureau and the technical level of the Italian naval shipyards. You must know that the main warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were purchased from Britain and France. If we can catch this potential customer, I think we will make more and more money. Xu Jie explained.

"Actually, it's not impossible to sell at a reduced price. After all, some countries are willing to risk losing money to attract new customers. Tens of thousands of pounds are nothing for the Italian Navy. And although the price of 280,000 pounds is very low, it is not without profit. Julia leaned towards Xu Jie's view.

"Xu, how sure are you that you can convince the Beiyang Fleet to buy our new warships?" Tycho asked.

"Minister Xue Fucheng has sent the relevant information to Beiyang, judging from the current reaction, the possibility of Beiyang purchase is very great, if we can show enough sincerity, I am 80% sure." Xu Jie thought for a while and said.

"Is the so-called sincerity a loss-making transaction? Then I'd rather not do it. Vittorio said with some annoyance.

"Money is not a problem, if this deal can open the door for Beiyang to buy ships from the Kingdom of Italy. Your little loss will be remedied by the Admiralty to you. Tycho said impatiently. It's not for nothing that there are deals that make money at a loss, not to mention that the (hot) (that) (Asia) class dome cruisers have been sold for more than 1 dozen, and the Italian Navy has already made enough, and the little money earned is really nothing for the Italian Navy.

"In other words, our design bureau will not have any losses because the battleship is sold at a low price?" Vittorio asked.

"If Mr. Brin is in favor of this purchase, I don't think the Italian Admiralty will let your Excellency suffer." Tycho said with a smile.

"So what are we waiting for? If we send a telegram to Minister Brin now, I think there will be a chance to finalize some details of the deal with that Beiyang Lord Xue before we leave the UK. "Vittorio is pretty good at making money. If Minister Bryn agrees, he will never let go of this business.

Rome, the capital of Italy, the office of the Minister of the Admiralty.

Looking at the telegram from Tycho, Brin fell into deep thought. Unlike Vittorio, who was worried about not making enough profits, Brin didn't pay attention to the tens of thousands of pounds at all. On the contrary, he believes that if he can use this deal to tie up with Beiyang, it will be of great significance to the Italian shipbuilding industry in the future. The battleships purchased by Beiyang from Britain and Germany have been read by Bu Lin, and those dome cruisers are still outdated bow to the enemy, and there is not a single rapid-fire gun on the whole ship. Not to mention the turret structure of the new dome cruiser. The whole battleship and the new Italian ship are simply a product of an era behind. And the two German-made Dingzhen ironclads are average in Brin's opinion. Brin has every reason to believe that those officers of the Beiyang Navy can definitely see the difference between the new ship and the old Beiyang ship. Coupled with the pressure caused by the Qing Dynasty's restless neighbor to the east, Brynn believed that the Beiyang Navy would continue to order new warships in Italy with the technological advantages of the new ships. The only thing that made Brin unsure was that if Xu Jie went to Qingguo, would he still return to Italy? According to the analysis of the situation reported by the intelligence department, this Xu Jie still has a lot of feelings for the motherland. After some deliberation, Bryn agreed in principle to the deal in a return call, and also said that the Italian navy could give certain concessions at its discretion. But Xu Jie was asked to immediately return to Italy to complete the follow-up work on the X-class armored cruiser. …,

After receiving this callback, Xu Jie smiled helplessly. It seems that Minister Bryn still doesn't plan to let himself go. If Xu Jie wants to turn the tide of the First Sino-Japanese War, he can not just facilitate this business. How to deal with Master Weng's excerpt of stopping the purchase of ordnance, and how to improve the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Navy, all need to be completed by him returning to China. And Brin's reply was a vague request that Xu Jie must stay in Italy. "It seems that the road back to China is still very tortuous. It's really not good to be too famous. Xu Jie said in his heart.

Tycho and Vittorio hooked up with Xue the day after they received a call back from Brin. After a brief preparation, with the relevant materials, Xu Jie, Tycho and Vittorio went to Xue Fucheng's official residence and began formal contact.

"Minister Xue, this is the technical index of the (hot) (that) (sub)-class dome cruiser, and related quotations." Tycho said as he handed over a copy of the drawings and materials.

"I do intend to purchase this type of warship in Beiyang, is the price of 300,000 a little too high?" Xue Fucheng said.

"We can discuss the specific price and the payment method again." Tycho smiled slightly, since Boss Brin said that money is not a problem, it is really not a problem.

"In addition, I would like to invite Mr. Xu to visit Beiyang on behalf of the (Re) (Na) (Asia) Ship Design Bureau and the Light Weapons Design Bureau. to enhance exchanges between the militaries of the two countries. Xue Fucheng said.

"Mr. Xu has other important work to do, I think it should be okay for Mr. Vittorio to replace Mr. Xu as the team leader, right?" Tycho replied with a smile.

"I Beiyang will wait for the allocation to come down before the official order, if we can, I think we can wait for Mr. Xu to finish the work at hand before coming to our country to negotiate. Of course, we also hope that Mr. Vittorio will go with us. Xue Fucheng replied with a smile.

"This old man is really cunning." Tycho cursed to himself. On the bright side, however, Tycho politely shifted the subject elsewhere. In short, although the two sides had differences on the selection of representatives for this meeting. However, the intention of cooperation is basically finalized. As for the specific arrangement, Xue Fucheng will notify you separately.