The telegram from Argentina made the Admiralty cheer that the Venetian Improved Class was still under construction, and some countries came to buy it, which was an affirmation of Italy's shipbuilding ability. In the face of such a good thing, how could the Navy not agree to Argentina's purchase of ships.

In addition, Argentina is also the main destination for Italian immigrants, and its excellent conditions are very popular with immigrants, so there are not a few Italians in Argentina.

Therefore, the sale of warships to Argentina is beneficial to Italy, and the navy naturally feels that it has been done.

However, such a major event as the sale of warships cannot be decided entirely by the navy, but also by His Majesty Carlo, who is the leader of Italy.

"Your Excellency Admiral, I fully agree with Argentina's purchase of ships, but the other party's request to reduce the price needs to be negotiated with the shipyard."

After flipping through the papers, Carlo told the Admiralty Chancellor his decision.

That's right, the Argentine Navy also wants the Italian side to slightly lower the price of the Venice Improved Cruiser. Because they only have £530,000 on their hands. This is all blamed on the white shirts of the Ministry of Finance, knowing that the Navy wants to buy ships, but can only come up with 500,000 pounds, for which the Minister of Finance Thomas directly told the president that this is the largest financial resources that the Ministry of Finance can come up with, if you want more, you can only start with personnel funds.

In the face of the Minister of Finance's categorical words, President Julio Rocca certainly did not dare to embezzle personnel funds, which were much more important than the Navy. For this reason, he directly informed the Minister of the Navy, Admiral Goyone, that the government could only come up with so much money that either the Admiralty would find its own way within the Admiralty, or it would consider buying another ship.

Let the Navy change its target, how is this possible. Faced with the problem of insufficient funds, Admiral Goyone had to find a way to scrape together 30,000 pounds from the Admiralty. The remaining 20,000 yuan was really impossible to find, so the Argentines had to ask Italy if they could lower the price.

Faced with such a question, Carlo was reluctant to give a direct answer, and he kicked the ball to the Admiralty to negotiate with the shipyard.

However, according to his estimates, this money can be negotiated, because the sale of the warship is not only the sale of the warship itself, but also other factors, but the price is not so important, otherwise the Germans would not have quoted such a low cost for the second ship, which would be a loss.

As the head of the navy, how could Admiral Golek see Argentina's orders lost like this, and the foreign quotations are very profitable, but given that Argentina has a small gap in funds, it is not a big deal to reduce the price a little.

So immediately after returning from the palace to the Admiralty, Admiral Golek sent a telegram to the Dockyard of Andosal asking them to reduce the price by ten thousand pounds, and as for the other ten thousand pounds to be deducted from the Admiralty's commission, you see how simple it was, and immediately satisfied the Argentine's demand.

When Italy lowered its prices, the arms purchase was almost over.

Subsequently, the Argentine government signed a contract with Italy for the purchase of a Venice Improvement. And in order to make a good impression on Argentina, one of the two Venetian modifications under construction will be sold directly to the Argentine Navy.

In the face of Italy's goodwill, how could Argentina, as the top three in South America, not feel it. Two months later, a delegation led by the Argentine Minister of the Navy visited Italy, and their first stop was Genoa.

At the Andosal shipyard, a group of officers in naval uniforms are looking at the armored cruiser May 12 being built in dock No. 3.

There is a clear difference in the uniforms worn by this group of naval officers, although everyone is sky blue in color, but from the decoration and military caps, it is clear that they are naval officers of two countries.

Yes, the group of officers did come from two countries, starting with the Argentine Minister of the Navy, Admiral Goyone, and the Italian Admiralty Admiral, Admiral Golec.

"It's spectacular, that's the power of industry."

Looking at the busy shipbuilders in the dockyard, General Goyone praised the shipbuilding industry in Italy with envy.

"Your Excellency, you are gracious, the shipbuilding industry of our country is nothing, and if you go to Portsmouth or Saint-Nazaire, you will see the same magnificent sight."

Admiral Golek, who was the Lord of the Admiralty, replied politely, and what he called Portsmouth and St. Nazaire were respectively the centers of the British and French shipbuilding industry.

"Your Excellency the Admiral is polite, this kind of scene cannot be seen in our South America."

In the face of the polite words of the Italian Minister of the Navy, how could Admiral Goyone, who had worked in the Navy for many years, not understand that the prosperous shipbuilding industry is also part of the strength of the Navy.

Argentina has no way or cannot have such a developed shipbuilding industry, not to mention that Argentina has a population of just over 2 million at present, and it has no strength to industrialize at all.

The vast fertile land of Argentina is too suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, and the development of agriculture and animal husbandry alone has made Argentina very rich, and no one wants to invest funds in the unknown industrial production from the steady profit of agriculture and animal husbandry. Even though Argentina has a lot of domestic minerals, it can also make money by exporting ores.

Admiral Golek's reflection was not clear to Admiral Golek, but he looked at the head of the Argentine Navy in front of him and said what was in his heart.

"In fact, Your Excellency does not need to envy our country, whether it is the navy or the army, it must serve the country's strategy. And the situation around your country, the current strength is more than enough to deal with it. Personally, I suggest that your country now needs to give more consideration to the training of naval officers and men, otherwise no matter how good a warship is, it will not be able to give full play to its due strength. ”

Admiral Golek's words made General Goyone's heart move. "So how do you think our country should be trained?"

"First of all, your country needs to keep abreast of the latest developments in naval development, and in addition, you also need to communicate and exercise more with other countries, of course, you should also choose European countries in the choice, after all, Europe is the center of new tactics and new training methods."

As for Admiral Golek's words, General Goyone certainly knew that he had his own thoughts. However, this is not wrong, South America is far away from Europe, and it does need more experience than European navies.

And in terms of choice, Argentina can not choose much. First of all, the British Navy is definitely experienced, but its relationship with Chile made Admiral Goyone less likely to choose the British. As for Germany, well, its army is powerful. Russia and Austria-Hungary are the same, the army is very powerful.

Spain is not in the consideration for reasons that are well known. The United States, which also belongs to the American continent, has no better naval experience than Argentina. After deducting these countries, Argentina can only choose France and Italy, but considering the Argentine people, then Italy is the best choice, after all, there are many Italians in Argentina, and in the recent Chinese naval battle, Italian officers and soldiers also showed extremely high tactical accomplishment.

So in the face of Admiral Golek's hints, General Goyone gladly accepted. "Your Excellency is right, the Argentine Navy officers and sailors do need to learn from the experience of other countries. And I think the performance of your navy is worth learning from our country. ”

Well, since Lang has a concubine, then the next thing is logical.

The heads of the navies of the two countries discussed in Genoa the matter of strengthening exchanges between the two countries, and in the end the two countries decided that every one to two years, the two navies would have an exchange, which could be academic exchanges or technical exchanges, and of course, joint training and exercises would no longer be a problem.

And considering the funding and strength of the Argentine Navy, the main exchange location is also in its own country.

On the surface, Italy's free door-to-door exchanges have increased the strength of the Argentine Navy. But there is no such thing as a free lunch, and the Italian Navy ships are also going to Argentina with the intention of expanding their influence in the region.

And Admiral Goyone, who is the head of the Argentine Navy, doesn't know this, in fact, he knows, but it is good for Argentina, and that is enough. Besides, now in South America, the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries are involved, and one more Italy can be regarded as nothing.

So the newly released Italian-Argentine Naval Friendship and Exchange Treaty was thus released.