10 million tons? Michiko, do you know how much it costs?"

"Yes, Daozi, have you counted the accounts? I didn't count it, I'll do the math for you...... 10 million tons is almost 1,000 tons of 10,000 tons of loading, and now the cost of a 10,000,000 tons of loading and patrolling is between 2 million and 3 million silver yuan. 1,000 ships is 2 billion - 3 billion silver yuan!"

"This is still undercounted, the average cost per ton of the battle cruisers, battleships, large cruisers, large drives, small drives and escort destroyers that we are going to build will definitely be higher than the old 10,000-ton cruisers...... And what kind of aircraft carrier, it has to be equipped with a flying machine, which is another big expense. 10 million tons are made, I'm afraid it will cost 4 billion!"

"And the auxiliary ships! The 10 million tons are still combat ships, and there are also oil carriers, supply ships, ammunition ships, maintenance ships, and hospital ships to be built...... To provide auxiliary ships for 10 million tons of combat ships, at least three or four million tons will be needed...... That's at least another billion dollars!"

"And the naval base! How many military ports do 10 million tons of combat ships and three or four million tons of auxiliary ships get? How many dockyards for repairs are there? How many forts do you get? One or two billion will have to be spent."

"There are also costs for personnel, training, and maintenance...... That's an astronomical amount of money!"

"Not counting personnel, training, and maintenance, shipbuilding and infrastructure alone will cost 50 billion! If it is spread over 10 years, it will be 500 million silver yuan a year! Daozi, do you know how much money our Ming court earns in a year? It's just over 2 billion, less than 3 billion! If you include the maintenance costs, you will have to spend about 600 million to 700 million silver yuan a year!"

As soon as Zhuge Weidao's astonishing suggestion was put forward, everyone present was stunned. According to Zhuge Weidao's plan, in the next 10 years, the Ming Dynasty will have to spend more than 20 percent of its annual revenue and British shipbuilding...... Can't live this day?

Hearing these people, especially Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyi, these two military advisors who had read the Book of Heaven to settle accounts for themselves, Zhuge Weidao could only smile bitterly...... It seems that the ancestors did not carefully study the economic costs of the First World War, so future generations do not know much.

Before the First World War, Britain's domestic revenues were only £140 million a year...... And the British Empire spent 1.56 billion pounds in the 1915-1916 financial year alone! In the years that followed, Britain spent almost £2.5 billion a year – almost the same as Britain's pre-war gross national income!

If Da Ming wants to defeat Britain in this timeline and become the hegemon of the world, then her average annual military spending after the outbreak of the war should be at least 50% higher than that of Britain, that is, an average of more than 3 billion pounds per year, equivalent to 15 billion silver yuan...... Before the war, an extra 600 million to 700 million silver yuan was spent every year, which was not much of an expense at all.

If the course of the war could be shortened by two years because of the full pre-war expenditures, it would be equivalent to taking six or seven billion in exchange for three billion ...... And it can save millions of lives, is it more cost-effective than that?

Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty throws out a 10 million ton navy, the British Empire will have to follow!

600 million to 700 million silver yuan a year, that is all the wealth of the British Empire......

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao put on a very confident smile, swept his eyes in the conference room, and then coughed, and said with a smile: "Is it more than 600 million-700 million a year? Not much at all....... How much is Australia worth? How much was Dutch East India worth? How much is Sumatra worth? How much is Colonial Oregon worth? India...... And how much is it worth?

And our annual income is almost 3 billion, and we spend 600 million to 700 million more a year, that is, 20 percent more fiscal deficit, so won't it be over if we issue some bonds? Now that the economy is in a recession, the 600 million to 700 million yuan of expenditure can increase a lot of employment, and shipyards, steel factories and so on can also order more. Maybe the economy can still prosper a lot, what's so bad?

Besides, can Britain keep up? How much money do they make? 600 million - 700 million pounds, that's all the money...... Can they issue tens of millions of pounds a year in bonds? It's simply impossible! Such a move will inevitably collapse the financial markets in Britain, and a large amount of capital will flow from London to Paris.

Therefore, the army can offer a sky-high price of 10 million tons in the Palace of Versailles, and if the British can't keep up, then they have to bow to us! This...... It's another little game!"

It's another small gamble...... Da Ming Shava won, and he won there in Japan, so he can continue to play in Versailles!

"Daozi," Zhuge asked righteously, "if the British don't dare to follow, then what do we want?"

"I want two things," Zhuge stretched out two fingers for Dao, "One is the world's largest tonnage of the Ming Navy!" The second is the island of Sumatra...... At least half of the East."

The first navy is a sign that the Ming Empire surpassed Britain in all aspects except territory (including colonies)! When those Western countries want to take sides, they should think about it carefully.

And Sumatra......

"What's on the island of Sumatra?" Guan Tianpei, chief of staff of naval aviation, asked.

"Oilfield!" Zhuge is righteous, "I haven't found it yet...... Oh, it's the Dutch who haven't found out yet, but we already know it."

Zhuge Weidao took over the topic and said, "The future war will be an oil war...... We have the oil fields of Brahman, Sakhalin, Ringanqiang in Burma, Karamay in the Western Regions, Shaanxi and Yumen in Gansu, and we have an annual output of six or seven million tons, and in 10 years we should be able to exceed 10 million tons. And the oil fields in Sumatra should have a potential of 3 million tons, so we can have a total of 13 million tons of oil per year!"

That's not a lot...... But it's also enough.

Of course, the British Empire didn't have as much oil as it did! Although they have a great influence in Persia and Yinlak, the oil there has not yet been discovered. The only oil fields that could supply the British Empire stably were the Ploiesti oil fields in Avadia, which nominally belonged to the Turkish Empire, and the Baku oil fields in the Rakshasa State...... Either in the hands of Maozi, or under Maozi's soldiers!

Therefore, the navy of the British Empire can only use coal-fired steam as the main source of power, and the Ming navy has begun to transition to heavy oil boilers and steam turbines!

"Good! That's all!" The Admiralty Shangshu Zhuge Weiyi nodded, "Let's take 10 million tons of navy to the British Empire!"

Zhuge said: "If the British Empire doesn't budge, then we might as well really build a 10 million ton navy...... As long as Britain can get out of the way, there is no reason for our court to be cowardly!"

......

"How much? How much? Zhuge Junshi, how much do you say?"

In the splendid Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, British Prime Minister Robinson, who was participating in naval arms negotiations, had no regard for diplomatic etiquette and shouted loudly, and his face was flushed, so that Viscount Palmerston and Brigadier General Yilu were not worried - the British Empire has changed two prime ministers in a short period of time, and there will be a third one, right? If he dies of anger, who will be the short-lived prime minister?

This 10 Downing Street has been a bit of a prime minister recently!

"Luo Zhongtang, you are young and ...... mother," Zhuge Weijiu also looked at Robinson, who was red-faced, with a concerned face, "Don't worry, your body is important...... It's all your own!"

"yes, yes, you can't rush ......," Robinson thought to himself, taking a few deep breaths to stabilize his emotions.

In fact, he can't die if he is emotionally unstable, he is only 46 years old this year, he is in good health, and he still has more than 30 years of yang life, so he can be angry for a long time!

Seeing that Robinson's face was no longer red, Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said, "Luo Zhongtang, our Daming thinks that the 3 million tons of arms control line is too low, our Daming has a population of more than 10 times that of you, more steel than the whole of Europe combined, and more coal, electricity, and railways than the whole of Europe...... It's not a lot of 10 million tons, right?"

As he spoke, he triumphantly looked at the group of stunned white-skinned arms control representatives in the Hall of Mirrors, all of whom were stunned by the 10 million tons...... It turns out that Daming's "Thousand Ships Project" is real!

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