The Rise of the Empire

On September 9, 1895, representatives of Qing and Japan finally signed the "Ching-Ni Los Angeles Treaty" in Los Angeles, USA. Compared with the Treaty of Shimonoseki in history, the price paid by the Qing Dynasty was much less, not only Taiwan and the Penghu Islands were preserved , and the amount of compensation has also been greatly reduced. Historically, the Japanese government has obtained 230 million taels of silver on paper alone. If the interest and fire consumption paid over three years are included, the amount will be even greater.

But the compensation the Japanese received on this plane was only 135 million taels of silver! This is still the number caused by Germany and France releasing water at the critical moment. According to Russia's meaning, at most 100 million taels of sky! As far as Ruprecht is concerned, this is also a no-brainer. After all, the British are taking the central route. Arms dealers such as Krupp and Mauser have gained a lot of benefits. Ruprecht has no points. See, and the Japanese took too much, so Ruprecht was very dissatisfied, and silently recorded a bill for these guys in his heart!

The content of other treaties has also changed. While most of the open treaty ports gave convenience to the Japanese, the Qing Dynasty also gave convenience to Russia, Germany and France, but the only puzzling thing is that the Japanese emphasized that they should Kaohsiung established a concession. It has the right to berth warships and build ports. This is a bit incomprehensible, but then the British put forward the condition that Germany will enjoy privileges in part of the British sphere of influence in China. The Germans expressed their willingness to accept the transfer of some benefits. And this made Ruprecht a little puzzled.

The move of the Germans made the Russians a little dissatisfied. Although Russia had already gained a lot of benefits in this Far East battle, for the Russians who came out to mix and get less, they felt that Japan was not weakened enough. ! Unlike in history, the Russians noticed the horror of Japan prematurely. With the end of the Far East War, the Russians also began to step up their armament process.

There is a saying in later generations that is quite correct, the so-called peace is just the gap between two wars. Regarding the outcome of this future war, everyone is not very optimistic about Japan. Those real powers can easily calculate the loss of Japan in this war, and the subsequent economic situation in Japan is not optimistic.

The war ended in this way, and the sea in the Far East returned to calm. However, the competition in the Far East was still going on. The Japanese finally won the war. How much, but in the end they won. Almost the entire Japanese society is celebrating the victory. They imagine how much impact it will have after so much silver flows into the Japanese market. What a benefit!

"With this amount of money, after we have settled our arrears, it is estimated that the remaining amount of silver will not exceed 30 million taels, which is less than 5 million pounds." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang said helplessly. "If the people of the country know that we have paid such a high price but only got this little benefit, will they kill you and me with a knife?" After finishing speaking, Mr. Xiyuanji glanced at Hirobumi Ito.

"I know what you mean, but no matter how difficult it is, our plan will still go ahead! As long as I am still alive! This plan will never end!" Ito Hirobumi's calm words revealed unshakable determination! This cannot be changed and must be enforced.

"Then what if financial turmoil occurs? The recent financial market is a bit weird." Xiyuan Temple Gongwang was making fun of himself, but he didn't insist on his opinion. If he persisted, the two would really become enemies.

"Then we can only rely on the British, but it will take time for the British to mobilize a large amount of funds. The real enemy may have already started to attack. The loss is certain, but it is just a matter of how much. As long as our plan can be successful, then at this point Losses are nothing," Ito Hirobumi said.

The Japanese finally felt the turmoil in the financial market, but knowing it doesn't mean there is a solution.

While the two sides were negotiating, the price of silver in Japan fluctuated significantly. The price of silver, which had been falling, suddenly increased, and then reached the peak of history under the influence of all parties!

And this is just the beginning. Fluctuations in silver prices will definitely affect other precious metals, and changes in precious metals will naturally affect currencies. In this era when currency and precious metals can be directly exchanged, when banknotes change, people will find ways to withdraw precious metals, and such a series of actions have caused serious turmoil in the Japanese financial market!

And taking advantage of this period of time, Ruprecht and his partners made a profit of at least 4 million pounds from the Japanese financial market! The movement of a large amount of funds, like a tsunami, made the entire Japanese financial market into a mess, directly leading to the bankruptcy of a large number of Japanese companies. After such a toss, the little money left by the Japanese was basically filled in this big hole middle.

Although at the beginning, financial predators from all sides made great strides, but with the intervention of British capital, some people who hadn't had time to escape were bitten severely in the closing stage, watching the situation gradually return to normal after a period of shock adjustment. After the financial market, Ruprecht shook his head helplessly. The game in the Far East is temporarily over for him. There are still a lot of things waiting for him to do now!

After the negotiations, the Japanese master stationed in Germany repeatedly proposed to Baron Vittorio the idea of ​​buying new warships, but in the end there was no result. On the one hand, Ruprecht abided by the agreement between Russia, and on the other hand On the one hand, the Brome-Forth Shipyard has no excess production capacity. If you count the berths reserved for some warships that are about to be produced, the current shipyard is already operating at full capacity. In order to deal with this situation, Bavaria even organized a large workforce to go to Hamburg. Unless Ruprecht reaches out to other companies, the production capacity will not be greatly improved in a short period of time.

The most important thing for Ruprecht now is the future naval bidding. The construction of two Brandenburg-class battleships has already started, and Ruprecht has not taken a share of it. But Ruprecht doesn't care, what he cares about is a bigger order! Because at this time, the new naval gun has been successfully researched! The Russians are still trustworthy. They provided samples and drawings of the 12-inch L40 naval gun and the 10-inch L40 naval gun in advance. After a period of exploration and experimentation, the German imitations of these two artillery pieces were finally produced!

The tragic 280MM gun and 210MM gun will finally be swept into the garbage dump of history by Ruprecht, and the history of Krupp's monopoly on naval armament supply will also end. After a while, Ruprecht will go to Berlin again to finalize this matter directly.

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