The Rise of the Empire

"This is the offer from Chile, Argentina, and Spain. Chile's offer is 730,000 pounds per warship. Argentina and Spain are 750,000 pounds. If nothing else, the Chileans have already lost in the first round of bidding." , we can remove it.”

Earl Schelling has been an eye-opener these days. He really didn't expect the ship to be sold like this! If the funds and compensation that the Russians have already invested are taken into account, as long as the two warships can be sold for 700,000 pounds, the profit will be almost the same as that of selling to the Russians. But as it stands now, the two boats can earn an extra £50,000 each! £50,000! Two ships are 1 million marks! Earl Schelling thought to himself, why don't all our boats be auctioned off in the future?

"Wait a little longer, there may be others entering the venue, so let's continue working on these two warships. I guess it won't be a problem to sell them, but the question is how much money they can make." Prince Ruprecht relaxed his body. He didn't expect such a difficult matter to be solved in this way. If it was only for money, then this matter would be over, but what Ruprecht wanted was not just money.

"Are you talking about the Japanese and the Americans? The Japanese have indeed issued a purchase application, but it seems that the funds are somewhat difficult, and they are raising money. The probability of the Americans buying our warships is extremely low. But they also seem to be asking for it. The friends you made in the Far East will come to Germany. Now it's time for you to pay off your debts," Earl Schelling said jokingly.

"Paying off the debt? If it's money, it's nothing more than 10,000 pounds. I'm more focused on the purpose of Dewey's coming here. As you said, the Americans may not buy ships, but they will definitely interfere. And The object of interference is most likely Spain!" the prince said to himself.

"Wait a little longer, we have plenty of time." Ruprecht finished speaking and signaled the count to leave. An invisible storm is already brewing, and every step I take may affect the future international situation.

And not long after Earl Schelling left, a person of medium build and appearance belonged to the kind who would never stand out in the crowd, walked in. This person doesn't have a good reputation in the outside world. If he were to use a title from later generations, he would be similar to an arms smuggler. Well, very similar to the protagonist in "Lord of War"! The protagonist who was caught and then released.

That's right, this Bavarian named Paul is an arms smuggler employed by the Kingdom of Bavaria, who specializes in exporting various arms and some in-demand supplies to some countries or regions. Making money is only one aspect, and more importantly, he is a very important pawn in Bavaria, a pawn used to influence the world and spy on intelligence! And now, he just came back from Japan.

And shortly after he came in, Laura walked in too. Countess Laura was a little surprised when she saw the person whose face was covered by a black windbreaker, but she quickly concealed her surprise. He obediently sat beside him.

"According to the information you have obtained, Japan's financial situation is not as bad as the outside world imagines?" Ruprecht looked at Paul and said.

"Their divisions have begun to replace with new rapid-fire guns and machine guns. I am afraid that at least 2 divisions can be armed with the orders that have passed through my hands. Although the rifles have not been replaced, but within a year at most, the Japanese Army can Equipped with enough rapid-fire guns, light howitzers and machine guns for three divisions." Paul said in a low voice.

Prince Ruprecht did sign a treaty with the Russians, but the treaty has a lot of loopholes. Big guys like battleships are too big to get through, but army guns can. But if you want to say how much profit these things can bring to Ruprecht, that's not the case. The price of these smuggled goods is relatively cheap, and the profit will naturally be less.

Ruprecht's most important purpose in doing this is to determine the financial situation of the Japanese government through the understanding of the Japanese Army's procurement situation. Although after the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1895, Japan received a significant reduction in compensation,

However, Japan still quickly stabilized the domestic financial market, and developed rapidly in all aspects, which was somewhat beyond Ruprecht's expectations.

"It's the British. The British helped the Japanese stabilize the financial market. Almost all the bonds issued by the Japanese after the war were bought by the British. And British businessmen do have privileges in Japan. This may be due to an exchange of interests. I The agent of the family in the UK is engaged in the textile industry, and it is not very difficult for them to obtain loans from the Japanese government. These circumstances all show that the Japanese government’s finances are not so tight. Therefore, this time the Japanese are not enough to buy ships Strange."

"I even wonder why the Japanese haven't collected the 1.5 million pounds needed to buy the ship. Japan's current financial situation is very strange. The currency in the domestic market is relatively loose, but the government is indeed short of money. It stands to reason It is said that this kind of contradictory thing will not happen. Unless, before this time, the Japanese government used a very large amount of liquidity, and the time for this use will not be very long." Countess Laura analyzed. This is something she has never figured out.

"Then we can confirm one thing now, that is, the Japanese government should have some funds, but for some reason, the funds disappeared. This has resulted in the lack of funds, is that so?" the prince adjusted After a moment of thinking, he asked.

"It can be understood in this way, but there is another problem you have overlooked. Japan is an island country, and now it has a hostile relationship with Russia. They should first build a navy to ensure the security of their homeland. Then update the army to compete with Russia. Northeast, but the current situation seems to be the opposite." Paul's words lead to another problem.

"The army's investment in equipment is much smaller than that of the navy, but the Japanese are indeed somewhat puzzled. I also want to know what they want to do." The prince thought of a possibility, but this possibility is too crazy, even if Ruprecht I know the crazy side of the Japanese, but I still can't believe it!

"Okay, you can go down now, I want to be quiet." Prince Ruprecht was a little shocked at the thought of some possibility. If the Japanese really do this, it would be terrible!

"Maybe, this is also an opportunity to change the world?" The prince thought about it, and another rather bold idea appeared in his mind. However, this plan is a bit risky, maybe it will be self-defeating at any time! However, the interests behind it are indeed huge, and Prince Ruprecht can't let it go! Make up your mind and do it, the prince is not an indecisive person. So he began to arrange various things.

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