During negotiations with the Chinese Navy, the British side knew that the Chinese people had the habit of taking advantage of small gains, so they wanted to bribe Chen Honglie privately. However, although Chen Honglie was versatile, he was a real patriot. He sneered at the Chinese who came to bribe with a Cantonese accent: "Are you a descendant of the Chinese nation? Are you worthy of being a descendant of the Chinese nation? Tell the British that I will go to Italy now. With the good relationship between our Xiushuai and the Italian government, we will definitely buy cheaper warships from Italy." No matter what the Italian army is, the Italian Navy still has enough family protection - as for going abroad to fight, I will not express this for the time being or be ashamed to express it.

The Chinese are not Chinese, but Guangdong people who went to Southeast Asia in their early years. Later, after the British occupied Southeast Asia, their family served the British and could speak Cantonese. Chen Honglie was from Hubei, and his personality was like the nickname of Hubei, the nine-headed bird, but when it comes to issues of national bottom line, he would never give in. Therefore, he scolded the Chinese lobbyist and immediately found the Italian consul in the UK, hoping to conduct business measures with the Italian Navy on the purchase of warships.

The friendship between Wang Maoru and the Italians is true. He has also helped the Italian people very much. So far, nearly hundreds of former Chinese soldiers have remained in Italy and become Italian Chinese, and a considerable number of people have been fully integrated into Italian life. These people always think of Wang Maoru's goodness, which has also led to the friendship between China and Italy, thus making Italy and China very close.

The British intelligence agency analyzed that if the Chinese buy from Italy, they will not only get more orders, but also order at the cheapest price. In this way, the retired ships of the British Navy can only be sent to sell scrap iron. The British immediately found Chen Honglie and repeatedly tried to keep them, and said that the previous batch of negotiators had been transferred from the naval department, and the renegotiation people would definitely give the Chinese a reasonable price.

Chen Honglie continued to negotiate with the British side, and finally paired the two old man star battleships, the Old Man Star, the Revenge, and four destroyers, the Kalehe, the Hunter, the Banshee, and the Kangaroo. The two torpedo boats, the total price of the two supply ships was the final decision. The British side was responsible for driving the ten ships to China and delivering them to the Northeastern Navy of China. If all supplies and employment were included, it would cost 1.5 million pounds. Among them, 360,000 pounds were transportation costs, management fees, maintenance fees, and some ammunition fees.

If this business is completed, the Navy's planned consumption will exceed 50%. Chen Honglie didn't know how to explain to Wang Maoru. Wang Maoru's request for him was less than one million, but now it is one million.

When Wang Maoru received the offer from Chen Honglie, he was so angry that he kicked the table over and cursed: "Chen Honglie, this turtle-boy. What's the matter? I only have one, so he got me ten warships that are about to be demolished. Why do you get ten warships? It's so good? Exhibition? It's a damn bad guy, Ma Liang, tell Chen Honglie that if you follow this procurement plan within five years, the Navy will no longer buy warships within five years."

"Look at it."

"Battleship?" Zhu Yongquan said in surprise, "There are two battleships?"

Wang Maoru smiled bitterly: "The British designed the offshore battleships for China, but now they are eager to convert wartime industries into peacetime industries because of the end of the European war. Nearly half of the warships have been sold and dumped. Chief Shen bought two battleships and took advantage of them, but even if they took advantage, we can't afford it."

Yong Xingbao shook his head and said, "The country is strong, and it must have a navy. It must have a strong navy to protect coastal cities. Looking at the major cities of all countries around the world, all of them are by the sea and by rivers. In fact, the development of all important cities is the circulation of materials and the development of industrial enterprises. The development of industrial enterprises must use water, so all large cities are built by the water. Since it is built by the water, it is necessary to protect a powerful navy or inland fleet. I know that these two battleships are built for offshore defense. So I support the purchase of these two battleships, although they are outdated."

Wang Maoru shook his head and sighed: "If I had money, I would rather buy the British Fearless Class Battleships, buy as much as I can, and buy twenty ships directly, pull them out and beat the Japanese navy to avenge the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. But the key is that we have no money. Now the five northeastern provinces have to support more than 400,000 troops, which is already overwhelmed." Then he looked like a financial enchantment and said: "If we get Tsarist Russian gold..."

After receiving the order from Wang Maoru, Chen Honglie immediately negotiated with the British Navy. Finally, after repeated negotiations, the deal was finally reached for 1.44 million pounds, and the British side was responsible for delivering it to the Northeast Navy. This was far more than the total tonnage of the eight giant ships in the transaction than the sum of the Southern Navy and the Beiyang Navy Second Fleet. How could Ang Chen Honglie be less ecstatic? He wanted to go all over the world, but he calmed down. He knew that this matter could not be made public and shot the first bird.

The Japanese Navy also received information at the first time, but when they saw the Chinese Navy's procurement, they looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. The Chinese really... have no ambitions. These ten ships can only be near-shore warships, which is not scary at all. However, the Chinese are so willing to spend money, which makes the Japanese very unhappy. What makes the Japanese most unhappy is that the Japanese interfering army has no backbone and actually flees with the Chinese, so lacking in bones. , Where is the spirit of the Royal Japanese Army? The Navy believes that the Japanese Army has lost the spirit of Bushido, and the Japanese Army should resign for this. The Japanese Army was extremely dissatisfied with the government's favoritism with the navy. The two factions once again fought a war of words. At this time, it showed that Prime Minister Hara Kei, a poor prime minister, was lacking in qualifications. The two factions were quarreling, and Hara Kei couldn't even talk, so he had to invite the elder Yuto Yama Prefecture to mediate the conflict between the two sides again.
Chapter completed!