What the prince needs is not only reserve troops and weapons, because these things are easy to handle, and they may not have much combat effectiveness after being handled. What they really need is experienced officers. If the army does not expand, the training and reserve of officers are always a problem! An army without officers is an army without souls. So far, the only way for the prince to come up with the German Emperor Dingzhu must-win and win over Austria. However, the former has great resistance to expanding, but is the latter? The prince has always distrust the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Legion...

"I am very clear about the issues you are worried about, because before I came to meet you, I met General Moltke. He was very clear about what you thought and knew that the reserve officer was the key to limiting the expansion of the army. Fortunately, General Moltke was in favor of the expansion of the army. He was willing to provide some help within his ability." Arnold Siemens said with a smile.

"As you think, it may be difficult to change the organization of regular troops under normal circumstances, and the significance of increasing the organization of reserves is limited. You need a large number of experienced officers, but the training and appointment of this officer is still loopholes, such as technical officers. Many officers in the Navy are technical personnel themselves. The Navy is also a place where Junker nobles are not easy to intervene. We can completely imitate this example."

"If the German Empire established a new armored force or an air force organization, then a large number of technical personnel would definitely be added, and we can completely increase the number of military officers in the name of technical officers. The reserve troops and materials are ready-made. With the national strength of Bavaria, it is probably not a problem to give each army a reserve army. What do you think of this condition?" asked Arnold Siemens.

"The question is what you can do. I have been in contact with General Moltke, hoping that this weapon can enter the German Legion. What will be the value of cooperation with you? What will we get? To be honest, I have made relevant preparations, and I can do it without your help." The prince knew the other party's idea, opened a hole in the reserve, increased the number of reserve officers, and prepared for the expansion of the army in wartime. The question is that the prince himself can try to implement this thing, so where is the role of the Prussian consortium headed by Siemens? They did not help for nothing!

"First of all, I believe you can finally convince General Moltke and even the Prussian General Staff to equip this weapon, but how much equipment is probably a question. Maybe there will be 10 vehicles in a military, or maybe there will be 20 vehicles in a division. This is not a concept at all, don't you think? You are not a Prussian after all, and you will not be more extensive than us when it comes to connections."

"Of course, the biggest problem is that even if your product is the best, you cannot form a monopoly at all, because His Majesty the German Emperor does not allow it at all. The last warship bidding was an example. In terms of performance, you can take away all orders, but in fact you only took half of it, and this half must be shared with the German Emperor and the Brom-Foth Shipyard. So I think what we have to do is not simply distribute this small cake, but to make it bigger. In this way, everyone will allocate more. You said that, right? Your Highness the Prince?" asked Arnold Siemens.

"Although that's the case, it's too early to talk about cooperation now, because I'm paying real money or real technology, and it's hard to say how much help your so-called connections can provide. I feel very embarrassed." The prince seemed to be a little loose, but he still didn't let go of the key issues. You always have to give me a guarantee, right? Didn't talk about anything? Do you want technology? What are you thinking?

"You are now working on three projects at the same time, one is the armored combat vehicle project, one is the aircraft project, and the other is the submarine project, is that true?" asked Arnold Siemens.

"Yes, your intelligence is done well." The prince nodded.

"So good, we do this, not the aircraft project and the submarine project, we can do the armored combat vehicle project first. According to the documents provided by General Moltke, you now have 4 test vehicles. We choose 2 of them as the targets for joint research and development. Then, we provide a 10 million mark interest-free loan to the Kingdom of Bavaria and pay it off in 3 years. What do you think?" said Arnold Siemens.

"A loan of 20 million is about 250,000 marks at an annual interest rate of 2.5% per year, which is about 1.5 million. And I need money to build a fleet now, so this is still relatively cost-effective." The prince began to quickly calculate his surplus and gains and losses.

"So good, if we exclude Bavaria's market share, how many can I occupy in other German markets?" the prince thought for a while and asked.

"Except Bavaria, you cannot exceed one-quarter of the remaining chariot market. Because if nothing unexpected happens, the Austro-Hungarian Empire will purchase these equipment from you. Obviously, these new equipment cannot be exported, and the current scale of the entire German army is so large. All relevant companies in Prussia, Württemberg and Saxony can only divide the remaining two-thirds. You account for a large proportion." Arnold Siemens thought for a while and said.

This is true, because Bavaria's military power now accounts for about 18% of Germany's total, and this part of the market share is already the prince. Adding 18% to 18%, this is almost 36%. The remaining German companies are divided into 64%, which is about two-thirds? Think about it, the German Emperor can always break half of it in the navy. It would be great that the army can make it a third of it slightly stronger.

"Then there is a question now, that is, is this what you mean or what the German Emperor mean?" The prince smiled slightly. In fact, Siemens's offer was already very good, close to his own bottom line, but it was useless for them to agree. The German Emperor had the final say!

"The German Emperor just let us contact you. As for the results of the negotiation, he doesn't care. His Majesty the Emperor just believes that we should work together to contribute to the future of the empire. In fact, our purpose is the same as that of the empire. Only when the empire wins can we have more markets, and only when the empire expands the army we have more business. If you agree to cooperate in research and development, our public relations work can be launched next week." Arnold Siemens said.

"Believe me, Your Highness, if we work together, you will definitely make more."
Chapter completed!