Republic of China: Our great warlord has many children and many blessings

Although there is intention to build a powerful naval fleet, this thing is really expensive.

Shen Hao now has a cash flow of almost 50 million yuan, which directly crushes all the warlords in the country. Even Yuan Datou has to accept the defeat.

However, with so much money, you still need to support the army. An army of 200,000 would cost 3 million oceans a month, otherwise it would not be possible at all.

No wonder, for hundreds of years, the country has not had a strong navy. The country has no money and strength, and you really can't afford it.

Shen Hao said:"Ask the German boss if you can get a loan? If you can get a loan, all my warship weapons will be bought in Germany."

Yong Jianqiu was overjoyed and said hurriedly:"Loans are possible, but you have to have something as collateral.

Yuan When the president borrows money from other countries, he uses customs revenue as a loan."

Without mortgage, I won't play with you at all.

Shen Hao said:"I want to buy a 20,000-ton battleship, three U-submarines, five destroyers, five armored cruisers, two training ships, and two gunboats. How much do you think it will cost?"

Hearing this, Yong Jianqiu's hands were shaking with excitement.

Calculating silently, a 20,000-level battleship costs at least 20 million oceans, three submarines cost 35 million oceans, and the others add up to about 6 million oceans.

Then there will probably be a large order of almost 60 million yuan.

Yong Jianqiu said:"General Shen, there is no problem at all.

Ever since the British started building a 17,000-ton dreadnought, the naval arms race with Germany began. The British said that the time it takes for Germany to build a warship is Britain will build two.

From 1909 to 1914, Britain built 23 Dreadnought-class battleships, and Germany built 17 Dreadnought-class battleships.

It can be said that there are definitely battleships.

Of course, if you don’t like German products, you can also buy them from other countries. At the same time, France built 7 Dreadnought-class battleships from 1912 to 1914, Italy built 6, and the United States across the ocean also built 12. There are many battleships now, and they can all be sold to the outside world,"

Shen Hao said:" I want to buy it in installments."

Yong Jianqiu said:"Of course there is no problem. However, when the Qing Dynasty paid a down payment to buy an American battleship, they had to pay a down payment of 30%.

60 million is almost 18 million oceans,"

Shen Hao nodded. :"Then what if I use these warships and submarines as collateral to borrow money from Germany?"

Yong Jianqiu was asked, can I still do this?

It seems that it's okay to think about it.

Yong Jianqiu nodded and said:"Theoretically, the German senior officials will definitely agree, but I don't dare to make the decision on such a large order privately.

I have to discuss it with the senior officials of Jebsen & Co. before I can give an answer to General Shen."

Shen Hao smiled slightly Said:"Of course there is no problem with this."

Yong Jianqiu had no intention of talking to Shen Hao at this moment. He wanted to go back to discuss Shen Hao's conditions in order to win the order as soon as possible.

After Yong Jianqiu found the senior management of Jebsen & Co., Ltd. for discussion.

The other party's reply to Shen Hao was that the down payment was fine, but 50% of the down payment was required, which was 30 million oceans.

You can also use a warship as a mortgage loan, but you can only get 50% of the down payment.

In other words, the down payment must be 30 million oceans, and the loan limit can only be 15 million oceans.

This is far from Shen Hao's expectations and runs counter to his ideas.

Shen Hao was not in a hurry, but smiled slightly and did not contact Yong Jianqiu. He would wait for a few days before talking.

However, news leaked out in the market that Shen Hao would spend 50 million yuan to buy warships from the Germans, and the news spread inadvertently.

Representatives of arms dealers and compradors from Britain, the United States, France, Russia and Japan flocked to the meeting.

They all wanted to discuss cooperation with Shen Hao.

Who wouldn’t be greedy for such a big order?

Shen Hao did not refuse, but cordially received all the representatives.

The reason for this is to put pressure on the Germans.

What surprised Shen Hao was that there was actually an old acquaintance of Shen Hao among these representatives.

"General Shen, long time no see." A woman with blond hair and blue eyes who looked like a porcelain doll and a hot figure looked at Shen Haodao with a smile on her face.

Looking at the big Yangma in front of him, Shen Hao was stunned. This is not the one he met in the capital before. Anna James Gamble, the manager of the Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

At that time, Shen Hao was still the director of the Beijing Bureau. At Lu Chengwu’s wedding, the American girl who kissed Shen Hao. (For cool novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Shen Hao smiled and hugged Anna, and gave her a kiss.

He couldn't help but said:"Welcome to you, Miss Anna James Gamble."

Anna exclaimed with a look on her face:"Shen, you are so amazing. In two years, he went from a small branch chief to the governor of two states, no, to a general, and you also have an army."

I have to say that when they met again, Shen Hao gave Anna a big shock.

Although this country She is very weak, but it is still incredible that she can be promoted so quickly.

Shen Hao said:"Anna, it is not easy to meet old friends. Let's have dinner together tonight."

Anna agreed happily:"No problem."

She also had many questions that she wanted to ask. Shen Hao.

Of course, the main reason for coming here this time is to negotiate the purchase of warships.

"Come and sit down."

After sitting down, Anna looked at Shen Hao's office, and then smiled and said:"Shen, you are more handsome than before."

Shen Hao joked:"Oh, really, are you excited? 657?"

Foreigners have always been direct and bold. Anna raised her eyebrows without concealing her appreciation. She nodded and said:"Shen, you give me a very different feeling this time. It's hard not to be moved by such an excellent man."

Last time in At Lu Chengwu's cocktail party, Anna lost the truth or dare game with Shen Hao and kissed Shen Hao.

Of course, the prerequisite for the kiss was that Shen Hao gave her a lot of favor and was very attractive.

But Shen Hao's status was too Low, Anna did not choose to have a deep relationship with Shen Hao.

Not only did she disagree, her family would not agree to her marrying a petty official from a weak country if they knew about it.

In Anna's view, once something happens, there will be Anything that harms one's own interests is stupid.

Therefore, Anna dealt with this inappropriate emotion decisively and turned a blind eye.

However, times have changed, and she never expected that the small official at the time had become the overlord of the party.

It seemed that It’s different again

"Anna, why did you suddenly come to Guangdong Province?" Shen Hao pretended not to know;

Anna looked directly at Shen Hao and said:"I came here on behalf of others, and I also want to cooperate with General Shen."

"Oh, how do you say this?"

Anna did not hide it, she smiled directly:"I heard that General Shen wants to purchase a warship worth 60 million oceans. I am here to discuss cooperation on behalf of the Dupont family, and they also want to participate in this project. arms competition".