Rebirth of the National Marshal

Colonel Hans was relieved when he heard the price quoted by Mao Yuanshan. This price was still within their acceptable range. In fact, their country had already understood this thing in the meeting. If other countries were to build it, the price would have to be at least around 2500 million oceans. Otherwise, other countries would not start building destroyers for you, especially during wartime.

During the war, the price might be even higher. The Germans have their own shipyards, and they can produce by themselves, but their shipyards are now all manufacturing their submarines and other things, so if they want to build destroyers, they must stop these submarines, and some pocket battleships, which are all things that the Germans have already started to build, and they will definitely not stop. If they stop, their losses will be really big, and no one can bear the responsibility at that time.

Therefore, the German top leadership ordered Colonel Hans to discuss this matter with Mao Yuanshan as soon as possible, because the Chinese people now feel that war is imminent. This may be the last batch of imported destroyers. During the war, although it is possible to continue importing destroyers, it will not be so easy at that time. The British colonies are spread all over the world, and now it can be easily driven back. By that time, the British may not allow the Germans to hold meetings.

We can intercept the German destroyer at any place, and the Germans will have no place to cry.

"Can't it be a little cheaper? Our government can't afford to raise the price by 500 million dollars at once. As you know, the economy of Germans is not very good so far. The army has already used up a large part of the financial expenditure. If the navy still spends that much, the government will basically go bankrupt." Colonel Hans basically turned into a little fox as he did business with Mao Yuanshan. He was just lying with his eyes open.

If you Germans have no money, other countries will be even less rich. You Germans are second only to Americans. Some of the industrial equipment you export can be said to be spread all over the world. Other countries will come to your country to buy some equipment after making enough money all over the world. You are making money from some capitalist countries, which is completely different from other countries. Their money is blatantly robbed, and you are using machines to rob people's money, just like us, you have also made a lot of money from us.

"Colonel Hans, there is nothing I can do about this matter. These people also need profits. But I have secured a better condition for you. Just like before, you don't have to pay cash. You can use some of your basic production lines in the country to trade with us, such as your domestic steel blast furnaces and some other things." This is a win-win deal for both parties.

It is not difficult for the Germans to export some basic production lines, and their domestic civilian production equipment is already in surplus. Due to the tense situation in Europe, most countries have cut off trade with Germany, and some people have even cancelled their original orders. Now these things are piled up there and there is no way to sell them. It would of course be best if the Chinese are willing to accept them.

"This is simply too good to be true. I can't believe that there is such a situation. Don't worry about the steel blast furnace. We will definitely give you our German most advanced technology. Even if you want to use special steel technology, we Germans can help you install it from beginning to end and help you train all kinds of workers. We can even tell you some forging methods. After all, we are best friends." You can just listen to these words casually. If the Germans give you their best technology, don't believe them. You can't believe them at all.

"You haven't heard me finish. I only said that half of the transaction can be made with your production lines, and the other half must be made with cash. You should know that I am using some of our mines as collateral, so I can purchase production lines from your country. But we don't need so many production lines and we must retain some domestic mineral deposits. A country's mineral deposits are very important to its development. I believe you understand this better than I do." Colonel Hans, who was already half happy, immediately swallowed his smile.

But then I thought again, being able to get half of the deal is already very good. If there is no deal at that time, the whole of Germany will have to pay a huge price for these destroyers. All of them are real money transactions, and the German economy will also be affected at that time. Now it can stimulate domestic demand to solve part of the inventory, which is quite good.

"Of course we understand this. During the First World War, we handed over our Ruhr area to France. This was a terrible thing. You also know that we in Germany are different from you in China. We don't have the vast territory and abundant resources of all kinds like China. We Germans only have that one industrial zone, and it is still under the rule of the French. This is a fatal blow to our entire industrial development." Colonel Hans expressed his understanding of this matter.

The military purchase worth 7000 million oceans was settled in this way. Part of the payment would be made with the production line worth about 1 million oceans, and the rest would require real gold and silver from the Germans. Of course, German banknotes were not needed. All transactions had to be made with gold and silver.

In fact, this amount is nothing to the Germans, but asking them to take it out all at once is extremely difficult for the entire Germany. After all, most of the German government's economic strength has been converted into military production.

Even if the landlords could come up with so much money at once, it would be very difficult, not to mention that the Germans had basically spent all their money. Otherwise, their army would not have been able to expand like a balloon. Now the German Wehrmacht is already the strongest army in Europe, and the French are not as good as them.