I am the emperor in Nanyang, I am the ultimate winner

Major General Stefan Friedrich of Prussia came to Yan Country for some unknown purpose.

In Qin Ruihua's memory, this country is quite similar to the country in his previous life, and the situation it faces is no different.

Qin Ruihua decided to personally summon the major general to the palace to find out Prussia's true intentions.

Major General Stefan Friedrich stood in the center of the palace, looked up at Qin Ruihua on the dragon throne, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty Yanwu."

Qin Ruihua narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at him with a smile, and asked calmly: "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

Major General Stefan Friedrich took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with determination: "Our country's leaders hope to reach a cooperation agreement with you, including military cooperation and free trade."

Qin Ruihua nodded slightly, his lips slightly raised, revealing a faint smile: "Free trade is beneficial to both sides, but regarding military cooperation, I would like to hear your specific ideas."

Major General Stefan Friedrich was delighted and quickly replied: "We in Prussia are quite interested in your cruisers and general-purpose machine guns, but are the cruisers produced independently by your country?"

Qin Ruihua touched his chin, and after a moment's silence, he said, "The cruiser is naturally produced by our country. The general-purpose machine gun can be sold to you, but the cost of the cruiser is not cheap."

The general-purpose machine gun is not a secret. After all, Qin Ruihua’s ten newly formed divisions are all equipped with this general-purpose machine gun, so it is reasonable for them to be discovered by various countries.

Major General Stefan Friedrich nodded repeatedly to show his understanding: "That's natural."

Qin Ruihua asked: "So tell me, how much do you need?"

Major General Stefan Friedrich straightened up and answered solemnly: "Our country is ready to order 2,000 general-purpose machine guns, and also hopes to purchase two cruisers."

"After all, your country's cruisers performed well in the last naval battle and left a deep impression on us."

Qin Ruihua nodded to show his understanding.

He knew that the general-purpose machine gun for sale naturally referred to the classic weapon MG34 general-purpose machine gun.

However, Prussia currently does not have the ability to produce the cruisers that are currently in service in Yan State.

After all, these warships represent the technological level of the world in the next few years, which is beyond their current manufacturing capabilities.

Qin Ruihua smiled and said, "There is no problem with these. I agree."

"However, for some reason, we need to exchange for things like precious metals."

He was well aware that Prussia at that time had some similarities to that country, in that its currency was not stable.

Therefore, he did not dare to easily accept the Prussian currency.

Major General Stefan Friedrich frowned slightly, but soon regained his composure and said, "It is possible to trade with precious metals."

At this moment, Qin Ruihua suddenly said: "I have the most powerful battleship in the world. I wonder if your country needs it?"

Hearing this, Major General Stefan Friedrich couldn't help but feel very curious, and quickly responded: "What kind of battleship can be called the most powerful battleship in the world?"

Qin Ruihua smiled slightly and replied: "Major General Derich, please wait a moment."

After that, he asked someone to send a blueprint. The battleship drawn on the blueprint was the famous Yamato battleship.

The reason for choosing to display this battleship is that he hopes to guide countries around the world towards the mainstream direction of battleships in this way.

If other countries knew that Prussia had such powerful battleships, they would surely follow suit.

While other countries are keen on developing battleships, we can take the opportunity to vigorously develop aircraft carrier technology, thereby achieving comprehensive suppression of them.

In this way, we can not only promote the development of world naval power, but also ensure our country's dominant position in maritime operations, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.

"Major General Derich, this is the blueprint. Please have a look."

Qin Ruihua asked someone to hand the drawings to the other party and asked him to look at them carefully.

After taking the drawings, Major General Stefan Friedrich examined them carefully.

However, when he saw the design parameters of the battleship, he was shocked.

It turns out that the main gun of this battleship actually uses a huge 460mm caliber cannon!

You know, in the world at that time, artillery of this caliber was absolutely unique.

If such a battleship is really built, it will undoubtedly become the most powerful battleship in the world today.

Major General Stefan Friedrich looked at Qin Ruihua with some surprise and asked, "Does your country really have the ability to build such a battleship?"

Qin Ruihua smiled confidently: "If I don't have the ability to build this kind of battleship, why would I show it to you?"

Major General Stefan Friedrich nodded and said, "Your Majesty Yanwu, it seems that your country is very powerful."

Qin Ruihua responded calmly: "This is not something you need to worry about."

Major General Stefan Friedrich continued to ask: "I wonder what the price of this battleship is?"

Qin Ruihua thought for a moment and replied, "The price of a battleship is not expensive. If your country needs it, I can build it for you. The price is 200 million US dollars."

Hearing this figure, Major General Stefan Friedrich frowned and said, "Two hundred million dollars? Isn't this price too expensive? We can't afford such an expensive warship."

Qin Ruihua explained slowly, "Two hundred million dollars is already very cheap."

"You know, this battleship is equipped with a 460mm main gun, secondary guns, anti-aircraft weapons and other equipment."

"Such a configuration would make it the most powerful battleship in the world."

Major General Stefan Friedrich was silent for a while and then said helplessly: "The price is too high. I can't make the decision."

"I hope your country can give a reasonable price. If the price is right, I will go back and report to the leader."

After all, the price of a battleship is generally around tens of millions of dollars nowadays, and a price of $200 million can be said to be very high.

For Prussia, this amount of money was not a small sum.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Ruihua gave his bottom line price: "The minimum price of this battleship should be 1.8 million US dollars."

Major General Stefan Friedrich responded: "The price is still too high."

"Although we are currently unable to build this type of battleship ourselves, at this price, we can definitely produce three battleships ourselves."

Qin Ruihua retorted: “Major General Derich, there are also differences between battleships.”

"With this kind of battleship, other countries will not dare to look down on you, Prussia."

"If you are not interested, there are many other countries that are eager to get it."

"As long as we are willing to sell, there will definitely be a lot of people rushing to buy."

Major General Stefan Friedrich continued to bargain: "Your Majesty Yanwu, the highest bid can only be $1.6 million."

"If it is acceptable, I will return to report to the leader."

Qin Ruihua thought about it and agreed: "Since your country is so sincere, let's set the price according to what you said."

“I hope your country can give a response as soon as possible.”

"In addition, our country sincerely invites you to participate in the military parade in two months."

Major General Stefan Friedrich quickly responded: "Thank you, Your Majesty Yanwu. I will give you a reply as soon as possible. We will also come to watch your country's military parade in two months."

"Well, then I wish the friendship between our two countries will last forever!"

"Well, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."

A moment later, Major General Stefan Friedrich left with some basic information.

He also had to go back and report this matter to their leader.

Originally, they thought that Yan Country only had the ability to produce cruisers at best.

But I didn't expect that such a powerful battleship could be produced.

This made him realize that he had to re-examine the strength of Yan State.

Qin Ruihua felt that the price was quite reasonable. If it was sold for 160 million US dollars, he could probably make around 100 million US dollars.

Although selling it at more than twice the price is indeed a bit cheap, it is worth doing so considering that we want to lead other countries towards the mainstream of battleships.

Of course, even if the battleship was not successfully sold in the end, at least two thousand general-purpose machine guns and two cruisers were sold, which was a small profit anyway.

[The cost of building the Yamato battleship at the time was approximately 2.8 million yen, which is approximately over 6000 million U.S. dollars.]