In front of the shabby conference table, Traun, wearing a dovetail suit and two mustaches, didn't look at the red wine and fruits that Zhang Wenjing had found from somewhere. He took out his own paper and pen, then took out the confidential telegram recorded from his bag, and then talked to the translator beside him for a few words and suddenly waved his hand. The four German sailors who were ordered to protect immediately began to drive away the guard company soldiers.

Rigorous and arrogant.

Typical German guy!

"It's okay, go outside and guard. No one is allowed to enter the conference room within five meters." Yang Qiu waved his hand and let Lei Meng and the soldiers who were unwilling to withdraw, leaving only Zhang Wenjing inside the house.

Unlike active party members, although Zhang Wenjing had studied in Japan for a short time, he sat down to face with the Minister of the European countries in China for the first time. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Instead, Yang Qiu still maintained the mentality of later generations, put his fists on the table and smiled at Traun to prepare. After the German sailors brought him to the door, Traun looked at the bag he placed at his hand: "Grand Commander, I want to ask something before starting tonight's meeting."

Because it is of great importance, even if Yang Qiu could understand German, the German translator still repeated it seriously in Chinese. Traun continued: "Today, my soldiers came back and told me that your troops used a large number of our country's Maxim machine guns and field guns during the daytime battle. Where did they buy it?"

Since the equipment started to be used, Yang Qiu knew that Shen Shukai's incident could not be hidden from Germany, so he said simply: "Shanghai."

Traun was very satisfied with Yang Qiu's frankness. In fact, this was also a prerequisite for whether to continue. Because the Consul General of Shanghai had informed him what the deal had brought to Germany, the information of the new main gun of the mortal enemy France and the unexpected submarine snorkel made the Supreme Command call to ask the trader's details. It is said that His Majesty William praised a few words, so if it weren't for the first time in Shanghai, he wouldn't believe this young man who rose mysteriously overnight.

"Actually... I should thank Germany for its help."

"No."

Yang Qiu originally wanted to flatter him, but the rigorous Traun immediately interrupted him: "That time was just a business, and it did not represent our country's position."

Unexpectedly, the other party reacted so quickly, Yang Qiu had to put away his thoughts of pulling people into the water and said, "Then let's continue the business. I wonder if your country is satisfied with the information before?"

"Unexpected." Traun didn't say it well, just returned to the topic after just a simple sentence: "I want to look at the information first."

Yang Qiu took out a stack of drawings from his bag and pushed them in front of the military officer. The latter immediately picked up the confidential telegram and magnifying glass, and distinguished the authenticity based on the details prompted on the telegram. In addition to the sound of turning pages that only once every few minutes, the conference room fell into silence. Not to mention Zhang Wenjing, even Traun was waiting for the identification results. The careful Yang Qiu could even see a watermark on the collar of his shirt. After finally finishing the drawings carefully, the military officer whispered a few words to Traun. Although he couldn't hear clearly, the shock that flashed through his yellow eyes made Yang Qiu breathe a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Commander, I am frank, if it's just these..." Traun pushed the drawings to Yang Qiu: "I can give you a Maxim machine gun."

"Thank you, Your Excellency, do you believe that there is only one thing?" Yang Qiu smiled and took back the drawings: "This place is about to become a war zone, and I'm not at ease to put so many things here."

Although Zhang Wenjing didn't understand what important things were in the mystery that could cause the German consul to take action personally, and was so cautious, he also heard that Yang Qiu was telling the other party that it would be impossible to get these things by other means.

Traun was not surprised by this cautiousness. After all, the counterparty in Shanghai had not taken out all the information until the end of the transaction, so he immediately asked: "Master, how much does it cost to buy all the information?"

How much does it cost? This question really stumped Yang Qiu.

The artillery data of six main battleships and battle cruisers in Britain, the power of armor-piercing bombs, armor protection distribution, compartment layout, power configuration and other information are priceless for Germany, which is fighting with Britain to build ships, because getting these is equivalent to holding the door of the British Royal Navy! Although it is still difficult to say whether it can win, it can definitely carry out targeted combat drills and deployments. Not to mention that both Britain and Germany once had a headache. It was not until the end of 1913 that it finally conquered the 380mm super naval gun. Germany could have built a super battleship carrying 380mm naval gun earlier than Britain.

And he knew in his heart that this might be the last time that the records in the data machine were sold on such a large scale in exchange for profit. After all, in the future, there were even the Hood-level materials that were released in the plan, or they were from the post-World War I and World War II period. The Germans were not good people. They killed people in the Gengzi year, and it would be very troublesome if they turned against each other in the future if they turned against each other.

So after thinking about it, just pat the bag lion and said: "Mystery, the value of these things is actually incalculable, but I think your navy will know that in my opinion, it can not only help your navy strike future enemies more accurately, reduce its own casualties, but also develop faster than the other party. I might as well tell you clearly that this kind of cannon has been secretly developed, and they deliberately promote it to reduce the caliber of one inch. If my friend had not taken away these and slowed down the R&D speed when he escaped, it might have appeared in the North Sea next year! So... I think it is worth at least two battleships!"

"No, we will never let the Far East sell any heavy warships." Traun suddenly stood up.

He knew very well that even if Yang Qiu left behind a piece of information, he would not have thought of creating these things with China's current industrial capacity for less than ten years, let alone now on the verge of civil war, and he could not concentrate all national resources at all. Once he really fell into civil strife, he might not be able to create them for twenty years!

But it would be a different matter if two finished battleships were sold over, and it would also give people politically the suspicion and speculation that Germany fully supports Yang Qiu.

Germany needs technology, but it will never be willing to see a super fleet appear in the Far East. The British watchdogs placed in the Far East have made Germany deeply dissatisfied. If two more battleships are sold to this young man, it will be even more chaotic here and Germany's interests will not be guaranteed. So I simply refused: "If you stick to this condition, I think... our country is willing to use other methods to achieve its goal."

These words were almost threatening, and Zhang Wenjing was a little nervous when he heard it. Now that the war was about to go to the north, if Germany deviated a little bit from Beiyang or used warships to bombard Hankou and Hanyang, the right-wing army, which had not yet been fully formed, would be facing a premature death, so he hurriedly looked at Yang Qiu with his eyes.

But Yang Qiu looked relaxed, as if he didn't hear Traun's threat, and smiled and said, "Mr., I'm giving me two battleships. Do you think I can support them and find enough sailors? And this is the Yangtze River. The battleships are not as valuable as a torpedo boat in such narrow waters."

"Then you mean..."

"Cost!"

Traun, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, had not yet been stuck in his chair, almost wanted to jump up when he heard that it would cost two battleships. Even based on the cheapest first-generation dreadnought, it would be 400 pounds and 80 million marks!

Zhang Wenjing, who was sitting next to him, was also frightened by the offer. Although he didn't know how much a battleship cost, the total number of Zhenyuan and Dingyuan in Beiyang was only a little more than 6 million marks. More than twenty years have passed, the ships are getting bigger and bigger, and the power of the cannons is even more powerful. Two ships! How many will it take!

This is impossible!

"5 million marks, this is our reserve price." After a moment of shock, Traun sat down instead.

Zhang Wenjing was so anxious when he heard this offer. Although the 5 million mark was not much, he could do a lot of things! Yang Qiu was not in a hurry. Not to mention mastering all the weaknesses of the known British main battleships and battle cruisers, it was equivalent to pinching the heart of the British navy. This was worth the price. Just by building directly according to the drawings, the 380mm naval gun that could not even be modified can save Germany tens of millions of development costs! So when he saw the other party staring at him, he also took out a list that had been prepared: "Let's do this, minus 1 million, but your country must provide me with these things."

Traun's expression remained unchanged and took the list and looked carefully, his brows immediately frowned. This is a list of industrial machinery and equipment procurement, all of which are complete sets of rifles, bullets and cannons, and there are 3 500 tons/2 1,000 tons hydraulic presses, as well as nearly a thousand other industrial machine tools, plus a set of synthetic ammonia manufacturing equipment, and finally four 150 kilowatt hydroelectric alternators, with a total value of about 700,000 pounds, which is equivalent to about 7 million silver, and the value is almost equivalent to two current Hanyang Guns and Cannon Factory.

After many years in China, he suddenly took Hankou and Hanyang from Yang Qiu, and even named himself the commander, he vaguely guessed that he would reintegrate the arsenal. There were too many ambitious people in this country, so he also expected that if he could gain a foothold here, he would purchase new machinery and equipment, and he also considered asking him to contact him for the end of the war, but he did not expect that the war would be about to go to war. Instead, he instead transferred the machine tool and equipment. Was he not worried about failure at all?

As if I noticed Traun’s thoughts, Yang Qiu slapped his forehead: “It’s almost time for our right army to replenish the arms, so I still need 20,000 rifles, 100 Maxim machine guns, 5 million bullets, and 36 75mm field guns. I can pay cash for these, but they must be delivered within ten days.”

"Sorry, Master Commander, we don't have that much arms, and selling arms to both sides of the war is also a violation of international law."

"Is that?" Yang Qiu glanced at Traun knowingly and said without any discount: "I must get the rifle and bullet, otherwise I would rather burn these things with a fire, and I won't use them anyway! So I can give you some time to discuss, how will we continue in three days?"

Some things tonight really surprised Traun, especially the appearance of the German Navy in the Far East, no! What made His Majesty the German Emperor salivate was so surprising, so he really needed to communicate with Shanghai and the country, but after putting his pen down, he suddenly asked: "Mr. Commander, we understand that you want to purchase new machines for the arsenal, but why did you choose to be at this time?"

"Mr. Minister, I have a suggestion." Yang Qiu didn't answer, and took out a check of 300,000 yuan and smiled: "I will pay 300,000 yuan first, and then your country will raise the goods on the list within one month. As long as the model is the latest, 80% of the new second-hand machine can also be accepted. In this way, you can arrive in Shanghai after up to 2 months of travel. At that time, no matter whether there is war here or who belongs to Hubei, as long as I am still alive, trade it immediately. Even if I die in battle, the money will be used as your country's freight. How about it?"

"Aren't you afraid that I will not deliver the goods?" This was the first time Traun heard of this kind of transaction method.

"I am a credible person like you!" Yang Qiu shook his hat, but he was already bitter in his heart. Although it was just some data, there were thousands of drawings for the 15-inch naval gun alone, as well as armor and cabin information. Although I had planned to draw a lot of this transaction, there were more left! Now I didn't even have time to sleep... (bug, in fact, the drawings added together of these materials could not be transported for several trucks, but forgive me for the growth of the pig's feet.)

Traun left quickly, but did not get a check of 300,000, but promised to trade quickly according to Yang Qiu's method if an agreement was reached. This surprised Zhang Wenjing and asked: "Commander, why are you so anxious? Our current situation..."

"I know what you mean. Beiyang is in a big way. If you can't win this battle, these things you buy are all vague, right? Let me tell you, although we are deeply trapped in Yangxia, the war that is about to begin will drag us out, like a big whirlpool and a big quagmire! Our bodies cannot extricate ourselves, but our eyes must surpass the war! And... I firmly believe! I will not fail... nor will I fail!"

These words are indeed Yang Qiu's voice. What he lacks the most at present is time! According to history, the Yangxia War and the North-South Peace Talk will basically end in two months. Even if it is delayed slightly, it will not be possible to stop this overall situation. Therefore, the central government will definitely be born. No matter how sneered, it is a nominal central government after all, especially the aftermath of Yuan Shikai's aftermath loan will rapidly expand several times! Therefore, it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that before he comes to power, the Southeast Jinpu Line involves him too much energy to capture enough territory so that he can stand invincible before all forces come back to his senses! Otherwise, he would be in a hurry to start moving north and would not let Song Ziqing take Chongqing and Guang'an.

After listening to the half-true and half-false explanation, Zhang Wenjing understood that Yang Qiu wanted to rise rapidly with the fastest and most violent means, just like his current military deployment, soldiers are very fast! But... Zhang Wenjing secretly glanced at him. How far was his heart? Does he want to sit in that position? If he didn't want to, what should the current right-road army go when the new country was born?

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Chapter completed!