"Gustav has been very busy lately. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If I'm not mistaken, I must have been at the Royal William Shipyard for the past month, right? "Arnold. Siemens said hello first.

"That's right, I've been with your brother all the time discussing the progress of the work on the line for the new battleship's internal purchase. This is the first German capital ship we built, so we must do it well. Gustav said calmly.

"It's not easy to get this order." The head of Rheinmetall, Heinrich. Lehard said with some schadenfreude. "Like me, I never do such thankless things."

Prince Ruprecht snatched not only orders, but also a lot of profits! The Kaiser will not spend more money, under the pressure of Bavaria step by step, the profit margin of the battleship has dropped sharply, and the cost of the subsystem has not changed much, the prince does not attach much importance to the profit of the construction of the battleship, because in the end the shipyard does just an assembly work, the prince's armor and artillery profit margin is high enough, and it doesn't matter if the shipbuilding profit is low.

But Krupp is different. Most of his components were imported, even from Bavaria, and for this guy who was making trouble for himself, the prince raised the price by 7 percent when he supplied the armor, and for this, neither the Prussian government could say that it could help ....... After all, the price of armor itself is floating, and it is normal for it to rise or fall, the only problem is that the price of armor for Bavaria's self-built warships is always bought at the lowest point, while Krupp is bought at the highest point....... And for the same battleship, Krupp will have to spend a million more marks! Most of these turned into princely profits.

Of course, what infuriated Gustav the most was that Siemens and Rheinmetall, both Prussian merchants, were completely "aiding and abetting" in this operation. "Rheinmetall provided some mechanical products for the prince, and there has always been a cooperative relationship between the two sides, plus Krupp and Rheinmetall are competitive, so it is understandable to help the prince, but why is it also for the laying of electrical pipelines inside the battleship, and Siemens is 15% cheaper for Bavaria than for Krupp? Isn't it the same battleship, with a workload of about the same length? And Siemens' answer is very simple, because in the prince's book, Siemens can do 2 ships (the work of the other 1 ship is handed over to local Bavarian enterprises), and Krupp only undertakes 1 ....... This reason is really good and powerful in the eyes of merchants! People want a lot, and there are many choices, so they naturally want to ...... discounts.

"Gustav, to be honest, I don't think anything you've done before is actually worth it. We are businessmen, and we are chasing profits. Whether it is in politics or establishing a good relationship with the aristocracy, it is actually for money. And everything you do seems to deviate from that principle. ”

"You've been asking me why I'm working with Bavaria instead of you. I can answer you now, because no matter how much we operate, we will not be able to defeat this opponent completely. Because behind the opponent is a country, for example, if this time for the same electrical project, we give Bavaria the same price as you give you, then they can completely hand over the business of three warships to Bavarian internal enterprises. Or even to the Austrians or Italians. ”

"Of course, maybe they'll be less efficient and offer more, but so what? People are kings, they don't live by business, even if they don't lose money or make money. They have taxes, and we don't, and if they raise a strong enough electrical team, it will do us more harm than good, and this is not difficult for Bavaria, at least they are already doing it and have shown enough strength. So we don't have a choice. "Arnold. Siemens said.

"I'm afraid Krupp has paid a lot for the bidding for the battleship this time, right? All kinds of public relations expenses and necessary expenses may be hundreds of thousands or even millions of marks. But how effective is it? Of the orders for 6 capital ships, Bavaria, the Brom-Forth shipyard and the Kaiser took 3.5 ships. You take 1 ship, and the rest of the people divide the other 1.5 ships. And you, who do the final assembly, don't make as much money as I do as a subsystem. That's telling. You're going in the wrong direction, old man. Lehard said with a teasing expression.

"You have been at war with Bavaria for almost 10 years, and now what is the result? If it weren't for the Kaiser's help, and because you were a Prussian, you wouldn't even have scum left by now! You know that one kingdom is powerful, but you want to oppose another. The fact itself was hard for me to understand. And in these 10 years, you have lost not only money, but also time, as well as the trust and patience of the Prussian government. So, you have to change. Lehald continued.

"Hehe, we're enemies. We used to compete in artillery, ammunition, machine guns, and all kinds of things, and now you actually say that you want to help me, and think about things from my side, I think that's really incomprehensible! Gustav sarcastically said.

"This time it was the opinion of the Kaiser, who wanted to see the advanced design of Bavaria enter the Prussian factories and then supply the Kaiser's army with the best weapons. And the customer's needs are God, not to mention, this God also directly determines our life and death. The Kaiser's trust in Krupp technology has reached its limit. If you can't get a good enough product, no one can guarantee that the Kaiser will continue to protect you. So the wisest choice at this time is to shake hands with the other party and make a plan that is acceptable to everyone. "Arnold. Siemens explained his intention and indicated that this was the Kaiser's decision and could not be changed.

"Okay, but before I do, I need to let you guys know what I think. I competed with Bavaria because I didn't have a choice! The size of the German army was so large that the Junker aristocracy was reluctant to expand it, because this time the proportion of noble officers was reduced, they always regarded the army and related areas as their own territory, and in order to ensure their own interests, they even denigrated the role of the car in the military! ”

"In fact, I have the same opinion as the prince in many aspects, I hope that the German army will be equipped with more machine guns and heavy artillery, as well as vehicles, but these have been resisted by all sides, and His Majesty the Emperor sometimes has no way, since he can't open up other markets, then he can only compete with the other party in the original market." Gustav said with a sigh.

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