The Rise of the Empire

As an emerging power, as an empire that has solved its internal problems and is ready to expand to the world, the German Empire will sooner or later build its navy. As a big country, can it be without a powerful navy? Look at those predecessors, from Spain and Portugal at the beginning to Britain, France and Russia now, to Germany and the United States that have just risen, at this point in time everyone will decide to build! This is independent of personal will, whether it is William II or Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister, who is in power! This process is necessary.

And now Bismarck, the chief executive officer of the Deutsche Group, is also worrying about this matter. He is preparing for a big construction, but he has no goal yet! In terms of playing strategy, playing internal affairs, and playing diplomacy, Bismarck is at least at the level of the strongest king. But when it comes to the navy, even the German admirals haven't figured it out yet. How can he do it alone? Although the direction has not been determined, according to the principle of strategic command guns, he already has a general direction. The scale of the fleet should not be too large. Germany is now very safe, and the reinsurance treaty still exists. The world has trouble with itself, Italy and Austria-Hungary are friends, and Britain and itself are not considered enemies. The environment is unprecedentedly good, and a huge fleet has no effect on Germany except to bring pressure and make others taboo!

But now, the iron-blooded prime minister has no time to think about this strategic issue, because Hesner, the secretary of state of the Imperial Navy Office, has come to the prime minister's official residence and is reporting to the prime minister. He provided an approximate budget in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of the Navy, and some of the above situations attracted the attention of the Prime Minister.

"The navy's shipbuilding budget is a bit high. And the armor budget in it seems a bit ridiculously high. The armor manufacturers of the empire have never quoted such a high price." Bismarck said, pointing to one of the numbers.

"This is a quotation from a new company called the Bavarian Machinery Design Bureau. Their quotation is more than 50% higher than the quotations from other companies! I really don't know what they think. The Admiralty does not intend to use their armor. "Hessner said with some dissatisfaction.

"How is the quality of their armor?" The Prime Minister seemed not to dwell on the quotation, but asked directly about the performance of the new armor.

"It is stronger than the steel armor of Baron Hallberg's company and other companies, but the strength is limited." Hessner's words were very vague, which made the Prime Minister frown slightly.

"So you mean, it's better to purchase armor from old manufacturers for new warships?" Bismarck asked.

"At least their prices are the most reasonable, and the quality of old manufacturers is guaranteed after all." Hessner said relaxedly, it seems that the Prime Minister did not intend to entangle this issue.

"Have you seen the test report for this armor?" asked Bismarck.

"I've seen it!" Hessner said without hesitation.

"Okay then, tell me, how much did those armor manufacturers give you to speak for them?" Bismarck glanced coldly at the other party, making the latter shiver involuntarily.

"This is the limit of the good? According to the description in this report, the performance of this armor is about twice that of ordinary steel armor!" The prime minister threw another document in front of him, and his low voice was full of anger ! "You actually deceived the empire for your own self-interest! How courageous you are!"

"Master Prime Minister, please listen to my explanation..." Hessner's face was pale, and he couldn't even speak!

"Wait until the court to explain it! His Majesty the Emperor already knew about this matter. He was very disappointed and angry with some people in the Imperial Navy Department. Some capitalists have stretched their hands too far! You'd better now Go back and think about your own problems. Then confess your accomplices in exchange for His Majesty's mercy." Bismarck didn't want to listen to the other party's explanation at all, and left the living room after speaking the last sentence.

"God, who on earth can let His Majesty the Emperor personally intervene in this matter? Couldn't this matter be handled within the Navy?" Hesner still hasn't understood it yet.

Who did I offend! And the story of this incident started a week ago.

To be honest, the future boss of Bavaria, Ludwig III, is still in a good mood recently. What my son made is not armor at all, but a chicken that can lay golden eggs! According to the information provided by the attendants, he has a basic understanding of the profits in the world armor market, especially the German armor market, so to speak, relying on the excellent performance of the new armor. The factories opened by the Bavarian royal family can completely crush other competitors, and it is not difficult to even monopolize German ship armor! No one has trouble with money, so Prince Ruprecht is in a very good mood!

However, when the letter sent by the Bavarian plenipotentiary representative in Berlin mentioned that the German Navy did not plan to purchase new products from the Bavarian Machinery Design Bureau established solely by the Bavarian royal family, the prince felt very puzzled, followed by dissatisfaction, and finally anger! Lao Tzu's stuff is so good, how dare you not want it? Bullying Lao Tzu is a foreigner? In terms of performance and cost performance, the new hardened armor directly throws out the old-fashioned armor by a few blocks! You don't want it? This is absolutely not normal!

What do general manufacturers do when they encounter such a thing? Naturally, they are looking for connections to try their luck, looking for people from the Admiralty to find a way, and by the way, stuff some red envelopes or something! But the Bavarian Heavy Industry Group will not do this, and the prince will not do this. The people in the Admiralty know me, but I don't know him! What are those guys? Even if you talk about something, you should talk directly to someone at the level of the Kaiser or the Prime Minister.

And after the prince's grandfather found out about this, the old regent was also very angry, thinking that he had been insulted by those lowly guys from the Admiralty! Immediately instruct the Bavarian Plenipotentiary in Berlin to inquire about the matter with the Kaiser. As the second largest state leader in the empire, the Kaiser naturally needs to intervene in this matter. So His Majesty the Emperor knew.

By coincidence, the nephew of Prime Minister Bismarck happened to go to Bavaria to serve as the representative of Prussia. (This matter does exist, but the time in history may not be correct.) When visiting the Bavarian royal family, the prince who was angry asked in a very stern tone: "Why is the company of the Bavarian royal family treated unfairly in Prussia? Where is the dignity of the royal family? Is the imperial government corrupt enough to buy everything with money? What did Bismarck do?"

These words were very serious, and they frightened the fledgling Earl. Where did this matter start, my uncle didn't offend this noble Highness, did he? Did something go wrong? Then Ruprecht walked away, leaving the court chief, Earl Schelling, to tell the other party all about it in detail. Then that night, the new representative immediately reported the matter to his uncle. Ever since, what Hells thought was not a big deal was stabbed to the highest level of the empire by the angry Bavarian royal family!

Now not only Hessner is thinking about what to do in the future, the Prime Minister of the Empire and the Emperor of the Empire are also thinking about what to do! This matter is indeed unethical done by the imperial government, well, it is the criminal behavior of a small man in the imperial government's navy department that tarnished the image of the imperial government. All relevant personnel must be dealt with, these are for sure, and then we must consider how to repair the relationship with the Bavarian royal family.

Everyone is a royal family, and they will use their positions to make some money. This is a tacit thing. The German royal family has shares in major shipyards and Krupp factories. Therefore, both the army and the navy buy Krupp's artillery, which is equivalent to sending money to the royal family in a different direction. It can't be said that your Hohenzollern family can do it, but my Wittelsbach family can't do it? Moreover, the stuff produced by their factory is really good. It is not too much to say that it contributes to the construction of the imperial navy. If it is exported, it will also contribute to the imperial finances!

So His Majesty the Emperor swiped his pen and directly ordered the Imperial Navy Department's future new warships to purchase the new hardened armor of the Bavarian Machinery Design Bureau, which was solely funded by the Bavarian royal family. And the Wittelsbach family who had achieved their goal also accepted it as soon as it was good, and did not disclose this matter.

And our Prince Ruprecht never thought that his first order would come in such a twists and turns! But after learning about this matter, he had to sigh with emotion, his family is really powerful, being an official merchant, no, it feels so good to be an imperial merchant! When it is justified, it will be invincible, that is for sure!

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