"To be honest, the purchase conditions are a bit harsh! This requirement is a bit high, not only occupies a large amount of our funds, but also makes us face some risks! I can't make a decision. Give me some time. I need to ask for instructions!" Baron Leo said after hearing Parokin's suggestion.

Two days later, the encrypted telegram sent from Germany was sent to Ruprecht. Faced with the conditions proposed by the Germans, Ruprecht fell into deep thought. He could feel that some of the problems were there!

The Russians finally thought about the payment method. If the buyer's payment is divided into 4 times according to the normal transaction process, each time the buyer's payment is delivered. When the warship starts construction, the second payment is made before the warship is launched, and the third payment is made during the outfitting process. Finally, when the warship is completed, the buyer will pay the final payment in one go! It is impossible for the manufacturer to advance the payment to the Russians!

But this time the Russians proposed that the payment method was in terms of payment. The first payment was paid when the warship started construction, and 30% of the total price was paid. When the warship was launched and loaded, the other 30% was paid. When the warship was delivered, the final payment was paid.

The Baron did some calculations for His Royal Highness in the telegram. The hull of a warship accounted for about one-quarter to one-third of the total price. The Russians started the funds to pay for the hull construction. However, when the Russians paid the second time, they just said that there was no fixed specific time after the installation was launched. Even if the Baron asked the Russians to set the time, the progress of the warship was estimated to be halfway through the second batch of prices! This means that before that, Ruprecht needed to advance about 20% of the shipbuilding payment!

This is not a decimal number! The total price of the two warships is more than 2 million pounds, and the 20% shipbuilding price is 400,000 pounds! Although it only took a few months, the interest occupied by funds in the past few months is a big number! After calculating, this is not much different from the price of the Russians of 950,000. From this aspect alone, it is economically unacceptable!

"Tell them our concerns." His Highness the Prince immediately ordered. However, in addition to economic aspects, the Prince also considered another possibility, that is, what if the Russians did not pay in the end? 50% of the warships have been built, and the Russians only gave 30% of the money! Do you dismantle half of the warships or don't dismantle them? If you don't want to build warships in the past, then you can just dismantle them without the next company. The shipyard will pay at most one ship dismantling fee, but this is different! If this happens this time, then Bavaria will lose 400,000 pounds!

There is not such a thing in history! Agility and the two Japanese Garibaldi were the original customers who didn't want it, and then they found the next one and finally didn't smash it in their hands. But this time, the Russians raised a little high demand. If this was to their own hands, Ruprecht tinkered with so many things, and the profit for half a year would be gone! What do the Russians want to do? Do they have other ideas?

The Russians want to threaten themselves with unsubscribe when the project is half-pulled and half-pulled. This is indeed possible. Two warships are built and half-pulled and the shipyard is paying hundreds of thousands of pounds. Do you think it will stop or stop? If it stops, it will be equivalent to a sure loss of 400,000 pounds. If it keeps stopping, not to mention how much money you have to pay, and who will you sell it to after it is built? This question is very troublesome.

This is a warship of 12,000 to 13,000 tons, not a Munich-type armored cruiser. It is impossible for ordinary countries to buy it. Whether it is Argentina, Chile in South America, or the Qing Dynasty, which intends to rebuild its navy, it is unlikely to buy two such large warships. It is not that the Russian-class armored cruiser is not good, but because it is too strong and expensive. For these countries, the symbolic significance is greater than the actual combat significance.

Who will buy it in the future? It is definitely only possible for countries that plan to fight wars. For example, the United States and Spain in the Spanish-American War, but the Americans absolutely support domestic products. They have money, but they may not spend a lot of money to buy these two warships when their side has absolute advantages. And Spain? The possibility of purchasing is not high. 2 million pounds is too burdened for this Sunset Empire. The war lasted for a total of 100 days. Even if Spain intends to buy it, it is estimated that the two sides have not yet agreed upon when the war ends...

Then the last possible potential customers are Japan and Russia. However, if this warship started construction in 1895, it would definitely be in service in 1898. There will be at least 6 years before the Russo-Japanese War... This ship cannot be smashed into its own hands for 6 years, right? Isn't this a loss to die? As for whether Japan might buy it? This is possible historically.

At that time, in order to express his disagreement with Germany, Japan specially ordered a 10,000-ton cruiser in Germany. Since Japan learned that the best cruiser in Germany is the Russian class rather than the Munich class, it is possible to deal with one of the warships to Japan. However, it is a little lower to ask both of them to Japan. After all, they are just showing kindness, and their father is still the United Kingdom. If they are sons, they will depend on their father's attitude.

Although there are many potential customers and the future world is not peaceful, it is indeed not easy to sell such high-end things. If the Russians stop buying them, then Japan will take over one at most, and the time remains to be determined. After all, in Ruprecht's memory, after the end of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan first broke the bbs.

"So since exporting large warships is difficult, then wait until I return home." Ruprecht thought about it and wrote in his reply to Vittorio, "Anyway, the shipyards are not short of orders now, and the second wave of orders from Chile and Argentina has arrived, one country and one ship! And according to internal news, there may be two more ships, and the shipyards are constantly working, so don't worry, let's see what the Russians are doing!

"1898." Ruprecht kept counting the time. Historically, the Qing Dynasty should have been rebuilt the fleet at this time. He felt that the powerful Mainz-class armored cruisers were very likely to order these two warships. The key was the price. However, if the Qing Dynasty could pay less, the money should be more abundant. If the German Navy sold two old Munich-class armored cruisers at a lower price, it would be very likely to build two more advanced armored cruisers!

The Russian-class obviously meets the requirements of the German Navy, with larger tonnage, stronger firepower and protection, and greater endurance! If there are two Munich-class armored cruisers that can be shipped and the Russians don't want it, then the German Navy will have a great chance of taking over this order!

From a public perspective, these two warships are indeed more in line with the needs of the German navy. In private, their relationship with the German Crown Prince is quite good, and William II is very likely to help with things that go smoothly. And from the current schedule, the German navy should be replenishing battleships in the next two years and will not start a new armored cruiser. Therefore, Ruprecht believes that as long as he is not particularly unlucky, these two ships will not be hit in his hands!

Of course, Ruprecht could also refuse, but the result of the rejection was that the Russians might continue to buy warships from France as in history, which was difficult for Ruprecht, who was short of money. So he planned to take a risk. Ruprecht thought about it and went back to talk to Prince William first, prepare for some way out, and then consider how to answer the Russians.

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This chapter is released regularly. I looked at the subscription increase on the side, and it didn't even have half of the previous day... and there was a time when it dropped. It should, maybe, probably, it almost exceeded the record on Tuesday. So let's update two chapters first. Everyone in the author group said that the wireless recommendation growth is indeed fast, but it is unstable. I hope this will not happen to the author--!
Chapter completed!