10 million tons? Daozi, do you know how much this will cost? "
"Yes, Daozi, have you done the math? If not, let me do the math for you... 10 million tons is almost 1,000 10,000-ton cruise ships. Now the cost of a 10,000-ton cruise ship is 200 Between 10,000 and 3 million silver dollars. 1,000 ships is 2 billion and 3 billion silver dollars!"
"This is still an understatement. The average cost per ton of the battle cruisers, battleships, large cruisers, large cruisers, small cruisers and escort destroyers we plan to build will definitely be higher than the old-fashioned 10,000-ton cruisers... If you have an aircraft carrier like that, you have to equip it with aircraft, which is another huge expense. To build it with 10 million tons, I’m afraid it will cost 4 billion!”
"There are also auxiliary ships! These 10 million tons are still combat ships. There are also oil ships, supply ships, ammunition ships, maintenance ships, and hospital ships to be built...auxiliary ships to support the 10 million tons of combat ships. The ship must be at least three to four million tons... which is at least another billion!"
"There are also naval bases! How many naval ports will be needed for 10 million tons of combat ships and three to four million tons of auxiliary ships? How many docks will be needed for maintenance? How many forts and fortresses will be needed? Another one to two billion will have to be spent."
"There are also the costs of personnel, training, and maintenance... These are all astronomical expenses!"
"Not counting personnel, training, and maintenance, shipbuilding and infrastructure alone will cost 5 billion! If spread over 10 years, it will be 500 million silver dollars a year! Daozi, do you know how much revenue our Ming court makes in a year? ? It’s only over 2 billion but less than 3 billion! If you include maintenance costs, you’ll have to spend almost 600 million to 700 million silver dollars a year!”
As soon as Zhuge Weidao put forward his amazing suggestion, everyone present was stunned. According to Zhuge Weidao's plan, in the next 10 years, the Ming Dynasty will have to spend more than 20% of its financial income to build ships with the British... Can't you survive this day?
Hearing these people, especially Zhuge Weiyi and Zhuge Weiyong, the two military advisors who had read the Book of Heaven, settle accounts for themselves, Zhuge Weidao could only smile bitterly... It seems that the ancestors did not study the first time carefully. The economic cost of the world war is unknown to future generations.
Before World War I, the British mainland's fiscal revenue was only 140 million pounds per year...and the British Empire spent 1.56 billion pounds in the fiscal year 1915-1916! In the following years, the UK spent nearly 2.5 billion pounds each year - which was almost equivalent to the UK's pre-war gross national income!
If Ming Dynasty were to defeat Britain in this timeline and become the world's overlord, then its average annual military expenditure after the outbreak of the war should be at least 50% higher than that of Britain, which is an average of more than 3 billion pounds per year, equivalent to 15 billion silver dollars. ...Before the war, spending an extra 600 million to 700 million silver dollars every year was not a big expense at all.
If the war process can be shortened by two years due to sufficient pre-war expenditures, it would be equivalent to exchanging 6 to 7 billion for 30 billion...and it can also save millions of lives, and it is even more than this. Is it a good deal?
Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty launched a 10 million-ton navy, the British Empire would have to follow suit!
600 million to 700 million silver dollars a year, that is the entire wealth of the British Empire...
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao put on a confident smile, glanced around the conference room, then coughed and said with a smile: "Is it more than 600 million to 700 million a year? It's not much at all. .......How much is Australia worth? How much is the Dutch East Indies worth? How much is Sumatra worth? How much is the Oregon colony worth? How much is India... worth?
Moreover, our annual income is almost 3 billion, and we spend an extra 600 million to 700 million a year, which is an increase of 20% of the fiscal deficit. Can we just issue some bonds and be done? Now that the economy is in recession, if the 600 million to 700 million expenditure is spent, it can at least increase a lot of jobs and get more orders for shipyards and steel plants. Maybe the economy can prosper quite a bit, so what’s wrong with that?
Besides, can Britain afford to keep up? How much money do they have? 600 million to 700 million pounds, that's all the wealth... Can they issue an additional 100 million pounds of bonds a year? This is simply impossible! Such an approach will inevitably cause the British financial market to collapse, and a large amount of funds will flow from London to Paris.
Therefore, the Grand Army can offer a sky-high price of 10 million tons in the Palace of Versailles. If the British cannot afford to keep up, they will have to bow to us! This... is another small card game! "
This is another small bet... If you win in Da Shawar, you will win in Japan, so you can continue playing in Versailles!
"Taozi," Zhuge Weiyi asked, "if the British don't dare to follow, what do we want?"
"I need two things," Zhuge Weidao held out two fingers. "One is that the Ming Dynasty has the largest tonnage in the world! The other is Sumatra... at least the eastern half of it must be obtained."
Being number one in the navy is a sign that the Ming Empire surpassed Britain in all aspects except territory (including colonies)! When those Western countries want to take sides, they should think carefully about it.
And Sumatra...
"What's on Sumatra?" asked Guan Tianpei, chief of staff of the Naval Air Force.
"Oil fields!" Zhuge Weiyi said, "It hasn't been discovered yet... Oh, the Dutch haven't discovered it yet, but we already know it."
Zhuge Weidao took up the topic and said: "The future war will be an oil war... We have the oil fields of Brahman, the oil fields of Sakhalin, the oil fields of Ren'anqiang in Myanmar, the oil fields of Karamay in the Western Region, The oil fields in Shaanxi and the oil fields in Yumen, Gansu currently have an annual output of six to seven million tons, and should be able to exceed 10 million tons in 10 years. The oil fields in Sumatra should have a potential of 3 million tons, so that we can have a total of 1,300 tons. The annual production of oil is 10,000 tons!"
This is not a lot...but it is enough.
Of course, the British Empire didn’t have as much oil as the Ming Dynasty! Although they have great influence in Persia and Yinlak, oil has not yet been discovered there. The only oil fields that can stably supply oil to the British Empire are the Ploiesti oil field in Avadia, which nominally belongs to the Turkish Empire, and the Baku oil field in the Rakshasa Kingdom...either in the hands of Maozi, or in Maozi's hands. Under the attack!
Therefore, the British Empire's navy can only rely on coal-fired steam as its main power source, while the Ming Dynasty's navy has begun the transition to heavy oil boilers plus steam turbines!
"Okay! That's it!" Zhuge Weiyi, Minister of the Navy, nodded, "Let's use 10 million tons of navy to blackmail the British Empire!"
Zhuge Wenyong said: "If the British Empire won't give in, then we might as well build a 10-million-ton navy... As long as Britain is willing to go out of its way, our court has no reason to be timid!"
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"How much? How much? Military Advisor Zhuge, how much can you tell me?"
In the splendid Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, British Prime Minister Robinson, who was participating in naval arms negotiations, started shouting regardless of diplomatic etiquette. Moreover, his face turned red, which made Viscount Palmerston and Commodore Elliot very worried. ——The British Empire has had two prime ministers in a short period of time. Will there be a third prime minister again? If he is so angry, who will be the short-lived prime minister?
This No. 10 Downing Street has been a bit troublesome to the Prime Minister lately!
"Luo Zhongtang, please be patient..." Zhuge Weijiu also looked at the red-faced Robinson with concern, "Don't be anxious, your health is important... If you are anxious, it's all yours." !」
"Yes, yes, there is no rush..." Robinson thought to himself, and took a few deep breaths to calm down his emotions.
In fact, his emotional instability will not kill him. He is only 46 years old, in good health, and has more than 30 years to live, so he can be angry for a long time!
Seeing that Robinson's face was no longer red, Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Luo Zhongtang, our Ming Dynasty thinks that the 3 million tons arms control line is too low. Our Ming Dynasty's population is more than 10 times yours, and our steel is more than the entire Europe has more coal, electricity, and railways than all of Europe... 10 million tons is not much, right?"
As he spoke, he looked triumphantly at a group of dumbfounded arms control representatives in the Hall of Mirrors. Everyone was stunned by the 10 million tons... It turned out that Ming Dynasty's "Thousand Ships Plan" It’s for real!
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