Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1099 Large-Scale Arms Sales

Chapter 1109 Large-Scale Arms Sales
Chang Wei said again: "Since the Roman Empire cannot accept the goodwill of the Great Wei Empire, then we are willing to listen to the opinions of the Roman Empire!"

The Roman Empire mission whispered, after a short consultation.Theodosius got up and said: "The Roman Empire also longs for peace and does not need war. But this war was imposed on our Roman Empire by the Sassanid Empire, and our Roman Empire can only accompany it to the end. Of course, our Roman Empire is not unacceptable." The reconciliation of the Great Wei Empire, if the Sasanian Empire is willing to return the occupied Roman Empire land to the Roman Empire, and compensate our Roman Empire for its losses, our Roman Empire is willing to accept peace!"

"It's my wishful thinking!" Chang Wei said: "If the Roman Empire has this attitude, then it means that war is inevitable, and a larger-scale war will break out. But for the Roman Empire, it will be a big challenge." Disaster!"

"Even if it is a disaster, we are willing to bear it!" Theodosius said: "The Romans are brave, fearless, and will not give in. The Roman Empire is not afraid of war, and we firmly believe that in the face of any war, The Roman Empire will have absolute confidence to win. During the hundreds of thousands of years that the Roman Empire has stood in the world, we have experienced countless dangerous wars. However, in the end we all won the final victory. There will be difficulties, but they are difficult It's temporary."

At this time, seeing that something was wrong, he quickly started to smooth things over.If the negotiation breaks down at the very beginning, it will be troublesome.Kou Songzhi stood up and said: "Actually, we Huaxia are also facing countless wars. At one time, wars were very dangerous. Even more than half of our Huaxia people became slaves of the enemy, but we Huaxia people also did not choose to submit. Instead, we chose to fight unyieldingly, and in the end we also won the final victory. Our old enemies and neighbors, from the original Dog Rong, Xiongnu, Jie, and Xianbei, are now a thing of the past. We persist, and the world is tenacious and tenacious Only the nation and country of China are qualified to stand among the nations of the world. For what happened to the Roman Empire, I and the Great Wei Empire express my deep sympathy and support!"

Theodosius said: "So, we need the help of the Great Wei Empire."

"My friends, what kind of help do you need!" Chang Wei said, "As long as Wei Guo can do it, do it as much as possible!"

Theodosius said: "We need the Wei Empire to send troops westward, and the Roman Empire to attack the Sasanian Empire, and then the Roman Empire and the Wei Empire will divide the Sasanian Empire!"

"It's impossible!" Chang Wei shook his head resolutely and said, "I want to reiterate that the Great Wei Empire is a peace-loving country. We have no intentions for the territory of the Sasanian Empire. The purpose is to recover our Chinese territory. But the territory of the Sasanian Empire has nothing to do with our Great Wei Empire. So on this point, we cannot satisfy you. Our friends, if this is the case, our Great Wei Empire can only Sorry!"

Hearing this, Theodosius breathed a sigh of relief.It is absolutely impossible for the Roman Empire to say that it is not worried about Wei's powerful military strength.Another purpose of the Roman Empire this time is to test the appetite of the Great Wei Empire.Although they don't have the idiom to lure wolves into the house, they are also afraid. The reason is to drive away a wolf and bring in a tiger.The Roman Empire did not sincerely welcome the division of the Sasanian Empire with the Great Wei Empire. They were even more afraid that a Sassanian Empire would not satisfy the appetite of the Great Wei Empire, and accepting it would swallow the Roman Empire.You must know that in terms of military strength, Wei Guo does have this strength.

"We also know that doing this is a bit difficult!" Theodosius said with a sigh of relief: "Since the Wei Empire loves peace and does not want war, then our Roman Empire will also retreat, hoping to get the armor and soldiers of the Wei Empire." Blades and crossbows (In the movie The Lion, there is a plot that the crossbows of the Roman legion are very sharp. In fact, this is a fabrication. The Roman legion is not equipped with crossbows, but nearly [-]% of the spears hand.)"

"However, how can you give the country's most important weapon lightly!" Chang Wei said hesitantly: "For the sake of the friendship between the two countries, we will make an exception once and sell [-] sets of armor, [-] crossbows and weapons to the Roman Empire." Corresponding knives and guns!"

"No, no, no!" Theodosius said: "This number is too small. Our Roman Empire plans to replace all the 39 Roman Army Corps in active service with the military equipment of the Wei Empire. So we need 39 sets of armor , 20 crossbow machines, 30 horizontal knives, and 600 million crossbow arrows."

Hearing this, Chang Wei remained calm on the surface, but burst into laughter in his heart. It turns out that the Romans have such a big appetite.Now the equipment in Wei State's inventory can find a new home.

Whether it is an enterprise or a country, if you want to develop better and faster, you can only lose the burden.In fact, Wei Guo has such a large amount of equipment in stock, which is not a serious waste of resources.Because a powerful country must ensure sufficient military equipment.Russia encountered such a problem during the First World War. A large number of troops were defeated, killed or captured. Russia had abundant human resources, but was extremely short of military equipment. As a result, the newly expanded army had to share an old-fashioned rifle with three or four people.

According to Ran Ming's plan, Wei Guo could arm 100 divisions in three months, [-] divisions in half a year, and increase its strength by [-] million troops in a year.Therefore, the necessary weapons and equipment reserves are very necessary.But Ran Ming didn't expect that Wei Guohui would manufacture the rifle so quickly. As long as the real rifle is manufactured, there is really no need for armor.From cold weapons to hot weapons, a very big military transformation will be carried out.

The original weapon reserve was a very heavy burden for Wei.It is the most ideal choice to discard or pass on this burden.The representatives of Wei Guo who participated in the negotiations were very excited, but they did not show it. At least when it comes to business, if the Chinese recognize the second, no one would dare to recognize the first.

Chang Wei pondered for a while and said, "As for the request of the Roman Empire, our Great Wei Empire agrees in principle, but there are some details that need to be discussed in depth by both of us!"

"Please speak, Your Excellency the Marquis!" Of course, Theodosius knew very well that there is no free lunch in this world, and he would be surprised if Wei Guo didn't attach any conditions.

Chang Wei said: "First of all, it is this batch of equipment. The Great Wei Empire also knows the current financial crisis of the Roman Empire, so the price of the equipment, our Great Wei, is going to sell it to the Roman Empire at the lowest price. First, the Mingguang armor is sold for a set of 2 gold. (In fact, the ex-factory price is only more than 25 yuan, which is fifteen or six times the ex-factory price.) A horizontal knife with eight gold handles (ten times the ex-factory price), and long spears, daggers, and spears are relatively cheap, and each five thousand One hundred yuan (ten times the ex-factory price), and one crossbow is [-] gold."

Theodosius looked at the price list presented by representative Wei Guo and felt very satisfied.Because this is indeed a conscience price.After all, the State of Wei had already conducted a relatively small-scale arms sale to the Roman Empire. On the battlefield, the State of Wei's equipment had been tested very well, especially the Mingguang armor. Regardless of the fact that each set of armor was ten times lighter than the Roman heavy armor. Two catties, but the defense is much better.Unless the cavalry of the Persian Sassanid Empire was within thirty steps, they would not be able to damage the Mingguang armor at all.However, at this distance, the spearmen of the Roman legion could completely abuse the Persian cavalry.Of course, the defensive effect of Persian wuz steel fish scale armor is also good, but the price of fish scale armor is too expensive. An ordinary set of fish scale armor costs more than one million yuan. A price is about the same.

In fact, Wei Guo's bright light armor and Persian wuz steel fish scale armor are two concepts of equipment, and there is no comparison at all.First of all, Uzi steel adopts cold forging process. After repeated forging, the impurities in the wrought iron are squeezed out, so as to achieve the toughness and hardness of the steel.These processes are not only inefficient, but also particularly wasteful of raw materials.Wei Guo's Mingguang armor is smelted into molten steel in a high-mix furnace, and then stamped and formed by a hydraulic stamping machine at one time. Wei Guo's production process is not only efficient, but also the waste of raw materials is almost negligible.Now Wei Guo has manufactured a steam engine impact machine, which is not restricted by the environment and geographical location, and is more efficient than a hydraulic stamping machine.And the manufacturing cost is only half of the hydraulic stamping machine.

Chang Wei said: "The amount of funds involved in this batch of transactions is very large. According to preliminary estimates, it is as high as 500 million gold. If your Roman Empire trades with Roman gold coins, you will need to pay 140 million gold and titanium coins."

"Three thousand 140 million Roman gold coins?" Theodosius and others couldn't help but change their expressions.Although, they had known for a long time that the Great Wei Empire would open its mouth like a lion and ruthlessly slaughter the Roman Empire.However, they still did not expect that the asking price of the Great Wei Empire would be so high.This is simply to swallow the Roman Empire in one gulp!Even during the reign of Constantine the Great, the Roman Empire was the most powerful, but the highest financial revenue in the history of the Roman Empire was only more than 800 million Roman gold coins in a year, and now the annual financial revenue of the Roman Empire is There are less than 100 million gold coins, and the annual military expenditure alone is as high as 140 million gold coins.In fact, for many years in a row, the Roman Empire was eating its laurels.Theodosius said nervously: "Your Excellency the Marquis, three thousand four hundred and twenty thousand gold coins, isn't that too much?"

"No, not much at all. We put forward this condition after careful consideration. Before the war, the annual financial revenue of the Roman Empire reached more than 1000 million Roman gold coins. Converted to Wei Guo gold coins, it is more than 800 million Wei Guo gold coins. Although wars and disasters have dealt a devastating blow to the economy of the Roman Empire. However, after the deduction of our staff department, once the Roman Empire obtains this batch of equipment, it can completely reverse the disadvantages of the Roman Empire on the battlefield. Once the 39 joint The Roman Legion forms a fighting force, even if it will not only defeat the Persian cavalry of the Sassanian Empire, but also easily regain lost ground. Of course, after defeating the Sassanian Empire, you can also ruthlessly slaughter the Sasanian Empire, or cede the territory of the Persian Empire, or It is for the Persian Sasanian Empire to compensate your Roman Empire. How to do it is your Roman Empire’s business. But our Great Wei Empire is not unreasonable. We know that it is very difficult for the Roman Empire to come up with such a large amount of funds. Reality. Our Great Wei Empire put forward a very good idea. We can let the Roman Empire pay in installments. Counting from the date of delivery, it will be repaid within 20 years, and if interest is added, it will be 5000 two million Roman gold coins. 260 million gold coins per year." Chang Wei said: "260 million Roman gold coins per year, in fact, not much at all."

Hearing this, Theodosius and the others finally said nothing.They know that it is useless to say anything else.Since the Great Wei Empire has counted these things, they will not give them a reason to refute.Anyway, the Roman Empire paid 260 million gold coins per year, which is not too much if Rome's economy can recover.

Chang Wei continued: "If the Roman Empire really can't afford the money, it can use the mineral resources, timber, grain, land and ports in the territory, and even prisoners of war as mortgages. We can discuss this issue later!"

Theodosius and the others had a heated conversation together, and finally made a compromise to Wei Guo. There was no way, they needed this batch of equipment very much.Without these equipments, relying on the deteriorating national strength of the Roman Empire, it is very likely that the Roman Empire will be destroyed.After nearly half an hour of negotiation, the Roman Empire mission finally agreed to Wei's conditions.

Chang Wei organized the language again: "Secondly, in order to strengthen business cooperation with the Roman Empire, our Great Wei Empire needs to gain a foothold in the territory close to the Roman Empire. Our Great Wei Empire hopes to have the opportunity to lease Athens for 99 years. Of course, our Great Wei Empire will not rent Athens for nothing. Our Great Wei Empire will pay 30 Roman gold coins to the Roman Empire every year. We have conducted a survey and the Roman Empire will collect [-] gold coins in Athens every year. The rent we pay , eight times the tax of the Roman Empire."

"Your Excellency the Marquis, how can this be done?" Theodosius and the others suddenly widened their eyes.The Roman Empire spanned Asia, Europe and Africa, and its territory was very large. Let alone lease, even if it ceded a piece of territory, the Roman Empire was not impossible.It's just that Athens is too close to Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire.Although the Roman Empire did not have the idiom that others should not be allowed to snore on the side of the couch, how could Theodosius, the executive officer who was born as a soldier, not understand this truth?Theodosius said: "Your Excellency, Athens is so important to our Roman Empire. We can sell some islands or cities directly to the Great Wei Empire. Otherwise, what about Iberia, Iberia? Abigail is more than three times larger than Athens, and we can sell it directly to the Great Wei Empire for 300 million Roman gold coins."

Chen Yong said at this time: "I'm very sorry about this. His Majesty the Emperor of the Wei Empire intended to rent Athens. Originally, His Majesty the Emperor did not know that there was a city called Athens in the Roman Empire. Occasionally, I heard Princess Helena mention that Athens is very beautiful. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor wants to lease Athens and build a palace in Athens, so that he can take Princess Helena and Prince Valens to Athens for vacation. The will of His Majesty the Emperor cannot be disobeyed, please tell Chen Mou, Does the Roman Empire agree or disagree?"

Theodosius and the others were silent for a while.Since Chen Yong, Ran Ming's great apprentice, has moved out Ran Ming, the emperor.Well, this means that there is no room for maneuver on this issue.Agree or disagree, Theodosius and others sighed endlessly. If you disagree with equipping your Great Wei Empire, will you sell it to our Roman Empire?
Chang Wei continued: "Thirdly, the Great Wei Empire and the Roman Empire have established a strategic partnership. From the date of signing the contract, citizens of the Roman Empire can enjoy the treatment of citizens of the Great Wei Empire in the Great Wei Empire. The Roman Empire enjoys the protection of the laws of the Roman Empire and enjoys the same rights and obligations as citizens of the Roman Empire. Once the citizens of the Great Wei Empire violate the laws of the Roman Empire in the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire must not deal with it privately. disposal."

Theodosius and others did not raise any objections to this one, and passed it directly.

Chang Wei also put forward the fourth article: "In view of the fact that the military system of the Roman Empire is different from the military system of the Great Wei Empire, the military equipment of the Great Wei Empire was designed according to the military system of the Great Wei Empire. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Roman Empire army, the Great Wei Empire The empire can send a delegation of [-] officers to the Roman Empire to help the Roman Empire carry out military reforms, thus giving full play to the role of the military equipment of the Great Wei Empire.

Theodosius and others did not raise any objections.Let the officers of the Great Wei Empire help the Roman army improve its combat effectiveness, which is what they hoped for.Only in this way can the Roman Empire close the gap in military strength with the Great Wei Empire and thus make continuous progress.In the future, if the Great Wei Empire turned against the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire would not be helpless.The Roman Empire can also gain a lot of benefits from this.

(End of this chapter)