It was the eleventh year of the Ming Dynasty, September 21, 1885.
Emperor Guang Cheng summoned Baland, the envoy of the Germanic Empire to the Ming Empire, at the Yangxin Palace Hall.
Baland had been the envoy to the Ming Empire for a full ten years. He could already be considered a well-versed general.
The Emperor of Guang Zhou knew that according to the trajectory of history, this envoy would still be the envoy to the Ming Empire for another eight years. After that, there were still many times when she had to deal with him.
"Respected Emperor, good morning!”Ambassador Baland was full of smiles. He did not look down on the emperor just because he was young.
On the contrary, he valued the Emperor of Guang Dong, who was able to rule such a large empire at such a young age.
The current Germanic Empire had only been unified for more than ten years. Even though they were eager to expand their influence on the international stage. However, due to its national strength and the suppression of other countries, the German Empire did not have much room for international survival.
This made the Germanic Empire very eager to make a breakthrough in the Far East.
The Emperor of Guang Zhou knew that with the Germanic Empire's foundation, they would soon rise and become a country of great importance in the world. In fact, they would even start a full-scale competition with the Empire of the Sun Never Sets to become the world overlord. However, they failed in the end.
"Minister, good morning. Please take a seat!”Guang Dong emperor smiled.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. The warships that your country purchased from the Empire will be able to return to your country next month. Those two warships were simply masterpieces. They were definitely the most advanced warships in the entire Far East and even the world. This would greatly increase the strength of your navy.”Minister Baland said.
The emperor's mouth twitched when he heard this.
Of course, he knew which two warships Minister Baland was referring to. It was the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan that the Ming Empire had spent a huge sum of money to purchase.
From the data on paper, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan's performance was indeed good. However, there was a huge problem with the design. The two main cannons were located on the side of the ship and could only fire forward at the same time. If they wanted to shoot from the side, they could only use one main cannon. In addition, the speed was too slow. Although the armor was thick and the defense was not bad. However, in this era, the accuracy of large-caliber cannons was frighteningly low. It was more practical to equip a warship with a large caliber cannon than a small caliber rapid-fire cannon.
This was also the reason why the Beiyang Navy was beaten up by the Japanese coalition fleet in the war in another time and space.
Moreover, the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan were the largest warships in the Far East. However, it was much worse in the world. Compared to the ironclads of the Empire of the Never Setting Sun, which had a displacement of more than ten thousand tons, they were nothing.
Right now, the Royal Navy of the Empire of the Never Setting Sun had two 'Devastating' ironclad warships with a displacement of more than 9,000 tons, one 'Intrepid' ironclad warship with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, two 'Jax' ironclad warships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and two 'Giant' ironclad warships with a displacement of more than 9,000 tons. In addition, there were six Admiral class ironclads with a displacement of 10,000 tons under construction.
It could be said that the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire was the most powerful navy in the world. Even if the other countries joined forces, they were not their match. Not to mention that the Ming Empire's navy now only had two or three big cats and small cats.
However, the Emperor of Guang 'an still needed the help of the Germanic people, and he still hoped to obtain advanced weapons and mechanical equipment from the Germanic people. Naturally, he could not slap them in the face.
"Yes, Minister. I am very grateful to the Germanic Empire for building the Dingyuan and Zhenyuan for the Ming Empire. I believe that our two countries will have more room for cooperation in this area in the future.”said the emperor of Guang Dong.
Minister Baland's eyes lit up as he listened. The Germanic Empire officially hoped to obtain more orders from the Ming Empire.
In this way, they could earn a lot of profits from it and use it to develop their own navy.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if you summoned me this time to continue ordering warships?”Minister Baland asked.
" No," the emperor shook his head." Your Excellency, we are not ordering warships this time. However, it was about time. I hope to buy a batch of army weapons and equipment from the Germanic Empire.”
"His Majesty is truly wise. The army equipment of the German Empire was definitely the most advanced in the world. The Ming Empire's army will be equipped with our weapons and equipment, and will definitely become the world's first-class army!”Minister Baland immediately boasted.
However, this time, the emperor didn't give him any face. Instead, he slapped him in the face.
"Minister, I remember that the Lebel rifle of the Gauls is more advanced than the 1871 rifle of your country, right?”Emperor Guang Dong asked.
Minister Baland's expression turned ugly.
He knew very well that what the Emperor of Guang Zhou said was the truth, so much so that he couldn't refute it.
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