"Of course!"
Liang Changqing nodded and continued,"Then, Mr. Chen, what's your price?”
Chen Luo smiled and continued," President Liang, we're going to do a long-term business. I won't give you a one-time deal, and I won't ask for an exorbitant price. However, I still have to earn this money. It's all about licking blood on the tip of a knife. I want this amount of arms from these two ships!”
As he spoke, Chen Luo raised three fingers and slowly said,""Three hundred gold taels!"
Three hundred gold taels!
An ounce of gold was equivalent to 0.566 taels of gold.
This 300 taels of gold was equivalent to 530 ounces of gold.
According to the Bresson ton system, US dollars could be exchanged for gold. According to the current market value, 700 US dollars was equivalent to one ounce of gold.
530 ounces of gold was equivalent to 370,000 US dollars.
132,500 pounds.
2.12 million Hong Kong dollars.
In all fairness, this price was not expensive. In fact, it could even be considered cheap.
However, for the people in the country, they had to grit their teeth. Although Guo Jun had escaped not long ago, he had left a mess in the country. The entire country only had 9000 taels of gold. Chen Luo's request was equivalent to taking one-third of it.
"We need to discuss this internally!”Liang Changqing took a deep breath and quickly said,""I also need to report to my superiors!”
"Of course!"
Chen Luo smiled and continued." I'm also very happy to cooperate with you. A little water flows long. We can still slowly trade in the future!"
Then, Liang Changqing left with the four young men.
Huo Donglai couldn't help but glance at Chen Luo. He wanted to have a good chat with Chen Luo, but Chen Luo politely refused.
Chen Luo had something more important to do next.
A boat!
"How much?"
In the huge office, Chen Luo stared at Christian Anna!
"Not long ago, the Eagle Kingdom was preparing to auction off a ship, the Queen of Britain!”
Anna had already placed a document in front of Chen Luo and quickly said,""42348 tons, 24 knots. Currently, the auction price is 50,000 pounds. No one is bidding, so I brought this information over!”
Chen Luo looked down at the information and was a little surprised.
This ship was built at the John Brown Shipyard in Clydebank 20 years ago.
In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the Eagle Kingdom visited Canada and returned home on the Queen of Britain. This was its most glorious moment.
After the outbreak of World War II, on September 25th, the Queen of Britain began to transport soldiers to the Eagle Kingdom under the escort of a destroyer.
In 1940, she went to Australia and was refitted again in Fremantle. Then, on May 12, she set off from Australia to transport Australian and New Xilan soldiers to Eagle Country together with Queen Mary, Mauritania, Aquitania, and Empress Yindu. After that, they took a detour around the Cape of Good Hope to transport soldiers from Eagle Country to IG.
On October 26, 1940, on the way back to Eagle Country from South Africa, the Queen of Britain was attacked by a Hans Cat FO-200 Condor bomber on the west coast of the Republic of Iceland. The Queen of Britain was hit and caught on fire. A polish destroyer and two tugboats were towed to the Eagle Country's port. To put it simply, this was an accident ship. Although the draft was as high as 40,000 tons, that was it. You didn't know how the repairs were going, and you didn't know if the problem was serious or not.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to sell it for 50,000 pounds.
He didn't need to consider a long voyage, but it was still possible for him to travel from Japan to Xiangjiang.
Chen Luo only took a glance and fell into deep thought.
Should he buy this ship or not?
" Overall, the ship has been modified and can be used to transport soldiers and weapons!”
At this moment, Anna showed her professionalism and quickly said,""There's no problem with the voyage. It has been repaired. Although the Hans cat's attack caused it to catch fire, at least the dragon bone is not damaged. However, there are still many places that we're not sure if there will be any problems during the voyage!”
Chen Luo also fell into deep thought.
If there was really a problem with this ship, then it would be bad. The Eagle Kingdom people were not fools. Why didn't they buy it earlier?
Tell them that you're very interested, but in fact, you only want to buy it as a museum or to open a restaurant! "Chen Luo pondered for a moment and said bluntly,"Then, think of a way to find the maintenance workers and technical workers of the Eagle Country to see if there's a big problem with this ship and if it can be used to transport goods!”
At this point, Chen Luo let out a deep breath. He also felt that it was a little difficult.
Crew members were relatively easy to find, and it was not a problem to let them sail. However, the lack of skilled workers was also a big problem.
Secondly, it was very troublesome to pilot such a big thing.
Chen Luo felt a headache coming on. There were too few talents in the country, especially skilled workers.
'I wonder if I can move a group of Japanese to Xiangjiang City. After the war, they still have enough technical workers. This is also the foundation for them to rise again. If I can move some of them to Xiangjiang City and cultivate a batch of technical workers that I need…'
At this moment, Chen Luo suddenly realized how difficult it was for Huaxia Base.
He did not do anything, but it was already so difficult to build a ship repair industry.
The difficulty of the country's development was more than a thousand times or even ten thousand times higher than his own?
The ship had to be checked, and the people had to be recruited.
50,000 pounds. It would be best to lower the price.
In less than three days, Liang Changqing found Chen Luo and said straightforwardly that they were willing to work together. They were also very willing to purchase your firearms. For the first cooperation, three hundred taels of gold and one hundred and forty-two gold bars were placed in front of Chen Luo.
A standard gold bar weighed 116.64 grams (3.746 ounces).
Under such circumstances, Chen Luo took a deep breath.
Finally, he felt that he had completed this transaction. Next, he would expand the scale of the transaction. In addition to weapons and equipment, there were also airplanes, old factories, and some artillery shells. Sooner or later, he would have to move all the war materials from Okita Island. During this period of time, he still needed to consider what industry he should develop next.
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