"Everyone."
Luo Wei chuckled." Before I returned from Europe, I ordered a batch of watches from Switzerland. Each piece was worth more than 200 pounds, which was 2,000 dollars.”
"Only two thousand yuan? This piece of mine is worth three thousand dollars.”
When Xu Yongqiang heard this, he immediately heaved a sigh of relief and could not help but mock.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you."
Luo Wei chuckled." When I came to Songhu, I pawned a few watches at a pawnshop.”
Xu Yongqiang's heart tightened, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"Coincidentally, I pawned the piece you gave me.”
Everyone immediately looked at Xu Yongqiang.
Feeling the gazes of the others, Xu Yongqiang almost suffocated.
His face was flushed red, and veins popped out on his forehead. An indescribable humiliation spread in his heart.
"Humiliation! Naked humiliation!"
"However…"
Luo Wei changed the topic and said," The ones I pawned were the ones with the lowest value. The ones I have left are worth more than a thousand pounds each.”
"Hiss? A thousand pounds! Isn't that 10,000 yuan?"
"My Luo Tianyi! Such a small watch was worth 10,000 dollars? You must be bragging!"
"What do you know? That's a Western watch. Ten thousand yuan is considered cheap!”
"That's right. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!"
Xu Yongqiang's face turned ashen as he listened to the envious discussions of the people around him.
Any random watch could crush him. What was the point of playing?
How could he compare himself to the other party?
"However, this is not my present today.”
Luo Wei chuckled and suddenly walked toward the foreign ambassadors.
"Mr. Taylor."
Luo Wei looked at one of the Westerners and smiled politely.
This person was Taylor, the English ambassador to China.
"Oh, my friend, how can I help you?”
Taylor greeted him with a smile.
"Mr. Taylor."
Luo Wei began to flatter," England is really the most powerful country in the world, especially its navy. It's even larger than all the navies in the world combined.”
"Naturally."
Taylor looked proud." The strength of the Sun Never Sets Empire is doubted by God! Because the Sun Never Sets Empire will definitely spread the faith of God throughout the world.”
"Of course, of course."
Rowe smiled and flattered him, but then he changed the topic." However, maintaining a large navy requires a large amount of military expenditure, which is difficult for the British Empire to afford. It is really a very regrettable thing.”
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Taylor's expression darkened. He sighed." My friend, you know. It was also a very painful thing to have an overly powerful navy.”
"So, I want to help your country share this pain.”
Rowe chuckled." I wonder if Mr. Taylor can sell a batch of warships on behalf of England?”
"Hmm?"
Taylor was shocked." My friend, are you serious?”
"Of course."
Luo Wei smiled and nodded.
As the world's number one colonial power, the English Navy dominated the world for more than 200 years.
They relied on a massive navy.
At the outbreak of the First World War, the English Navy had a total of 2.714 million tons, ranking first in the world.
Germany, which ranked second, had 1.3 million tons, while the United States, which ranked third, had 985,000 tons.
It was not even as much as the English team.
After the outbreak of World War I, the English Empire relied on their powerful shipbuilding capabilities to build ships crazily.
Even if they lost a large number of warships in the war.
After the end of World War I, England still had 147 submarines, 443 destroyer, 143 cruisers, more than 70 battleships and four new aircraft carriers, a total of 807 warships!
He was undoubtedly the world's number one.
In the true sense, he could challenge the entire world.
However, the outbreak of the war had greatly damaged the empire.
For this reason, England had no choice but to compromise.
He would take the initiative to destroy most of the warships to reduce military spending.
Yes, the reason why the English demolished the ships was not because they were too old.
It was because they had too many warships and could not afford the huge military expenditure.
For this reason, English planned to dismantle nearly half of the warships.
Even if half of the warships were dismantled, the English Navy could still be considered the most powerful navy in the world.
As for selling ships.
It was not that they had not considered it, but they could not sell it.
After the arms race of World War I, the world was now polar.
He had enough battleships that he could afford, so he didn't need to buy them.
Those countries that did not have warships could not afford it.
For example, China.
Ever since the 1894 - 1895 war, the Chinese navy had been unable to recover.
Until now, he had not even bought a few destroyer ships.
It was precisely because they couldn't sell it that they couldn't find anyone to take over.
England had no choice but to dismantle his warship.
And now, the buyer had come knocking on his door.
"I want to order a naval fleet from England.”
Luo Wei said," They include two cruisers, five destroyer and five submarines.”
"Are you serious?"
Taylor's face was filled with disbelief. He could not help but say," Mr. Rowe, you might not understand what this means. The fleet you mentioned would cost at least a million pounds!”
"Of course."
Luo Wei chuckled and opened the box he had been carrying.
And then-
It was full of pounds.
"Hiss! How much money is this?"
"From the looks of it, there should be at least 10,000 of them, right?”
"10,000 100-pound notes. Isn't that a million pounds?”
"This is equivalent to ten million yuan, almost equivalent to a year's tax in Zhejiang Province!”
"One million pounds."
Luo Wei chuckled." Is it enough to buy a fleet?”
"Enough, enough…"
Taylor, who had never seen so much money in his life, swallowed hard.
"Then, deal?"
"Deal, deal!"
Taylor quickly grabbed Rowe's hand and said eagerly," Mr. Rowe, I still need to discuss the specific price with the Royal Navy. Regardless of the outcome, Mr. Luo would always be a friend of the British Empire!”
"Of course, friends forever."
Luo Wei smiled in a friendly manner." Well then, excuse me for a moment, my friend.”
"Of course, please go ahead, Mr. Luo.”
Taylor's attitude was very respectful.
This made the people who saw this scene somewhat incredulous.
"That's a foreigner!"
"Not just foreigners, but also the ambassador of the British Empire!”
"The ambassador of the British Empire is actually so respectful to a Chinese.”
"Mr. Luo, mighty!"
A young man shouted loudly with his neck red.
Although they didn't understand English, they didn't know what they were talking about.
However, looking at the box of money and Taylor's change in attitude, he felt that he had to be careful.
Even if they didn't know what was said, they could guess what had happened!
"Mr. Luo is mighty!"
"Mr. Luo is awesome!"
"Awesome!"
"Uncle."
Luo Wei walked up to Lu Yongxiang and chuckled." I wonder if you're satisfied with this gift?”
"What gift?"
Lu Yongxiang was dumbfounded.
"A fleet, the latest fleet of the British Empire.”
Luo Wei said calmly with a smile.
"Hiss!"
"Not giving a birthday gift this year, but a grand fleet?”
"Where did the crown prince come from?”
"Wake up, the Qing Dynasty is already dead, how can there still be a crown prince!”
"I don't care! Anyway, Mr. Luo is awesome!"
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