"Xiao Ya, go out first."
Lu Yongxiang said slowly after Lu Xiaoya, who was blushing, brought Luo Wei into the study.
"Oh."
Lu Xiaoya nodded obediently. She stole a glance at Luo Wei, then turned around and left the study.
"Father, then I also…"
Seeing this, Lu Xiaojia immediately wanted to escape.
"You stay."
Lu Yongxiang glanced at him and said indifferently.
"Oh."
Lu Xiaojia immediately lowered her head and sat down on the sofa.
"Nephew."
Lu Yongxiang looked at Luo Wei and immediately smiled. He warmly invited him to sit beside him." There are no outsiders here. Tell Uncle honestly." Just now, you said that you wanted to give uncle a fleet. Are you serious?”
"Of course."
Luo Wei chuckled." This is my birthday present for Uncle.”
"How many ships does your fleet have?”
He Fenglin could not help but blurt out.
"Fenglin!"
Lu Yongxiang scolded in a low voice.
The number of ships he gave was a token of his appreciation, and even if it was just a warship, the price was not cheap.
Why did she have to get to the bottom of it? Wasn't this embarrassing him?
He Fenglin also realized that he had said something wrong and hurriedly tried to make up for it.
"There are still a dozen."
Luo Wei smiled nonchalantly." When I talked to the English ambassador, I wanted to buy two cruisers, five destroyer and five submarines from him. It's a little small. Please forgive me.”
"Small?"
Lu Yongxiang and He Fenglin looked at each other and could not help but laugh bitterly.
During the Northern Warlords Government, China had two fleets.
They were the First Fleet and the Second Fleet.
How many ships did these two fleets have?
The First Fleet had four cruisers and four destroyer.
The 2nd Fleet was even worse off, with only 2 Destroyers.
Yes, it was that miserable.
Other than these 'capital starships', the rest were just gunboats used to make up the numbers.
If a real battle were to break out, the waves created by a single shell would probably cause the gunboat to flip over.
"Do you have some misunderstanding about me?”
" Of course!" Lu Xiaojia could not help but complain." The 'small fleet' that you mentioned is larger than all the warships in Huaxia Base combined!”
"Not small?"
Rowe shook his head and said," I estimate that the total weight of these ships is about 30,000 tons, which is only one percent of the English.”
"You've always been compared to the Sun Never Sets Empire.”
Lu Xiaojia said helplessly," Right now, let alone a destroyer, even a few gunboats can be considered a fleet. But the most embarrassing thing was that his father clearly occupied Zhe Province, but he didn't even have a single gunboat under him.”
Lu Yongxiang suddenly looked embarrassed and glared at Lu Xiaojia fiercely.
Haven't you heard of the saying that you don't hit people in the face and that you don't expose people when you scold them?
You even exposed your father's shortcomings. Watch how I deal with you.
"Nephew."
Lu Yongxiang said eagerly," The fleet you mentioned just now, how much will it cost?”
"As for the price."
Luo Wei pondered for two seconds and said," According to the selling price, it's about 10,000 pounds per 100 tons. The entire fleet would cost at least two million pounds.”
"Two million pounds, twenty million dollars!”
Lu Yongxiang's eyes widened, and his voice trembled." Nephew, I appreciate your kindness, but why don't we forget about this fleet?”
20 million yuan!
His Zhejiang Province's annual revenue was only around 10 million.
This was equivalent to two years of his financial income!
And one must know that the Qing court's annual revenue was only 40 million taels of silver before the Onion War!
If this money was given to him, how many guns and cannons would he have to buy!
Why would he buy a fleet? Wasn't it better to buy a gun than a fleet?
If you have so much money that you have nowhere to spend it, give it to me!
What navy?
If I use it to buy hundreds of thousands of guns, wouldn't it be nice to assemble an army of hundreds of thousands?
"Uncle."
Luo Wei looked at him deeply and said in a deep voice," As a person, you must be honest. I promised the English ambassador that I would buy the fleet, so I won't lie to him. I will definitely buy the fleet and give it to uncle.”
"Nephew."
Lu Yongxiang revealed a gratified smile." Honesty is a good thing. Uncle is very gratified.”
Honesty was a virtue, but sometimes being too honest was not a good thing.
He had to find an opportunity to teach this nephew a lesson.
"Uncle."
Luo Wei chuckled." Don't be too happy yet. I'm giving you the fleet, but it's not without conditions.”
"What are your conditions?"
Lu Yongxiang patted his chest and promised.
"First of all,"
Lowi slowly said," Fleet Commander…"
"No problem."
Before he could finish, Lu Yongxiang agreed," As long as the fleet is in place, the position of fleet commander is yours.”
He Fenglin nodded in agreement.
You bought the entire fleet, so what if you're the commander?
"Then I'll thank uncle in advance.”
The corners of Rowei's mouth curled up slightly.
"We're all family. What's there to thank?”
Lu Yongxiang had a carefree expression on his face. He looked at Luo Wei with an increasingly appreciative expression and a smile on his face.
Twenty million! That was 20 million yuan!
I don't want the fleet, nor do I want 20 million. Can you give me 5 million?
Lu Yongxiang's heart was bleeding, but he still had to maintain a smile.
If Luo Wei knew what he was thinking, he would probably scoff at him.
He was not a fool.
Although he wanted to get on Lu Yongxiang's boat, it did not mean that he would be willing to be a rich man.
If he spent 20 million to buy Lu Yongxiang a fleet, he would be the commander of the navy.
And if he gave Lu Yongxiang five million.
Do you think Lu Yongxiang will give him the position of Army Commander?
Want to eat my ass!
Even if Lu Yongxiang was an honest person, he would still be given the position of brigade commander or division commander.
This official position was indeed not small, but it did not match up to Luo Wei's expectations.
At the end of the day-
Right now, he was still at the stage of establishing his character.
If he wanted to establish a stable character, he had to be willing to spend money.
And money--
He might have spent two million pounds to buy a fleet, but it didn't seem worth it.
But in reality?
For Rowe, the cost of one million pounds was only two thousand dollars.
4,000 RMB for a fleet.
Luo Wei only wanted to say that the more the merrier.
"Nephew."
Lu Yongxiang held Luo Wei's hand and said earnestly," Uncle, I heard that you've been staying at the Pujiang River Hotel for the past few days? He had to be more careful. That place was a mix of good and bad, and it was not safe to live there.”
"Uncle is right."
Luo Wei pondered for two seconds and slowly nodded." I'll buy a house tomorrow."”
He didn't want to stay in a hotel all the time.
Money was a small matter. He did not lack money.
But just as Lu Yongxiang said, that place was a mix of good and bad.
He had revealed his money again today. There were probably many people in Songhu who were staring at him.
If she continued to stay there, she might be kidnapped one day.
"Why go through so much trouble?"
Lu Yongxiang slapped his thigh." How about this? My house is quite big, and there are many empty rooms. You can move into my house tomorrow." This way, it will save Xiao Ya the trouble of looking for you every day.”
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