Chapter 463 : Prelude to a new round of arms race
"Five hundred million!"
Jensen increased the price by 50 million, and Carl also increased the price by 50 million, which immediately increased the price to 500 million.
If nothing unexpected happens, the price of this fifth battleship will exceed the third one by five hundred million.
"Five hundred and fifty million!"
Someone took action again, and this person was Gosmo.
As the second country in the world's overseas territory, Gosmo is indeed confident of paying this price.
"Five seventy million!"
Jensen made another move, but this time the bid was relatively stable. He did not increase the price by 50 million at one time like before, but this time he only increased the price by 20 million.
Because the value of this battleship is about to reach its peak, if it is too much, it will exceed its own value.
They have studied the Five Mountains-class battleships and have roughly estimated what its greatest value is.
"Five hundred and seventy-five million!"
Carl also took action, but the price increase was more cautious and he was unwilling to add more.
At this time, the ones who can compete are Carl, Jansen and Gosmer.
Several other countries dared not compete again. As for other countries, they were like the roles of the prince's companion, and could only play soy sauce next to them.
They don’t want to get involved in this kind of transaction that costs hundreds of millions of dollars.
In fact, it cannot be said that they can't take it out, they can take it out.
The key is that the Han Empire did not want cash transactions, they wanted food or other materials.
Although they are calling for prices now, what they want in the future is food.
"Fivens and Ninety-Millions!"
Jansen offered another yell, calling out his last bottom line price before Gosmer.
If they still called for 600 million, Jensen wouldn't have asked for it. No matter how much money, Jensen thought it wasn't spent like this.
When the price of 590 million was released, Gosmer and Carl were stunned.
Then the two of them gave up looking at each other.
Shi Zhaoji above was a little excited, but he didn't expect that he could make so much money by auctioning five battleships this time.
"Fivens and Ninety Millions First Time! Do you still have to bid?"
After Shi Zhaoji finished speaking, he looked at Carl and Gosmo and found that they were no longer interested in bidding. The price was too high.
If they bid again, they thought the price would exceed the maximum value of the battleship, so they were no longer willing to bid.
"Fivens and Ninety Millions for the Second Time!"
"The third time is 590 million! The deal is completed!"
With a one-time victory, it has been shown that the fifth battleship has belonged to the United States.
"Tsk tsk! These five battleships are sold at sky-high prices! Look at how much it costs!
The first ship was sold for 400 million, the second ship was sold for 430 million, the third ship was sold for 500 million, the fourth ship was sold for 460 million, and the fifth ship was sold for 590 million!
These five battleships sold for 2.41 billion! If all of this money is converted into US dollars, it will be enough for all the people of our country to eat for five or six years! Now we don’t have to worry about the military’s food problem anymore!”
When Zhang Hanqing saw that the auction of five battleships was completed, he immediately started to calculate and finally came up with a number like this.
"Yes! Don't worry about food problems! Next, I can also convert all those resources into clones. I believe that the Han Empire will solve various basic talent problems soon!"
Han Ling also said silently in his heart.
The resources mined from the moon before were not only needed to create clones, but also to synthesize food. But now the food problem has been solved.
Not to mention the mixed seeds that have been distributed, even these grains are enough for many years for the army of the Han Empire to eat!
Moreover, if the market grain prices are high, you can also put these grains into the market to lower the grain prices and stabilize people's livelihood. As the saying goes, if you have grain at home, don't panic!
The battleship auction is completed, and the next step is to auction the tanks.
Each batch of tanks is 200, and the starting price of each batch of tanks is 30 million US dollars. Each additional price must not be less than two million US dollars!
Of course, Shi Zhaoji naturally told them some basic data of the Type 29 medium tank in advance.
Then it started again, but the auction of tanks was not as tit-for-tat as battleships, but it was extremely intense.
Because there are a lot more people shouting for the price than just now.
There is also a strange image here, that is, some countries are in groups of three or three, and they discuss together and then another person will shout for the price.
"Your Majesty! What's going on in their situation? Do these countries have to jointly auction a batch of tanks?"
After watching it for a while, Mr. Zhan Ning felt something was wrong. Look at the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden. The representatives of the three countries were discussing bids together.
"It's nothing! How can they bid if they don't unite? Look at Jensen and the others are also ready to bid. Although Jensen and the others auctioned the battleships just now, they are big countries after all, and those hundreds of millions of dollars will not hurt them. But for these small countries, 100 million dollars is a huge amount. If they don't unite, they can't bid at all. Moreover, our group of 200 tank divisions, their small countries can't digest so many tanks."
Han Ling gave an explanation. He had received news about this before, and those small countries seemed to be discussing the joint matter.
The auction here is still going on, and the first batch of tanks were sold by Farkenhausen for 80 million.
The second batch was then sold by Jensen for 82 million. It can be said that the price fluctuates little.
The third batch was sold by Spain and Hungary for 90 million.
The fourth batch was sold by Benaldo for 84 million.
The fifth batch was sold by Gosmer for 86 million.
After the auction of the tanks ended, it was an airplane again.
Similarly, each batch of two hundred aircraft.
The starting price is 20 million US dollars, and each increase must not be less than 2 million US dollars.
The first batch was sold for $50 million and was taken away by a joint team of the Netherlands and Belgium.
The second batch was taken away by Jensen for 53 million.
The third batch was taken away by Jensen for 55 million.
The fourth batch was taken away by Benaldo for 54 million.
The fifth batch was taken away by Carl for 60 million.
In this way, tanks and aircraft sold a total of 69.4 billion US dollars.
The battleships combined cost 2410 million US dollars.
At this auction, the Han Empire sold a sky-high price of 31.04 billion US dollars.
Moreover, these more than 3 billion US dollars are completely net profits, and Han Ling can be said to have no cost at all.
After the auction, those people did not understand leaving the Han Empire, but began to stay in the Han Empire.
Today I will go to the suburbs to see the people, and tomorrow I will go to see factories and other places.
Han Ling doesn’t care about them, just watch it if you like it! Han Ling doesn’t believe how much you can see.
Some things do not have an accurate thing, and he can't see anything.
In the imperial study room of the Forbidden City on the third day of the auction.
"Your Majesty! This time there is 31.04 billion US dollars in food. So much food can bring us a lot of things!"
Mr. Zhan Ning smiled.
"Not necessarily! They may not necessarily pay with food. Don't forget that if they extract too much food, their domestic food prices will be unstable. I guess they will pay with other things. But I have already set the rules, food, oil, and gold, only these three things are allowed to be paid. I guess they will use grain and gold to replace part of each of them."
Han Ling understood very clearly that among these countries, the countries that can pay for completely with food are Milah, Eagleman, Yulao, and Polar Bear.
It is impossible for Lao Mo, who even Yi, to pay for all of them with food.
His country is not a major grain-producing country, and all of it is paid for with food. By then, the grain prices in other countries will grow to an unparalleled level.
"But your Majesty, guess what changes will happen to the world after they go back this time? Our battleships will not trade with them in August, but tanks and planes can be delivered to them now."
Bai Jiansheng couldn't help but chuckled when he thought of these people taking these advanced tanks and planes back.
"How is it? I think the first thing they do when they go back is to open a tank or plane and study the internal structure inside!"
Han Ling immediately wanted to laugh when he thought of his own hands and feet.
"Your Majesty! Will they imitate it?"
Zhang Hanqing asked with some concern.
"No! They absolutely can't imitate them. I have tampered with the things they bought. If they just simply change some parts, it's OK.
But if you want to open all the engines and study them all, it won’t work. At that time, the parts inside, including the engine, will become a pile of scrap iron. And even if they can successfully get the engine inside, they will not be able to imitate it! Because they don’t have that kind of technology!”
When Han Ling said the last time, a hint of disdain appeared in his eyes.
Engine, also known as engine.
Whether it is tanks, aircraft, or battleships, engines are their hearts and are also the key to technology.
The tanks and engines in the aircraft sold to them by Han Ling were all produced using high-precision machine tools, and the technology they were not able to achieve.
If you get an engine and you can imitate it, the later China will not suffer from engine technology.
In terms of power in later China, it was difficult to break through on the engine.
So Han Ling was not afraid of them imitating it at all.
Chapter completed!