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"So, you want to use two million taels of silver to buy these four armored cruisers of mine?" Liu Yiming frowned and looked at Mr. Li.

"Master Li, don't be joking. In this season, it's good if I don't raise the prices. You still want me to jump off the building and have a big sale?"

"It's not two million, but one ship worth 1.2 million, and the two million is just a deposit." Mr. Li smiled.

"It's not that I don't want to sell, but I just had some conflicts with the United States. The four cruisers are busy and can't be sold for the time being. Why don't you save money first?" This is an excuse. As for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, it is not doing well at the moment.

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"Japan's new warship has returned. It's sailing very fast. I have to fight against it." Mr. Li still wanted it.

"How about selling you two ships for one and a half million, half paid in silver and half paid in goods, and delivered one month later?" Liu Yiming thought about it, not allowing Japan to expand.

Some people who can't stand their temper will cause trouble.

"This..." Mr. Li hesitated.

"This is the price for Dingzhen." He tried to bargain.

"That's because they are using you for technical verification. Besides, the cost of building a warship ten years ago and a warship ten years from now will be drastically different!" Liu Yiming waved his hand.

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"The two battleships are armored ships and they can run fast. You don't have to worry until the armored ships come back. We'll see after that." Liu Yiming said perfunctorily.

“The price is still a bit too high.”

"Don't forget it. I'll keep it for myself. I want to use it too." Liu Yiming waved his sleeves. Something happened in Hawaii. Lin Anmin sent a telegram. It seemed that he found a queen and then restored her?

The telegram sent from Nanhua was very vague as the information it could convey was limited, but secrets did not dare to be transmitted directly.

Therefore, Liu Yiming is considering whether to sell the warship. After all, Nanhua's situation has changed again, and there is a demand for medium-sized high-speed cruisers.

"No, no, no, it's business, let's talk, let's talk." Mr. Li stood up.

"I won't lie to you. I really wanted to sell it before, but you guys were too slow. Now I don't want it anymore. If you want it, I'll sell you two ships so you can respond. I will also station myself in Ryukyu.

Soldiers to deter Japan." Liu Yiming spoke truthfully.

Mr. Li is not sure whether this person is really useful or is he bargaining?

"Let's do this! You and I will go back and think about it. After confirming this matter, I will also go back and see if it is still in stock." Liu Yiming used his last words. After all, he was not sure whether he would sell it or not.

"That's the only way it can be." Mr. Li thought, as expected, the funding from the Ministry of Household Affairs did not come through.

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However, autumn taxes, Nanyang taxes, and additional levies are all arriving one after another, and with the money from the Zhili Governor's Yamen, the issue of battleships can already be considered.

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After leaving Die Qing in a hurry, Liu Yiming returned to Nanhua in early November and found out what had happened.

"Lin Anmin took over Hawaii?" Liu Yiming was shocked.

I just want you to stir up the trouble in the past and look for opportunities to drag Britain and France into the water, so that Hawaii can become an international condominium zone and cripple the United States.

Is it too harsh for you to just amputate someone's leg? But I like it.

"The specific documents are all in your office, but that's about it. The Yankees have gone to my place to protest several times." Xu Hui said helplessly.

"International students, has the minister responded?" said the Nanhua Minister to the United States.

"That's not the case, and the news agency isn't too interested."

"That's okay, as long as the territory is not included for the time being, and in addition, all visits by U.S. warships are refused, for any reason." Liu Yiming breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the document.

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What is recorded in the document is not complicated. Lin Anmin did not even use the Marine Corps. He gathered more than 200 Chinese people, armed with rifles and grenades, to complete the coup. That's about it (next chapter.)

"Let this queen seek protection from us, and then she can legitimately station the warship." Liu Yiming put down the document.

"What happens next?" Xu Hui could see the importance of this island in the middle of the Pacific.

"After? Let's talk about it later! What matters now is the domestically produced warships." Liu Yiming's words made Xu Hui unable to distinguish between east, west and north.

"Do you want to strengthen armaments? No problem, the 50 million special funds prepared before have not been spent yet, you can take it." Xu Hui said generously.

"No, I still want to sell warships. The money will be enough to build a few more warships." Liu Yiming didn't plan to build big warships.

Subsequent naval planning was based on the medium armored ships being built, and the pre-dreadnoughts had to wait until 1895 to be launched.

The main force is concentrated on lightly armored defensive torpedo ships and ocean destroyers for ocean patrols.

As for large warships, three warships with a tonnage of 7,000 tons are being manufactured. They are equipped with Nanhua weapons, armor, fire control, and imported power systems.

The span is very large, so it was designed by Nanhua, and then it was paid to hire help to manufacture it in Nanhua. Currently, there are constant problems.

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"Selling warships?" Xu Hui was surprised.

"Yes!" The calm situation made Liu Yiming make a judgment. Isolationism is not over yet. No wonder it was the Maine that started it. If a few people don't die, I'm afraid there won't be a fight...

Then it'll be fine. I won't fight. I'll send the Changluo class to intimidate and occupy the military port. There's no supply point so far away. If you have a temper, just fight here!

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