The Rise of the Empire

"Your Highness, the mid-year bonus you gave me will probably be doubled." Just the day before Ruprecht left Berlin, Prince Ruprecht met his gold medal employee, known as the Bavarian money printing machine. Baron Vittorio. And the baron's first sentence made His Royal Highness very upset! After all, Ruprecht is considered a capitalist now, and what capitalists in this era like to do most is to squeeze employees!

"Brazil, do you know? Brazil! They actually want to order warships from us?" the baron said excitedly. "I always thought that this vast country was not interested in the navy at all."

"This is indeed a little surprising." Ruprecht was also very curious. After all, he has read Conway countless times, but he knows very well that the largest warship ordered by the Brazilian Navy in the 1990s in the pre-fearless era was a 4,700-ton warship. A protected cruiser equipped with 10 6-inch guns and 2 4.7-inch guns.

And in this plane, they actually ordered 2 warships from themselves! The two 10,000-ton armored cruisers really made Ruprecht feel a little confused. It is said that the competition between Argentina and Chile has nothing to do with Brazil. This buddy was very honest in the fearless era. After all, as the largest country in South America, South America at this time could not threaten his existence. And the navy was barely built. Visually, the total tonnage is not as good as that of the Beiyang Navy in its heyday....

"Yeah, I was also very surprised. The Brazilian team didn't care about naval construction at all. If it was just to deal with the naval arms race between Chile and Argentina, they could just buy two Munich-class armored cruisers, but this time, they They actually ordered two Russian-class armored cruisers! Could it be that they also want to join the struggle for sea power in South America?" the baron said. Because the 10,000-ton armored cruiser numbered ACR1 was specially designed for Russia, the name of this warship is the Russian class. And when the baron said this, Ruprecht suddenly became dizzy. The amount of information was a bit too much for Ruprecht...

"This is impossible!" Ruprecht's mind only popped out these few words!

"Here is a copy of the bank draft. You can take a look. The whole contract is 1.95 million pounds. They require the use of British 10-inch L40 guns and 8-inch L40 guns. The first payment of 350,000 pounds has already been sent. Request as soon as possible." Started construction, and they have very strict requirements on time, requiring us to complete the project by March 1898, and we only have 30 months now," said the baron.

"There's nothing wrong with the contract?" Ruprecht asked after glancing at the copy of the check.

"There is absolutely no problem. They did not refute our terms and almost accepted them as they were ordered. As you know, this contract has almost no loopholes to exploit within the current legal framework," the baron said. "You seem to be very worried about this contract?"

"I'm a little worried about Brazil's original intention to buy this class of warships," Ruprecht said.

"This is probably to deal with Chile and Argentina. And as businessmen, as long as we can make money, there is no need to consider other things. Anyway, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina are far away from us." The baron looked at this. It's very open.

"If there is nothing wrong with the contract, then prepare to start work and arrange one of the ships to the Germania Shipyard." The prince ordered. The baron took the order to withdraw, but Ruprecht fell into deep thought. Why did Brazil, which can almost be described as a cute baby in history, suddenly buy two 10,000-ton armored cruisers? This f*ck is unbelievable!

The baron's statement is simply impossible. Although Ruprecht had a lot of butterfly effects after he arrived on this plane, the situation in South America has hardly changed. Brazil will not worry about its own security. For small and medium-sized countries, buying weapons is either for real threats,

Either to prevent threats. And Brazil has no pressure on either front.

Chile and Argentina have disputes over islands, and they are considered potential enemies, and their strengths are similar, so there is a possibility of a fight. But in South America, who can threaten Brazil? The United States in North America has not yet reached out to minions, and Europe has no interest in South America. There is no need for Brazil to change its historical strategy!

What would Chile and Argentina think if Brazil did this? The situation where two people were betting against each other turned into three people! Is there going to be trouble in South America? His Royal Highness is somewhat confused. Because this matter is too weird, and it deviates too much from history! The baron was right. As a businessman, if someone is willing to pay, you can just buy it yourself, so why bother to think about other things? But in the dark, Ruprecht always felt that this matter was very abnormal, and there were shadows moving in the weirdness!

If Brazil takes action, then Chile and Argentina will definitely respond! Yes, there will definitely be a reaction. If Chile and Argentina make changes to their original shipbuilding plans, then this matter can be characterized as Brazil’s sudden interest in sea power. If there is no change, then there may be conspiracy. Thinking of this, Ruprecht couldn't help but tremble. This is really terrible. How powerful is the force behind it that can make a regional power cooperate? And what consequences will this conspiracy lead to?

Ruprecht guessed, his first instinct told him that this matter was definitely not as simple as an order. Of course, his contract was absolutely reliable, and the other party's pound was also real. From the point of view of a businessman, there is really no need to worry about this matter, but Ruprecht always reminds himself that you are a king and you need to consider this matter from a higher level! And there is a conspiracy behind this incident that can change the world, you must figure it out! Then take advantage of it!

At this time, Ruprecht realized that his intelligence network was really bad. In other words, the entire German intelligence network is too backward. He needs to build an intelligence network covering the whole world, and needs to extend its tentacles to all hot spots in the world! Taking this incident as an opportunity, Ruprecht will start to deploy this intelligence network.

But just as he was about to do this, Ruprecht, who had just received two new orders, was about to lose another one! The French conspiracy started to work, and the Russian high-level began to consider whether it was worthwhile to order two expensive armored cruisers! On the one hand, there is the issue of price, and on the other hand, there are loans from the French and new battleship designs. Around this issue, there has been a moderate storm in the top management of Russia!

This is a very important chapter. Ok. It has a great relationship with the following text!

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