"Historical Records. Biographies of Huo Zhi" also said, "The bustling world is all for profit. The world is turbulent, all for profit." It is also said that "the warehouses are solid and the etiquette is known, and the food and clothing are sufficient and the honor and disgrace are known."

All of this actually shows that the affairs of the world are nothing more than interests, and when personal interests are satisfied, it becomes "a person with a solid warehouse knows etiquette, and enough food and clothing that knows honor and disgrace." People will have higher pursuits.

Of course, you can also look at it in another way. For example, you can say that this is the "hierarchy of needs theory" proposed by Abraham Maslow. When physiological needs, safety needs, love and affiliation needs, and dignity needs, these four are satisfied

After that, people began to pursue self-actualization needs.

Of course, all this must be preceded by a label - "ordinary people". Because there are always extraordinary people who will demand to realize their own value when the first four items are not met. For example: some university monks who have just emerged from society, or

It was Taizu and the others who opened the dynasty.

The former will basically be screwed by the cruel and realistic society, and then they will honestly pursue the first four items first. As for the latter... they traveled 25,000 miles, but in the end they directly screwed Chairman Chang Shenkai.

People are a group of non-ordinary people who pursue the realization of self-worth and surpass the first four needs.

"General, we still need to discuss..." MacDonald pondered for a while, and then said in a deep voice to Tu Qianjun: "The sale of battleships is also a huge thing for us. We always need to obtain

Authorized by Parliament..."

Junzi smiled and put his hand on the table, and whispered to Macdonald: "Of course, this is not a trivial matter. I can wait for your reply, but I hope it won't be too long. After all, I can't be in the UK

I stayed too long, there are still many things in Manchuria waiting for me to go back and deal with..."

With that said, Tu Qianjun paused and whispered to the Prime Minister: "The next matters will be handled by a dedicated person. If they can't make the decision, then they will report to me."

Tu Qianjun's words have set the tone for this negotiation. It's very simple: If we can talk, then continue talking to my subordinates. If it doesn't work, then don't bother me.

Macdonald naturally understood it with his heart. He knew that this tiger did have the capital to say this. Now that oil has been discovered in Manchuria, it means that even if the United Kingdom refuses to sell it to the Americans, it will definitely sell it to the Americans without hesitation!

Next, the British did not bother the military son again. However, they still took the military son to visit the British navy's active naval equipment, including aircraft carriers and battleships. It's not that they didn't want to show the military son their army equipment and have a good time.

An order or something.

However, their proposal was rejected by the army. Are you kidding me? I have everything from Tiger to 40-gun and 107-gun. Even tanks will be designed together with those Hans. Why should I look at yours?

Army equipment?!

A few days later, after intense discussions, the British Parliament finally agreed to sell the two active Queen Elizabeth-class battleships "Warspite" and "Barham" to Manchuria.

As for the latest Nelson-class battleship, the parliament discussed it for a long time but failed to pass a resolution. To be fair, the British Parliament was bleeding a lot this time! You know, the "Warspite" had just undergone modern modifications in 1924.

The main modification projects include adding anti-torpedo protruding compartments on both sides of the hull; bending the forward chimney backwards and merging it with the aft chimney to reduce the impact of smoke exhaust brought by the front chimney close to the bridge and mast;

The tripod mast will expand the mast tower and bridge facilities; install anti-aircraft guns and add seaplanes.

In total, this battleship is not lagging behind now. Moreover, the "Warspite" itself has 8 twin 15-inch/42-caliber main guns, 12 6-inch/45-caliber secondary guns, and 2

76mm gun.

Its armor configuration is: side armor belt (maximum) 13 inches, main deck 2.5-5 inches (63mm~102mm armor was laid on the top of the engine room and ammunition magazine in the second modification), turret (front) 13 inches, (

Top) 5 inches, gun mount 10 inches. Command tower 11 inches. Total armor weight 8100 tons!

The "Barham" is currently being refitted, and its refitting direction is also close to that of the "Warspite". To put it simply, Tu Qianjun has caught up with the good times. One ship has been refitted, while the other one has been refitted.

It's being remodeled.

But after receiving the quotation from the British, Tu Qianjun almost dropped his eyes! The cost of the Queen Elizabeth class is about 2.4 million pounds. All previous modifications and other modifications plus no depreciation are the top three million pounds.

But the British offered Tu Qianjun a price of five million pounds per vessel! At this time, 1 pound was equal to 4.86 U.S. dollars, and five million pounds was equivalent to more than 24 million U.S. dollars! Tu Qianjun almost cursed when he took the quotation!

Damn it! With more than 20 million US dollars, I might as well spend more money to buy an aircraft carrier! You know, the cost of the American Yorktown-class aircraft carrier in the near future will only be between 15 million and 30 million US dollars. You lousy battleship

How dare you accept more than 24 million from me?! Do you have a black heart or not?!

Macdonald didn't dare to be so black-hearted. But he couldn't stand the idiots in the Parliament who slaughtered thousands of troops as fat sheep! Those gentlemen who have been squatting in the English Channel still think that the Far East is the only place where

Look at their eyes and speak.

Moreover, they were extremely idiotic and certain that Tu Qianjun would definitely agree to their conditions. Some members of Congress even ridiculed Macdonald: "You are already old... and you will be scared if you are scared by that yellow-skinned monkey. How can the shipbuilding skills of those cowboys be improved?"

Comparable to my British Empire?! Moreover, they may not sell such an important battleship to this yellow-skinned monkey. It is already an honor for him that we are willing to sell it to him!"

Words like this have won a lot of approval in the parliament.

Macdonald was not going to take it personally, so he threw the agreement to Walter Runciman, chairman of the Board of Trade. The poor chairman of the Board of Trade could only come to the hotel with a grimace and tell Tu Qianjun the news.

"Is this the friendship of the British Empire..." Jun Zi shook the document in his hand and looked at Walter Runciman. His voice was as cold as the icebergs in the North Pole that have never melted for thousands of years!

When Walter Runciman heard this, he could only bite the bullet and explain softly: "General, this is just a preliminary plan. We can still negotiate the actual price..."

Tu Qianjun sneered and smashed the document on the table with a "pop!" and pointed to the item above: It is necessary to jointly search and exploit oil with companies from the British Empire, and both parties will share the cost equally. The British Empire will get 50% of the oil.

Mining rights and 10% tax exemption.

"What about this?!" Tu Qianjun looked at the chairman of the Trade Committee coldly, his expression as cold as ice. "Don't tell me that this was a clerical error by the clerk!"

Looking at this request, Walter Runciman almost bit off his tongue! He almost cried and cursed those people squatting in the parliament who thought that the British Empire was still the British Empire before World War I, that the Empire was

You can even stamp your foot and the world will tremble.

Don’t those idiots know that the world has already tilted towards the cowboys on the other side of the ocean?! Didn’t these idiots with their heads full of money see the helplessness of the empire during the Manchurian Incident?!

"This... I think we can discuss it again..." Walter Runciman wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Tu Qianjun: "This is only a preliminary agreement... a preliminary...

…”

Looking at this old guy who was speechless, Tu Qianjun sneered!

"Okay! Since the British Empire has no idea of ​​​​cooperating with me, then forget about it." Junzi glanced at the chairman of the Trade Commission coldly, picked up the document that he had smashed on the table, and flicked it.

It was handed back to him in a moment.

"Please tell Prime Minister Macdonald! I will end my visit to the UK tomorrow, so let this matter end!" After saying that, Tu Qianjun didn't wait for Walter Runciman to say anything, and said directly: "Please come back!"

Walter Runciman's face fell. He wanted to say something, but found that he had no way to guarantee anything. He could only pick up the documents and slowly walked out of Tu Qianjun's study.

Even when Walter Runciman was in despair, the heavy rain in the three eastern provinces still showed no sign of stopping!

"Rumble..." Under a burst of violent thunder, a few figures in raincoats hurriedly walked into the office building of the three northeastern provincial governments in the "crash..." heavy rain.

Then, they were led by staff into the office of the Governor-General's Office of the Three Northeastern Provinces. The place was filled with smoke. Yan Zhengqing and others saw these people walking in wetly, and quickly stood up and asked in a deep voice

: "How's the situation?!"

The person who came took off his raincoat, but it was Yuan Jinkai, the director-general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! Yuan Jinkai shook his head at the people in the office and said in a deep voice: "It's not optimistic!"

"The main tributaries in the rain area and the main stream of the Songhua River have risen one after another. I visited several water pattern observation stations such as Qiqihar, Fulalji, Baijitaobao, Harbin, and Xiaogudong, and found that the water level rose rapidly. Measurements

Officials predict that if it continues to rain like this, the floods of the Nenjiang River will encounter the floods of the Second Songhua River, Lalin River and other tributaries. Eventually, a huge flood will form in the main stream of the Songhua River..."

Hearing Yuan Jinkai's words, everyone fell silent. Although everyone was prepared for a flood, when the news gradually became a reality, everyone still couldn't accept it!

After a long time, Tu Sanpao put out the cigarette in his hand in the ashtray! He said in a deep voice to Yan Zhengqing and others: "Inform the military commander! Let him pay attention to it quickly! Also, what kind of bullshit interview is being done?

Got it! Come back quickly!"

Yan Zhengqing couldn't help but sigh deeply after hearing this, and walked into the room to draw up a secret message. He then took it out and gave it to his secretary to make an urgent call to Tu Qianjun in the UK.

At this time, the Parliament of the British Empire was also convening an emergency meeting! The news brought back by Walter Runciman finally made Macdonald unable to sit still! He immediately summoned an emergency meeting of those damn idiot MPs!

In a small meeting of several party leaders, Macdonald slammed the agreement on the table with a livid face and said in a deep voice to the party leaders.

"Do you really think this Tiger is an idiot?! Or do you think he won't be able to find warships after leaving our British Empire?! Let me tell you, now he has rejected this contract! And told our people that he will be signing the contract tomorrow

Announcing the end of the trip! Leave the UK!!"

Macdonald's face was livid, and he looked at the astonished congressmen and shouted: "What are you thinking about? We have defeated the tough soldiers of the Soviet Union and Japan twice. Do you think we can threaten you?"

Him?! Let me tell you, the order is gone! The agreement is gone! Go and explain to those business owners yourself!"

After saying that, Macdonald left the stupid congressmen behind and left the meeting room. He had had enough of these idiots' ideas, and he had the same idea during the last Manchuria! The arrogance of these idiots was ruined

Lost the order originally belonging to the British Empire!

As a result, they didn't think it was enough, so they did it again this time! McDonald thought angrily. Couldn't these idiots know how to learn? Wouldn't they die from reading the newspaper?! Is this tiger so easy to intimidate?!

A bunch of bastards who are joking about the fate of the empire!

Seeing that Macdonald was about to leave, a member of Parliament quickly grabbed him and said urgently: "Prime Minister! You can't just leave! We have to find some way to save it?! These are two battleships! And, they also include

A series of industrial equipment orders, and even oil development cooperation! If they were lost like this, those business owners would be in trouble!"

McDonald coldly pulled away the congressman's hand and said expressionlessly: "I don't know what your brains are like, you actually demand '50% oil exploration rights and 10% tax exemption'! You guys

Do you know what the conditions are for the joint development between the Americans and this tiger?! 25% of the mining rights! No tax exemption!!"

As he spoke, Macdonald took a deep breath. He said in a deep voice to the MPs whose jaws were about to drop: "What I am sure of now is that we succeeded in irritating this tiger! Even if we hold 20

If we sign a contract with him for % of the mining rights, he may not sign an agreement with us!"

At this moment, the faces of these congressmen became extremely ugly! The loss of orders is definitely not what they want to see!

"How about... let's try again..." The congressman said naa: "After all, we have to try. If these orders are lost, those business owners will make a big fuss..."

Everyone was silent. Who dared to say anything now?! The arrogance and contempt in their eyes before were all gone, and they looked at Macdonald honestly.

"What?! Still the price of five million pounds?! Or 50% of the mining rights?!" Macdonald looked at these MPs sarcastically and said coldly: "If this is the case, my personal suggestion is

Don’t waste your time!”

"No! No! No..." A congressman shook his hand and said to McDonald: "20% of the mining rights! No more tax exemptions. As for the warships..."

As the MP spoke, he glanced at everyone present, especially Lord Chelmsford, the Lord Admiralty.
To be continued...