The end of the military era

Because of the hostility between the six orc nations, the gold and silver scrolls issued by each other are not in circulation.

For example, Zhou Rui holds the gold and silver scrolls issued by the Silver Wolf Empire, which cannot be spent in the other five orc countries. Even the merchants in the other five orc countries are unwilling to accept the gold coins from the Silver Wolf Empire. Round rolls and silver round rolls.

While the soldiers of the garrison brigade were carrying the gold bricks, Wavila kept persuading Zhou Rui, hoping that Zhou Rui could exchange gold or silver bricks for some gold and silver rolls from the Silver Wolf Empire at his branch.

Seeing Zhou Rui's polite refusal all the time, Vavila suddenly remembered something, maybe he could make a lot of money from this young master Zhou.

Chapter 41 Collecting the Trash

"Master Zhou, the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet has recently purchased a lot of warships. I wonder if there is any plan for the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet to continue buying ships?"

Hearing Vavila's question, Zhou Rui asked in surprise: "Oh? Could it be that President Vavila has connections?"

"Master Zhou, our Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire captured many warships of the other side during the war with the Bull Empire six years ago.

Afterwards, most of the warships of the Buffalo Empire entered the ranks of the Royal Navy of our Silver Wolf Empire.

Just a few days ago, the Admiralty of our Silver Wolf Empire announced that it had withdrawn from active service the three Bone-class all-steel battleships of the original Barbarian Bull Empire, and entrusted our Silver Wolf Commercial Bank to sell these three battleships to the outside world.

In addition, the Ministry of the Navy also handed over the six Banshee-class ironclad battleships that were sealed up to our Silver Wolf Commercial Bank for sale.

I don't know if the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet has any intention to buy a hard bone-class all-steel battleship or a banshee-class iron-clad battleship? "

The Banshee class is an armored battleship built by the Silver Wolf Empire in batches 14 years ago. It has a full load displacement of 10700 tons and a maximum speed of 145 knots.

装备了2座双联装三十倍口径300毫米主炮，6门三十倍口径180毫米副炮、8门四十倍口径65毫米速射炮，8门30毫米高射炮，8挺13毫米高射机枪，4具400毫米鱼雷发射管，舰员满额为670人。

Among the navies of the six major orc nations, the navy of the Bull Empire is relatively the weakest, and this weakness is also reflected in the construction of warships.

The Bone-class is the second all-steel battleship built by the Bull Empire, but the full-load displacement of the Bone-class all-steel battleship is only 9700 tons, and the maximum speed is only 15 knots.

装备了2座双联装35倍口径270毫米主炮，4门35倍口径170毫米副炮、6门四十倍口径65毫米速射炮，6门30毫米高射炮，10挺13毫米高射机枪，3具420毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 110 mm to 170 mm, the main deck armor is 50 mm, the main turret armor is 250 mm, and the crew is full of 630 people.

Among all the types of all-steel battleships built by the six major orc nations, the hard bone ranks the second-to-last in terms of combat effectiveness. As for the all-steel battleship that ranks the last, it was also built by the Bull Empire.

According to the comprehensive combat effectiveness, perhaps the Hardcore class, which is an all-steel battleship, may not necessarily surpass the Banshee class, which is an iron-clad battleship.

Of course, the performance of these two battleships is simply incomparable with the four battleships of the first formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

But no matter what, they were all battleships. For Zhou Rui, who was already used to collecting junk, of course he would not reject anyone who came.

"President Wavila, what is the current status of the three tough-class all-steel battleships? What is the selling price?

Now that the six Banshee-class ironclad battleships have been sealed, can they still be used now?What is the price of the banshee class? "

Hearing Zhou Rui's inquiry about the price, Vavila's eyes lit up, maybe he could really sell those nine junks today.

"Master Zhou, the three hard bone-class all-steel battleships are well maintained, and even the top speed can be maintained close to 15 knots.

The six Banshee-class armored battleships have all been re-maintained, and they are basically in the best condition in all aspects.

For the quality problems of the nine warships, we, Silver Wolf Commercial Bank, can use our reputation as a guarantee.

As for the price, each Bone-class all-steel battleship... 500 million silver coins, and each Banshee-class iron-clad battleship... 400 million silver coins. "

Hearing the price given by Vavila, Zhou Rui almost turned his head and left, he really thought I was taken advantage of!

"President Wavila, the hard bone-class all-steel battleships built by the Bull Empire should be about ten years old.

The banshee-class ironclad battleships built by your country are at least 14 years old.

The offer of 500 million silver coins and 400 million silver coins is impossible for me to accept.

It seems that the three Bone-class all-steel battleships and the six Banshee-class ironclad battleships have no fate with our Zhou family's coastal defense fleet! "

"Master Zhou, as long as you buy it sincerely, the price is actually negotiable."

"One price for nine warships, 1500 million silver coins!

At this price, I am willing to buy all three Bone-class all-steel battleships and six Banshee-class iron-clad battleships. "

"Impossible! Master Zhou, there is no bargaining like this.

It is impossible for you to chop off 2400 million silver coins with just one mouth. "

For Zhou Rui, who had just negotiated the purchase of two all-steel battleships, three light cruisers and two destroyers, there was no urgent need for these nine battleships with mediocre performance.

So when Zhou Rui raised the price to 1650 million silver coins for the nine battleships, he was no longer willing to increase the price.

Wavila was full of entanglements about this, but his heart was full of joy.

According to the reserve price quoted by the head office to Wavila, each Bone-class ship only needs 180 million silver coins, and each Banshee-class ship only needs 160 million silver coins.

If Wavila sells all three Bone-class ships and six Banshee-class ships at a price of 1650 million silver coins, 150% of the excess 20.00 million silver coins will be his reward.

"Master Zhou, you are really embarrassing me.

How about this, I will send a telegram to the head office to take a look at three Bone-class ships and six Banshee-class ships, is the price of 1650 million silver coins okay? "

"Then trouble President Wavila, I hope President Wavila can bring me good news in a while."

After Wawela left, Chu Yingying, who was following Zhou Rui, said in a low voice: "Young Master Zhou, although I don't understand warships, but based on Wawela's micro-expression, the price of 1650 million silver coins should be high."

Zhou Rui smiled and said, "I didn't expect you Yingying to understand micro-expressions, but you can also understand the micro-expressions of wolves?"

Chu Yingying smiled sweetly, "Young Master Zhou, don't forget that I'm a movie actor, and I'm very good at micro-expressions.

The werewolf people are only different from us humans in appearance, but the slight expressions are the same. "

Zhao Yan also said afterwards: "Young Master Zhou, Sister Chu is right, you may have been brutally slaughtered by that Vavila."

Zhou Rui shrugged his shoulders, "I actually know that if you buy three all-steel battleships and six iron-clad battleships with mediocre performance for 1650 million silver coins, you should be slaughtered.

However, our Zhou family does not have a shipyard. For the current coastal defense fleet, the most important thing is to be able to purchase warships. "

Zhao Yan asked curiously: "Young Master Zhou, since you are not short of money, why don't you build a shipyard?"

Zhou Rui smiled wryly and said, "It's not so easy to build a shipyard. Even if you can buy the necessary equipment, it's hard to recruit workers and technicians in the shipyard, especially in our Han and Tang Empire."

When Zhou Rui took Chu Yingying and Zhao Yan away from Silver Wolf Commercial Bank, Vavila, the branch president, sent Zhou Rui to the jeep all the time, with an extremely flattering attitude.

"Don't worry, Young Master Zhou. In a maximum of one month, three Bone-class all-steel battleships, six Banshee-class iron-clad battleships, and 150 million silver coins of shells will arrive at the wharf of Ganyang Military Port."

After negotiating a purchase price of 1650 million silver coins, Zhou Rui ordered 150 million silver coins for accessory shells from the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire.

For example, the main gun caliber, secondary gun caliber, and torpedo caliber of the hard bone-class all-steel battleship are different from the warships currently owned by the coastal defense fleet.