Chapter 137: Purchasing Arms

"Sir, we understand your country's current situation, and it is not a bad idea to increase the price appropriately. But is the price doubled too much? We have a good alliance with the British Empire, and Australia has a very good relationship with the British Empire. I think we and Australia are absolutely natural friends. I hope your country can make some concessions on the price of mineral resources, and all the islanders will be grateful for the friendship of the Australians." Yukioka Yuzawa spoke slowly and tried.

Although the island country can accept the double price, it does not mean that Yukioka Yuzawa will not bargain.

If the price can be reduced to a certain extent, it will also be good news for the island country's finances.

After all, all the industries, armies, and warships of the island country are accumulated bit by bit by the island country from top to bottom.

Saving a little money is a little money, and these saved funds gathered together are also a huge expense.

Using these saved funds elsewhere may play a more crucial role in the development of other aspects.

"Maybe you are right, Mr. Yukiichiro Yuzawa. The island country Australia has a natural good relationship and there is no conflict of interest. But the current situation of this matter is indeed like this. We are happy to help the island country solve the problem of resource poverty, but the price issue is related to the livelihood of the Australian people. This is not something that can be solved in a short time." The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs first agreed with Yukiichiro Yuzawa's point of view, and then pretended to be quite helpless and said with great regret.

"Old fox!" Yukiichiro Yuzawa sighed in annoyance, but his facial expression did not change at all. He was still very friendly and humbly said: "In short, the island country thanks Australia for its help to the island country. We respect Australia's opinion on the price, but we also hope that Australia can reduce it to a certain extent for the sake of the friendly relations between our two countries."

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia nodded sincerely on the surface, but he was very disdainful in his heart.

Let alone whether he, a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, can decide whether the price will be reduced or not, what good relationship can the island country and Australia have?

Even the covenant between the British Empire and the island nation can be regarded as a breeding treaty. The British Empire just needs a more obedient and aggressive dog to fight against the Russian Empire, the overlord of the Far East, on its behalf.

This is why the diplomatic mission of the island nation is so humble to Australia. There is no way. Australia has very good relations with the current first army power, the German Empire, and the first navy power, the British Empire. In addition, the Duke of Australia, Arthur, is also from the British royal family. He is also a direct member of the British royal family and the most concerned grandson of the former Queen Victoria of the British Empire.

Under such circumstances, if the island nation dares to offend Australia, I am afraid that the angry British people have already started marching to urge the government to sanction the island nation.

Don't underestimate the influence of the British Empire now. Although it has been surpassed by the United States in industry and economy, the actual influence of the British Empire is still the most powerful country in the world.

What's more, the island nation is currently just a dog raised by the British Empire. Naturally, it can only wag its tail to greet the relatives of the dog owner.

"Of course, Mr. Yuzawa Yukiichiro. I will ask His Royal Highness the Duke if it is possible to further reduce the price of resource exports in the future. In addition to these, does your country have any other requirements?" The Deputy Foreign Minister nodded and asked.

"Mr. Minister, I heard that your country has a lot of British and German weapons, and even has the ability to produce battleships, right?" Yuzawa Yukiichiro said his real purpose and asked hopefully.

"We have a lot of British and German weapons. At present, we have production lines for the British standard rifle Lee Enfield rifle and the German standard rifle Gew98 rifle. Including German artillery and British artillery, as well as our independently developed Maxim heavy machine gun. These are extremely advanced weapons even in Europe, and we are one of the few countries that have mastered complete production technology." Speaking of Australia's current military industrial enterprises and types of weapons, the Australian Deputy Foreign Minister showed a confident smile on his face.

At least in terms of the types and advancement of weapons currently owned, Australia is no less than the great powers, and in terms of light weapons, it has achieved the culmination of Britain and Germany.

The Australian army is equipped with the world's most advanced rifle, the Lee-Enfield rifle, and has equipped itself with the Maxim heavy machine gun, and has also produced a large number of artillery from Germany and Britain.

In terms of the advancement of weapons and firepower output, the Australian army is definitely not inferior to any army.

If the same number of troops are facing the Russian army with backward equipment and poor quality, the Australian army even has a full chance of winning.

This is the change that science and technology brings to a country's military power. Advanced technology often determines whether a country's military power is strong or not, and it is also the most obvious difference between emerging countries and weak countries.

Hearing the affirmative answer from the Australian Deputy Foreign Minister, Yukio Yuzawa smiled excitedly and asked impatiently: "Can we introduce the production line of these weapons from your country? We can pay twice the market price for the purchase and bear the transportation costs."

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs was not surprised that the islanders would be interested in these weapons. Although these technologies are not held by more than one country, they are definitely cutting-edge technologies of the countries that hold them, and Australia is no exception.

Although there will be no loss of interest in exporting production technology to the island country of Australia, Arthur will never do so.

Unless Australia has mastered more advanced weapons production technology, the production lines of these weapons will never be exported, and Australia's arms business is just selling weapons.

"I'm sorry, sir. The military factory that currently masters these weapons production technologies is a military factory affiliated with the royal consortium, and His Royal Highness the Duke holds 100% of the shares. Please forgive me for not being able to answer your question. If your country really wants to introduce a production line, I can help you ask His Royal Highness the Duke, but there is no guarantee that His Royal Highness the Duke will agree." The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs shook his head with a little regret and refused decisively.

Australia still wants to rely on these weapons production technologies to do arms trading in the future World War I. How could it export the production technology of these weapons to cultivate another opponent in the arms business?

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