"Mr. Minister, this is the bridge and command room on the ship.

Because the battleship has a large body, it can accommodate more personnel. Therefore, in the Ming Navy.

The battleship is used as the flagship, and the entire fleet's command system is also on the battleship. "Pointing to the command room and the huge rudder." Orlan introduced to a group of dignitaries.

It is estimated that in his mind, there are ten thousand grass-mud horses galloping by!

These people don’t know shit, but they still pretend to know everything!

After Orlan said something, they nodded in praise. After seeing the huge main gun, many people decided that the money was well spent.

Large ships and huge guns were the standard of the navy in this era.

As a result, the navies of various countries around the world do not yet have the weapons to hunt down huge battleships...

The King David class (called Shanzi class in the Ming Dynasty) battleships are also battleship killers.

Now in the world, only battleships can deal with battleships.

In other words, now in the world, only Israel can threaten the Ming Dynasty in terms of maritime power.

"But for this main gun, we only conducted one firing training." Orlan knew that this was an opportunity for the lion to open his mouth, and he was not prepared to let it go.

Especially when Winter and Eli Marum winked at him, he knew better what to do.

Orlan is also a master at understanding leadership intentions.

"Oh! Why is this like this? How can you do it without training? How can you defeat the Ming Dynasty in war?" Although Ben Gurion was in the army, he also knew the importance of training to an army.

"That's right! We can't produce the shells for this kind of battleship main gun yet. If you want the shells, you can only import them from the Ming Dynasty.

The price of the artillery shells sold to us by the Ming Dynasty is three thousand Ming Dynasty silver coins."

"Three thousand Ming Dynasty silver coins per shot...!"

The high-ranking officials and dignitaries were buzzing, even though they were all people who had seen money. But... this figure could still make them happy.

I had only heard that battleships were expensive, but I had never thought that just one cannon shell was worth three thousand Ming silver coins.

You know, there are many factories in Sevastopol, and their annual net profit is less than 3,000 Ming silver coins.

This loud noise is the profit of a factory for a year.

This price is really... staggering.

"Three thousand Ming Dynasty silver coins...!" Ben Gurion was also shocked.

"Yes! In other words, with a three-volley salvo, you can almost get out 10,000 Ming silver coins.

Also, many facilities on the ship must use Daming spare parts.

And Daming’s spare parts are very expensive!

There is often a shortage of spare parts in our spare parts warehouse.

We have to buy these from Daming.

Also, suppose we do not conduct shooting training. But if we conduct navigation training, we will need a large amount of fuel.

All warships, including the King David, burn oil.

Now, the only one selling diesel is Daming.

In addition, we also need several tankers to transport oil products from the Middle East to Sevastopol.

All these require a strong budget.”

As Orlan spoke, Ben-Gurion was thinking in his mind.

No wonder the Ming Dynasty's national power was maintained by the sale of warships. Battleships were not only expensive to build, but also ridiculously expensive to maintain and train.

But unfortunately, these things are only Scorpion Daddy’s business.

You don’t want to buy Daming products, but there is no place in the world to sell them.

“It seems that localization is still needed to reduce costs.

Take two cannonballs to the arsenal and ask them to imitate the finished product within two months. This will be used to ensure the use of the navy!

As for those spare parts, they can be replaced by domestically produced ones. If they cannot be made domestically, then they can only continue to buy them from the Ming Dynasty.

You can buy more and keep them in the warehouse for emergencies."

"Yes. Your Excellency, Commander!" The secretary took note of Ben Gurion's words and prepared to notify the Ministry of Industry to complete the matter as soon as he got off the ship.

"Your Excellency, Commander, what is urgently needed now is not artillery shells, but oil.

Our oil supply is about to bottom out, and if there is no continuous supply of oil, this ship will be stranded!"

Orlan's helpless figure looked at Commander Ben Gurion. The most lacking thing now was not shells and accessories, but diesel.

On the way back from Spain, not only did the King David's diesel fuel run out, but even the small destroyers also ran out of fuel.

But this diesel is a treasure in the hands of Daming, and it will never be easily sold to a country like Israel, which is not too friendly.

"Oh, by the way! You also need a tanker and diesel."

Ben Gurion shook his head.

In the past, everything produced by Ming Dynasty was driven by coal. But now, I don’t know why Ming Dynasty wants to create something called diesel.

I heard that oil springs come from the Middle East. Nowadays, the demand for oil products in countries around the world is increasing.
Chapter completed!