The Rise of the Empire

"Now everyone is bearish on silver, and with the influx of a large amount of compensation, I am afraid that the price of silver will be lower. If you are bullish, it is against the general trend, and we do not have enough capital to affect the Japanese market." Law When Countess La said these words, the originally sluggish momentum rose again! In this regard, she is an expert, and she does not allow others to easily question her decision!

"Do you know how much Japan spent on this war?" Ruprecht asked back.

"Uh...." Neither Her Royal Highness Princess Mary nor the Countess could answer this question. How much did the Japanese spend on this war? I guess the Japanese don't know about this, right? Even if there is an estimate, it is top secret! How could ordinary people know?

Ruprecht can’t tell. In history, there are N numbers for this thing. The Japanese government’s announcement is more than 200 million yen, and the Japanese private estimate is 233 million yen. And if you want to deduct how much of Japan's war fund reserves and temporary allocations are saved by Japan, and how much is borrowed, it will be even more endless!

But one thing Ruprecht can be sure of is that Japan spent more money in this war than in history! Among other things, just to deal with the aftermath of the Toshima incident, the Japanese government spent 2.5 million pounds on the bright side! Among them, 1.5 million pounds was reparations to Germany, and another 1 million pounds was to make up for the gap in naval combat power.

If you count the losses caused by the German fleet's breaking achievements and the military expenditure of the Japanese army in North Korea within a few months, then the price will be even greater! After all, the money spent by troops stationed abroad is the same as running water. Because of Ruprecht, the Japanese stayed overseas for a few more months, saying that the whole incident cost Japan an extra 6 million pounds. Not too much at all! How much is 6 million pounds in Japanese yen? 50 million yen went out!

This is not over, if this is the case, the Japanese government will still make a lot of money by pushing the Qing army to death in a wave, but because of the relationship between the Blue Army and the armored cruiser Mainz, Japan The military expenditure has suddenly increased a lot! The Blue Army and the Russian Army contained at least half of the Japanese army, which slowed down the progress of the Japanese war in Liaodong. And the Beiyang Fleet joined by the Mainz even collapsed the Japanese before dying! Spelled out nearly half of Japan's navy....

The Japanese are really poor this time. Although Ruprecht can’t give an exact estimate of how much Japanese military expenditures have been spent, there is evidence to check how much Japanese war money has been stored! But 160 million yen, after such a toss, the loophole will be even bigger! A message came from Roosevelt, and the Japanese issued another war bond, the amount reached about 100 million yen! The subscription of this bond is not good, and some Americans still have doubts about the outcome of the war. The Qing Dynasty is certainly vulnerable, but if Russia and Germany support the Qing Dynasty, what is the difference between the Japanese winning and losing?

And the news from the UK shows that the Japanese ordered two Centurion-class battleships in the UK this time! Centurion! Although the performance of the second-class battleship is not bad, in terms of tonnage, it is undoubtedly inferior to the two first-class battleships that Japan bought at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War in history! The Japanese are out of money! Otherwise, I wouldn't buy 2 second-class battleships!

Ruprecht may not be very good at finance, but he knows the arms market! If you do this by yourself, if you still make mistakes, you might as well find a piece of tofu and kill yourself! According to Ruprecht's estimation, the Japanese government's pre-war reserves should have been exhausted now! Now it's all about borrowing money to fight wars!

"If the Japanese really only have 160 million yen in reserves for war expenses, they are already overspending, about 30 million yen. Every month, Japan's foreign debt will increase by at least 15 million yen!" After various information, as well as the exhaustion of the battles of the Russian Army and the Blue Army in the Northeast,

Ruprecht's uncle, Prince Leopold, gives Ruprecht a valuation!

"Damn it, the Japanese are at a loss! Now even the Liaodong Peninsula has not been dealt with. If the Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas are defeated as in history, it will take at least half a year! This famine will bring down 120 million people at least. Around the yen!" Ruprecht roughly calculated, and he was happy!

In this case, in order to make up for the shortfall, even if the Japanese obtain a large amount of silver from the Qing Dynasty, they must first exchange it into foreign currency to repay the loan. The bonds issued by the Japanese in the United Kingdom and the United States are in pounds and dollars! You have to exchange the silver into the currency of the country before you can pay it back! And if this happens, there will be errors in the estimation of silver in Japan. For example, it was originally thought that 50 million taels of silver might flow in, but now it suddenly changes to 20 million taels, so there will be a price difference! If someone adds fuel to the flames, the impact will be even greater!

What's even more frightening is that Ruprecht, who caused the Japanese to spend a lot of wronged money, doesn't intend to stop! Who is Ruprecht? If you come out for a walk and don’t catch anything, you will be considered a loser! Since the reduction of silver inflows in Japan will help you make money! Then let it flow in less! The so-called increase in revenue and reduce expenditure, Ruprecht has already caused Japan's capital flow to bleed, so it is inevitable to block the source again!

The Japanese still want to get 200 million taels of silver from the Treaty of Shimonoseki? Still want to get another 30 million taels of silver by redeeming Liao Fei? What are you thinking? Have the Japanese asked what attitudes Russia, Germany and France have? Do you know what people think? Regarding the future post-war situation, Russia and Germany have already thought about it. The Japanese cannot gain too much benefit from the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, rich Japanese businessmen will definitely become enemies of Russia and Germany. And if the Qing Dynasty is too weak, who will Germany sell its arms to....

In history, in fact, when the Three Kingdoms intervened and returned to Liao Dynasty, Japan was the weakest. The British declared their neutrality. The Three Kingdoms had 120,000 tons of warships in the Far East! With 4 ironclad ships, the Japanese navy dare to jump? Tens of thousands of Russian troops have begun to deploy to the Far East. Is the Japanese Navy facing Russia after finishing the Beiyang? Isn't that courting death? The key to the Japanese being able to get the ransom fee lies in the acquiescence of the Three Kingdoms. To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if Japan even spits out Taiwan, and the compensation is cut in half! The British will not give the Japanese a security guarantee!

"The compensation paid by the Japanese government cannot exceed 150 million taels of silver! And it cannot obtain any territory from the Qing Dynasty." This is the condition negotiated by the representatives of Russia and Germany when they met in private. In return, some German products When entering Russia, the tariff is very low. And Russia's grain field can also allow German companies to intervene to a limited extent.

With such a consensus, Ruprecht is very sure that the meaning of Japan's victory in this war is very limited! Even the economy will bear a huge burden because of the war! But the Japanese are weak, and the British have to pay a higher price if they want to use this chess piece. This is also of great significance to Germany and Ruprecht. There will be a Boer War later, Ruprecht Preparations are now being made to bleed the UK!

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