The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Immediately after returning to Königsberg, Andrews approached Carl Benz and asked him about the car factory.

"Your Highness, the automobile factory has already begun to break ground, and the shipyard has not yet started to act because the project is relatively large and requires a large amount of manufacturing equipment to be imported. "

Karl Benz replied honestly that he has been busy these days, and his whole person has lost weight.

But he enjoyed it, and as a brand new car factory took shape, he would soon be able to see the entire production of this revolutionary car.

"There is no rush on the shipyard side for the time being, even if you don't build your own factory, you can consider buying a shipyard, I heard that in the past few years there have been quite a few shipyards in East Prussia that have gone bankrupt

?"

"Well, after the establishment of the Empire, many shipyards have been relocated to the northwest coast of the Empire, and many of the old factories here have been abandoned. "

Benz had considered this approach before, so when he heard Andrews ask him, he immediately replied.

"Find a company with better conditions, bargain, buy it, and I'll ask Arnold, the butler of the palace, to come forward to help you deal with this matter." "

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll do it!"

After Carl Benz finished speaking, he left and went to Arnold to discuss it together.

"Shipyard?".

After learning of Karl Benz's intentions, Arnold thought about it for a while, found several shipyards that he remembered as good, and listed them to Karl Benz.

"This shipyard is good, covering an area of 5.8 million square meters, with 23 slipways, including 10 large slipways, 2 extra-large slipways, the largest has undertaken the construction of large cargo ships with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons, and has also built large warships, by the way, the current main battleship of the empire, the Saxony-class ironclad ship, was built by the factory. "

"What's the name of this shipyard?"

"Well, it's called Volken Shipyard!".

"Hey, I think I've heard this name before, aren't they one of the three major shipyards along with the Kiel Shipyard and the Royal Shipyard at Wilhelmshaven?"

Although Karl Benz was mainly dedicated to the automotive industry, he knew a thing or two about the reputation of the three well-known shipyards in the empire.

"Hehe, he is also one of the three shipyards now, but the main part has been relocated to Hamburg, and the shipyard on Stettin's side has been abandoned. "

Seeing Karl Benz's puzzled look, Arnold said a few more words:

"You know that Dan sells people and is the little brother on whom the sun never sets, right?"

Karl Benz nodded, no matter how insensitive to politics is, it is impossible for the German and Italian people not to know about this matter.

Dan Sell is a nail planted in the north of the empire by the sun never sets, and if the empire goes to war with the sunset, Dan Sell can easily become a major security hazard for the empire.

"The Danish controlled the entrance and exit to the Jutland Strait, and the Volken shipyard was located in the Baltic Sea, and the ships they built had to take a long detour through the Jutland Strait, which was controlled by the Dans, if they wanted to enter the North Sea.

If the Dan Sellers had blocked the Straits during the war, all the ships built by the Volkeng shipyard would have been blocked in the Baltic Sea and would not have been able to get out!".

After listening to Arnold's explanation, Karl Benz understood why the Volken shipyard had been relocated.

It turns out that there are such strategic considerations in it, no wonder!

"Then do we have any hope of taking down this old shipyard that they have abandoned?"

"Don't worry, no one wants this shipyard here, if you are willing to take over, they will definitely be very happy to sell it to you, but since His Royal Highness asked me to help, it is not just a matter of buying, we have to bargain with them, we can't cheap them for nothing!"

The old butler was obviously very good at bargaining, after all, under his care, the entire prince's mansion was in good order and thriving, which was enough to show his ability.

As it turned out, Arnold really didn't brag.

The person in charge of staying at the old shipyard was overjoyed when he learned that someone was going to buy the old shipyard and sold it to them at a discount of 5% off the original price.

Including the land, the factory, the equipment left in it, etc., all were thrown to them.

But Arnold was not satisfied, negotiated with the other party, and forced the price to a discount from the original price.

As a result, Karl Benz only paid $20 million to buy this super-large shipyard covering an area of more than 9,000 acres!

This kind of price, I really can't find it even with a lantern!

"Well, you've all done a good job. "

Andrews was very pleased with what the two had achieved, especially Arnold, the old butler, who was more shrewd than he had imagined.

"Arnold, I remember you had a son named Neil, right?".

Arnold was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and nodded hurriedly, surprised and delighted in his heart.

His Highness took the initiative to mention his son's name, does this mean ......

"I've had a lot of things to do lately, and I'm not around enough people, if he's not busy, you can ask him to come to me to help, of course, it's not mandatory, if he's not happy, forget it." "

At Arnold's age, the most considered thing is definitely the future of his children's descendants.

So if you want to win him over, just arrange a promising errand for his children.

Andrews, as the son of the prince, is now established by the emperor as the prince of the empire, and he will be the one who will be the emperor in the future.

Therefore, letting his son do things by his side is the most promising thing, and Arnold will definitely accept it happily.

Moreover, since then, the fate of their father and son has been tied to their own future, and they will be loyal to themselves in the future, so that it will be much more convenient and safer to use.

"Willing, willing, how can you be unwilling, that kid admires His Royal Highness the Prince and the prince the most, let him help you, that's the persuasion he has cultivated for eight lifetimes!".

Sure enough, Arnold not only did not refuse, but even changed the tone of his voice in excitement, so he almost bowed his head and kowtowed to Andrews to thank him.

Andrews nodded, turned his head to look at Karl Benz, and explained

"Carl, you go back and post recruitment announcements, recruit experienced skilled workers, and get the shipyard back to production as soon as possible. I have a brand new ship to be built by them!".

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