"If you can get money from the Chancellor of the Finance Minister Otov, or make Prime Minister Folbek nod, I don't object to your plan!" Xiao Jie held his hands and looked at everyone with a smile.

Burt and others, their original excited expressions disappeared all of a sudden. Because of years of war, France's economy was already quite bad. Last year, the economy grew by one percent. If it weren't for the war, it was used to stimulate the economy, France's economy would have been on the verge of collapse.

Although the war has been suspended since this year, the preparations for the war are still ongoing. Most of the fiscal revenue is used as military expenses, and most of the resources of the entire society are tilted towards the army. In addition, a large number of young people enlisted in the army, which has greatly restricted the economic development. [bsp;    In this case, it is obviously impossible to allow the Imperial Ministry of Finance to escape an additional one billion francs of military expenses. Although there has not been any attempt, Burt and others could almost predict that as long as they ask Otov for military expenses, they may be driven out of the Ministry of Finance directly.

If you want Falbeck to nod, then it is impossible. If you have more prime ministers, you need to consider the ability of the country and the people. Now, the people's living standards have dropped to a very poor level. If they continue to decline, the government and the royal family will probably have greatly reduced their status in the minds of the people.

"Your Majesty, you are just making things difficult for everyone! With Otov's temper, do you think we can get money from him? Besides, Prime Minister Folbeck has always supported the end of the war as soon as possible. If he wants to increase military expenditure by more than one billion francs, I think he will definitely strongly oppose it." Dugor also said.

"Then I have nothing to do!" Xiao Jie spread his hands and said that he was powerless. He knew very well what Burte and others were thinking. He just hoped that the military expenses would be paid by the royal family. Andresci's consortium has indeed developed very much. It is not a problem to take out more than one billion francs. However, since the outbreak of the war, Andresci's consortium has invested a lot. Moreover, we cannot let everyone develop this habit, and think that with Andresci's consortium behind, we can be unscrupulously pursuing military force. If that is the case, no matter how powerful France is and how rich the Andresci's consortium is, it will still be destroyed.

"Your Majesty, can't you lend a sum of funds from the royal family first?" Burt finally plucked up the courage to ask. Although this question was somewhat inappropriate. But these warships were really important to the French navy. If they were with them, Burt could be sure that in the upcoming naval battle, all the American and Canadian navies could be sunk, so that those arrogant Americans and Canadians who dared to provoke France's majestic Americans and Canadians would go to the sea to feed fish.

"Eck, what about your opinion?" Xiao Jie thought about it and then asked.

Burt and others looked at Eke with fear that he would make disagreements. You should know that as the chief of staff of the French team, Eke has always been known for his prudence.

It seemed that he did not notice everyone's eyes, and Eck said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the current military expenditure is really too much, and the country and the people are already suffering!"

Xiao Jie fell into deep thought. To be honest, he was not very optimistic about this type of warship. After all, it was too advanced. In his opinion, it was better to build 20 such warships than to build 60 "Giant Whale"-class warships. In this way, it would still meet the needs of the navy and be more secure.

However, from another perspective, the navy is a military branch that needs continuous innovation. Especially for the innovation of warships, it cannot be blocked, but should be strongly supported. This will enable the navy to maintain strong innovation and will never be overtaken by others.

"Okay, Ek. I was convinced by you!" Xiao Jie finally compromised.

Burt and others were immediately filled with joy and even expressed their gratitude to Ek on the spot.

"Wait a minute, I have other requirements. Since this kind of warship is indeed too expensive, the overall number must be reduced. Otherwise, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance will definitely come to me to cry and be poor. My days will be unpleasant at that time." Xiao Jie said.

"Then how much can we build?" Burt asked with a little nervousness.

"10 ships, 10 more!" Xiao Jie said with a finger.

"Your Majesty, it's too cruel to reduce half at once. Otherwise, we will build 15 ships!" Bult bargained.

"The price is only 10 ships, otherwise no one will be considered." Xiao Jie said firmly.

"Okay, okay. 10 ships are only 10 ships!" Burt was afraid that Xiao Jie would reduce it any longer, so he quickly agreed. He did not expect that Xiao Jie would accept the budget of 20 ships. It would be enough to have 10 such powerful warships.

"I would like to remind you. These 10 warships, combined with some auxiliary warships, form a fleet directly belonging to the Navy so that they can be truly confidential. In addition, I require these 10 warships to be produced at Toulon Shipyard. The ships here are enough to build such warships of more than 20,000 tons. At the same time, since this shipyard is under the Andresey Consortium, it is easy to do confidentiality!" Xiao Jie reminded that the war has reached this point, and both sides can be said to be a large-scale spy. Although the Imperial Security Department has arrested many spies, the imperial leading technology has been continuously stolen by the United States and Canada. This type of warship will undoubtedly be a killer weapon, and it requires confidentiality work. It can play a big role after the war begins.

"Okay, okay, everything follows Your Majesty's arrangement!" Burt smiled all over his face. As long as he could build the warship, he would build it no matter where he would build it.

"Your Majesty, please give this warship a name?" Sucret said.

"It's called the 'glorious' level. I hope it can bring glory to the Imperial Navy and to the French Empire!" Xiao Jie said expectantly.
Chapter completed!