My Italian Chapter 478

Remember [New] for a second,! Although the Prime Minister interrupted, the scale of the ship-building still attracted the attention of everyone present, especially Teyera, the Minister of Finance.

"Admiral Yagier, what is the total size of the warships you plan to build?"

As soon as the Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke, Admiral Yagier knew that the core issue was coming, and money was the core issue.

"Our Navy Department estimates that the total tonnage of these warships should be between 550,000 and 600,000 tons, and the total cost should be between 1.354 billion and 1.421 billion lire."

Admiral Yagier's remarks made all the important ministers at the scene take a deep breath. This cost is too high. On average, the government needs to invest 130-140 million lire in shipbuilding every year. Is this investment too large?

Don't look at Italy's annual fiscal revenue of 1.7-8 billion lire, but the expenditure is also large. Infrastructure, industry, education and health, the payment of the principal and interest of national debt, the salaries of government personnel, etc. are basically full, and the overrun is basically 100 million to 200 million liras every year. This makes the government spend more than 100 million yuan to build ships every year, and the pressure on the government will definitely be greater. Not to mention whether the newly built warships need personnel training, daily maintenance, etc., which also cost money.

Therefore, in the face of Admiral Yagier's words, it immediately attracted everyone's rebuttal.

"It's too much investment."

"Does your navy plan to concentrate twenty years of spending into ten years?"

However, in the face of opposition from the government, Admiral Yagier was mentally prepared. "This is the result of our navy's careful consideration, because the current situation facing the navy is more difficult, and we need so many warships to protect our country's security and interests."

"This is still too much, which has endangered financial security. Our Ministry of Finance believes that only 80 million liras of shipbuilding funds per year can guarantee the rationality of the finances."

The answer of the Minister of Finance, Teyera, was regarded as a slash to the main artery of the shipbuilding plan, which directly reduced the total cost of the shipbuilding plan by 5.6 billion lire.

The finance minister is very shrewd. The cost of building the ship is 80 million lire per year, which is easy for the government to solve. First of all, doesn't the Navy have 20 to 30 million liras of shipbuilding funds every year, and they are directly merged together, and the Ministry of Finance only needs to solve more than 50 million.

It is also feasible to start with some unimportant funding projects, plus the annual increase in fiscal revenue to maintain a healthy financial situation. As for the increase in navy funding after the warships are commissioned, let's talk about it at that time, and there will always be a crowd.

It's just that Teyera's beautiful idea was shattered, and Admiral Yagier replied immediately. "This is simply not possible. The annual shipbuilding cost of 80 million lire is not enough for the needs of the Navy. The shipbuilding plan given by our Navy is a plan that meets the minimum protection of our country's interests."

Speaking of which, Admiral Yagier looked at the Chancellor of the Exchequer and said. "Your Excellency Teyera, our country can generate at least 200 million lire in revenue from the Far East and the colonies of Borneo every year. Such a huge income is based on the superiority of the navy. In order to maintain these interests, then our navy must have enough If there are tensions in the Far East and the mainland, the Navy may not be able to draw out warships for deterrence operations.”

It's a threat, an absolute threat. You must know that in the Far East, the relationship between Japan and Russia is very tense, especially after Russia refused to implement the second and third phase of withdrawing its troops from the northeast, the relationship between these two countries has entered a state of imminent danger.

If nothing else, in the Far East, Japan has a huge navy with 6 battleships and 6 cruise ships. Of course, this hugeness refers to the Far East. And Russia is not bad. The number of 7 battleships and 8 cruise ships is slightly better than that of Japan, but Russian battleships are limited by tonnage, so the actual combat effectiveness is slightly inferior to Japan's combined fleet.

As for why the tonnage is limited, because Russia can only maintain 13,500-ton warships in the largest shipyard in Lushun, Russian warships can only choose to be under this tonnage.

To put it another way, the two Genoclass battleships purchased by Russia in Italy were all assigned to the Pacific Fleet, and the No. 1 ship, the Crown Prince, became the flagship of the Pacific Fleet.

Because the two Genoclass battleships are slightly better than the current battleships of the Pacific Fleet in terms of firepower protection and speed. This shows how much the Russian Navy recognizes Italy's purchase of two Genoclass battleships. This also fully demonstrates the strength of Italian shipbuilding. Of course, on the other hand, Russia's shipbuilding ability is so impressive.

With the exception of the two Genoclass battleships, all other Russian battleships were of tonnage ranging from 11,000 to 12,000. On the other hand, on the Japanese side, except for the two 12,000-ton Fuji and Yashima, the others are the latest British 15,000-ton Shikishimclass battleships. The difference in tonnage alone can be imagined, let alone Talk about the performance of both.

And on Teyera's side, Admiral Yagier's shameless remarks were utterly disgusting. But in any case, the annual financial revenue of the Far East trade line and the Borneo colonies of nearly 300 million liras is an important source of revenue that the Ministry of Finance cannot ignore.

Yes, Admiral Argyle's intelligence is out of date. According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Finance, due to the substantial increase in the use of rubber and the continuous expansion of the Far East trade line, the Italian Ministry of Finance can receive 294 million lire from the East this year.

"Ninety million liras per year is the limit that we can accept financially."

"Lord Teyera, the number of ships built by the navy is based on careful planning and comprehensive consideration, and it does not mean that you can do whatever you want."

"One hundred million lira a year, if it is not for me, the chancellor of the exchequer really has no choice but to choose someone else."

The words of the Minister of Finance suddenly came out, which surprised everyone present. This is a good discussion about the naval shipbuilding. Why did the conversation suddenly change?

Speaking of which, the Ministry of Finance is the top three powerful departments of the government, but because of Italy's previous debts and the large investment in industrialization in these years, the Ministry of Finance, which is powerful in the face, can only be aware of the actual difficulties.

And Terera, who has been in charge of the Ministry of Finance for more than ten years, has lost all his hair because of Italy's financial problems these years, and he looks like a thin old man in his seventies. You must know that Teyera is only 64 years old this year, when he was the chancellor of the exchequer, he can still be described as young, strong, and proud. In more than ten years, he has used this virtue on himself, and you can see how hard he is working.

In addition, this day's remarks are not actually angry words, but the result of careful consideration by Teyera, and this topic is thrown out of the ground. Because after entering this year, Tejera obviously felt that his energy was a little weak, and the handling of various affairs of the Ministry of Finance was much slower.

In the face of the cold scene caused by Tejera's sudden resignation, Prime Minister Antonio hurried to save the field. "Actually, the issue of naval shipbuilding funding is mainly due to financial difficulties, so I think we can't just let one department of the Ministry of Finance figure out a way, and each department also needs to think about it, tighten the budget of each department, and let colleagues of the Ministry of Finance think about it. Take a breath."

In the face of the Prime Minister's rescue, the leaders of other departments also spoke up. "The Prime Minister's proposal is very good. We squeeze a little bit from each part, and we should be able to squeeze out another part of the budget."

"It's a good idea."

"I agree too.

After some preliminary estimates, other government departments can squeeze out the annual gap of 12 million lire.

Faced with the actions of the government department~www.mtlnovel.com~ How could Yagier, as the Minister of the Navy, not be on the right track?

"Since the government does have difficulties, and our navy cannot force it, then our navy can only accept 112 million liras of shipbuilding funds per year. However, our navy has made a promise, and we can accept that the government's shipbuilding funds are based on financial difficulties. If the finances are good, then I hope to make up the previous debts. In addition to the money from the sale of warships, I hope the government will allow the Navy to keep it.”

Seeing that the navy finally let go, the government was relieved.

After some discussions and research, the Navy's ten-year shipbuilding plan will build 12 new battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 21 new cruisers, 68 new destroyers, and 62 other special auxiliary ships, a total of 45 ships. -530,000 tons of large-scale shipbuilding program.

Seeing that the two parties finally reached an agreement, Carlo, who had not spoken during the whole process, was relieved. You must know that in order to get the government to agree to build the ship, he has spent a lot of energy. As for how much to talk about, it's up to the Navy itself. And the result is not bad, the talk is not bad.

However, the fly in the ointment is that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is a little bit resigned, which is a problem. Because the chancellor of the exchequer is not capable of doing anything, he must have sufficient ability, and he also needs to get his approval. Such a person is hard to find.

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