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Chapter 1085 Daming Is the Beacon of Humanity (Second Update, please subscribe)
Even the cloud of war can't stop Daming's attraction to the world.

What does Daming mean?
It means a decent job, a decent income, a modern lifestyle.

To a certain extent, through the continuous propaganda of "Life" magazine for more than ten years, as well as the propaganda of those pro-Ming newspapers controlled by the empire, a fixed impression of Ming Dynasty has been formed in the whole world.

When mentioning Daming, what is the first thing people think of?
Of course it is a modern and comfortable way of life, well-lit rooms, tidy kitchens, apartments with showers and toilets, and so on, and even the air in Daming is fragrant—in the city of Daming, you can’t see it at all. To the horse manure and dirty garbage everywhere in European cities.

Cars in Daming have long replaced horse-drawn carriages, and everyone here has a car... This is of course impossible. In fact, for the vast majority of Daming people, cars are still a luxury that requires two years of income to buy.

The life shown in the "Life" pictorial is not far from the best side of life.

To use a twentieth-century buzzword—propaganda.Of course, this propaganda is definitely not based on the sacrifice of the lives of the vast majority of ordinary people by "protesters across the country", but to beautify the lives of ordinary people appropriately.

For example, when introducing the life of workers in Daming, they would never say that the target is skilled workers, not ordinary workers.When introducing his beautiful and tidy house, of course, he will not mention that the apartment is a long-term lease.

However, this does not prevent Daming from showing the best side of himself to the world, and all the things in the beautiful life shown are what Daming people want to have in their lives, all of which are modern living appliances, entertainment facilities, and other things. This display reflects the superiority of Ming Dynasty from the side.

The power of propaganda, sometimes, is really amazing. It was through such propaganda that Daming successfully equated the name of this ancient country with modernity and affluence, civilization and science.

And those people who came here from far away will also prove all this in their letters and biographies. After all, the life they enjoy is similar to the description in the pictorial.

Why is this so?

Because those immigrants from Europe were brought into Ming Dynasty as talents, their knowledge could have allowed them to live such a life, but it may take a little time or more competition in Europe and America, and Daming just let this time be a little longer. Get ahead, or give them more of a chance.

"beep……"

The whistle of the cruise ship sounded at the mouth of the Hudson River. The Brown couple on the upper deck of the cruise ship looked at Manhattan in the distance without any nostalgia.

Although the United States is beautiful, there is nothing worth nostalgic about. For the Browns, they immigrated to the New World for a better life, better choices, and better natural choices.

In fact, there are not only engineers like Brown on board, but also many scholars. They all have various reasons to leave this land.

But what is certain is that they left here because there were better options on the other side of the world, just as they themselves or their ancestors left the European continent and came to the United States.

What they are after is just a better life.In fact, many times people's requirements are not high, and they don't have to get promoted and get rich.It's not that they have to be successful, all they want is a decent job, a good income, a house to live in, and of course a fair opportunity.

When they couldn't get these in the United States, Daming became their choice.After all, in this era, the Ming Empire is a beacon of human civilization in a certain sense.

The people there are rich and peaceful.They enjoy a life unimaginable by people in Europe and the United States, as if they are living in heaven.

The Ming Dynasty shown to the world through life pictorials, for the people of this world, to a certain extent, is a ray of sunshine illuminating this dark century, allowing people to see a glimmer of hope in the darkness and see where the light lies .

How can such a lighthouse not make people flock to it, not make people fascinated?
Well, this is the most intuitive impression that Daming brought to the people of this era.

This Ming Dynasty is not only a lighthouse, but also very bright and dazzling.

There are no sweatshops, and no factory owners squeezing workers as hard as they can.There, everyone can live a very decent life and live a very rich life.Sometimes happiness is as simple as that. Although European and American countries claim to be civilized countries, their so-called civilized countries show the ugliest aspects of human beings.

When the people on the ship were talking about that distant country, talking about a happy life in the future, and full of expectations for the future, someone suddenly shouted.

"Look, it's the "Iowa" just commissioned..."

The sudden shout made people on the cruise ship look in another direction, and saw a mighty and extraordinary battleship, escorted by two cruisers, puffing smoke and sailing off the Hudson River estuary.

No need to ask everyone knows that the destination of this US Navy's most cutting-edge battleship-Cuba!
They are going to reinforce the United States of Cuba fleet!

……

A few days later, when this small fleet consisting of three warships headed by the battleship "Iowa" arrived in Havana, the fleet that arrived in the United States earlier was suddenly boiling. Those American sailors were all standing on the side of the ship excitedly He waved his hat at the battleship.

"finally reached!"

Stephen Luce, the admiral who advocated the modernization and reform of the fleet, looked very proud when he saw the battleship "Iowa", although the battleship was not built under his promotion, but " The USS Iowa is indeed the most powerful warship in the United States of America.

Of course, it is also a manifestation of the level of American manufacturing. After years of military competition and confrontation, the United States now has a shipbuilding industry that is not inferior to Britain, and its shipbuilding scale is almost second only to the Ming Empire and Great Britain.

"Admiral, now that the "Iowa" has arrived in Havana, even if the "Youzhou" of the Ming Empire has arrived, we are no worse than them in terms of overall strength."

Before that Lieutenant General Hallams could finish speaking, Mahan spoke from the side.

"But we only have the "Iowa", and the Ming Empire also has the "Qingzhou", which is the sister ship of the "Youzhou", Admiral."

Staring at the "Iowa" approaching slowly, Mahan's eyes showed a trace of worry.

"The Imperial Navy of the Ming Dynasty has eight Nanhua-class battleships, five Youzhou-class battleships, three Rio de Janeiro-class second-class battleships, eight Linhai-class armored cruisers, and..."

Compared with the Ming Empire, the strength of the U.S. Navy is still not enough.In fact, the U.S. Navy is still going all out to catch up with the Ming Empire Navy these years.

Although the current U.S. Navy is large enough compared to another world, it is still a bit too weak compared to its opponents, which is why Mahan has no confidence.

Pointing to a lightning strike ship sailing at sea parallel to the "Iowa", Mahan shook his head helplessly, and then said.

"Their lightning strike ships seem to be small in tonnage, but their speed is fast, the target is small, it is difficult to be hit in a naval battle, and they are equipped with amazingly powerful torpedoes. In the test of the Roman Empire, only two torpedoes were used Just sank an ironclad ship, and the power of torpedoes far exceeds that of naval guns, and because of this, I think the threat of lightning strike ships may even exceed that of battleships!"

As an admiral, Mahan, although his "Theory of Sea Power" had not yet been published, had matured in thought. As an expert in naval theory, he was keenly aware of those thousands of tons of displacement. The threat posed by the left and right lightning strike ships to the fleet. ,
During the period of confrontation in the past, the lightning strike ships of the Imperial Navy were the well-deserved stars in this sea area. These lightning strike ships with a speed of up to 24 knots, through maneuvering and simulated attacks again and again, convinced the world that—for the large fleet Generally speaking, these mobile and flexible lightning strike ships equipped with torpedoes are the protagonists of future naval battles.

Why is this, because... the threat of torpedoes is indeed very powerful, with hundreds of kilograms of explosives exploding below the waterline, even the most powerful battleships would sink in one blow!

Such warships are simply the most terrifying assassins in naval battles, and what is annoying is that the U.S. Navy does not have similar warships at all, because the torpedoes are named after Daming, and all torpedoes in the world are imported from Daming.And here I am very proud that the United States did not import torpedoes from Daming at all.

"Thunderstrike ships are indeed a threat, but as we all know, the sea belongs to battleships!"

Admiral Stephen Luce, looking at the battleship "Iowa" in the distance, said confidently.

"Five years, after our plan is approved, at most five years later, the United States Navy will have the most powerful naval fleet in America!"

He is so confident because the U.S. Naval Policy Council has drawn up part of an ambitious naval construction program that aims to build 33 battleships and 167 other ships.Once this plan is approved by Congress, the United States of America will have sea power far surpassing that of Ming Dynasty.Of course, this will definitely take time, and Congress has not yet approved it, but there is no problem with it. After all, the situation has changed now.

"When we were developing this plan, we were concerned that Congress would not approve it, but now..."

Pointing to the Deming Fleet at sea, Admiral Stephen Luce said.

"They will help us make this wish come true!"

(End of this chapter)