Opening game, American Tycoon

Perhaps the war will bring crisis to some enterprises, but it will also bring opportunities. The only problem is how to seize the opportunity.

In fact, after the war broke out, although the production of some enterprises was affected, for the vast majority of enterprises in the empire, war was an opportunity, an opportunity.As long as the opportunity is seized, a medium-sized enterprise will quickly develop into a large-scale enterprise.

Linhai, Taichang Shipyard.

Since the outbreak of the war, the hustle and bustle of the shipyard has never stopped, and military orders that were once unattainable have swarmed in.Faced with a surge in orders, the size of the shipyard has more than doubled in just one year, not only increasing the number of shipbuilding berths and docks, but also increasing the number of workers to tens of thousands. There are recruitment information of Taichang Shipyard in the office, and a quarter of them are long-term employment positions.

The war stimulated the development of industry and brought more jobs.For shipyards, war is a great opportunity for development.It is not only the scale of the factory that has grown, but also the technology.

"Is this the aircraft carrier you were talking about?"

From time to time, Wang Pengju flipped through the models brought by engineer Wu Kai, and listened to the sound of hammers hitting rivets outside.

After the outbreak of the war, he has been looking for something.

What are you looking for?
Of course they are looking for new business opportunities.

Although the orders from the army have already exceeded Taichang's production capacity, Wang Pengju is not satisfied with all of these, he still has more desires.

What kind of longing?
For the future of Taichang, Wang Pengju has already planned it - the largest private shipyard in the empire!
Taichang is now the largest private shipyard on the west coast, only Nanhua Shipyard on the east coast can compare with it.

Nanhua...is that a private shipyard?

It's clearly an imperial product, right?
However, there is also a Guangxing shipyard on the east coast, which is not inferior to Taichang in scale. They have a good relationship with the military and even received orders for combat ships.

Although the size of the two shipyards is similar, Guangxing Shipyard is the second largest shipyard in the industry.Because their technology is not inferior to Nanhua Shipyard, and far ahead of Taichang.

For shipyards, hardware facilities are important, but technology is even more important.What is the most technical content in the shipbuilding industry?Of course it's a warship.

"Yes, boss, the orders we received from the military are either transport ships or landing ships. At most, they are cruisers of several thousand tons or escort ships of about one thousand tons. We need to build large warships, but, That doesn't seem very realistic, the military has their options..."

Although Taichang is listed as a military procurement unit, the military is still more willing to assign orders to shipyards that have a certain relationship with the military. They have cooperated for many years, especially in the construction of main warships. The military is very cautious. Compared with Taichang, they are more inclined to the past cooperative shipyards.

what is this?
Daming has its own national conditions.Of course, on the other hand, the old partners in the past have more mature technology, and the military still cannot trust the technology of other factories.

"Really, don't they know that Taichang can also build main warships?"

While complaining, Wang Pengju pointed to the aircraft carrier model and said.

"Then what about this?"

This is definitely not Wu Kai's design, after all, there is no such project in the factory.And this is not something he can do alone.This is also the reason why the development of Taichang Shipyard has been constrained, because it does not have its own warship design team, and can only build warships step by step according to the drawings provided by the military.

Without their own design team, it means that they cannot participate in the military's bidding.In many cases, the initiative is lost.

But such a team cannot be established by a private shipyard, after all, it involves talents from all aspects.

There is only one Nanhua Shipyard in the entire Ming Dynasty that has a similar team.

"Boss, this is an aircraft carrier designed by the Naval Administration Headquarters of the Tang Empire. Its overall structure is based on our "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship", but the structure adopts military standards, with armored steel on the sides and more watertight cabins. It is more resistant to damage, and its survivability far exceeds that of the aircraft carrier improved with the "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship"..."

aircraft carrier!

Ever since the Empire used aircraft carriers to attack the Hampton anchorage, countries around the world have been researching aircraft carriers, almost all of which are based on the "Shenzhou-class immigrant ship", and Datang is no exception. behind other countries.

Explaining the origin of this model, Wu Kai added.

"Its designer is a classmate of mine in college, and he is now the technical director of the Shipping Administration Headquarters. You know, although Datang seems to have the ability to build large ships, they are limited by their technical capabilities. They hope to be able to build large ships." It was built by the shipyard of the empire, but now the orders of the shipyard of the empire have long been saturated. Although their ambassador persuaded the empire to agree to build an aircraft carrier for them, if the order is placed in the shipyard, I don’t know if it will take until the year of the monkey, so he found me Here, I hope to hand over the order to us, and they will send technical experts to participate in the construction."

Jizheng is the highest technical officer of the Ship Administration Headquarters, equivalent to the chief engineer of the Ship Administration Department of the Imperial Navy. Most of Datang's technicians have the experience of studying in Daming. When they encounter problems in Daming, they will naturally be the first Time to find former classmates.

After being approached by his old classmate, Wu Kai naturally reported the incident to his boss immediately.

"Leave it to us? And send technical experts to participate in the construction."

Looking at the model of the aircraft carrier, Wang Pengju thought for a while and said.

"I'm afraid they don't just want to hand it over to us."

Everyone is a novice in building an aircraft carrier. There is no problem with Taichang's equipment and shipbuilding level, and the technical experts at Datang have no problem with technical guidance. For Taichang, this order can not only make money, but also Able to master the technology of building an aircraft carrier.It is definitely good for the development of the shipyard.

But things are definitely not that simple. After all, no one is willing to do things that are not beneficial.

"Yes, they put forward two conditions. One is that after the contract is signed, we must cut the materials and start construction within one month. The parts of the ship will be processed by Taichang, and technicians will be dispatched to guide the assembly and construction of the corresponding shipyard in Datang.”

Wu Kai's answer made Wang Pengju laugh.

"They can make calculations. They want to use our hands to master the experience and technology of building aircraft carriers and improve their shipbuilding level. Although we can benefit from it, they benefit more. These technical officials of Datang , really worthy of being a talented student who once studied in the empire."

As a businessman, Wang Pengju naturally knew what Datang's technical officials wanted from this contract. What they wanted was not an aircraft carrier, but shipbuilding technology.In this regard, he did not reject it.After all, for the shipyard, it will also improve its own shipbuilding level in the process of completing the order.

Shaking his head and sighing softly, Wang Pengju said regretfully.

"It's a pity that the top management of Datang... are all a bunch of poor people, it's a pity..."

Even Wang Pengju, who is a bystander, knows the various problems of Datang itself, especially the conservatism and corruption of its ruling class, which is a well-known fact. Only these technical elites are true patriots, and it is only their talents. In such a country, it is not fully developed.

"Hey……"

Sighing, Wang Pengju looked at the model of the aircraft carrier carefully for a while, and then said.

"Wu Gong, I will send Vice President Sun to negotiate with them for an order to build an aircraft carrier. When the time comes, you should also participate..."

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