Mysterious as the wind, always with me.

Chapter 181 This Ship Is Expensive
At this moment, Mark finally understood why the ancient population was so easy to go up.

Winter is boring. To pass the time, apart from continuing to read books with the [Eye of Knowledge] and strengthening the soul with purified ectoplasm from time to time, Mark spends the rest of the time either playing cards with his subordinates or trying various unscrupulous combinations .

Time flies, and when nothing major happens, it comes to the end of January.

Chkalov Shipyard, Ivanov, the bearded director and chief designer, introduced various improvements.

"Your Excellency Destiny, we have not only improved the conventional power system, but replaced it with a dual power system combining diesel engines and gas turbines. To adapt to the cold polar climate."

This world does not yet have the steam turbines commonly used by earth aircraft carriers.This is already the best engine available today.

You know, it turns out that the ship doesn't run fast with its own engine alone.

Mark also had to consider various factors, such as if Botis pulling the boat was killed by the enemy, the boat could still run by itself.

Ivanov continued to introduce: "The most important thing is that we have made a center of gravity offset system for this beautiful ship. When encountering ice, by changing the center of gravity of the ship, the bow of the ship can be continuously raised, and then The weight of the ship crushes the ice, coupled with the high-temperature ice-melting system installed on the bow, as long as there is enough spiritual support, the ship can break through ice two meters thick."

This is exaggerated.

Sure enough, science is not enough, so metaphysics comes in.

Mark nodded: "It seems that my money is well spent."

Ivanov smiled: "Your Excellency's money is spent wisely."

What to change to a stronger bow, to change the center of gravity of the ship, to change the engine, these are the overall changes.

During the visit, Mark was surprised to find that the ship has been further modified in many subtle ways.For example, it turns out that cruise ships pay attention to comfort. After all, the tonnage of the ship is placed here. On the premise of not sailing in particularly stormy sea areas, they did not consider too many fixed facilities on board.

This time, not to mention the luxury suite where he and his followers lived, even the cabins where the crew and waiters lived had a lot of very humanized furniture renovations.

For example, there are a lot of brackets for fixing objects, such as dark and opaque bed curtains, such as corridors and stairs, there are a lot of handrails for fixing the body.

This does not necessarily cost a lot of money, and it definitely embodies the unique thoughts of a craftsman.

"Are all the craftsmen of Mechanicus so ingenious?" Mark couldn't help asking the great craftsman.

Ivanov took off his hat and saluted him: "This is the instruction of His Royal Highness Anastasia."

Mark froze for a moment: "Okay, thank her for me. I appreciate her kindness."

It's not big, but it's really a favor.

"Your Highness will be delighted to hear that."

Originally, when a newly remodeled boat was built, most people would happily take it for a ride.

As a traveler, Mark knew very well how strong the smell of the newly renovated cabin was.

People in this era don't have the common sense of formaldehyde prevention, which doesn't mean that a time traveler doesn't have it.

In addition, January was in the midst of winter, and after Mark ordered the ship to fully open the windows for ventilation, he planned to set off on another day in February.

Just when Mark was about to leave, he was a little surprised to see a part of the hull exposed in the dock next door.

"That ship..."

"That's the death of Austeddin." Ivanov sighed deeply: "The emperor has changed his mind. It is impossible for that treasure to be launched in the name of an imperial warship."

Ivanov's voice of infinite emotion touched Mark's nerves.

He explained intermittently.

The Beale Empire has always been a land-based country. Although it has always dreamed of being a maritime power, it is a pity that it woke up too quickly. 30 years ago, it had a fight with the Victoria Empire.

The Bill Empire gathered the power of the whole country, and never did a Victorian squadron.

After that, the previous emperor became depressed.

Originally, Bill had the momentum to turn to the south to open up the territory, but unfortunately the emperor suddenly overturned the policy of fighting for sea power as if possessed by a demon, and returned to the "glorious and invincible land hegemony".

Now, a bunch of warships are half built and placed here.

"This was originally the light cruiser Vatutin, with a displacement of 1 tons. The ship itself has been equipped with engines and turbines, and it can sail. Unfortunately, the turret and other weapon systems cannot be counted on."

A hundred years of sea power is not something that can be blown out. The construction of a warship requires a lot of power for a small country.Even in a great empire, the cost of a cruiser can easily arm two [-]-man divisions, and the maintenance fee can support three divisions.

Ivanov took Mark to visit the half-built warship.

The quality of the ship itself is fine, but there are big holes left where the turrets should have been installed, which looks creepy.

"How is it? Are you interested?"

"A little bit, but not much. I don't know what I'm going to do with this boat."

Of course, Ivanov knew how rare it was for a big dog like Mark, so he sold it without losing the opportunity: "Your Excellency, you can use it to pretend to be an escort ship!"

"Pfft!" Mark laughed and said, "You know it's 'pretending'. I'm taking it with me, do I still have to enter the neutral port?"

When a small country sees a big cruise ship, it may receive Mark in a cocky way.

What about a warship that can destroy a country with one ship?
For example, in a small country like the Federal Republic of Lisa, there may not be a ship bigger than this one pulled out by the national navy.

Said to be a light cruiser, the length of this ship is about 180 meters, like the Caribbean, but it looks like a standard warship at a glance!

Mark waved his hand, just about to give up.

Rosalind tugged at his sleeve: "Mark, you forgot that you can't take mortals on a spiritual voyage."

In the Battle of Bolivar, he also unloaded the mortal servants and crew first, and then sailed to Lake Bolivar in the spirit world, destroying the resistance of the rebel army.

Mark slapped his head: "Okay, how much is this thing?"

Ivanov hesitated and held up two fingers.

Mark bared his teeth: "Warships are expensive. 2000 million Lite dollars, right? Well, I want it. Help me change it into a supply support ship. It's good to have a certain self-protection ability. Wait for someone to bring 500 million and I will give you tens of thousands of coupons, and help me rebuild it later.”

"it is good……"

A cold wind blows, and the old designer is messy in the wind.

A group of boatmen came up and asked in a hurry: "Boss, what's the matter, is Kaizi willing to buy a warship to play with?"

"Buy... bought." Ivanov trembled.

"How much? 100 million? No, at least 80. The emperor defaulted on our ship fare, so let's use this thing to pay for the money. Let's get back some hard-earned money."

"No... 2000 million."

Everyone almost suspected that they were hallucinating.

Due to the lack of any orders for a long time, the official shipbuilding industry of the Bill Empire has actually been divided into several small businesses.Among them, the Osterding Shipyard is considered the largest.Moreover, these shipyards are now fighting, and not long ago they were vying for an order for a light frigate.Construction of the frigate started two years ago, but was suspended due to lack of follow-up funds.

Moreover, the displacement of this frigate is only about 1600 tons.

Even such an order can cause several shipbuilding companies in the Bill Empire to fight to the death.It can be seen how distressed the empire's shipbuilding enterprises have become.I think that the battleship built by the Ostedding Shipyard back then was about 2 tons. As a result, the emperor turned around rapidly and finally fell to the present situation.

When the 2000 million order came down, everyone was stunned.

(End of this chapter)