God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

Chapter 732
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"So it looks like this, so it's not that big." Lu Min looked at the steel battleship model placed on the platform, and looked at Gongsun Yu with some emotion.

Gongsun Yu smiled calmly and nodded on the spot.

"Lu Yuanzheng, there is nothing we can do about this. After all, the inputs are different, and the final results will naturally be different..." Gongsun Yu slowly said the differences between the two families.

Although both the Gongsun family and the Lu family successfully verified the feasibility of steel battleships, they had major differences regarding the construction of steel battleships.

What the Gongsun family prefers is to gradually accumulate experience and make continuous progress from small to large.

Make a small steel battleship first, and then gradually expand it after gaining experience.

Although the speed will be very slow, the victory is that it is stable enough, with low initial investment, high continuous investment, and a complete experience accumulation process.

The Lu family is different. Only by being big can they be strong. As long as all problems arise, there will definitely be solutions.

So there is no need to hesitate and just build a large steel battleship. Regardless of whether there will be problems, Lu Jun believes that he can definitely solve the problem.

As the head of a shipbuilding family, he has this confidence and believes that he has this ability.

After realizing the difference between the two families, Lu Min couldn't help but shook his head.

He hasn't figured out the power system yet, so even if he does get the large steel battleship out, he won't be able to drive it away.

Relatively speaking, small steel battleships may still be worth driving away.

However, compared to large warships, small steel battleships will be much lower in terms of defense, cargo carrying capacity, and ocean-going capabilities.

In this case, Lu Min actually agrees with another theory.

That is a warship that is a mixture of steel and wood and uses heavy protection.

Important or fatal parts of the ship are reinforced and protected with steel, while wood is used in other parts.

It can not only ensure the size of the ship, but also ensure that the ship's defense is relatively high, and it can also reduce the weight of the ship so that it will not be too heavy and cause the speed to be slow.

Liu Tong, who was in Fenggao City, started to calculate based on Gongsun Yu's explanation.

Based on the current steel output of Qingzhou Mine and the actual value of steel, we can judge whether the true cost of a steel warship is within the acceptable range.

After all, if she really wanted to cast a steel warship according to the market steel price, the superficial data alone would be enough to make her father struggle.

The steel value of a 450-ton steel warship alone on paper is more than [-] billion five baht.

No matter how you think about it, this surface value is too high.

However, the actual value of the steel is only the labor cost.

In Qingzhou Mine, apart from the labor costs for workers, the maintenance and upkeep costs for some equipment are essentially negligible.

Compared with the market price of steel, the labor cost of refining [-] tons of steel is really a drop in the bucket and can be ignored.

"It's a pity that the production capacity is still not enough after all..." Liu Tong simply calculated the steel output and the production cycle of the steel warship, and finally could only shake his head.

After all, steel is not only used by ships. Whether it is the military or agriculture, there is a large demand for steel.In this case, the navy, which has not shown any results, although it belongs to the military, really wants to get a share from the army, no matter how you think about it, the possibility is not high.

Moreover, before steel production reaches a certain upper limit, an outrageous situation will occur.

That is, the higher the steel production, the higher the demand for steel will be, as if steel production is never enough.

"Miss, the production is not enough?" Lu Yu heard this and looked at Liu Tong with some doubts, and then said, "If the production is not enough, you can add more people or increase the production area..."

Lu Yu recalled the things he had come into contact with during this period, thought for a moment, and then spoke slowly.

When Liu Tong heard Lu Yu's words, she nodded calmly. She naturally understood this aspect.

But there are some things that you can’t just add if you want.

Just like the Qingzhou Mine, there are more than 3 people working there at the same time, but the annual steel output does not exceed [-] tons, and this steel share cannot meet the needs of various departments at all.

After all, the construction area of ​​a steel plant cannot be expanded without limit. Under the current situation, there are many hidden constraints.

"Yu, these methods you mentioned are indeed conventional methods to deal with insufficient production. However, the production restrictions are not limited to these seemingly simplest directions, but also other constraints..." Liu Tong slowly shook his head, quite concerned. Said calmly.

After all, something like a steel battleship requires a lot of steel.

And in this world with the secret technique of cloud energy, a single steel battleship cannot maintain its dominance on the ocean.

Especially in this era, Kushan's dominance on the ocean is like a mountain, overlooking every challenger.

As the number of steel battleships increases, corresponding advantages will naturally be obtained, but the cost of the steel and the required quantity can only be thought about.

Lu Yu nodded calmly and showed a smile.

"Miss, since one place has reached the upper limit, can it be changed to another place?" Lu Yu tried his best to think and asked with some guessing.

When Liu Tong heard this, he immediately realized that he was in darkness under the lamp, then showed a smile and said happily, "I even forgot about this!"

Having captured Jizhou is equivalent to connecting Bingzhou and Youzhou. In this case.

Whether it is building a large steel plant in Bingzhou or Youzhou, there is no problem.

Bingzhou is rich in raw materials, whether it is coal or steel, the quantity is not small, and it is relatively difficult to obtain, and it covers a wide area, and large-scale construction is also feasible.

Large-scale, multi-regional, distributed construction of steel plants will inevitably have much higher production capacity than Qingzhou Mining Plant.

It's just that external transportation is more troublesome, but it's just more troublesome.

And if manufacturing is done in Youzhou, large-tonnage goods can be transported by sea.

The corresponding raw materials are also quite abundant for this era.

The only thing we need to worry about is that these two places belong to border states and counties after all. If a barbarian comes south and destroys the steel factory, it will be too late to cry.

(End of this chapter)