Alchemy Greater China

For these two matters, Long Hao had laid the groundwork in advance. At the moment, Hong Zaimo took the lead, and more than ten people whispered to each other, communicating with each other and discussing the details.

For example, Hongmen, where Hong Jaemo works, is responsible for the matchmaking of the registration of the shipyard. Anyway, with the old Mayor Stevenson around, the qualifications and venue of the new shipyard will not be a problem.

For another example, Long Ganruo and Rong Shangqin were required to contact Carnegie's new and old nests for the steel needed to build four 4-ton freighters. Only high-quality steel can produce high-quality freighters.

Another example is how Long Ganruo cooperated with the Kunpeng Shipyard to properly handle the mopping up of the dismissed boatmen in the name of Huaxia Town, so as not to cause dissatisfaction among the workers and unnecessary riots.

For another example, how Gao Tianyang's intelligence personnel used Kunpeng's reorganization to discover the hidden dark lines around them, and used these changes to lure out the unruly minions of the hostile forces. [

……Etc., etc.

It took two hours for the big discussion to be considered over. In the middle, Long Hao also "interrupted" a few words, saying the same thing over and over again: You just discuss how to ensure that the [-]-ton freighter can be put into the construction stage smoothly, and how to ensure that the two Changes in the shipyard will not cause major riots... As for the technology of building [-]-ton freighters, I emphasize again that I will solve these problems, and you don't have to worry about them.

At the end of the discussion, everyone's mouths were dry and the time was approaching evening. At this time, Abin also sent someone back to report to Long Hao on the latest progress in preparing the empty warehouse and blank paper.

The empty warehouse Kunpeng Shipyard has ready-made ones, and they can be used after cleaning.

However, the purchase of white paper has encountered some troubles.In two hours, Abin swept through the paper stores in San Francisco and searched all the warehouses, but only found less than one ton of white paper.It was far from the tens of tons that Long Hao requested.

Fortunately, Abin has already contacted several paper mills in nearby cities through Hongmen's network and the "government" of San Francisco. At the latest, the day after tomorrow, he can make up ten tons of white paper.

It is enough to meet Long Hao's start-up needs.

What Abin reported was good news, Long Hao listened to it.With a happy face, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, the meeting is over, it's getting late, everyone should step up their preparations according to the meeting's discussion after returning... I won't care about the meal tonight, haha, what do you understand , you can come to the shipyard anytime and ask me... By the way, Uncle Hong. Please go slowly, I have something to say to you!"

At the end of Hong Zai's promise to stay, Rong Shangqin took a sour look at the Seventh Young Master of the Hong family, muttering in his stomach: female family members of the right age, climbing dragons and phoenixes... Then he also left the meeting room with the large army.

Hong Zaimo said: "Young master, what's the matter?"

Long Hao fiddled with his fingers, waited for a while, and then suddenly raised his head and said, "Uncle, what is the combat effectiveness of your navy?"

Hong Zaimo was slightly taken aback.But he immediately replied: "Young master, naval training is no better than infantry training. I started training from the beginning, and the days are still short... About now, I can barely go to sea!"

"Oh!"

Long Hao asked again: "Can you 'drive' the boat for a long voyage?"

Hong Zaimo replied: "Yes, thanks to the training ship provided by Kunpeng, a month ago, several short-distance trainings have been carried out."

The short-distance training that Hong Zaimo refers to.It is to let the sailors drive the training ship out of the harbor, and conduct naval combat exercises such as chasing, lining up, turning, and shelling within a range of [-] nautical miles west of San Francisco.

The reason for the short distance is that the sailors are still young and cannot adapt to the ever-changing climate on the ocean.Because the navy that Hong Zaimo was working on was considered an 'illegal organization', if it was too far away from the radiation circle of San Francisco, it would be easy for someone with a heart to seize it and take the opportunity to attack.

For example, the U.S. Navy has been staring at San Francisco like a hawk... If Hong Zaimo dared to sail a hundred nautical miles, they would never mind dispatching a few cruisers to feed Hong Zaimo's "three black ships" with a few large-caliber Cannon.

Long Hao knocked on the table, thought for a while, and asked: "Uncle, if I want your navy to go out to fight for me now, can you do it? With the current personnel, how many training ships can you mobilize?" ship?" [

"Battle?!"

Hong Zaimo was shocked, and blurted out: "Who are you fighting with? Young master, have you received the news that someone is going to deal with us?"

Hong Men's news is very well-informed, the US "government" is paying more and more attention to San Francisco, and the US Navy has ill intentions towards San Francisco port, Hong Zaimo is well aware of it.

However, it is normal to say that the atmosphere is tense and the clouds are dense, but if it is said that there is an external force coming to attack majesticly now, he will be the first to not believe it!

I didn't rebel, so why should the United States beat me?Is there water in your head?

"Don't be nervous, it's not that someone is going to attack us, but I'm going to send troops to fight people!" Long Hao smiled.

"Who?"

Hearing this, Hong Zaimo quickly calculated in his mind that the map around San Francisco was like a searchlight in the sky, with the circle of light from east to west, from north to south... south?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Hong Zaimo's mind, and he recalled a piece of information, and unconsciously blurted out: "Could it be... a subordination?"

Long Hao clapped his hands and said: "That's right, it's Lower Alaska! Viscount Savy has sent back the news that President Diaz of Mexico finally agreed to lease the Lower Alaska to Spain. But I heard that there are still some indigenous people living in Lower Alaska. The folk customs are tough, so you need your navy and some American and foreign infantry to go and clean up, to help us settle down, develop Xiajia, and remove obstacles..."

That's right, with the evolution of the war situation in Mexico, Diaz has let go and agreed to lease the Xiajia land that Long Hao coveted for a long time to Spain.

Nominally, the lessee is Spain, but with Viscount Savy in the middle, the 'traitor', the actual owner of this sizable piece of land is of course Long Hao!

Long Hao called Hong Zaimo to find him a job.

It would be a lie to say that Long Hao, the sailor trained by Hong Zaimo, didn't care at all. Taking advantage of this opportunity to join the Southern Expedition, this 'rookie navy' can be taken under his account.

And from another aspect, this expedition also has a lot of benefits for this rookie navy. First, it has enriched the actual combat experience, and second, their ships also need to be too far away from the coast. They can completely follow the west coast of the United States. Going south, cooperating with the infantry, sweeping the Xiajia West Bank, which has no defense capabilities, is simply a risk-free mode of spawning monsters.

After hearing Long Hao's idea, Hong Zaimo's eyes brightened.

honestly.He didn't care at all that the navy he had trained was assigned to Long Hao's account by taking this opportunity.Hong Zaimo had no ambitions. The training of the navy was originally for the Longlin Navy as a reserve team. Long Hao's heart and Long Bo's worries were all based on the heart of a villain.

Of course, Hong Zaimo didn't care, but he also knew in his heart that his wanton training of sailors had aroused the fear of some people headed by Long Bo.He had already offended Long Bo by refusing to hand over some unformed rookie sailors to the Dragon Scale Navy which was in Hong Kong the last two times. This time he went to join the expedition is a good opportunity to justifiably hand over the navy to Long Hao , so as not to increase suspicion and cause grievances between Weng and son-in-law.

Due to the above reasons, Hong Zaimo agreed with Nan Zheng Xiajia all the way, but after he was happy, he rubbed his forehead in annoyance.Said: "Young master, it's okay to go on an expedition. If those recruits still have problems sailing in the sea, they can feed the fish... But, our ships are all training ships, and the firepower is not enough. Well, it is close to nothing!"

Hong Zaimo is telling the truth.The 8 training ships used by his navy for daily training do not have permanent firepower devices on them (the old Stevenson can cover the sky with one hand. It also cannot prevent the US Navy from routinely inspecting ships docked in ports and installing fixed artillery on the training ships , that is self-inflicted confiscation, self-destruction), the detachable artillery will only be installed when sailing to a safe area during short-distance training.Hit a few hollows to practice accurate head and pass dry addiction.

The caliber of the detachable artillery is naturally small, and the small caliber means that the gun is not powerful.

Long Hao commented on this: "Well, this time I brought back a batch of weapons from Europe. Among them are large artillery with a caliber of more than 10 inches. In addition, there are many secondary guns with a diameter of more than 80mm. Uncle Hong, you can choose some to install. Just go to the training ship!" [

10 inches? !

80mm! ?

Hong Zaimo was taken aback, and said: "Such a large caliber, it seems that the main gun of a British battleship is the same size, right? Young master, how did you get it?"

In terms of warship technology, the UK is far ahead of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hong Zaimo does not believe that such a 'taboo' artillery can be given by Joseph I. Could it be Victoria... No, it will not, the British Naval gun technology may be reserved, but it is impossible to spread the main and secondary guns of this caliber before the "refit" of the first-line navy.

Will Long Hao tell Hong Zaimo that these artillery pieces are sponsored by Kalanka?So he chuckled: "Shanren has his own tricks, uncle, go find the pole and ask him to give you these cannons, and then you can ask Kunpeng Shipyard to install these cannons on the training ship...use fixed ones, and wait for it to take over." With the addition, these training ships don't have to come back to be angry with the Yankees."

Xiajia is the industrial base that Long Hao has set up long ago. With Spain's "flag of great powers" that is still relatively effective, and the training ship is parked in Xiajia, he does not believe that the United States, which is "not yet fully prepared", dares to take risks. At the risk of scaring the snake, the navy was sent to attack.

"These cannons are powerful, but the young master..."

When Hong Zaimo saw Long Hao pointing at Heshan vigorously, he couldn't help but smiled bitterly: "The tonnage of the training ship is not enough. With these cannons installed, we are afraid that we will all go to the sea to bathe in one volley!"

"Oh, I was negligent!"

Long Hao slapped his head, stuck out his tongue, and smiled a little embarrassedly.

That's right, the caliber of artillery and the tonnage of ships complement each other. This is common knowledge of the navy.

A battleship with a displacement of less than [-] tons is equipped with a first-class main gun. It is a child playing with a meteor hammer. It is cool to hit it with a hammer, but the result is that it will smash your head when it comes back.

One shot, the counter-impact force will directly overturn the warship with insufficient tonnage!

Too good a weapon is also a trouble, is this the trouble of happiness?

"Smaller caliber artillery seems to exist, but it seems that there are not many, uncle, you can find a pole to count."

Long Hao made amends, but he remembered that Kalanka sent all the top weapons of this era before leaving, and there were really not many small-caliber artillery: "If there are none, I will buy it from a nearby arms dealer. I believe that they will not sell a lot of money? In addition, after the construction of the [-]-ton freighter is completed, the construction of the [-]-ton warship can also be started. At that time, these large-caliber artillery will come in handy..."

The South Expedition will not be completed overnight, nor will it start tomorrow. Long Hao discussed with Hong Zaimo that there is still about a month for the navy to leave the port, which is enough for him to improve the output of firepower.

I heard that the young master plans to build a [-]-ton battleship.Hong Zaimo was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He said that he went to this future son-in-law, didn't he just wait for the day when he could control a battleship and wrestle with the world's powers on the blue ocean?

"Is there enough money?"

While Hong Zaimo was excited, he did not forget to take care of his future son-in-law's pocketbook.

It is said that it costs millions of pounds to build a battleship, totaling 600 to [-] million U.S. dollars.And the subsequent maintenance, training, and supply costs are even more astronomical.

Hong Zaimo couldn't help worrying about the consumption of this level.

Yes, Master Long has the hen that lays golden eggs, the Azhou Gold Mine, but the burden of Huaxia Town is also heavy, and the expenses of other industries are also high. Can he afford to rebuild the battleship?

Even if it can be tolerated, will the construction of one or two battleships be started?

What about the rationed cruisers and torpedo ships?

Is it standard configuration in accordance with world naval practice?Or is it simple?Or... unworthy?

Hong Zaimo's mood at this moment.Just like the rich second generation who went to the 4S shop to buy a car with my father, the rich dad promised to buy a sports car, but the difference between the deluxe version and the regular version is more than 100 million!

"money?"

Long Hao wanted to laugh a little bit. Apart from other things, the 15 billion pounds that Kakapoulos gave him was enough to build a new ocean fleet.

Well, even though 5 million of it was given to Joseph I to go to war, Long Hao still had a check of [-] million in his pocket.There is no installment limit for this check, as long as Long Hao wants it.It can be taken out at any time to 'smash' Hong Zaimo.

"Money is not a problem, uncle, as long as you prove that your navy is a qualified and capable force, four battleships are my minimum guarantee!"

Long Hao raised four fingers.

"4 ships!"

Hong Zaimo's breathing became more rapid, he turned around and left a little impatiently.He was about to rush back to Beigang to train those new recruits. He had already decided that if anyone dared to delay the process of going to the south, he swore that he would be soaked in the sea area where most sharks appeared!

"Uncle Hong, don't worry. I haven't finished yet!"

Unexpectedly, the battleship would be so attractive to Hong Zaimo, Long Hao smiled wryly, and hurriedly called the future father-in-law.

What if he knew that after building 4 battleships, he didn't plan to build them again...

"Young Master, what else do you want? Say it, say it!"

Hong Zaimo reluctantly stopped, he was in a hurry to find Long Ganruo to choose artillery for the training ship!

The sooner you lay down the next addition, the sooner you can start building battleships!

"This time the Southern Expedition will be added. The enemy is an uncivilized native. The difficulty of winning is close to zero. Therefore, I hope that the uncle will discuss with the American and Western infantry, practice while fighting, and use fighting instead of training to develop a set of sea and land coordination. The way of fighting, everyone is a brother army, some credits can be given away, don't grab it randomly..."

Long Hao's words are a reminder to Hong Zaimo that before going out for the expedition, he should communicate more with the American Army under Gao Tianyang's temporary command, discuss the timing of sending troops, and clarify the division of labor between them, so as not to cause unnecessary troubles just to grab credit. Dragon event.

"I can save this!"

Hong Zaimo's heart shuddered, knowing that Long Hao was reminding himself not to be too greedy for his own merits, so as not to be envied by others.

After Hong Zaimo went out, another thought flashed in his mind: Going to Alaska, does this mean that he has fulfilled the agreement with his father and truly owned his own territory?Hey, I also blame my father for being indecisive and indecisive. He is clearly optimistic about Long Hao, but he insists on restraining himself with some agreement. Now some people in the Hongmen see that Young Master Long's business is booming, and they have evil thoughts again...

Just as Hong Zaimo was worried, due to Hong Tianzhu's covenant with Long Hao, Hongmen did not cooperate closely with Huaxia Town. , making money every day, as Carnegie, the steel magnate, brought his dry rations and bedding to join him, smelting steel, and as the U.S. foreign army with the emperor's orders frequently achieved success in Mexico, their reputation was greatly improved. Some people in the Hongmen , and moved the ghostly mind of waiting for an opportunity to invade and stealthily nibble away.

Of course, these are also things to talk about, so I won’t show them for now.

When Hong Zaimo left, Rong Shangqin, who had been guarding the door all the time, came in. He just saw Hong Zaimo's expression when he left: happy and worried, eyebrows fluttering, shaking his head and sighing. His IQ was also confused, and he couldn't guess what secret Long Hao and Hong Zaimo had discussed for a while.

"Master, do you want to eat?"

Rong Shangqin asked with a smile.

"Yongshen, is your throat blocked?"

To Rong Shangqin's probing words, Long Hao's heart was as clear as a mirror, and he replied with a smile: "If mediocrity can eat, I will eat and talk with you."

"Uh, hehe, I'd better have some porridge."

Rong Shangqin stroked his neck and said embarrassingly.

"Porridge is porridge, Da Niu, ask the cook to cook a pot of good porridge, with fermented bean curd and wild vegetables, and Yongshen and I will taste it slowly!"

Outside the door, Daniel sang loudly: "Okay!"

Not long after, gruel and pickled fermented bean curd were brought up, shielding the left and right, Long Hao picked up a spoonful of rice porridge, tasted it and said with a smile: "Yongshen, your few happy events must be overwhelmed soon. Well, here, now it's only you and me, we can talk!"

"Hehe, yes, yes!"

Rong Shangqin, who had seen through his mind, was somewhat embarrassed, and hurriedly swallowed a spoonful of porridge, but forgot to cool it down, which made his newly injured throat unlucky again. (To be continued..)

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