Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 214 New Year's Surprise

The design blueprint of the aircraft carrier that Su Yi brought back from the Han Kingdom was purchased by clone soldiers at a high price from the Kingdom of Erru, one of the three most powerful countries in the world. Design drawings of a 30-ton light aircraft carrier.

Su Yi transported a lot of gold from the Tang Empire to the Han Kingdom through the Stargate, so the clone soldiers sent to collect all kinds of science and technology did not lack funds.

The currency used by the Han Kingdom is Han Yuan. Originally, in the territory of the Han Kingdom, one gram of gold was worth about 180 Han Yuan. The price of gold in the territory continued to soar. When Su Yi entered the Han Kingdom, the price of gold had reached [-] Han Yuan per gram.

In this way, a ton of gold is worth almost 5000 million Chinese yuan, and the clone soldiers bought the outdated light aircraft carrier design drawings and spent [-] million Goth coins, which is equivalent to [-] million Chinese yuan or a ton of gold.

Gothic currency is the currency of the Gothic Kingdom, and it is also the currency used internationally in this world. Before the Gothic Kingdom and the Han Kingdom fought, the exchange rate between the Gothic currency and the Chinese Yuan was maintained at about [-]:[-] for a long time, but affected by the war Affected by this, the Chinese yuan depreciated significantly, and now the exchange rate between Gothic coins and Chinese yuan has become one to eight.

The Han Kingdom needs to compensate the Gothic Kingdom for war reparations of 6000 tons of gold. According to the current gold price, it is 1669 trillion Chinese yuan. You must know that the gross national product of the Han Kingdom in [-] in the Han calendar was only [-] trillion Chinese yuan. A little more.

And because the Han Kingdom couldn’t take out 20 tons of gold to compensate the Gothic Kingdom at once, it could only pay in installments every year, and pay it off in [-] years, which made the Han Kingdom need to pay a large sum of money to the Gothic Kingdom every year Interest, and ultimately the war reparations from the Han Kingdom to the Gothic Kingdom will be far more than [-] tons of gold.

Su Yi felt dissatisfied with only getting a design drawing of a light aircraft carrier, not to mention that it was a design more than 30 years ago, so Su Yi asked the clone soldiers to get as much as possible a more advanced design drawing of an aircraft carrier. Money is not a problem.

And after 36 Zhenyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and 36 Dingyuan-class battlecruisers joined the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire, the various shipyards of the Datang Empire suddenly vacated 72 docks with a capacity of more than [-] tons.

Because the design of the aircraft carrier has not been completed, Su Yi ordered the shipyards of the Datang Empire to build another batch of super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers.

Even if the aircraft carrier is built, battleships will still play an irreplaceable role in naval battles in a short period of time, so Su Yi doesn't mind building more super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, forcing other naval powers to compete in super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers. On the top of the cruiser, invest more resources.

The super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers built this time will use 406 mm main guns, and according to Su Yi's order, 36 super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers will be built at the same time.

According to the design of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, the super dreadnought battleship with five double-mounted 45-caliber 406mm main guns is named the Jingyuan class, with a full-load displacement of 47500 tons and a maximum design speed of 25 knots. The battlecruiser equipped with a 45-caliber 406mm main gun is named the Zhiyuan class, with a maximum design speed of 31 knots.

Later, Su Yi saw the naval powers of Yingluoba, Sharad, Noomi, etc., and went all out to build super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers. , and ordered the shipyards of the Tang Empire to rebuild or build a new batch of large shipyards, and added twelve Dingyuan-class ships, twelve Dingyuan-class ships, twelve Jingyuan-class ships and twelve Dingyuan-class ships to these shipyards. A far-reaching order.

In this way, the Datang Empire, like the Yingluoba Empire, will build 120 capital ships at the same time in the country.

However, there are countries crazier than the Tang Empire and the Yingluoba Empire. The Noomi Empire is planning to start building 72 super dreadnought battleships and 72 battlecruisers at the same time.

The Sharad Empire is not far behind, and plans to build 54 super dreadnought battleships and 54 battlecruisers at the same time.

The Monia Imperial Navy, which suffered heavy losses in the war, was not abandoned by the other major naval powers. Using the 40 billion lari provided by the Monia royal family, it also formulated a huge reconstruction plan to prepare for the war. Build fifty Fantasy-class Super Dreadnoughts with 381mm guns and fifty Tornado-class battlecruisers with 381mm guns.

Like the Jisk Empire, the Rilland Empire, and the Orensa Empire, although they are also working hard to build super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers, these three countries are limited by funding issues, and their investment in the naval arms race has already been compared with that of the big ones. Tang, Yingluoba, Noomi, Sharad, and Monia widened the gap.

In the face of the crazy naval arms race of the world's major powers, people of insight from all over the world are worried, calling on the major powers to stop the naval arms race, and not let this naval arms race become the trigger for the next world war search.

It is a pity that several major powers, including the Tang Empire, simply ignored the voices calling for the cessation of the naval arms race. While frantically building capital ships, a larger number of other types of warships were also built in many small and medium-sized shipyards in various countries. Work started in the dock.

On the evening of January 1671, 3015 in the Han calendar, Su Yi’s figure appeared in the world on the side of the Han Kingdom, and the time in the other world was the afternoon of May [-], [-] in the Tang calendar. If you don’t look at the time , The difference between the two worlds is four months.

Now the location where Su Yi crossed over is no longer in the mountainous area between Tianhuang County and Changting County in Dongchang County. Yi took some clone soldiers and left the mountain in disguise.

Later, Su Yi used the funds exchanged for gold to buy a villa covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters in Dongchang City, the prefecture of Dongchang County. The county towns under its jurisdiction have acquired more than a dozen jewelry stores, becoming the largest jeweler in Dongchang County.

As for the gold and silver jewelry and all kinds of gemstones sold in these jewelry stores, they were all brought over by Su Yi from the Tang Empire.

What makes Su Yi more happy is that the emotional intelligence of clone soldiers is no different from that of ordinary people, and their learning ability is even better than ordinary people. At present, the managers of more than a dozen jewelry stores are all clone soldiers.

Su Yi opened the interstellar gate, and when he came to the basement of the villa in Dongchang City, he showed a surprised expression.

It turns out that due to the influence of time and space turbulence, the system is independent of each other in the two worlds. Therefore, in the world where the Han Kingdom is located, when the new year begins, the system also has a New Year gift package for Su Yi. This New Year gift package It contains a Diamond Chest and a Gold Chest.

Unexpectedly, there was such a surprise waiting for him, Su Yi rubbed his hands together, and opened the golden treasure box first, and then two new cards appeared in the item warehouse.

Navy-type battle clones (unit price 1000 million RMB, purchase limit 5000 per month).

Air Force combat clones (unit price 5000 million RMB, purchase limit 200 per month).

Seeing these two new cards, Su Yi's eyes lit up. You must know that he can have F-15 fighter jets, F-16 fighter jets, Burke-class guided missile destroyers, Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers and Kitty Hawk-class Aircraft carrier, now with naval and air force combat clones, Su Yi can immediately set up his own navy and air force in this world.

However, after thinking about the current situation in the Han Kingdom, Su Yi felt that it was still impossible to extract the fighter jets and warships for the time being. Now Su Yi's world here can be said to have no foundation, and Su Yi is still very clear about the reason why he is guilty. of.

Next, Su Yi opened the diamond treasure box, and a total of seven cards were opened.

Heavy oil (unit price 1500 RMB/barrel, monthly purchase limit of [-] million barrels).

Diesel (unit price 1400 RMB/barrel, monthly purchase limit of [-] million barrels).

Gasoline (unit price 1200 RMB/barrel, monthly purchase limit of [-] million barrels).

Crude oil (unit price RMB 500/barrel, monthly purchase limit of one billion barrels).

Anthracite (unit price RMB 600/ton, purchase limit of one billion tons per month).

Rice (unit price RMB 5000/ton, purchase limit 3000 million tons per month).

Flour (unit price RMB 5000/ton, purchase limit 3000 million tons per month).

Su Yi saw the seven cards drawn from the diamond treasure chest, and felt that he would never be short of money in the world on the side of the Han Kingdom in the future.

After Su Yi came out from the basement, he came to the living room of the villa. At this time, Xiao Wenzhong, the clone appointed by Su Yi as the housekeeper, hurried up to greet him, "Master, you are back, do you want someone to prepare dinner immediately?"

The time difference between the two worlds is four hours a day. It was after one o'clock in the afternoon when Su Yi left the Tang Empire, while it was already after five o'clock in the evening in the Han Kingdom.

The housekeeper Xiao Wenzhong was selected by Su Yi from a large group of clone soldiers. After Su Yi returned to the world on the side of the Tang Empire, Xiao Wenzhong was in charge of everything in the world on the side of the Han Kingdom. Xiao Wenzhong lived up to Su Yi's entrustment and managed everything in an orderly manner.

Originally, the clone soldiers called Su Yi the commander, but after entering Dongchang City, in order to deceive others, Su Yi asked the clone soldiers under his command to call themselves young masters.

Su Yi waved his hand and said, "I'm not hungry now. Is there anything going on in the few days I haven't been here?"

The housekeeper Xiao Wenzhong immediately took out a small notebook, "Master, three days ago, the Gothic Kingdom announced that it would once again withdraw 30 troops from the Han Kingdom and close more than 80 military bases. The number of troops stationed in the Han Kingdom will be reduced to 25, and the number of military bases will also be reduced to less than fifty."

Su Yi curled his lips and said: "The Gothic Kingdom invaded the Han Kingdom this time, but the brains are full of fat. The war reparations alone cost 20 tons of gold. If the high interest paid by the Han Kingdom for [-] years is added, the Han Kingdom will finally die." It is equivalent to losing [-] tons of gold to the Gothic Kingdom, and it is time to get out as soon as possible, anyway, the Gothic Kingdom has got what it deserves, and according to the current situation of the Han Kingdom, it is impossible to escape the control of the Gothic Kingdom."

In May of 1670 in the Han calendar, after the Gothic army launched a nationwide large-scale siege against the rebels in various parts of the Han Kingdom, the Gothic army accelerated the pace of withdrawal from the Han Kingdom. By the Han calendar 1670 At the end of the year, the Gothic Kingdom's garrison in the Han Kingdom dropped from more than 300 million at its peak to 55.

Butler Xiao Wenzhong said: "Master, according to the media reports of the Gothic Kingdom, as of the end of last year, the Gothic Kingdom has invested more than 500 billion Gothic coins in military expenditures in this war with the Han Kingdom. It put the Gothic Kingdom under a lot of financial pressure, which should be one of the reasons for the large-scale withdrawal of the Gothic army from the Han Kingdom."

Su Yi nodded slightly, and asked the housekeeper Xiao Wenzhong: "How is the situation of the rebels?"

Housekeeper Xiao Wenzhong said: "Because the royal family of the Han Kingdom personally persuaded them to surrender, most of the rebels in the Han Kingdom chose to surrender to the local defense forces. The king withstood the pressure of the Gothic Kingdom, declared his patriotism innocent, and did not liquidate the members of the rebel army, and even many officers and soldiers of the rebel army were secretly incorporated into the new national defense force."

Su Yi sighed and said: "It's no wonder that the royal family of the Han Dynasty can still get the support of the people after signing such a treaty that forfeit power and humiliates the country. The reason of patriotism and innocence makes people feel a little emotional. If it weren't for the Han Kingdom The military strength of the Gothic Kingdom is far worse than that of the Gothic Kingdom, so it should not be defeated so easily."

The housekeeper Xiao Wenzhong then looked at the small notebook in his hand, and then said: "Master, the personnel we sent out to collect all kinds of science and technology have sent back more than a dozen documents in the past few days, including two A full set of design drawings of the first-generation main battle tank, and even the design drawings of the engines on the two tanks."

"Which country are those two first-generation main battle tanks from?"

"Master, these are two first-generation main battle tanks equipped by the Army of the Kingdom of Nica, and these two first-generation main battle tanks are still serving in the army of the Kingdom of Nica."

"How is the progress of the design drawings of the large aircraft carrier?"

Steward Xiao Wenzhong shook his head and said, "Young master, there are only seven countries that have the ability to manufacture aircraft carriers. These seven countries have kept the design drawings of aircraft carriers strictly confidential. Last time we were able to buy a light aircraft carrier made more than 30 years ago. The aircraft carrier design drawings are already a coincidence, and the design drawings of large aircraft carriers are really too difficult to get."

(End of this chapter)