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Volume 1 524 Haiquan has been refitted

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    This area is located between China and the South Asian subcontinent, bounded by the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca to the west, and the Pacific Ocean to the east. This area is too vast.  It's almost impossible to swallow it all in one go.  Although the small countries on the Indochina Peninsula are not very powerful in terms of military force, and their technological level is world-class compared to Australia; although Blackwater has dispatched two thousand mercenaries, Zheng Zhilong has more than 20,000 mercenaries in total but  Poor geographical conditions will negate all the advantages.  If you act rashly, you will likely repeat the same mistakes you made in time and space.

    As for opening the country, it¡¯s easy.  The successful actions of Portugal and the Netherlands, two allies, have set a good example for Australia.  McClan only needs to command the hired armed merchant ships to march from port to port, believing that the monkeys will make the wisest choice under the threat of the giant ship's cannon.  Then McClane can calmly dump the hoarded goods, exchange them for real money, repay bank loans, and use the profits to expand Black Water just like all capitalists, although McClane himself is a drug dealer.  [com]

    Shi Wenbo shrugged, indicating that the matter had nothing to do with him.  Then he turned his head to Shen Chen, who was sitting on the single sofa and was concentrating on reading a copy of the Ming Dynasty newspaper.  Scratching his head, he finally asked tentatively: "How is the expansion of HSBC?"

    "The same thing -" Shen Chen replied without raising his head: "-there is a shortage of talents, so the bank can only make its own blood. Therefore, the expansion speed is very slow."

    In fact, HSBC¡¯s expansion speed is definitely not as slow as Shen Chen said.  On the contrary, in just six months, HSBC has rapidly expanded from four branches to eleven.  Except for two in Guangzhou and Fuzhou, the rest are all near Gyeonggi.  In other words, HSBC covers almost half of the Nanming area controlled by Ma Shiying.  But Shen Chen is still dissatisfied with such a destination, and he deeply hates the poor talent pool in this era.  The female accountant who changed her career to become a financier is determined to have HSBC branches spread throughout the areas controlled by the Nanming government by the end of next year at least to the prefectural level.  Then there are the states and counties.

    ??And Shen Chen has not been idle during this period. Recently, she has frequently visited the area covered by the Shangjiu Astronomy Point in Nanming Hubu, and HSBC Bank distributes her salary on its behalf.  Her most important job was to convince the Minister of Household Affairs of Nanming that each piece of 'waste paper' printed by HSBC Bank could indeed be exchanged for between one hundred and one hundred and fifteen pieces of 'Hongguang Tongbao'.

    The poor Hubu Shangshu couldn't turn around. Even if Shen Chen opened his mouth like a lotus flower and used a lot of facts to prove how reliable the food stamps were, the Hubu Shangshu would shake his head like a rattle whenever he thought about the treasure notes.  Secretly, I had long believed that Shen Chen was coming with nothing.

    After lobbying for almost a week, the Minister of Household Affairs refused to let go.  Then Shen Chen discovered that he had made a mistake. The Minister of Household Affairs was Ma Shiying's son-in-law, and he had no idea at all.  As long as Ma Shiying doesn't nod, even if he persuades the Minister of Hubu, it will be useless; as long as Ma Shiying nods, it will be useless no matter how much the Minister of Hubu objects.  Then starting yesterday, Shen Chen frequently visited Ma Shiying, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, in the name of economic adviser to the National Development and Reform Commission.  She didn't need to say anything more, she just needed to prove that one hundred taels of silver notes could indeed buy arms worth one hundred taels from Australia.  It seems that the progress is pretty good so far. The only trouble is that Ma Shiying seems to be very interested in bank operations. This morning, he even proposed to send some officials from the Account Department to HSBC Bank for on-site inspection See, that means he plans to establish Ming's own bank.  bank.

    But this is just a small problem.  Shen Chen could reserve the details of bank operations and teach them to the Ming Dynasty's bureaucrats. Then the bureaucrats would be happy and sadly discover that the talent they had could at most open a chain of bank accounts or a pawn shop, but not a bank.  Of course, if Nanming's bureaucrats send a large number of international students to Australia to study finance in a rage, I believe Congress will be happy about it.  With a very different atmosphere from Nanming, super high salary, and more opportunities, I believe that international students in Nanming will hesitate when they graduate whether to realize themselves or go back to build their motherland.

    "This speed is already very fast." Shi Wenbo said with envy.  Everyone knows that opening a bank, especially a bank with the right to issue currency, is equivalent to buying a money printing machine.  From now on, banknotes are just a bunch of numbers to bank owners, and they can go up or down by hundreds of thousands per second.  If this guy Shi Wenbo had the ability to open a bank, he would definitely jump out to share the cake as soon as possible.  It's a pity that this guy was just a futures broker in the past, and he occasionally played a role as a trader. He didn't know why the bank knew what he did.

    In addition to being envious, Shi Wenbo also looked forward to the rapid growth of HSBC.  Because only if the banking industry is developed, his old profession, futures, stocks, etc. will be possible in his lifetime.  Since you can¡¯t open a bank, then become someone who surpasses Soros in this time and space.?Financial giant.

    When Shi Wenbo looked at Shen Chen in confusion, the door suddenly opened.  Military advisor Zhang Wei walked in excitedly, with a mysterious smile on his face: "I have good news, do you want to share it?"

    After successfully attracting the attention of everyone except Shen Chen, Zhang Wei said with a smile: "After the water test, the Navy has completed the acceptance. It is confirmed that the modification of Haiquan was successful!"

    "Has the modification of the Haiquan been completed?" Xiao Baitu suddenly stood up and let out a long breath.

    There was a sudden buzz in the room.

    "Damn it, it's been a year, and the modification is finally completed."

    "Wang Tiechui is too tolerant. If it were me, I would never let that guy You Qi go."

    "What kind of modification has it been like? Oh Is there still a mast? The intelligent sail control has been changed to an electric sail control? Why not cut it all off? There is a row of three turrets on the central axis. It is not a battleship, at least it is a battlecruiser.  ¡­¡±

    "Where's the artillery? Don't tell me it's still the old-fashioned Armstrong. That thing is too backward Oh, it's changed to 105 caliber, and it also uses one-piece artillery shells What are those guys in the military industry doing? Since they can build Krupp, directly  It would be great to get a large-caliber one"

    Amidst the buzz, almost all the time travelers were smiling and high-fiving each other in celebration.  Even Shen Chen, who had been staring at the Di newspaper, pricked up his ears and listened for a long time.

    The modification of the Haiquan has always been of concern to everyone. Whether it is girls or boys, they always ask about it almost every few days.  For no other reason than because the Haiquan is their greatest guarantee of safety in this time and space.

    During the continuous inquiries, everyone knew that the modification of the Haiquan was not smooth sailing.  The first one said that these days there is no electric welding, argon arc welding, acetylene cutting, etc. If you want to dismantle the superstructure of the Haiquan, you have to rely on workers to chip away at it bit by bit.  The superstructure was remodeled and the deck had to be replaced.  The Hai Quan was a civilian ship in the past, and its deck was naturally installed in accordance with civilian standards.  Now that it has been transformed into a warship, a turret needs to be placed on top, so naturally it has to be replaced with a stronger deck.  Otherwise, the deck would collapse before a few shots were fired, and there might be another big explosion or something like that. It would be scary to think about it.

    In order to refine suitable deck steel, Li Shengnan¡¯s steel trust kept experimenting, adjusting the ratio of various raw materials, and also conducted pressure tests after refining.

    The deck needs to be built by yourself, and the same goes for the turret.  The 105mm-caliber Krupp artillery naturally has Qin Wei's military engineers busy with it, but what is worrying is the fort itself.  Without argon arc welding these days, we can¡¯t cast an integrated turret, right?  There is no other way but to take the original route: riveting!

    Thanks to a group of technical experts, Chuanzhong discovered the importance of riveting in the first year. As soon as the shipyard was established, they consciously trained riveting workers.  Starting from small items, until March this year, we finally cultivated a group of riveters who are outstanding in this time and space.  The entire process of modification of the Haiquan has completely become an experimental process for these riveting workers.

    It often takes a lot of effort to rivet a piece together, but when tested, there will always be various problems.  No way, I will start over again later.  That's it. After wasting countless amounts of steel, the riveters got better and better, and only now have they completed the modification of the Sea Power.

    It is said that when the modification of the Haiquan was completed, the big boss of Hollywood, You Qi, made a passionate speech, thanking all the workers in the shipyard, and then said that the successful modification of the Haiquan meant that the shipyard  to a new level.

    This is not a big lie. With such a group of skilled riveting workers, Hollywood can try to build a new type of steel ship and say goodbye to wooden ships!

    Of course, this matter cannot be solved at once.  This depends on how big the steel keel can be made, as well as related technologies such as hydraulic presses, steam forging hammers, etc.  But there is no doubt that the outlook is positive.

    Generally speaking, this is what the modified Haiquan is like.  The smart sail control is gone, and now we can only rely on sailors to monitor and judge the wind direction, and then control the raising and lowering of the sail through electric switches.  The superstructure has been reduced a lot. There are two triple-mounted 105mm turrets in the front and one in the rear. Six 75mm rapid-fire cannons are arranged on both sides of the command tower - real rapid-fire cannons, using integrated shells.

    After the test, the maximum speed under sail was 19 knots, and the maximum speed when the sails were lowered was 18 knots.  At the same time, the oil storage capacity has been increased inside the hull, and the endurance is approaching 14,000 nautical miles.

    "Just this morning, the Haiquan returned to its home port in Zhongnan, ending its eleven-day sea test." Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Then the Haiquan will replenish fuel in Zhongnan, and then head to Manila  Patrolling.¡±

    "Manila?" Shao Bei tapped his knees lightly with his fingers.He raised his eyebrows: "Is that guy Han Xu planning to scare the Spanish envoy?" Ro!  .
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