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Volume 2: The Blue Wisps on the Road to Open up the Mountains and Forests Chapter 888: Hundreds of Ships and Tens of Thousands of Guns (Part 2)

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    After settling Seward with benefits, YangMeng left several big figures in Europe and America and left the embassy with his own bodyguards. Needless to say, the next thing that the four countries, Britain, France, and Germany will discuss must be how to curb their own rise.  The rise of a country or a nation is unstoppable. It's just a matter of time. All Britain, France and Germany can do is to contain and block. As for the means of containing and blocking, it seems now that war is impossible, only treaties are.  There is a big difference between being active and passive when entering the international system. If Yang Meng takes the initiative to enter this system, he can only follow the rules in this system. If he enters passively, then there is a problem. Yang Meng has the power to make rules.  He has to get what he wants. Asian rules are decided by him. European and American rules are decided by everyone. This is Yang Meng¡¯s request. As long as the European and American world cannot meet his request, then they can break up and play their own way.  See which one bows in the end.  After leaving the embassy, ??YangMeng immediately rushed to the Guangzhou Shipyard in Huangpu. This is the foundation for standing up internationally. Without these, it will only be blocked by Europe and the United States.  "Third Master, I haven't seen you for a long time. Your momentum is getting stronger and stronger! It is said that the ancients are sincere and don't deceive me when they say that the Qi of the living body nourishes the body of the moving body!" Walking into the Guangzhou Shipyard, Ding Taichen was the first to come to him. After a few years of separation, Yang  The family has reached its present state, and when thinking of this, Butler Ding feels very sad.  "Haha You are not the same. Now, Mr. Ding, who stomps his feet and shakes the whole Jiangnan and shakes the whole Qing Dynasty, is famous all over the world!" Ding Taichen is the only one who can talk to Yang Meng head-on. Xu Ziwei is just a  It's just a role for entertainment, and the person in front of him can be regarded as the golden beam in Yang Meng's hands.  "Let's not talk about this anymore. Third Master is here, but for the armored ship?" After exchanging flattery, Ding Taichen knew that now was the critical moment.  After calming down the joy in his heart, he solemnly got down to business.  "This is the key. How are you doing?" Yang Meng also straightened his expression.  One hundred ships a year is considered a miracle!  I just don¡¯t know how amazing this miracle is.  "One hundred iron-clad ships. All of them can go to sea. However, there are only thirty turrets on this ship. In other words, we only have fifteen iron-clad ships in hand that can be pulled out for sea battles, and the remaining eighty-five  , all of them are fake, and the turrets are completely made of pine wood and painted black. The decks of sixty of them are not yet completed. If they don't use cannons, they will be a hundred ironclads. If they are serious, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on.  "Na!" Faced with his third master's inquiry, Ding Taichen also revealed the truth that was not reported in the telegram. These hundred armored ships were useless!  Looking at the third master with a wry smile, Ding Taichen also hoped that the head of the Yang family would give him a direction.  "Well! I'm sorry for you, it's not easy! Taichen, around Guangzhou. How many artillery pieces do we have? Can the pine cannon on the armored ship be used?" Since the naval gun can't be used, Yang Meng can only find it.  foil.  Back then, he deployed thousands of large and small artillery pieces near the Guangzhou Pier. Together with the artillery pieces from surrounding forts, there should be between three and five thousand artillery pieces near Guangzhou.  "This pine cannon has been soaked with water, but it can be loaded with one shell. As for the artillery around Guangzhou, it should have exceeded 10,000. For the specific number, you need to look at the account book below." The pine cannon is available.  What YangMeng didn't expect was that the pine cannon on the armored ship was just a decoration.  I didn¡¯t expect this thing to actually work!  "That's even better! Let me know below, after three days. Thousands of cannons will fire near Guangzhou. As for the pine cannon on the armored ship, how many shots can the empty cannon fire?"  , the next thing to see is the distinguishing ability of the European envoys. Even though they are miles away, these white-skinned monkeys cannot tell what is true or false.  "If it's an empty gun, it shouldn't be a big deal if it's more than ten or twenty times!" "That's good, let's arrange it! One gun for each of the main and secondary guns of the ironclad ship. After three days, hundreds of ships will fire thousands of guns. I want to  Those white-skinned monkeys were stunned by this! I¡¯m going to inform you that if anyone loses my face, I¡¯ll kill them without asking any questions.¡±  There is no ambiguity here. If the scene three days later is performed badly, the European countries that were suppressed before will think that the Qing Dynasty is vulnerable. Although this is somewhat close to reality, it is a family scandal.  Yang Meng really didn't want to do such a stupid thing, not to be publicized, to use the power of one country to fight against the world. Even if he succeeded in doing such a thing, I'm afraid his family would be on the verge of death due to overwork, so why bother?  ?  Now that the ironclad ship matter was settled, YangMeng was no longer anxious. He took Ding Taichen back to his old house and started talking about it.?Yang Meng didn't even care about the future blueprint and the peace talks led by Li Hongzhang. If he didn't want the European countries to witness the signing of the boundary demarcation treaty, he wouldn't have accepted this so-called mediation negotiation!  A big country should be domineering and arrogant. Although the Qing Dynasty today has little foundation, it can fight a war of attrition for one or two years against the whole of Europe. With such confidence, it will be like facing a pile of loose sand.  The European countries are not domineering and arrogant, but it seems that Yang Meng's side lacks confidence.  The future, blueprint, and hope are all huge. Yang Meng and Ding Taichen talked for three days, covering too many aspects, which always makes people feel a deep sense of powerlessness. The country is too big, with too many people, and having to do everything by hand is exhausting.  Na!  "Taichen, when the new dynasty is established, you will be the prime minister. I'd better retire! There are too many bad things to do, and I can't do it anymore!" The third master, who was in the prime of his life, said these words. In Ding Taichen's opinion, it was not  It is not surprising that the third master of my family has shouldered the pillars of the Yang family without being as good as the weak crown. It is not easy to get to this point!  "Third Master, the prime minister of the new dynasty, Zeng Disheng will have to work for a few more years! I'm afraid many people will be disappointed if our manpower comes directly!"  How shocked! " "One's words and dictatorship have to give in sometimes. After listening to Ding Taichen's words, Yang Meng rubbed his eyebrows and could only let go of something. Today is the first step for China to enter the international stage. Such a grand event  Still want to be happy.  The mighty inland river gunboat fleet carried members of the European mission from Guangzhou Port in the early morning, and a group of officials from the Qing Dynasty, and headed straight for the five-nation shipyard at the Pearl River Estuary.  Today's Five Kingdoms Shipyard has been built into a Haikou fortress by Ding Taichen. Under the city wall, which is three feet high and one foot wide and dozens of miles long, is a large shipyard with more than a hundred people. It is by no means the number one shipyard in the world.  It's a waste of money.  Thousands of people stood on the city wall that was dozens of miles long, and many people were filled with emotion. With the fortress-like shipyards and hundreds of large shipyards, the ambition of the Qing Dynasty was clearly revealed!  The Qing Dynasty did not give the European envoys much time to express their feelings. After the personnel were in place, starting from Guangzhou Port, the rumbling sound of cannons rang out one after another. The forts along the way also joined the ranks one by one. In just a quarter of an hour,  , looking towards Guangzhou Port from the Pearl River Estuary where the Five Kingdoms Shipyard is located, it is already a cloud.  Finally, there was the sound of cannons from the Humen Fort and the Five Kingdoms Shipyards. After the rumbling sound of cannons for about half an hour, there were waves of whistles from the Pearl River Estuary.  "Steam battleship!" "Iron-shelled battleship!" "Iron-armored battleship!"  Different names were shouted from the mouths of European envoys, but they were equally shocking. The first-tier iron-clad battleships were displayed.  It was the posture of two dragons coming out of the water. The twenty ironclad warships all looked like sailing ships with many masts. Behind the warships, there was a huge chimney pulled up by several wire ropes. The thick black smoke, accompanied by the shrill whistle, filled the whole ship.  The fleet looked particularly ferocious.  The armored fleet sailed through the waters where the five countries' shipyards were located, and fired its main and secondary guns in sequence. White water vapor, gray gunpowder smoke, and black soot were mixed into one under the influence of the shock wave, quite like a pair of dragons going to sea.  Casual posture.  The first echelon of ironclads has not yet sailed out of the five countries' shipyards, and the twenty ironclads of the second echelon have disrupted the thoughts of the European envoys.  "Sailless battleship!" This time the exclamation was somewhat uniform. After staring at the second echelon of armored ships passing by their sight, the European envoys looked at each other. When did the Qing Dynasty have such a huge navy?  The third and fourth echelons did not cause exclamations again because of the shock of the European and American envoys, but the fifth echelon battleship in the finale dispelled the last trace of illusions of the European and American envoys.  "First-class steam battleship!" This sound came from the British envoy. Twenty first-class battleships with a displacement of more than 5,000 tons. Even if the British Empire built them, it would take up to four or five years to evaporate from the sea.  How long after the war?  The Qing Dynasty built twenty first-class steam battleships in one go, which was definitely a symbol of national strength. Many European countries could build steam ironclads with a displacement of one to two thousand tons, but first-class and second-class battleships with a displacement of more than three thousand tons.  There is a technical threshold, and the technical threshold for armored battleships is undoubtedly higher. This means that the shipbuilding technology of the Qing Dynasty is not inferior to European powers such as Britain and France.  Faced with such a Qing Dynasty, do you still want to have a naval battle?  Listening to the exclamations from the British envoys, the representatives of the small European countries looked at the British and French camps with somewhat thought-provoking expressions  Previously, Britain and France collaborated to invade the Qing Dynasty. The British and French forces burned down the five estates of the Qing royal family. After the failure of the first war, Britain and France roped in Tsarist Russia to join the war. The result was another complete defeat, and Tsarist Russia was also given up by the angry Qing Dynasty.  After being dismembered, this time Britain and France proposed to unite the whole of Europe and launch a naval war against the Qing Dynasty. Which one are they trying to deceive?  Looking at the distrustful eyes around them, the three big figures from Britain, France and Germany also turned pale. Duke Yang of the Qing Dynasty was too troublesome. As soon as this drama was played, the European Naval Alliance basically collapsed.  It seems that Tsarist Russia needs to think carefully about this.  (To be continued)r655?¡­
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