Naturally, Yelofe didn't know who George Airy was, and he had no interest in knowing. Like all arrogant and self-righteous idiots, he muttered impatiently: "I don't know George Airy.
Your Majesty the Grand Duke, I hope you will stop talking about him and answer my questions immediately!"
Li Xiao ignored Yelofe and asked again: "Colonel Fedinov, do you know about the Nemesis?"
Yelofe became increasingly impatient. He raised his head arrogantly and suggested to Rumyantsev: "Your Excellency, you have seen that Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinovich has always refused to answer my questions.
I keep rambling on and on, this is deliberately evading and delaying time!"
Little Rumyantsev did not disappoint him and immediately warned Li Xiao: "Your Majesty, Grand Duke, please answer Colonel Fedinov's question head-on and stop rambling! Otherwise, I can only end this questioning and announce
…”
Li Xiao sneered: "What are you announcing?"
At this time, little Rumyantsev was stunned. He remembered that there was nothing to announce. Yelofe's accusation was impossible to establish. Even if Yelofe won, Li Xiao could not be held accountable for anything. At most, he would let the other party
The reputation is just damaged.
After thinking about it, Xiao Rumyantsev felt that the damage to his reputation could be regarded as a success, and he was about to use this to warn Li Xiao, but Li Xiao beat him to it again:
"Your Excellency, how could I care about him? Everything I said was answering the stupid and ignorant Colonel Fedinov's question. It's just that he himself was too ignorant to react.
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Yeluofei immediately became furious and said angrily: "That's nonsense, what did you answer? You're just rambling!"
Little Rumyantsev was also very unhappy. He didn't like Li Xiao's attitude of completely ignoring him, and immediately warned: "Your Excellency, please answer the question directly, otherwise I can only agree with Colonel Fedinov's opinion! And again
I am warning you not to insult my naval officer for no reason. This is extremely rude. I can only think that you despise the navy and despise the country..."
Li Xiao spread his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I will tell you soon how stupid and ignorant this Colonel Fedinov is..."
With that, Li Xiao said directly to Ye Luofei: "You don't know George Airy, and you don't know the Nemesis. It's normal, because you don't know anything. If you knew, you wouldn't mention that
Ridiculously ignorant question.”
Then Li Xiao turned directly to the audience and said loudly: "Mr. George Airy was a senior astronomer of the British royal family. In 1837, ten years ago, the British Royal Navy assigned the Rainbow to this gentleman for experiments.
To find a correction method to correct the interference of iron ships on the magnetic compass."
"Mr. George Airy, after careful experiments based on the research of Captain B.J. Johnson of the Royal Navy, successfully found a way to correct the interference. It is simple and very effective!"
As he spoke, Li Xiao turned to Yeluofei, who had already realized that something was wrong, and mocked: "Look, you don't know George Airy. You don't know that your so-called problem was solved ten years ago. How stupid are you?"
So ignorant!"
Then Li Xiao turned to the audience: "As for the Nemesis, this iron-hulled steam ship completed in 1840 applied the research results of Mr. George Airy. It set sail from Birkenhead and crossed most of the world in the year it was built.
Earth traveled to the Far East and participated in a series of attacks against the Qing Dynasty launched by the East India Company, proving with facts that iron-hulled steamships can navigate accurately and reliably across oceans."
Just when the audience thought Li Xiao had finished speaking, he suddenly added: "By the way, the Nemesis is the 28th iron-hulled steamship built by the British Laird Company, and her sister ship Hellfire
River Hao has also applied the corresponding results, and the effect is even better!"
With that said, Li Xiao turned around and bowed slightly to Yelofey and Rumyantsev in a graceful manner, and asked mockingly: "Gentlemen, are you satisfied with my answer?"
The laughter resounded in the auditorium again, this time even louder. The reason was that Lazarev and Bellingshausen took the lead in making noises. With the example of these two big figures, everyone became a little unscrupulous.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Xiao's counterattack was too sharp. He almost openly called Yelofey and Rumyantsev idiots. But they are indeed stupid enough, especially Yelofey, as the main designer of the navy.
, did not know the technological trends of ten years ago, did not know that the unparalleled problem he thought had been overcome long ago, and even regarded it as a treasure, and used it to attack Li Xiao without knowing how high it was.
As a result, he naturally died an ugly death. Why are you beeping at a problem that was solved ten years ago? Before contacting him again, he had falsely claimed that the iron-hulled ship would sink if it was launched into the water, but Li Xiao told him with facts.
The British Laird Company alone built 28 iron-hulled ships.
If the iron-hulled ship really sank after being launched into the water, how many irons would Laird Company have to work tirelessly to build thirty small ships and not give up?
"Well done!"
Tolstoy gave a cheer of victory. He was excited by Li Xiao's demeanor of wiping his enemies to ashes while talking and laughing calmly on the stage. How he wished that the person on the stage could be him!
He also wants to be the kind of hero who leads the trend of the times. He wants to be able to wave his hand and make clowns like Yelofei reveal their true colors and have to run away in confusion.
He excitedly put his arms around Alexei's shoulders and made a series of babbling sounds. The naughty kid seemed extremely happy.
But Alexey was not as excited as him. It's not that he was unhappy. He was also happy for Li Xiao's sharp counterattack and wanted to praise him. But he is not a political person like Tolstoy who doesn't understand anything.
Xiaobai Alexei keenly noticed Xiao Rumyantsev's strange attitude - this guy has been targeting Li Xiao, something is wrong!
Alexey thinks that as this guy is a lackey of Crown Prince Alexander, little Rumyantsev should not be so kind to help Grand Duke Konstantin. Little Rumyantsev has caused trouble to Grand Duke Konstantin before. Why is he today?
Uncharacteristically? Could it be that Crown Prince Alexander and Grand Duke Constantine put aside their differences and worked together?
If this is the case, it will be quite disadvantageous for Li Xiao and Leonid. The reason why they were able to avert danger before was to take advantage of the internal strife between the two brothers. They shook hands and made peace. How can they "have both sides"?
For a moment, Alexei was extremely anxious. So is his guess true? Are Grand Duke Constantine and Crown Prince Alexander really in cahoots?