After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Guolou ended his indulgent life and devoted his enthusiasm to work. Li Guolou left the capital with his tenth wife, Huang Xiaoman, to inspect the warships built by the Qing Dynasty.
Huang Xiaoman stood out among the many wives because she understood Western mathematics and geometry, so Li Guolou brought her out. In the future, the family would also enter the ocean shipping industry. Li Guolou took precautions to train Huang Xiaoman into a knowledgeable expert. He has made great achievements in the military and compiled secret codes that can be cracked by anyone. Li Guolou has regarded Huang Xiaoman as his confidant. The ladies in the family are all self-reliant and women, and they have excelled in all walks of life. Li Guolou promotes talents. First discover the advantages of his wife and promote them to important positions. His wife will not betray him. Li Guolou lets his wives go out to work. Although he does not agree with monogamy, he agrees with women’s right to work. This is Li Guolou. The "women's" liberation movement advocated has made great achievements today, leading the trend of great freshness.
In the carriage, Huang Xiaoman was lying in Li Guolou's arms. Li Guolou gently stroked her silky hair and said, "Madam Ten, you are most like Empress Dowager Ci'an when I see you."
"Really? You are most like my first love. When I see you, I think of him." Huang Xiaoman turned her head away not to be outdone.
Li Guolou hurriedly hugged Huang Xiaoman and said all the disgusting words before Huang Xiaoman smiled. Li Guolou is good at coaxing women, which is his strong point. He can play cards at home and gather three tables, so many women can get along harmoniously together. It can be seen that Li Guolou’s ability is as high as the sky [
Huang Xiaoman stared at Li Guolou comfortably and asked: "Xiaolou, this is your first time taking me out alone. I will definitely try my best."
Li Guolou said nothing and stroked Huang Xiaoman's belly with one hand. Having too many children is not a good thing. There are several wives in the family, and they enjoy an indulgent life with fruitful results. Some women find it difficult to get pregnant. He can only do his best as a husband. Responsibility for everything
"Don't touch Xiaolou and be a good baby." Huang Xiaoman knocked off Li Guolou's hand. She wanted to be a successful businesswoman instead of relying on beauty to be a vassal of a man. The ladies in the family all envied Yeli. Everyone wants to be a leader in the new era
The light of love will eventually fade. Her admiration for Li Guolou becomes the motivation to move forward. Like her sisters at home, she hopes that this family will become stronger and do her best.
"Yes, I love you tonight." Li Guolou kissed Huang Xiaoman's hair, smelling the feminine fragrance, closing his eyes and thinking.
Li Guolou has a lot of scheming things to consider. He has to shoulder many family responsibilities. As a man, he has the responsibility to make women happy, but he cannot indulge in female sex. The huge Li Group must develop the country in a healthy way. The fate is in his hands. If he slacks off and indulges in talking to old bureaucrats every day and leaves the work to his subordinates, the development trajectory of the Qing Dynasty will be qualitatively changed.
Pioneers must have the courage to take responsibility for failure. Prince Gong will always be a hands-off shopkeeper and never learn from Prince Gong.
The restructuring of the Qing Dynasty has not yet been successful, and comrades still need to work hard. Li Guolou suddenly thought of the Baath Party's proposition about "comrades" and couldn't help but worry about the group of high-talking opposition parties in the concession. The Ba'ath Party disappeared after the severe crackdown by the Qing government. It has been hidden for a long time, but as long as the concession exists and there are interest disputes between countries, the Baath Party will revive. The British and the Qing Dynasty are on good terms. It is necessary to always alert the enemy's movements in the halo, hoping that the "Rabbit" Ping An Country can gain the trust of the Russians.
The lineup of the convoy was cleared. Everyone along the way gave way. Two hundred cavalry were shouting in front of and behind them. This formation was more majestic than the prince's patrol. He has become the flag of the Qing Dynasty. He does not need to be a low-key person. He does not need to be a low-key person. Li Guo will attract the attention of passers-by at all times.
Lou is afraid of offending too many people
An accident occurred, so safety is the first priority. There are hundreds of people accompanying him. Li Guolou's whereabouts are mysterious and unpredictable. His "character" is more difficult to figure out than Li Hongzhang, and what he has done is even more known to everyone. The wealth of a country is under Li Guolou's control.
He is going to do something shocking and great
Li Guolou's concept of the navy was incompatible with the important officials of the imperial court. He wanted to use a small and fast mosquito boat to compete with the Japanese armored ships on the sea. The convoy went straight to the harbor dock of Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. This was the beginning of his maritime dream.
The harbor terminal is heavily guarded with three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.
In addition, the artillery at the front end of the gunboat was changed to Prussia's advanced breech-loaded gun, the Krupp cannon. This breech-loaded gun weighs 12 tons and weighs more than 80 kilograms. It can also be loaded with 43 kilograms of powder and fired, and can also be loaded with 30 kilograms hollow.
The breech-loaded gun used to launch kilograms greatly reduces the recoil during firing compared to the front-loaded gun, which can increase the stability of the ship. The gun body can be flexibly controlled by rotating up and down, left and right, and the turret armor can reach up to
19cm thick
There are also four auxiliary guns on both sides of the ship with powerful firepower. Iron spikes are installed on the bow to ram enemy ships.
The Mosquito is about 41 meters long and 4 meters wide. It is powered by a replica steam engine with a horsepower of 250 horsepower and a speed of 8 knots. There is a conference room in the cabin and the sailor's cabin can accommodate 40 sailors.
Compared with the British gunboats, there are big differences in the size, shape, sailing speed, maneuverability, sensitivity and firepower configuration of the domestically produced mosquito ships. However, the silver required for shipbuilding is the British gunboat (Literature Network is cheap and good in quality).
The twenty mosquito ships built by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Administration were nominally used to catch pirates who smuggled and trafficked drugs. They were stationed at several ports in the north. However, they were transferred to Tianjin by Li Guolou. After all the modifications were completed, he wanted to sail the twenty mosquito ships into the deep sea with quantity.
advantage to neutralize the enemy’s qualitative advantage
As for the endurance of the mosquito ship, it has been properly solved through collective efforts. Several coal ships are used to follow the mosquito ship. As long as we do not encounter a typhoon of more than ten levels in the sea, the mosquito ship will not capsize despite the bumps in the deep sea.
The sea breeze blew Li Guolou and his wife Huang Xiaoman aboard the "Haidongqing" gunboat for flag hunting. Captain Deng Shichang led 40 crew members on the ship to gather on the deck to welcome Li Guolou's review.
The drums on the shore were singing, and the royal honor guard played music and performed fancy dance steps to the drum beats.
Captain Deng Shichang personally hoisted the colorful whistle and sounded the piercing roar to prove to the world that the navy of the Qing Dynasty was heading towards the blue ocean.
A twenty-gun salute roared, and twenty mosquito boats, Li Guolou, stood on the bow in high spirits, and the Haidongqing sailed against the wind and waves toward the blue sea.
An officer of twenty mosquito ships, the captain was one of the first batch of students from Mawei Shipbuilding School in Fujian Province. Yan Fu was their chief academic officer. Li Hongzhang used two battleships to recruit outstanding students from Mawei Shipbuilding School into the Beiyang Navy sequence.
At this time, Deng Shichang had just joined the Beiyang Navy and was still in the internship stage. He was not yet 18 years old. He had a strong physique and was very stocky.
Deng Shichang was standing at the foot of Li Guolou, with a pair of phoenix eyes spying on Li Guolou's every move. It was such a cold weather. Why was Li Guolou inspecting the mosquito boat? What was Li Hongzhang's successor planning?
Xu Jianyin said arrogantly: "Li Xuezheng is the fastest gunboat in the world. Now the fastest gunboat in Britain is only at this speed."
Li Guolou squinted and said: "General Manager Xu, are you fooling me? Technology is changing with each passing day. Can you guarantee that the British will develop a new turbine engine? If you don't make progress, you will retreat. You are only trying to achieve temporary success. You are modeled after the second-rate British gunboat."
Mosquito Ship is the best gunboat. The British won’t let you visit it. Don’t even think about stealing it.”
Xu Jianyin was dumbfounded by Li Guolou's question. In the field of science and technology, the Qing Dynasty was just a baby in its infancy. There was a clear gap between the Qing Dynasty and the Western powers. Although the Qing Dynasty's defense industry was helped by the Prussians, every country considered the Prussians for themselves.
He also refused to sell the latest military technology to the Qing Dynasty. The Krupp cannon technology transfer negotiation he personally participated in ended quickly. Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck refused to transfer the blueprints for the Krupp cannon. Many military industries were in trouble and ultimately relied on self-reliance.
Xu Jianyin mumbled a little guilty: "I have tried my best to look at the entire Oriental Mosquito Ship and it is enough to stand out from the rest. Unfortunately, Prussia's turbine engine introduction project is still in progress."
"General Manager Xu, the wind is too strong. Please speak louder." Li Guolou roared in the wind to express his depression.
The strong national power of the Qing Dynasty was the result of the Westernization Party's betrayal of national interests. Qingdao has become a Prussian naval base.
It sounds shameful to exchange territory for development space, but the effect is very good. If it weren't for the help of the Prussians, how could the Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration have built a mosquito boat that is as beautiful as the British gunboats?
Only small flaws in the situation can only be achieved through multiple cooperations in the civilian field, allowing the Prussian locomotive to sail towards the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Prussian military secrets will not be preserved. The transfer of civilian technology to military use is the hope for the revival of the Qing Dynasty's military industrial enterprises [