Chapter 376: The pinnacle of the big ship and the giant cannon

As one of the traditional powers of the New World, the Yaling Empire is located in the Sea of Storms far away from the main 6, as long as the enemy cannot seize the control of the Seven Seas, no matter how many 6 armies are gathered, they can only look at the Aetheric Sea and sigh. ~9,β‰ .23Β±x.covm Although the Royal Navy of Yaling cannot be said to completely dominate the seven seas, at least it can always be firmly on the throne of the world's number one naval power, and has a very strong confidence and self-confidence in its own naval strength, which makes the Yaling Empire have an arrogant attitude of letting you wind and rain, and I will stand still. Oh, yes! How many winds and waves have been withheld, do you still care about the wind and rain in front of you?

Needless to say, this kind of self-confident mentality of a strong country is both an advantage and a disadvantage, and it is impossible to bring about a fundamental change unless it is repeatedly defeated and ravaged by the enemy. The pride and ambition of a great country, the kind of strong man's bearing that penetrates into the bone marrow, really makes people feel that the needle cannot be inserted into the water.

At the banquet, Luo Zhengdao, who had been trying to miss repeatedly, felt that Luo Zhengdao, who had a chest tightness for a while, was about to vomit blood, he finally realized what it was like to be a diplomat who went to the East to ask for trade with the braid emperor who went to the rabbit's house, not to mention anything else, just facing this domineering sense of superiority was already unbearable.

"Her Majesty the Queen wouldn't mind introducing me to the Waste Giants and the Kingdom of Yogyakarta, and their relationship with the Drow Elves, right?"

As a last resort, she lowered her body again, and her tone of speech was also a lot more tactful, Luo Zhengdao's words sounded much more sincere to Queen Yaling, and she immediately gestured and said:

"Your Excellency, I think His Majesty the King is confused, you can help him deal with it."

Hearing this, the royal clerk who had been listening attentively next door turned his gaze to Luo Zhengdao at this moment, and the polite smile on his face did not change, and said:

"Of course, my esteemed Majesty the Queen."

After an interval of one day, Luo Zhengdao went to the manor again, this time he had already touched the bottom of the waste giant, and the rest of the matter was mainly to coordinate the relationship with the Yaling Empire. Even he, the king, will often hit a soft nail in the negotiations, and send someone else to negotiate, which is tantamount to self-inflicted humiliation!

"Your Majesty, what do you seem to be ready to talk to me about?"

Luo Zhengdao no longer concealed his true intentions, because as long as he opened his mouth, the other party would immediately understand what it meant, and if he concealed it, he would look petty, and he said unhurriedly:

"Yes, Her Majesty. I hope that the barter trade quota between the two sides can be increased from 100,000 gold coins per month to 300,000 gold coins, do you think this is okay? ”

Barter trade can avoid the root cause of the lack of hard currency reserves in the Kingdom of Light, and it does not have a strong foundation that relies on financial accumulation like other countries, and Luo Zhengdao has exhausted all his resources to support the scene of this small kingdom. Although he is no stranger to the economy, he will not be able to spend gold and urine on the crosser, let alone the ability to turn stones into gold, and the new world does not support the fiat currency model of the old world that dares to spend money by printing a number on a blank piece of paper. Feeding the army and administrative organs is a lot of money-spent business, and without real money and hard currency, there can be no talk of international trade payments, and it is very difficult to support import and export trade.

Fortunately, the big financier of the Yaling Empire in order to support the generation of the front desk. In the later stage, Wake Reef began to produce filament and other special products, and the two sides agreed on a barter trade plan at that time, and the trade balance strategy achieved the purpose of living within the means.

Now that the barter trade is being expanded for no reason, even if the Kingdom of Light seizes the rich and prosperous Spice Islands, the multiplication of this trade volume is too presumptuous!

The graceful Queen Yaling took the scepter from her mother's hand and ascended to the throne, ruling for a hundred years, and having seen storms and waves longer than the life span of ordinary humans in a lifetime. Even if she had not paid attention to economics and the balance of trade, she could still grasp the main point well, and the queen could not help but ask curiously:

"Your Majesty, are you sure that you will be able to make ends meet?"

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao maintained a warm smile and replied calmly:

"That's my problem, isn't it? Her Majesty the Queen. ”

Barter trade is that both parties have to come up with the equivalent value of the goods transaction, and the settlement can be deferred, but in the end, if you can't get something to pay off the debt, then don't blame the other party for turning around and not recognizing people. Queen Yaling did not think that the human youth opposite her was crazy, she laughed knowingly, and said:

"As you wish, we have always been generous to our friends and will not refuse the reasonable requests of our allies."

The sedan chair carried people, Luo Zhengdao didn't feel that he owed a favor, and he didn't need any capital to say a few more New Year's greetings on his lips, so he immediately smiled and took out a bottle of bubble fruit wine from the space bag and filled the crystal wine glass, raised his hand and handed it to Queen Yaling, and at the same time he himself raised his glass and said:

"Oh, thank you very much for your understanding, Her Majesty. Cheers to our long-term good cooperation and deep friendship! ”

The pride of the Yaling Empire is proud, and Luo Zhengdao's request to share information was after Queen Yaling's Ken, and she had a long conversation with several royal clerks for several hours, and finally left the foreign land with several large boxes of manuscripts and books from the Royal Museum and returned to Qiongzhou. This is not a joint that anyone can walk through, if it weren't for the face of His Majesty Will Needham, and the fact that Queen Yaling personally nodded and promised to send an envoy to negotiate, it is estimated that she would not even want to get a piece of parchment out.

Is it priceless to know what knowledge is? That is, if you are willing to spend a lot of money, it all depends on whether the other party is willing to sell it to you.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Will, do you think the Waste Giants are coming at us? ”

Hearing Vina Dubov's worried words, Luo Zhengdao smiled and stroked the back of her hand, soothing his wife's uneasiness, not that he was sure to settle the matter, but that he was fulfilling the obligation of a man to support the family.

The information in his hand is dead, but the enemy who may attack at any time is alive, Luo Zhengdao didn't feel that he had provoked the waste giant somewhere, and he couldn't stand the fact that there were many unreasonable things in the world. For example, some people can cause a bloody case just to look at others one more time, and when they encounter this kind of second goods, what if their behavior is contrary to common sense, and people just do it, what can you do?

"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't."

Speaking such ambiguous remarks undoubtedly made Luo Zhengdao's words less credible, and his subordinates were more concerned about what they should do. Brando Scarlet looked at his colleagues present, and he decided to take the lead himself, and said:

"Your Majesty, what do we need to prepare?"

After a pause, Luo Zhengdao then said:

"Everyone start preparing now, no matter what the Waste Giant thinks, don't forget that we are caught between the great powers, and our position is very sensitive, and no one can guarantee that the conflict of the great powers will not involve us. Since it is difficult to avoid getting involved in disputes, it is better to take the initiative in your own hands, what do you think? ”

"δΈ€qiΔ“ obey the will of His Majesty."

Once upon a time, the Great Ships of the Old World Navy were an inseparable and perfect combination, and only a warship with a large enough tonnage could afford the increasingly large heavy guns of caliber and power, and the terrifying recoil of the giant guns could even take out a ship with an inadequate structure. On the other hand, it was only when the tonnage of the battleship increased that a larger number of thicker armor plates could be laid, and there was an incentive to cram more powerful and multiply the volume into the cabin with more space. This is a close connection between the inside and the outside, a small boat carrying a cannon is nonsense, a big ship carrying a small cannon is a pure waste of resources, only the combination of a large ship and a huge cannon can be called a broad road belonging to the navy.

No matter what time it is, the big ships and cannons look better than the flat-topped ships, especially for military fans who like to watch the excitement, Luo Zhengdao's deep fascination with battleships and ironclad ships, to put it bluntly, is also a concentrated embodiment of the layman's love to watch the excitement.

For a country's national defense construction, increasing production is sometimes more important than ensuring quality, and Hans Cat, which prefers complex structures and high-quality large weapons in the history of the old world's military industry, will definitely have a deep understanding of this point of view

Walking on the granite steps next to the dry dock, he turned his head to look at the big man lying in the dock, although there was only a rudimentary form at this time, Luo Zhengdao still couldn't help but smile happily.

"Your Majesty, why did you choose the name Titan?"

"Yes! The name Titan is so strange. ”

The subordinates who accompanied Luo Zhengdao to inspect the newly built dock in Qiongzhou said that their IQ was limited and it was difficult for them to comprehend the profound plan of His Majesty the King, but the person himself replied calmly:

"Hehehehe, isn't the most powerful giant called Titan? The name can indicate that our warship is extremely powerful, right? ”

Seeing that everyone was led into the ditch by the strange logical deduction of His Majesty the King, Brando Scarlet was very entangled, and stammered and retorted:

"It's not that it's bad, Your Majesty. We're humans, and we have nothing to do with those giants! I don't think it's appropriate to call it Titan. ”

Hearing this, Luo Zhengdao, who laughed loudly, waved his hand lightly and said:

"Hey, don't worry about these little things, we can just be happy ourselves, it has nothing to do with those convulsive giants, I decided to call it Titan."

The so-called advanced and unreliable, reliable and unadvanced, weapon designers can only strive to find a balance between these two points, so as to avoid falling into pieces and falling into pieces.

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