Under the strong protest of Guo Xing'a, Yi Xin finally gave up the lineup of all Eight Banners and agreed to replace him. After Yi Xin left, Guo Xing'a couldn't help but sigh, even if Yi Xin was dedicated to the country, even if he had a great heart for civilization and innovation, he still couldn't let go of the concept of giving priority to the Eight Banners. As a political organization that laid the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners have enjoyed the observation of the state for more than 200 years, and the degeneration of its members has reached an outrageous level, and there are really not many people who can take on great responsibilities.

Guo Xing'a sent Yi Xin and a group of waste representatives, and went back to continue researching the fleet he had designed for the Qing Dynasty. Guo Xing'a was a very creative person, and after he studied it, he drew drawings of half a room, although many of them could be used in Northern Manchuria, but there were really few that could be used in the Qing Dynasty. And how to match it into a fleet, Goxinga is also really not effective, the South Sea Fleet was matched by the British, the North Sea Fleet was made by the Russians, and the rest are copied as they are, none of them are Goxinga's originals.

Moreover, warships have to be adapted to local conditions, and they can be used anywhere if they say they are good. There are deep-water ports in North Manchuria, such as Lushun, Taiwan, Singapore, Busan, etc., which can naturally be used by any warship. However, none of the existing ports of the imperial court are deep-water ports, and many large deep-water ships cannot drive in at all. After thinking about it, Guo Xing'a still used the old method and continued to copy it. Historically, the Beiyang Naval Division of the Qing Dynasty was formed in 1888, and it was a relatively advanced fleet at that time, but its technical level was all in 1870. After the advent of the Sea Wolf and Sea Lion classes, the British are already doing targeted research. Guoxinga copied a Beiyang naval division, not only will it not leak its own development direction and core technology, but it can also bring the Europeans to the ditch. The ramming cruiser in the Beiyang Naval Division, these treasures, Guo Xing Ake would like to recommend to the British.

The original Beiyang Naval Division had a total of 25 main warships and 50 auxiliary warships, and Guoxinga naturally copied them as they were. However, Guo Xing'a made a little tweak, adjusting the original two armored cruisers to one, and a shore defense ironclad ship was directly transferred. The number of Yuan-class ironclad ships was adjusted from two to four. The Qing court was very obsessed with heavy equipment, so Guo Xing'a simply got him a few more big ships. Naval battles or something, Guo Xing'a didn't understand, he thought that the more heavy capital ships, the better.

After two days, Yi Xin came again, and there was nothing else, after the children of the Eight Banners were carefully selected by him, they were sifted down by three-quarters, how to fill these vacancies, he needed to ask Guo Xing's thoughts. How to select naval soldiers, Guo Xing'a is actually not effective, and the personnel of the North Manchurian Navy are also very strange, some of them are selected according to the political component, and the other part is idle artillery and infantry. Now there are strict selection rules, but he also studied under Europe and the United States, and Guo Xing'a can't figure out how to pick it, but Guo Xing'a can still give Yixin a few words in the vernacular.

The first is to be literate, and if you get a bunch of illiterate people, you will be caught blind, because the navy is a technical branch of the armed forces, and the illiterate will never be able to do it. The second is to be young, the technology of the navy is definitely a new thing for the people of the imperial court, and it is absolutely impossible to learn it if you get a group of people in their seventies and eighties. The third is to have great ambitions, the navy is an aggressive branch of the army, and a group of people who eat and wait for death will definitely not be able to do this job. Fourth, it is necessary to have no bad habits, which is not only the navy, but also those who take drugs and gamble every day will not be able to do anything.

"Or Yun Xian understands that this person should indeed be so picky, so I will go back and instruct all yamen to choose people according to this criterion!" Yi Xin also felt that those Eight Banners disciples were a little embarrassed, and deeply recognized the four standards of Guoxinga.

"The sixth master is not busy leaving! I have already drawn a few sketches of the warship mentioned earlier, and I also have a general idea of the structure, so let's take a closer look! "Guo Xing'a is very eager to make this deal, so he must hook Yixin. Guo Xing'a roughly calculated that if the imperial court bought these warships in one go, the general of Changchun could renovate them three or four times according to the scale of Fengluantai. Now that Guo Xing'a is also a person with children, he can no longer make his home like a military camp, he also has to pursue some quality of life.

"Oh! So much better! Yun Xian is really quick to do things! Yi Xin was overjoyed, he thought that he would have to wait for a while before he could know the specific situation! I didn't expect Guo Xing'a to move so fast, and he also designed the drawings himself.

"This is the capital ship of the fleet I designed, with a standard displacement of 7,720 tons and a full load displacement of 7,670 tons, which is twice the tonnage of the Sea Lion-class cruisers, and about the same size as the Taihe Palace. In terms of power, it was planned to use eight boilers and two three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines, capable of obtaining 7,200 horsepower. Twin propeller propulsion, the maximum speed can reach fifteen knots, and the coal carrying capacity is one thousand tons. Equipped with four 305 mm, 25 x diameter breech guns, placed in two hydro-powered rotating turrets. At the same time, it was equipped with two 150-mm secondary guns and eight 37-mm rotary tube cannons. The whole ship is forged of steel, densely armored, the armor of the battery is 14 inches thick, the gun cover is 2 inches thick, the side is 12 inches thick, the bridge is 8 inches thick, the deck is 3 inches thick, and the total armor weight is about 1,500 tons. With about 360 commanders and fighters on the ship, the warship can be fully controlled. After Guo Xing'a briefly introduced the fleet formation, he focused on the Zhenyuan ship he had just drawn. Four capital ships, he is all ready to come according to this standard. Although Dingyuan and Zhenyuan are sister ships, there are still slight differences, and Zhenyuan is a little better than Dingyuan.

"Cloud Leisure...... This ......" Yi Xin heard the cloud mountain fog cover, and he couldn't understand it at all, except for the Taihe Palace, he had a little concept, and all the others were blind. Guo Xing'a's detailed explanation sounded to him like the scriptures in the lama's mouth, and he could understand every sentence, but what it specifically represented made him scratch his head.

"Let's put it this way! This class of warships is currently the largest warship in the whole of East Asia, and even Britain and France rarely have such a large warship! The three-cylinder reciprocating steam engine equipped with it is the top technology in North Manchuria, which can make the speed of the battleship reach fifteen knots, which is the fastest among the large ships at present, and the British cannot run so fast. The heavy armor it is equipped with is absolutely impenetrable to ordinary artillery, and it will be fine to withstand hundreds of cannons. And his 305 mm caliber heavy gun, as long as a battleship under 7,000 tons takes a shot, it will basically be over! Guo Xinga could only translate performance into a language that Yi Xin could understand, and he used Yi Xin's most taboo British people to compare everywhere.

Of course, Guo Xing'a still hides his secrets, and it is not his character to hide his secrets. He was willing to take out the three-cylinder reciprocating steam engine because Britain had made a breakthrough in this area, and a steam turbine had been developed in 100 projects. The 305 mm caliber cannon is not a high-tech product, and the treasure of the brake is not taken out, and these guns are still retreating guns. * And so on high-tech bombs, and not a word has been mentioned. North Manchurian already had surface carburizing technology, but it was still uniform steel for the imperial court. Guoxinga wants to maintain the armament of North Manchuria, and maintain a generational advantage over anyone else, and naturally he has reservations in every corner.

"Four, good, good!" Yi Xin's eyes shone brightly, making Guo Xing'a a little scared, the court will not have equipment, the first one will trouble himself!

"Sixth Master, what do you think of the regulations of the fleet? If there is no adjustment, I will send someone to send the drawings back to the customs gate, and after being analyzed by professionals, the construction will begin! Guo Xing'a is anxious to make money, and by the way, he is more anxious about this matter than Yixin.

"How much does it cost to pay the total price?" Everything is good, but Yi Xin also has to ask the price, he is really afraid that Guoxing Lion will open his mouth.

"About 20 million taels to 30 million taels!! It's not so much for sure right now! The cost of a large main ironclad ship is around two million taels, so the price of the entire fleet is very expensive...... "Guo Xing'a is also a little weak-hearted, but he would rather run away than less, he still has to play a game." Historically, the imperial court spent 1.42 million taels to find the Germans to buy Zhenyuan, and Guoxing Ajia charged a high-tech cost, which was not much if it was counted as two million taels, but his heart was a little dark.

"Hmm!" Yi Xin gritted her teeth and nodded.

"If the imperial court is struggling, you can reduce the size of the fleet and reduce some ships, and the price will come down!" Guo Xing'a found that Yi Xin's face was a little pale, and hurriedly came up with two sets of plans, if Yi Xin was sent by him to run away, it would be troublesome.

"No, no, the fleet has to maintain this scale, and the imperial court's current family background is a little thinner, but if you put it together, it's still about the same! But it's not easy! Can we have a discussion? It is really difficult for the imperial court to come up with so much money in one go, can you pay part of it first, and then pay the rest in several batches, and this warship will have to be built for a while. You can rest assured, the imperial court will not rely on your accounts, the money has been paid off, and you are handing over the fleet to the imperial court! Yi Xin thought about it for a long time, and her eyes were almost red, so she gave Guo Xing'a an answer. He wanted the giant ship, and he also wanted the fleet, but he couldn't get enough money in his pocket, so he could only study the installment payment without a teacher.

"This is no problem, let Luan Yu discuss an installment plan with the officials of the Prime Minister's Yamen!" The profiteer Guo Xing'a immediately agreed, anyway, the ship was in his hands, and the Qing Dynasty didn't want to take the boat if he didn't give money, and if he was in a hurry, Guo Xing'a could sell it to others at a high price. In the 1870s, these warships were definitely high-tech products, and there were many people rushing to ask for them.

"So, thank you for being idle!" Yixin is also grateful.

"The sixth master is polite!" Guo Xing'a stole the big, and was naturally very happy.

"I will enter the palace and report this matter to the queen of the two palaces and the emperor, and after the approval of the two palaces and the emperor, I will immediately arrange for the prime minister's yamen to sign a contract with the Manchurian Office in Beijing." Yi Xin got up and said goodbye this time, and left more urgently.

After Yixin left, Guo Xing'a became a wangfu stone, looking forward to signing the contract every day. But he waited and waited at the gate of Kek Lok Temple, and when he was almost dry, he didn't see Yixin's figure for a long time.