At night, the Liang house in the city of Guangzhou.

Young Master Liang still respects his master's orders, and he will definitely practice sooner or later; In his previous life, he was a tech man with average physical fitness, otherwise he would not have died young; Now I have practiced the basic skills of Nanquan for more than half a year, and I am also training every day like recruits in the escort regiment, and my body is really good; I feel that the lower plate is stable, the waist is strong, the muscles and bones on the body are very strong, much stronger than before, and he naturally perseveres after realizing the wonders, and does not expect that he can become a martial arts master, at least there is no problem in strengthening the body; He has more things to worry about in this life than in the previous life, but don't die young!

Just finished finishing the work, the fourth uncle Liang Lao Liu came back, and showed him excitedly: "Han'er, today I talked to those ghost shareholders, our Guangzhou Development Zone must become the leader of the Qing Dynasty, the industrial pioneer, this development zone will be expanded next, the second phase of the expansion target is the next Xiaoguwei Island next to it; Guess what's the reaction of those ghosts? ”

"Can they have any other reactions, they already regard the development zone as the same as the concession, and of course they are in favor of this vigorous territorial expansion," Young Master Liang said angrily.

"That is, these ghosts are very happy; By the way, I proposed that the development zone should set up a high-end university, especially to train talents in shipbuilding and ocean navigation; I also told them that my third brother has already set up a university of science and technology in Shanghai, and will run several universities in Shanghai in the future.

Young Master Liang didn't expect that Liang Lao Liu would be able to speak, and he actually used the agitation method, he raised his thumb at the fourth uncle and said, "Fourth uncle, you are this, do those foreign devils agree?" ”

It is rare to be praised by this genius nephew, Liang Laoliu laughed out loud, and said with a smug smile: "Of course they agree, the Guangzhou Development Zone should be unique in the Qing Dynasty, and they also hope that the reputation of the development zone will be louder, so they will naturally agree, especially the French people are the most energetic, recently my foreign nephew is not in Guangzhou, these French ghosts are the most energetic."

Depend on! How many years older is this Robin than his Liang Laoliu, he actually calls him a foreign nephew? Young Master Liang was defeated by his fourth uncle.

Who knew that at this time, Liang Laoliu suddenly sighed, and said worriedly: "Han'er, do you think that this development zone will really become a concession of foreign devils, if so, I, Liang Haozhong, will become a traitor", he said this because Liang Laoliu became one of the shareholders of the development zone on behalf of Tianbaoxing.

Young Master Liang did not expect that Fourth Uncle still had this thought, it seems that the Chinese in this era value the land very much, he looked at Liang Laoliu and said calmly: "Fourth Uncle, if our country still continues to close itself off and do not want to make progress, the common people will continue to live in chaos, sooner or later it will be divided up by these foreign devils; But on the other hand, if our industry develops, our national strength becomes stronger, and the army can use the advanced weapons produced and manufactured by ourselves, there are so many people in China, will foreign devils still dare to bully us? ”

Liang Laoliu nodded and said: "I can see it, between these countries, it is like the relationship between people is the same, which person is richer, the fist is bigger, the louder the voice, the heavier the weight."

"Yes, the truth you are talking about is the law of the jungle that foreign devils follow, they are not talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but which fist is bigger and stronger."

Liang Lao Liu swept around at this time, and whispered to his nephew mysteriously: "Han'er, you tell the fourth uncle, have you finished training with Lao Qi's escort team?" ”

Young Master Liang stared at him: "Fourth Uncle, why are you interested in this, you all wished to let Fifth Uncle take care of this dart game."

"Cut, do you think the fourth uncle is a fool, so many warehouses in our house are suddenly full of grain, and our Tianbaoxing is not a grain merchant, where can we get so much grain? And I found out that none of these grains were local, but from Vietnam; Han'er, tell the fourth uncle what's going on? Have you gone to rob the Vietnamese grain depot? This shrewd Liang Lao Liu suddenly turned into a curious baby, and even let him guess eight or nine.

Young Master Liang pretended to be deep and said, "Fourth Uncle, we are indeed training troops, and we will train a strong army. Because the Liang family must have a strong military guarantee; Presumably you can also see that the development of the Liang family in the shopping mall in the future is promising, if there is no strong armed force, do you think the Qing government is vegetarian? ”

Liang Laoliu pondered for a moment, and sighed again: "Alas, this Qing Dynasty, it is not good to deal with foreign devils, but it is terrible for us businessmen and ordinary people; Han'er, you and Lao Qi work hard, I support you, our Liang family can't become a fat sheep to be slaughtered."

After speaking, Liang Lao Liuyi was elated when he came, and he actually left listlessly with his head down.

The country is soft on the outside, but tough and cruel on the inside, and the people cannot be proud of the country, what is the use of such a country?

Two days later, little Mauser came to him, and the quotation of a large hydraulic press and a large boring machine came to him, and now the maximum pressure of the large hydraulic press that Prussia can build can reach 7,000 tons, and the quotation of 5,000 tons of hydraulic press is 300,000 taels of silver, 6,000 tons is 400,000 taels, 7,000 tons is 500,000 taels, and the price of large boring machine is 110,000 taels of silver.

Of course, Young Master Liang chose the 7,000-ton hydraulic press with the highest pressure, and the transaction price of the two large equipment was 600,000 taels of silver, and the fraction of 10,000 was estimated to be deliberately used by Xiao Mauser to bargain for him, and Young Master Liang didn't care how much silver Xiao Mauser could make from it, it would be good if such equipment could be bought.

The two then happily signed a contract, the delivery location is in Hainan, the delivery time is relatively long, it takes six months, Master Liang also needs to pay half of the deposit first, and the other half of the equipment is installed and debugged after payment.

Immediately afterwards, the Frenchman Pierre sent someone to invite him to the shipyard to negotiate, and it is estimated that the designs of the two warships have come out.

Young Master Liang rushed over happily, Pierre was waiting for him in his manager's room, as soon as he saw him, he immediately held his hand enthusiastically and said: "Oh, Ronnie, your luck is really good, in the past few years, we have built dozens of ironclad warships in France, and have accumulated a lot of experience, and now we have designed the latest European battleship for you, a full steam-powered ironclad battleship, that is, your battleship no longer needs the help of sails, such a battleship is easier to operate, and it is an epoch-making progress."

This time Pierre didn't brag, because it was during this time that Europe had just introduced its latest warship design and canceled the sails; Although the original ironclad ship was powered by a steam engine, the ship was equipped with sails, because the steam engine at the beginning was not powerful enough, so it could only borrow sails to help; Now it is estimated that Europe has made a technological breakthrough in the manufacture of steam engines, and the power has been greatly improved, and there is no need for sail assistance, after all, the deck of a battleship is full of sails, which occupies too much space, which will affect the firepower arrangement of the battleship.

It was indeed in the early sixties of the nineteenth century that France began to build steam ironclad warships in large quantities; The ambitious Napoleon III was determined to compete with the British in the navy for his dream of European hegemony, which did cause panic in Britain, which not only led to a change in Britain's attitude towards France, but also made the British build warships.

At this time, France, as the largest country in Europe, has strong national strength, and is not psychologically afraid of the British at all, and the Battle of Trafalgar at the beginning of the nineteenth century is an eternal pain in the hearts of the French and a shame for the Napoleonic family, and Napoleon III naturally wants to avenge this arrow. But what he didn't expect was that the Franco-Prussian War, which would break out next year, would shatter his dream of a great power like a soap bubble, and France would be in chaos for a long time, and Napoleon III himself would die of depression not long after. The imperial era in France also came to an end.