"Mr. Ronnie, please wait a few days, I will design these two warships for you according to the latest European design, and there will be a detailed quotation at that time, I don't know how to inform you when the time comes?" The French manager asked elegantly.

"Mr. Pierre, thank you very much for your enthusiasm, I will stay in Guangzhou for the next few days, you can send someone to inform Tianbaoxing." Young Master Liang's mood was also unexpectedly good.

With the landing of naval warships, the development of Liang Jiajun will enter a broader space; The fly in the ointment is that it will be two years before all the warships are delivered; However, this deficiency will soon be filled.

Back at Tianbao Xing, Liang Lao Liu held up a telegram and said to him: "Han'er, you came by coincidence, the telegram you just delivered, the ocean telegram that your sworn brother took from England."

Things in this world are so wonderful, and good things often come together one after another; In the Guangzhou Development Zone, he was fortunate to have done two major things, and now the sworn brother told him a great thing: the British Royal Navy was willing to sell a batch of old warships, including six steam-powered ironclads, four gunboats, and six old wooden sail warships. In the telegram, Robin briefly described the situation of these warships, two of the six ironclad ships had a displacement of 2,800 tons, the remaining four were small warships of only about 1,500 tons, and the four gunboats were more than 300 tons; The old sail warships are all third-class battleships with a displacement of less than two thousand tons, and they are in good condition and maintenance, which Luo Bin deliberately selected from a large group of old ships.

The total price of these old ships was 1,200,000 taels of silver, and with the cost of sailing from England to Canton, it was estimated that the total cost would be 1,300,000 taels of silver. Young Master Liang couldn't help but sigh that the silver couldn't afford to spend, and he grabbed a ticket from Vietnam and the freshly bulging purse was about to deflat.

However, Master Liang is not a miser, he immediately called back to Luo Bin with a wave of his pen, and the battleship was fully accepted, and he also asked the sworn brother to hire a large number of outstanding middle and lower officers from the British Royal Navy to come to China as naval instructors, the number is not less than 100 people, the more the merrier, and it must be ensured that each battleship post has a group of excellent instructors; The remuneration of British instructors is twice as much, and there are awards for outstanding performance and outstanding contributions; Of course, if the brothers settle the accounts, Luo Bin can also get an introduction fee of 100 to 200 taels per person.

Master Liang knew very well that the main reason why the British Navy was strong in combat was that it had a large number of well-trained junior officers; Most of the high-ranking officers are occupied by the aristocracy, but whether it is fighting in wars or training in peacetime, the repair and maintenance of warships still have to rely on these civilian low-level officers; There are a large number of these junior officers, and because of their origins, most of them cannot get higher promotions, and the competition is absolutely fierce, and most of them have to retire like Robin to find another way.

The so-called 10-year army, 100-year navy. If we want to train a navy with real combat effectiveness, then the initial stage is particularly important, scientific and rational training methods, strict discipline and management system are necessary, in this regard, please ask the current world's first navy - the British Navy to teach, is the necessary guarantee for the rapid growth of Liang Jiajun's navy.

Young Master Liang excitedly found the fourth uncle Liang Lao Liu: "Fourth uncle, I just came back from Changzhou Island, I didn't expect this Guangzhou Development Zone to become so beautiful, it seems that the development zone is very successful."

Liang Lao Liu also sighed: "I didn't expect it to be so successful at the beginning, speaking of which, it is thanks to your sworn brother, this person's enthusiasm is amazing, the creation of the development zone is handled by him, under his drive, those foreigners are all moving, and the French are also competing with the English; No, the land in the development zone is almost finished, and I think that if the development continues at this momentum, the development zone will have to be expanded."

"It's not easy to expand, wait for Luo Bin to come back, let him go to Panyu County, and rent the Xiaoguwei Island next to it, the area of Xiaoguwei Island is at least twice as large as Changzhou Island, which should be enough for you to rent for a few years; If there were factories on these two islands, the development and prosperity of our Guangzhou would be even greater than before. ”

Liang Laoliu was excited by his words, and he couldn't help but be full of longing and yearning for the prosperity of the development zone; You must know that there is a credit to him Liang Laoliu.

Young Master Liang knew that his fourth uncle was keen on fame, so he said to him: "I went around the development zone and found some shortcomings."

Liang Lao Liu really immediately said: "There are still shortcomings? You talk about it".

"There are several schools in the development zone, but they are all technical schools that train workers, which is a low-level school in foreign countries; Now there are two large shipyards in the development zone, both equipment and technical strength are not inferior to European shipyards, but the development zone does not have a school to train shipbuilding engineers and senior technicians, nor to train navigation technicians and seafarers, this aspect is still a blank, without such a school, Guangzhou's shipbuilding and shipping industry will be insufficient; We can't rely on foreigners for everything."

After saying this, Liang Lao Liu immediately lowered his head and pondered, and after a long time, he raised his head, slapped the table and said, "Well, this thing has to be done!" This school has to be built! I figured it out, this is a major event that benefits the present generation, and I absolutely agree! Han'er, your vision is amazing! I'm going to talk to the shareholders right away."

The furious Liang Lao Liu went out, but the young master Liang sat leisurely on Liang Lao Liu's chair, resting on the desk with his legs cocked, playing the famous Ge You lie down in his previous life.

The navy is about to be established, and if there is a navy, there must be a naval base, but where is the naval base located?

The current conditions can only be placed on Hainan Island, but now the Liang Jiajun has only occupied a few pieces of wasteland on Hainan Island and built a wharf, and there is no problem with parking a few warships at the wharf, but it can't stop a fleet. Young Master Liang remembered that the South China Sea Fleet of the Republic Navy in his previous life had a base in Sanya, which was a good place, but it was now Yazhou County, which was established by the Qing Dynasty, and there were government officials from the Qing Dynasty. What to do?

Young Master Liang gritted his teeth, what should I do? You can only harden it. Now the army is still insufficient, and it is a bit difficult to control the entire Hainan Island, so first eat the southern half of Hainan, the population of Hainan Island is concentrated in the northern half, and the southern part is mostly mountainous, and the arable land is less, so the population is small.

Young Master Liang stood up, found a pen and paper, drew a simple map of Hainan, and then drew a line between Changhua Town in the west and Wanzhou County in the east, and first occupied the area south of this line, which was only about one-third of the entire island of Hainan; These areas in the north are reserved for the end of the year.

After occupying these areas, the construction of the Sanya naval base must start immediately, and before the British warships return, the necessary facilities such as housing, warehouses, restaurants, bathing and toilets must be built, and other facilities can be built slowly. But who is responsible for these things, the fifth uncle's side is already busy enough with the expansion of a few factories and bases, and it is unbearable to hand over these things to him again. But to whom else? Forget it, let the fifth uncle find a capable subordinate to take care of it, he is more familiar with this aspect.

Master Liang thought about it, and after signing the contract with the French to build a warship, he had to rush back to the base immediately and send troops to occupy the southern part of Hainan Island, and then he had to focus on the construction of the military factory.

The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to rush back to Hainan now.