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Fifty years ago, in order to relieve the heavy pressure on the Royal Navy shipyards, the British Royal Navy gradually awarded shipbuilding contracts to a number of private shipyards.

Moreover, as the British Navy entered the age of steam and steel, the contribution of private shipyards to the construction of warships gradually increased, so the private shipbuilding enterprises in Britain have reached a considerable scale so far.

However, these British private companies have to bear the cost of developing new technologies or designing new warships.

As a result, these private shipbuilding companies can only make huge profits through a large number of orders from home and abroad.

After more than ten years of accumulation, these private shipyards have sufficient funds for the expansion of docks and slipways and the upgrading and improvement of maintenance facilities, forming a greater advantage for the naval shipyards in terms of basic implementation, so that their competitiveness in undertaking various ship orders has been further improved.

Today, Britain's private shipbuilding companies are already quite strong in the world of shipbuilding, especially in related fields such as armor manufacturing and weapons manufacturing.

Chen Zhong knew very well that these British private shipyards were very interested in building giant battleships.

Because the construction of such warships, both economically and prestigiously, will bring extremely high profits to these private shipbuilding companies.

Therefore, when they smell which countries and regions are going to build giant battleships, these private shipbuilding companies will fight to the death to win orders, and start a business war that is no less than real guns.

In addition to the competition in quotations, each shipyard will also actively develop new technologies and equipment, and even build new docks and slipways to prove that they are superior and more reliable.

In the past few decades, these many private shipyards in the United Kingdom, through fierce competition, after a series of mergers and expansions, in the end, these companies that can survive have the strong financial and technical strength to build battleships, and after subsequent large-scale investment and expansion, these shipyards have gradually formed a modern factory with a complete ship research and development and construction system.

Therefore, Chen Zhong believes that the kind of giant warship he wants can only be built here.

So, he secretly made an appointment with the British arms giants Maxim and Armstrong at the hotel where he stayed.

Originally, Chen Zhong wanted to order a giant battleship of more than 30,000 tons from them, but both of them said that such a tonnage class was too large, and they were not allowed to undertake such an order in terms of the scale of the slipway or dock, or from the technical point of view, as well as the laws of the country.

In the end, after further negotiations, Chen Zhong ordered six battleships of more than 25,000 tonnage in these two companies. Delivery is expected to be completed in two to five years.

In Chen's vision, he plans to build three world-class fleets within three to five years, docked in the Yellow, East and South China Seas, and have unrivaled maritime power in these areas.

Therefore, under such a concept, in order to meet this requirement in such a short period of time, these giant warships, power systems, and large-caliber guns must rely on the strength of others.

This time, the six battleships ordered in Britain will be integrated into three fleets in three years.

When Chen Zhong and his entourage had finished all British affairs, British Prime Minister Balfour invited him to dinner.

During the host's sumptuous banquet, Chen Zhong and Chen Fangzheng met an old friend, who was the commander-in-chief of the British Far East Fleet, Admiral Philmantel.

At the banquet, General Philmantle came to Chen Zhong's side and said, "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, you are the most charismatic leader I have ever met, and I admire your talent and courage. You know what, you're up to Paris Vogue Weekly. ”

Chen Zhong was very surprised and said: "General Philmantle, you are really joking, why did this king get on Paris Fashion Weekly?" ”

"Oh, Your Excellency the King of Hainan, your temperament and your behavior are so charming, and your courage and wisdom are even more insane. Do you know that the hotel where you are staying is already full of reporters and star chasers, and you are already a representative of the male gods of this era. General Philmantle said with a smile.

Chen Zhong also laughed: "Your Excellency, you are so humorous!" If it's as you say, then I'll make a movie, and it will be a blockbuster! ”

Balfour walked over and said with a smile: "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, your arrival has set off a wave of oriental fashion in our England. Mr. Wang of Hainan, your arrival has made our original restrained and introverted British woman seem to have become fanatical overnight, and your arrival has stimulated the economic development of Portsmouth. With that, Belfort laughed.

Chen Zhong smiled and said to Balfour: "Mr. Prime Minister, it seems that my arrival has increased your British economy by several percentage points, so you should present an award for outstanding contribution." ”

Balfour laughed: "Your Excellency the King of Hainan, we do want to thank you for coming, as far as I know, you have invested a lot of money here!" I think that the Far East, in three years, should be yours. ”

Chen Zhong restrained his smile and said, "This king has no ambition to be hegemonic, he just wants peace in the Far East. However, for those robbers who want to rob others, this king will still not show any mercy, and this still needs the support of Mr. Prime Minister. ”

Balfour laughed out loud and said, "Your Excellency Hainan Wang, I really like your personality very much, and I believe that in the future, we will have more cooperation." Especially in the Far East. ”

After saying that, Balfour said to General Philmantle: "Last year, your artillery almost left our General Philmantle's battleship in the South China Sea. ”

Chen Zhong smiled and said: "Don't you know each other if you don't fight, you see that the smile of our General Philmantle is always so sunny." ”

General Philmantle laughed and said: "Your Excellency Hainan Wang, every time you make a move, the whole world is shocked, your approach is always so genius-like, like a pure work of art, it is worth appreciating and playing again and again, I like your eclectic way of doing things, Mr. Hainan Wang, I am really happy to have such an opportunity to have dinner with you!" You are the most personable and unassuming politician I have ever met! ”

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