The Chinese Empire won the war against Britain and Japan at the same time, not only seizing 8 million square kilometers of British colonies, but also winning a huge war reparation of 200 million pounds sterling from Britain and 200 million taels of silver from Japan.

Rewards for meritorious deeds are naturally indispensable, and everyone is waiting for this moment to come.

In the Zhonghua Palace, Li Weiguo rarely got up early in the morning and issued an order to commend all the heroes and soldiers who have contributed to the empire and made great contributions, as well as all the workers including the China S.H.I.E.L.D. who silently supported in the rear, and thanked them for working together to win the war for the empire again.

Li Weiguo has never been stingy with rewards, and this time he has prepared a huge bonus of up to 100 million yuan, as well as honorary titles of one duke, ten counts, one hundred viscounts and one thousand barons, to be awarded to meritorious ministers.

Heroes are not divided into civil and military affairs, without military generals fighting outside, the empire cannot win the victory, without the support of civil ministers, the logistics are unimpeded, and the hard game at the negotiation table, the empire cannot reap such huge benefits.

Hundreds of civil and military officials, officials from all over the country have rewards, the navy and army is the highlight, especially Chen Shaoyi won the victory in the naval battle of the Solomon Islands, which is the key to the victory of the Chinese Empire in the Pacific Theater, so Chen Shaoyi was promoted to the title of first-class earl and rewarded with 1 million yuan.

More than two-thirds of the officers and soldiers were promoted to military ranks, and the most bullish soldier was promoted to six ranks, becoming the fastest promoted soldier in the history of the Chinese Empire.

A total of 1 million medals for other meritorious services were issued, and all the soldiers who participated in the battle were rewarded with money, in the form of salaries, and the most powerful soldiers were rewarded with 100,000 yuan. Became rich overnight and became rich ever since.

The soldiers who died were posthumously awarded the title of first-class duke on behalf of General Yang De, and they were also the only people who received the title of duke in this war, which means that the imperial government attaches much more importance to the meritorious soldiers who died in the war than those who survived.

Only the martyrs who are worthy of sacrifice can inspire the living even more. Let them devote themselves more wholeheartedly and passionately to the various undertakings of the empire, and fight to the death for the empire.

Other soldiers who sacrificed their lives also received huge war pensions, were awarded the title of martyrs, enshrined in the martyrs' shrines, and the families of the martyrs enjoyed the imperial government-funded schooling, medical security, employment security, and other policies to secure the people, which even stimulated the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country to support the army and love the army and enthusiastically join the army.

During the commendation ceremony, Li Weiguo specially allowed reporters from all over the world to enter the Zhonghua Hall to take pictures, and the purpose was very simple. Chiguoguo's boasting of victory to the whole world will make the whole world envious and jealous, let the British and Japanese hide in the corner and cry, and be angry with them.

The award ceremony lasted all day, and later on, Li Weiguo led the three empresses to personally entertain meritorious officials, generals and front-line soldiers at the Imperial Hotel until late at night.

There is a three-day national holiday, and the whole country celebrates. I don't need to go into details.

The war was over, and the post-war work was enormous. There are still a lot of details that need to be put in place.

As the emperor of the Chinese Empire, Li Weiguo is relaxed again, state affairs have long been on the right track, as long as it is not a major event, the civil and military officials can handle it themselves, and there is no need to bother Li Weiguo and his old people to work hard.

Thereupon. Li Weiguo has a lot of time to travel around, eat, drink, and tease girls.

On August 5, 3977, twelve years after Li Weiguo ascended the throne, Empress Fu Shanxiang issued a decree for the first time to choose a concubine for the emperor.

At this time, Fu Shanxiang was over forty years old. is old, although Li Weiguo's love for her has not diminished, he rarely stays in her palace.

Fu Shanxiang knows that men are virtuous and like fresh girl paper, especially Li Weiguo is six years younger than Fu Shanxiang, just in the prime of life, if you want to be jealous of Li Weiguo's romance, you will be drowned in the vinegar jar.

Fortunately, although Li Weiguo likes the new, he is not tired of the old, and his feelings for Fu Shanxiang, Su Sanniang and Shen Ziyan are still there. As for the other concubines, most of the princesses and beauties offered to the vassal states were purely political marriages, and Li Weiguo accepted them in order to create a son to rule the vassal kingdom in the future.

In the harem, there are too many foreign women, surpassing the local forces, which is not a good phenomenon.

You must know that the power struggle in the harem is also very fierce, although under Li Weiguo's education, there will be no kind of Wu Zetian-style cruel struggle in the harem, but the war between women will never stop.

So after discussing with Su Sanniang and Shen Ziyan, Fu Shanxiang decided to choose a concubine for Li Weiguo. This time, only concubines were selected from the Han families in the country, which was used to enrich the power of the local group in the harem.

Of course, Fu Shanxiang can't say that, the selection of concubines is still allowed by all ethnic groups in the country, but it has to be operated secretly, and in the end, only Han girls can be selected.

The queen's order was given, and the people of the whole country suddenly boiled.

However, the men of the whole country are going to be sad, because the emperor chooses a concubine, within a year, domestic men are not allowed to marry and engage, and all the school-age girls in the country are not allowed to marry, and they can only be lifted after the emperor chooses a concubine. Especially for girls running for election, this is more stringent.

Li Weiguo is very happy, although he is not too enthusiastic about choosing a concubine, after all, there are many of his women now, not counting the genuine women in the harem, there are also many outside the palace, all of them are the civil and military ministers in the court, the female officials in the palace, and the guards have brought Li Weiguo badly, and if he has nothing to do, he will have some fun for Li Weiguo, and even sometimes sneak around the Bada Hutong, this kind of stimulation makes Li Weiguo addicted. Especially last time, the female official Liu Shishi introduced Li Weiguo to a batch of beautiful girls from India, and the women who can practice yoga are in super good shape, coupled with Indian divine oil, every time Li Weiguo is fluttering.

The reason why Li Weiguo agreed with Fu Shanxiang to help him choose a concubine was actually to have fun, Li Weiguo wanted to see what kind of pomp and circumstance the ancient emperor's choice of concubines was, and what was the difference between it and the Miss World contest in later generations.

Obviously, there is a big difference, the first beauty selected by the Miss World contest is really not flattering, and it is not excluded that the unspoken rules recommend it, in fact, the number of participants is small and the scope is limited, and it is not at all that all women in the real world participate in the beauty pageant. Among them, black fungus is rampant. But the emperor's choice of concubines is different, all of them are beautiful girls, so strict that they have to count a few moles on their bodies, this is a real national audition, all school-age girls will participate, no one dares to uncover the rules. God knows which girl will be lucky to be chosen and become the imperial concubine in the future, if you offend her, you will not be able to come back in the future to give you little shoes to wear!

"I said Zhang Laohan, your daughters are 29 years old, why are you still running for election?" The staff of a certain audition registration office looked at Zhang Laohan and his daughter who came to register in surprise.

Zhang Laohan said with a smile: "I thought that the emperor would choose a concubine in the year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so my daughter has never married, so she is waiting to enter the palace and become a golden phoenix, but who would have thought that the emperor did not choose a concubine for twelve years?" My daughter waited for twelve years. But don't worry. My daughter is beautiful, the most beautiful in ten miles and eight villages, and she is not married. ”

The staff also smiled bitterly, but after looking at Zhang Laohan's daughter, she was indeed very beautiful, maybe she could be selected.

"Okay, I'll give you a name, and if you can't choose, I'll make you die. Hurry up and marry your daughter, saving her daughter from delaying her life's events. ”

Something like Zhang Laohan's. It happens everywhere in the country, and this is also human nature, and it is understandable.

Li Weiguo really wanted to see how to choose a concubine, but unfortunately he couldn't break the rules, and the queen had to decide how to choose a concubine. In this regard, Fu Shanxiang only assured Li Weiguo. Pick a few of your favorites for him.

However, there were policies and countermeasures, and Li Weiguo soon had an excuse that he was going to inspect the Jiangnan Shipyard.

Well, Fu Shanxiang glared angrily. But he couldn't stop Li Weiguo.

People openly use the public for personal gain, what can you do?

Li Weiguo was happy, stopped in various places along the way, and after secretly greeting the local officials, he first took a look at all the beautiful women who participated in the local election, and if there was a woman he liked, what would he wait for so long to do, he would directly push it down, and then take it away. Anyway, in addition to making the Chinese Empire strong and the people rich, Li Weiguo's life is all that is left with flirtatious paper.

However, Li Weiguo toured the south again and arrived at the Jiangnan Shipyard, which was really an important matter to do.

Jiangnan Shipyard is the largest naval shipyard in the Chinese Empire, with the most complete facilities, the most advanced technology, and the highest scientific and technological content, representing the most powerful shipbuilding technology in the world.

This time, Li Weiguo came to the Jiangnan Shipyard and personally brought the dreadnought drawings he designed to Xu Shou, Hua Yufang, and Wei Han, and discussed in detail with the three of them the feasibility of developing and building the dreadnought.

"The key to the dreadnought lies in the steam turbine system, and in this regard, Your Majesty can rest assured that we have already established the project for development, which is expected to be completed in three years." Hua Yufang said that he was responsible for the theoretical verification of the steam turbine system, under the guidance of Li Weiguo, on the basis of the accumulation of existing technology, this aspect has been completed, and is currently in the actual development stage, which requires continuous testing.

Li Weiguo nodded and said: "If the steam turbine system can be completed within three years, then the dreadnought can be built, and when the hull is completed, the steam turbine will be installed directly to save time." ”

Xu Shou asked at this time: "This is easy to do, and the minister can implement it immediately." However, the unified main gun firing system requires a central command fire control platform. In addition, the removal of a large number of secondary guns will inevitably reduce the firepower output and increase the number of main guns, and the triple main gun system proposed by His Majesty, we have verified that the salvo accuracy of the triple main gun will be greatly reduced, which will have a great negative impact on naval warfare. ”

Only then did Li Weiguo remember that when he asked Xu Shou to develop a triple main gun system, he forgot to tell him how to solve the problem of salvo accuracy.

This problem is actually very simple, but for people of this generation, if no one reminds them, they will not be able to solve this simple problem for a long time.

When a large-caliber cannon is ejected, it will instantly split the surrounding air, forming a huge air wave shock wave around it. The spacing between the twin main guns is relatively large, and this short-term strong interference airflow does not affect the trajectory of the shells for the time being.

However, if the main gun turret on a battleship has limited location and space, the distance between the three gun barrels is very close when the triple main gun is installed. When a salvo is fired, the blast wave of air generated at the moment of the cannon ejection will cause serious mutual air flow interference. It's like two ships traveling at high speed, if they get close to each other to a distance of more than ten meters, they will be sucked together by obvious eddy currents and collide. This is a reason for the air to interact with the impact of the airflow. For small-caliber artillery and short-range artillery, this kind of interference is slight, but for the ship-borne main guns with a caliber of 305 mm and a firing range of more than 10,000 meters, and will continue to expand the caliber and range in the future, once the long-range fire is carried out, it will be the result of a difference of thousands of miles, and it will seriously affect the accuracy of the impact point.

"The solution is very simple, install a delay device on the artillery, and only need 0.1 seconds of delay to greatly offset the phenomenon of superimposed interference of air currents, and it does not affect the salvo, because 0.1 seconds is indistinguishable with the naked eye, and it still looks like a salvo."

"Your Majesty, you are so smart and knowledgeable, and you admire you!"

Xu Shou, Hua Yufang, and Wei Han looked at Li Weiguo in surprise, surprised and delighted. Although they have long been mentally prepared for this, every time they face Li Weiguo, they will have a strong sense of inferiority, compared with Li Weiguo's erudition, they have studied for decades in vain.

Li Weiguo's face was not red or breathless, and he calmly accepted this reality, and later generations will inevitably add a "great mathematician, physicist, and originator of air flow mechanics......

For the next period of time, Li Weiguo stayed in the Shanghai Palace, studying the design of the dreadnought with Xu Shou, Hua Yufang, Wei Han and others during the day, and summoning a group of beauties to sing and dance at night, talk about life, and flirt with the girl.

On September 7, 3977 and October 9, 1877, a new chapter in human history was opened on this day.

The keel was laid in the No. 1 dock of the Jiangnan Shipyard of the Chinese Empire, and a giant ship with a design displacement of 15,000 tons was opened to lay the keel.

This is a new class of battleships of the Imperial Chinese Navy, and it is also a brand-new battleship in the epoch-making sense of the world.

With a unified caliber and model of large-caliber main guns, steam turbine power, a speed of 21 knots, and comprehensive heavy armor protection, the world's first dreadnought has begun construction, and its appearance will make hundreds of battleships of various types of naval powers immediately obsolete.

However, the Chinese Empire kept this strictly secret, and this was another killer weapon of the Imperial Chinese Navy, so naturally it could not be easily known to foreigners. The rumor released to the outside world is that the Chinese Empire is starting to build an all-steel battleship of a larger tonnage, which will carry more artillery and more coal, so that it can sail around the world in the world's waters.

This was deliberately heard by Britain, Japan, and other hostile countries of the Chinese Empire, and it was another strategic misleading and confusing enemy, and once the Chinese Empire broke out a naval war with them again, it would suddenly send a killer weapon, which would take the lead and even directly become the key to victory.

In fact, this dreadnought was researched and designed by Li Weiguo, Xu Shou, Hua Yufang and Wei Han, and it is far more complete and advanced than the first dreadnought in history.

As a new generation of verification battleships, this 15,000-ton giant ship was given the designation 397701, and will be equipped with 12 305 mm 50 times diameter main guns, four triple, raised turrets, two in the front and two in the rear, the cancellation of the ear frame secondary gun system on the waist, and the replacement of a large number of close-in rapid-fire guns. Using the steam turbine power system, four-shaft and four-propeller propulsion, the theoretical speed is 21 knots, and whether it can reach this speed still needs to be known after it is built. In addition to the all-steel construction, it is also necessary to fully protect the heavy armor, covering 100% of the length of the hull, and increase the thickness of the armor at the ammunition depot and fuel depot to focus on protection. The Fish Radium launch tube was canceled, which was a hidden danger, anyway, the battleships of this class were not engaged with the enemy at close range, but at a long distance, and the Fish Radium could not be used, so it was simply canceled.

The Chinese Empire secretly built new battleships, of course, it could not hide from the British.

However, the British suffered several losses, and this time they will definitely not easily believe the claims of the Chinese Empire, at least they will collect intelligence at any cost.

As the Chinese Empire opened a new round of naval arms race in the era of dreadnoughts, the secret contest between the spy agencies of various countries also began, and it is unknown who will die. (To be continued.) )