Qin Lang vs. Ai Wen. Winkler, the Naval Shipbuilding Division, the U.S. shipbuilding industry, and the munitions industry did not have high requirements, and his goal was simple: the battleship "Illinois," which should have been built in 1896, could evolve into a copy of the dreadnought battleship "South Carolina" according to his proposal. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition to the most rational arrangement of the artillery, there were at least two factors that could be used as a reason to choose the "South Carolina" as a reference: her standard displacement was only 16 thousand tons, and the power plant was a three-expansion steam engine.

The smaller displacement meant that there was no need to spend a lot of money to expand the slipway, and the cost of building ships would be lower, making it easier to approve the plan when it was sent to Congress for review - when Qin Lang mentioned Congress again, Winkler once again expressed his envy of his British and German counterparts.

In the United Kingdom, the Navy's shipbuilding plans are always quickly approved by Parliament, and sometimes even doubled by the US Navy. And in Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm said, I want battleships, so Germany began to build battleships in large numbers, and no one had the courage to say a "no" - even if they did, it would not make sense.

Only in the United States has Congress become the real and, moreover, most formidable enemy of the Navy. Under its threat, the Navy must carefully consider the cost of construction every time it builds a warship.

This even affected the choice of the power plant of the battleship. Heavy oil boilers and steam turbines are naturally the most reasonable choice if only performance is considered, but neither of these devices is mature enough, and the choice of them will inevitably lead to a significant increase in the cost of building and maintaining warships, and then the damned Congress will inevitably ......

"Can't you just not mention the Congress, Mr. Qin Lang?" Winkler was really angry.

"I'm very sorry," Qin Lang said apologetically, "I won't mention it again, Mr. Winkler." ”

"Thank you." Winkler nodded mechanically to show that he accepted his apology, and then stopped talking, indicating that his anger had not completely subsided.

Qin Lang didn't speak again. It's not that he's dissatisfied with the assistant engineer's attitude, it's that he's wandering again. Basically, he had fully elaborated on the idea of a dreadnought, and now only a small suggestion had not been made: he did not want to see the birdcage masts unique to American battleships.

Yes, that birdcage was so ugly that it completely affected the image of the battleship...... Although almost none of the battleships built in the United States can be called "beautiful".

Thankfully, now, in 1894, that ugly thing hadn't appeared on American battleships, so he still had hope of snuffing it out. It's just that Qin Lang doesn't know how to mention this matter to Winkler for the time being, and he is thinking about it carefully.

To others, his silence was a counter-attack to the assistant engineer's inexplicable anger.

The atmosphere became a little awkward. Claude's gaze kept moving back and forth between his boss and his friend. After a while, maybe a few minutes, he finally decided to break the current deadlock by diverting the subject. "Why hasn't the waiter in the dining car shown up yet?"

"Don't worry, I've already told Duncan to find the conductor......"

As soon as Qin Lang spoke, Duncan returned to the dining car with a triumphant smile representing victory. "All the problems have been solved smoothly, Qin, your method is very effective." He told Qin Lang, and then announced loudly, "In a few minutes, the waiter will be back." ”

In fact, it didn't take that long, and as soon as Duncan returned to his seat and sat down, the waiter returned to the dining car and brought their food: sandwiches and coffee with "spam" luncheon meat. Naturally, no one spoke anymore, and the already hungry crowd now had only one thing left to do: to fill their bellies.

Even Duncan, even though he already hated Qin Lang's "mysterious meat", still ate it with relish.

This late lunch was over in a short time. The waiter began to clean up the dishes, while Aven. Winkler said goodbye to Qin Lang: he was in a hurry to return to his box to sort out his thoughts in order to submit an application for the development of a new warship to the shipbuilding department.

Not long after he left, Qin Lang, Elizabeth, and Duncan also returned to their box, surrounded by the guards.

Almost as soon as she sat down, Elizabeth asked, "Qin, what idea did you give Duncan?" ”

"Oh, actually, nothing," Qin Lang said happily, "I just asked Duncan to tell the conductor that you are the daughter of the Duke of Württemberg—"

"What?" She cried out, "What are you kidding, Qin! "Let her pretend to be the princess of the kingdom of Württemberg? This kind of lie is so lame! How could it deceive......

"Don't worry, Elizabeth, that idiot from West Virginia doesn't even know where Württemberg is." Duncan laughed, and the conductor's shocked look at hearing that there was a princess from Europe on the train made him very happy. Of course, not everything was good - he wasted a lot of time trying to explain to the conductor that Württemberg was not an American town, but a European country.

But either way, he was sure that the conductor would not be suspicious of Elizabeth's fake identity.

She didn't believe it. "There is always someone on the train who knows about Württemberg, and if the conductor tells the news......"

"I've warned him not to leak the news." Duncan continued, "I told him that there was a palace coup in Württemberg last month, and you were forced to take refuge in exile in the United States. But the putschists have sent assassins to hunt you down, so your whereabouts must be kept strictly secret. ”

"Do you think he'll believe it?"

"In fact, our conductor did believe it. Logically, there is nothing unreasonable about this story. Duncan shrugged.

"Americans, especially those who have been in the U.S. for generations, can sometimes seem very naïve." Qin Lang commented in an almost mocking tone. Of course, even in China, the same situation is not uncommon, especially in some of the more closed areas.

And if interests are involved, there are sometimes many "naïve" innocent people in developed regions. When he was studying, he heard at least two similar jokes from relatives back home. One is the famous "Jin Di deposit", and the other is even more interesting - there is an old man in Hanzhong who pretended to be Sun Yat-sen to carry out fraudulent activities, and he succeeded......

So, would it seem difficult to fool a West Virginia fool?

"It's a simple thing, and I asked Duncan to give the guy a little hush money...... Duncan, did you give him the money? Qin Lang looked at Duncan, who nodded.

Then things are simple.

"From now on, Elizabeth, as long as we are on the train, you will be Her Royal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Württemberg." He smiled, "As for me and Duncan...... Duncan is an agent sent by the U.S. State Department, and my company guards and I are your hired personal bodyguards. ”

"Of course, I want to make it clear that no one else knows that you are the princess of Württemberg except me, Qin Lang, and yourself," Duncan added, "to disguise why the guards lack respect for you." ”

"It's really ......," Elizabeth still couldn't accept her new identity. As a devout Catholic, lies seemed to her to be a grave sin...... However, it seems that she has told a lot of lies to her father and mother.

She thought for a moment. Since it is possible to deceive parents, it seems that it is okay to deceive someone you don't know for the time being, and he will not lose anything by lying. So......

"Well, now I'm Princess Elizabeth of Württemberg." She said helplessly, "But what do I need to do to look like a princess?" ”

This is a serious issue that needs to be studied.

While Qin Lang, Duncan, and Elizabeth hid in the train compartment to figure out how to make her look more like a real princess, in San Diego, Rachel was busy completing the job that Qin Lang had left to do: deliver 15,000 rifles and 7.5 million rounds of ammunition to China by July.

The problem is more troublesome. Guns and ammunition weren't a problem, and there were plenty of them in stock, but she had to ship a shipment of canned luncheon meat and methamphetamine to Japan, so she had to find a transport ship that was large enough.

At the same time, she must find a smart and reliable person to sell weapons to the Chinese government. This could not be handed over to Yi Shui, and although he had decided to personally supervise the transport mission, he had no braids, could not go ashore, and could not meet with government officials.

Nor could she give the job to O'Connor. Qin Lang and Duncan are gone, and Yi Shui will also be leaving, so O'Connor must stay in San Diego to share her work.

So, who should be put on the burden?

Rachel looked at the company's employee files in her hand, she had looked at it several times, but she still couldn't find a suitable person, most of them had no experience in selling products, and the experienced employees had no dealings with government officials in the East...... Do you need to hire a new salesman?

Or...... She reconsidered for a moment, then called the secretary into the office.

"I need a list of all the Chinese that the company is recruiting, as well as their resumes." Maybe...... A suitable candidate can be found among the Chinese. But it's not enough to just hire those people that companies are hiring. "Contact Kelly. Sheriff Johnson, I need information on all the Chinese people detained by the Los Angeles Immigration Department. ”

"Do you need one in San Francisco too?"

"Of course."

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