Yan Fu couldn't help but be very surprised after hearing this, "The harm to the public is greater than the benefit of selfishness?" What do you mean, Dongyang, don't you mean that as long as one thing is good for yourself and more harmful to the public, you can do it? I thought that all the ink writers were saints! ”

"Not as you might think, at least not in the usual sense of the word. Let me give you an example, if an official embezzles public funds and makes a profit of 100 taels of silver for himself, and at the same time causes a direct loss of 100 taels of silver to the public, even if it is not an indirect loss, his behavior is still unkind and unjust. Li Hui explained a little proudly, it was not easy for him to think of so much, "What's more, even if you do something that is beneficial to the private and small harm to the public, according to the rules of Momen, it is necessary to make excess compensation to the public, since the benefits outweigh the harm, you must be able to afford to pay, this has become a public and private penny, why harm to benevolence and righteousness?" ”

"In that case, there's really no problem." , Yan Fu had to nod his head and say yes, but he still couldn't help frowning and said, "Everything counts as money, isn't this okay?" ”

Li Hui sneered when he heard this, "What's wrong? It is most accurate to use money to convert, how much benefit, how much damage, at a glance, our Mohist righteousness and profit are unified, and Confucianism is different from Confucianism that wants to be a **** and set up a memorial arch."

Although he knew that China's failure to embark on the road of capitalism on its own was largely due to the Confucian morality of shame for words, Li Hui's way of thinking that everything can be measured by money still made Yan Fu a little unaccustomed, and he finally readjusted his emotions and asked Li Hui the question he was most concerned about, "I don't know what Momen's strength is now?" ”

"Although the quality of the population is extremely high, after all, the number is too small, and it is impossible for us to catch up with the West in all aspects, so as early as a hundred years ago, Momen established a scientific and technological development strategy with the military industry as the core. Today, there have been quite remarkable results, Momen can now produce the best artillery, armor, hulls, steam engines and boilers in the world, and it is with these excellent subsystems that I can design the Haitian-class armored cruiser", Li Hui knew that Yan Fu was not asking about the number of people, because he had mentioned it before, so he only picked the aspects that he was most concerned about. These words are half-true, Li Hui is indeed such a strength at present, but it comes from a mysterious system and not a Momen that no longer exists at all, but after all, it is relatively easy to be convinced with facts as a basis.

Yan Fu really didn't question this, but was more concerned about one thing that Li Hui mentioned in passing, "The Haitian level was designed by you in Dongyang?" ”

Without waiting for Yan to ask again, Li Hui guessed his thoughts, nodded with a smile and admitted, "That's right, the Haitian class is indeed tailored to the needs of the Chinese Navy, especially considering that the lack of deep-water ports along the coast of China has deliberately reduced the depth of the draft, without this limitation, I can design a more powerful warship." In fact, the draft of the Haitian class is still a little deeper, and it can't be fully loaded into Weihaiwei, but I can't help it, if I reduce it again, the loss of firepower and power will be too great."

"Sure enough, I'll say it, I'll say it, how can it be so coincidental," Yan Futeng stood up suddenly, rubbed his hands and said to himself excitedly, the goal of localizing warships that he had been looking forward to but never being able to achieve was simply achieved, and Yan Fu couldn't help but feel excited.

Li Hui smiled very calmly, "But I'm still quite satisfied with the Haitian class, after all, adapting to the national conditions is an important criterion for evaluating the merits of a weapon, and the tonnage is small and the construction is fast, if I design a giant ship with a standard displacement of 15,000 tons, I may not be able to catch up with the naval battle of Jianghua Bay."

"Can you build a 15,000-ton ship?" Yan Fu's mouth was wide open, and it was estimated that a duck egg could be stuffed into it, and he immediately remembered another thing, and asked with some expectation and some worry, "Wait, are the six Haitian-class armored cruisers built in one batch, or two batches?" ”

"Of course it's a batch, there are 12 large shipyards built on the island, if you go all out to build ships, you can build up to twelve 15,000-ton giant ships at the same time, but before the arsenal on my side is built, the army weapons and ammunition required are all supplied on the island, and a large number of personnel will be sent to support my work, and the construction of six 10,000-ton warships at the same time is already the current limit", Li Hui's answer made Yan Fu completely Sparta, and at the same time build 12 15,000-ton giant ships, even the British Empire, It's impossible to do it, right?

Li Hui waved his hand and said, "A few words, you underestimate Britain too much, now Europe is in a state of peace, so you can't see it yet, once the war mobilization begins, it is not a problem to build more than a dozen capital ships at the same time." And people still have to build a large number of auxiliary ships and civilian ships, unlike our island, which only builds capital ships, and if this is also included, Britain's shipbuilding potential will at least quadruple."

Yan Fuden was surprised, "Why don't you build an auxiliary ship?" ”

"Because you don't need it, you're also an expert in the navy, what do you say auxiliary ships are for?" , Li Hui shrugged his shoulders and asked with a smile.

Then before Yan Fu could reply, Li Hui had already asked and answered himself, "In the final analysis, auxiliary ships are only used for three purposes, one is lightning strikes, the other is anti-lightning strikes, and when there are warships to work, but there are not so many capital ships to send or are reluctant to dispatch capital ships, you can send auxiliary ships with lower cost and maintenance costs to do it." But in terms of the pitiful range and accuracy of the torpedo, the lightning strike is almost like a death squad, even if there are few people on the auxiliary ship, the casualties add up, we can't stand it, you know, the most lacking thing on the island is manpower"

Yan Fu understood when he boarded the plane that if manpower was extremely expensive, the value of the auxiliary ship would definitely drop significantly, because as long as the warship was unsinkable, no matter how large the casualties were, it was limited, and the survivability of the capital ship was obviously much stronger than that of the auxiliary ship, so the casualty rate of the personnel on the capital ship was much lower than that of the auxiliary ship. The current torpedo problem has led to torpedo attacks almost identical to death squads, and the danger of being carried out has further magnified this shortcoming of auxiliary ships, making them even less practical