Gao Yang also knew in his heart that if he wanted to become a strong country, a strong navy was indispensable. Gaoyang's original plan was to send troops to occupy the magic capital after the construction of the main road between Anhui and Jiangsu provinces was completed, and then start the related matters related to the purchase of naval ships after having a large seaport.

However, after Lu Dashuai's assassination, Gao Yang decided to greatly advance all his plans. Lu Xiaojia eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and plays tricks, and he is a good hand, let him take over as the overseer of Zhejiang and do his father's work, he doesn't have that ability. His father's military leaders won't obey him! The Zhejiang army will soon fall apart.

After the infighting in the Zhejiang army, what Gao Yang had to do was simple, to annex the legacy left by Lu Dashuai with strong strength in the name of the same Anhui system. To put it simply, it is to pick peaches, and when the time comes, it is good to give them more money, and the last thing Gao Yang lacks is money.

The program takes about two months. If the plan for the purchase of ships is planned in advance, the negotiations for the purchase of ships should have been completed by the time the magic capital is occupied, and then it is good to directly drive the purchased warships to the magic capital.

After making up his mind, Gao Yang rubbed his brows lightly, and wrote on the application form, "I intend to agree, and the Yangtze River Fleet will send important personnel to discuss the purchase of ships with the British, and the total amount of the purchase will be tentatively determined" Gao Yang stopped writing and pondered again, "How many ships should I buy?" ”

After all, you can't buy a strong navy by buying ships, and you can only use it for temporary emergency response and training of officers and men. At the very least, the scale should be so that the Japanese feel threatened, preferably by forcing the Japanese to increase their military spending and make them lose even more in the economic crisis that follows.

"Origin, can you access the Internet now?"

"If you can find me an Internet port in this day and age, I will be able to access the Internet!"

"Oh, let's go back then, I'd like to look up some information."

"Don't be so troublesome, I downloaded a lot of materials through the Internet in modern time and space, what do you want to know, see if I have any storage."

"Help me find out what happens to the existing warships of the British Navy."

After consulting the origin, Gao Yang set his main target on the British Navy's George V-class battleships. According to the source information, due to the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, the British Navy is preparing to scrap all three existing George V-class battleships next year in order to free up the tonnage of the Nelson-class battleships that are about to be launched. If the purchase of these 3 warships at this time is tantamount to a relief for the British Navy, it is a win-win choice.

There is a reason why Gao Yang chose the George V class, first of all, the British Navy intends to scrap them, and Gao Yang is willing to buy them with money at this time. Then there is the fact that this class of battleships has been in service for more than ten years, and both performance and technical parameters have been outdated, which greatly reduces the resistance to purchase. The last thing is that more than ten years ago, their average cost was 1.94 million pounds, and now after Britain returns to the gold standard, Gaoyang will definitely buy it cheaply, at most half, and the rest of the budget can also buy some auxiliary ships. In 1920, when Britain sold the battleship Canada to Chile, it was only 1 million pounds.

The George V class is already an outdated warship ready to be scrapped for the British Navy, but for the Chinese Navy, it is a weapon that will drool when you dream about it!

The George V-class battleship had a standard displacement of 23300 tons, 25700 tons when fully loaded. The ship is 169 meters long, 27 meters wide and has a draft of 9 meters. It has 18 coal-fired boilers, 4 steam turbines with a total output of 27,000 shaft horsepower, a maximum speed of 21 knots, and a cruising range of 6,730 nautical miles at 10 knots. THE SHIP IS EQUIPPED WITH FIVE TWIN MK5 45 TIMES 343MM CALIBER MAIN GUNS, 16 102MM 50 TIMES DIAMETER SECONDARY GUNS ON BOTH SIDES, AND THREE 533MM UNDERWATER TORPEDO TUBES. THE THICKNESS OF THE MAIN ARMOR BELT IS 305MM-203MM, AND THE THICKNESS OF THE BRIDGE ARMOR IS 280MM.

Such performance data will definitely not be able to beat Nagato, but Gaoyang's purpose is mainly to make Japan feel threatened, improve its prestige, and at the same time train naval officers and soldiers, and it can also enhance national self-confidence, and there will definitely be better warships in the future.

After thinking for a moment, Gao Yang put pen to paper and wrote: "Within 20 million US dollars." "After the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, Britain, which has a large number of warships of various types and is in urgent need of a huge reduction in military spending, is in need of a large amount of money. Previously, in May, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill restored the pound to the gold standard, which was a good time to go to the UK to buy old ships.

Gao Yang's deposits in Citibank are basically in US dollars, and according to the current exchange rate of 1 pound equivalent to 4.86 US dollars, the amount of this warship purchase exceeds 4 million pounds! Throwing this order at the British would ease the apathy between the two sides. Because Gao Yang has a hot fight with the United States but has no trade with the British, the British are already dissatisfied with Gao Yang, after all, the British are still the boss of the world at this time.

After writing down his thoughts, Gao Yang put down the pen, rubbed his sore neck, stretched his waist, and smiled slightly self-deprecatingly, "How long has it been since the college entrance examination to study seriously like this?" ”

Looking up at the watch on the wall, before I knew it, a few hours had passed. Ma Li sorted out the documents and locked them in the safe, and waited for tomorrow to come over and distribute them to various departments for execution.

After returning to modern time and space, Gao Yang wanted to call Zheng Xiujing before taking a bath: "I don't know if the little crystal has been announced, is it over?" Gao Yang thought about it and took out his mobile phone and dialed it. It worked, but no one answered, and it seemed that the announcement was still being made.

"It's really hard." Gao Yang shook his head, everyone has their own choice, Gao Yang has no idea of interfering in Zheng Xiujing's life. took out a change of clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower, and when he came back, he had already received a text message from Zheng Xiujing on his mobile phone, "OPPA, I'm recording a show, I'll be fine soon, wait for me." Smiling slightly, Gao Yang put away his phone and came downstairs to the living room.

Mr. Governor is already waiting for him here. "Mission targets cleared?" Gao Yang came to the side of the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass of whiskey.

"Yes." A muffled mechanical sound sounded. Walking next to Mr. Governor with a wine glass, Mr. Governor with a cold face was taller than Gao Yang. Gao Yang pursed his lips and said, "Have a drink?" Mr. Governor didn't answer, turned his head to look at Gao Yang, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

"It's okay to drink, advanced robots aren't as fragile as the electronics you humans make." The voice of the origin sounded.

"Oh, yes? In fact," Gao Yang looked unhappy and was about to say something when his mobile phone rang. It was Zheng Xiujing, after connecting the phone, Zheng Xiujing's cheerful voice sounded, "OPPA, did you miss your most beautiful little crystal?" The words were filled with irrepressible joy.

"I miss you every day." Listening to Zheng Xiujing's cheerful voice, Gao Yang stretched his brows and said softly.

"Since OPPA misses me, when are you going to come to see me?" Zheng Xiujing said slightly coquettishly.

"I really want to be by your side now, I will go to Korea to see you before your debut anniversary, wait for me. How did it feel to attend the announcement after taking such a long break? Pay attention to your body. Gao Yang said softly.

"Yes, I will." Zheng Xiujing replied softly. The two chatted sweetly for nearly an hour, and didn't hang up until midnight.

Touching the somewhat hot mobile phone, Gao Yang leaned on the sofa and thought silently, "It's not okay not to be together for a long time." ”

After washing up early the next morning, Gao Yang called the general manager of the mining area and told him to hurry up and complete the follow-up work of the mining area, strengthen the prevention of the mining area, and resolutely suppress anyone with bad intentions.

Drive to Libreville and board a plane to Bern to see your parents. That night, Gao Yang returned to his villa in Bern.

After walking into the living room and throwing his coat, mobile phone, and wallet on the coffee table, Gao Yang directly lay on the sofa and exaggeratedly shouted, "Ah--- I'm tired to death, I've been in a hurry since the morning, and my legs are broken." Mom came to Gao Yang's side and slapped him on the back, "Hurry up, what an old person, still like a child, go wash your hands and prepare for dinner." ”

"Oh." Gao Yang obediently answered, got up from the sofa to wash up, and prepared to eat.

After dinner, the family sat around the TV and watched the domestic satellite TV. Gao Yang had little interest in TV, and after watching it for a while, he left the living room to find the Stoke butler.

"What I said on the phone last time, how is it going?" Gao Yang asked directly after seeing Stoker.

Stoke smiled and said, "Sir, I have officially placed an order for Gulfstream Aerospace in your name for the latest Gulfstream G650 twin-engine business jet. Gulfstream's offer was $65 million. ”

"Money is not an issue, I'll leave you a check tomorrow, how long will it take to deliver?" Gao Yang continued to ask.

"Gulfstream said it would like to be able to consult with you on issues such as the interior of the aircraft, and also said that it would like to invite you to visit Gulfstream." Stoke said with a slight bow.

"The interior decoration or something is just according to their standard configuration, I won't go, you can go on my behalf when you have time." And I just asked how long it will take to deliver? There was a hint of impatience in Gao Yang's tone.

Stoke bowed slightly, "Sorry sir, Gulfstream said that if it is a new custom aircraft, it will take a year." However, Gulfstream has a reserve of aircraft to complete basic production, and if the customer needs it urgently, it can be delivered in as little as three months of modification, but it will require an additional $1.9 million for the project. ”

"Well, you should hurry up and do this matter, I hope to be able to see my plane in 3 months." Gao Yang stretched his brows, this news made him feel much better. The various worries of flying on passenger planes these days made Gao Yang decide to buy his own private jet.

"By the way, there's one more thing I want to ask you, if I want to buy a yacht, which company has the best product?" Gao Yang suddenly remembered something and asked out loud.