The Haitian-class patrol was not only powerful, but also had a shallow draft, which was very suitable for the unique environment of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, so the Turkish Ottoman Empire also bought two ships so that it could completely overwhelm the Black Sea Fleet of the old enemy, Tsarist Russia. Although www.biquge.info the country is weakening day by day, it is the so-called "hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff." With the heritage of the Ottoman Empire, two 10,000-ton ships are still completely affordable.

Moreover, the Chinese government considered that this was a good pawn to clamp down on Tsarist Russia, and that the "Big Food Oil Company" and the immigrants sent to the Middle East were still unstable for the time being, and they also needed the care of the Turks, at least not maliciously targeted, so they also secretly gave a certain discount, and the two Haitian-class patrol ships actually only had a starting price, that is, 20 tons of gold.

In this way, there were only two ships left, but the competition was even more fierce, and the first of them even soared to the highest price, and Germany, which was worried that it could not buy it, grabbed one for research at the unit price of 20 tons of gold, only to look back and find that they had already mastered many of the technologies used in the ship, and they spewed out a mouthful of old blood when they boarded. If it weren't for the appearance of the Haitian-class patrol earlier, the Germans would have suspected that Momen had stolen German technical secrets (well, in a sense, this is the truth). ）......

As for the last Haitian-class cruiser, the relatively oldest of the lead ships, the Haitian, it unexpectedly fell into the hands of the inconspicuous Kingdom of Sweden (but in the name of the Norwegian-Swedish alliance). It is not difficult to understand their motivation for buying this warship, even if the small country is the key to holding the thigh, it also needs a certain degree of self-defense ability, and the Haitian-class patrol is not only good in combat power, but also rare in terms of shallow draft and good seaworthiness, just like it was tailor-made for the Kingdom of Sweden.

The Swedish Navy is a defensive navy, so the draft of warships cannot be too deep, and due to the harsh sea conditions in the North Sea, even if it is sailing in the near sea, it must have good seaworthiness, and few capital ships can meet these two points at the same time, but the Haitian-class patrol unexpectedly all meet the requirements, and the Swedish Navy has long been greedy for this, and naturally cannot let go of the opportunity. Moreover, as a legendary warship that can also be ranked among the top few in the history of the world's navies, the addition of the Haitian Cruiser to the national naval sequence can greatly enhance the pride of the people and strengthen the Norwegian-Swedish alliance that is growing rift, and the value is not limited to military aspects.

However, the Swedes were really calm, and it was not until there was only the last one left, and there were no first-class powers among the bidders that they could not afford to offend, that they finally made a move and bought the pride of the Chinese navy for 18 tons of gold.

In fact, until this time, there were still several first-class powers that did not make a move, such as Britain and the United States, but the Chinese government clearly did not sell to the United States, and Britain has many allies in the world, and there are many friendly countries that are not allies but are not much worse, such as Chile is one of them, so they did not participate in the bidding, and they just borrowed a ship to study it afterwards, and they did not waste increasingly valuable gold for this.

Because of the economic crisis and the threat of Germany, and because of the threat of China, France and Russia could only concentrate on building a continental army, and the navy funds continued to shrink; Austria-Hungary could share technical information as Germany did; Italy was too confident in its own design (it thought that the Haitian-class installation patrol did not have much reference value in design), and too little confidence in the industrial base (it felt that the subsystem was difficult to imitate even if it was in real condition), and the domestic economic situation was also very bad, so it wisely gave up the bidding; As for Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium, they are all in a mess now, so in the end, the Kingdom of Sweden, a small country that is not outstanding even among the second-class powers, has picked up the cheap.

All 12 Haitian-class cruisers were sold, so the number of capital ships of the Chinese Navy was reduced by four instead of being increased by the entry into service of the Sage-class battle cruisers. In terms of combat power, this is not a loss, because one Sage-class battle cruiser is more powerful than two Haitian-class patrol ships, but the real trouble is the name of the ship, there are only eight in total, four of which are named after the ancient sage, which means that there are only four places left to inherit the old ship that was sold, and each captain hopes that the name of his ship can continue to be passed on......

Fortunately, the Chinese Navy now has strict evaluation standards, not only can be used to assess personnel, but also can also assess warships, after some comparison, Chaoyong, Haitian, Dingyuan, Zhenyuan, these four warships in the Sino-Japanese War and the Sino-British War of the United States and Britain in the comprehensive performance of the best, the greatest merits, and these four ship names themselves have a special significance, so in the end continue to remain in the Chinese Navy capital ship sequence, and other ship names can only be downgraded to light cruisers, and even new types of destroyers to use......

In this regard, many naval officers and men have complained, but Li Hui just wants them to see that even if it is a warship, it cannot always eat the old book, and only by constantly making meritorious contributions can the glory be passed on!

Of course, Li Hui also admitted that the four places are indeed too little, but this can not be helped, the focus of the Chinese government's work has begun to shift to economic construction, the army has also begun to steal more and more defense funds, and maintaining eight capital ships in peacetime is already the limit. In fact, it was precisely because there were only eight ships that Li Hui separated those legendary sages from the ranks of "saints" and named them "legends" as the naming principle of the next level of capital ships of the Chinese Navy, otherwise not a single place would be freed up......

The four saints officially recognized by the government of the Chinese Republic were Mozi, Dayu, Laozi and Confucius. Among them, Mozi is a rare great scientist, a great politician, a great thinker, a great military strategist, a great educator, and an almost perfect character, if this is not a saint, then no one in the world can afford such a title.

Dayu is Mozi's most admired sage, and he is also a recognized saint since ancient times, he has no objection to occupy a seat, but Yao Shun and Shang Tang, which are often called together in history, are not included in it, Li Hui did this mainly because the deeds of Yao Shun are not examinable (and the evidence of Dayu's water control has been found a lot in later generations), and even if it is true, there is a lack of great achievements like water control that can determine the fate of China and have a far-reaching impact on future generations. As for Shang Tang and the later King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, in fact, they were just vassal monarchs who successfully rebelled and eliminated the suzerain, at most they could only be regarded as heroes, what qualifications did they have to be called saints? (To be continued.) )