In the palace, Wang Sirui's family sat happily together and laughed, at this moment, Wang Sirui did not have the slightest emperor's coercion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the lobby, a baby girl who is more than a year old is stumbling all the way, and behind her is Wang Sirui's mother, who has been carefully taking care of her.

Behind the table and chairs on the other side, two women held their big bellies, their hands kept stroking, and their faces were full of smiles.

The Chinese Empire, known to the outside world as one of the most bizarre empires, is not one of them.

The emperor's parents were not named the emperor and the queen mother, not even the prince. Wang Sirui's father was just a marquis, and like other marquises, he only enjoyed the title treatment, but did not give any power.

Another strange place is that with the birth of Wang Sirui's eldest daughter, the little guy has never been taken care of by the subordinates, from the moment he was born, he was taken care of by Wang Sirui's mother himself, and occasionally let the subordinates help out, and because of the birth of the eldest daughter, Wang Sirui's parents also had to move into the palace, although they were restrained, but fortunately, no one dared to mess with them in this palace, and Wang Sirui would not deliberately say anything about his parents.

Of course, the royal father and queen mother are not the kind of people who mess around, and the two have never taken the initiative to find trouble with others. It's not right, the royal father and queen mother often find trouble with Wang Shizhen, every time the family just wants to reunite, Wang Shizhen will always come up very blindly, and then the family gathering will be less Wang Sirui, and the second old man is also depressed.

No, as soon as the family gathering began, Wang Shizhen walked out again, and the queen mother immediately put on a displeased posture, and Wang Shizhen could only smile and walk in.

The emperor's family gathering, who wants to disturb it? In fact, every time Wang Shizhen feels that he is quite wronged, besides, every time he comes, it is some big and trivial matter, can he, the prime minister of the empire, come to face the saint desperately?

"Your Majesty, the British Ambassador Sadao has just sent a note to his ministers, and the British side hopes that we will keep our promises and start a war against Russia in the near future." Wang Shizhen reported in a low voice.

"Hehe, the British can't bear it, what about the navy?" Wang Sirui asked.

"There is basically no big problem on the navy's side, the warships built by Britain, France and Germany have basically finished their sea trials and have been completely handed over to us, the plan is that our navy will be familiar with it for a month, and then return home in a team, Britain and France have agreed to our request for passage, allowing us to dock and replenish in the ports they control along the way.

The situation was similar on the American side, but because there were no supply points along the way, the Chenrang Navy purchased two more 8,000-ton supply ships in the United States. It is expected that the fleet will be fully set sail in a month, and the fleet will be able to return home in two months at the latest. Wang Shizhen said.

Who would have thought a few years ago that there would be so many warships in the Imperial Navy? Not to mention anything else, it is no problem just to pull out the current dozens of warships and directly destroy the Japanese Navy.

Especially those two dreadnoughts, if the soldiers on the ships are strong, it will not be a problem to even single out the Japanese Navy.

With a total displacement of more than 80,000 tons, as soon as the fleet returns, it can basically be declared the first in Asia, and the name that has been robbed by the Japanese for more than ten years will also return to the Chinese Empire.

"A month is too long, tell them that I only give them a week to get used to it, and after a week, set sail for home. Britain, France and Germany, find a place to assemble, and you can slow down a little along the way, so that they can get used to the new warship. The U.S. side just drove all the way back, and be careful to avoid Japan. Wang Sirui said.

"Yes!"

The Russian side has recently made a lot of big moves, and the Germans have been dishonest recently, and what is even worse is that the dreadnoughts built by the Americans have basically finished testing and will soon be ready for the army.

According to the intelligence obtained by the British, once this new type of dreadnought is installed in the army, then there will be no warship in the world that is his opponent, even including the dreadnoughts being built by Britain, France, Germany and other countries.

In fact, the dreadnoughts built by countries around the world are basically pre-dreadnought models, and Wang Sirui's data requirements for the Americans are real dreadnoughts, which directly avoid some of the drawbacks of the former dreadnoughts.

And the Americans, who were responsible for the construction, also gained a lot of valuable experience because of the construction of these two dreadnoughts, but Britain, France, Germany and other countries did not know about it. If it weren't for the recent success of their spies and the transmission of a large amount of data back to various countries, I am afraid they would still be kept in the dark.

Of course, the news of the dreadnought was not deliberately leaked by the Americans, and the Americans are not stupid at all.

The two dreadnoughts that are being tested are not theirs, and even if they want to leak information, they will not leak it until the Americans have their own real dreadnoughts.

The intelligence was leaked from the Chinese Empire, but this matter was done very secretly.

As a result, the countries immediately stopped the construction plan of the next batch of dreadnoughts and switched to a completely new layout plan based on the two dreadnoughts of the United States.

And because he was worried that the warship could not be delivered on time, when signing the contract, Wang Sirui also kept an eye on it, from the beginning of construction to sea trials, there must be Chinese participation, during the construction period, they can not hold important positions, but must accept the supervision of Chinese.

And at the time of sea trials, at least half of the Chinese naval soldiers on board the ship, after all, this batch of warships is theirs, and it is reasonable for them to participate in it and familiarize themselves with the situation.

Therefore, this has caused the current situation, the warships of the Chinese Imperial Navy undertaken by Britain, France, the United States and Germany have been present with Chinese from the beginning of construction, and at the time of sea trials, each warship has half of the Chinese Navy.

Although their technical level is so poor that it is even hard to believe that they are the Navy, this is undeniable.

In addition, they also sent a large number of naval soldiers into various countries, of course, these are not secret, but public, the imperial government sent telegrams in advance, submitted applications, and those who enter the countries will also be subject to the supervision of various countries.

They promised that as long as the countries divided a camp for them, the Chinese Empire would pay for all the expenses of their time in the country. In fact, the number of people dispatched is not much, that is, the full number of personnel of each ship.

These people are trained in large quantities in the country using several existing warships, although they may not be very elite, but it is still no problem to drive the warships back.

Seeing that a batch of warships has been delivered, and in the next month, all the rest will be delivered, but at this time, the Chinese Empire still has no movement, which makes Britain and France anxious.

The Americans don't care, and now they are still discussing whether to build dreadnoughts in large quantities, because they have absolute technological superiority, and they can build more advanced dreadnoughts than they handed over to the Chinese Empire.

However, some Americans have voiced some objections, believing that once these two dreadnoughts are handed over to the Chinese Empire, it will inevitably upset the balance of the world, and thus the United States will be forced to build a large number of dreadnoughts, which is not cost-effective. After all, the cost of dreadnoughts is so high that even the United States cannot afford such a high cost.

But this voice was immediately refuted by others, and now that the outside world has known the news, what can they do if they don't deliver it? Now Britain and France are very fond of the Chinese Empire, and they are still counting on them to find trouble for the Russians.

In case this thing falls out, they will have to hand over the warship, and internationally, the Americans will also be very passive. Therefore, in any case, these two dreadnoughts and the attached fleet must be handed over to the Chinese Empire on time.

Besides, now that the whole world knows about these two dreadnoughts, can the Americans change the situation without handing them over? Apparently impossible, because the arms race has already been provoked by these two dreadnoughts.

Therefore, the top priority of the United States is not to refuse to hand over this fleet, but to start their construction plan as soon as possible and build more advanced and powerful dreadnoughts.

According to the information sent back, at present, countries around the world have also put the plan to build more powerful dreadnoughts on the agenda, the most positive is the United Kingdom, their first dreadnought has been launched for a long time, is about to enter the trial period, and after getting the latest data, the British did not even have time to wait for the results of the sea trials, they immediately began to study the plan of the new ship, it is said that it has passed the audit, and the new warship will officially start construction in the next few months.

When receiving this information, Wang Sirui smiled with satisfaction.

The naval competition has been started in advance by Wang Sirui, and the Germans actually have no advantage in this regard. Then it's almost time for the Army race to begin.

Just having a navy is far from being able to meet Wang Sirui's requirements, and what he wants is an all-round competition to weaken the strength of the great powers to the greatest extent.

Although the position of the Chinese Empire could not influence the choice of the great powers, the impending Sino-Russian War was a good catalyst.

As long as the new equipment can have the effect of shaking the world and crying ghosts and gods after being put into the battlefield, will Britain, France, Germany and other countries still let it go? At least they have to have such a powerful piece of equipment, right?

Once all countries are dragged into the army race, then Wang Sirui's goal will be completely achieved.

Last year, the annual income of the Chinese Empire was 257 million taels of silver, an increase of nearly three times from a few years ago. This is still the result of halving the domestic tax revenue, and once normal tax revenue is restored, at least 300 million taels of silver can be guaranteed for the whole year.

Of course, of the 257 million in revenue, 210 million came from factories built with imperial funding, and after retaining the funds for the factory's own needs, all the remaining funds were put into the treasury.

With the promotion of industrialization, it is expected that there is no problem with this year's annual tax revenue exceeding 300 million, and there are still a lot of gaps in the domestic market, and there will be more and more taxes in the future.

Although the Chinese Empire is still not a rich country at present, at least there is no shortage of money, and if you save a little, it is still enough.

"Tell the British that after the beginning of spring next year, the Empire will start a war with the Russians."

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