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Lin Haifeng went to the Netherlands and Prussia and was about to return, and Napoleon Bonaparte, who had finally "quieted" for a while, sat down and thought carefully, but he felt a little sour in his heart anyway.

The exciting Sino-French military alliance and the subsequent contracts for the supply of weapons and equipment made him no longer worry about whether he would be choked by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom one day, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly every time he saw his taller and more majestic posture in the mirror, or fiddled with his fist that seemed to have been bigger recently. But when he thought about the other things, Napoleon Bonaparte had to frown.

He felt that the Oriental people were very strange, strange that these seemingly very smart Oriental people were not willing to borrow from others to "live a good life", and they also insisted that others have to trade with them in cash. What made him even more sad was that in the past, they could at least do the equivalent barter trade, and the various machines and equipment of the empire would flow out to the other party at the same time as the arms flowed in, but now they resolutely did not do so. Everyone understands that in this way, with the signing of a large number of arms orders, it will have to siphon out a large amount of money from his imperial treasury.

From the point of view of the heart, Napoleon Bonaparte really put the conclusion of a military alliance of friendship and cooperation with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government in the first place. He calculated that the person who could threaten him, the hegemon of Europe, at the moment was only the British Empire on the other side of the Channel, although in several secret conversations with the sharp-eyed and unique Commissioner Lin, Commissioner Lin reminded him that he must also pay attention to the Prussian existence around him, although he also hummed and supported it in his mouth, he was very dismissive in his heart. In his opinion, Prussia was not worth mentioning at all. If Prussia really provoked him one day, it should not be difficult for them to be flattened.

So, just as his imperial marshals were finally attracted by the eloquent description of Colonel Liu Xihe, who had led the Red Army's torpedo boat formation in command Chinese of the Red Navy, Napoleon Bonaparte saw a shortcut that could not only subdue the British at that time, but also save a lot of money, that is, to strive to develop large warships. It was also necessary to bury one's head in the vigorous development of such gadgets as torpedo boats, and finally blockade the British on those three islands, so that they would not be allowed to talk and move around.

Napoleon Bonaparte was a man of great measure. If you think of it, you have to do it. But as soon as he opened his mouth to that Commissar Lin, he ran into a nail Q. According to his meaning, he wanted to take the medicine according to the prescription as he had done when he founded the French Iron and Steel Company, pay a sum of money to buy out the technology of the other party, and build a new shipyard in Marseille or somewhere else, specializing in the production of the kind of "tadpoles" that once frightened and frightened the Russians. But this time, the committee member Lin didn't do that.

Member Lin made it clear that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could help the French Empire's navy arm and develop torpedo boats, but there were only two ways to choose. One is. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom invested in or purchased a shipyard in France to manufacture torpedo boats. The other is that China and France will jointly set up a shipyard, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom side will invest in this shipyard with technology, and it will also require the French side to ensure that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom side will own no less than 40 percent of the equity in this shipyard. Napoleon Bonaparte could have persuaded himself with his uncle's phrase "for the sake of science and honor of the fatherland" on the question of equity raised by the commissioner, but there was another hidden concern behind this, which made him frown. Because that Commissioner Lin also made it clear that the internal key parts of the torpedo boat. It will also be purchased by the United Shipyard from Shanghai Oriental Industry, just like the ironclad ship-ground cooperation.

This reminded him of the production of new guns and shells, which were also fought over by both sides, but it was always difficult to reach a conclusion. Napoleon Bonaparte was not stupid, it was okay to buy new guns produced in large quantities on the side of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At least if it's broken, we can make do with it ourselves, but if we always put the ammunition we need on the purchase, then it's a big problem. What happens when a war is fought and ammunition is not available? To this end, while signing an order for guns and ammunition for the next few years with the other party, he also tactfully expressed the hope that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom could help them develop the ability to produce ammunition as soon as possible. As soon as this request was made, before the commissioner Lin could agree to it, their local military delegation agreed to it. The conditions are quite simple. With technical participation, France completed the design and manufacture of shells on the spot. As for the gunpowder inside, it was provided by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for a fee.

These cute and hateful Orientals. It's shrewd to the bone.

And when it comes to those civilian cooperation projects, it makes this Napoleon-Bonaparte laugh even more. On the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom side, this large group of Q personnel wandered around the empire for a long time, and the intention of cooperation was signed a lot, but there was not a single contract that could be taken out of their pockets to really implement it. Seeing that a lot of money was about to flow out of his pocket, but he couldn't see a penny of cash back, Napoleon Bonaparte couldn't help but feel unhappy no matter how generous he was. He really regretted it, why did he have to brag to that Commissioner Lin in front of him that he was not short of money?

Now that the "good brothers" are about to return, there is also news that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has signed various cooperation intentions with Prussia and the Netherlands. In particular, the news from the Imperial Legation in the Netherlands made him a little jealous, because the Legation swore that according to the reliable information they had, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had signed an extremely secret cooperation agreement with the Dutch government, in addition to some explicit contracts.

In any case, the problems encountered by the "good brothers" will have to be solved when they return to Paris, because according to the schedule, the "good brothers" will soon be on the road to their hometowns after their return. As a result, Napoleon Bonaparte has been in a hurry for several days, and he has gathered the relevant ministers every day, and he has studied them almost until late at night, and he has really reached the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.

For these problems, which caused a headache for His Majesty the Emperor, the ministers of the French Empire also said that the reason for the mother-in-law was not the same. The military figures, represented by Marshal Arshir Balaj Dirier, had long been fascinated by the grand blueprints of the large warships and torpedo boats shown to them by the Taiping Mission.

With a length of nearly 95 meters, a width of 18 meters, a draft of 6 meters, a normal displacement of 7,200 tons, a full load displacement of 7,700 tons, and the power of two horizontal three-cylinder reciprocating steam engines and eight circular coal-fired boilers that they could never even dream, the power can reach 7,200 horsepower and the speed of more than 15 knots. On this future warship, steam was not only used as the driving force of the warship, but also to operate the rudder system, anchoring system, loading ammunition, pumping and lifting the ship's dinghy, and so on. Not only that, but the large warships of the future will also adopt the latest composite steel armor technology, and the armor on the waterline of the entire warship ironclad fort will be more than 350 millimeters thick, and the armor under the waterline will also be 304 millimeters thick, plus the armor of the main gun emplacement, the gun cover, the armor of the command tower, and so on, the total weight of the armor of the whole ship alone will be more than 1,400 tons. Looking at the above firepower equipment, there are not only four water-powered, 305 mm breech guns with 25 times the caliber and weighing more than 30 tons respectively, two breech secondary guns with 35 times the caliber and 150 mm, and 12 side guns with 102 mm, but the most fascinating thing is that these powerful guns are actually free-rotating turrets. If there really is such a large warship, then who is the French Empire afraid of?

If the French Empire is also the first country in the world to try to build a steam battleship, but now all the military people are feeling extremely ashamed of the "Glorious" armored frigate that the Imperial Admiralty is secretly building in order to equip it with 120 mm armor, and even had to remove its main guns, and is only equipped with 30 50-pound guns in the tail loading type. It's hard to dismantle and dismantle the fire.

Of course, after a period of excitement about the big warship, Marshal Ahir Balaj Dirier and others could not face up to another problem, that is, the torpedo boats that could still make them on fire, the marshals were all far-sighted, and no one neglected the relationship between the spear and the shield. France has built a large warship, and it is hard to guarantee that the British Empire or anyone else over there will follow suit, and besides, they have all heard with their own ears what Colonel Liu said that the torpedoes used in their Red Navy torpedo boats can destroy the strongest warships in the world at will. God, it seems that it is not enough to build a big warship, there must be "little tadpoles".

This kind of opinion is not only from the military, but also from Lorm, the shipbuilding director who has been in charge of the design and production of the "Glorious" armored ship since last year, and others have also closely sided with the military. They unanimously appealed that if the large warship project could be operated in a mutually beneficial way, why should such a project as torpedo boats, which have quick results and a short period, have to squeak and debate incessantly? If other Imperial factories are only greedy for their own selfish interests and prefer to ignore the interests of the Empire, they might as well be like French Iron and Steel, simply invested by the Imperial Government, and we will work together with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Government, and the fertilizer water will not leave outsiders to farm.

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