Lieutenant General Liu Bin and a company representative present inadvertently exchanged a look, then looked away, and said with a smile: "Although the Qinghai Lake will not be used much, if there are more aircraft carriers in the future, the orders will naturally continue to increase." ”

"Huh." Everyone here is an old fox, who is not a human spirit after working in the arms industry for so long? They know exactly how long a large warship will take to build. Not to mention that the funding for the finalization of the new aircraft carrier is far away, and even if there is a construction plan, it will take at least two years before there are new orders. This period of time means that a large amount of liquidity is invested in this project, which company is willing to do this?

None of the participants paid attention to Zhang Cheng, who was looking at the documents carefully. For this newcomer, everyone thinks he is here for the occasion. No one would know what Zhang Cheng had in mind.

What the participants didn't know was why the Navy was so eager to get new fighters. The main reason is that the Naval Intelligence Department has received definite information that the US Navy has successfully tested an "epoch-making" carrier-based fighter. This fighter is capable of posing a threat to large warships!

As the world's No. 1 Ming Navy, it may be lacking in innovation. But they never relented when it came to dealing with their competitors. During the Battle of Northern Italy, the submarines of the Sardinians showed their might, and the Ming Navy immediately spent a lot of money to buy depth charges and active sonar from Zhang Cheng. Even if this weapon has not been tested in real combat.

This time, the Americans, who were taken as the main competitor of the Ming Navy, suddenly launched a new aircraft that can pose a threat to large warships, and the Ming Navy must also have it!

In fact, the Navy is ready to select excellent aircraft and then install them on a large scale. And not just for carrier-based aircraft. Shore-based aircraft units will also be mounted. Moreover, there is a heated debate within the Navy about whether to massively expand the power of the air fleet.

Although the conservative forces in the navy who advocate large ships and huge guns are in power. But as long as the new aircraft can show a threat to large warships, the construction of new aircraft carriers will pass almost immediately. After all, for the Ming Navy, they must also have what the opponent has.

In fact, although this order is not much in the early stage, once the project is successfully established in the later stage, it will definitely be a huge income. Lieutenant General Liu Bin did not reveal these things at all. He has his own interests.

The deep-pocketed Navy doesn't care about money

"The army has come up with a new plan, and you can see if you can accept it." Xu Mu, who was in a hurry, took a big sip of the water cup handed over by Guan Kuo, sat on the sofa and handed a document to Zhang Cheng.

"What's the plan?" Zhang Cheng browsed the result file of confusion and asked softly.

"The army means a handful of settlements. They bought all the patent drawings for the mortar, plus your arsenal in London, all at once. Xu Mu crossed his legs, took out a cigarette and lit it, and said with a smile, "The price given is very reasonable." ”

"How much?" Zhang Cheng's hand paused slightly, and he asked softly.

"Thirty million silver dollars in total!" Xu Mu stretched out three fingers and said mysteriously, "This is free money." ”

30 million silver dollars, which is definitely a huge amount of money in this era. Just for a new weapon, the army is willing to pay such a huge fortune, they are the real masters of money.

There is no other force that can compare with the army in wealth. An army with a huge military budget is a real bit of a wealthy one. They were very interested in this new weapon invented by Zhang Cheng and were willing to pay a lot of money to buy it all. Clever people in the army can naturally see that the future prospects of this new weapon are huge. Now that I have paid a lot of money to take it all, this is really profitable.

Zhang Cheng raised his hand and pinched his chin, frowning slightly and thinking about something. He naturally knew that once mortars were installed on a large scale in the army, it would mean a long-term large income. But the capacity of the plant under his name is almost impossible to meet the huge needs of the army. And now he is short of cash, and it is impossible for him to invest huge sums of money to expand production.

If this happens, the Army can use special production provisions. In other words, the army can authorize other companies to produce mortars, and only need to give Zhang Cheng a small patent fee.

Although collecting royalties is a long-term and stable income, Zhang Cheng now needs a lot of hot money. Because he has already discovered that the rubber stocks in the Songjiang stock market have begun to show signs of rising. This means that there are already big dealers who are ready to harvest a fortune with rubber. Zhang Cheng didn't want to miss this feast of money, but he needed a lot of start-up capital.

After a moment of deep silence, Zhang Cheng set his eyes on Xu Mu and said softly, "You can agree to the army's request, but the price will be increased to 33 million silver dollars." ”

"Okay." Xu Mu nodded, and said with a smile, "I'll talk to the army, it shouldn't be a big problem." ”

Zhang Cheng is not a lion with his mouth wide open, and this price increase is nothing to the deep-pocketed army. It's really not a big problem. And Xu Mu, who runs errands, will naturally get a lot of hard work.

"That's right." After a while, Xu Mu frowned and looked at Zhang Cheng and asked aloud, "Are you really going to compete for the Navy's aircraft orders?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Cheng picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Do you have any news?" ”

Xu Mu moved closer to Zhang Cheng and said softly, "I heard that Vice Admiral Liu Bin of the Navy's Logistics Equipment Department has reached an agreement with Hans Company in private, and the new aircraft has been decided by Hans Company. ”

Zhang Cheng's hand holding the teacup paused slightly, and looked at Xu Mu on the side with puzzled eyes, "Private transaction?" ”

"It should be." Xu Mu nodded and said softly, "This kind of thing is normal. Which one is not a fat flowing oil for logistics equipment? Where does the money come from if you don't do some private transactions? ”

Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and pinched his chin. After a while, he looked at Xu Mu and asked with a serious expression, "How much does it cost to buy Liu Binzhong?" ”

Xu Mu's body paused slightly, and a look of astonishment flashed on his face. He didn't understand why Zhang Cheng was so concerned about this small order, this kind of investment was completely disproportionate to the effort.

"It's easy to say anything else, but this time it's not about money." Xu Mu shook his head and said.

"What do you mean?" A look of doubt flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes.

"Lieutenant General Liu Bin's brother-in-law took a stake in Hans's company. In fact, it is Lieutenant General Liu Bin's own. So it doesn't matter how much you give this time, unless you're also willing to give shares. Xu Mu shook his head and said.

Zhang Cheng's hand holding the teacup tightened unconsciously, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, which then dissipated.

"Then it's better to rely on your strength." After a moment, Zhang Cheng chuckled.

He has absolute confidence in his new aircraft! First of all, there were monoplanes that had not yet appeared in this era, and then there were all-metal constructions, plus some other epoch-making designs. The plane that Zhang Cheng is about to launch is definitely a smile!

Although Vice Admiral Liu Bin is the head of the Navy's armament department, the affairs of the Navy are not just what he says!

If there is a crushing gap in performance and the products of Hans are forcibly selected, then Lieutenant General Liu Bin's military career will come to an end. In the final analysis, even the commander-in-chief of the Navy would not dare to do such a thing. Although the army is relatively independent, Lord Shoufu hates this kind of greedy ink, especially the greedy ink in the army!

The cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty is not those big families and big conglomerates, but a powerful army

In the following days, Zhang Cheng quickly perfected the drawings and materials of his new fighter. And sent to the aircraft factory located in the southern suburbs of the imperial capital.

This aircraft factory was bought by Xu Mu from the Liu consortium. The foundation is in place in all aspects. Zhang Cheng's drawings will be able to start production soon after they arrive.

In fact, although Zhang Cheng has a mobile phone that can obtain all kinds of information, the products he designs are still limited by the technological level of this era.

Zhang Cheng was able to come up with information on early jet aircraft, but he couldn't do it at all in this era. Because there are no subsystems to support it. If Zhang Cheng arranges production and manufacturing one system at a time, it is enough for him to work for many years just by copying materials and drawings.

All of Zhang Cheng's designs can only be based on the scientific and technological conditions that can be possessed in this era. Fortunately, the development of Daming industry in this era is very good. Not to mention being proud, at least at the top level in all aspects.

After refining the drawings and materials with several heavily recruited and well-known aircraft designers. The designers, who all signed confidentiality agreements, spoke highly of Zhang Cheng's design.

"This is an epoch-making new aircraft." This is the heartfelt sigh of the designers. Zhang Cheng is not a professional after all, and these things still need to be perfected and perfectly integrated by these professionals. He just provided the information and drawings, and the designers did the rest.

The concept of aircraft design in this era is still stuck in biplanes. Biplanes although the speed is difficult to increase. However, due to its good low-speed and low-altitude performance, large lift, short take-off and landing running distance, easy maintenance and production, it is still the mainstream design of this era.

However, relative to the people of this era. Zhang Cheng, who comes from modern time and space, is naturally the person who knows the future direction of science and technology best. When high-horsepower and high-performance engines appear, the sky of the future belongs to high-speed fighters.

And if an airplane wants to increase its speed, the difference between monoplane and biplane is simply a whole era gap. The best biplanes are no match for the worst monoplanes either.

After the completion of the handover with the Army on the Mortar Patent and the London Arsenal. Xu Mu boarded the train heading south to Songjiang Province. Wang Yan led people to be stationed at the aircraft factory to escort the new aircraft. Zhang Cheng met with Xu Xuan and Lin Run'e for dinner, and officially visited Xu Xuan's family once.

The two sides had a very tacit understanding of what happened in London before, and they didn't talk about it, just simply visited, chatted and ate. As time went on, soon the calendar book was turned to the first of September.

This day is the opening day of major colleges and universities. Xu Xuan and Lin Run'e went to Ewha Womans University, and Zhang Cheng officially entered the school gate of the Army University!

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