There were also a lot of paper tubes in the inner room, and the CIA brought back their technical materials at the same time as they brought them back. Zhou Qin was presenting paper tubes in front of the emperor.

Guangxu took one casually and opened it, only glancing at it. Guangxu's eyes lit up, and a twin naval gun was impressively revealed. Guangxu opened the paper tubes one by one, and a brand-new warship jumped on the paper. Guangxu handed the drawings to Deng Shichang and Cheng Cheng, and then asked Zhou Qin, "How did you get this person?" ”

Zhou Qin smiled: "When it comes to gambling, we are the ancestors of foreign devils." ”

Gambling and forcing debts, an old tradition that has been passed down in China for thousands of years and has been tirelessly ruined, has been taken abroad by them. The endless thousands of means alone are not something that ordinary foreign devils can see.

At this time, the old way comes in. In the "inadvertent" situation, these people "unintentionally" participate in various forms of gambling, and then are forced to sign debts that could not be paid off, at which time the overseas group of people appeared, they helped them pay off the loan sharks, and offered a high-paying job - in the Great Qing Kingdom in the East, they could also bring their families. That's how the warship designer out there got it.

When Zhou Qin brought people in, Guangxu saw that he was young and spiritual, but he couldn't hide the loss in his eyes. His designs were ruthlessly criticized in Austria-Hungary and in England. In the end, it fell to this backward East.

Oleg? Laborious? McKinson, Austro-Crarian ship designer. The world's first dreadnought-class battleship with a triple turret, a famous ship of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the last glory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Combined Forces class or the Austro-Hungarian monarch class, was designed by him. Guangxu had been staring at this person for a long time, but he had brought it back from England.

Mackinson turned out to be a small ship owner in Austria-Hungary, but he was obsessed with the design of warships and was bent on designing the most powerful battleships. However, his design was ruthlessly rejected in Austria-Hungary and then in Italy. Eventually, he came to England in the hope of finding a way out there, but he still did not succeed. He - constantly visiting the British Admiralty officers, he - trying to explain the advantages of the warships he designed, he - was deceived.

One rainy afternoon, McKinson left the British Admiralty once again disappointed, and this time the Admiralty mocked him mercilessly for being a madman. Frustrated, he walked alone on the street, muttering that he McKinson would be able to design the most powerful warship in the world. This was heard by someone from the CIA who was overtly passing by. McKinson? Could it be the first person on the list that Austria-Hungary had to recruit? The CIA guy pretended to bump into him by accident and then invited him to afternoon tea. When the identity of the other party and what he said are revealed, it is certain that it is that person. Then the CIA man said he knew a battleship captain in the British Empire's Home Fleet and could give his design to the captain to see. McKinson was excited to show his design to the man. They agreed to meet here in three days.

Three days later, the British captain arrived. I was overwhelmed by his novel design, and affirmed that I would recommend his design to the Admiralty. Seven days later, McKinson received word that he could introduce him to the Armstrong shipyard and take him to Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Fisher. But on the condition that he would have to pay for a stepping stone to a meeting with a senior British Admiralty officer.

It was a real Navy battleship captain, and he was a client of this CIA operative. It's just a small pill for the product you bought - the Heavenly Sugar Pill. After taking it, it has a quick pick-me-up effect. And its main ingredient is the white powder that Guangxu asked Lin Lianhui to refine from opium - white powder, and then added flour and made into pills with syrup. In order not to attract attention, the dosage used is relatively small, but there is still a dependence surname. The CIA people came up with a solution, so they approached the fleet to cooperate, and the statement to the captain was that he had been cheated out of his money. And the captain decisively agreed to this method because all his salaries were not enough to buy Tiantang Pills.

In order to get the opportunity to build a battleship, McKinson quickly contacted his family to sell his property. Almost smoothly, in Austria-Hungary there was another attempt to buy his property. When McKinson handed over all his fortune to the captain, the captain said that it was not enough, and he went to borrow from a loan shark. Then the captain lost the news, and the referee disappeared. Then there was the debt he was collected by a loan shark.

Just as he was about to be killed by a loan shark, an Oriental man found him. helped him pay off his debts, and then McKinson followed the Oriental to the backward Qing country in the East.

"In order to increase the intensity of fire, four twin batteries are used, and if a salvo is fired, the recoil will directly shatter the deck and keel, so that the enemy will not need to fire, and he will sink first, so what is the fight. And the four main guns are already too heavy, plus two ** secondary guns. In order to hold up these guns, it was necessary to have a large enough hull. Together with the armor and the corresponding ammunition depots, it will be at least more than 20,000 tons. If this pushes such a huge ship, it is still a question whether the boiler and steam engine required can be installed. "With a low bridge, a poor commanding perspective, the most popular diamond-shaped battery in France is divided into four twin guns. Cheng Cheng, who had seen the drawings, kept shaking his head: "This is indeed unrealistic." ”

"I believe in my design!" McKinson didn't expect that there would be such a connoisseur in the East, but a sense of arrogance in his heart made him refuse to admit defeat. Although he didn't know who the young man was sitting in front of him, he knew that the young man was the head of these people.

"I guess that's what the Brit said." Cheng Cheng was dismissive.

"But, I do." Guangxu stood up, took the drawing, and tore it to pieces in a blink of an eye. Because Cheng Cheng has not yet seen the test results of the steam turbine.

Yes or no, this drawing is the brainchild of McKinson. If you believe me, why are you tearing up my drawings, McKinson looked angry.

Guangxu casually drew a sketch on the paper with a pen, and after the painting, everyone was shocked when they saw it. What kind of warship is this?

"First of all, in terms of appearance, the ship should adopt this floating bow, and now the front end of the warship is too easy to go up the waves. This is not a calm Mediterranean, and there is no high freeboard to withstand the wind and waves. The bridge tower is raised to expand the view of the command tower. The hull is made elongated to reduce the surface of the bomb. And on the artillery...... "Guangxu drew twelve straight lines representing the barrels of the four gun mounts distributed along the center line that had not yet drawn the barrels: "Cancel the secondary secondary guns." Laid out along the central axis, the 270-degree angle allows for twelve main guns on each side. ”

McKinson pointed at Guangxu tremblingly: "You're a madman." ”

"It's because I'm a big madman that I'm looking for you, a little madman. The difference is that I have the capital to go crazy. We all want to build the most powerful battleship in the world. Now, you have the technology, I have the money, so let's work together and go completely crazy. Do you want to do it? ”

"!" Why not? McKinson was remarkable: "It's just ......."

"Money is not an issue, a million pounds is not enough. If it's not enough, then two million. ”

"It's just ......" McKinson wanted to ask something, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Guangxu.

"You are the chief designer of this warship, and everyone here will fully cooperate with you. Everything is done according to your requirements. ”

"Just ......"

"Don't worry, I'll arrange to bring your family over."

"Just ......"

"Am I not promising enough?"

"Oh-God. I just want to know who my boss is? McKinson patted his head and said.

I said it earlier, but I promised so much. Guangxu patted his ** and said: "Your boss is me - Aixinjue Luo Zaiyan, everyone here calls me Emperor Guangxu." ”

"You are the Qing Emperor who just robbed 300 million taels of silver?" The sudden news shocked McKinson.

"What is robbery, that is reparation. Rest assured, no one dares to pretend to be the emperor here. From now on, this battleship construction plan is codenamed 'Hidden Dragon' Project, and it is listed as the highest Tianzi A secret. Oleg? Laborious? McKinson was the general designer of the program, with the full cooperation of the Admiralty. Tang provided logistical support for the project. Everyone remembers that in order to ensure the successful completion of the program, no matter the human and material resources, all costs are taken into account. Guangxu gently patted McKinson on the shoulder and said earnestly, "I believe in you, so don't let me down." Remember that you are the chief designer, and everything will come according to your ideas. When you're done with the drawings, remember to show them to me first. ”

After receiving the emperor's promise, McKinson left satisfied. At this time, whether it was Deng Shichang, Tang Shaoyi and Zhou Qin, they all wanted to dissuade the emperor from giving up this unrealistic idea: instead of spending more than a million pounds to build a warship that I don't know if it can be used in the future, it is better to buy another one for practicality. Only Cheng Cheng didn't say a word.

"Don't you want to persuade me too?" Guangxu asked.

"Although this kind of warship is strange. But, we always have to have something of our own. Cheng Cheng said affirmatively.

"Yes, you have to rely on yourself for everything. As a global hegemon, Britain cannot afford to watch another country rise that can compete with him. Therefore, please remember that if China is to be truly strong, Britain must challenge it in the future. While we are still weak, we should study modestly, otherwise Britain in the future, let alone a warship, I am afraid that he will not sell us even a steel plate again. I also want to build warships in a medium-sized way, but the development time of our navy is too short, and we can't compare with others in terms of quantity, so we can only make up for it in terms of quality. You don't need to persuade anymore, this time I'm going to take a gamble. Cheng Cheng is responsible for this warship, and if you have any questions, you can come directly to me. ”

Battleships with unified main gun caliber will be the trend of future ship development, and the Qing Dynasty will not have time to accumulate and improve. Use the concept of foresight to skip the groping phase and buy time for the future. Guangxu made every effort to develop industry and build infrastructure in China. And in Europe, a man-made bloody storm began.

On a Sunday evening in Liverpool, people after afternoon tea come out of their tea rooms or homes to enjoy their last days of rest on the streets. In a building down the street, Parsons looked out the window, frowning and thinking, not noticing that the black tea in his hand had already cooled.

The steam turbine he designed was already capable of 700 horsepower, and it was relatively stable from the test data. But to push a torpedo ship with at least two thousand horsepower. In order to prove to the Admiralty that his design was correct, in order to prove that the steam turbine was the greatest invention of his time. He worked hard to design a steam turbine with higher power. However, the latest design of the steam turbine is not satisfactory in terms of power and stability, how should the existing steam turbine be modified to achieve the ability to drive torpedo ships?

Just as he was rethinking, an inspiration came to his mind, and perhaps this solution could solve a problem that had been bothering him for a long time. Parsons put down his teacup and quickly called his assistant to go to the factory to meet, and then walked briskly downstairs, he was going to his own factory to perfect his design.

But when he was still far from the factory, he saw a thick black smoke rising from the direction of the factory, and there was a fire there. When he got closer, he realized that his factory was on fire. He screamed and rushed into the fire and rushed to his office. The office has all its own design drawings and test materials, which are all their own efforts.

The fire burned all night, and it was not until the next morning when the fire was extinguished that the British Admiralty officers who came to check on the situation found Parsons's body in the rubble, a beam hit his head, and the cabinet containing the materials was reduced to ashes. The fire affected the ordinary residents of Zhoulian, and the cause of the fire was only a gas tank that had not been shut down. Not only that, but the only three experts in this field and all of Parsons's assistants sent by the British to this place were all killed in the process of rescuing the materials, and none of them were spared.

When Rear Admiral John Fisher, Third Admiral of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, learned of the news, he said to his good friend Sir William White, who was also one of the Empire's finest warship designers: "It was a dismal surprise. ”

When William White returned home, he suddenly found out why none of these important people could escape from the fire, but the casualties among other firefighters were very low. Is it just because they all want to salvage the data? He was going to tell Fisher about his doubts the next day, but the next day a car accident caused by a frightened horse left him dead on the way to the Admiralty.

And on this very day, a young man with an oriental face patted his black suitcase lightly and boarded the ship of Pacific Freight Company bound for the East.

An accident may just be an accident, but if all ten accidents die among these scientists, it will not be an accident anymore. Guangxu apparently did not pay attention to this problem when he gave the order, but the head of the CIA in Europe noticed it. After receiving the encrypted action telegram from the European leader, fires, car accidents, floods, house collapses and other incidents were used, vendetta killings, love killings continued, and even local gangs deliberately guided, more and more "accidental" deaths emerged one after another. It's just that the European countries have not calculated it, and now the number of accidents in their countries is doubling every year.

Since the CIA's overseas European and American teams sent their first batch of five men two years ago, the work of establishing overseas intelligence stations has been slow but solid. And the Chinese people who are far away from overseas have also provided a lot of help, either explicitly or implicitly. Since the content of intelligence work is not aimed at military and politics, Europe and the United States at this time did not have a clear secrecy about technology. Therefore, the actions of the CIA's overseas European and American teams against scientists and inventors from all walks of life have not attracted the attention of local political axes at all. Some stubborn people have disappeared or died, and even if their families report the crime, the police department will only treat them as ordinary disappearances or murders. Accidents have killed the elites who have been in the sight of the political axe, and the scientists who should have been famous in ten or twenty years have left their homeland for the East under a series of elaborate deceptions.

The plan code-named "plunder" against the elites of various countries was the first clearly targeted operation of European intelligence services, and it was firmly carried out for decades to come. As a result, in the coming decades, there will be fewer and fewer inventions on the table in the field of industrial science in Europe. Scientific progress in Europe has been rapidly slowed down by human intervention. (To be continued.) )