Chapter 170: The Great Development of the Empire

The troops have been reorganized, the unit structure has been changed, new recruits have been trained and replenished, qualified noncommissioned officers have been continuously selected from among the noncommissioned officers to run short-term training courses for officers, and the United States has been secretly sold arms and materials to the southern states of the United States through businessmen who are exempted from inspection in the middle of a third country, and the construction of a steel production base on Hainan Island has been accelerated; according to the proven reserves, the iron ore resources on Hainan Island are only enough to be mined for less than 20 years, and the premise is that the annual output of 200,000 tons of iron and steel is calculated.

However, Lin Haijiang believes that both the old port and Hainan's basic industries are in the dual reserve of personnel and technology for the construction of large-scale steel smelters in China in the future.

In 1859, Lin Haijiang's busyness passed quickly, and Lin Haijiang, who had been busy for a whole year, realized that he seemed to have left his family and love aside this year, and devoted himself to building the Chinese empire in his own mind.

On the afternoon of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Haijiang gave his parents a year of worship at home, gave Zijuan, Lily, and Shen Yilan, who had no name or truth, a set of gemstone necklaces each, and then took his uncle Lin Hanguo and Shen Tianfu to Indonesia, Hainan, Taiwan, and Ryukyu to inspect.

As the head of the Chinese Empire, Lin Haijiang knew that in the day when everyone was most looking forward to the reunion, there were more than 100,000 sea and land soldiers stationed on the islands to defend the maritime frontiers of the Chinese Empire, and all the ships of the imperial fleet were waiting for him.

Because history proves that where there is oppression, there is resistance is true! Therefore, blind high pressure is not the ultimate solution, but to combine grooming, the Chinese people are actually the world's lowest requirements, the easiest to manage, unlike those Europeans and Americans who have just eaten a few days of food, like those who ask for equality and freedom to cook and other things that are not close at all, as long as their livelihood is guaranteed and can live a stable life, the Chinese people are almost hard-working.

Lin Haijiang's entire Spring Festival can be said to be very tense and busy, most of his time was spent on warships, Indonesia has been renamed the southeast province by him, Sumatra Island has also been renamed the imperial fortress, Sumatra's Sultan Mahmed? Sha has now gone to Citigroup to enjoy his supreme luxury, and under the combined attack of heroin, Fushou cream, and marijuana cigarettes, the natives of the main island of Sumatra have lost their strong will and strong body.

A large number of Sumatran natives learned to do business, and they sold the Fu Shou paste dumped at a low price to Indonesia, earning the difference in price, in order to sell and smoke, which is a typical strategic route of later generations of addicts, and it also verifies a maxim, there is no way in this world, to the point of life and death, anywhere becomes a road!

Heroin and Fushou cream, which are 50% of Lin Haijiang's financial revenue, have already set off a storm in Europe, the Americas, Japan, and Southeast Asia, and even India, the home of the East India Company, has seen the appearance of beautifully made marijuana smoke.

Lin Haijiang's use of pyramid schemes to dump heroin and Fushou paste has undoubtedly achieved great success, and this steady stream of funds is supporting the overall transformation of Lin Haijiang's Chinese Empire's economy, heroin, Fushou cream, and marijuana cigarette holders even accounted for 89% of fiscal revenue, and now gradually fall to less than 50%.

Lin Haijiang has no doubt about whether he will be infamous for eternity, but history is written by the victors, and when he unifies China, he can pour this basin of dirty water on the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and after 10,000 lies, it will become the truth, and in a few decades and a hundred years, who will remember that he sold drugs and poisoned almost half of the world?

From another point of view, Lin Haijiang believes that the role of fame in history is basically the same as that of infamy, either he will be a good person and go down in history, or he will be the No. 1 villain in the world, and he will be infamous for eternity, but good people often don't live long, so Lin Haijiang is still willing to be a bad guy.

In the Spring Festival of 1860, Lin Haijiang visited the New Southeast Province, Hainan Province, Taiwan Province, Imperial Fortress, and Ryukyu Province.

Lin Haijiang himself could hardly stand his pretended behavior, but these behaviors had an extraordinary effect, and the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level almost swore allegiance to their head of state in this way, and although most of the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level had not studied, they had only studied in the literacy class for a few months, and most of them could write their own names, and they were taught by the military and political officers every day to be loyal to the Führer.

However, in the hearts of the grassroots officers and soldiers, the concept of allegiance to the Führer has always been vague, just as he used to be loyal to the emperor, but the emperor will not bring food to a small soldier, will not help a wounded soldier wash his feet, and will not get up in the middle of the night to cover a soldier with a quilt.

For a whole Spring Festival, Lin Haijiang promoted his personality cult to a new height, because Lin Haijiang is implementing the policy of reading talents at this stage, and the premise of reading talents is the personality cult, and the establishment of the personal absolute prestige of the head of state, this prestige is to be established among the soldiers of the army, the iron-blooded young officer corps is a fanatical organization that supports Lin Haijiang, as the head of the empire, Lin Haijiang personally served as the chief of the iron-blooded young officer corps, and there are six deputy chief regiments, so it can be said that the iron-blooded young officer corps has the initial form and consciousness of a political party.

What makes Linhai gratifying is that the Prussian exploration experts explore the iron ore composition of Hainan and the imported blast furnace and so on are completely matched, less of the twists and turns, the foundation of the smelting industry is a necessary and important condition for alloy production, Lin Haijiang's intention to produce lighter, stronger, more tough high-manganese carbide steel plate can become a reality, with good steel Lin Haijiang's Haikou shipbuilding three 30,000-ton docks will be useful.

Lin Haijiang is ready to use three years to build a world-class and largest shipyard, because the size of the dock will directly affect the scale of the shipyard, the dock is a hydraulic building used to build ships, arranged in the shipyard, mainly for ship repair, the dock is a shipyard in the repair and construction of the ship's working platform is a place for repairing and building ships, is the shipyard in the artificial treatment of the site facilities for shipbuilding, the construction and overhaul of ships are carried out in the dock. So having a first-class dock is especially important for shipyards.

Lin Haijiang's advanced consciousness is difficult for the technicians of the Prussian Hamburg shipyard, not to mention the construction, they have never seen a 30,000-ton dock, and this dock has to use a large number of concrete and steel frame structures produced in Hainan, whether it is design or construction is a difficult challenge for them.

Like a work of art, the artist is in the pursuit of excellence with an artistic vision, and in the eyes of these builders, the 30,000-ton dock can undoubtedly be called a world-class miracle, the key is that these docks are not one, but three at the same time, for every process Prussians are almost excellence, strict control, whether it is the recruited workers or the production and construction corps are complaining about these iron-faced and selfless Prussian engineers.

When Lin Haijiang inspected, the foundations of the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 docks had been poured, and due to the dual factors of conditions and technology, Lin Haijiang's three giant docks were all typical dry docks, and the so-called dry docks were connected to the land on three sides and faced by the water, and their basic components were the dock mouth, the dock chamber and the dock head. The dock mouth is used for entering and exiting the ship, is provided with a water retaining dock door, the drainage and irrigation equipment of the dock is often built in the dock pier on both sides of the dock mouth, the dock chamber is used for placing the ship, the keel pier and the side pier supporting the ship are arranged on the bottom plate of the dock chamber, the dock head is the opposite end of the dock mouth, its plane shape can be rectangular, semicircular and diamond-shaped, and the space of the dock head is a part of the dock chamber, where the propeller and the stern shaft are disassembled and assembled.

Looking at the workers who were already busy with the huge project, Lin Haijiang realized what a big risk he had taken in his original decision, and directly launched the 30,000-ton large dry dock without precedent, which had not only courage, but could even be described as blind fanaticism and unrealistic pursuit.

When the ship enters the dry dock for repair, first fill the dock with water filling facilities with irrigation and drainage facilities, and when the water level in the dock is level with the dock and outside the dock, open the dock door, use the traction equipment to slowly lead the ship into the dock, and then drain the water body in the dock, so that the ship is located on the keel pier. When the ship is undocked, the dock is first filled with water, and when the water level inside and outside the dock door is level, the dock door is opened to lead the ship out of the dock to complete the entire construction and maintenance process.

However, including supporting cranes, pipelines, pumps, etc., all need to be purchased and imported from Prussia, and Prussia has not been able to meet the needs of the 30,000-ton dock for large crane cranes, Lin Haijiang also tasted the bitter fruit of no technical reserves, so he had to build the dock and the Imperial shipyard at the same time, and at the same time let the General Research Administration cooperate with Prussia to fully study the super-large crane, so as to meet the needs of building large battleships in the future.

With regard to the research and development goals and tasks assigned by the Führer, all the researchers of the entire General Administration of Research and Development, whether it is the Military Department or the Civilian Department, have long been numb, and they have forgotten how many priority, urgent, and all-out research projects there are.

Lin Haijiang wanted to build Hainan Island and the former Sumatra Island, which was renamed the Imperial Fortress, plus the Okinawa Islands of Taiwan and the Ryukyus, into four unsinkable aircraft carriers, so that these four islands could become an absolute defense line of the Imperial Maritime Frontier, so as to prepare for the inclusion of Southeast Asia and the entire Indochina Peninsula into the territory of the Chinese Empire in the future.

Lin Haijiang not only tried and prepared militarily, but also made preparations in advance politically and with an eye to the future, even to the point where Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji and others were dumbfounded, and the only thing that Lin Haijiang really put into it while he was reckless in his military force was to implement a six-year system of free compulsory education in the area under his control, and Lin Haijiang could promote literacy classes in the army, etc., but in the face of the overall low quality of the people, Lin Haijiang could only start from the baby.

However, Lin Haijiang's six-year free compulsory education has a certain compulsory surname, and the boys who receive education must enter the reserve non-commissioned officer school when they reach the age of 15, and after three years and reach the age of 18, they will enlist in the army for six to eight years, and then transfer to the reserve as appropriate.

It can be said that the main purpose of Lin Haijiang's education is to reform the conscription system and to combine professional soldiers with volunteer service personnel.

However, the learning content of the six-year free compulsory education is all reviewed and formulated by the Imperial Political Training Administration, which is completely in line with the interests of the empire and the needs of the empire.

The map of China in the students' history textbook includes the whole of Siberia, Yueben, Korea, Southeast Asia, and the Indochina Peninsula, and the above lands have been a sacred and inseparable part of China's national sovereignty since ancient times.

Lin Haijiang had previously told Hu Weimin that he would bury a few stone tablets in the Indochina Peninsula and in Okinawa Island and Indonesia's current southeastern province, as evidence that they belonged to China's territory since ancient times.

Hu Weimin always thought that Lin Haijiang was joking, but when Lin Haijiang looked for a few antique dealers who made and sold counterfeits in Guangzhou to make stone tablets, and when he used the Zhiyuan ship to transport these stone tablets back from the land one by one, Hu Weimin realized that Lin Haijiang was not joking, but really doing another great thing that looked funny, but once it succeeded, it would be utilitarian.

But would such a blatant distortion of history cause resentment among neighboring Britain and France? Or will it lead to disputes or wars? Hu Weimin always feels that he is easy to be emotional a lot of the time, and he doesn't think about it when dealing with some things, but it is obvious that the dignified head of the empire, Lin Haijiang, is less considerate than anyone else on many issues, Hu Weimin believes that it's just that he doesn't understand the intention of the head of state, many times Hu Weimin feels that he can't see through Lin Haijiang at all, sometimes he is like Zhuge Wuhou possessed, almost like a god, but sometimes he stares at things with big eyes?

Just tampering with the doctrine of the sage has already aroused condemnation from all provinces, but some famous and knowledgeable people will be scolded by national thieves and people's thieves, but Lin Haijiang still doesn't care about his own ways, and doesn't take those comments to heart at all, as if he wants to be the enemy of Shilin scholars all over the world?

Hu Weimin no longer commented on Lin Haijiang's tampering with the doctrine of the sage, and then Lin Haijiang popularized education, but a good thing made Lin Haijiang a disguised process of reckless militarism, and he had to serve when he went to school? It is necessary to go to school, and there is no need to negotiate for service, otherwise the light will be punished and the whole family will be imprisoned, but fortunately, the empire's policy of benefiting the people is well implemented, and the people will not flee cleanly?

What worries Hu Weimin the most is that Lin Haijiang likes to draw circles on the globe, every time Hu Weimin finds that Lin Haijiang is engrossed in looking at the globe, he always feels frightened, because Lin Haijiang is a very impatient practitioner, everything he plans will be implemented in person, with Hu Weimin's understanding of Lin Haijiang, Lin Haijiang will never do anything that his predecessors planted trees and future generations enjoy the shade.

In the evening, Hu Weimin was invited by Lin Haijiang to go deep for the first time inside the secret fortress codenamed "Eagle's Nest" of Gongwei Haikou Shipyard and Military Port, for this big gold-swallowing household in the construction of Hainan Province, Hu Weimin repeatedly suggested that Lin Haijiang suspend its construction, but every time Lin Haijiang can always find ways to meet his capital investment needs, and now Hu Weimin finally heard the good news of the completion of the fortress, and naturally he was overjoyed, after all, there is one less strong competitor who can compete with him for the budget, and it is also a thing worth celebrating.

Lin Haijiang and Hu Weimin stood at the highest point of the Eagle's Nest on Beacon Mountain, overlooking the entire fortress built on the mountain, including the entire shipyard and military port, Lin Haijiang smiled slightly: "How do you feel?" ”

Hu Weimin smiled bitterly and said: "The entire shipyard still needs more investment, and the fortress is a defensive thing, which is completely inconsistent with your offensive strategy and surname?" ”

Lin Haijiang nodded and said: "There must be something to have, attack is our main strategy, but we need to defend the fortress to defend our military port and shipyard, these two things are very important to the navy." ”

After entering the command center of the Eagle's Nest, when Hu Weimin stood in front of the model of the Eagle's Nest Fortress in surprise, Hu Weimin realized that he was wrong and very wrong, the so-called completion is just a phase of the surface permanent fortification and the underground command center, and the overall Eagle's Nest Fortress is planned as a ten-phase project.

Hu Weimin is relatively speechless, but now the empire's financial hesitation to sell a large number of arms is more abundant, and the investment in Hainan is also a gradual growth trend of the planned surname, Hu Weimin is building Hainan according to the ideal blueprint in his mind, but he also does not understand many specific professional things, his role as an executive officer is more to control, distribute, regulate the effective use and integration of resources.

Hu Weimin knows that Lin Haijiang will never look for himself for no reason to see this eagle's nest that he couldn't get into before if he wanted to, or will he pretend to be confused first? Hu Weimin looked at his watch, he and the head of state were not people with plenty of time, so he asked very helplessly: "What are the new instructions for the head of state to invite me over this time?" ”

(To be continued)