Cigarette wax has naturally seen it, he smoked it when he was in Germany. It's just that this kind of thing is far less powerful than opium, and Wax doesn't like it very much. Of course, at this time, cigarettes in the world are not very popular, and the real popularity of cigarettes was in World War I and World War II.

"I'll try this cigarette." Although cigarettes may not be as strong as opium, Wax, an old smoker, naturally doesn't mind smoking high-end cigarettes.

Just before he had time to take a puff, Vax was completely stunned. After inhaling it, there was a cool breath of green smoke that spread to the entire lungs, and then when this green smoke lingered, Vax found that his body was a little lighter, and at the same time, the cells in his body seemed to be excited.

It's like getting a good night's sleep and waking up early in the morning to be full of energy. Vax couldn't help but take a second sip, and then the same feeling again, and at this time, the sea breeze hit his face, and he felt as if he was not cold.

"What kind of smoke is this?" Vax hurriedly looked at Chen Liqing, but he found that Chen Liqing and his party had already walked to the door of the cabin.

"Then, that young master, wait, what kind of smoke is this?" Vax caught up at once.

"I'll tell you what kind of smoke later, how is it, this smoke tastes good, right?" Chen Liqing sold a pass, you must know that the cigarettes he gave to Vax are the best tobacco leaves from the super farm, made of ** grass. According to Super Farm, this tobacco leaf seems to be an improved version of tobacco from hundreds of years to come, which is not only not harmful, but also beneficial.

"Yes, that's great, God, young master, where did you bring this cigarette, it's amazing!" Vax couldn't help but dance with his hands, he couldn't believe that a small cigarette in his hand had made him not want to smoke any more opium, and opium was even worse than shit compared to this cigarette!

"Do you still want it?" Seeing Vax's reaction, Chen Liqing smiled, and then waved the box in his hand in front of Vax's eyes.

"Yes, I want to ......" Vax wanted to grab it without thinking about it, but how could he grab something from Chen Liqing's hand, and he snatched it and pounced.

"If you want, tell me honestly what's wrong with our ship." Putting away the cigarette, Chen Liqing threw down a sentence and walked into the cabin.

Wax was stunned and wanted to cry without tears, but thinking of the cigarette in Chen Liqing's hand, Wax trembled, his eyes burst out with the kind of light that he saw a beautiful woman, his fist was raised, and Wax hurriedly caught up with Chen Liqing.

"Boss, I'll show you what problems have arisen with our ship!"

In just three seconds, Wax changed his attitude and began to introduce the problems of the Butterfly to Chen Liqing diligently.

Of course, the Butterfly, also known as the Huaxia, is not a new ship, it has been in service for the German Navy for ten years before Zhang Xianmo bought it, and it can be regarded as an old ship, and it is normal for all kinds of problems to occur. Although Vax is a smoker, he still has the skills, and he can easily solve some common problems, but some parts need to be purchased, and if the real guns are repaired, even if the Wax technology is good, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and there are no parts to be replaced, and he has nothing to do.

"That's it, boss, the Butterfly's steam cylinders have been used for many years, and now they are a little old, and these crank rods are also cracked. These problems exist, so that the speed of our Butterfly can only be maintained at about 15 knots at most, and it can't run the theoretical 24 knots, if we force it to run so fast, our Butterfly can't stand it......"

Driven by cigarettes, Vax worked very hard to explain all the problems in the Butterfly to Chen Liqing. After speaking, Vax immediately looked at Chen Liqing in his arms and said, "Boss, my work is done, can you ...... that?"

"Take it!"

Chen Liqing is also the kind of person who counts his words, and before Vax finished speaking, he threw a pack of cigarettes to him.

"Haha, thank you boss!" When he got the cigarette, Vax immediately smiled, and immediately skillfully took out a cigarette and lit it again, and after taking a puff, he couldn't help but say a long way: Cool!

Chen Liqing, Yuan Baoyi and the others ignored Wax, and the eyes of several people continued to focus on the places that Wax had just picked out. Chen Liqing didn't understand the steam engine, but he believed what Vax said.

A cruiser with a speed of twenty-four knots was able to run only fifteen knots, which could be considered a serious problem. If a battle were to occur, the speed deficit of a few knots would be enough to sink a ship.

However, for this problem, Wax also said just now that unless he goes back to the original factory in Germany and repairs it from head to toe, the problem will still exist. And this kind of problem will make the ship only have a few years of life.

In a few years, Chen Liqing is sure to get a few new ships to replace the old one, but now what he lacks is obviously time and money.

"Boss, you don't have to be in such a hurry, I also told Mr. Xiang about these problems before, and he said that he only needs to drive our Butterfly to your Mawei Ship Administration Bureau in Fujian Province to repair it."

The name of Poplar Village became Mr. Look's accent under Wax's sparse accent.

"Mawei Ship Bureau?" Chen Liqing glanced back at Vax.

He naturally knew that Zuo Zongtang was responsible for the establishment of the Fujian Mawei Boat Administration Bureau when the Qing Dynasty was engaged in the self-improvement movement, and later developed by Lin Zexu's son-in-law Shen Baozhen, who was also Shen Yuqing's father. Among them, the Shipmaster School is the first school in China that specializes in teaching shipbuilding skills, and it also helped the Qing Dynasty axe train the first batch of shipbuilders in modern China. At the same time, the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau is also the first shipyard in China, and many small ships in the First Sino-Japanese War came from the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau. This is the first steamship factory in China, and it is naturally able to repair some problems with the Huaxia.

It's just that now, the situation in Fujian is not much better, and if you drive a ship to build, who knows what problems will arise. Moreover, according to Chen Liqing's understanding, after the Xinhai Revolution, the Harbour Administration Bureau was under the management of the Admiralty ruled by Yuan Shikai Beiyang. 30,000 taels of silver are allocated every month for its operation, but because the situation in Fuzhou and even the whole country is not stable, and the warlords are fighting, this is more than the appropriation under the indulgence of the people, so it is naturally not distributed in the hands of the Harbour Bureau. This was followed by various secondary revolutions and wars to protect the country, and in this situation, the masters of the Harbour Master Bureau changed wave after wave, and the Harbour Master Bureau naturally did not make any achievements. Later, it was bombed by Yuben's planes during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and then took away some of the machines when Chiang retreated to Taiwan, and finally it was not until the founding of New China that the People's Political Axe took over that it was reborn.

If Chen Liqing wants to drive the ship to the Harbour Administration Bureau to repair it, it is obviously not a good time, at least after the world looks peaceful.

However, Vax's sudden reminder gave Chen Liqing one more thought, and when he just remembered the fate of the Harbour Master's Bureau, a slightly crazy idea suddenly appeared in his head.

Now although Fujian has also announced its reading power, it seems that in the eyes of these reading governors, the Harbour Administration Bureau does not seem to be very popular. Rather than let the Harbour Master's machine stop there rusty, it would be better to think of a way to do it......

This sudden idea was very accidental, Chen Liqing originally wanted to build a shipyard by himself. But as soon as Wax reminded him like this, Chen Liqing had an easier idea, Lao Jiang could do this, why couldn't he do this?

"Yes, Mawei Ship Bureau, little master, Mr. Yang also had this idea before." Xie Haiyang, who was next to him, heard Vax say this, and also stepped forward.

"This ......" Chen Liqing raised his head, "Okay, for the time being, let me think about it." "The thoughts in my head have been remembered for the time being, but this matter needs to be considered in the long run.

"Let's go, Ocean, take me to see the other things on the ship, like weapons or something." With a definite plan, Chen Liqing is not in a hurry to repair the ship, can't he still hold on for a while, he should be able to wait for a while.

"Okay." Chen Liqing didn't make a decision, and others naturally didn't have any objections, and Wax, this guy is already fully enjoying the new cigarettes in Chen Liqing's hands.

In terms of weapons, this Huaxia is equipped with 2 203mm main guns, 10 119mm secondary guns, 12 47mm secondary guns, and 4 37mm machine guns. This kind of equipment can be compared to nuclear weapons for the warlords in the mainland who are still struggling with some machine guns at this time.

Of course, having seen the power of modern technological weapons, Chen Liqing had no expectations for the weapons of this period. But Yuan Baoyi was different, when he saw the true power of these cannons, he was excited again.

weapons, barely improvised, Chen Liqing came to the conclusion after inspection, of course, he also found another problem, the ammunition problem. There is only some ammunition on the Huaxia, and when it runs out, it will be gone, and the replenishment of ammunition has to be considered. Without ammunition, these cannons are just a decoration, like paper tigers without meat, which are useless.

Of course, if this problem had been annoying to Chen Liqing before, the sudden idea of robbing the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau easily made Chen Liqing think of a solution, that is, to rob an ammunition production plant, do it yourself, and have enough food and clothing.

Naturally, these ideas are just a prototype for Chen Liqing, and it may take some time to improve if they are really implemented. (To be continued.) )