When he came out of the police station, Li Guang was very interesting, and immediately informed Captain Alfred, suggesting that he also sell twenty-four percent of the shares to Laplace. As for whether Alfred listened to the advice or not, it was his own business, and Li Guang had already fulfilled his responsibility as a friend.

The crisis that plagued the shipyard for more than a month was solved by Li Guang at such a cost. It was said that the minister to Uruguay, Mori Zhongwu, shouted angrily. He gave Laplace $10,000.

Now Li Guang's shipyard no longer produces weapons, and he can't find anything wrong with Uruguay's political axe, so he is so depressed that he almost vomits blood. Laplace, on the other hand, didn't win by a big margin, but he got what he wanted. This diplomatic incident, which he provoked, ended with nothing he had gained.

All diplomacy is based on strength, skill is only the end, said that I have too few hole cards in my hand, and is destined to lose in this battle.

For Li Guang, although it is very inconvenient to produce munitions on Shixiang Island, the advantages are still obvious == being able to keep it secret. Since then, Uruguay has had less and less contact with the Navy. It would be more difficult for me to trace down the Stone Statue Island from this line.

On the first day of June, the Baxia was successfully launched. However, no weapons were installed. It was said that Minister Mori Zhongwu was about to go crazy. This is obviously a gunboat, which yacht will lay armor? And it's so thick, a full three inches.

But on Li Guang's tax bill, it was a 400-ton yacht. After paying the tax, the Baxia left Uruguay with a swagger, led by Zheng Xuechang to the Stone Statue Island. Li Guang is a good businessman, he has always abided by the law, and the tax bill of the Baxia number is clearly written, the cost is 10,000 US dollars, and the tax is 1,000 US dollars.

Mori Zhongwu was so angry by Li Guang's tax bill that he almost vomited blood again, even scrap iron would cost 100,000 US dollars. Mori Zhongwu, who had no choice, hurriedly sent a report to the country, but was reprimanded by the foreign minister, and it was okay if he didn't bring down Li Guang. A warship doesn't even know a basic parameter, and the artillery doesn't know the model, what do you want to do.

It's not that Li Guang doesn't want to kill this eye-catching guy, but that will have too much impact. And this Mori Nakatake is really disgusting, swaggering around the shipyard.

Killing such a diplomat would cause international disputes and even war, and Li Guang did not have a firm grasp of the direction of the development of the situation for the time being, and did not dare to act rashly. And it is precisely because of this that Mori Zhongwu, a little devil, dares to wander around the shipyard.

The best place to take out Mori Nakatake is on the high seas, and he doesn't have to bear the responsibility for diplomatic disputes, but this Mori Nakatake is a turtle and doesn't go to sea at all. Li Guang has never been able to find a chance.

After half a year of hard work by the ship design team, the design of the freewheel requested by Li Guang was finally completed. This freewheel has several features,

The first hull is V-shaped, and the sailing resistance is reduced.

The second power is only the most mature, but not advanced, three-stage vertical cylinder engine. The fuel is coal. The power of the engine is also very small, only 1,500 horsepower, the maximum speed of the freighter is 12 knots, and the cruising speed is 10 knots. The range is 11,000 nautical miles.

Two cranes were erected on the third hull to facilitate loading and unloading of cargo.

The fourth is equipped with a high-power radio antenna to facilitate communication.

Fifthly, gun emplacements and anti-aircraft machine-gun positions were reserved on the deck.

Sixth, the amount of unloaded discharge is 7,000 tons, and the full load is 16,000 tons.

The seventh is divided into three decks. Ideal for carrying a wide range of vehicle cargo.

Eighth, and most importantly, all propeller shaft engines, boilers, etc., are made of products that have become standard in the United States.

In fact, this kind of steamship is not advanced in all aspects, except for the improvement of the ship type, and the only advantage should be mature.

This kind of ship is different from the 4,000-ton dry bulk carrier built by Li Guang's shipyard, and it is much more complex and powerful in structure and strength. Dry bulk carriers can pull 4,000 tons of cargo, while their dead weight is only a few hundred tons. This kind of ship is similar to the PJP freighter captured by Li Guang, and can carry machine tools and vehicles and even fighter jets.

From the point of view of the survivability of ships, the survivability of free ships is undoubtedly much stronger than that of dry bulk carriers. Dry bulk carriers are not only thin in structure, but also have few watertight cabins. The free wheel is designed with two displacement tanks, which greatly improves the survivability at sea.

The high cost of construction can be seen from his dead weight, which is almost ten times the weight of a 4,000-ton dry bulk carrier. Even so, the welding process is used, which reduces the weight compared to riveting. The relative cost is many times higher than that of dry bulk carriers.

According to estimates, the cost of this freighter is about 800,000 US dollars.

Now that Li Guang has no shortage of funds in his hands, it is a good time to build this ship.

On the eve of Li Guang's investment in the Liberty Wheel, Captain Alfred approached Li Guang to prepare to invest. After Alfred withdrew from the guano business group, he was also run by Laplace many times, and finally had to sell his shares for $1 million.

Since Alfred met Li Guang, he has made more money in just two years than he has in his whole life, so he naturally has great trust in Li Guang, so he found Li Guang again and prepared to do business together.

Li Guang is of course very welcoming to someone who is willing to invest. So Alfred invested $1 million, and Li Guang invested $500,000. The two again partnered to invest in a South American freighter company.

However, Li Guang occupied 60% of the shares with a capital of 500,000 US dollars this time, and Li Guang and Alfred had a good relationship, but Li Guang had made a lot of preparations for this investment, and such a proportion actually did not treat Alfred badly. Alfred accounted for thirty percent, while the ship design group accounted for nine.

The European war was about to break out, and Li Guang did not know that freighters, especially ships like the Liberty, would become the most sought-after ships.

Historically, the Liberty Wheel was sold for $900,000 before the outbreak of World War II, but after the war, only a few anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were added, and the Americans sold it to the British for $1.8 million.

This kind of business without much technical content can make double the profit, isn't it a windfall profit? Although arms are huge profits, they are extremely high-tech.

As a result, Li Guang's original plan to build one ship first was immediately changed to two. At the same time, the business of manufacturing dry bulk carriers for the guano business group was stopped. Laplace, having invested two million dollars in a row to buy most of the shares, could not afford to continue ordering freighters.

For Li Guang, the construction of submarines is even more urgent. However, there are more difficulties at hand, one is worried that the project will be interrupted after being discovered, the second is that there are not enough skilled and high-skilled workers to start two submarines at the same time, and third, it is difficult to solve the fundamental problem of diesel engines.

Now that Uruguay's political axe has been settled, Li Guang began to build warships generously. In June, another Baxia and two 500-ton small destroyers were built. This destroyer is quite special, it does not have a main gun. Only four to six 76.2mm anti-aircraft guns were to be installed. And its main weapons are only torpedoes and depth charges.

In fact, this destroyer is very similar to the Baxia, and even the design drawings of the hull are the same. This torpedo destroyer was named Jairby by Li Guang.

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