Chapter 686: You're welcome!
The other is the candidate for the crown princess this time. The queen spoke a long time ago - the daughter of the Zhang family was not considered, which can be said to be well understood, which made Liu Xian very satisfied.
The Wudi Zhang family is a big family. The Zhang family not only has Zhang Shouyan, the current first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, but also Zhang Shouxun and Zhang Shuping, the uncle of the country. In addition, Zhang Shoudai's Ende Liu Xian has not forgotten that his two sons are now also members of the provincial department, and then there are other children, and there are more than 30 people in the whole Zhangmen who are above the fourth grade, and most of the family are daughters who are age-appropriate, dignified and decent, virtuous and virtuous, calm in their actions, and have the right rank of father and brother. And they also have the queen as a backer.
Therefore, Zhang's initiative to withdraw has played a good role model for both the Wang family and the Huo family, Liu Xian's satisfaction with the queen has just reached a new peak, how can he be snubbed because of a dispute.
"Although your mother is a woman's opinion, she loves her son even more. How could a father blame your mother for this? Liu Xian smiled and comforted his precious eldest daughter, holding his eldest grandson in his hands.
"Let your mother calm down first. When the prince is in good condition, you will talk to her in detail. This matter is very important, and the prince has paid for many years of hard work, and it is a pity that an accident will cost everything in vain? β
"Look at the prince and your mother."
"The prince is injured, and your mother is even more frightened. I quarreled with my father again, and my heart couldn't help but be depressed, and yesterday the doctor replied that he was a little depressed. In addition, taking care of your brother for the past few days, I can't sleep day and night, and I will definitely worry about the follow-up of the airship matter, so don't be sad. Go and persuade her well. β
"Let your mother take a good look at this little guy~" Liu Xian hugged his grandson and shook it gently, looking at the child's unconscious open mouth. If you weren't afraid of a beard prick, I really wanted to kiss the two.
Wait until the eldest daughter leaves with the child in her arms. After Liu Xian returned to the table, he pulled out a letter from under the map of Siam spread out on the tableβthe National Security Bureau did not find the slightest mistake. It all seemed like an accident.
But was it really an accident?
It is related to Liu Xian's heir and another son. When it comes to the plans of the airship army, everything must be cautious and cautious.
"I hope so." Liu Xian thought about it for a long time, and finally threw it on the case. The performance of the airship is already very good, and it is not impossible for everything to go into the dark. The whole thing can be used to make a trick by taking advantage of this accident.
The prince will be able to graduate from college in a year and a half, and Liu Xian can afford to wait. And a year and a half later, the day the Airship Army was established, that is, the day when they marched into the world!
Alexander III, who was still breathing, did not know if he could wait until that day. He lost the future of Russia, and the taste that Qianfu was referring to in the past two years must not be pleasant. Moreover, the activities of the Nationalist Party and the Poor Party in Russia are on the rise.
And the European region has been very stable for a while. Even the great naval plan that Germany was carrying out did not seem to be noticed by the British. Tirpitz had been appointed Minister of the Imperial Navy by Wilhelm II, but Wilhelm II had not yet made a statement on South Africa that would rupture Anglo-German relations, and the Reichstag had only allocated 30 million marks for the construction of naval warships. This amount of money is too pediatric for the European powers, and too pediatric for naval construction. But Liu Xian believed that the ambitions of the Germans had begun to swell, and that Wilhelm II could not sit still when China took the lead in challenging the British. He was already impatient to follow up.
Anyway, Germany is under the nose of the British, and as long as the Germans' Grand Fleet plan is truly implemented, the different smell will make the British smell it for the first time even if it is 108,000 miles away.
On Liu's table is a map of Siam. In fact, people don't have any snacks on it. The outcome of the Battle of Bangkok was a foregone conclusion, and the key to this was the inability of the British to intervene.
If the British want to make a move, even if the Taiping Army, the Nguyen Dynasty, Luang Prabang, Champasak and Phnom Penh go all out, it is impossible to put Bangkok like this. Be clear. Bangkok is close to the sea.
And if the British don't take action, they will only rely on the Siamese troops guarding Bangkok, those troops who have already been beaten and have lost their courage. A Taiping army would have swept them away. In the end, the difference is only in the casualties.
Now, Liu Xian's eyes are still looking at the palace. He was a little afraid that the filial prince would not be able to resist his wife. I agreed first. In that case, things will not be easy.
At this time, the East Palace of the ZN Sea. In the original Fengze Garden, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the New Qin Empire was still suffering from the torture of his mother's 'chanting Dafa'. But the prince was really unwilling to give up the airship. He was well aware of the future military status of airships, and understood how important this 'status' was to his own status. He didn't want to give up!
So in the past few days, he has often fallen into the attack of his mother's 'sonic power'. Knowing that his eldest sister came with his nephew today, he temporarily rescued the prince's ear.
No matter how introverted, shy, and timid people are, they will still have a hint of expressiveness. It's just like 'human greed', it's innate. It's normal to have a little blood in the field you are good at or love.
What's more, the prince himself is not an introverted and shy person, the children of the royal family, all kinds of favors are all in one, how can he be cultivated into an introverted and shy person? He also loves to be in the limelight. Before playing airship, that is, before entering university, he organized student (football) leagues and indiscriminate kickboxing matches between various universities and high schools in Beijing. During his three years in high school, he was the darling of the entire North China media, and his super high exposure rate made people know him all over the country and even the world.
Therefore, for the cool and useful thing of the airship, Liu Xian introduced it to him, and he really liked it within two months.
In the past two years, the crown prince has imagined in his mind more than once that he will one day command hundreds of huge airships, which will cover the heads of the enemy like the sky and the sun, and at the sound of an order, thousands of huge bombs will fall from the sky, and all the enemies will be annihilated, and they will become fragile and vulnerable to attack.
This kind of expectation extended from reality has long been engraved into the prince's heart in the past two years. The queen's 'sonic power' is certainly powerful, and the prince persevered until the day he recovered. Then the queen was defeated and compromised under the siege of her husband, beloved daughter, and beloved son.
"Although there are no human clues in this accident, you must be more careful and vigilant."
"Airships are a novelty, a dangerous thing. You are now married, you are still the crown prince, and you are not only your own life, but also more and heavier responsibilities. The queen was so frightened this time that Liu Xian was also shocked.
"Father, rest assured, sons and daughters understand." Liu Sheng has endured his mother's nagging, but this does not mean that he is not afraid of danger. Lying on the hospital bed in the East Palace, he thought more than once in his mind - if the third child at that time didn't pull himself in time, he might be seriously injured, and even his life would be in danger.
After two years of testing, the airbag skeleton in China has been made of aluminum, and Beijing Nanyuan has given birth to the world's first hard airship. Its most distinctive feature is the skeleton, which consists of a longitudinal girder with an abdomen, 24 long pestles and 16 frames, and uses a large number of longitudinal and transverse cables to enhance the structural strength. The outside of the hull frame is covered with a skin made of tarpaulin. There are 17 airbags in the hull, with a total volume of 12,000 cubic meters and a total buoyancy of 15 tons. 5 to 6 times larger than the largest soft airship of the era. Because the multi-airbag can also play a role similar to the water trap on the ship, the safety of the flight is greatly improved.
Of course, the price is not cheap either. The total cost of such an airship is as high as 5 million Chinese dollars. This is still the price at which all materials and labor are allocated by the military, and if such an airship is made in the civilian sector, the price will be eight or nine million, even if it is not doubled.
Now the biggest problem facing the prince on the airship is how to reduce the cost. At least when the military produces airships on a large scale, the price can be reduced to 3 million, or even 2 million, otherwise such an expensive price will be made on a large scale, and it will really rob the army and navy of military spending.
When lying on the hospital bed, the prince thought a lot in his head, which should be the passion that bursts out of the brain after people are stimulated. Anyway, now he is full of energy, and there are too many things to do, he has to do it.
Liu Xian could feel the energy rising from his son's body. I am happy to see the prince rarely have such a passion for work. He's going to have to concentrate on watching the occupation of Bangkok as well. Because the British really intervened. They took the sea route and transported two British regiments from Singapore to Bangkok. Let Ben's crumbling Siamese defense line under the siege of the Taiping Army and other four-way armies become consolidated at once.
This was not the tactical role played by the two British regiments, but the spiritual role played by the British who openly intervened. For the old magnates of Siam, this was too much to cheer them up.
And for China, this situation is a blatant slap in the face, and it is another pressure from the British on China. The result is not China's concessions, but the further intensification of Sino-British contradictions and a more transparent confrontation between the two countries.
"Your Majesty, Shi Dakai called and said that the offensive of their coalition army can still be guaranteed. The British didn't have many troops in Bangkok, and they had to defend the port of Singapore. Now the Siamese army is just taking advantage of a false fire and is returning to the light. β
"Dounar has sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to start a further step in discussions on the fighting in Siam and Kuala Lumpur. On the recent confrontation between China and the UK, we will engage in dialogue to ease contradictions. β
"Does the Cabinet think that dialogue with the UK will solve the problem?"
"The emperor's purpose is no longer just Kuala Lumpur, but the whole of Malacca. The British will give up their claims in Kuala Lumpur, but they will never give up Malacca. Dialogue between the two sides will not ease the current tensions between the two sides, nor will it produce good results. β
"So what's there to talk about. Directly refused. β
"Let the Chinese People's League and community in Kuala Lumpur, Surabaya, Semarang and Palembang be ready. Increase the military support for Shi Dakai and others, so that Shi Dakai stepped up the attack on Bangkok. β
"And Hawaii. If the Americans dare to move, you're welcome! (To be continued......)