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"You're amazing!"

"That's to tear you dead on an empty stomach!"

"Hah! Can you teach me? ”

"Okay! You start by strapping 10-pound punching bags around each leg and go for a mile run. ”

“…… Well, I still don't learn. ”

The sky is clear, the blue waves are rippling, a large ship spitting black smoke, slowly moving on the sea, the wooden hull with many delicate carvings, on which are either goddesses or crosses and other religious symbols, a huge wheel there lapping the sea, this is a steamship.

Li Mengyang, who was wearing a suit, was on the side of the boat looking at the distant scenery, and next to him was Yelena, who had caused him trouble before, and today she was wearing a beige dress.

"Stingy! Are you angry? "Yelena is a very smart girl, she can see that Clint Lee is a little angry, this is normal, no man wants to be used as a 'shield', however, Elena really has no other way, she is grateful to Clint, but her character does not allow her to say soft words.

"I'm not angry." Well, there's no other answer at this time, "I just think it seems like I shouldn't interfere in some of your private affairs." ”

"Hehe...... "Yelena blushed, "you're still angry!" ”

"......" Li Mengyang ran out of tricks, so he had to hold his forehead and ponder......

No way, Li Mengyang really can't figure out whether it is good or bad to provoke this straightforward woman, you know, this is really an accident, originally this time he had something important to go to Rhode Island, but he had to take this woman, what people strongly requested, it was lifeless.

To be honest, Yelena just caused trouble for Li Mengyang, such a woman should stay away, Li Mengyang is not a pervert, even if she looks like Sophie Masona? It's definitely not as important as the big business you're going to do.

However, there are two points that make Li Mengyang agree that this woman will follow him away, one is that this woman is quite interesting, anyway, Li Mengyang is more relaxed when she is with her, and she is not like other women from upper-class families, she is the type to laugh when she wants to.

The second is because this woman is a woman from the Dupont family, which is somewhat important......

Why are the women of the Dupont family important?

……

"Wow!" Elena expressed surprise at what she saw, it was a ship still under construction, it was not a big ship, this guy was too average in size compared to many ships of this era, but ......

It's a ship with a metal shell!

"Look! Look! ”

"I see it." Li Mengyang was a little speechless about Yelena's appearance at this time, because this upper-class young lady was now more like a countryman who had just entered the city, and she was curious about everything.

Well, this ship at this point in time, anyone who sees it will be surprised.

In a humble dockyard in Rhode Island, one of the most astonishing changes of our time was taking place, and that was an all-metal surgical ship under construction, though it was not yet fully formed, though it looked so eerie, though ......

"Hey! Mr. Lee! Welcome to Rhode Island! The balding John Erickson was holding a wine bottle in his hand and waving to Li Mengyang.

"Hello, I'm here to see how our ship is going." Li Mengyang didn't mind this old guy's drunkenness.

"Hah!" Yelena suddenly checked in, "You actually helped him build a ship?" You guy would like such a monster? Hahaha......"

I have to say that it is indeed embarrassing for a person to be too straightforward sometimes.

But then again, this ship is really a monster, it's not a ship in the 'modern sense' at all, because its hull is below the waterline, and the part of the water that we can see is like a shovel in the bow, and as for the chimney, that's indispensable, and everything else is very strange, and besides, there are very few cannons, and below the waterline, there are naturally not many cannons on it.

This is John Erickson's design, in fact, this design was taken out as early as 10 years ago, but everyone thinks he is crazy, yes, people in this era see such a hull, such a design, then don't think he is crazy.

What's more, when this guy was developing the cannon before, he killed the then US Secretary of State and the Secretary of War, and five high-ranking officials were killed, and 20 high-ranking officials were seriously injured.

To be honest, it's good that Erickson wasn't hanged, you must know that the people who could be high-ranking officials at that time were all family and powerful, well, even now, like Mr. Lincoln, a political celebrity in Illinois, although he was born in a commoner, he now has an annual income of 5,000 US dollars.

Erikson's design, in fact, Li Mengyang is not too surprised, because this is a bit like the DDG-1000 of later generations, but it is much smaller, and the technology is ...... Well, in this day and age, it's definitely a sci-fi battleship.

Li Mengyang actually hoped to change the design, because the thing in front of him was really too different from the ironclad he knew, but Erikson was very persistent.

No way, for the mechanical aspect, Li Mengyang is really a layman, he can only agree with Eriksen's plan.

But why build a battleship?

This battleship is related to Li Mengyang's big plan, it is a huge plan, and it has a lot to do with him asking Matthew to get Victoria.

But does Li Mengyang have this strength? No matter how you put it, it's also a battleship!

When Erickson's cannon had an accident and killed so many important people, he naturally carried the black cauldron, but it was okay, he didn't go to the military court, but he was removed. After that, for his own invention, which was this monster battleship, he had to constantly contact the upper echelons of New York.

You know, New York is a world-famous port, and the Dutch called her New Amsterdam when they found her, so naturally there are a lot of shipping tycoons in it, and they should be interested in their warships.

The maritime trade in these days is not so safe, and everyone can't do business in peace if they don't break the bloodshed, but unfortunately, more people think Erickson is crazy, this ship is too nonsense.

Of course, the main reason is because the cost is relatively high, which is simply a money-burning thing.

But Li Mengyang accepted this cost, and the circulation of the "New York Evening News" led by him had exceeded 150,000 at this time, which is currently the highest circulation newspaper in the United States, and there is no comparison, so he ...... this newspaper

It's an IPO!

Don't doubt it, it's really going public, because now there are stocks in New York...... Well, it's still called the 'New York Securities and Exchange Commission', and the canal built in New York before, the Erie Canal, was funded by this committee, and now, the Securities Commission's favorite project is the railroad.

Simple, at least $50 per ticket, the return on this investment is quite good.

And now, the number one newspaper in the United States is going to go public, which seems to be a good deal, right?

So, Li Mengyang got the funds, and he also had a certain amount of accumulation before, in the legend of the thief Clint Eastwood, there is such a treasure as his treasure, it is said that what is the gold and silver mountain...... I don't know which mountain I'm buried, so go find it! Of course, this is not what Mr. Thief said when he went to the gallows, but from the mouth of the bard.

Our world's first ironclad ship can finally begin construction, and its completion time is ...... I don't know yet, but fortunately, there were some foundations before, after all, they have been designed for more than ten years.

"Crazy guy!" Although it was a monster, the ship was very appealing to Elena, and she felt that it was worth the trip.

"Hey, Mr. Lee." Erikson took another sip of wine.

"Call me Clint." Li Mengyang really doesn't like others to call him 'Mr. Li', because he is now in the United States, and this kind of name always gives him the feeling of selling California beef noodles.

"Yes, sir."

"......" Li Mengyang was speechless.

"This woman is not ordinary."

"Huh?" Li Mengyang didn't expect Erickson to understand women.

"Trust me." The old bald man took another sip, "The kind of frenzy in this woman's eyes, I'm too familiar with it!" ”

"Huh?" A feeding frenzy? Li Mengyang seems to be a little difficult to understand.

Forget it, don't care about her business for now, Li Mengyang took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Erikson, "Can you see if you can get this thing out?" ”

"What is this?" Erickson's sealed drunken eyes lit up immediately!

The painting on this piece of paper, yes, is a painting thing, although it is difficult to recognize, it is really rotten, but this is in terms of painting skills, it is really rotten......

But this painting has a round head in the front, a propeller in the back, and a word underneath, torpedo!

That's right, it's a torpedo!

Li Mengyang doesn't know the internal structure of the torpedo at all, and the level of his painting is definitely the level of 'chicken pecking rice', but he still can't draw torpedoes? How simple it is, he even painted with wings.

This ship of ours is a hull below the waterline, and with a torpedo, it is a perfect match!

"How do you provide motivation? Now there is a torpedo, and we can borrow from how it is triggered! But what about this motivation? …… What to do? ……”

It's just such a picture of a 'chicken pecking at a meter', which directly makes Erikson magical!

It's still the age of steam, and the so-called 'engines' are all coal-burning, so how can they be loaded into it?

"Think about it yourself, I'm sure you can understand it......" Li Mengyang said something very pretending to be X, in fact, he didn't understand anything at all, he just knew what a torpedo looked like.

In fact, Li Mengyang ignored one point, that is, the 'torpedo' that Erickson said, there really is a 'torpedo' in this year, but the current torpedo is a mine in later generations. However, Li Mengyang, who doesn't know any technology at all, doesn't care about this.

came by boat, and brought a beautiful woman, Li Mengyang naturally didn't just bring a picture to the bald inventor......

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