Chapter 451: A New Era for the Navy
A week later, Niu Tianli, director of the Ship Research Institute, looked at the design drawings of the dozen boxes and finally felt a lot more relaxed. Because he knows that the design drawings of this new warship have been completed, and an epoch-making warship will be able to be completed, and the chief designer of this warship is himself, then he will definitely be able to become a famous figure in history. But it's a pity that the design idea of this warship was also proposed by Wang Guorui, not him, and his glory is really greater.
"Didi, the design of the Sword-class battleship is complete, and the system can produce the Sword-class battleship. Each Sword-class battleship costs two and a half million silver dollars. ”
Of course, the designers didn't know about this news, and Wang Guorui soon received the news of the red alert system, and then finally smiled.
"With this sword-class battleship, it will become a sword for us to expand China's territory. However, at present, it is too expensive, and you can only build one! Wang Guorui said.
Wang Guorui knew that the cost of this sword-class battleship was too high, costing two and a half million silver dollars, and this could make two and a half Sovereign-class battleships. However, Wang Guorui didn't care, because even if there was only one sword-class battleship in the future, it would allow them to have enough strength to fight against the navies of various countries. Although Taiwan gave three Sovereign-class battleships to the Netherlands, it will not reduce its naval strength because of this, as long as this Sword-class battleship is manufactured, then Taiwan's naval combat strength will not be lost due to the reduction of three Sovereign-class battleships, but will increase a lot. I thought that the effect of one of your sword-class battleships was very huge, much more powerful than several Sovereign-class ships.
"Husband, why are you so happy? Is it because she is engaged to that Dutch queen Wilhelmina? Zheng Hong asked.
And Wang Guorui immediately asked: "Are you jealous?" ”
"I didn't!" Zheng Hong said.
"Still say no? Look at your lips with a soy sauce bottle! Wang Guorui laughed.
And Zheng Hong immediately asked: "Hmph, in order to marry the Queen of the Netherlands, you paid three battleships as a dowry." You didn't seem to have given me a dowry back then, it was all my dowry for you! ”
Wang Guorui smiled awkwardly, because she did not give Zheng Hong a dowry back then, but she gave her Tiandihui as a dowry. Now I see that Wang Guorui actually gave the Netherlands three battleships for this Dutch Queen Wilhelmina, which Zheng Hong had to eat.
"Hehe, she is the queen after all. It is also appropriate to give more. Wang Guorui said.
"And what am I?" Zheng Hong asked.
Wang Guorui immediately replied: "You are the queen, the future queen of our China!" ”
Hearing this, Zheng Hong was still happy in her heart, but she said, "Hmph, who knows how many queens you will have in the future?" ”
Wang Guorui was speechless, because according to the current laws of Taiwan, the legal status of all wives and concubines is equal, and when he becomes the emperor, I am afraid that he will really have to set up multiple queens at the same time, and even abolish the names of concubines with many ranks in the past. In this way, everyone is a queen. Therefore, the value of this queen is much lower than in the past.
"Well, you will always be the 'first' queen in my heart. And Mary, even after becoming my wife, is only the queen of the Netherlands, not the queen of China, understand? Wang Guorui said.
Zheng Hong immediately understood in her heart that this Wilhelmina would not come to China to be the queen of China. Because she is also the Queen of the Netherlands. And if she can't become the queen of China, then her children will not have the right to inherit Wang Guorui's status. In fact, what Zheng Hong is most worried about in his heart is the issue of inheritance. If William Minna gave birth to a child to Wang Guorui, then if compared to her background, then this William Minna is much taller than Zheng Hong. When the time comes, the father is the emperor of China and the mother is the queen of the Netherlands, so the identity and bloodline of this child are also extremely noble. At that time, I am afraid that many people will think about making this child the emperor of China. This is not impossible, because the mother of the family is from an extraordinary background, but she is the head of a country, if you want to say that the status is obviously equal to China. I'm afraid that there will definitely be someone who can let this half-breed inherit it, and then this will be a problem.
Zheng Hong thinks that her background is definitely not as good as that of Queen Wilhelmina. When the time comes, if you really want to inherit the right for your son Zheng Duo, it will be really troublesome. But now Wang Guorui said that Wilhelmina is only the queen of the Netherlands and will not be the queen of China, which makes Zheng Hong completely relieved. Because she knew that even if Wang Guorui had a descendant with Wilhelmina, the last child would only be able to inherit the throne of his mother Wilhelmina, not the throne of China. Even at that time, this East-West mixed-race child can only take his mother's surname, so it is impossible to become Wang Guorui's crown prince. This is what reassures Zheng Hong.
Women are like this, after having a son, they naturally care about their son's inheritance, and most of their energy is transferred from their husband to their son, which is also normal. So anyone who threatens his son's inheritance, Zheng Hong will feel very uneasy. Even if Zheng Hong knows that the future emperor may not have much power, or even one generation is not as good as the next, but after all, this throne is the identity of the leader of the country, even if it is only in name, it can make people squeeze their heads. Even if Zheng Hong knows that her son may not be able to hold much power in the future, it is the highest honor, if she can't fight for this supreme honor for her son, then she is really very unwilling.
Zheng Hong knew that Wang Guorui would inevitably have more children in the future, and if he did not establish his son's inheritance rights as soon as possible, he would definitely face more and more disputes.
"That family photo is the eldest son, you ......" Zheng Hong was a little anxious, and wanted to say a few words while the iron was hot.
Wang Guorui immediately shook his head and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter, let's talk about the battleship!" ”
Zheng Hong was depressed for a while, and Wang Guorui didn't seem to want to say anything about the heir. Wang Guorui does not have the idea of establishing an heir so early, and Wang Guorui knows that if he establishes an heir too early, it will definitely be very troublesome. So we have to wait until we test our abilities later. In addition, it will definitely not be an era when monarchs will hold absolute power in the future, so if Wang Guorui says in conscience that he still hopes to appoint a person with relatively mediocre ability to be the emperor, this can avoid the power struggle between monarchs and ministers. In the future, the democratic system will inevitably reach its absolute peak, and even Wang Guorui knows that he cannot go against it. If you forcibly reverse it, even if you can gain power, your descendants will inevitably suffer retribution. Therefore, he wants to choose a descendant with more average ability as the heir, or choose another method to choose the heir, so as to at least avoid too many conflicts between monarchs and ministers. The future royal family should enjoy wealth and prosperity, and don't think too much about fighting for power and profit. If you choose someone who is too good to be your heir, who knows what the consequences will be?
"This new battleship of ours is currently the most advanced battleship in the world. With this battleship, that ship can be used as several ships, so even if we give the Netherlands three battleships, we don't have to worry about the strength going down, but going up. This battleship represents a qualitative improvement, not a quantity that can be compensated for alone. So with this kind of battleship, then we can all get a lot of help in the future. Wang Guorui said.
When Zheng Hong heard this, he immediately asked, "What is this battleship called?" ”
"Now that it has been designed, it will soon be able to be produced, and I named it the Sword-class battleship. And the first one I plan to name Xuanyuan is the Xuanyuan sword, which represents the Xuanyuan sword used by the first ancestor of humanity Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor in the year, and opened up territory for me in China. Wang Guorui said.
Wang Guorui named these sword-class battleships the names of various swords, first of all, the Xuanyuan Sword, which was the sword used by the legend Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor as the name of the first battleship. And the future battleships will be named Tai'a, Ganjiang, Mo Xie and other sword names, which can be regarded as the name of this sword-class battleship.
"Hong'er, you know what? This is the first battleship designed by our Taiwanese designers, although we may not be able to produce it yet, but it is very important to train many designers so that they have experience in designing battleships. And with the experience of designing large battleships such as battleships, then we can also gradually have the experience of designing more advanced battleships. In the future, as long as we gradually improve our industrial system, we can gradually realize the production of battleships at will. There is no shortage of design talents in me, which can be regarded as an important channel for us. ”
"The main thing is that we have this kind of battleship, and it is completely possible to enter a new era. In the future, this kind of sword-class battleship will inevitably become an important watershed in the history of the navy, before the sword-class will be called the pre-sword era, and after the sword, it will be called the super sword-age era, and this sword-class battleship may be the core of the design scheme of all future battleships. It will also become the most important kind of battleship design idea, and the sword-class battleship will become the finale of the battleship. ”
Wang Guorui knew that the Sword class was actually the same design idea as the original British Dreadnought-class battleships, so it would become an important watershed. And then, that is, it is about to come to the era of aircraft carriers, not enough that the current aircraft is not mature, especially the power and reliability of diesel engines are not high enough, so that Wang Guorui can not invent the aircraft and then use aircraft carriers. That's why you need battleships. (To be continued......)