The Nautilus shook the world at a high speed of forty-five knots, in this twenty-five knots has been amazing era, this is undoubtedly crazy, this number has become the best advertisement for diesel engines, if the Nautilus is just a symbol of technology, then the Viper-class destroyer let the powers in the arms race, see the practical significance of the diesel engine, there are thirty-six knots of high-speed destroyers, which means that thousands of tons of cruisers can also reach this number.

The British Admiralty did not hesitate to sign a cooperation agreement with Yang Feng, but the way of cooperation needs to be discussed, the Royal Navy cannot use warships that rely on foreign engines, so Yang Power Systems must produce diesel engines in the UK, or allow a British company to produce them in a licensed way, of course, it is better to do so.

However, when Sir Richard proposed this condition to Yang Feng, he was quite apprehensive, after all, this is the most advanced technology of Yang's Power System Company, and if he is replaced, he may not necessarily agree to hand it over.

And in this kind of negotiation, he has no cards to play, Yang Feng's company in Sweden, the diesel engine is the most sought-after technology, as long as he wants, the Germans, the French, and even the Russians will rush to cooperate with him.

However, to his surprise, Boss Yang readily agreed to the patent authorization, Sweden's Young's Power System Company, can authorize any British company to copy its diesel engine, and also provide them with design drawings, but the price is more expensive, one million pounds.

This figure startled Sir Richard.

"Sir, as much as I have a special affection for England, you have to understand that I am first and foremost a businessman, and I have to make the greatest profit for my products, and there is no need to say what the diesel engine represents, a million pounds is a very reasonable price, and if you do not agree, I am sure there are many who are eagerly waiting to agree." Yang Feng said lightly.

Sir Richard smiled bitterly, for that was his greatest trouble.

"Mr. Yang, this money is enough to build a first-class ironclad ship." He said.

"Without diesel engines, you would build a hundred first-class ironclad ships, and the final result would be nothing more than adding a few nests to the fish in the sea." Yang Feng said.

This is true, everyone knows what power represents, the steam engine has created an era, and it is clear that the diesel engine will also create a new era, just as in front of the steam-powered ironclad, the sail battleship will lose any meaning, in the face of the diesel-powered battleship, the steam-powered battleship will also lose any meaning, this Sir Richard is convinced.

But even so, such a huge investment is very amazing, you must know that one pound is equivalent to more than seven grams of gold, one million is seven million grams of gold, or simply put it is seven tons of gold, those private companies will definitely not be willing to pay this money, because of the current fuel problem restrictions, diesel engine merchant ships can not be too quickly popular, that is to say, this huge investment will definitely take some time to recover.

It took a hundred years for the steam power to send the sails into the museum, and the diesel engine sent the steam engine to the museum, it is estimated that it will not be much less, and the patent protection period of the diesel engine of Young's power is still more than ten years, even the navy is impossible to enter the diesel during this time, countless supporting projects need to be carried out, and even the steam-powered warships will definitely continue to be built in the future, so that the merchant ship manufacturers can wait for a few years, or even more than ten years.

But the navy must not wait, for warships, being one step ahead is an advantage, a year ahead represents victory, and a ten year lead is the hegemon, so this money must be paid by the Admiralty, but in this case, it is difficult to go through the old men of the Guò Council, Sir Richard.

"Mr. Yang, I do have a destroyer of Tiyì, the Viper, and the Sidewinder, as well as your six merchant ships, which Armstrong Shipyard built for you free of charge, in exchange for your exclusive patent in England." Armstrong Sr., who was involved in the negotiations next to him, said.

As the most important private warship manufacturer in the United Kingdom, his main competitor is the navy's own shipyard, and it has been difficult to grab too much business in the construction of capital ships, and diesel engines are the best opportunity, so he is so interested in cooperating with Yang Feng, if he can obtain the exclusive authorization of the United Kingdom, then he will gain a huge advantage in the competition.

"Exclusive licensing in the UK is of course fine, but I seem to have suffered a lot of losses, and you should be well aware that without engines, these eight ships are estimated not to be worth even half a million pounds." Yang Feng said with a smile, in fact, he didn't want to cooperate with the British State Construction Shipyard.

"Plus £400,000 in compensation." Old Armstrong gritted his teeth and said.

"Five thousand six-inch shells." Yang Feng said.

"Yang, what do you want so many shells for?" Sir Richard asked curiously.

"Sell it, sell it to my homeland, but one thing, these shells all use picric acid charges." Yang Feng said.

"Yang, that's simply suicide, this kind of thing will be extremely unstable when it is loaded in the shell and the metal reacts, and it may even explode during the disemboweling process." Armstrong said.

"Is this problem difficult to solve? Picric acid reacts with metal and is extremely unstable, so just let it not come into contact with metal, and the simple act of coating the shell with a thick layer of paraffin wax will make British engineers helpless?" Yang Feng said very funny, I have to say that the Japanese are smart, and they can even think of such a method, you must know that Europe is still playing nitrocellulose, and only France is still worried about using picric acid.

Old Armstrong and Sir Richard were stunned for a moment, and then looked at each other with a wry smile, this is indeed too funny, what a simple solution, so simple that it is outrageously simple, to be honest, Yang Feng's words alone are worth five thousand shells.

In this case, there is naturally nothing to bargain about, so Young's Power Systems reached a patent licensing agreement with Armstrong Shipyard, of course, this exclusive license is only valid in the United Kingdom, and other countries are none of their business.

However, Yang Feng also added a condition, Britain's diesel engine warships are prohibited from being sold to other countries, which old Armstrong happily agreed, not to mention Yang Feng, even the British Admiralty will not allow him to export abroad.

Sir Richard also wanted to buy Yang Feng and not sell diesel engines to other countries for ten years, but Yang Feng's offer of one million pounds a year scared back, in fact, through the Guò Viper-class destroyer, Britain has gained a leading position in diesel power, and other countries will have to drag it for a year and a half even if they want to do it, so the advantage will be further expanded, and there is no need to pay any more money.

"Yang, there's one more thing, is there any interest in selling your new torpedoes." He then went on to say that the latest steam gas torpedo of the Bofors Company had been widely publicized in the newspapers, and it was impossible for the British Navy not to keep an eye on it.

"Of course you can, but the price is higher, 10,000 pounds a piece." Yang Feng said.

Sir Richard gasped.

"Can I license it?" Old Armstrong asked quietly, the steam gas torpedo had a big impact on him, because he was the boss behind White's white-headed torpedo.

"Yes, half a million pounds." Yang Feng said without changing his face.

At this moment, even old Armstrong couldn't help but gasp.

"Two, don't think I'm a lion with a big mouth, there's it on the Nautilus, let's go out and test it, and you will know if this thing is worth the price." Yang Feng said lightly.

So what are you waiting for, anyway, right now on the Nautilus, take a nearby British cruiser that is on trial alert for the destroyer as a target, take an uncharged training mine, first let the cruiser run at high speed, and then the Nautilus acts as a torpedo speedboat to attack, and when this training torpedo accurately hits the cruiser three kilometers away and sailing at a high speed of nearly twenty knots, Richard and the others are stupid.

Their white-headed torpedoes could be thrown directly into the garbage can, and now it was no longer a question of whether to buy them or not, but they had to buy them, and as a result, the British Navy ordered fifty at a time, and Armstrong also bought the exclusive manufacturing license of the steam gas torpedo in Britain at a price of 500,000 pounds.

One and a half million pounds, bought the future of the naval war, anyway, His Excellency the First Sea Lord felt that it was a very good deal, of course, what he didn't know was that in the future he would hide under the covers, cursing the guy who had deceived him with tears of resentment.

Whether it is a steam gas torpedo or a large marine diesel engine, it is not at all possible that the current technology can be manufactured, although they have achieved manufacturing in the United Kingdom, but in fact, it makes no sense to leave the core components provided by Yang Feng, which is like those multinational groups in later generations controlling China, giving you local manufacturing, but unfortunately the core components are firmly in their own hands.

In this way, the British Navy was actually firmly tied to Yang Feng.

After solving this problem, Boss Yang was in a very happy mood, as an arms dealer, what could be more fulfilling than controlling an empire's navy? In addition, there are 5,000 rounds of bitter acid 152 artillery shells, these things he is going to give to Li Er's devil, now the 20 rapid-fire guns have all been loaded on the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, but the shells are still made of nitrocellulose, if there are these bitter sour ones, if the Beiyang Naval Division on the Yellow Sea can no longer get rid of half of the Japanese warships, it will be simply unreasonable.

In addition to the one hundred and fifty-two, the three and five also made more than 600 in Bofors, which are also filled with picric acid, and with that huge caliber, not to mention the garbage like the Sankei ship, it is difficult to say whether Yoshino can withstand such a shell, and the goods like the Saikyo Maru are definitely killed in one hit.