The London newspapers reported on Scrooge's "Aurora Goddess", and the average person read it with envy and sighed: "It's good to be rich." There may be ambitious people who stand on the high shore of London Harbour and look at the snow-white oil tanker with beautiful lines, and sigh "The big man should be like this". But in the Royal Navy, things don't feel right at all. The reason is simple, the boat is too fast and too dangerous.

The strength of the British Empire is based on a strong navy, and the hegemony of England is the hegemony of the Royal Navy. If there is a day when the Royal Navy is no longer superior, then the sun will never set on the empire. Britain's strength stems from having the largest number of colonies in the world. With these colonies, Britain was able to supply his factories with the cheapest raw materials in the world, and to ensure that his industrial products would always find a place to sell. The sea routes that connected Great Britain and her countless colonies in the world were the lifeblood of the British Empire to keep it strong. The Royal Navy's greatest mission is to protect these lifelines from being disturbed or cut off. Once someone can cut these lifelines, the end of Britain is at hand. In order to ensure that no one could pose a threat to Britain's sea power, the British later even put forward a so-called two-power criterion, that is, the British Royal Navy must be strong enough to kill the world's second navy and the world's third navy at the same time.

However, the appearance of the "Aurora Goddess" was a great headache for the Royal Navy. Because if such a ship could be converted into a warship of similar performance, it would pose a huge threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. The British believe that as long as the navy of any country dares to have a decisive battle with the British, the Royal Navy can crush them to pieces at any time, and they are confident that the Royal Navy has accumulated in battles from generation to generation, and any enemy will be scattered and flee as long as they see the flag of the Royal Navy. The navy of any other country in the whole of Europe has almost been beaten out of "Royal Navy phobia" by the Royal Navy. The U.S. Navy is no exception. The U.S. Navy is a group of pirates without a species, whether it is the ** war or the second U.S.-British war, the U.S. Navy will only engage in sneak attacks and the like, they never dare to go head-to-head with the Royal Navy, only dare to bully transport ships or something.

But now, if there really is a warship that runs so fast, it is simply such an obscene artifact of the US Navy. Just as the unscrupulous scholar Engels mentioned in his article just laid out, the degree of the "goddess of the aurora" and the ability to maintain a high level will completely change the situation of naval warfare. With this, the Americans will be able to wield their shameless trick of "fighting if you can beat it, and running away if you can't beat it" to the extreme. Think about it, a group of high warships as high as twenty-six knots were sent to the ocean to attack the British merchant fleet like pirates, although the British Royal Navy has more warships, stronger combat effectiveness, but can not catch up with them, what a terrible thing, if the British concentrate the fleet to ensure that the American fleet can be defeated in the battle, then the black merchant fleet will be in an unprotected state, and the American degree advantage can give them the right to choose whether to fight. This meant that the U.S. fleet could avoid the main British fleet and attack the unprotected merchant fleets as they pleased. And if the British divide the escort forces equally among each merchant fleet, it will be tantamount to turning their backs on the most basic military principle of "concentrating superior forces," and the result will inevitably be that the strength of any escort formation is no match for the American fleet, and in the end they will be concentrated and superior forces to annihilate the enemy one by one, and wipe them out one by one. What the? You say that every merchant fleet should be equipped with a convoy stronger than the entire American fleet? Then there will be no need to fight any more, and the British Empire itself will be crushed by such a financial burden.

"Hell, how did this ship manage to stay so fast and keep it high so consistently?" Facing the ministers, the queen and his wife, who were no longer in charge, were also a little anxious.

"Lawrence, how much do you know about this ship?" Queen Victoria asked.

"Your Majesty, I know very little about this kind of ship." Lawrence replied, "But I suspect he should have used the so-called second-generation steam engine, the so-called steam turbine." As I recall, this thing was also patented by us. ”

In Scrooge's power plant, the source of power came from steam turbines, and there are so many power plants in the country that it is not a secret that can be completely kept, so this kind of machine has been patented in countries all over the world.

"Quick, go look up the international patents we accept and see what kind of thing they are?" The queen commanded. At the same time, the queen also tried to think about how he would deal with this matter if Albert was well. Prince Albit had not been in good health since his last serious illness, and had recently become even weaker, almost to the point where he could not walk in his room without his support. Thinking about what kind of body her husband collapsed, Her Majesty the Queen was very angry with her son Prince Edward, well, in recent years, the Queen has hardly let the Crown Prince participate in any government affairs, and whenever there is something wrong with Prince Edward's body, the Queen will dislike Crown Prince Edward more and more, it is said that the Queen has decided that she will never give the crown to the Crown Prince until the day of her death. Considering the nature of Queen Victoria's long standby in history (Her Majesty Victoria reigned for sixty-four years, she was the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom), Crown Prince Edward is really a coffee table. Of course, there is no most coffee table, only more coffee table. Prince Edward finally became king at the age of sixty, and many years later, a prince named Charles, who had been crown prince for fifty-six years, was already sixty-six, and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was still on long standby.

After a while, an attendant officer retrieved a patent on a steam turbine. However, this article is very simple, just a few basic principles.

"It looks like a steam hair dryer." The queen said that compared to her husband, the queen was much less literate in physics.

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's how it works."

"So can we copy it?" The Queen asked.

"I'm afraid not, Your Majesty, the information here is too brief. If we start from scratch, it will take a long time to put it into practical use. And by that time, I was afraid that the Americans had already gone further technologically, and their new warships had been in service for a long time. A minister replied.

"It seems that we must also take the path of introducing technology." "Lawrence," said the Queen, "inquire of the Americans, what are the conditions required for the full purchase of the motive technology on his ship?" ”

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Two days later, Scrooge left England and traveled to Hamburg aboard the Aurora Goddess, after a verbal agreement was reached with the British, who would have access to the technology for marine steam turbines through a technology exchange and the opening of the radio broadcasting market to him. As for the specifics, it was decided that Scrooge would come back from Prussia for detailed discussions.

The Queen told the bedridden Prince Albert about the result.

"Honey, you're doing a great job." Prince Albert said. Hearing her husband's compliment, the queen smiled like a child.

"Scrooge is a typical businessman, as long as the price is right, he can always negotiate well." Prince Albert said, "I am really relieved to see your watch. He smiled slightly, and the light of the setting sun shone on his pale face, like a pale golden glow on the leaves of a late autumn tree. rg

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