“37，38，39，40…”

Pushing forward one by one, although there was a slight sweat on his forehead, Yan Shao's breathing was still very steady.

Perhaps they were used to it, but the two maids standing next to them were not as surprised and adored as they were at the beginning, but just stood quietly in the corner. Having said that, the two of them have been staring at Yan Shao's sturdy muscles.

“97、98、99、100……”

After finishing the last breath, Yan Shao exhaled and got up from the ground. At this time, the two maids also walked up with towels and drinks, as usual.

After wiping it twice, and then taking a sip of the drink, Yan Shao handed the towel to one of the maids.

"Alas......... It's so tiring to be a man..."

Finding a place to sit down, Yan Shao said silently in his heart after taking a breath.

There's no way, who calls a lot of wives, and men's abilities decline with age. At present, Yan Shao has three wives (fiancées), and it is not possible to satisfy three wives at one time without extraordinary physical strength—————— not to mention that he plans to find a fourth...

Therefore, over the years, Yan Shao has always paid attention to physical exercise, even 5 kilometers a day, such as push-ups or sit-ups. Over the past few years, Yan Shao's body has been getting better and better, although he is 30 years old, his body is healthier than when he was young.

Although it is a little inexplicable, it is also a good thing for Yan Shao—————— at least he doesn't have to worry about the problem of four wives.

Tossed in the gym for more than half an hour, just when Yan Shao was about to continue tossing for a while. A subordinate ran to the door of Yan Shao's gym.

In front of the gym, 4 bodyguards are standing outside the door like statues, and if you don't look closely, you might even mistake them for decorations. But that subordinate would never think so. So when he was about to arrive at the door, the subordinate took the initiative to slow down. And among the bodyguards outside the door, there was also a person who took two steps forward to stop him very cooperatively.

"The telegram I just got seems to be an urgent report..."Raising the telegram in his hand, the subordinate said.

"I'll hand it over for you..."It's not that I don't know the person in front of me, and I don't think anyone can sneak into the manor dressed up as him, but after all, you have to be careful. So after a slight examination of the telegram, one of the bodyguards turned around. Opened the door to the gym.

After turning around and entering the gym, after continuing to walk for a while, the bodyguard stopped in front of a door. The hand tapped lightly on it twice.

"The President?"

"Come in..."

At this time, Yan Shao was still tossing in the gym, so when he heard the knock on the door, he spoke directly.

Hearing Yan Shao say this, the bodyguard also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Yan Shao was busy inside with something that was not 'harmonious'...

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Yan Shao's reputation in the outside world is still very good, after all, whether it is the original Anhui Military Government or the current Guoshe Government. After its establishment, many policies for the benefit of the people were promulgated. In particular, the more than 2,000 harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes were exempted. It also made Yan Shao reach the point of ten thousand Buddhas.

And because of the first five-year plan and the 75 project, all sectors of society have great expectations for the national government.

Of course, along with the expectations, there are also criticisms, such as the current autocracy of the national government.

In the newly formed national government, both the National Assembly and the local councils have become decorations, which naturally makes the legislators extremely dissatisfied.

That's right, they did look forward to a strongman like Yuan Shikai in the past, and they had great expectations for strongman politics. He believes that only a strong leader can lead China to rejuvenation.

But...

Yan Shao's seems to be a little too strong...

Even when Yuan Shikai was in power, he never took the Congress and parliamentarians so seriously. And here in Yan Shao, they simply became vases.

However, since its establishment, the achievements of the national government have been very remarkable, and the common people have gradually felt the benefits brought by the liberation and are very supportive of the new government.

And after the establishment of the Kuomintang, Yan Shao also officially disclosed the three steps he had set at the beginning, that is, the three stages of 'military administration, training and constitutionalism'. Many enlightened people agree with these three stages.

After all, the situation in China at this time is indeed not very good, and there may not be one literate person in twenty people, and if you want to play the republic, it is pure death.

At the same time, Yan Shao does not ask for anything else, only asks not to fall into the evaluation of 'democracy is immeasurable, dictatorship has no courage' in the future generations, Yan Shao asked himself that there is no measure of democracy, and the current situation is not suitable for democracy, so naturally he can only go to the dictatorial route...

However, he also knows that if he really wants to go to dictatorship, it will not be easy to take a step back, so at least for the time being, it is only in the authoritarian stage.

In addition to these, the most criticized for Yan Shao is probably his private life.

The first is Yan Shao's extravagance in life, the Chinese tradition has always advocated honesty and frugality, and Yan Shao's extravagance in life is naturally very unpleasant—————— although many of them are out of jealousy.

This is different from Yan Shao, as a descendant, in Yan Shao's opinion, as long as his money comes from the right way, it doesn't matter how he spends it.

And in addition to the luxury of life, there is another point......... Female...

Yan Shao now only has 3 fiancées, this is known to the whole world, but I don't know who passed on it, saying that Yan Shao is usually very lustful, and he has a lot of maids in his manor, and he has to change three or five Yunyun every day...

Of course, those who followed Yan Shao knew that this was nonsense, not to mention whether he dared or not, after having Elaline and them, Yan Shao's current vision was quite high, and he couldn't look down on ordinary vulgar fans at all.

But the outside world doesn't know, so it's quite lively.

Fortunately, at this time, China was still polygamous, such as Yuan Shikai, who had more than ten wives. So others can't say anything about this.

And for those people in the manor, naturally they will not believe this nonsense...

However, three or five a day is certainly nonsense. But it is not impossible to say that one day Yan Shao suddenly can't help but want to try something new, so the bodyguards outside the door naturally have to be careful, otherwise if they really push the door in directly and accidentally see some scenes that need 'harmony'...

Even if this little life is not lost, I am afraid that he will not have any future in this life...

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"The telegram I just got was from Rio..."Handing the telegram to Yan Shao, the bodyguard explained softly.

Although I didn't check the contents directly when I checked it, I knew where the telegram came from. It was still clearly written, so he wouldn't even know where the telegram came from.

"Oh?" Unpacking the telegram, Yan Shao looked at the contents on it.

The content above is simple. It's just that Buzigao has already taken two battleships to the north, ready to join Liu Guanxiong and others in New York, and then there is no need to mention it, naturally across the Atlantic. Let's go to London first.

It's been a long journey, though. After a journey of tens of thousands of kilometers, no one knows how long it will take to get here.

"It's okay, there should still be time for it..."

"When?" Hearing Yan Shao say this, the bodyguard paused slightly, not knowing what he meant by time.

However, Yan Shao didn't mean to explain, after all, the secret in this is too big.

"Minas Gerais and Rivadavia...", muttering the class names of these two battleships, Yan Shao took a deep breath.

Not long ago, the Wuhu Shipyard and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau had sent back news that the 'Iron Fire' class cruisers were progressing well. As for the 'Mountain Wind' class destroyers, five have been launched, including the lead ship 'Mountain Wind'. Today, in addition to outfitting the five warships launched at the shipyard, the vacated slipways are also used to build new warships.

In addition, new 10,000-ton cruisers, battle cruisers of more than 20,000 tons, and super-dreadnoughts with a full platoon of more than 30,000 —————— of course could not be built.

At present, China's industrial base is still very weak, and the ordinary cruisers of more than 1,000 tons or three or four thousand tons are already at the limit. Especially cruisers, in the past, the largest warships built by China did not have such a large displacement, and the two current 'Tiehuo' class cruisers are simply experimental ships, which are used to test the design capabilities and shipbuilding capabilities of the Wuhu and Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureaus, which are currently only military shipyards.

If it succeeds, it is of course the best, the next 10,000-ton cruisers and the subsequent battlecruisers and super-dreadnoughts can also start, but if they fail, then they must find out the mistakes and learn ...

In short, it's a very complex process.

At least in Yan Shao's opinion, if the construction of the first super-dreadnought can start within 5 years, it will be considered a success. However, if you are alone, you may have little hope of doing so, so it is inevitable to get the support of Britain and the United States, and of course, Germany...

But that would have to wait until the end of World War I.

In at least the next few years, the Chinese navy will form a new fleet headed by three dreadnoughts, supplemented by the Shanfeng and Tiehuo warships. and the submarine under design to protect China's maritime frontier at one time, but what made Yan Shao feel a little unhappy was that the three core dreadnoughts of the entire navy were actually purchased from abroad.

No way, for Yan Shao's generation, walking on two legs has become a deep-rooted idea. Although many of China's techniques were still dependent on foreign countries until Yan Shao's crossing, the idea of complete autonomy has never been abandoned.

So although Yan Shao knew that if he wanted to develop, he would have to rely on foreign countries at the initial stage, but he still felt very unhappy about doing so after all.

"Send a telegram to Buzigao and Liu Guanxiong, asking them to return to China immediately after their stay in New York..."

Taking the coat from the maid's hand, Yan Shao faced one of them.

As Yan Shao's personal maids in the manor, they sometimes actually play the role of secretaries. As for what is useless for men?

Cough...

When you exercise bare-chested, a man standing next to you stares at you, and you will feel uncomfortable, of course Yan Shao is the same...

So in Yan Shao's protests, the male servant became a maid, but although the two maids were good. You can work part-time as a bodyguard, and the spirit of service is also quite good. But the appearance can only be regarded as pretty at best, and it is far from the words of glamorous and moving. This is probably one of the measures taken by Elainor and the others—————— by the way, in fact, they are also quite worried, what if they get a few male servants for Yan Shao and change his sexual orientation.

Although this possibility is very small, Elaline and the others are confident enough that even if Yan Shao really bends, they have the ability to straighten Yan Shao, but they must be careful...

Cough...

Just as every man has a lily heart in his heart, every woman also has a rotten woman's heart in her heart. No matter how good a woman is—————— it seems to be the same some people say that everyone has a brokeback mountain in their hearts...

Stretching his lower arms and putting on his coat, Yan Shao said to the bodyguard. "Get ready. I'll go to the presidential palace later to see how it's going..."

"Yes!"

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Just when Yan Shao wanted to go to the presidential palace to see how the progress was, in an inconspicuous building in Wuhu New Town, several blood-red characters were carved on the top of the building...

'China Ship Design & Research Center'

In a few rooms of the building, engineers and designers affiliated with the research center are concentrating on their work.

At the moment, although with China's industrial base. It is not a wise thing to want to build a 10,000-ton cruiser or a larger battle cruiser or battleship. But this is not to say that the two shipyards, Wuhu Shipyard and Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, have really done nothing. In fact, after handing over the drawings of the 'Shanfeng' and 'Tiehuo' classes to the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, the two shipyards jointly formed a ship design and research center under the guidance of the Guoshe government, which is now the building.

It is not surprising that the foundation of Wuhu is weak, and the main reason why it can develop so fast is that Yan Shao invested enough in this shipyard at the beginning. Therefore, although the scale cannot be compared with the large shipyards in Europe and the United States, it is by no means inferior in terms of equipment.

Just if there are strengths, there will inevitably be shortcomings.

The strength of the Wuhu shipyard lies in its equipment. There are also well-trained workers—————— although they are seriously inexperienced.

And what about the shortcomings? It is too short to train its own ship designers and engineers. Although after the establishment of the shipyard. Yan Shao had hired many engineers and designers from Britain and Germany, but these were all foreigners, not China's own people, and it was almost impossible to count on them at a critical moment.

To solve this problem, the shipyard even opened a ship design school.

It's a pity that, as I said earlier, the time is still too short after all, and the students in it have not graduated until now.

On the side of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau, the situation is exactly the opposite of that of the Wuhu Shipyard.

What is lacking on the Harbour Master's side is not people, but money...

Experienced designers such as Wei Han are not a small number of people in the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, but they have no money, what can you do to call them?

Of course, you can also say that they don't actually have much ability, after all, the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau has not built any shocking ships in the past. But considering the situation in China at that time, it was already a great achievement to be able to make such an achievement.

And a local designer like Wei Han is exactly what Wuhu Shipyard needs.

Later, as mentioned earlier, under the guidance of the national government, the two shipyards jointly established this new ship research institute.

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In one of the research center's rooms, a researcher who appeared to be in his mid-30s yawned. Apparently the long hours of work had left him feeling deeply tired.

Next to him, however, the rest of the busy staff didn't seem to notice this, and continued to pay their attention intently to a large steel model in the room.

The model itself is huge, more than three meters long, and is a model of a huge warship...

In addition to this one, there are two other larger models in the room, but those two models are not yet complete.

Ships No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3, that's what these three models are called in the center.

These three models correspond to the three projects of battleship, battle cruiser and 10,000-ton cruiser.

As mentioned earlier, the current Chinese industrial base is not enough to support such a large ship as China's own construction of battleships. Three or four thousand tons of "Iron Fire" class cruisers are already the limit of two shipyards.

But for the ship designers of this era, it was definitely the highest honor to be able to participate in the design of such a large ship as a battleship. And even if there is no industrial base, there is no problem with pre-research projects.

Therefore, not long after the establishment of the research center, the center allocated funds to establish three projects, the main purpose of which is to accumulate skills first. In this way, when the domestic industrial base is sufficient, the construction can be started directly, and it will not be blind at the beginning...

In addition, these three ships have not yet been named, so they are only described as ships 1, 2, and 3, but the people in the research center have great expectations for these three warships.

For these designers, if these three warships can really be realized one day in the future, then I am afraid they will have no regrets in this life.

Naturally, in such a large room, of course, it is impossible to have only models of these three warships. Next to the three models, there are steel models of the Shanfeng-class destroyer and the Iron Fire-class cruiser.

Even in the far corners of the room, there are two extremely strange things...

One is submarine, the other is ......... I only know that except for a tall building on the deck of the road, the rest are ordinary and strange things.

Both of these things were imposed by Yan Shao after the establishment of the research center, but these researchers were not very interested in this, for them, the big ship and cannon were the king... (To be continued......)