Chapter Seventy-Eight: Stopping the Black Fire Company
"Lady Eliza." Rookes took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat oozing from his forehead, and said to Eliza courteously: "Actually, I don't have to wait for the test results, I only need to look at the color of the molten steel to distinguish the quality of the steel after cooling." The smelting process you have given me is definitely more than an era in the world.
With this kind of steel, Rookes Heavy Industries will become a company that can influence the world pattern. If Rookes and Scarab had a deeper relationship, I think we could become the true masters of the world together. ”
By the deeper relationship, Eliza certainly knew what Rookes was referring to. When the old guy knew that he was single, he began to pursue himself fiercely...... Eliza admits that Rookes is a bit of a charmer, but as a person from a higher civilization, her natural sense of superiority makes it difficult for her to have much affection for these ignorant natives.
Not to mention that Rooks's pursuit is also unique.
Eliza said, "Don't compare your Rookes Corporation to the Scarab Company. Without our technology, soon your steel mill will be squeezed out of the house by the Black Fire Company. Think about what you can do with special steel, according to our intelligence...... Saroyan No. 1 Steel Plant also has its own special steel production process, and your special steel will not have much of an advantage over them. ”
Rookes is used to Eliza's soft nails, but he will never miss the opportunity to step to the top of the world whenever he has the chance. However, Eliza's sudden revelation poured cold water on Rooks.
"How is this possible, how can there be such an advanced steel smelting process at the Saroyan No. 1 Iron and Steel Plant? Lady Eliza, don't joke with me. ”
Rookes thought that with these special steels, he would be able to beat all his competitors and obtain orders for the Grand Fleet of the Flamenck Imperial Navy on his own, and then sell this steel all over the world. He had even already priced the steel, which cost twice as much as regular steel due to its complex process and the need to add rare metals, but Rookes was ready to sell it for five times the price of ordinary steel.
If the Saroyan No. 1 Steel Plant can produce similar steel, then the Rookes Steel Plant will not only lose the steel orders of the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet, but will also have a strong competitor in the special steel market in the future.
Eliza replied, "We are allies in the face of Blackfire. I have to admit that some of the technologies of the Black Fire Company have the strength to challenge the Scarab Company, and we do not want the uncontrolled development of the Black Fire Company. You don't want Rookes to be squeezed out of the space to survive.
I'm not going to play any jokes on this. ”
Confirming this news was a disaster for the Rookes Company, and Mr. Rookes couldn't help but have a look of distress on his face, and he said, "What should I do? For steel of the same performance, the Imperial Navy will definitely give preference to the Saroyan First Iron and Steel Plant. I can't get an order from the Navy without better special steel......
There's no way to help you control the Black Fire Company. ”
Lux's appearance made Eliza look at him with contempt from the corner of her eye before she said, "Don't worry...... Scarab has a countermeasure.
Now the Black Fire Company is building a shipyard on the shore of the First Iron and Steel Plant in Saroyan, with the help of the Holy See. Apparently they don't know that you have mastered the same special steel manufacturing technology as them, and they want to use the supply of special steel to kidnap the Flamenck Imperial Navy to buy their warships.
To be honest, with this kind of steel, it is possible to build a warship that is stronger than the warships in service in various countries with some outdated warship designs.
And your steel has given the Frominck Imperial Navy a new option, and has dealt a heavy blow to the Blackfire Company in this regard.
Then the Rookes company has the largest shipyard in Saroyan, and presumably you have also prepared some advanced warship designs for the order of the Grand Fleet of the Flominck Imperial Navy.
There is special steel, there is the ability to build warships, and you can also be tied up to participate in the tender of the Flominck Imperial Navy. Blackfire's shipyard hasn't been built yet, and it doesn't have the strength to compete with you. And the Scarab Company will provide you with the blueprints of a corvette and a prototype ship that has already been built.
I guarantee that this corvette will outperform all active ships of its class for a generation, and even if Blackfire has a ship design with the same performance, they don't have time to build it.
When it comes to the design and construction of battleships, you have no competitors. ”
When Eliza realized that the Black Fire Company was going to interfere in the construction of the Frominck Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet, she was ready to stop the Black Fire Company in all directions. She knew that in terms of special steel, giving Rookes company technology could only bring it closer to the steel smelting technology gap with Black Fire Company. Due to the delicate relationships within the Flamenke Empire, Rookes Steel was not going to take orders away from Blackfire.
Therefore, if you want to steadily prevent Blackfire from getting orders from the Flamence Empire, you need to start from other aspects.
This depends on the Scarab Company's operating advantages on the Order Star.
While Eliza was helping Rookes rebuild its steelmaking machines, she used Scarab Company's funds and connections to buy a shipyard. Then, with the fastest speed, according to the design plan of the Earth ship, combined with the existing technology of the Order Star, a set of design drawings for the corvette was integrated, and the acquired shipyard was allowed to build a prototype ship in a few months.
Even if the Blackfire Company designs the battleship drawings in the same way, it will never surpass the Scarab Corvette in terms of performance. However, having drawings does not mean that warships can be built, and the shipyard of the Black Fire Company has not yet been built, and there are shipyards and there are no qualified shipbuilders. Machines and workers run in, and it is necessary to build a large number of civilian ships to accumulate shipbuilding experience.
These Black Fire companies don't have it, and the Inland Empire doesn't have a way to provide it.
Without the special steel from the Rookes Iron Works, the Black Fire Company could have used their unique special steel supply, allowing the Frominck Empire to hand over all orders for the Grand Fleet to the Black Fire Company. But the Scarab Company gave the Rookes Steel Plant technology, and also gave the Rookes Shipyard drawings and prototype ships, and after being bundled together, the competitive advantage far exceeded that of the Black Fire Company.
In the case of similar steel performance, the Flamenck Imperial Navy will definitely choose the Rookes company, which has shipbuilding experience and advanced ship design solutions.
Rookes didn't expect that the Scarab Company not only had special steel smelting technology, but could also design and build advanced warships...... Why does the scarab company obviously have so many money-making technologies, but it only operates in the field of pharmaceuticals? If it weren't for the sudden emergence of the Black Fire Company, it is estimated that the Scarab Company would continue to hide these technologies.
And also...... Blackfire's technology and Scarab are so advanced? Eliza said that Blackfire has similar special steel technology, and that Blackfire can also come up with similar warship designs.
What exactly is the relationship between Blackfire and Scarab?