Sophia showed her hand slightly, causing the Marquis of Whitehead to suppress his growing arrogance.

Why did the Marquis invite Da Liang to the Doge's Palace? Not only because it's more grandiose, but also because it's your home turf. The Doge's House is home to the most elite Royal Musketeers, as well as guards trained by the House of Whitehead. In addition to demonstrating the identity of the governor of Marcellus, these forces are also deterrent force.

This time to meet with Young Master Liang, the Marquis of Whitehead actually prepared a variety of plans.

It's a good conversation, Young Master Liang is a distinguished guest.

If the talk is not good, then he is a prisoner.

Now it's clear that it's not very good. The Marquis wanted the smelting technology of the special metal in Da Liang's hands, and Da Liang not only did not sell it, but also gave him a small amount of shares, which was already a serious provocation to the Whitehead family and the empire.

But Sophia made the Marquis instantly dismiss the idea of doing something.

The Marquis didn't know how Sophia had taken the metal rod from in front of him, perhaps a more advanced use of spatial skills. She could take the metal rod right under her nose, and she had the ability to stick it into her chest. The space skill is really too unguardable, and now his life is in the hands of Young Master Liang.

In this case, we must not use force, so we can only talk about it. First stabilize Young Master Liang, establish this steel plant, and then find a way to get the smelting technology of those special metals.

The Marquis of Whitehead smiled again, and he said, "Since Young Master Liang insists on not selling, as a friend, I will not forcibly ask for it. The Whitehead family can provide you with everything you need to build a steel mill, but the stake you give us is really too little.

As the sole investor, I can immediately inject 10 million gold into the steel mill as the first phase of investment, but I want 80% of the shares of the steel mill. ”

And Da Liang made it clear that he wanted to be an iron rooster: "Lord Marquis, if it weren't for some special reasons, I wouldn't have planned to let anyone participate in the construction of this steel plant.

With a little time, I can raise enough money and own the entire equity stake in the plant.

The special steel I just showed you is not much different from ordinary steel in terms of manufacturing cost, and I can sell my steel all over the world at a premium of 20 or 30 percent, and then build more branches.

In the next 10 years, I could account for 50% or more of the world's steel production. How much is 0.5% equity? I think the Marquis should know very well that for you...... This investment is definitely an opportunity. ”

The Marquis of Whitehead did not expect that the manufacturing cost of these special steels would be so low, and if these steels were manufactured in large quantities, where would there be other steel mills. Low cost means that the smelting process is not complicated, and the explosive expansion can be completed by acquiring bankrupt steel plants.

Half of the world's steel production in ten years is a conservative estimate, as long as Young Master Liang can ensure that the smelting technology and alloy ratio are not leaked, the whole world will have to look at his face.

0.5 percent of the stake may not seem like much, but if there is a large base in front of the multiplier sign, the number you get is very scary.

The Marquis said with a solemn expression: "Do you want to sell these special steels to the world?" I think it would be better to supply the Frominque Empire in the early days...... The empire now has a plan to form a new type of navy. Over the next ten years, the Imperial Shipyard will build nearly 100 warships of all types, including ten battleships.

The demand for steel is very high.

If all of the Empire's warships were to use this steel, it would be the strongest fleet in the world. ”

This was a large order, and the marquis showed off the financial and military strength of the empire by the way. Whoever wanted to be bright said: "Then suspend your shipbuilding program, at least don't build big and stupid battleships yet."

Keep the money and I'll give you better weapons. ”

The Marquis of Whitehead didn't expect that Young Master Liang would have ambitions to get involved in the arms industry, which is a very sensitive industry. He asked, "The Black Fire Company wants to build a warship, but you can't even build an engine." ”

Da Liang smiled: "Although the new engine has not been researched yet, you can buy it!" The Black Fire Company does not plan to build a battleship for the time being, but wants to build this ...... first."

Sophia took out a piece of paper and handed it to Da Liang, who placed the paper on the table and folded a paper airplane, and then gently threw it at the marquis. The paper airplane glided steadily over the table and landed in front of the Marquis.

Da Liang said: "This is a fixed-wing aircraft that is very different from the way the Silver Wing flies, and I call it an airplane. It is more direct in its use of power, and does not require as many steam vents as the Silver Wing, one or both of which all jet steam is spewed backwards to propel the aircraft forward, and then the aircraft gains lift through the wings and flies.

Because the aircraft uses energy more directly, and the shape has a lower drag coefficient than the Silver Wing, the aircraft will fly faster than the Silver Wing with the same power of steam thermonuclei. ”

The Marquis of Whitehead picked up the paper airplane and looked at it carefully, but his expression was not too interested in Da Liang's idea.

The design idea of fixed-wing aircraft has been around for a long time, but so far there is no fixed-wing aircraft with ideal flight performance, the reason is that the silver wing technology is too mature, so that fixed-wing aircraft have no room for development. There are also fuselage design flaws, fixed-wing aircraft are very unstable, easy to lose control and get stuck in the heels. Designers often use the addition of steam vents as an improvement, only to change it back and forth to the Silver Wing.

Therefore, silver wings and airships have become the mainstream design direction of manned flight.

But Da Liang knows that the plane flies faster than the Silver Wing, and is more suitable for long-distance transportation than the airship. In addition, due to the simplicity of the flight method, the requirements for the pilot of the aircraft are far less high than those of the Silver Wing.

There is still no decent fixed-wing aircraft in this world, and the reason is that there is a high-power magic thermonuclear steam direct injection engine. Without the propeller aircraft to accumulate experience in aircraft design, summarize the aerodynamics, and directly use the steam direct injection engine, which is more direct and powerful than the turbojet engine, the design difficulty of the fuselage is not ordinary.

"Something about airplanes...... We can put it aside for the time being and talk about it when we have the chance. "Now that the Marquis of Whitehead is full of special steel, where can you see what the future of airplanes looks like. He put the paper airplane aside and said to Da Liang: "For your steel mill, the Whitehead family has invested too much, and the initial return is too small.

I propose that the Whitehead family own 70 percent of the first steel plant, and that the Whitehead family's total stake be reduced by 10 percent for each additional steel plant of the same size, and so on...... The bottom line is five percent of the original shares. ”

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