May of the 103rd year of the Holy Gu calendar. As the port's massive floating gates unfurled, a fleet of ships streamed out of the harbor.

The warship on which the Celestial Cruise is ridden has a shell as smooth as a beetle. This one-piece, seamless, textured texture is like the skin of a creature. In the 21st century, no large-scale ship can be processed with this texture, which is a nuclear submarine, and it is also a piece of welded lines.

The battleship has a total length of 170 meters, a width of 34 meters, a main skeleton and multiple ribs inside, and a displacement of 12,000 tons.

In general, this is beyond the level of construction of large ships in this world. The 1,000-ton hydraulic press in this world can only build primitive steam ships of less than 3,000 tons.

Because it can't make a keel structure with sufficient strength, as for the large ship axle that drives the propeller, they can't even process the thousand-ton ship axle, and the large marine steam turbine is unstable, not to mention the gas turbine with higher technical difficulty. Nowadays, merchant ships at sea use paddle wheels with expansion piston structure steam engines. The level of pure technology is probably at the level of 1870.

Therefore, the Gu worms in the Gu nest that can make such a large sea delivery device have formed a monopoly.

At present, there is no possibility for other forces to surpass it. To carry out the industrialization of the second industrial revolution, it is necessary to have the ability to organize four million people to work together. The legal system of feudal society has no possibility of such a consultative organization.

The large battleship where Zeyou is now located is a product of the Golden Beetle family. Under the trade exchange of years in successive years, there are only 47 ships of the Feathered Flame Locust Family, which is the capital ship of the Flame Locust Family. The Flame Locust Family's own Silkworm-class biological warship is only 3,000 tons.

Now the entire battleship is fully enclosed.

Directly in front of the Golden Beetle battleship, the opaque part of the carapace, a three-meter square shell opened, revealing the wave-proof glass inside. Behind the glass are the fleet compartments.

Zeyo sat in the command module, and in front of it was a glass cover. The base of the glass cover is attached to the nerve center of the biological battleship, and inside the glass cover is a female symbiote. Although there is no braid, the upper body is a chitin structure in the link state, and normal people will not have any ideas.

The controller of this biological warship usually shrinks into the brain of a biological warship. When the boarder arrives, it will stick out from here and talk to the visitor through the glass cover.

Her name is Xue Xu, a maid belonging to the Flame Locust family, and she has been taught a series of maritime things since she was a child.

During the conversation, Zhou You also knew that there were many maids who trained with her.

And she was selected because she was particularly good. She was glad to be there, because after being chosen, her brother and other family members could also be chosen as close servants in the Burning Locust family. However, when talking about himself, Xue Xu said that he likes to play chess, read the newspaper, and chat like today.

The girl's voice was lively, but the more human nature was revealed in the conversation, the more uncomfortable Zhou You felt in his heart.

……

In August, with the two warm fronts of the north and south equatorial currents and the warm water of the ocean surface brought by the trade winds, they converged into the Gulf Stream in the sea area, and a large group of stinging shrimp Gu migrated to the shallow sea, and dense spikes appeared and disappeared in the waves.

The fleet where Zhou You and Qilin Dragon Gu Nest were located came to their destination, Xia Hong Island.

It is an island with a total area of 170,000 square kilometers, and as a crossroads in the sea, it is an important strategic point.

There are two cities on the island, east and west, which belong to the Flame Locust family and the Floating Sky family respectively.

The spheres of influence of the two sides were staggered, competing with each other on the islands, and low-intensity battles often took place. As the ruler of the empire, the Golden Beetle royal family obviously acquiesced in this situation, as long as it did not affect the port area of the two cities and did not affect the shipping lanes, the royal family would not stand up to mediate the conflict between the two families.

The Flame Locust fleet entered the harbor as victors. The thick layers of armor on the battleship and the large number of rapid-fire turrets on the hull of the ship protrude from the port side window, spraying cannon flames in unison, announcing the power of the Brilliant Wings.

Since the mainstream of this world is biological warships, the humans here will not design their own warships at all. Therefore, the classic arrangement of the unified caliber cannon and the central axis of the turret has not been explored. In fact, they can't process the bearings of hundreds of tons of turret rotation.

But it's not as simple as a broadside turret arrangement like the Earth.

Below the dome deck, there is a structure resembling a spine on which the rapid-fire cannon is located. When this spine is tilted to the left, this group of guns extends to the port window; Of course, it is also possible to tilt to the right, so that a row of barrels sticks out of the right window.

It's like an animal's back sail, swaying from side to side. So tactically, this is also a horizontal line against the enemy, forming a battle line. Therefore, according to the definition of the Age of Sails, it can still be called a battleship.

On the wharf, the local civil affairs officer of the Trade Wind City wore a gorgeous dress, wiped the oil sweat on his head, and led a group of welcome guests to hold signs, warmly welcoming the arrival of the Grand Commander of the Trade Wind City.

Batches of stable production Gu in the steel frame, as well as a series of lathes controlled by Gu insect telex, were unloaded from the port docks. The arrival of these giant insect wind heavy machinery brought a signal of "injecting power" to the entire city. The pier was filled with the sound of warm welcome.

When the civil affairs official with a lot of powder on his face came down from the conning tower, he greeted him with a smile and asked the twenty-four maids to give gifts to the lord. Well, Lord Zeyu didn't like this, the waitresses stepped back, and the civil affairs officer, under the order of Zeyu, took out a map of the whole island, as well as household registration information.

This household register data ignores civilians, and there are only 6,000 people on it. As for the map of the whole island, it was also a map drawn by the administrator who was interested in exploration thirty years ago, and now many road conditions have changed. Lord Zeyou frowned, obviously quite dissatisfied, this time the new governor was not so successful.

……

The space unfolds, and the perspective looks beyond the chaotic crowd to "scan" the dilapidated streets outside the city's port area.

In fact, as soon as I arrived in this city, I could see that the whole city was a sea transit station, mainly in some weaving handicrafts.

Such an economic structure, and even its government, is not a normal government. The civil affairs official in front of him who nodded to himself, although he was a disciple of the Lie Locust family, was now the spokesperson of the local forces. No, the gift on the name card is very rich.

Zhou You took a long breath and said in his heart: "Now, there is no need to make a fuss with you in these aspects. ”

The core harvest of the 20 years of education in the Bell Civilization is that time is precious, and when you can do things, don't rub in other aspects.

In the early days, communication with the local nobility was sometimes necessary. But once you've achieved your goal, don't grind there.

Now that he has war Gu worms, means of production, and financial support from external support, there is no need to discuss with the local land snakes.

What needs to be done now is to build an advanced rule that conforms to the foundation of this society.

After the age of twelve, Zhongsheng Civilization conducted a series of social education, which taught the personnel management, benefit distribution, rewards and punishments of the ruling class.

He beckoned to the civil magistrate, "Oh, in five days, give me all the information of all the craftsmen in the city, remember, all, masons, weavers, blacksmiths, pot repairers, sculptors, etc. ”

The civil magistrate nodded in agreement.

Speaking of this, Zhou You raised his hand and made a bid: "If the list of ninety percent of the population of the entire region is investigated, I will pay six thousand gold coins." ”

The civil affairs officer was stunned, and didn't wait for him to pat his chest and do it.

Zhou You went on to emphasize: "If the list is detailed to the age of the industry, or even expanded, which apprentices can be called. According to the completeness of each person's profile, the reward can range from 10 to 50 copper coins. ”

Civil Officer: "Your Excellency, you put-"

Zhou You mastered the rhythm, so he didn't give him a chance to speak, and instructed in further detail: "You bring all your people who can investigate for me, and I will personally explain it to them again, and I will set the workflow and standards." I'm about to open a lot of industrial facilities, and your city management is going to be expanded and professionalized, and you're ready! ”

The last sentence is half encouragement and half warning. Any group expands, and the power at the top of the power will also expand, but at the same time, it will also face pressure from below.

This is also an eight-faced person, and after being stunned for a while, he hurriedly said, "I won't hold you back—"

Zhou You interrupted him and continued to pat his ass, and ordered: "Bring all the clerical staff to my office before ten o'clock and have a meeting." I'll draw up a charter for you, and you can follow the rules in the future. I'm not going to give you unattainable tasks. ”

The feeling that Zhou You gave to this fat civil magistrate at this time could not be described as capable.

Usually a capable lord will issue a large number of orders to review the progress of the work of those below, but the lord's perspective will never come to the bottom.

As for the Zhou tour, this posture has to directly connect with the work of the people below, and even understand everyone's work situation, and establish a reward and punishment mechanism according to the situation,—— which is simply amazing!

The civil magistrate began to consciously follow behind the celestial tour, and asked cautiously, "Your Excellency the Governor, are you going to clean up the tentacles on the east side?" ”

Zhou You: "Huh? He looked at this man who was not just a whisker and a horse, and said to him, "Huangyi City sent me here, could it be that I am preparing to reconcile with the Floating Sky Family?" ”

The fat man replied with a wry smile: "My lord, you are ignorant and ignorant. ”

……

The Floating Mica Family, this is a seventh-level Gu Nest family, an important family in the northern part of the Golden Beetle Empire to balance the Huangyi forces.

The signature class, the airship, usually has a large amount of hydrogen inside, but it can fuse the internal hydrogen and organic matter into a liquid state through catalysis in tens of seconds, and the whole changes from a fat man to a slender state, and then shakes the wings with a wingspan of 20 meters, flies to the hostile target at a speed of 400 kilometers per hour, and drops bombs.

The land class is a four-legged war Gu worm (interstellar stalker model).

As for why it was contemptuously called a tentacle by the Huangyi family? Because after the worming, not only the hair will be covered with tentacles like Medusa, but also the two shoulder blades on the back will also have tentacles. In order to beautify the image, people of the floating mica family usually wear a tall metal helmet with a pair of metal wings on their backs.

Of course, in the mouth of the floating mica family, the people of the feathered locust family also have a barbed mouth ,—— disparaging name.

The contempt is not because it is unpleasant, but because it scolds the other party where it is most taboo.

……

Three days after the island was launched, the Cloud Sky City in the east also took the initiative to communicate with the island.

It's just this kind of communication—

In the Governor's Mansion, Zhou You wore a boring look of 'approval' and just watched the performance on the screen quietly.

The outfit of the young man of the Floating Family is very archangelic, and the silver wings are very attractive, which must have cost a lot of money. The helmet with a streamlined curve backwards, perhaps with its center of gravity back, keeps the head tilted up, almost nostrils facing the screen. However, judging from the tone of his dialogue, there seems to be no humility. said bluntly to Zhou You, "It's a mistake to come here with a flawed war Gu, understand your position well, and don't make a mistake." ”

With such a "considerate care" from the other party's point of view, Zhou You nodded secretly in his heart and said: "This way of communication is really that the tentacles on the head are too long, which affects the development of the brain. ”

He clasped his fingers, nodded with a smile, claimed that he understood, that he knew, and then ended the conversation with great "pleasure".

After the communication ended, on the side of the Floating Family.

The young man smugly wiped his nose with his thumb, took the towel handed by the maid beside him, and said contemptuously while wiping his hands, "Coward." "It seems that I am glad that I have easily handled the matter of the 'New Governor of the Burning Locusts'. Then he put his arms around the maid and carried out-

This young man's mentality is quite like a primary school student who plays with the sea after completing his homework tasks.

Such a temperament is clearly not suitable for being in power. However, who told him that he could successfully contract a high-level war Gu worm.

……

On the other hand, with his legs crossed on the table, leaning back on his chair, he looked at the newly drawn map of the whole island on the wall, and calculated for five minutes. Suddenly stood up and led the wind to the front of the map.

The light cone of the matrix, burning straight lines on the paper.

New roads, new docks, factory facilities upwind, schools, workers' dormitories, water sources upwind, city dams on the left, and three metro tunnels running through the industrial area......

After completing the planning of the above-mentioned industrial zone, Zeuyou's hand slapped on the map and nodded with satisfaction. However, after a few seconds, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he muttered, "What should I choose?" ”

Naming this thing has to be catchy and culturally impactful.

Zhou You looked at the window, the carriage pulled by multiple groups of insects coming and going, and took a deep breath to determine that the world was dragged in an alternative direction by insects. The upper ruling class relied on foreign insects to maintain its rule. The steam revolution, the electric revolution, all stopped. It takes a lot of momentum to drag this world back. Humanity must once again enter the path of creating tools with their own hands.

The wheels dragged by the bugs crushed against a stone with a "clang" sound, as if to announce that 'the world will rediscover the power to drive the wheels'.

An arrogant dimple floated on Zhou You's face: the wheel of burning, the mantis arm as a car! - Burning Wheel.

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