ps: Over the years, in the public version of the starting point, it is rare to have a big chapter of 5,000 words! But for the hippopotamus, it's not the first time!

There are many words, is it possible to have more recommended tickets and collections?

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The whistling sea breeze gradually softened with the beginning of the golden sun, the waves were dotted, the waves were mountainous, just like the mille-feuille cake of the hometown, wave after wave of the smooth feet, itchy, numb, there was a kind of comfort to say.

On the opposite side, there is a new shipyard that is being expanded with the roar of machines, four huge docks lined up in rudiments, and behind the dock there are countless factories under construction, even if the entire shipyard is not yet formed, it has already revealed a staggering scale, whether it is the passing crew or the native Oahu, who are almost stunned by this unprecedented scale of development.

In addition to sugar and pineapples, Hawaii has no other resources to build such a large shipyard? How much material is needed? Where does the steel for shipbuilding come from? There's no coal either!

After all, he is a rich man, he likes to smash and play!

When the sugar merchants on Oahu and Hawaii secretly laughed at the stupidity of the young master Li, Cindy was afraid of Li Mo's ambition while sitting on the beach!

The long blonde hair was casually coiled behind her head, and when the sea breeze blew, a playful strand of it hung down and fluttered in the wind. But her master had no intention of putting it in order.

As one of the few people who had seen Master Li's Oahu development plan, Cindy couldn't describe how she felt after seeing the plan for the first time, she thought that as an Englishman, she was already immune to large shipyards, but what was shown on the scribbled drawings still made her unbelievable.

On the opposite side, the original two small docks were to be expanded to 15,000 tons, and two 20,000-ton docks were to be built next to them.

Even if she doesn't know much about shipbuilding, Cindy can know from the mouths of her college classmates that the tonnage of the ship when it is built in the dry dock will be much smaller than the actual displacement, and the 20,000-ton dock can build about 30,000 tons of ships, which means that when the shipyard is expanded, two 20,000-ton and 30,000-ton super-large ships can be built here at the same time.

At least as far as Cindy knew, there had never been such a big ship in this world! Plus which supporting large-scale forging, processing plants! God knows, what is that cute, but mysterious, black-haired little man who can cast spells like a miracle? How ambitious is he?

However, a man, if he has no ambition, is he still a man?!

Cindy smiled playfully, turned her head to look at the little man who was sitting beside her, looking at the shipyard with a look of longing, and the girl in red who was sitting next to her, who also had a hint of inexplicable emotion towards the little man.

Xiaoxiao sat on the beach, looking at everything opposite, his heart was full of pride, his little fist was clenched tightly, the young master was the most powerful!

"Tiny, what do you think they're doing? Why hasn't there been any news for months? Miss Duan muttered, and the sand particles dripped from the fingers of her little hand, but she was happy to do it, grabbing a handful when it was empty, and then continued to watch it continue to seep slowly.

"I don't know, but Faubber said that the young master is in Chile." Xiao Xiao shook her head, a trace of worry slither in her beautiful eyes.

"Chile? Where is it? ”

"Chile is in the southernmost part of this sea, and if you take a boat, it will take about half a month!" Cindy could already understand some Chinese, and when she saw Duan Yue'er's worried but didn't dare to show affection in front of Xiaoxiao, she smiled slightly and explained.

"It's so far!" Hearing Cindy's words, Xiao Xiao didn't know why, her heart fell to the ground, as if she had accumulated a lot of unhappiness, and even Duan Yue'er, who had been talking the most, frowned after hearing it.

Cindy smiled slightly: "Don't worry, he'll be back soon." When Thomas telegraphed me yesterday, he said that he had sent someone to Chile, and I think it was almost over, so your little master would let Thomas take over. ”

"Our sweetheart?" The two girls glanced at each other, and at the same time, a red glow flew up, and Miss Duan was even more coquettish and wanted to pounce on Cindy.

A green-backed crab probably never saw a frolicking girl, climbed onto the beach along the waves, waved two big claws vigorously, opened its teeth and claws, and ran rampantly, as if it was the owner of this beach.

Suddenly, the little crab stopped in front of a smooth little foot, perhaps it had never seen such a beautiful thing, smooth and round, and its five toes were like the most beautiful pearls in the sea.

Probably attracted to the difficulty of self-control, forgetting that the owner of the foot is hundreds of times stronger than it, he slowly moved to the side of the foot, clamped the largest and most round one with a plier, and then rubbed it with the white and tender belly!

Ah!

This evil crab!

It's not strange that Tiny and Cindy are walking barefoot on the beach and getting caught by crabs, but this little guy actually uses his body to get up...... Rub it!

It's so cute!

Stinky crabs! It's enough for my aunt to be bullied by that pervert, and she was molested by a crab, which is unbearable!

Miss Duan crossed her waist with her left hand, and the two white jade in her right hand carefully pinched the little guy with fangs and claws, her hair was flying, her eyes were burning, and her murderous aura was overwhelming! It was as if the big chela that clamped his feet just now had turned into someone's bad hand that day, and it looked like it was about to be split up immediately.

Next to them, Cindy and Xiao Xiao couldn't straighten their waists anymore, and it wasn't until Miss Yue'er kicked the little crab back to the sea that she had ravaged and was about to break up, that they slowly calmed down

"Xiaoxiao, can you talk about Li Mo? I heard that you and he escaped from the Qing Kingdom? Almost killed? Cindy grabbed her small arm, and the two leaned together affectionately.

"yes." When I thought of the young master, my small and long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and a strange color crossed my beautiful eyes: "That year, it was very cold. Xiao Xiao narrated the experience of escaping with the young master, and the thrilling escape process made Cindy sometimes frown, sometimes nervously exclaimed, but she didn't know that the other figure was getting closer and closer.

"Dengzi, it turns out that he, like Miss Ben, also escaped!"

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Walking through the port area of Talkawano, the tense and busy scene of the previous days seems to have disappeared all at once, and the soldiers are in twos and threes, walking leisurely. Although the dock workers were still loading and unloading goods, the speed had slowed down a lot, and more people hid in the narrow bars of the docks, enjoying the ease and indulgence that peace brings.

Young Master Li and Chen Ping walked side by side, behind him was Liu Guishan, who had a few guards with vigilant eyes, for him, the Chilean Civil War had nothing to do with him.

After the congressional army led by Monte had taken Valparaiso, holding the capital's choke point to the sea, and with the combined armies of the north and south, the war might be declared over in the next moment.

This feeling of experiencing the history he knows and participating in it is really strange, it is really intoxicating and heart-wrenching, although Li Mo did not change the result, but that feeling still made his whole body tremble with excitement.

Reducing the war, which originally took seven months to end, to two months, how much less suffering did the Chilean people suffer and how many innocent lives were saved? What a great merit!

If only you could hug Xiaoxiao, hold Yue'er, and drag the blonde hair ......! "Forget it, it's not uncommon for the time being, let's leave it to Thomas!" How cool it would be to go for a ride here, enjoy the cheers of the Chilean people, and shake the majesty of Master Duan!

"Chen Ping, tell me, is the young master a living bodhisattva in the hearts of the Chilean people? Wow "Young Master Li unfolded the crab arm, pointed out, and made a thousand miles of shape.

"Ahem." Several black lines immediately hung down from Chen Ping's forehead, and he didn't know how to answer, and Liu Guishan and the others behind him turned their heads directly, with an expression that they hadn't heard anything.

Everyone, this young man with a strange appearance, like a rampaging big crab, and a narcissistic tone, is really the young master Li who planned to intervene in the Chilean civil war, helped the congressional army and successfully bought an ironclad ship, and formed a fleet empty-handed in just a few years? Why do you have the idea of giving him a kick?

In fact, how could Li Mo not know the thoughts of those people behind him? The person who crosses is lonely, there is no partner who can have a common language around him, even if you tell the secret, I am afraid it will only be considered a joke, he needs to laugh, he needs to be cynical, in order to wrap himself thickly first, and then he can be like a crab, waving, rampaging the world!

"Young Master, how is Balmaceda arranged?" Chen Ping shifted the topic to the former Chilean president, who had just been picked up by Li Qiang in Antofagasta two days ago and secretly protected.

"Simmons, did they get the news?" A wry smile quietly crossed the corner of Li Mo's mouth, and then he straightened his shoulders and raised his eyebrows, as if the wry smile just now was just dazzling others.

Chen Ping replied: "I already know, and I heard that Monte has secretly sent a large number of people to find Balmaceda, and I am probably still worried about a resurgence." ”

"Hide it. Since we want to use him as a hole card, then as long as we don't take it out for a day, he will always be a hole card! Young Master Li smiled deceitfully: "Let Qiu Zishan let the wind out, just say that Balmaceda is not dead, and is secretly calling on the old department to prepare for a comeback, and recruit warriors and mercenaries everywhere." ”

"Mercenaries!" Chen Ping's eyes lit up.

Balmaceda's influence in the middle and lower classes of Chile is still very large, after all, when he was in power, those policies favored these people, so even if he ordered a civil war, there would still be so many people who supported him.

With such a person in their hands, plus the two thousand guards who have been tempered and bared their fangs after this battle, as long as this false news reaches the ears of Monte and the others, they will definitely carefully consider the consequences of their "mercenaries" falling to Balmaceda if they violate the previous agreement.

"By the way, has the purchase of warships been negotiated?"

"It's settled." When it came to this topic, Chen Ping's waist seemed to be much straighter, and his eyes were even brighter: "I already talked to Simmons about all the details yesterday.

They will sell us the new 6,000-ton French-powered ironclad HMS Brad, which will return home in a few days, together with the two newly-built dome-armored cruisers, the Elamalix and the Flat, as well as the torpedo ships Lynch and Condel, which have just been taken over, and a training ship, for a total of 1,300,000 pounds. ”

The more Chen Ping spoke, the faster he spoke, not paying the slightest attention to the fact that Young Master Li heard the final number, and his cheeks twitched a few times.

"Grandma, it's black and boundless!"

"In addition, they promised to use the factories in Chile to help us train 1,000 skilled workers in shipbuilding and supporting industries every year, and also promised to send 100 experienced officers to help us train soldiers, train officers, and allow our warships to enter the port of Tarcahuano for maintenance and supply, as for the young master, you proposed to lease Masti Island for three years as a training base, they also agreed in principle, the annual rent is 50,000 pounds, and we are also allowed to station 500 army soldiers to ensure the safety of the base."

"Still." Speaking of this, Chen Ping frowned: "Young Master, although the island of Masti is Juan. The main island of the Fernández archipelago is not small in size, but it is too far away from the Chilean coast, and although there is a relatively large harbor large enough to dock seven or eight warships, the environment is harsh and mostly mountainous, which is not conducive to regular training and life. So Simmons suggested that we could choose Chiloe Island, where the conditions would be much better. ”

"Isn't the price much better?" Young Master Li's eyes were white.

In front of the young master, Chen Ping rubbed his hands in embarrassment, Li Mo had already smashed more than a million pounds in order to buy warships, and he should continue to purchase warships in the future, so he should save a little. However, Chiloe Island is much better than Maas Cause, and the price is only 30,000 pounds, so why not persuade again?

But without waiting for persuasion, Young Master Li had already waved his hand: "Go and tell Simmons, we want Mas Di Island, tell him that I only need three years, and I will suffer a lot." ”

"Okay." Chen Ping sighed, since the young master has said so, let's go to Masi Island.

"This is the number of warships and basic indicators that I have prepared to purchase from the UK, and I have also drawn a few sketches, you can take them and discuss them with Simmons to see if they can be purchased." Li Mo took out the warship procurement plan that had been prepared long ago and handed it to Chen Ping.

After taking the plan and looking at it twice, Chen Ping's face suddenly rose flushed, and his breathing became rapid and uneasy, even Liu Guishan and others in the distance could detect his abnormality, and almost thought that he was sick.

"Young Master, this is... It's true! ”

"Really!"

Seeing Li Ming's sincere nod, Chen Ping was so excited that he almost wanted to shout a few times. Grandma, two battleships, four cruisers, even the standard displacement of cruisers is six thousand tons, not to mention battleships of more than ten thousand tons!

Thinking that he would lead these huge steel beasts in the future, chopping the waves, Chen Ping only felt that his whole body was burning, and he wanted to jump off the dock immediately, and use the sea level to repeat his heartbeat that he didn't know how fast.

"Don't get excited, even if you pass the Chilean level, the British may not be willing to sell." Young Master Li sighed and said his biggest worry.

The words, like a basin of cold water, made Chen Ping sober up all of a sudden, the young master is right, even if Monte is willing to help, I'm afraid the British will not be able to pass the test, you must know that such six warships in South America will definitely make Chile the hegemon of South America!

Will Britain, which has always implemented a policy of balancing the mainland, accept such a huge order?

And most importantly! Does the young master still have money?

"It cost more than one million to buy a second-hand ship in Chile, plus military spending, expenses, selling mines, etc., almost one and a half million is gone, even if it was almost five million pounds from the last sale of oil fields, but most of it was used by Thomas to persuade the Canadian political axe to continue to reinvest, and now I am afraid that Master Li is in his hands..." Chen Ping snapped his fingers and glanced at Master Li's empty pockets.

"Money is not an issue." Young Master Li waved his hand arrogantly and stretched out three fingers: "You just need to help tell Simmons." ”

First, the warships will leave Chile within three months once they are completed, and they will be supervised by the Chilean Navy as long as they spend one day on the Chilean coastline.

Second, after the arrival of the warships in Chile, the Chilean Navy and we will jointly manage the warships to prevent misunderstandings.

Thirdly, as long as we are in Chile for one day, it is our duty to defend Chile and to guarantee the stability of His Excellency President Monte's political axe and to be at his disposal.

After listening to the young master's words, Chen Ping twisted himself fiercely, worthy of the young master Li, with these three conditions, at least the pressure on the Chileans will be reduced a lot, especially the last sentence, which is equivalent to after the naval power in the hands of Monte was artificially weakened, but suddenly stuffed with a more powerful foreign aid, which is a relief for the new president who urgently needs to stabilize his position.

"I'll go right away." With these three, Chen Ping was confident enough to convince Simmons and Monte behind him, so he was excited to set off immediately. "Wait." Li Mo stopped Chen Ping, and in the other party's surprised gaze, he took out a book from his pocket and blinked: "Flip through more, maybe you will find the reason why I want Masti Island." ”

Robinson Crusoe?

Chen Ping looked at the title of the book, his face was puzzled, he had seen this book at the young master last time, and then he turned a few pages himself, which did describe the island of Masti, but for this reason alone, was it too child's play? Or is there a secret in it that he didn't pay attention to?

Thinking of the young master's previous miracles, Chen Ping suddenly had an impulse to immediately go to Masti Island to see what could attract Li Mo's attention.

"I think." Ignoring Chen Ping, who was in a daze with a book, Li Mo walked to the depths of the berth step by step. As he walked, the thick planks creaked, and although cement had already been applied at the end of the 19th century, the piers here were still made of primitive materials.

When he came to the end, half of his foot was already hanging in the air, as if he wanted to step into the sea with one foot, Liu Guishan and the others were dumbfounded. "What is the young master going to do? Could it be that the young master can walk on the sea with such peerless light skills as Ling Bo Weibu? ”

Looking at the endless sea, under the gaze of everyone, Young Master Li slowly withdrew his right foot hanging in the air, suddenly turned his head, and smiled: "It's called the Pacific Fleet, how about it?" ”