The British covered up the most advanced technology of warships, it is impossible for the Chinese to use, and at this time the Qing Dynasty, to be honest, basic education has not been popularized to all aspects of science, then in such military technology research, there is no full groundbreaking, there is no good foundation to make up for China, the technology of the navy can hardly be greatly improved, and the French abandoned the technology of ocean-going warships and switched to the green water naval plan, these technologies have become the chicken ribs of the French navy, But it has become a fragrant gluttony in the eyes of the Chinese, and the price of the flower is simply cheap, which is simply unimaginable in later generations, a country's naval policy has changed, for example, the US imperialists suddenly say that they are ready to switch from the ocean-going navy to coastal defense, and all aircraft carriers, including aircraft carrier technology, are packaged and sent to China. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Baptiste also stepped down because of the sniping of the British and domestic parliamentary bigwigs, which was a political scandal, but Baptiste was very tricky, and he had no handle left back then, and the defense and foreign affairs committee of the parliament was all aware of this matter, and there was no possibility of black box operation. Moreover, the Chinese side has also firmly denied that there is any secret agreement before the formal negotiations are reached, according to Guo Songtao's explanation in Beijing: "In order to promote friendship between the two countries and reduce the amount of indemnity that was previously negotiated and determined, we deliberately purchased some contents that we believe are necessary and do not affect the construction of France's national defense from the materials that the French government does not need." And it was also because of this turmoil that many people in China knew that the imperial court had bought French warship manufacturing technology.

Baptiste relied on caution and the support of some people in France, and after two years of dormancy, he made a comeback to win the parliamentary elections and continue to govern, and the British played a key role in the trend of reversing Baptiste, so Baptiste began to distance himself a little from Britain and get a little closer to Germany, which was a concomitant change.

After purchasing back the technology of ocean-going warships, the Nanyang Naval Academy and the Nanyang Shipyard began intensive research and development in Mawei Port, of course, it is not possible to rely on their own, originally many engineers of French ocean-going warship technology are unemployed, and it is difficult to support their families, and in the case of China spending a lot of money, they dragged their families and went to China to make a living, which was praised by the Empress Dowager Cixi, who praised them for having a strong "spirit of internationalism". After these French ocean-going warship technology came here, the Germans also hurriedly came to learn from the experience, the German and French warship model structure and design ideas are different, although the Germans insist that their warship technology is the best, but if he borrows from the rock, it is also very good, of course, this involves a series of interest exchanges, the final result of the exchange, that is, the German warship engineers also participated in the French ocean-going warship technology research in Mawei Port.

The development and research of any kind of science is extremely time-consuming, money-consuming, manpower and material resources, and it is really because China has a blank in the warship manufacturing technology before, and there are too many courses that need to be pulled down before, and the courses that need to be made up are also very arduous, and the manufacture of warships involves a lot of engineering content, which even if the Empress Dowager Cixi no longer understands the military, she also understands how complex the relevant science involved is, and it is impossible to quickly build an advanced warship with China's current technology. It's like an unarmed child, at this time the Martial Arts Supreme wants to teach him peerless martial arts, even if this child is very smart, it is impossible to learn all the peerless martial arts overnight, so he can only take his time.

The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't know how to build a warship, but she knew that the only thing she could do was to let the household department and Yan Jingming not hesitate to invest money into the black hole of Mawei Port.

Every year, the amount of money invested here in Mawei Port is enough to buy several warships from Britain and Germany and other countries every year, and many people, even including many bigwigs in the DPRK and China, do not think so, thinking that this kind of excessive investment is really a waste of silver, and "it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy" is the most common method that many people who are eager for quick success and quick profit say, or they want to save the silver and leave it for the people's livelihood. This cannot be said that they are short-sighted, but they are really different concepts.

"The amount of money spent here every year, except for a few Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Households, only two Shangshu know, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War knows, the Minister of Military Aircraft does not know, and only Prince Li, the chief assistant of the military aircraft, is qualified to know," Yan Jingming said coldly, "If you know about this, you should understand why you are so conservative, because the investment in this silver is very huge, so huge that it will definitely make everyone startled when it is announced." ”

Of course, I am not afraid that the people at home will be shocked, but I am afraid that people abroad will quickly become jealous of China. Do you want to challenge Britain's supremacy, or do you want to become the most powerful naval power and compete for colonies around the world? In any case, your behavior like this will make everyone jealous of you.

So, of course, it must be kept secret, Yan Jingming said this, naturally he has his reason, "Our research and development here will definitely be effective in the future, but the cost here is very great," Yan Jingming had a straight face, and his face was very ugly, "There are still many projects to be built in the DPRK, Lord Li, you are in charge of Zhili, many things, I can't hide from you, and then I will issue new coins, this is a certain thing, if the new coins are issued well, everything will naturally be fine, and you will have silver in the future, but if the issuance does not go smoothly - the Queen Mother forgives her sins, The silver root is still not enough, and in case of this, it is always necessary to take precautions. ”

"What's more," Yan Jingming continued, "Mawei Harbor has invested so much silver there, it will naturally be effective, there can be no rush here, there will be results in the future, there is no need to buy warships from Britain and Germany, wait until our own warships are launched, needless to say, of course, it will be rationed to the Beiyang Navy Division first." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi handed the bowl to Li Lianying, and smiled at Li Hongzhang, "Shaoquan, do you know this?" If you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, the Beiyang sailor wants silver, why not silver elsewhere? (To be continued.) )