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Li Fushou decided to leave at the end of January next year, and after a period of stay in the Manchu Dynasty, he took a cruise ship to Europe via the Suez Canal to start a six-month trip to Europe.

Why stay in the Manchu Kingdom?

Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, once said; Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as the night walk of the brocade, who knows!

Li Fushou did not come to this world alone, he also had parents and relatives in his hometown, and the elders of the clan, but he went overseas to pan for gold in order to struggle for a way to live.

People leave their hometowns, it's not that they are forced to do it, who will stay away from their hometowns?

Now that Young Master Li has created a large career in a foreign country, the servants are like clouds, and the wealth is piled up in a mountain, and it is the meaning of the question to return to his hometown.

To make it clear, there is no show off here.

What's more, Li Fushou is now an adult and has reached the time to talk about marriage, with his current status, he has to marry a lady who is the right person.

This is not Li Fushou's personal private matter, in the feudal atmosphere of the Red River Valley pasture, it has become a major event that almost all Chinese people are looking forward to.

After the lord has a father, everyone has hope.

The implicit meaning is that in case Li Fushou dies young, he will always leave a little bone and blood to unite the Chinese forces, and he will not be scattered.

The mountain lord of Honghe Mountain has a heritage, and the Red River Valley pasture has a heritage, and the big guy has the backbone.

Don't think that this goal is easy to achieve, Li Fushou doesn't want to marry a woman with small feet, which is equivalent to an acquired disability, and she was born a young lady from a large family in the Qing Dynasty, 9 percent of whom are bound with small feet.

This trip is of great significance, and it takes at least half a year to come and go, so you must plan well in advance.

First of all, put up a tight fence to prevent hungry wolves from prying eyes, and secondly, arrange the interior of the Red River Valley properly, so as not to mess up because of your departure.

In this case, there are also some personnel changes;

Van Asheng, who had been staying in San Francisco, was transferred back, and the Normandy Import and Export Company was controlled by Zhu Wei, who was studying at the University of California, and the sales channel further penetrated into the East Coast.

Hu Chaoshan, the former vice president, entered the University of California for further study, and at the same time took care of the Normandy company's operation on the West Coast, without delay.

This year, personnel who went to the US Naval Academy and West Point for further training, as well as those who were sent to various universities in the United States for further training, have arrived in North America one after another.

In the future, outstanding talents will be selected to go to Europe and the United States for further study every year to learn first-class scientific and industrial knowledge, which is called the development strategy of borrowing chickens and laying eggs.

After Fan Asheng came back, he sat in the Red River Valley Management Committee, in charge of logistics, with his calm temperament and the experience of the past two years, he should be able to calm down, which He Shoutian is not as good as him.

The establishment of the Dragon, Tiger, Leopard and Wolf Four Cavalry Guards was completed, and the number expanded to more than 1,200 elites, all of whom were in charge of military training by German instructors, and were divided into four battalions and guards.

These four cavalry guards were not subordinate to each other, and directly obeyed Li Fushou's orders, and Li Fushou could use telegrams and secret words to directly command the four cavalry guards from thousands of miles away to suppress any internal turmoil and external aggression.

Coupled with the elite mobile squad of the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple Seven Dragons Brigade, this is more than a thousand elite cavalry forces, which is enough for both internal and external aspects.

To be honest, no matter how much Li Fushou can't raise.

His current situation is similar to that of the prince of the princely state and the country within the country, the feudal lord and the like, the Red River Valley belongs to his private property, and of course he has to pay for the war when he encounters internal and external troubles.

These elite cavalry are his dog-beating sticks, the core military force that can be relied on.

Although the four cavalry guards have their own horses, forage and other pastures, but the weapons and equipment are unified and the best equipment, in order to let the cavalry guards practice a good marksmanship, the ammunition supply is really like flowing water, consuming 100,000 rounds of ammunition every year, worth tens of thousands of pounds.

In addition, the annual military salary expenditure is more than 20,000 pounds, as well as clothing and centralized food, etc., the total expenditure is more than 80,000 pounds a year.

That's just 1,200 elite cavalry guards, and even if the Red River Valley is now making money like a sea of gold and silver, it can't spend all the pounds on it.

Winning without a fight is the best policy.

Once the fight starts, it is estimated that it will not last for half a year and will go bankrupt with the strong family foundation of Honggu River Valley alone.

So in Li Fushou's heart;

If you can't fight, you won't fight, if you can compromise and seek perfection, you can compromise and seek perfection, and you can drag it out as long as you can, why should we choose to carry it hard if our strength is not as good as others, isn't that the head iron?

If the fierce conflict is postponed for a year, the Red River Valley will have a deeper heritage and a greater certainty of a showdown in the future.

Li Fushou is not in a hurry, he is only 18 years old this year, he will be 28 years old in 10 years, and he will be 38 years old in 20 years.

Europe is the birthplace of the steam industrial revolution, and the European powers are also the economic and military powers that took the lead in the process of industrialization.

For example, the British Naval Academy, the German Artillery Academy, and the comprehensive science and technology universities represented by Britain, France, and Germany should all send outstanding students to further their studies and absorb the essence of the world's scientific and technological development.

As a remote place with a small population, Australia has a very limited domestic market, and it is impossible to fully develop a technology tree covering industry and agriculture.

Li Fushou has done special research on this, combined with the experience of later generations in Australia to make decisions, focusing on the development of three aspects, ocean shipping industry, deep processing of agricultural and sideline products, steel manufacturing and shipbuilding industry.

As a continent isolated overseas, the development of the ocean shipping industry is of great significance, and it will build countless bridges to overseas through shipping and close ties with the world.

In agriculture, the focus is on the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, mainly dairy cows and high-quality sheep, supplemented by appropriate wheat and rice production, and agricultural and sideline products are exported to domestic and foreign markets through deep processing to increase added value.

In terms of industry, light industry was completely abandoned, and the abundant coal and iron resources were used to develop the iron and steel industry, the export of iron ore and coke, and the steam-powered machinery industry.

If these three aspects are well developed, they will be enough to support the future development of tens of millions of people and bring broad profit margins to the Red River Valley.

At present, the Red River Valley is developing in accordance with this idea, and the combination of rich resources and science and technology has rapidly bloomed into infinite economic vitality.

It is precisely under this premise that the Red River Valley has the confidence to introduce a large number of ethnic Chinese and use the advantages of manpower and resources to burn the fire of economic development even more vigorously.

In the 19th century, United Shipping grew to 16 ocean-going vessels, and six 5,000-ton ships of varying progress are under construction at Hongshan Shipyard, which are expected to be delivered early next year.

In the next step, excellent ship designers from Britain and France are designing a 12,000-ton ocean-going bulk carrier, which is a rare 10,000-ton ocean-going carrier in today's era.

Therefore, it was built because of the export of coking coal and iron ore by the United Shipping Company in the 19th century, as well as a large number of grains and agricultural by-products, which are commodities with low unit value and large quantities.

Sailing from Australia to North America or East Asia, a voyage is often tens of thousands of kilometers away, and the cost of a large-tonnage 10,000-ton giant ship can be extremely considerable.

Nowadays, there is no technical problem in the construction of 10,000-ton giant ships, the key is the economy and seaworthiness that ocean-going freighters value most, and the key direction of ship designers.

When it comes to ship design, the British are the undisputed bosses and also have the most experienced ship designers.

The British battleship Agincourt, launched in 1862, has a standard displacement of 10,812 tons and a hull size of 128 meters long, 18.2 meters deep and 85 meters wide.

From this size, it can be seen that the battleship Akincourt is a big fat man with a round pier, and the speed is very impressive, only 10.2 knots.

Armed with four 9-inch 229mm rifled front-loading guns and 24 7-inch 178mm rifled front-loading guns, the Akincourt had all guns lined up in an armored long gun column, making it one of the longest single-propeller warships ever built.

In this day and age

The competition for transatlantic cruises is mainly between the British companies Guanda, White Star and Inman, competing for the "Blue Ribbon Award" for the fastest arrival, which means strength and honor.

As a result, a cruise ship of more than 10,000 tons was able to soar an astonishing 25 knots in the Atlantic, far exceeding the warships of its time.

With a £2.6 million government loan, the UK's Quay Cruises series has launched the mega cruise ships Rusitania and Mauritania.

For the first time, the two 10,000-ton ships were equipped with steam turbine engines, showing amazing speed.

According to the New York Times;

To achieve a sustained speed of 25 knots (46.25 km/h), the Lusitania had a total of 68 furnace feed units, six power boilers, 52,000 square feet of heating surface, and an additional 30,000 horsepower for the ship's power.

Without the use of steam turbines, at least three 20,000 hp steam engines with a total power of more than 60,000 hp would be required.

These two giant cruise ships are world-leading, but the disadvantage is also obvious: the consumption of coal is extremely high, and it is extremely uneconomical.

When the Rusitania set sail in Portsmouth, England, the black dragon-like smoke erupted from the afternoon sun, making it look as if a storm was approaching, and sending a rain of coal dust to all the gentlemen and ladies who walked the streets.

By the time the ship left the docks, a thick layer of black fog had been deposited in the sky, and it would take at least an hour before the sun could be seen again.

As you gallop across the vast Atlantic Ocean, black smoke spews out from three towering chimneys nearly 3.5 miles long, as if a demon is hovering in the sky.

Neither of these two types of ships is what Li Fushou wants, his requirements are to eat less, pull more, run fast, and the power system must be reliable and durable, and the requirements are not high.

On a 12,000-ton ocean-going ship, at least 2,000 tons of coal should be stored in coal storage, and if it can be reduced, more cargo can be loaded.

The same goes for it

The faster the ocean-going vessel, the higher the economic benefits.

This puts forward high requirements for the ship type of ocean-going freighters, and also puts forward high requirements for ship power equipment, reflecting the development vision of leading the times.