After the inspection of the Hongshan Shipyard, Li Fushou was about to return to the Red Fort in a carriage when he was suddenly stopped by a voice;

"Your Excellency the Earl of Queensland, if I have the honour to speak with you alone, allow me to introduce myself, I am Baron Leverkusen Gryzka, an engineer from the Naval Shipyard in Howatz, Germany."

When Li Fushou heard this, he looked back, only to see that the guards around him had surrounded the 30-year-old engineer in the middle, as if he was facing a great enemy.

Without an order, the guards had already searched his body, but found no sharp weapons.

"Ahem...... Don't do it, but give Mr. Goryzka the right treatment. "When the guards finished searching, Li Fushou waved his hand and said kindly;" Do you have any questions? Mr. ”

"Uh...... It's about some novel ideas, and I beg your pardon for overhearing your conversation with Mr. Fox, and I have some thoughts on it......"

"Get in the car and say ......"

Li Fushou immediately interrupted the other party's words, and took the lead in getting into the carriage, Baron Goryzka hesitated for a moment, and followed into the carriage.

The convoy was under the close protection of the guards and drove all the way in the direction of the Red Fort, and the avant-garde cavalry had already cleared the road in front of them, cutting off all carriages and pedestrians along the way.

Within the central yellow line of the main street of the Red River Valley is the area where the noble carriages walked, which were exclusive to the Earl of Queensland, and ordinary carriages could only go on both sides of the road.

More than 100 heavily armed dragoon guards escorted a group of three carriages forward quickly, and the sound of horses' hooves beating on the hard stone road like rain passed through the downtown with a shocking momentum, attracting a large number of attention.

Inside the Red Fort

"Mr. Baron Leverkusen, I know that Leverkusen has always been a small village near Cologne and Düsseldorf, which should belong to the state of North Rhine-West**, bordering Belgium and the Netherlands, so ......" Li Fushou stared at Baron Gorezka with interest, and said with a kind smile: "Can you introduce yourself to me?" ”

Mr. Gorezka's face wore gold-rimmed round glasses that were rarely seen in this era, and he was full of scholarly demeanor, and his personality appeared reserved and introverted, and he was obviously not a good communicative aristocrat.

He said with a look on his face; "Uh...... I don't know how to describe it, but my family is in a beautiful village in Düsseldorf, and I myself graduated from the University of Heidelberg with a specialization in ship design and mechanical design, with a double bachelor's degree in ship design and physics.

To be honest, I was fascinated by the design of the Seagull's hull, and there is a myriad of engineering art in the simple lines that are worth exploring, and there is an indescribable beauty ......."

As soon as Mr. Gorezka opened his mouth, he leaked his bottom line, it turned out that he had come to steal the master, and wanted to get the essence of the design of the Seagull patrol ship.

The design of the Seagull-class ships is the work of a master, and it is worth savoring.

Why does the bow float out? Why is it designed to be spindle-shaped? Why is the stern designed to be retracted? How much shrinkage to minimize wave resistance, is this the best design? Is there room for improvement? How to choose between seaworthiness and speed, and can a sharply enlarged bow design maintain stability at high speeds? A platform for stable firing of bow guns? Is there a better design?

For a science and engineering man who is obsessed with machinery, the new type of ship of the Seagull Patrol Ship itself contains countless details worth studying, which are more worth recalling than the beautiful lines of the beautiful Dong body.

"Hehehe......"

Hearing Baron Gryzka's self-introduction, Li Fushou smiled knowingly, and his words revealed a lot of information, Mr. Baron's family is not well-off.

It's good, it's good.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Gryzka, I have a lot of very genius ideas, but I can't realize them due to the limitations of my abilities, and I need the help of an expert who is proficient in mechanics, do you know the Da Vinci manuscript? I'll always ...... when I see it."

"God, of course, I am an admirer of this great artist."

Baron Grezka screamed, obviously not understanding what Li Fushou meant, the world of local tyrants is not something that anyone can understand.

Li Fushou's trip to Europe not only bribed a British duke with 1/5 of his net worth to become a towering tree sheltering him from the wind and rain, but also spent a lot of pounds to buy thousands of treasure collections.

From the Easter eggs of the Tsar's court to the statues of Egyptian gods, from the sculptures of famous European artists to works of art, especially the famous European painters in modern times, Leonardo da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh and others, almost swept away the works circulating on the market.

Participating in the exhibition of Monet's works in Paris, Li Fushou wrapped up all the works with a wave of his hand, and sent people to Monet's residence on the Champs-Élysées to empty all the fine works created over the years.

It is precisely because of this bold and atmospheric style that when the journey arrived in the Netherlands, the destitute Dutch painter Van Gogh begged to come to the door, and Li Fushou waved his hand to continue to wrap the round, spending 85 pounds to pack all the works of this writer.

I hope to alleviate the embarrassment of this genius painter, so that he will not commit suicide early, and end his splendid and tragic life.

"I'm afraid you don't understand what I mean, Mr. Gryzka, whenever I look at the complete Da Vinci manuscript in my study, I often have a lot of whimsical ideas in my head, as if I were playing a magnificent symphony in tune with the sages......"

"I beg your pardon for taking the liberty of interrupting you, dear Earl, you mean ......" Baron Gryzka's voice trembled slightly.

"That's right, I have a complete collection of Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts, including architecture and biology and others." Li Fushou shrugged his shoulders disappreciatively, and said lightly; "It doesn't cost much, just a few hundred pounds, and to me it's worth much more than that."

You can buy "Sunflowers" for ten shillings, or "Our Lady by the Spinning Wheel" for two hundred thousand pounds, or spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a tens of thousands of tons of steam ironclad battleships, or spend more than six million dollars on a piece of land in Alaska.

With the exception of Her Majesty's Crown, which does not generate additional covetousness, you can buy almost anything for money, and everything you see with your eyes, whether it is people, land, or loyalty, is fine.

It was an era when capital could do whatever it wanted, the market was filled with chaos and vicious competition, monopoly cartels were rising one after another, opium dealers in Hong Kong could single-handedly wage the Opium War, and gold mine owners in South Africa could drag the British Empire into the abyss of war for their own selfish interests.

Buy a copy of the Da Vinci manuscript, it's drizzling!

Looking at Baron Grezka's shocked appearance, Li Fushou was very satisfied with the effect achieved by his words, and continued; "I do have a lot of genius ideas, and the naval gun is just one of them, but for some reason I can't share it with you......"

"Why, Lord Lord?" Baron Grezka took over the conversation aptly.

"Because Mr. Fox is my man, and you are not." Li Fushou looked Gryzka up and down with exceptionally friendly eyes, which made Baron Gryzka suddenly feel a chrysanthemum tightened, and stood up vigilantly and said; "What do you want to do?"

"Hehehe...... You may be mistaken. ”

Li Fushou immediately realized that there was an oolong, and explained with some tears and laughter; "Please rest easy, Mr. Grezka, I mean Mr. Fox is a director of the Red Hill Shipyard and is also the operator, so he can enjoy dividends and a high salary every year, totaling more than £2,600, so he is my subordinate, not an outsider, and you are different, you are an expert at the German Naval Shipyard in Howatz......"

Needless to say, Baron Grezka was also aware of this problem, and he understood the truth that the law does not pass on the six ears, so his expression was extremely depressed.

"Actually, we have a solution." Li Fushou said step by step; "As long as you join the Red Hill Shipyard, you will not only get a high salary, but also have the potential to make an invention that will shock the world and go down in history. I am a lord who attaches great importance to technological innovation, and the new diesel engine of the Kargil company was completed with my financial support, which ...... You're no stranger, right? ”

"Cargil diesel, oh...... It's a great invention, and does it belong to you, too? ”

"Bingo, the answer is correct, I am the majority shareholder of Cargil Steam Machinery Company, and I have obtained this exciting scientific and technological achievement by funding the research of experts and scholars from relevant universities in the United States, which confirms the strength of the Red River Valley on the other hand."

"Yes...... But Lord Earl Holvaz is my important patron, I was able to complete my studies at the University of Heidelberg, and I was trained as the most promising naval architect, I could not ......," Baron Gorezka hesitated, and it would be a lie to say that he was not tempted in the face of a high salary and an infinitely bright future.

"As long as you agree, it's fine." Li Fushou snapped his fingers happily, he had arrived here, and he had almost completed 9 into 9, and he was about to tremble for the last time.

"You may not be as important as you think, and the task of convincing Mr. Holvaz will be left to me, but you should find a few capable assistants in this group of German experts, and I believe that Mr. Holtz will definitely give me this face, nothing more than to pay some benefits."

"It would be my pleasure to serve you if I could do that." Baron Goryzka had nothing more to hesitate about, and agreed in one gulp.

He was very curious, what kind of whimsy did the young Earl have?

Two days later

A transoceanic telegram was sent to the office of the Earl of Holvads, and Mr. Earl of Holvaz readily agreed to it, because the telegram promised;

The price of 32,000 tons of steel plate supplied to the shipyard fell by 10% again, which is equivalent to giving up more than 10,000 pounds.

The Australian side is very sincere, for the Horvaz Naval Shipyard, there are only a few experts, and it is a big deal to recruit a few more at the University of Heidelberg, which costs a few hundred pounds.

Red River Valley, Australia

The Red Hill Shipyard announced the appointment of Baron Grezka as the head of the technical department, chief engineer, and several other German experts as engineers to jointly take charge of the technical research and development of the Red Hill Shipyard.

For more than ten days

Baron Grezka, along with several German experts, stayed in a secret base to go deep into Jane, and the Earl of Queensland visited every day, staying in the secret base for most of the day.

This secret base is located in the mountains and forests behind the Red Keep, and is called; "Deep Blue Alchemy Workshop".

Deep blue can be an infinite sky or the universe, or a vast ocean, representing the endless imagination of human beings.

The alchemy workshop not only conforms to the meaning of European mysterious alchemy, but also conforms to the beautiful imagination of alchemy into gold, and has become the source of the original scientific and technological development of the Red River Valley, an extremely mysterious place.

And in Australia, which is full of gold, the alchemy workshop is a very common name.

An alchemy furnace and an iron tong dare to claim to be an alchemy workshop, and there are not thousands of them in the whole of Australia, but there are hundreds.