Dream Castle is a huge palace complex, the main building complex is arranged along the central axis below the main fort for the Taihe Palace, the main hall where the dazzling diamond crystal chandelier is located is called the Dragon Head Palace, which is the location of large-scale royal activities, and the layout is magnificent and gorgeous, which is dizzying.

The first palace building in the future is the Jinluan Palace, which is the place of daily large-scale court meetings, and the imposing imperial seat is set here, according to the regulations of the Ocean Kingdom, a large court meeting is held once a month, and hundreds of officials discuss major matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

The second palace further back is the Taiji Palace, which is the place where His Majesty the King handles government affairs on a daily basis, and its status is equivalent to the Lingxiao Pavilion of the Red Fort.

Prime Minister Pham Chung Zhai and a group of cabinet dignitaries, twice a week on Tuesday and Friday mornings, routinely meet His Majesty, report on political affairs, beg for the Holy Judgment, known as the "Little Dynasty Meeting", most of them are in the Taiji Hall, and sometimes in the Xianju Palace.

For example; This small court meeting is in the Xianju Palace, and the cabinet members generally participate in no more than 10 people, and the scale is small, and it belongs to the regular meeting of the core decision-making level of the empire, and it is a place to discuss important policies.

The third palace along the central axis is the Taihe Palace, where ordinary ministers are not allowed to enter, and it belongs to the apse.

One east and one west of Taihe Palace (including Jinluan Palace, Taiji Palace, Taihe Palace) all belong to the harem range, the pavilions stand in a forest, the courtyard is deep, the palace below the four sub-towers respectively, the East Palace is the Xianju Hall and the Chang'an Palace, and the West Palace is the Penglai Hall and the Chengqing Palace.

Chang'an Palace Imperial Garden

On the stage, Beijing Opera was singing lively, and the royal opera troupe sang "Mu Guiying is in Charge", and it was the scene of "She Lao Taijun Visiting the Enemy Army Camp at Night", and the Peking Opera singing was full of charm and was very exciting.

Li Fushou and Empress Gu sat in the center of the stand and watched with relish, flanked by the imperial concubine Nicole and a group of imperial concubines, princes, princesses and a few founding fathers, all of whom were close to each other.

"Your Majesty, look at how well this play is sung, the one who sings She Lao Taijun is the famous "nine-year-old red" in the Beijing-Tianjin area, this Lao Dan's singing voice can be said to be around the beam for three days, and the aftertaste is endless! ”

"Oh, it's really different from other old lady She, this voice is thorough and clear, with a slight rustling feeling, which has a unique charm."

"The eldest brother listened to it very well, so I specially recommended it."

"Huh...... I will ask the Secretariat to arrange another batch of equipment for him, and the Admiralty will have a few Seagull cruisers to be decommissioned in the near future, so let's give them to him. In any case, it is necessary to build up the naval shelves in the two regions, and there must be no sea without defense. ”

"Then I thank Your Majesty for my eldest brother." Empress Gu replied happily.

Li Fushou raised his hand indifferently, and he didn't take this matter to heart at all.

Gu Zhixue is the elder brother of the Empress Gu's mother, and is currently the governor of Liangguang, after the former governor Gu Yanchuan Zhishi returned to his hometown, he has ruled the Liangguang region for eight years, and has run it well.

During his tenure of office, he established education, opened up speech, built railways and highways, and encouraged the development of industry among the people.

Although several Seagull cruisers were decommissioned in the Ocean Imperial Navy, only because of their old performance, the maximum speed of warships of more than 1,000 tons could only be about 24 knots, which was not much higher than that of 16,000-ton battleships, which was already behind the times and could not meet the needs of a first-class ocean-going navy.

After decommissioning, instead of sending it to the shipyard to dismantle scrap iron, it is better to be a favor.

After signing the "Xinchou Treaty", the Qing court was burdened with a huge war compensation of 900 million taels of silver, and now it has completely collapsed in naval construction, and has not purchased a single ship for ten years after the collapse of the Beiyang Navy.

The thousands of miles of sea frontier from the Beibu Gulf to the Bohai Sea are in a situation where there is no sea to defend, which is embarrassing.

Nowadays, for the world's first-class navy;

Destroyers of more than 1,000 tons do not have a speed of more than 32 knots, so they are embarrassed to take them out to meet people, the reason is very simple, they are lagging behind!

The speed of destroyers equipped by the British Royal Navy has reached 37 knots, and the French Navy even has more than 42 knots of high-speed lightning destroyers.

There is still a debate in the Royal Navy of the Ocean Empire on the development of destroyer projects, in the end, the development of high-speed lightning strike ships? Cheap destroyers, or the development of large ocean-going destroyers?

The 3,200-ton "Cold Wind" class ocean-going general-purpose destroyer under construction is responsible for accompanying the battlefleet to carry out ocean-going cruises, and is the existence of a leading force in naval warfare in the battle for ocean hegemony.

The so-called cheapness is only relative to cruisers, and 3200-ton ocean-going destroyers will not be cheap in any case, and they cannot be built in large quantities.

At present, a total of 24 "Hanfeng" class ocean-going destroyers are planned to be built, and 9 more have been donated by large private enterprises represented by the Somali company, and now there is a wave of donations to build ships, which now have a total of 33 ships, and it is possible to further increase the size of the destroyer fleet in the future.

By the beginning of 1905

A total of 11 "Cold Wind" class ocean-going destroyers have been built, namely "Cold Wind", "Gale Wind", "Rafale", "Rinfeng", "Mountain Wind", "Sea Breeze", "Trade Wind", "Warm Wind", "Cold Wind", "Hu Feng", and "Ghost Wind", and 22 ships are under construction or planned to be built.

Will 33 ocean-going destroyers meet the needs of the Royal Navy?

The answer is no.

The Royal Navy also needed a cheap, mass-capable escort destroyer, with a displacement of between 950 and 1,300 tons, and a minimum of 60 ships to guard the vast seas.

The construction plan proposed by him was rejected by the parliament and could not be sent to Li Fushou's imperial bill at all.

Why? It's too expensive.

The 1,000-ton escort destroyer must be cheap and suitable for large-scale construction, and the Admiralty proposed a plan of more than 150,000 pounds, while the appropriations committee of the Imperial Diet must not exceed 117,000 pounds.

The British Navy destroyer was powered by a new 10,000-horsepower steam turbine, capable of allowing the destroyer to reach speeds of up to 37 knots per hour.

The Imperial Navy also wanted to be able to use such advanced power, and did not want to use the old three-expansion steam engine, which was reflected in the performance of the destroyer, which was capable of reaching a speed of 36 knots per hour, and a speed of only 29 knots per hour.

Such a new steam turbine would cost £47,000 to import from the UK, £43,700 from Germany, and £38,900 to build itself.

With a destroyer equipped with a main engine and a large diesel engine for auxiliary power calculation, the cheapest self-built scheme alone will cost 4.2~43,000 pounds for the power system alone, and the most expensive British scheme will cost 50,000 pounds.

Add in auxiliary boilers, high-pressure piping, steel slurry shafting, power generation equipment, weapons systems and navigation equipment, plus construction costs, these costs are more than £130,000, leaving a reasonable profit for the shipyard, then it will be more than £150,000.

Don't look at the Appropriations Committee's calculation of 32,000 pounds, if it is a large number of 60 ships, it is a difference of nearly 2 million pounds, which is almost enough to build a battleship "Sanmarinda" and a 6,500-ton cruiser, a proper small fleet with explosive combat effectiveness.

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"Hahaha...... If you sing well, you will be rewarded ......"

After singing a song, the aftermath lingers

Li Fushou laughed with a red face, waved his big hand, and his own palace attendants carried a tray on the stage, and the tray was full of Jinyang, and there were more than 10 people in a row.

The royal troupe bowed and thanked the reward, and the corners of their eyebrows were filled with joy, which was not only a large reward, but also a praise for the famous singers of Liyuan in the world today, which can be described as the glory of a lifetime.

"Your Majesty, you have a lot of good things here, in the end, it's a royal atmosphere, a troupe sings so much, Weichen empathizes." Admiral He Fang, Minister of the Admiralty, stepped forward and complimented him with a smile on his face.

Li Fushou was in a good mood, and said to Admiral He Fang with a smile on his face; "Just sing a song, where are there so many doorways?"

"Weichen boasts that he has listened to the drama all his life, and now this old Dan sings really well, that voice can be high to the sky, and it is definitely a red horn that is raised, it is really good. Wechen has a reluctant request......"

"Then let's put it bluntly, you and I have been suitable for more than 20 years, and we don't need to spit out."

"Weichen Gaotang's old mother is seeing that her 80th birthday will pass next month, Your Majesty's royal team sings so well, Weichen is happy to see the hunt, and he dares to ask for a quasi-son, so that this royal team can sing at the birthday banquet for three days."

"Huh...... It's a trivial matter, and I'll let Siyuan run at that time and send blessings to the old man on my behalf. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Admiral He Fang saluted respectfully, he saw that His Majesty was in a good mood, and said while the iron was hot; "Uh...... There is another thing, the old thing of the House of Lords Conrad Adenauer controls the appropriations committee, and the "town" destroyer plan sent by the Admiralty has been rejected by them 4 times, and it has been delayed for two years now. ”

"And what do you mean?" Li Fushou glanced at him thoughtfully. This old guy in front of him is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he will give eye medicine to Count Conrad Adner at every opportunity.

Admiral He replied confidently;

"Your Majesty;

Wechen believes that coastal defense is no trivial matter, blindly lowering the cost of construction, equipping destroyers with seriously shrinking technical level, and one-sided pursuit of cheapness is an extremely irresponsible short-sighted behavior.

There is now a crooked trend in the House of Lords, which deliberately suppresses the Royal Navy budget bill by passing the "Town" Destroyer Bill, which carries private goods, so as to achieve ulterior motives.

Weichen thinks that this wind must not be long, and respectfully asks His Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”

When Li Fushou heard him say this, he faintly had a headache.