"Keep up, keep up," Zheng Guoxian nodded repeatedly, "In order to send immigrants to Texas better and faster, the emperor purchased two of the latest South Island-class cruise ships from my family's Nanyang Cruise Company, which are light 14,500 tons and 25,000 tons of full loads, relying on two oversized three-expansion reciprocating steam engines, which can provide up to 33,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 22.8 knots...... It's only a little slower than the hero level, and it's a lot faster than the hero level! One of these two ships has been renamed the Yamato, and the other has been renamed the Musashi, and the voyage on them is really smooth, fast and comfortable, as if staying in a hotel. ”

Well, the Yamato Hotel and the Musashi Hotel are here again!

However, Zheng Guoxian is not wrong, these two boats are indeed flat, fast and comfortable...... Of course, this is true of many of today's nautical and shipbuilding technologies. Now it is impossible to build a 100,000-ton super luxury cruise ship, and a cruise ship with a full load of 25,000 tons is already the limit of the cruise industry.

And many of the technologies used in luxury cruise ships in this era are really no less than warships. As far as the "briquette furnace" and the triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine used by the South Island class are concerned, they are much larger than those used by the Hero-class battleships - the big one is a big one! The space on a cruise ship is much more spacious than that of a warship, and of course larger equipment can be installed.

In addition, the battleships and cruisers of this era were generally "fat". For example, the width of the 25,000-ton "South Island" class cruise ship is only 20 meters, while the width of the 20,500-ton Hero class (Hongwu Gaiyi) with a full load displacement is 26.8 meters.

The wider the boat, the greater the resistance, and with the same main engine power, the speed is relatively slower than that of a narrower boat.

Therefore, fast cruise ships in these days are basically faster than warships, and it is ideal to use them to transport personnel or use them as hospital ships in wartime...... Not only is it comfortable, but it also runs fast, and the submarine can't catch up at all, even if it's the enemy's broken ship, it won't necessarily be able to catch up.

But this kind of fast cruise is not cheap, how can a ship cost five or six million silver yuan, right?

Zhuge Weidao glanced at Zheng Guoxian, and said in his heart: "Your emperor's sister only pit a total of 10 million from the Ming court, and the two big cruise ships spent 12 million, plus the silver for repairing houses and hiring warriors from the north, it doesn't seem to be enough!" It's not already in debt, is it? ”

As soon as he thought of this, Zheng Guoxian smiled again: "Brother Daozi, you are taking the female grand duke back to her parents' house this time...... It takes about 80,000 kilometers to run back and forth along the way, and it takes half a year to run. You're in the navy, so naturally it doesn't matter, but where can those female rolls stand it? It's not convenient. Why don't you let them ride on the Yamato or Musashi! ”

"That's not bad! Brother Kamiyama is still thoughtful! Zhuge nodded with a smile, "By the way, I'll also inspect the Austrandian-level long-distance ability...... If it's a good ship, the Navy might have to order a ten-eight! ”

Zheng Guoxian said with a smile: "Then I have to thank you, Brother Daozi, this South Island level is the fist product of our Zheng family's Yanping Heavy Industry." The two ships, Yamato and Musashi, are now moored outside the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin, waiting to enter the naval yard in the naval port for refit and installation of several guns for self-defense. In fact, there are a few shipyards in Japan that can do this kind of modification business, but they are all busy moving now......"

According to the agreement reached between the Ming court and the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, all shipyards in Japan had to be relocated from Japan and moved to Hawaii, New Manchuria and California to engage in ship repair and ship dismantling business - this arrangement, of course, was so that in the event of a future war, the Ming could have factories in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the west coast of the Americas that could overhaul ships.

However, listening to Zheng Guoxian's tone, it seems that he wants to leave one or two ......

"Shenshan," Zhuge Weidao, of course, would not take this stubble, "I will say hello to the naval yard and ask them to collect these two ships first." By the way, what about these two boats? How new is it? ”

Zheng Guoxian sighed: "The two Nandao-class ships sold to Sister Jingzi are still new ships that have just started operation this year, and they haven't attracted many customers." ”

The new ship, which had just started operation, was sold to the ...... Apparently there is no business!

Zhuge thought to himself: "It's okay to have no business, but the economy is in a recession recently!" However, this recession should soon pass. One is Japan's great infrastructure, the other is the naval arms race, and the other is the wave of immigration from the Americas. All three are needs! I have to discuss it with Manager He when I go back, and the investment in the family has to be increased. ”

Thinking of investment, Zhuge Weidao turned his attention to Dahei Chang Is.

Da Hei often said with a smile: "Daozi, the old man didn't have a good turnover a few days ago, and he didn't even give Ah Kong's dowry, it's really funny...... Now the 1.18 million silver yuan has been transferred to your account at Changjiang Bank. ”

The total dowry of Dahekukong was 1.88 million, of which 1.18 million was silver yuan, and the remaining 700,000 was given to Ginza and Daikokuya shares as well as a house in Shanghai. The shares and the house have already been transferred, and the 1.18 million silver yuan is a little nervous because the Daikoku family wants to pay the military expenses for the Tokugawa shogunate, so they owe it first.

As he spoke, he glanced at He Tianran.

He Tianran immediately said: "Dong Weng, I have already been to the bank, and the funds are indeed in place." You see......"

Zhuge Weidao said with a smile: "This is Ah Kong's money, so I will open two accounts in the Yangtze River Bank and the Yangtze River Investment in her name, of which the Yangtze River Bank will keep 180,000 yuan for her as a pocket flower." The rest were transferred to Changjiang Investment and bought Feilong Industry, Tongling Telecommunications, Jiangnan Heavy Industry, and Yanping Heavy Industry...... Oh, Shenshan, Lao Taishan, do you have any good investment directions that you can recommend? ”

Hearing Zhuge Weidao's words, Zheng Guoxian hurriedly shook his head: "Daozi, don't you buy my Yanping Heavy Industry...... It's been a loss for several years, and it's all bleeding! My Yanping Heavy Industry and your Jiangnan Heavy Industry are not the same thing. Jiangnan Heavy Industry can build the best warships and the best oil tankers, these two businesses have high thresholds and high profits, among which the demand for oil tankers grows rapidly, and there is no need to worry about bad debts. But our family's Yanping Heavy Industry mainly builds passenger ships and general cargo ships, and it has ...... in recent years."

That's right, if he had a way, he wouldn't go to pit his sister Shizuko!

"Shenshan," Zhuge Weidao smiled at Zheng Guoxian, "don't worry...... Yanping Heavy Labor Union has an order, and it is also an order for warships! ”

"Warship order?" Zheng Guoxian was stunned for a moment, "Your Jiangnan Heavy Industry, Zhang Zhennan's Southeast Heavy Industry, the Lushun Naval Factory, Qingdao Naval Factory, and Guangzhou Naval Factory of the Admiralty have not done it?" ”

"They can't finish it!" Zhuge Weidao said with a smile.

"Daozi, are you talking about the 1000 ship plan?"

Zhuge waved his hand for the road: "More than ...... This time, we have to take orders from all over the world for warships! At that time, the orders will be overwhelming, and the five major factories will not be able to finish, and other factories will also be able to get a lot. Yanping Heavy Industry is not bad, 25,000 tons of Austrêtic-level can be built, but I am afraid that I will not be able to receive the order? And the Austronesian class itself is also first-class! High speed, long range, deadweight tons of more than 10,000 tons! If it is used to transport troops, it is more than enough to transport 3,000 people at a time, and maybe it can be sold a lot. In this way, the new ship press conference in the spring of the eighth year of Taiping, the Yamato and Musashi will also participate...... Armed high-speed troop carriers! That's a good concept, right? ”

"What is a 'new ship launch?' Zheng Guoxian was fresh when he heard this.

"It is to take out the best and latest battleships, armored cruisers, cruisers, destroyers, and fast troop carriers for display and ......sale," Zhuge Weidao said with a smile, "This time I will first invite the naval attachés of various countries to Shanghai to see!" Then let's open the door of the ship and sell it to their navy top bras to see. I estimate that this 'hero' and 'hero' two-stage ship can sell 108 pieces! With so many lists for building warships, how can you divide them into twenty for Yanping Heavy Industries, right? ”