Shanghai Mansion, Zhuge One Hundred and Eight Mansions.

The house is located in a quiet location in the Puxi area of Shanghai, surrounded by lots of garden mansions, and the land is not ...... It's too big, and the house plus the garden is a little bit bigger than the house in Goolan Hutong in Beijing. As for the house price, it's more than 600,000 silver yuan.

Well, it doesn't look expensive, but it's a silver dollar on the gold and silver standard! A low-profile version of the 10,000-ton Haohan-level is only 6.66 million! This 10,000-ton cruiser is also the world's first cruiser today! How can it be equivalent to the status of the 055 drive in later generations, right? You can imagine how high the price of this house is.

Fortunately, this house is a big black empty dowry, and it is also registered in her name, so the property tax, the maintenance fee of the property, and the expenses of a group of servants don't have to worry about Zhuge Weidao...... He just needs to eat the soft rice of the big black sky with peace of mind.

And Dahekura has so many dowries, and there is a "Tokugawa" Miao character, and he only has the title of "side room", which is actually a concubine.

Therefore, the name plate at the gate of this house was grandly hung with the sign of "Zhuge One Hundred and Eight Houses", Zhuge Weidao lived comfortably in these days when he was "selling boats" in Shanghai, and let Da Heikong put on a maid costume and serve on the side with Ah Li. And Da Heikong has no complaints, and he is happy to serve. There is no one to eat this soft rice for the Tao......

"Master, General Menshikov is visiting."

This afternoon, Zhuge Weidao, who had just finished visiting the internal combustion engine factory of Jiangnan Heavy Industry, was thinking about playing some games with Natalie, Da Heikong, and Ah Li to relax...... Da Heikong walked into his study and reported the news of the visit of a distinguished guest to Zhuge Junshi, who was sorting out the materials (the internal materials obtained at the internal combustion engine factory of Jiangnan Heavy Industry).

"Okay, I'll be right there...... You ask Madame to go and say hello first. Zhuge Weidao commanded, while stuffing the materials in hand into a document bag, walked to the safe in the study, and then stuffed the document bag in hand into the safe, and then took out another bag with "Rakshasa Country Contract" written on it from the safe. After that, he went out of the study with the bag in his hand, walked along a walkway full of calligraphy and paintings to the staircase, and went downstairs down the stairs.

Downstairs is a large, sun-drenched living room, with a large floor-to-ceiling glass window on a green lawn where several workers are busy mowed the turf. Natalie and Menshikov were already sitting and chatting in the living room, and when they saw Zhuge coming down, they both got up again.

Zhuge Weidao kissed Natalie first, and then strode up to Menshikov and shook hands with him with a smile, "Alexander. Sergeyevich, it's a pleasure to see you...... Nikolai. Did Pavrovich agree to buy his own Roman Empire? ”

Menshikov shook hands with Zhuge Weidao, smiled a little apologetically, and said, "Zhuge military division, something is wrong......

State?

Zhuge was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that it wouldn't be that he didn't talk about kickbacks with Menshikov, right? But Natalie said she didn't have to give it this time, did she ......

"Look at this." As he spoke, Menshikov took out a note from his pocket and handed it to Zhuge Weidao.

Zhuge Weidao took the note and looked at it, it was a series of battleship parameters, and he read in a low voice: "The standard displacement is 22,000 metric tons, the main engine power is more than 30,000 horses, the main gun is equipped with a 13.5-inch cannon, and the number is 4 twin, front and rear knapsack turrets. Then he looked up at Menshikov, "This is Nikolai. Pavrovich wants a boat? This ship is not easy to build, and it won't be able to get out in a few years! And the cost is ......"

In fact, Daming already has a better ship under development, which is the 20,000-ton battle cruiser...... The standard displacement of that battle patrol is currently tentatively set at 20,000-22,000 tons, and the main engine power is 50,000-80,000 horses, that is, the caliber of the main gun is a little worse, it is expected to be a 310 mm caliber cannon, and 13.5 inches is equivalent to 343 mm. Compared to the 22,000-ton ship, it is really a bit big.

However, the hull and power system of this battle cruiser will be shared with the aircraft carrier, so the degree of secrecy is very high, and it cannot be sold to the Rakshasas. If Nicholas I wanted such a ship, it would have to be developed specifically for him...... The price is high, this is an exclusive custom version, but this Nikolai is an oil tyrant!

When Zhuge Weidao was thinking about how to collect the money, Menshikov suddenly spoke: "This is the main technical parameters of the British's next-generation capital ship. ”

"What?" Zhuge was stunned for a moment, "The British's next-generation capital ship?" Really? This ship is equivalent to ......"

Zhuge Weidao didn't say anything, but he already knew in his heart that this ship was equivalent to the Orion class, but it was missing an amidship turret. Orion is a five-gun turret, and the ship is a four-gun turret.

But the Orion was created by the British after they had eaten the dreadnought...... Although there is only one Dreadnought class, after the Dreadnought class, the British Empire in history built four levels of battleships in small steps, each time a little bit higher, and it took a few years to have this class of Orion.

Now that the British Empire doesn't even build dreadnoughts, it jumps directly from the monarchy to Orion, isn't this a big step?

Although there is a more radical 30,000-ton fast battleship project on the Ming side, it is a pre-research project (it is an exploration project before the hero ship is in service), and there are two projects in front of it that are in the research and development stage: 25,000-ton battleships and 20,000-ton battlecruisers, and behind it there are two exploration projects of 30,000-ton battlecruiser and 40,000-ton battleship, and the pace of research and development is very stable.

No anti-theft

As he was thinking, Natalie's anxious and fast Rakshasa voice rang out: "Alexander. Sergeyevich, the British's next-generation capital ship scheme, how do you know that it is? ”

"Archduchess, it was the British who offered to develop it with us, as well as France, Prussia, Austria, the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, and India, so we knew these parameters."

"Oh," Zhuge nodded for the road, "the Tsar must have felt that this was a rare opportunity to learn the advanced technology of Western Europe, so he didn't want to buy our Hero and Hero Ranks?" ”

And rightfully so! The goddess of cold England threw a wink at the furry bear who longed to throw herself into the arms of the goddess...... The current Nicholas I has not been deeply heartbroken by the countries of Western Europe!

Menshikov was also quite straightforward, he nodded and said: "The British said that if we buy the hero level and the hero level of the Ming Dynasty, then we are not welcome to participate in joint research and development...... Our domestic shipbuilding experts believe that this is a very rare opportunity! After all, participating in R&D and technology transfer and buying products directly are completely different, and this is a very valuable ability. ”

Zhuge nodded with a smile and said to Menshikov: "Alexander. Sergeyevich, I know that the final decision on this matter is not yours, but the Tsar. But I want you to tell the tsar that he is at war, with the Turkish Empire, and with a group of half-hearted allies attacking Turkey...... If he wants to seize Constantinople in one fell swoop, turn the Rakshasa Kingdom into the Eastern Roman Empire, and make himself a great emperor comparable to Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, then he doesn't think about any research and development capabilities first!

The most important thing now is to buy and buy, buy our hero-class battleships, hero-class armored cruisers, but also buy our Austronesian-class troop carriers and fast coal carriers, and of course, our Wyvern-class airships. Only if he bought enough, it would be possible to send a powerful Mediterranean fleet, like Admiral Orlov in those years, to attack Turkey from the Mediterranean direction. In addition......"

Zhuge thought about it, and did not tell Menshikov about this "other", but turned to Natalie and said, "Honey, it seems that you have to work hard...... You and Alexander. Sergeyevich will take a trip to Petersburg together! His tone suddenly became very serious," said Natalie. Pavrovna, you must explain the situation to the Tsar in person and convince him to accept our proposal...... Because it's the only right one. Now, it's up to you whether the Eastern Roman Empire can be revived or not! ”