Chapter Forty-Seven: I Want to See It
When this kind of thing happens, you can't blame Sinan Pei's black heart, it's really that the Kawagoe Zheda Commander who is far away on the other side of this planet is even blacker, and it can be called the blackest of black!
A military telescope costs 87 kilograms of silver? This is no different from Americans selling weapons in the 21st century!
Although they are all sold with scientific and technological content, they ...... But your profits of hundreds and thousands of times are too much, right?
But then again, Si Nanpei felt that if he was a liberal arts student, if he couldn't make this thing, he really had to buy it hard, and if he didn't buy it, he couldn't do it, this thing can sometimes have a decisive impact on the battle situation, and at this time, even if he knew that he was cheated, he still had to buy it...... After all, war is all about intelligence.
This scene is very similar to the scene when those third world countries buy American weapons.
But fortunately, Sinampei has the same mind as the Kawagoe Tetsu Commander after all.
So he was able to confidently stroke his pen and cross all these things off the import list.
"Sue them, and whoever disagrees will come to me and talk to them. Other than that...... Let's eat that sextant first. I don't know if I can return it, and it's good to return it to them after fiddling with it twice...... Alas, forget it, let's buy it, after all, we still have to leave them some oil and water. Only when they have tasted the sweetness of this trade will they come again next time. ”
"I don't know if the Kawagoe Tetsu Commander was also criticized when he made the decision to sail this voyage. ”
Sinampei threw all the messy thoughts out of his mind, and when he was about to continue his work, Baptiste came to visit.
"Your Excellency, may I ask you what's the matter?" Si Nanpei could only put down the text in his hand, and stood up with a reluctant smile to greet the guest. Looking at the sky outside the window, Sinampei had a feeling of wanting to cry.
Today, shouldn't you be staying up late again?
After the two of them saluted, Baptiste got straight to the point: "Mr. Si, do you have any ...... in your hands Nautical charts?"
"Nautical charts?" Si Nanpei scratched his head.
"Well, a nautical chart to Seris......" Baptiste grinned and rubbed his hands.
Sinampei glanced at Baptiste strangely: "You don't want to organize people to go to Seris yourself, do you? ”
"I know, of course I do. Baptiste nodded vigorously, "But Seris's academics are indeed more advanced than Ogina's, and I want to visit even if I try my best......"
"Tell you the truth, Mr. Baptiste, who doesn't know who. Sinan Pei smiled bitterly, "You want to do business, right? After all, anyone can see the profits." ”
Baptiste smiled awkwardly, but there was no embarrassment in his appearance: "For a long time, the Jihadians could be fattened by relying only on the trade of hands, giving them the money to build city temples deep in the desert, and if this formality was avoided, it would ...... Hehe, but we can benefit and weaken these infidels. ”
"I'd love to tell you that I have this kind of chart, but actually...... I don't even have a complete understanding of how I got to Oggenia right now!" Sinanpei rubbed his forehead helplessly.
Baptiste was a little surprised: "Why, you're not ......"
"The magician summoned me. Sinampe sighed, "Ask Miss Auvergne, and she'll give you the answer." ”
"Oh, it's a magician...... Baptiste looked rather frustrated, "I didn't expect it to be those guys...... In this case, it is troublesome, I heard that there were people from the ancient Roman Empire who successfully traveled around the southern continent in the past, but all the information at that time was lost. If you want to explore these routes and make them form a trade route, how many lives will you have to fill in them...... If you don't have an ocean-going ship like the Seris, you can consider organizing an expedition to complete the battle. ”
"But I'm sure there is absolutely no shipyard in Eugenia capable of designing and producing a large ship of this size. Sinampe shook his head, "Including the most technologically advanced Republics of Jenova and Adriatic. As for Caledonia, it is even more impossible to count on. ”
"It's a sad thing...... Baptiste became even more frustrated, "I can't do it, I'm going to ask the Seris if their ships are for sale......
"I don't think they're going to sell it. Actually, there are a lot of technologies in the East, I'm sure you've never heard of them, and this kind of thing can't be rushed anyway, so it's better to take your time. Si Nanpei picked up a pen and paper from the side of the table, sketched on it, "For example, the watertight compartment ......"
"Watertight compartment?" Baptiste rubbed his chin, thinking about the meaning of the phrase.
"Yes, it's to use bulkheads to separate the cabins one by one, so that they form different areas from each other. Sinampei drew on the paper, "This can greatly improve the ship's anti-sinking performance." Even if one compartment leaks, as long as the other compartments are intact, then the ship can continue to sail. I've heard of the best ships, half of which have flooded compartments and are still able to get back to port without sinking. ”
"That's amazing. Looking at the schematic diagram that Sinampe drew for him, Baptiste couldn't help but marvel.
"And that's not all, but the watertight compartment has the advantage of being easy to manage. Ha, that's not much of a deal, and now the captains of Eugenia seem to be ...... Well, let's not talk about that. In addition to these, such a design also strengthens the hull. Si Nanpei continued to sketch, "Now the mainstream idea of naval warfare is still based on gang fighting, and this may not be obvious. However, this will become extremely important when long-range weapons such as artillery become the masters of naval warfare. ”
Baptiste thought about the guns on the Syris fleet, and couldn't help but nodded: "No wonder I asked to visit the ship yesterday, but I was politely refused." It turns out that the Seris have so many magical technologies. They must have been very theoretical, at least in mathematics and physics! Alas, really, they didn't even bring books to sell, do they think that Eugenia is a barbarian who doesn't know how to learn?
Then, he looked at Si Nanpei's eyes and became hot: "But fortunately, there is Mr. Si you, hahaha." But I guess I'll have to sneak up there and see it......"
"......, "What else can Sinan Pei say? This guy is so bold that he wants to sneak in and peep!"
Such a guy who wants to spy on other people's military secrets, if he rests on the earth in the 21st century, I am afraid that he will be shot three or five hundred times, right?