“…… It was indeed a coincidence, and it just so happened that the fragment hit the jade pendant, and it was only a small fragment, if it was a larger high-speed fragment...... In short, it should be that the pen ran out of ink when the king of Hades drew the book of life and death. ”

Xia Xiaoshi was both nervous and admired for Zhou Changfeng's such an understatement of the experience of stepping into the ghost gate with half a foot, but his last sentence made her laugh.

"You're so funny." She pursed her lips and thought for a moment, and asked, "Aren't you afraid of such a terrible place?" ”

Zhou Changfeng poured himself a glass of water, drank it all, and said with a slight smile: "I am only afraid when I think a war is meaningless, and vice versa." ”

Hearing this, Xia Xiaoshi nodded as if she didn't understand, and then asked curiously: "Then did you kill someone this time?" ”

"Do you mean direct or indirect?" Zhou Changfeng asked with a smile.

"Naturally, it's the former."

"Four, five."

With the unique curiosity of girls and the way of thinking different from men, Xia Xiaoshi, who was full of interest, asked Zhou Changfeng many questions, and did not leave until noon.

She and Zhou Changfeng have only met three times so far, but the latter has a very good impression on her.

At the beginning, she witnessed the collision of two cars from afar that day, saving a total of seven people on the side of the road, two old and three young people, a man and a woman, and the three children were all students of her school, and it can be said that at that moment she was really grateful and admired the driver of the off-road vehicle.

This good impression was maintained until this morning, when she inquired a little about the two guards at the gate of the barracks, and she was still very disdainful when she learned of the romantic nature of "Zhou Changfeng".

But now that we have met for the third time and chatted casually for so long, her impression of others has improved again, and even she has not noticed this subtle change, completely forgetting that she was still complaining about men an hour and a half ago.

After Xia Xiaoshi left, Zhou Changfeng walked to the window and stood distracted for a while.

In his opinion, Xia Xiaoshi is undoubtedly a very good girl, with a distinctive personality, good appearance, and decent conversation, and her background is not the kind of famous family that people can't climb.

Such a girl is very popular in his world, but now, not necessarily.

A young person who is in a similar situation to her family may not be satisfied with the other party's cultivation and learning; On the contrary, the son of a dignitary who has sufficient vision and has received an excellent education is not a good match for her.

In short, this girl is very good, so let's keep it in mind first.

But at the moment, he doesn't have the heart to think about how to arch other people's cabbage, because the current world pattern makes him feel very exaggerated, and just thinking about it can make people barre.

First of all, although the Ming Dynasty gradually began to carry out modernization construction since the time of reform and restructuring, it was not efficient in the context of feudal autocracy, and it was not until after the constitutionalism of the new century that it entered a golden period of development.

Tariff autonomy, sovereignty integrity, abundant resources, and sufficient labor...... All kinds of factors have allowed Daming to make great progress in just over 30 years. Especially during the European War, the Ming Dynasty, as a neutral country, also took the opportunity to make a wave of war money and made a lot of money.

Although there are a lot of drawbacks and delays under the dualist monarchy, it has not reached the bottleneck of the existing system so far, and it can be said that the rapid development of the Ming Dynasty has covered up many contradictions.

However, there is a limit to this, and the dualist monarchy is the product of a compromise between the old and the new, and this kind of government is inherently unstable, coupled with its large size and vast territory, it can be said that it is only a matter of time before it explodes.

At present, in terms of industrial capacity, the achievements of the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years are still unsatisfactory, at least the Ming people are self-conscious.

For example, the most important steel industry, Daming reached a total output of 10.08 million tons last year, as a comparison, the United States 50.76 million tons, the United Kingdom 12.32 million tons, Germany 21.5 million tons, Tsarist Russia 12.03 million tons, France 7.65 million tons, Italy 2.13 million tons.

In the oil industry, because there are only two major oil fields in Karamay and Yumen for the time being, plus some small oil mines, the total output last year was 4.05 million tons. In this regard, the United States has reached an exaggerated 171.86 million tons, which is 42 times that of the Ming Dynasty and eight times that of Tsarist Russia; Britain, France and Italy are basically dependent on imports, so let's not press the table.

Daming produced a total of 33,000 tons of aluminum last year, compared with 141,000 tons in the United States, 63,000 tons in the United Kingdom, 158,000 tons in Germany, 31,000 tons in Tsarist Russia, and 28,000 tons in Italy.

Not critical but indispensable man-made fibers, Daming ranks first in the world with an output of 274,000 tons, the United States with 172,000 tons, the German Society with 123,000 tons, the United Kingdom with 66,000 tons, and France with 35,000 tons. This man-made fibre is not a chemically synthetic fibre, which has not yet been created.

The automobile industry is the weakest link in the Ming Dynasty, last year the total output of cars and trucks was only 73,000, and the United States 4.113 million compared with the dust, the United Kingdom is 427,000, the German society is 379,000, France is 203,000, but there are great powers crane tail at the bottom, its production is only 65,000.

For more than 30 years, when the warmongers made a windfall, they finally built like this?

In Zhou Changfeng's opinion, this result is not good, it is difficult to compliment, and it is probably the level of the passing line. But after thinking about it, this is self-built after all, and there is no good thing to aid construction.

Besides, whether it is good or bad depends on who compares it with, and no matter how bad the constitutional Ming Dynasty, which is dominated by bureaucratic capital, is much better than the situation of his original plane at the same time.

In short, the comprador is really pulling his crotch to the extreme.

Aside from industrial capacity, Zhou Changfeng is more worried about the lack of fuel self-sufficiency rate in Daming, with an annual output of four million tons of crude oil and an annual output of more than three million tons of fuel, which seems to be a lot, but in fact it is far from enough, and the self-sufficiency rate is only about forty percent.

Sixty percent of the shortfall is naturally dependent on imports, mainly from the Dutch-controlled oil fields in the South Seas, Iran, and the United States.

This is still peacetime, if the Ming Navy is in a state of combat readiness, fuel consumption will only be more exaggerated.

The total size of the two fleets of the East and South Seas is slightly smaller than that of the British Royal Navy, with a total of 10 battleships, 2 battle cruisers, 4 aircraft carriers, 6 heavy cruisers, 25 light cruisers, 167 destroyers, and 52 submarines.

And that's not counting the two battleships and two aircraft carriers that are still under construction, as well as a dozen cruisers and destroyers.

"Now it's troublesome, Iran's oil industry is controlled by the British, and the Netherlands must follow the wind...... If you are stuck in the neck of oil imports, this must not be forced to the imperial court? He paced back and forth in the room with his head down.

Yesterday's newspaper mentioned that the British were clamoring for restrictions and sanctions against the Ming at the League of Nations Congress in September.

To be honest, Zhou Changfeng was actually quite worried that some people in the imperial court would be dizzy and angry, and go directly to Uncle Sam on the other side of the ocean to fight.

"I don't know what kind of virtue those people are, I hope I don't be stunned, it seems that it is better to be a little more modest."

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[Another chapter is under review, I don't know when it will pass......]