Jin Kuohai, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, boarded the battleship Qihang and slowly sailed away from the port of the Song Dynasty.

There is a larger battleship next to the battleship "Sail".

It is temporarily named Battleship No. 1 and has no official name yet.

But looking at the size of this battleship, it will be the main battleship of the Song Navy in the future.

This is a brand new battleship that has just been launched and has not yet been delivered to the navy.

It was originally planned to be installed and used by the navy this year.

European countries are already preparing to recuperate, and all countries have reduced their military expenditures.

The strategy of the Song Dynasty also changed. The whole country tightened their belts and lived a life of poverty, just to produce this behemoth as soon as possible.

Song State is an island country and does not have powerful warships to defend Song State.

Neither the Song court nor the people felt safe.

Especially during the period of the European arms race.

The Song State also had conflicts with the Chu State across the strait.

The Song Dynasty must maintain a navy of sufficient size to prevent the Imperial Royal Navy from blockading England and subjugating the country.

The Song Dynasty is an island country. Once it is blocked, it will enter a countdown to destruction.

Now all European countries understand the empire's attitude and will not easily launch wars with foreign countries.

The Song Dynasty could not plunder external resources and lost the way to issue war bonds.

With its current national strength, the Song Dynasty could not afford so many warships.

Jin Kuohai had previously suggested to the King of Song that the surplus warships in the country should be taken action immediately.

The buyer has been identified, and that is the tense America.

The Song Navy strongly opposed the sale of warships, but their opposition was just noise.

The Song Dynasty also wanted to retain these warships that were painstakingly built, but the Song Dynasty did not have the ability to do so.

As long as the surplus warships of the Song Dynasty can be sold, the crisis that the Song Dynasty is currently facing can be alleviated.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai left the Song Dynasty this time to visit various countries in America.

He believed in his analysis that the situation in the American countries was tense and they must now lack enough warships.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai glanced at the battleship captain Shi Tianyou who had extremely strict requirements for soldiers.

Captain Shi caused heavy casualties to the Song Navy due to his superior situation.

The Song Navy failed to use its naval superiority to intercept the Chu Army's mission to the colonies.

The future strategic direction of the Song Dynasty went directly to different forks.

This caused Shi Tianyou's status to plummet in the Song Dynasty.

He went from being a strong competitor for the Song Dynasty's naval commander to directly becoming the captain of a battleship.

This is why many people in the army begged for mercy and talked about Shi Tianyou's war, which was a non-war crime.

Except for the empire, no navy of any country had thought that advances in torpedo technology would pose such a big threat to battleships.

The Song Dynasty's navy had few talents, let alone those who could command large fleets in combat.

Shi Tianyou has such talent, he cannot be reduced to a mere soldier in the navy.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai must bring with him talents who understand the navy during this trip.

If he wanted to find a good buyer for Song's warships, he must understand the needs of the country's navy.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai looked towards the shore. The steam engine was moving very fast. In such a short time, they were already far away from the shore.

He locked himself in the cabin and kept thinking about how the Song Dynasty could defeat the situation in America.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai sent his thoughts to Song Wang Zhantie via telegram.

After he asked King Song Zhan Tie, he could determine what Song should do?

Whether the Song State will form an alliance with the American countries, and what kind of agreement the Song State will reach with the American countries, all require Song Wang Zhantie to draw the bottom line and set the rules.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai set the tone for this exchange with the vassal states in America.

He pushed open the door that had been closed for many days, walked to the deck, and looked at the undulating sea.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai discovered a detail: there were too few merchant ships on the Atlantic route.

Exchanges between Europe and the empire were so close that ships traveling to and from the Suez Canal had to queue up.

Except for a small amount of grain, ore, and cotton trade between Europe and the Americas, the commercial trade between the two regions is not active at all.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai can figure it out if he thinks about it for a moment.

The vassal states in the Americas were in the primary stage of industrialization.

The industrial products they produce are of high price and of inferior quality.

The most critical point is that when a merchant ship goes to the Americas for trade, there is a high probability that it will be an empty ship.

Complementary resources can promote trade. Once an empty ship appears, the ship owner will inevitably suffer losses.

Some people do the business of beheading, but no one does the business of losing money.

Businessmen are very smart, and they will never make a losing business.

Most of the products available in the Americas can be produced in most European countries.

Even if the quality of products produced in European countries is inferior, because of regional protection and transportation costs, European regions will tend to purchase industrial products from their own regions.

As for higher-tech industrial products, such as machine tools for processing machinery, steam turbines, propellers, and watch movements.

These products must all use Imperial products.

The products of the empire are of high quality and low price, and no vassal country can compete with them.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai knew that only if the economic ties were close and the two countries had common interests could the two parties form an alliance.

Fortunately, his diplomatic actions this time were not focused on forming alliances.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai had a clear goal: to sell the accumulated warships of the Song Dynasty.

If you can explore the attitude of the major vassal states in America towards the Song Dynasty, you will have exceeded your mission.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by a siren warning sound.

He rolled over and looked at the time on the bedside clock. It was now 3:05 in the morning.

He saw the warning sound sounding, and the navy soldiers who were already asleep running in an orderly manner in the narrow passage towards their work positions.

After Prime Minister Jin Kuohai heard the siren, he knew that the battleship "Sail" had encountered a problem.

He immediately came to the ship island and found Shi Tianyou, the captain of the Qihang.

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai asked with some concern: "Count Shi Tianyou, what happened now."

He did not call Shi Tianyou by his name directly, but by his title.

Calling him by name directly would probably arouse Shi Tianyou's resentment.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Prime Minister Jin Kuohai is not afraid of this matter, he does not want to frequently make enemies for himself over small things.

Captain Shi Tianyou replied: “The destroyer on alert ahead discovered that a naval fleet was approaching us.

Having already revealed our identity, the unknown fleet continues to approach.

This is already a sign of hostility.

When our ship encounters this situation, it officially enters the first level of combat readiness.

If the unfamiliar fleet shows hostility to our fleet, I will immediately order a counterattack."

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai praised: "Count Shi Tianyou is really a good man among our Song army.

When encountering unfamiliar troops that are hostile to our army, we must fight back without mercy."

Prime Minister Jin Kuohai also supports the military and maintains a tough attitude under such circumstances.

A country must not be weak externally, as that will send a signal to other countries.

This country is honest and can be bullied, and it will inevitably be besieged by a pack of wolves.

After Prime Minister Jin Kuohai expressed his attitude, he will no longer interfere with the military. How to deal with this issue?

The system of the Song Dynasty also imitated the system of the empire.

For any monarch, the separation of civil and military affairs is an important system that can ensure the continuation of the monarch's rights.

As Jin Kuohai is the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he is not suitable to give his opinions on specific battles.

He stood on the island of the battleship Sailing, observing the development of the situation.

The sailing ship turned on the high-power searchlight on the ship.

The high-power searchlight driven by the diesel generator directly illuminates the surrounding sea area as bright as day.
To be continued...