At the Wanghai Port of the Song Dynasty, King Zhan Tiezheng of the Song Dynasty was participating in the launching ceremony of the Song Dynasty's Beast-class battleship, the first battleship Yazhen.
It is a battleship of the same size as the Imperial battleship Tarzan.
Except for some special high-precision parts, more than 90% of the parts of this battleship were produced by the Song Dynasty.
Unlike the previous ship building, most of them were purchased from the empire's parts.
The Song Dynasty's shipbuilding factory was just a large assembly plant.
The launch of the battleship Jizhen proved that the level of Song Dynasty's shipbuilding industry had reached a new height.
This new battleship of the Song Dynasty was named Yajuan.
What does the idiom "睚皦必狠" mean? Do all primary school students know what it means?
Song State has not forgotten the failure of the navy and the humiliation brought to them by Chu State.
If it weren't for the naval defeat, the Song Dynasty would have already captured its colonies in Africa.
The current status of Chu State will belong to Song State.
King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty watched the battleship Yazhen emitting billowing black smoke. Its boiler started normally and it sailed slowly from the port to the open sea.
He looked excited and whispered: "The whole Song Dynasty worked together to build this battleship.
This was the most powerful battleship on the Atlantic coast.
The Empire's most powerful Emperor-class battleship was not commissioned into the Mediterranean Fleet at all.
After the Song Dynasty's beast-class battleship is launched, the Song Dynasty navy will have enough confidence to compete even if it faces the Mediterranean fleet."
King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty ordered the construction of a new type of battleship comparable to the Imperial battleship Taishan, which was a gamble on his part.
King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty chose to sell off all the royal family's property, used the mines and ports of the Song Dynasty as collateral, and took out a loan of 50 million taels of silver coins from the Imperial Bank.
He spent a total of more than 80 million taels of silver coins on Song's shipbuilding industry.
King Song won the iron bet and the battleship was successfully built, and he would regain great prestige.
The Song State had a powerful navy. For an island country, at least the Song State was in an invincible position.
The changes in the European continent did not affect the Song Dynasty.
King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty knew that after the last naval defeat, both officials and people had a sense of panic in their hearts, fearing that the enemy would attack the homeland.
Even if the enemy did not land, they would only use blockade to cut off Song's overseas supplies.
With the limited resources on the island, the Song Dynasty could not hold on for too long.
Whether Song's army is strong or not will not affect the people's self-confidence.
The Song State competed with the Chu State for colonies in Africa. In the end, due to its weak army, it gave up valuable colonies and instead seized other colonies.
The common people's perception of this matter is very weak.
But another defeat of the Song Navy would definitely cause panic among the people in the country.
Song Wang Zhantie looked at the battleship Yazhen, which was gradually going away and communicating with the shore via radio.
He felt a little lucky in his heart, luckily he won the bet this time.
This time, the Song Dynasty relied on its own strength to carry out industrial upgrading. Only then did King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty realize how difficult industrial upgrading was.
Along the way, we encountered countless difficulties.
This is why the Song Dynasty poached engineers from the imperial Qingdao Shipyard at a very high price.
They are just retracing a path that the empire has already taken, knowing where the wrong path is and how long they have to walk to reach the end.
Instead of aimlessly exploring from the beginning.
Even so, the difficulty of industrial upgrading was far beyond the imagination of Song Wang Zhantie.
Even now, he can only be grateful that the Song Dynasty is lucky enough.
The talents recruited by the Song Dynasty also had real abilities.
Only in this way could the difficulties encountered be solved, and the Song Dynasty could achieve independent production of high-performance battleships.
This was an extremely important matter for the Song Dynasty, which was founded on its navy.
The launch of the Yajuan showed that the Song Dynasty could produce battleships only by relying on its own country's capabilities, rather than relying on parts and components supplied by the empire.
When Song Wang Zhantie saw the success of the project, he felt that everything was worth it.
The successful upgrade of Song Dynasty's shipbuilding industry also brought many unexpected effects.
The shipbuilding industry involves tens of thousands of factories and affects the employment of more than 200,000 workers.
The total number of workers in the Song Dynasty was only about 300,000.
The shipbuilding industry has already affected more than half of the workers in the Song Dynasty.
The Song State increased its support and investment in the shipbuilding industry, which meant that most workers in the Song State were living a good life.
After the economic crisis, other countries fell into recession.
On the contrary, it was the Song State that invested heavily in the shipbuilding industry.
The shipbuilding industry had a great impact on the Song Dynasty.
The workers in the Song Dynasty were so busy that they began to fall on both sides, and no workers were unemployed at all.
The Song Dynasty was not affected by the economic crisis.
Due to the spillover of profits from the shipbuilding industry, the country is more prosperous than when the People's Republic was founded.
Song Wang Zhantie certainly knew that this kind of prosperity could not continue.
But while other countries were in decline, the Song Dynasty seemed to be extremely prosperous.
This is very attractive to talents.
The Song Dynasty can take advantage of this opportunity to lay a good foundation, and its future development will definitely be good.
After King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty visited the launching ceremony, he encouraged the navy of the Song Dynasty to remember the previous lessons and look forward to the future.
The Song State gathered three battleships, and they would definitely retaliate against the Chu State and avenge their past humiliation.
King Zhan Tie's promise made the naval generals of Song Dynasty laugh.
They made a solemn oath that they must train well during this period and master all the capabilities of the battleship Yazhen.
The Song Navy will definitely avenge their past humiliation and take stern revenge. They will let the Chu Navy know that the Song Navy is by no means a soft-footed shrimp.
King Zhan Tie of the Song Dynasty boosted the morale of the navy, and he returned to the palace by car.
He believed in the soldiers he personally led.
The previous failures of the Song Navy were due to the belief that they were powerful and looked down upon their opponents.
The ancient adage that a arrogant soldier will be defeated was perfectly fulfilled by the navy of the Song Dynasty.
After the Song Navy experienced a disastrous defeat, it was no longer a arrogant soldier, and the entire army was filled with the mood of revenge.
Song Wang Zhantie believed that these outstanding soldiers would never let him down again.
On his way back, he rode in the same car with Prime Minister Jin Kuohai.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Song Wang Zhantie leaned on his seat and said with a tired look: "The recent development of the situation has given me a headache and I still can't understand it.
, the situation in the world.”
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai said in a solemn tone: "I don't know many things clearly. The situation in some countries. Based on clues, can we infer what they are going to do?
The situation in some countries is completely incomprehensible."
Song Wang Zhantie rubbed his aching forehead with both hands.
"Jin Aiqing, tell me your opinion. Stones from other mountains can attack jade.
This kind of matter is not suitable for me to discuss publicly, so I can only discuss it with Jin Aiqing."
When Prime Minister Jin Kuohai heard Song Wang Zhantie say this, he expressed his opinions one by one.
“I don’t have a clear understanding of the world situation, so I can only deduce their intentions based on the trends of these countries.
The actions of the major forces in the Americas are the most obvious. They have almost made it clear that they want to take advantage of the economic crisis to surpass other countries and become the regional hegemon.
Zhao Guo not only did this, they also promoted their ideas in newspapers.
Zhao State has already dominated North America, and Yan State and Xiang State may not be able to contain Zhao State from the north to the south.
The Wei and Cao countries in South America had a feud.
If you only look at one of these countries, you may be confused.
Combining the policies of these two countries, we can find that many of their policies are aimed at enemy countries.
The officials of Qi State rebelled, which was a wake-up call to the whole world.
If a monarch does not manage his affairs, he will really be ignored by his ministers and become a veritable puppet.
Please tell me about the situation around our country.
The hottest word during this period is alliance.
The alliance between the four countries promoted by King Qutian of Gui directly transformed the originally weak four countries into one of the most powerful forces in Europe.
I can make a judgment that the future situation will definitely belong to an alliance composed of several countries.
For a vassal state like ours, it is best to focus on the development of a certain industry in order to achieve results.
For example, my country's shipbuilding industry.
When our country is looking for allies, it will definitely not look for countries with developed shipbuilding industries, but countries that can complement our country's resources.
The allies found in this way must be extremely compatible allies.
The combined strength of the two parties is definitely stronger than that of a single country.
Chen Jianyi, our country needs to examine its allies now. Except for the feudal state of Chu, other countries can be considered.
But I think the most likely country is Shu.
Qian Mingyi, the king of Shu, was born as a civil servant. He was different from other European kings in that he naturally felt a sense of loneliness.
As long as our country shows sincerity and is willing to form an alliance with Shu.
I believe that Shu will not refuse, and Shu is in urgent need of allies to share the pressure with them.
Our country’s next choice is Wu.
The State of Wu was under great pressure from the four-nation alliance including Gui State.
Wu State is sending friendly signals to the outside world and trying to contact other countries.
The alliance promoted by Wu State is a relatively loose alliance. There is no compulsion within the alliance, and everything is voluntary.
There are traces of what these countries do.
But when I learned about what Yue had done, I didn't understand it at all.
Vietnam is plunged into a quagmire of economic crisis.
The solution that the Vietnamese came up with was to go to Africa and build a big city.
When I saw this policy, I didn’t understand it at all.
The King of Yue, Bai Yuangui, didn't want to think about how to solve the immediate trouble.
On the contrary, when the economy is bad, the opposite is done.
Opening up colonies is something that should be done when the economy is good.
The policies of the Yue State were too magical, and the officials were poorly educated and unable to understand clearly.
As for our feud, the current situation of the state of Chu is unclear, so I dare not make any rash judgments.
For those countries that I did not mention, they have not introduced typical policies, and many countries are still sorting out their internal problems."
When King Zhantie of the Song Dynasty heard Prime Minister Jin Kuohai's analysis, he said happily: "Jin Aiqing's analysis is very organized.
After listening to Jin Aiqing's analysis, I learned a lot.
The current situation in the world can be said to affect the whole body.
The level of tension is unprecedented.
In order to prevent conflicts, we and the Chu Navy have reduced the frequency of playing bumper boats on the sea."
Prime Minister Jin Kuohai said confidently: "Your Majesty, no matter how the world works, in the final analysis, strength speaks for itself.
As long as our strength can impress other forces, we will have the ability to influence the surrounding situation.
We will be invincible and we will be able to implement our country's will no matter how the situation develops."
Song Wang Zhantie's frown eased.
"I like to hear what Jin Aiqing says.
This is indeed the case, only those with strength have enough voice.
It doesn’t matter what these countries do, we just need to be ourselves and improve our own strength.”
After King Zhantie of Song Dynasty said these words, he felt much more cheerful.
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The Shu Palace located in the center of Warsaw, night has fallen, but the place is brightly lit.
King Qian Mingyi of Shu looked at the invitations for alliance in his hand.
He asked Prime Minister Li Jiu and Grand Governor He Feng: "Two beloved ministers, what do you think about whether Shu will form an alliance with these countries?"
Li Jiu stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I do not recommend forming an alliance with Wu.
All other countries can make careful choices, but Wu will definitely drag us down again.
The political situation of Wu State will definitely be turbulent.
I looked through history and found that the Supreme Emperor was in power.
There will inevitably be some barriers between the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.
This kind of country, no matter how good the conditions are, I do not recommend forming an alliance with it.
As for other countries, I haven’t learned about them in such detail yet.”
King Qian Mingyi of Shu nodded and said: "We in Shu must be more cautious when choosing allies.
Allies are likely to eventually evolve into military alliances, and they can easily be dragged into wars by their allies.
We would rather not choose allies, but if we do, choose allies that can bring us benefits."
Qian Mingyi, King of Shu, continued: "I have been thinking about this period of time and thought of some ways to solve the domestic economic crisis.
The land area of our Kingdom of Shu is not small, but it is only as big as a province in the empire.
The boat is small and easy to turn around. The country of Shu is weak in national power and lacks an industrial chain.
But as long as we find the right direction, it is not difficult to survive the crisis.
The thing I am struggling with right now is not knowing which industry to develop."
When the Grand Governor He Feng heard this, he immediately suggested: "Your Majesty, the situation in various countries is relatively stable now.
But we can all see that war is only a matter of time.
Arms and medicine are life-saving things on the battlefield.
Chen Jianyi has stepped up inspections of the arms and pharmaceutical markets."
King Qian of Shu responded in name: "The two industries of arms and medicine must be developed.
This is because if our country of Shu wants to fight a protracted war, we must rely on these two industries.
To develop these two industries, metallurgy and chemistry must be developed to provide raw materials for these two industries.
With the current situation in Shu, resources are invested in four industries, which is already the limit."
King Qian of Shu mocked himself and said: "I thought I would come up with a good way to solve the domestic problems and economic crisis.
Unexpectedly, the policies adopted by our Shu Kingdom still imitate the policies of the empire.
As imitators, if we are still unable to solve the technical problems of these industries and can only turn to the engineers of the empire, it will be too speechless."
Prime Minister Li Jiu said with a smile: "Your Majesty is completely worried.
We, the Shu Kingdom, have a small territory and weak national power. We can only follow the empire across the river in various policies, and it is not suitable for us to be too unconventional.
However, Shu State has always paid more attention to the cultivation of talents than other countries.
Our country has enough talents to enable our industry to quickly complete industrial upgrading."
Prime Minister Li Jiu was very confident when he said this.
King Qian Mingyi of Shu was a civil servant. The Kingdom of Shu has always attached great importance to education and has a sufficient talent pool.
