Producing the standard shipbuilding steel, armor steel, and gun barrel steel during World War II was a piece of cake for Yang Feng. These were all things he mass-produced during the Republic of China. All technical information was stored in his computer.
Just do it again.
It can be said that there are no problems with materials, the power system has been solved, and there are no problems with machines. Lifting, welding, riveting, cutting... China's shipyards now use all the most advanced machines, and even some of the machine tools are directly imported from modern times by Yang Feng.
Compared with foreign countries, the accuracy is completely different.
As for the design, there is no need to think about it. He has complete sets of design drawings for several battleships, even the USS Iowa. Of course, it is not the Iowa that was just sunk by the Spanish. He can pick one from them.
Then just print it out directly. It's just a larger number of prints. It is estimated that it will be easy to fill more than a dozen rooms. Besides, there is no need to completely imitate it. Give a general design for the shipbuilding engineers to study.
Problems are solved for them, which also makes it easier to cultivate talents.
But now Yang Feng's biggest headache is the problem of workers. After all, under his promotion, China's industrial development only took three or four years. In such a short period of time, he simply cannot reserve tens of thousands of shipbuilding workers, not to mention that he still has
He had to maintain the ongoing project, and foreigners were not allowed to participate in this project. In addition, he had to renovate the Dagu Shipyard so that it could also build warships, which would result in an even greater shortage of workers.
In addition to the battleship project that needs to be carried out secretly, he also has a large number of projects that need to be carried out secretly, such as submarines, fighter jets, tanks for the army, and armored vehicles. These must be carried out slowly. In addition to the civilian aspect, if the Panama Canal project is carried out, then it will
A large amount of construction machinery is needed. In order to promote domestic industry, he plans to build these construction machinery domestically.
Anyway, even if someone else wants to build it, it will be in vain if they don't provide a diesel engine.
Emperor Yang felt his head hurt when he thought about his shortage of workers. He had money and skills, but he was limited by the number of workers. Otherwise, he could play bigger now.
"Before the end of this year, ten universities of science and engineering and one hundred vocational training colleges must be established across the country. If the funds are not enough, we will borrow money from banks. If there are not enough teachers, we will hire them abroad. In short, in three years. I must see
There are more than 100,000 or even 200,000 highly qualified workers and engineers in China." Emperor Yang said directly to his Minister of Education, Zhang Zhidong.
Now the governor's office has been abolished because the election of members of Congress is still going on. All cabinet members are appointed by Yang Feng himself. It will not be until two years later that everything is straightened out, and then the elected cabinet will take over, including the governors of each province.
This is also true.
Zhang Zhidong has no objection to this. Running schools is what he likes to do most. He has two cabinet ministers, his father and his son, a duke, and a steel factory at home that is enough for his descendants to be wealthy for a lifetime. It can be said that these are all gifts from Emperor Yang
, naturally devoted to him with all his might.
In addition to the construction of the navy, the army must also expand on a large scale. Yang Feng's goal is to maintain one million active army troops and train at least five million reserve troops. Once a war breaks out, it must be able to mobilize the world's largest army in the shortest possible time.
A huge army. He now has twelve divisions. After the combat mission on Panay Island, the fourth division has withdrawn into the country, leaving only an independent brigade composed of overseas Chinese troops to guard, including the Lin Guoxiang fleet there.
After withdrawing, the distance is not far anyway, and the Nanyang Fleet with all its high-speed battleships can pass by at any time.
Among these twelve divisions, four are stationed in the northeast, and one is rushing to Kulun. It will be stationed permanently in Outer Mongolia in the future. A road construction team is currently building a road from Guannai to Kulun to ensure that this ancient trade road can be passed in the future.
Five-ton load-bearing trucks. There is also a division on its way to Xinjiang, which will be stationed in Dihua in the future. The original trade roads are also being renovated. Although it is not realistic to connect these places by train, there is absolutely no problem in connecting them by car.
, a division was stationed in Lanzhou, not only as their backup, but also to keep an eye on the survivors.
There is a division stationed in Kunming and Chengdu each. Its main task is to guard against the French in Annan. In addition, the division stationed in Chengdu is also responsible for the return of native land to the Tibetan border. The person in charge of this work is a person who makes all parties somewhat baffled.
Yang Feng brought out Zhao Erfeng, who had originally conquered Xikang Province in history, and as his imperial minister was fully responsible for affairs in Tibetan areas.
After these garrisons are gone, not counting the fortress garrison attached to the navy, there will only be three divisions for mobile combat. These are far from enough. At least ten more divisions will be needed for the first batch. Fortunately, with the
After years of training, the number of military talents in Yang Feng's hands is no longer so stretched. After recalling a group of mercenaries with Cuban combat experience from Umbrella Company, students who graduated from military schools, and transferring a group of key officers, basically
So we just put up a shelf. As for recruitment and weapons production, they are trivial matters not worth mentioning. Anyway, there are no combat tasks in the short term, so we just take the opportunity to train the army.
This year can basically be said to be a year when Yang Feng spends money like water. Although China's economic situation is very good at this time and fiscal revenue has been steadily increasing, it is still impossible to support such a huge plan, not to mention the relevant
The construction of the two major railways, the Internal and External Railway and the Longhai Railway, his Guanwai Railway will not only lead to Shenyang, but also to Changchun and Seoul, North Korea in Yang Feng's plan. This requires a large amount of investment, and the shortfall will be made by the issuance
The national debt and the People's Bank of China provided loans to make up for it, and Emperor Yang basically spent all the money he had earned over the years.
Fortunately, he still has thousands of tons of gold and countless jewelry as backing. If it doesn't work, he can only use these. But under normal circumstances, it should not be used. In recent years, the annual growth rate of China's industry has basically exceeded 3%.
Ten, at this rate, the fiscal revenue can be maintained for up to five years, and the loan can be slowly repaid in ten years.
Now some of China's industrial products are already competitive internationally, and even steel has begun to be exported. Including Hanyang Steel Plant, the newly built steel plants in recent years have benefited from Yang Feng's technology and the quality of the steel they produce.
Even more than Europe, especially in terms of the transmission system and armor of high-speed battleships, even the steel produced in Germany is not as good as China's. Countries such as Russia, Austria, and Italy all relied on China's steel when the Bofors production was in short supply.
Replenish.
"It's time to build an oil field!" Emperor Yang looked at Lin Luoke who was driving with his twins outside, and suddenly remembered that something important had not been done yet.
Now Lin Luoke is his queen. Although this move has caused a lot of domestic criticism, it has won Emperor Yang great respect abroad. However, regarding the issue of his successor to the throne in the future, the whole country is unanimously opposed to Lin Luoke's son.
Yang Feng still wanted to argue about inheriting the throne. Fortunately, Ye Zi was pregnant for the first time at this time, and countless imperial doctors diagnosed her as definitely male, so he didn't have to study this issue for the time being.
As for the issue of him being a Catholic, but marrying a bunch of concubines, this has been publicly forgiven by the Pope. After all, this is Chinese tradition.
An oil field must be built domestically. Now China relies entirely on imports of crude oil from the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Although he is a major shareholder of Imperial Petroleum, he must make more preparations for this matter related to national security. In recent years, China’s exports have been
Its flagship product is petrochemical products, and it has even begun to develop the plastics industry. As cars and warships use more and more oil, China's crude oil consumption is actually now comparable to that of the United Kingdom.
In this way, China's crude oil supply cannot be put in any danger. This problem can also be easily solved. Just build out the Shengli Oilfield. Anyway, there is no technical problem. Let's ask the Gulf Oil Company to come over and take charge of this work. Anyway, Saudi Arabia's oil is temporarily
Can't move yet.
While Yang Feng was busy with domestic economic and military construction, his Panama Canal plan had caused an uproar internationally. Capitalists from various countries still had no doubts about Yang Feng's credibility. His medicines had cured countless terminal illnesses.
, now that he says it can solve yellow fever, there will probably be no problem. As for his mechanized construction plan, it is also very attractive. Young Power Systems and General Motors are the major construction machinery manufacturers in Europe and the United States respectively.
, products have now been used on a large scale in various countries. With these construction machinery, the excavation period of this canal will definitely be greatly shortened.
But the problem is that the French have learned too much from the past. Not long after the two billion francs were lost, the French capital community is still licking its wounds. It is indeed a bit scary to invest at such a time.
The American reaction was particularly strong. By this time, McKinley had resigned due to the defeat, and Vice President Hobart took his place. He and his government were immediately frightened by Yang Feng's partnership with Britain, France, Germany, and Russia to dig the Panama Canal.
Breaking into a cold sweat, everyone knows what it will mean to the United States if this canal is controlled by these people.
Tian Bei paid a special visit to Li Hongzhang and expressed dissatisfaction with this. He believed that abandoning the United States was disrespectful to the US government and the Chinese government must give an explanation.
Unfortunately, Li Hongzhang smiled and told him that the canal plan had nothing to do with the Chinese government. It was a private investment by His Majesty the Emperor.
Tian Bei was so stupid that he had no choice but to run to the palace and ask to see His Majesty the Emperor. However, he was told that His Majesty the Emperor had gone on a trip. No one knew where he was going or when he would be back. At first, he thought Yang Feng was deliberately cheating on him, but later
Only then did I know that the emperor who had just ascended the throne was really going to travel.