(I've been having trouble keeping my spirits up lately. It wasn't until today that my nose was blocked and the upper part of my mouth was a little sore and dry, and I suddenly realized that I had a cold, and that it was a cold that had an incubation period of several days.)
"Is this what Zhang Hao said?" Liu Xinyu looked at the jade slip and had been thinking about it for two days.
In the jade slips, Zhang Hao explained in detail the benefits of properly disclosing oil refining technology, and even the necessity and even necessity of disclosing oil refining technology.
Mainly two points:
First, the current technological explosion in the country requires energy to promote it, and proper disclosure of oil refining technology will help promote better domestic development.
If it monopolizes energy, Ocean Group and the country can certainly gain huge profits, but this kind of profit is more like killing the goose to obtain the eggs, draining the marrow of the newly born industrial and commercial class.
But in fact, the current industrial and commercial class is full of plans and has only developed for a year and a half. It is very immature and needs careful care.
So Zhang Hao concluded: For the benefit of Qixia Country, Dayang Group is willing to give up some of its own interests.
There is a second point: now we need to go out, our products, our influence, etc. all need to go out, especially now that the railway has begun to extend throughout the entire Xuanzhen Sect. If we cannot promote the formation of a good surrounding
The industrial chain means that it is isolated from the market.
For industry and commerce, although technology is important, the market is even more important. Technology can be continuously developed, but the competition for the market is the most brutal. Once you lose the lead, you will need to work several times harder.
Now that Dayang Group and Qixia Kingdom have maintained their advantage, they must try their best to maintain this advantage and not let others steal the market.
Especially now that our warships have to explore south and need new bases to replenish fuel, etc., and there is no better way for the time being.
Finally, Zhang Hao mentioned in passing: In fact, our strength is still a bit weak. Facing the covetous forces from all sides, what we can do is to release some fat appropriately in exchange for our development opportunities. Until we are strong enough!
If you are weak, you have to compromise. There is no way around it.
For example, Zhang Hao gave an example: The Kingdom of Qixia must have at least 10 gods who are completely their own in order to gain sufficient say!
Liu Xinyu asked, but there was no response. Hu Yinglan knew her queen very well, she was just complaining, don't take it seriously.
Sure enough, after the queen finished complaining, she said again: "You are willing to give up your own interests for the sake of the country of Qixia, making it sound like you are selfless.
Humph. Your Dayang Group's equipment can sell thousands of sets!
Hu Yinglan, when will Dayang Group leave for Liuli Island?"
"Back to Your Majesty, it's only been in the past few days. Today the Ocean Group is testing a new warship. If there are no problems, it will set off within three to five days."
"You inform Zhang Hao and tell me that I'm going to take a look when we set off.
A 30,000-ton warship."
The Queen was a little emotional, "When I first met Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao told me that he wanted to build a land on the sea. Nowadays, Ocean Group's warships are getting bigger and bigger, with a designed displacement of 35,000 tons... It's very desirable."
Hu Yinglan left, but Liu Xinyu summoned all officials to start a day of court meetings. There was a lot to discuss today.
The war in the East is the focus of everyone's attention.
Someone specifically responsible for eastern intelligence reported the situation:
"Now, as Minister Zhou expected, the war has entered a 'brutal stalemate stage'. Currently, the Canglan Kingdom and the Shaoze Kingdom are allied, and the Langya Kingdom, the Southern Tang Kingdom, and the Northern Tang Kingdom are allied.
Among them, the Kingdom of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Kingdom of the Northern Tang Dynasty went to war under the pressure of the Xiaoyao Faction, and they were somewhat passive."
"Because of the proliferation of technology, no one on either side dares to advance. Artillery has become the main force on the battlefield for both sides. In the past few days, half of the military equipment we sold to the Country of Canglan and the Country of Shaoze are artillery shells.
The current war situation is: both sides use artillery shells to fight back and forth every day, and real close combat only occurs twice, with a total of only 30,000 to 50,000 people.
In these two close encounters, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Under the attack of formations, artillery, ballistas, etc., the side that took the initiative to attack would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and there was no exception!
In addition, in order to protect against artillery shells, the front lines of both sides are almost always shrouded in multiple layers of barriers. The range of the barriers spreads for hundreds or thousands of miles, and both sides consume tens of millions of low-grade spiritual stones every day; tens of millions of medium-grade spiritual stones.
One hundred thousand, and tens of thousands of high-grade spiritual stones.
According to our observations and statistics, the Kingdom of Shaoze consumes elixirs, ammunition, grain, spiritual stones, etc. every day, which costs about 100,000 high-grade spiritual stones.
Since the war, the Kingdom of Shaoze has invested at least 1.8 million high-grade spiritual stones.
In addition, there is the country of Canglan. The battle between the country of Canglan and the country of Langya is mainly at sea and seaside battles. But now that the black iron battleship technology of the country of Langya has become more and more mature, the country of Canglan has been losing ground.
.The war was fought very hard.
However, the country of Langya is not feeling well either. Now nearly half of its territory has been lost. The battles at sea have also led to the interruption of maritime trade.
And because of the continuous wars, coupled with the research on the Black Iron Battleship, the Langya Kingdom's heritage has been almost exhausted, and now it relies almost entirely on blood transfusions from the Xiaoyao Sect.
However, Langya Kingdom's almost all-or-nothing research has led to the explosion of Black Iron battleship technology. The latest news shows that Langya Kingdom has completed the basic battleship industry line, and they are already researching 10,000-ton battleships.
According to the information we secretly discovered, Langya Kingdom seems to have also researched welding technology, and this research was also completed with the support of the Xiaoyao Sect."
After a pause, the intelligence officer added: "Your Majesty, there is one thing I must report to you: According to various current signs, Langya Kingdom, or the Xiaoyao sect behind Langya Kingdom, has basically absorbed the current industrial and commercial thinking and
technology.
During this war, the industry and commerce of Canglan Country and Shaoze Country were also developing rapidly. Because of the development of industry and commerce, although both sides suffered huge losses on the battlefield, they were also actively developing domestically, which significantly exceeded the battlefield losses.
In other words, if both sides continue as they are now, the war can last for a long, long time!"
The hall was filled with solemnity. What everyone was most worried about finally came true. No, it was more serious than feared.
"Can you actually develop while fighting a war?" Liu Xinyu's eyes were deep, "The potential of industry and commerce seems a bit beyond imagination. It seems that we are still too conservative.
The Kingdom of Qingyun has been making small moves recently, and it seems to be uniting with several countries in the north."
When Wu Fanghai heard what Liu Xinyu said, he suddenly looked worried: "Your Majesty! We are different from the country of Shaoze and the country of Canglan.
The country of Canglan has a rich heritage. Although the country of Shaoze has just been unified, it was still the same country before. But we are different. What we have just unified is a territory that did not belong to us in the past. Moreover, we have been marching eastward in the past.
There is almost no accumulation.
Your Majesty, we should seek stability.
As for the country of Qingyun, Zhang Hao mentioned the trade war, and the effects have been initially revealed. We just need to persist.
Today, the country of Qixia is more peaceful than quiet."
Prime Minister Zhao Duo also came out to persuade us, "We can't bear the trouble for the time being. Your Majesty, please calm down."
Liu Xinyu's eyes wandered, and finally she looked at Zhou Jue. Zhou Jue has been in the court for a while, and the household department is very busy nowadays.
Nowadays, the functions of the Ministry of Household Affairs have been increased. In addition to the national finance in the past, it also added demographics and so on. Zhou Jue is very busy.
Zhou Jue saw Liu Xinyu's eyes and immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, once there is a war, our current situation will be destroyed.
In fact, the reason why we are developing so fast now is because we have a somewhat "neutral" relationship. Even the previous wars always involved counterattacks, rather than proactive attacks or provocations.
Once we directly and actively participate in the war, our current situation will be broken.
We need to maintain this situation. If possible, it is best to stay out of the scope of war forever, remain neutral, and focus on developing ourselves."
Liu Xinyu listened and nodded slowly, "Yes, what you said makes sense! So, shall we strengthen foreign trade next?"
Zhou Jue said: "Yes, especially to strengthen the export of trade to the Xiaoyao sect, and to impact the industrial and commercial development of the Xiaoyao sect with high-quality and low-priced goods.
It is not convenient for us to communicate directly with Xiaoyao Sect, but we can go through Jiuzhen Tower, which is the power of West Kunlun.
Of course, if possible, it would be best to inform the Xuanzhen Sect, and we will work with the Xuanzhen Sect to conduct dumping trade with the Xiaoyao Sect.
Our industry and commerce have been developing rapidly recently, and the textile factory will soon be put into production. Our black iron, elixirs, etc. are of better quality and lower prices. Our steel can offset the cost of many weapon refining workshops.
If we can dump a large amount of low-level elixirs, black iron, etc., we can exchange a large amount of medicinal materials and resources from the Xiaoyao Sect. In the long run, we can destroy the refining capabilities of low-level elixirs within the Xiaoyao Sect.
Low-level elixirs are the foundation of practice. Once there is a problem with low-level elixirs, the entire practice system will be affected."
Liu Xinyu smiled, "In order to prevent me from starting a war, you really took great pains to plot against the Xiaoyao Sect."
"Hehe..." Zhou Jue smiled.
Anyway, everyone is opposed to war; but everyone also understands that the queen of her family does not seem to be a peaceful person. If you don't find something for her to do, she may not really be able to instigate a war. At least,
The Queen is very 'concerned' about several northern countries.
Several countries in the north are relatively weak. With the current capabilities of the Qixia Kingdom, it is really possible to defeat them. However, the current Qixia Kingdom has aroused the vigilance of the Xuanzhen Sect, so be patient.
There is not enough time to transform into a god, so the current Qixia Kingdom should be more honest.
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While Liu Xinyu was discussing, the test of the Arctic Ocean had already begun by the seaside.
When the battleship was designed, it had a standard displacement of 35,000 tons. However, due to insufficient experience, the actual standard displacement was 34,000 tons, but the full-load displacement was as high as 38,000 tons, which is close to the 40,000-ton standard.
The steel battleship with a length of 270 meters and a width of 32 meters is a real behemoth. Even the 20,000-ton battleship Zhenyuan looks one-third smaller in comparison.
The Zhenyuan battleship is 210 meters long, but visually, it feels almost one-third smaller than the new Arctic Ocean.
The length of 210 meters and the length of 270 meters are different concepts. At first glance, 210 meters can still be covered by the line of sight; but when the length of 270 meters is parked near the port, the visual and psychological impact cannot be seen at a glance, which is even more Remarkable!
Whether it is length, width, or height of the superstructure, there is a significant gap between the two.
Psychologically speaking, the Arctic Ocean can be called a sea and a land.
Especially the bow of the Arctic Ocean, the main gun has been replaced with a twin, 550 mm cannon! Zhang Hao is frantically testing the theory of giant ship cannons on his own battleship.
We must admit that before missiles come out, giant ships and cannons are the truth.
The new Arctic Ocean has high-quality steel plates with an armor height of 500 mm. Even if the flying sword of the God Transformation stage cuts into the armor, it will only leave a trail of sparks.
If there is any shortcoming of the Arctic Ocean, it is speed. The battleship has increased in size, but its power technology cannot keep up, so that the normal speed of the Arctic Ocean is only 72 kilometers, which is two kilometers slower than the Zhenyuan battleship.
The 120% load speed is only 76 kilometers, which is slower than the 79 kilometers of the Zhenyuan.
After turning on the array assistance, the maximum speed is only 126 kilometers, which is slower than the Zhenyuan's maximum speed of 130 kilometers.
However, this flaw cannot cover up the success and shock caused by the Arctic Ocean.
The battleship accelerated little by little, and countless cheers erupted from the shore.
"This is your new battleship!" Hua Baixiang suddenly appeared next to Zhang Hao, his shoulders almost leaning on Zhang Hao's shoulders. Zhang Hao could even feel the warmth of Hua Baixiang's body, and the faint floral fragrance floated into Zhang Hao's nostrils. .
Seeing Hua Baixiang's voluptuous and plump body from the corner of his eye, Zhang Hao felt a little hot in his heart. This woman is a real fairy! Compared with her, Zhou Xueyao is just a young girl.
But this woman is also very dangerous! Zhang Hao quickly calmed down and said in a rude tone: "Why didn't you leave? The fleet went south this morning. I remember you also boarded the ship, right?"
"Oh... I thought about it, but I still couldn't let you go~ So when the boat went to the sea, I flew back again." Hua Baixiang's tone was waxy, with a hint of scorn. This woman seemed to particularly like teasing Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao had a black line on his head, and for the first time he was a little disgusted that cultivators could fly around. You have already fled to the sea, and you can still fly back! Why is that silver-horned king in the sea so honest?
In fact, if King Silver Horn were here, he would definitely say: I am frightened by the madness of you humans.
Zhang Hao ignored Hua Baixiang and continued to observe the battleship. He felt that it was better for this woman to stay aside.
He didn't want to spend Baixiang but didn't let Zhang Hao go. He squeezed Zhang Hao with his shoulder and exhaled like a blue: "I heard that your Arctic Ocean battleship is going to the north?"
"Yeah!" Zhang Hao responded unhappily.
"Oh, I want to go to the north too. Ever since I learned about the theory of a round earth, I have been very curious about it. By the way, I saw Zhao Dahe's 'Tian Yuan Star Demonstration Ball'. According to Zhao Dahe's calculations, the Kingdom of Qixia To the north, oh the North Pole, it's about 68,000 kilometers.
68,000 kilometers. If the warships carry fewer artillery shells and more fuel, there is still hope that the West will arrive.
I want to go see the North Pole."
Zhang Hao rolled his eyes: "Don't even think about it. Now that the warship has gone to the North Pole, there is simply not enough fuel to return. And the situation in the north is even more dangerous.
We plan to spend three years exploring the Arctic bit by bit."
"Then I'm going to Liuli Island!" Hua Baixiang immediately changed her mind.