It is undeniable that the Liang Dynasty, as a superpower in the East and an ancient empire, was of course very rich, even richer than holy places such as the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect. But money is not such a waste.
Gundam frowned a little. After a while he asked again: "Then if we start building a new warship now, can we keep the time within two months?"
Zhang Hao shook his head: "The dock is currently full. We have temporarily received orders from the Immortal Yin Sect and the Xuan Zhen Sect. Together with our own plans, there are a total of 20 warships. These will take three and a half months at the fastest.
After that, it’s your turn to place your order.
In other words, even if you place an order now, it will take five or six months at the earliest."
Gundam gritted his teeth, gritted his teeth again, and suddenly shouted: "Then I want to modify it! Modify two 10,000-ton ships. But as long as the power output is normal, it will be fine.
In addition, I will place an order... By the way, how much is the price? Including the price of modification?"
Zhang Hao was about to speak.
But at this time, Li Yousheng spoke: "My dear nephew, I have an idea. What do you think we can do to win over an ally in the east?
According to the current situation, our fleet will inevitably go farther and farther. But if it goes too far, if something happens, we will be beyond our reach.
It might be much better if we have an ally in the east!"
Gaoshang's eyes suddenly brightened a lot when he looked at Li Yousheng: I will shamelessly call you brother tonight, and I will make money from this.
Speaking of which, although I look young, I am not necessarily younger than Li Yousheng - Li Yousheng is very old because he has entered the Golden Elixir stage and the Nascent Soul stage, so he looks older.
Zhang Hao, as for Zhang Hao, was really moved! Li Yousheng's words really made sense, and he wasn't entirely speaking for God Shang - to be precise, he was also considering Dayang Group and taking care of God Shang by the way.
Gao Da is still smart, and Li Yousheng is not stupid either! One of them is an official and the other is a businessman. They are both successful people and naturally they are also smart.
Zhang Hao thought for a while and finally nodded to Gautama. Gautama breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Hao's nod could save tens of millions of high-grade spiritual stones.
Just listen to Zhang Hao continue: "Let me talk about the price first. If you buy an Iron Duke-class battleship currently in service of the Ocean Group, the price will be no less than 7 million commercial spirit stones. Because the ones we use ourselves have been modified and have advanced technology.
, the materials used, etc. are all the best.”
Gaoshang nodded, this is what it should be, and this is normal! If Zhang Hao said that what we use ourselves and what we sell are the same, that would be nonsense.
Zhang Hao continued: "If a warship wants to be refitted, it needs to be overhauled. The steam turbine is completely different from the Lingshi steam turbine, and many main structures of the ship need to be changed.
To drive a steel battleship, you need at least the power of 10 Nascent Souls in the early stage. That is to say, you need 10 Lingshi steam turbines. Therefore, the actual cost of modifying an Iron Duke-class steel battleship is comparable to that of a Zhenyuan-class battleship.
The price is up!”
Gautama's eyes were a little dazed.
Fortunately, Zhang Hao continued: "But Uncle Li is right, we need an ally. If it is an ally, we can..."
Gautama pricked up his ears.
I heard Zhang Hao continue: "We can build a new dock. It only takes half a month to build a dock; this half month is just used to perfect the spirit stone power technology. Construction will start in half a month, and the warship can be launched in two months.
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Gautama:...
Sure enough, someone is easy to do! Although Zhang Hao didn't say price reduction, this alone is enough. Time is wealth!
Look, Zhang Hao said at the beginning: Our task schedule is full, you have to queue up.
Then, Zhang Hao said: We can open a new dock, we can overtake on curves, and we can build new curves!
Zhang Hao continued: "As for the price, I can't give you a fixed number for the time being. We can't estimate it until the battleship is completed. But don't worry, we will try our best to keep the price down.
But one thing needs to be explained in advance. At present, our spirit stone driving technology is still not perfect, and the power output is not as good as that of a steam turbine. Moreover, it requires a large amount of spirit stones, and subsequent maintenance and use costs will be very expensive."
"I know! But do we have any other choice?" Gundam was a little helpless.
Zhang Hao thought for a while and had to nod. Yes, there really is no more choice for Godard Shang. Because the distance is too far, only battleships driven by spiritual stones can drive back.
However, if an expert uses spells continuously, they can also bring them back - it will just be a bit tiring. It is estimated that they can even fall down from exhaustion during the transformation stage.
After that, Zhang Hao started negotiations with Gundam overnight. Since he wanted to develop allies, what Zhang Hao meant was to directly support technology, etc.
Of course, this negotiation is different from previous negotiations, because Gaoshang was only a political advisor of the Liang Dynasty - not an emperor. In addition, the political environment of the Liang Dynasty was unfamiliar, so Zhang Hao just proposed an intention to cooperate. To be specific, Da Yang was required
The group has to send people to follow Gaoshang back to investigate.
The cooperation of Dayang Group can directly allow the Red Lotus Sect to step on the Holy Fire Sect and abuse it, and can allow the Xuanzhen Sect to break the blockade of the Xiaoyao Sect. It can even make Liang Chao the overlord of the East!
The cause and effect of this kind of cooperation is too great, and Zhang Hao has only discussed a general intention for the time being, nothing more.
The most important thing is to confirm the warship deal, pay the deposit first, and then the Ocean Group will start building a new dock overnight. In fact, with the assistance of magic, construction machinery, etc., the dock can be completed in less than five days. It just needs to allocate craftsmen, etc.
But it is the most troublesome.
Dayang Group does not lack industrial infrastructure equipment, but it lacks excellent workers! And if it wants to redesign a warship purely powered by spirit stones, Hou Shangzhuo and others must do it themselves.
The next day, Zhang Hao asked people to take Da Shang to visit various bases of Dayang Group. Of course, they only visited the 'production base' and the 'research base' was not accessible. The research base of Dayang Group has never been made public.
Zhang Hao, on the other hand, sneaked into the secret research base and continued to study the spirit of immortality with Huang Mingshan and others.
After many attempts, the spiritual energy from high altitude finally showed the characteristics of 'condensation'. Under the environment of high temperature and high pressure, orderly electromagnetic field and thunder and lightning, a wisp of hovering 'spiritual energy' finally appeared in the glass vessel!
When the thunder and lightning disappears, when the glassware is opened, and when this ray of spiritual energy is completely exposed to the air, it hovers quietly, and is even slowly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy from high in the sky, strengthening itself little by little!
"Successful!" Huang Mingshan was excited.
Everyone is excited!
The spirit energy that has troubled the spiritual world for tens of thousands of years was actually created by Dayang Group in a few months!
This is simply a miracle!
(I still have something to do today, so I won’t be able to update until tonight.)