Gan Ning's legs felt a little weak at this moment, and he managed to stand up by dragging Lu Jun's shoulders with one hand, but he still felt extremely weak inside.
"Well, well, let's not get rid of the big ship." After Gan Ning calmed down for a while, he slowly said with struggle.
"How could you not?" Lu Jun didn't know where the strength came from. He grabbed Gan Ning's clothes and roared, "This is a big ship. This is a lot of hard work. This is a ship that is almost invincible when it is built." Ship!"
"The question is, you said so much, do you have that much money? Fifty billion. Although I, Gan Ning, am quite rich, but with fifty billion, isn't our Han Dynasty's tax revenue so much in a year?" Gan Ning said. Ning turned his head and pushed Lu Jun, who was roaring at his lapel, with his hand. He was a second-rate guy, but he had a very reliable mind. This battleship was not so much short of construction money as it was short of construction materials!
"We should stay calm. If this ship costs 10 billion, I will grit my teeth and pay for it." Gan Ning comforted him. The 50 billion material cost is really crazy. Even with the support of the navy, it is not enough. It's basically impossible to do it.
"Then give me 10 billion first and let me build it first." Lu Jun said without moral integrity. When Gan Ning said 10 billion, Lu Jun's eyes shone.
"I said gritted my teeth, but that doesn't mean I have it now!" Gan Ning almost touched his head to the ground. Although he robbed pirates in the Indian Ocean and plundered the Port City of Cambay Bay, he was still far away from reaching 10 billion yuan. , but it’s already within reach.
"Your understanding of many aspects of this country is not as deep as mine." Seeing Lu Jun demanding money, Gan Ning was silent for a while, preparing to give Lu Jun some information, "I know a lot about this country because of the appointment by Chen Hou. On the one hand, this battleship, according to my visual inspection, if it were purely a steel structure, it would require tens of thousands of kilograms of iron, and we don’t have that much steel at all.”
"No, under the new weights and measures, it's only 30,000 tons." Lu Jun curled his lips and said, "As for steel, Luzhong Steel Plant probably still has several thousand tons of savings."
"There is an output limit." Gan Ning sighed and said, "Ji Cai, give up. This ship can't be built even if you fill it in. Although I don't know what the unit of thirty thousand tons is, in my In my impression, it would take two to three years to produce these steel materials alone, and even if they are produced, it is impossible to leave them all to you."
Gan Ning's explanation made Lu Jun pale. He considered many aspects, but did not consider the issue of production capacity. Although there were many mines in the Central Plains and the output of iron ore was very high, the grade of the iron ore in the Central Plains was Too bad, there are always some other things mixed in.
This also results in the production of high-quality steel being very low. This is why China has had the highest level of steelmaking technology in the feudal era since the Han Dynasty, but the steel produced can only be said to be usable.
Even by the Tang Dynasty, the weapons used by countries in Central Asia, such as Arabia, and Europe, such as Byzantium, had caught up with the Central Plains. By the Song Dynasty, foreign iron tools had even begun to counterattack the Central Plains iron tools.
It’s not that the steel-making technology in places like Europe and Central Asia is so good. To be honest, their technology barely reached the level of the three countries at that time, but it couldn’t stand up to the quality of their ore!
It can be directly used to calcine and cast iron ore, such as high-grade magnetite, which has an iron content of more than 70%. Ten kilograms can produce seven kilograms of iron. No matter how skilled you are, it is nonsense when you encounter this kind of thing. Iron can be made by forging it, and it cannot be done without giving in.
This is why Europe developed weird knight costumes like tin cans after the fifth century. To put it bluntly, it was because the iron ore there was of good quality and had few impurities. The casting method can also be shipped.
As for China, the iron ore reserves are very high, but there are very few high-grade ores, and there are even fewer that can be directly thrown into the blast furnace for smelting. Therefore, the technology is being strengthened like crazy, but the problem is technology. It cannot be advanced overnight, and due to the environment, technology may not be able to distance itself from the opponent's barbaric iron-making method.
By the way, let’s talk about the Celts, one of the first ethnic groups in the world to master iron-making technology. However, their iron-making technology cannot actually be called technology. It is purely because the grade of iron ore is high enough. The carbon that cannot be completely burned reacts with the ore to form iron, and the casting method is crazy and has no technical content...
"Well, I can't go back." After Lu Jun hesitated for a long time, he confessed to Gan Ning. In Lu Jun's view, Gan Ning was trustworthy and a brother who must be trusted, so there was nothing he couldn't say.
Gan Ning was stunned, are you really the obedient and cowardly guy I met, Lu Jun? Why do I feel that you have completely subverted your previous image?
"That's about it. I think it's impossible for me to look back now, but it's okay. This way I don't have to worry about what's there and what's not. I'm going to build him!" Lu Jun saw that Gan Ning was completely suppressed. , suddenly laughed and said, "I didn't expect that I, Lu Jun, could do something that shocked Xingba so much that he couldn't even speak!"
"You retard!" Gan Ning punched Lu Jun in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious. Do you know what you did? I will take you to surrender now, and I can still keep my life. You, no one can protect you any later!
Gan Ning knocked Lu Jun unconscious with one punch, and then put Lu Jun's head down on his shoulders. He had to find someone who could cover up the incident before it happened. Otherwise, he would be doing what Lu Jun is doing now. , those people who pulled him in, even the Lu family was not enough to compensate. If Lu Jun was tricked this time, he would really offend too many people, so many that even Gan Ning could save his life.
More importantly, Gan Ning vaguely sensed the hidden danger behind this. There were too many people and facts involved in this matter.
When Gan Ning knocked Lu Jun unconscious with a punch, Jia Mu was also coming to the Lu family shipyard with a checklist for verification. After all, although the shipyard was nominally owned by the Lu family, in fact it had official connections behind it. Yes, this is half a state-owned asset, so it naturally makes sense to participate in the audit.
Of course, the Lujia Shipyard was not included in the audit list originally. However, during the time when Jia Mu came down, he discovered that a lot of strange materials were flowing to the Lujia Shipyard. Although there was nothing wrong with these instructions, Lu Su was even involved in them. Chen Xi’s level of instructions, but calculating the quantity, Jia Mu felt that this was unscientific!
Whose shipyard needs 2,000 tons of high-quality steel for armor and weapons? Even if there is an official document of instructions, this amount is too much.
In addition, Jia Mu was decentralized from the central government to audit, and he could find out many things. Inexplicably, he discovered that Lu Jun had recently engaged in many activities involving large amounts of currency, and Man Chong had recently paid special attention to the flow of large amounts of currency. , Jia Mu will also stare at it habitually.
Looking at the list involved, the top five wealthy businessmen include the Zhen family, the Wu family, and local tycoons from the Central Plains such as Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, and Sun Min. They are all on the list. And look at the big names like Liu Zhang, Yuan Shu, and Zhou Yu. Man, plus people like Gongsun Gong and Shi Xie who are not short of money, and considering the large and small families involved, Jia Mu can't help but think more.
After all, after a rough search, Jia Mu really couldn't calm down. The total amount of money and various materials involved by Lu Jun had exceeded tens of billions. What was he trying to do?
By the way, in addition to Jia Mu, someone from Cao Cao also came to contact him, hoping to purchase hundreds of tons of high-quality steel from Lu Jun. Of course, this is just thinking about it, the steel in Lu Jun's hands will never be sold, he Not even enough for myself.
Of course, Cao Cao also had official contacts with Liu Bei, hoping to purchase a batch of high-quality steel. This person was called Lu Qian, and he came to communicate about this matter. However, in addition to official figures, there are also other channels in private. , after all, Cao Cao is not absolutely sure whether he can buy steel from Chen Xi.
However, the people who came to contact Lu Jun have not yet connected with Lu Jun.
As for Jia Mu, who was in the process of determining the problem, although he felt that he was a little nosy, he couldn't restrain his curiosity in the end and secretly ran over to see what the Lu family wanted to do. However, before he could enter, He saw Gan Ning rushing out with Lu Jun on his back.
"Uh. General Gan!" Jia Mu was stunned and immediately bowed and saluted.
"You, by the way, you are the son of Military Advisor Jia, Jia Suzhi, why are you here?" Gan Ning looked at Jia Mu, who looked familiar. It took him a while to realize, isn't this Jia Xu's eldest son? But it looks much more heroic than in previous years.
"Audit." After a while, Jia Mu glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, and said coldly and ruthlessly. This is the biggest change in Jia Mu after taking down a group of people recently, "Come to audit Lujia Shipyard situation, there is a problem with the flow of steel and capital!”
The biggest difference for Jia Mu for so long now is that he has become calmer and has learned to create his own advantages in chaotic situations. No matter if he has problems, it's okay. He must first determine his own nature to avoid being confused!
"Audit?" Gan Ning was silent for a while and nodded. Jia Xu, as the core figure of the civil service system, sent his eldest son to do this. Gan Ning had already guessed how many pushers there were, but I don’t know if Jia Mu himself came here for this, or if he came here by accident.
If they are here for this, then I am afraid that someone in the upper echelons is trying to get something wrong. Someone is planning to use Jammu as a raft and Raja Xu to launch a wave of suppression against Chen Xi. This wave involves whether it is a businessman, aristocratic family, or The shipyard, the navy, and Chen Xi are all standing behind them!
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