"Don't ask anything. I don't know anything. I just guessed it!"
"In today's world, the rich and powerful in the capital only value money, while the rich in the countryside are just followers. They will dig wherever there is money!"
"Some of the extremely poor people have entered the factory. It seems that they have enough to eat for a few days, but in the long run, the hidden dangers are too great... With so many workers gathered together, if you are not careful, it will be a catastrophic disaster!"
"But the Chinese and foreigners are doing something capitalistic, and what is it called capitalism! I have also researched it and read a few articles... It really makes me feel chilled!"
"What is capitalism? From my humble understanding, everything is based on money! And money also favors using money to directly make money, rather than relying entirely on industry!"
"This is so terrible. People's hearts are focused on capital. If they are completely obsessed with it, they will definitely lose their humanity! As long as it is beneficial, they will dare to do anything!"
"Nowadays, the capital seems to be cooking with flowers, but I feel that this is just letting the water go to raise fish...Sooner or later, there will be a big problem. By then, the world will be in chaos, and we will have to rely on guns to stabilize the country?"
"Brother! It's not that I have any rebellious intentions. I just want to have a little more strength in my hands when the world is in chaos in the future, so that I can protect the descendants of our Han people!"
"You have left one hundred thousand brothers in the Western Regions. You will be too far away to take care of the chaos in the Central Plains in the future!"
"If the war really breaks out again, and the Central Plains is thousands of miles away, innocent people die miserably, and we, the Han people, are massacred... even your 100,000 soldiers won't be able to reach them if they want to come back!"
"It's too far, you put your troops too far..."
After finally saying these words, Zuo Jigao was moved, "Hiss... Is it so serious? It can't be like this, right?"
"Ouch... Brother, just find a few reliable stock traders when you have time and ask them to tell you about the bloody turmoil in the stock market some time ago!"
"By the way... there are two people you should get to know personally. One is Prince Zheng's servant Qin Ye, and the other is the Han Chinese Bai Hua, the owner of the Baya Yang Car Dealer!"
"Every man and man has experienced the big scene in the stock market. Do you know how many people died at that time? Countless..."
"Why do I say that the British and Chinese will become more and more dangerous in the future? This is based on studying their capitalism!"
"People who believe in these things believe in plunder and aggression deep down. In their eyes, money has no ownership. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine!"
"They think that if all the money in the world is gathered into capital, there will be no master. It depends on how you operate and how you gather the money into your own hands!"
"This kind of thinking is too combative and aggressive... The Chinese can now make money with them, so there is no conflict for the time being, but there will definitely be uneven distribution of the spoils in the future!"
"The greed of the British is more ferocious than that of the Chinese. There will definitely be conflicts and frictions between the foreign devils and the Japanese devils... and it is very likely that they will be at sea!"
"Now look at it, can our Qing Dynasty not build a navy? It must be built. It is a matter of life and death..."
Speaking of this, Li Hongzhang was willing to go all out. He stood up and bowed deeply to Zuo Zongtang, bending over but not getting up.
"Brother...Brother, my men are already in the UK. The Armstrong Shipyard has successfully copied the five-thousand-ton Zhiyuan-class battleship!"
"The firepower is fierce, the speed is fast, and the quality of the British old industrial country is guaranteed, and the production efficiency is high!"
"As long as the imperial court appoints me to run the Great Cleansing Division, my slaves will immediately place an order and pay a deposit in the UK! The British have said that as long as the money is in place, they can compress the one-and-a-half-year construction period into one year!"
"It's not much money, it's really not much, 2.5 million taels per boat... There are discounts for buying more than three boats!"
"It will take one year to launch the warship. On the way back to the Qing Dynasty, we can complete the test of the entire ship. Once we arrive in the Qing Dynasty, we will train the sailors!"
"Three years are guaranteed to form combat effectiveness. Brother, I guarantee it with my life. As long as the money is enough, the navy will be able to fight in three years!"
"On the day when the world really changes, we won't be in a situation where we don't have a boat in our hands!"
Hiss... Li Hongzhang's words made Zuo Zongtang feel nervous. He did not expect that Li Hongzhang's preparations had reached this point, and all the information was the same as what the international students at Mawei Naval Academy said.
Liu Buchan, Deng Shichang... and a group of foreign students from Mawei Shipbuilding School. These people are deeply imprinted by Zuo Zongtang. After all, it was Marshal Zuo who trained them.
Therefore, some intelligence on the development of the European navy is reported to the commander-in-chief.
Britain's industrial strength today is actually a bit higher than when Xiao Letian traveled through time in his previous life. This may be the butterfly effect of time travellers.
The early battleships in human history had relatively simple structures and no complex electrification equipment, so the production cycle was very short.
HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship in history, was built on October 2, 1905 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in England and launched on February 10, 1906.
It was commissioned on December 2, 1906. On December 3, 1907, the battleship Dreadnought was formally commissioned after a long period of inspection of new equipment. It later became the flagship of the British Royal Navy's Home Fleet and was capable of actual combat.
For an established industrial power, the construction cycle of a few thousand tons of steel sea-going ships is only about half a year. The British quoted Li Hongzhang as one and a half years, which already creates a lot of surplus.
The most difficult part of producing warships is post-debugging and naval training. This is purely based on time. The sailors are adapting to the warship, and the warship is also adapting to the control of these sailors!
Li Hongzhang is so careful, Zuo Zongtang has no choice but to be convinced by now!
"Shao Quan! I really didn't expect you to be ready to this point. It's really not easy, rare, rare!"
"But haven't you ever thought about it? If I recommend you, you will surely take office? Wouldn't the imperial court give this powerful navy to the Manchus?"
"Hahaha... Brother, please stop joking. Are the whole people going to the sea? They are afraid when they see the sea. In the end, we Han people still have to build this navy!"
"Let the court send any prince at will! I will be his deputy, and you will see. In the end, the power of the navy will still be in my hands, brother!"
Zuo Zongtang sighed, "Put the fold here with me. I'll look back and take a closer look... I'll give you a news in three days if it works!"
"Here comes someone... The flower hall is preparing a banquet. When an old friend comes, he must have a good drink!"
"Ouch... Then you really bother me, try the craftsmanship in my house!"
