Chapter 430 I'm Going to the North Pole

(Recently, I can’t lift my spirits. It wasn’t until today that my nose was blocked and the upper layer of my mouth was sore and dry, that I suddenly realized that I had a cold. It was a cold with 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 full days.

In the Jade Slips, Zhang Hao explained in detail the benefits of properly disclosing oil refining technology, and even the necessity and even inevitability of disclosing oil refining technology.

Mainly two points:

First, the current technological explosion in China requires energy to promote it, and the proper disclosure of refining technology is conducive to promoting better domestic development.

If the energy is monopolized, the Dayang Group and the country can certainly reap huge benefits, but this kind of benefit is more like killing a chicken to extract the eggs, which is to suck the marrow of the nascent industrial and commercial class.

But in fact, the current industrial and commercial class is full of calculations and has only developed for a year and a half. It is pitiful and needs careful care.

So Zhang Hao made a conclusion: for the benefit of Qixia Country, Dayang Group is willing to give up part of its own interests.

There is also the second point: now we need to go out, our products, our influence, etc. need to go out, especially the current railway, which has begun to extend throughout the scope of Xuanzhenjiao. If we can't promote the formation of a good industrial chain around us, we will be cut off from the market.

For industry and commerce, although technology is important, the market is even more important. Technology can be continuously researched and developed, but market competition is the most cruel - once you lose the upper hand, you will need to multiply your efforts.

Now that Dayang Group and Qixia Country have maintained their advantage, they must try their best to maintain this advantage and not allow others to steal the market.

Especially now that our warships are going to explore the south and need new bases to replenish fuel, etc., but there is no better way for the time being.

In the end, Zhang Hao mentioned by the way: In fact, our strength is still a little weak. Facing the forces of all parties who are staring at us, all 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 must compromise. This is impossible.

For example, Zhang Hao gave an example: The Qixia Kingdom must have at least 10 stages of transformation that are completely their own, in order to obtain enough right to speak!

Liu Xinyu asked a question, but there was no response from around. Hu Yinglan knows her own queen very well, she is just complaining, don't take it seriously.

Sure enough, after the empress finished her complaints, she said again: "And she is willing to give up her own interests for the sake of the Qixia Kingdom, so she speaks as if she is selfless.

Humph. You Dayang Group's equipment, you can sell thousands of sets again!

Hu Yinglan, when will Dayang Group leave for Liuli Island? "

"Back to Your Majesty, it's been the last few days. Dayang Group is testing a new warship today. If there are no problems, it will set off within three to five days."

"You inform Zhang Hao that when you leave, I will go and have a look.

A warship of 30,000 tons. "

The queen was a little emotional, "The first time I met Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao told me that he wanted to build a land on the sea. Now Dayang Group's warships are getting bigger and bigger, with a designed displacement of 35,000 tons...it's exciting."

Hu Yinglan left, but Liu Xinyu called all the officials to start a day's court meeting. Today everyone discussed a lot.

The war in the east is the focus of everyone's attention.

A person in charge of Eastern intelligence reported the situation:

"The current war, as Minister Zhou expected, has been counted as a 'cruel stalemate stage'. At present, the country of Canglan and the country of Shaoze are allied, and the country of Langya, the country of Southern Tang, and the country of Northern Tang are allied.

Among them, the Kingdom of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Kingdom of the Northern Tang Dynasty fought under the pressure of the Xiaoyao faction, which was somewhat passive. "

"Because of the proliferation of technology, neither side dares to venture forward now. Artillery has become the main force on the battlefield of both sides. In the past few days, half of the military equipment we sold to the Land of Canglan and the Land of Shaoze are artillery shells.

The current situation of the war is: the two sides fight back and forth with shells every day, but the real hand-to-hand combat only happened 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 party that takes the initiative to attack will inevitably suffer heavy losses, no exceptions!

In addition, in order to protect shells and so on, the fronts of both sides are almost always covered by multi-layer barriers. The range of the barrier spreads for hundreds of miles or thousands of miles, and the two sides consume tens of millions of low-grade spirit stones every day; hundreds of thousands of middle-grade spirit stones, and tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones.

According to our observations and statistics, the country of Shaoze consumes pills, ammunition, grain, grass, spirit stones, etc. every day, which costs about 100,000 top-grade spirit stones.

Since the war until now, the country of Shaoze has invested at least 1.8 million high-grade spirit stones.

In addition, there is the country of Canglan, and the battle between the country of Canglan and the country of Langya is mainly the battle at sea and by the sea. But now the technology of the black iron warships in the Kingdom of Langya has become more and more mature, and the Kingdom of Canglan has already retreated steadily. The war was fought very hard.

However, the country of Langya is not feeling well, and now nearly half of the country has been occupied. Fighting at sea also disrupted ocean commerce.

And because of the continuous wars, and the research on the black iron battleship, etc., the heritage of the Kingdom of Langya has been almost emptied, and now it is almost entirely dependent on blood transfusions from the Xiaoyao faction.

However, the almost desperate research of the Kingdom of Langya led to the explosion of black iron battleship technology. The latest news shows that the Kingdom of Langya has completed the basic warship industry line, and they are already researching 10,000-ton warships.

According to the information we secretly obtained, it seems that the Kingdom of Langya has also studied welding technology, and it was also completed with the support of the Xiaoyao Sect. "

After a short pause, the intelligence officer added: "Your Majesty, there is one thing that must be reported to you: According to current indications, the Kingdom of Langya, or the Happy School behind the Kingdom of Langya, has basically absorbed the current industrial and commercial thinking and technology.

During this war, the industry and commerce of the Land of Canglan and the Land of Shaoze are also developing rapidly. Because of the development of industry and commerce, although the losses on the battlefield were huge, the country is also actively developing, which obviously exceeds the losses on the battlefield.

In other words, if the two sides continue according to the current situation, the war can last for a long, long time! "

The hall was full of seriousness, and what everyone was most worried about finally became a reality. No, more grim than feared.

"Can you develop while fighting?" 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 Liu Xinyu say this, he immediately looked worried: "Your Majesty! We are different from the country of Shaoze and the country of Canglan.

The country of Canglan has a strong foundation, and although the country of Shaoze has just been unified, it was one country after all. But we are different. What we have just unified is the territory that did not belong to us in the past. Moreover, we have been marching east in the past, and there is hardly much accumulation in the country.

Your Majesty, we should be safe.

As for the country of Qingyun, Zhang Hao mentioned the trade war, and the effect has already begun to appear, we just need to persevere.

In the current country of Qixia, no movement is worse than silence. "

Prime Minister Zhao Duo also came out to persuade us, we can't stand the trouble for the time being, please calm down, Your Majesty.

Liu Xinyu's eyes shifted, and finally looked at Zhou Jue. Zhou Jue has been in the court for a while, and the household department is very busy now.

Nowadays, the functions of the Ministry of Households have increased. In addition to the past national finances, population statistics have also been added. Zhou Jue was extremely busy.

Seeing Liu Xinyu's eyes, Zhou Jue immediately said, "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 had an element of counterattack, rather than active attacks and provoking wars.

Once we directly and actively participate in the war, our current situation will be broken.

We need to maintain this situation, and if possible, it is best to step out of the scope of war forever, remain neutral, and develop ourselves wholeheartedly. "

After hearing this, Liu Xinyu nodded slowly, "Yes, what you said makes sense! So, shall we strengthen foreign trade next?"

Zhou Jue opened the mouth and said: "Yes, especially to strengthen the trade export to the free and unfettered faction, and to impact the industrial and commercial development of the free and unfettered faction with high-quality and cheap commodities.

It is not convenient for us to communicate directly with the Xiaoyao faction, but we can use the power of Jiuzhenlou, that is, West Kunlun.

Of course, if possible, it is best to inform Xuanzhen Sect that we will conduct a dumping trade with Xuanzhen Sect on the Xiaoyao Sect.

Recently, our industry and commerce have developed rapidly, and the textile factory will soon be put into production. Our black iron, elixir, etc. are of better quality and lower prices. Our steel can offset many refining workshops.

If we can dump a large amount of low-level elixir, black iron, etc., we can exchange a lot of medicinal materials and resources from the Xiaoyao faction. If things go on like this, it can destroy the refining ability of low-level pills within the scope of Xiaoyao faction.

Low-level pills are the foundation of practice. Once there is a problem with the low-level elixir, the entire cultivation system will be affected. "

Liu Xinyu smiled, "In order to prevent me from launching a war, you really took great pains and plotted against the Xiaoyao faction."

"Hey..." Zhou Jue smiled.

Anyway, everyone is against war; but everyone also understands that this queen of hers doesn't seem to be a law-abiding master. If you don't find something for her to do, she might really be able to start a war. At least, the Queen is very 'concerned' about the northern countries.

The few countries in the north are relatively weak, and with the current ability of Qixia Country, it is really possible to defeat them. But now the Qixia Kingdom has aroused the vigilance of Xuanzhen Sect, take it easy.

There is not enough time to transform into a god, the current Qixia Kingdom should be more honest.

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While Liu Xinyu was discussing, the tests of Hai Hai and Arctic Ocean had already started.

When the warship was designed, it had a standard displacement of 35,000 tons, but due to lack of experience, the actual standard displacement was 34,000 tons, but the full-load displacement was as high as 38,000 tons—already close to the standard of 40,000 tons.

The 270-meter-long, 32-meter-wide steel battleship is a real behemoth. Even the 20,000-ton battleship Zhenyuan looks one-third smaller than it.

The battleship Zhenyuan 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 a glance, 210 meters can still be covered by sight; but the length of 270 meters, parked near the port, can't be seen at a glance-the visual and psychological impact is even more significant!

Whether it is length, width, or the height of the superstructure, there is a significant gap between the two.

Psychologically speaking, the Arctic Ocean can be called land and sea.

Especially on the bow of the Arctic Ocean, the main gun has been replaced with a double, 550mm cannon! Zhang Hao frantically tested the theory of giant ship cannons on his own battleship.

It must be admitted that before the missiles come out, the giant ship cannon is the truth.

The new Arctic Ocean has a high-quality steel plate with an armor as high as 500 mm, and the flying sword of the transformation stage cuts on the armor, leaving only a trail of sparks.

If the Arctic Ocean has any shortcomings, it is speed. The size of the battleship has increased, but the power technology is a little behind, so that the ordinary speed of the Arctic Ocean is only 72 kilometers, which is two kilometers slower than the battleship Zhenyuan.

The 120% load speed is only 76 kilometers, which is slower than the 79 kilometers of Zhenyuan.

After turning on the array assist, the maximum speed is only 126 kilometers, which is slower than the Zhenyuan's limit speed of 130 kilometers.

However, this flaw cannot conceal the success of the Arctic Ocean and the shock it caused.

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, her shoulders were almost on Zhang Hao's shoulders, Zhang Hao could even feel the warmth and softness of Hua Baixiang's body, and the faint fragrance of flowers floated into Zhang Hao's nostrils .

Seeing Hua Baixiang's enchanting and plump body from the corner of his eyes, Zhang Hao only 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 dangerous! Zhang Hao quickly cleared up his mood, and his tone was a bit rude: "Why didn't you leave? The fleet went south this morning, I remember you boarded the ship too?"

"Oh... I thought about it, but I still can't bear to part with you~ So when the boat was in the sea, I flew back again." Hua Baixiang's tone was waxy, with a hint of coquettishness. This woman seems to like to tease Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao has a black hair, and for the first time, he hates that cultivators can fly around. You have run away to sea, and you can still fly back! Why is that silver-horned king in the sea so honest?

In fact, if King Silver Horn was here, he would definitely say: I am frightened by the madness of your humans.

Zhang Hao ignored Hua Baixiang and continued to observe the battleship. He felt that it was better for this woman to sit aside.

Not wanting to spend Baixiang but not letting go of Zhang Hao, he squeezed Zhang Hao's shoulders and exhaled like blue: "I heard that your battleship Arctic Ocean is going to the north?"

"Hmm!" Zhang Hao replied unhappily.

"Oh, I also want to go to the north to see it. Ever since I learned about the theory of the circle of the earth, I have also been very curious. By the way, I saw Zhao Dahe's 'Tianyuan Star Demonstration Ball'. According to Zhao Dahe's calculations, the Qixia Kingdom It is about 68,000 kilometers to the north, the North Pole.

68,000 kilometers, if the warship loads less shells and more fuel, it is still very hopeful to arrive.

I want to visit the North Pole. "

Zhang Hao rolled his eyes: "Don't even think about it. Now that the battleship has gone to the North Pole, there is simply not enough fuel to return. And the situation in the north is more dangerous.

We are going to explore the North Pole little by little in three years. "

"Then I'm going to Liuli Island!" Hua Baixiang immediately changed her words.