In the blue sea, five ironclad ships broke through white lines and walked through the waves.

On the deck, soldiers wearing blue and white water uniforms stood solemnly, like nails, with an iron-blooded breath rushing towards them.

This is the Fuzhou ship that Ye Zhao rode on. The Jinling-class ironclad ship just completed by the Fuzhou Shipyard has a displacement of 3,100 tons and a closed rotary turret. What is more eye-catching is the improvement of the steam system and a high and low-pressure cylinder hybrid engine, which has higher thermal efficiency.

In fact, the power system is also one of the difficulties that the 6,000-ton plan needs to be overcome. For example, using the twin-cylinder single-tube engine that the Southern Navy has always used, according to the engineer's prediction, the huge ironclad ship consumes 3 tons of coal per hour with 10 boilers working, which can reach a speed of about 12 knots. In theory, the ironclad ship stores about 1,000 tons of coal, that is, if there is no coal transport ship or harbor supply, if sails are not installed, the ship theoretically sails at a speed of 12 knots and can only last for 14 or 15 days.

Therefore, it is inevitable to improve the power system. It is better to use and improve the two-stage engines that have been widely installed on merchant ships. At the same time, due to the principle of gas engines, Nanguo is also testing the three-expansion steam engine.

Fuzhou Shipyard has now received an order for civilian ships, with a displacement of about 4,000 tons, which is a good technical accumulation.

Wuchang Shipyard has begun to build Jinling-class ironclad ships. For the southern country, medium-tonnage warships are already familiar with. Although the Wuchang Factory has just been completed, it has a large number of skilled workers and technicians. It is expected that the ship will be launched in ten months and will definitely be completed in one and a half years.

Ye Zhao classified the ships in the South. The displacement of more than 5,000 tons is first-class ship, more than 2,500 tons is second-class ship, and the rest are third-class ships or armored express ships. Today, the main combat ships in the South are naturally mainly second-class ships.

Due to repeated damages, the Zhenhai has now retired gloriously and joined the training ship ranks of Guangzhou Naval Academy.

In the past two years, the South China has made great progress in emerging technologies. The first thermal power plant that can be powered remotely appeared in Guangzhou, the second appeared in Changsha and Jinling, and Fuzhou, Fuzhou, Suzhou, Shanghai and other places under construction.

The application of electricity has also triggered a series of technological revolutions, and the manufacturing industry of electrical appliances such as motors, transformers, and cables has grown rapidly.

Steelmaking technology has been further developed. Guangzhou Steel Industry conducted experiments on the basis of converters and used alkaline refractory materials as furnace linings, which greatly improved the efficiency of removing phosphorus impurities. The Wuchang Steel Plant, which has recently produced the first steel furnace, has adopted a large number of alkaline converters. Since then, the Schott furnace and alkaline converter have been running side by side in the south, and the quality and output of steel are developing leaps and bounds.

In October 1861, the South China established the world's first industrial laboratory in Shanghai. Inspired by the Chinese, the same laboratory was only completed in 1867 after the end of the civil war. In November, Ye Zhao, a professor at Guangzhou University in South China, published the "During the Elements Table", which shocked the world's chemistry community. He heard that the Russian chemist Mendeleev sighed. He was studying the laws of chemical elements. He had just touched the path. He thought he could recognize its laws in three or two years, but he did not want to be taken first by the Chinese.

Nanguo's chemical manufacturing industry has developed rapidly in the past two years. New methods of using ammonia as a medium to produce soda ash and using nitrogen oxide to produce sulfuric acid have greatly increased the production of basic raw materials for these two chemical industries. With the advent of the periodic table of chemical elements and element theory, Nanguo began to study the application of catalytic and fission technology in the petroleum smelting industry, and the quality of petroleum smelting has been further improved.

Many of these technologies complement each other, for example, if the chemical industry had not been further applied, the development of the chemical industry would not have made such great progress.

Ye Zhao was full of confidence in China's development. He had a large population and a large land and vast land. Sometimes it was not just a talk. For example, in Europe, in 1860, France and Britain signed a ten-year commercial agreement to give each other's most-favored-nation treatment. Then France signed a commercial agreement with Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bilibili, Austria, Netherlands, and Puerto.

Why? Resources are more one-sided and the consumer market is limited. It uses a complementary type to achieve rapid development, but it is not easier to coordinate than a unified country. However, this problem will basically not exist after unified China.

Therefore, Ye Zhao never thought about the development of the Meiji Restoration. If we start to enter the stage of industrial development from this era together, without making any decisions on both sides, how can the narrow-minded *** be on the same level as China? Compared with the development speed, it is also comparable to that of the United States.

Standing on the deck, blew the sea breeze, Ye Zhao lit a cigarette and handed it to Li Jianchen beside him. Li Jianchen took it, put it into his sleeve, and said, "Your Highness, I am foolish," and said, "As soon as he said, I took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao took it and looked through it, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's too long."

It was the preface to the New Dynasty Constitution drafted by Ye Zhao, who asked Li Jianchen to take the lead in drafting the New Dynasty Constitution. The State Council had already begun to prepare for the draft constitution of the New Dynasty. In fact, the preparations for the establishment of the New Dynasty were in an orderly manner. The country name has not been finalized yet. There are four plans. First, use Qian to replace the Qing Dynasty and take the title of King Qian as the title of King Qian as the title of the country, which is also considered to be relatively regular; second, use Gui instead of Qing Dynasty, and double soil produces wood, and soil overcomes water. Gui is a lucky place for King Qian. If there was no Gui land to join him, there would be no rise of the Southern Dynasties; third, it is called the Chinese Empire or the Chinese Empire; fourth, it is the China and Ryukyu United Empire.

Because the Southern Dynasty envoy informed the Southern Dynasty that the Southern Dynasty was about to establish a country, the Ryukyu king was willing to submit to China.

However, there are many people who oppose the fourth country name and are difficult to adopt. All the ministers believe that Ryukyu is originally the land of China, and the theory of unity is alienated, let alone how can Ryukyu be called together with China?

Ye Zhao was not sure about these four national names for a while and just waited for the heaven to give way.

Ye Zhao felt that after coming to this world for a long time, he was also talking about it, or in other words, he began to respect ghosts and gods. Thinking about it, it was actually a good thing.

There are no taboos, and it seems to break everything, but often, there are no moral constraints.

In the atmosphere of being in the air, he would unknowingly worship the gods. Ye Zhao gradually felt that his mood was not as restless as his previous life, and often seemed to have a sustenance.

"Be simple and powerful," said Ye Zhao.

"Yes, my colleagues and colleagues will think about it again." Li Jianchen bowed and said, standing next to the Regent, thinking about the prosperity of the new dynasty in the future, his heart was over and downs.

Along the way, with great difficulty, if the Regent took the lead in this country, Li Jianchen believed that China would definitely reappear in the prosperous era of the barbarians coming to the dynasty in the future.

The coastal outline gradually appeared in front of me, and I saw it and arrived at Zhigu Port.

The Third Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Town of the Matchmaker has conquered Tianjin, and the rest are on the Yizhou line in Baoding and are launching a general attack on the northern garrison forces in Zhili. The matchmaker is also organized into the Matchmaker's army with 2,000 armored musketeers from the Chechen Khan tribe.

Shanxi Governor Li Henian surrendered, Zheng Ze's army of armed forces entered Taiyuan, and reorganized the surrendered Green Camp New Military and Civilian Corps.

After Shenbao and Harichi defeated Xi'an, the Shenbao troops stationed troops in Xi'an and issued a Pingyuan military order, ordering the remnants of the Qing army in Xi'an and Shaanxi to surrender. Harichi's troops advanced to Gansu and headed towards Lanzhou.

The battle between the north and the south is unprecedented in the test of the mobilization, logistics support and coordination capabilities of various ministries and provinces.

The Harichi's troops took advantage of the victory to attack Lanzhou, and even more, the Southern Dynasties needed to mobilize countless civilians to ensure this long-distance supply line.

Lanzhou is temporarily the farthest place where Ye Zhao sent the armed forces. When Harich attacks Lanzhou, he needs to stabilize and then use troops to the northwest, either pacify or suppress, and divide and defeat them.

All kinds of machinery and equipment for the establishment of the Ordnance Bureau in Lanzhou have been prepared. Under the current transportation conditions, setting up an Ordnance Bureau in Lanzhou can support the future Northwest War to the greatest extent.

The Fuzhou number was docked and the wharf was stationed in the morning, and the Pingyuan Army soldiers were filled with three steps, one post, five steps, one whistle.

The person who came to greet Ye Zhao was Zheng Sanying, the general of the Third Infantry Regiment. When Ye Zhao took two steps and held his hand and patted him affectionately, Zheng Sanying was shocked and did not come back to his senses for a long time.

Ye Zhao stayed in a military camp outside Tianjin, with green military tents, and the military camp was densely packed with these tents.

Speaking of which, this war is a stimulus for the economy of the South. For example, how many factories and workshops in the South benefit?

It’s just that the treasury is getting more and more tight.

This year, the South China issued another 100 million yuan in paper money, but the government bonds have reached a relatively dangerous digital line. However, the booming momentum of the Southern Dynasty has covered this point. Foreign funds are constantly flowing in, and the first use of many new technologies has made investors full of confidence.

In fact, the southern country's fiscal revenue this year is expected to exceed the 200 million silver dollar mark, but at the same time, the cumulative treasury bonds have reached 180 million silver dollars.

This is an extremely dangerous proportion, but the people of the Southern Kingdom do not know it, otherwise it will inevitably have a devastating impact on the issuance of paper money. After all, most people do not understand the specific operation mode of government bonds. At first hearing, they will definitely think that the central government is going to go bankrupt. Who dares to use paper money?

What Ye Zhao is considering now is that the war is over and the treasury bond figures should be reduced as soon as possible. However, occupying the entire northern territory will not have a leapfrog impact on fiscal revenue. Instead, infrastructure construction and other areas require more and more money. After all, relying solely on private capital for infrastructure construction is unrealistic, let alone schools and other practical poverty alleviation investments.

Sitting at the wooden table and looking through the battle reports for more than ten days, the guards outside the door came in to report that the Tianjin consuls from Britain and France were visiting together.

Ye Zhao waved his hand: "No."

I think it is time to delay the debts owed by the Northern Dynasties. In Jinling, consuls of Britain, France and the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been quarreling lawsuits. Merchants in the three countries have borrowed huge amounts of silver to the northern country, totaling more than tens of millions of taels of silver. The three countries hope that the Southern Dynasties can inherit the debt relationship of the northern country.

The Southern Dynasties quoted the classics and said that before the Southern Government declared war on the Northern Kingdom, it notified the countries, and did not recognize all contracts signed by the governments of various countries, including loan relations signed by private governments. Therefore, the loans from the Northern Kingdom should never be passed on to the Southern Dynasty.

They talked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs without any results. They actually chased themselves to Tianjin. They didn't see them when they were in Jinling, and they came to Tianjin, which was no exception.

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