C3380 Large-scale procurement prior to repatriation

"Leader, what do we do about this Liu Dadao?"

Xiao Letian looked at the basement, the Qing Dynasty's spy, who was completely dumbfounded, suddenly shook her head: "He's not the only one who is a dog for Qing Dynasty, there's no point in killing him, just leave him with his life!"

"Let him be a good cook in Europe. Don't let him return to Europe for the rest of his life!"

"That year, the Guanning Steel Cavalry owed their lives to others. They were forced by the times to such a state. They were slaves of hatred!"

"But I think, after this torture, he won't be able to create any trouble!"

CIA was actually very inhumane towards Liu Dadao this time. He didn't allow sleeping to stimulate his brain with light for a long time, and then used a large amount of morphine.

When the CIA completely squeezed all of the secrets in his stomach and put Liu Dadao down the torture instruments, this Qing Dynasty spy immediately fainted.

Only after sleeping for two whole days did Liu Dadao finally wake up. However, because of the excessive use of morphine, his brain had suffered a certain amount of damage.

This person's spirit was gone! It's not that he's stupid. He can still work and live like a normal person, but no matter how you look at it, this person doesn't have any spiritual power.

With the same question, a smart person could analyze eighteen levels, and an average person could analyze seven or eight factors, but in front of Liu Dadao, he could only see three or four phenomena on the surface.

He had become a little silly and stupid. Even as a chef, he could no longer study any new dishes, but he could still remember everything he had learned before.

Xiao Letian did not kill all of them, but chose to leave Liu Dadao with his life, and because of that, Liu Dadao was left behind in London, and he truly became a Chinese cuisine chef who followed the rules.

In the last month, Xiao Letian's only important job was to spend some money. On one hand, he had to exchange the Gold franc for a large amount of physical silver and transport it back to Asia.

The City of London's Silver Market was already opened to Xiao Letian, and in a short span of one month, Xiao Letian had already exchanged for 10 million silver taels. He specially rented 12 new steam boats to transport the silver and European spoils of war back to his home.

Not only that, Xiao Letian had also signed a contract with an insurance company in the UK to cover this shipment.

They believed that through the appearance of these insurance companies whose business interests were intertwined, the British Navy and the colonies would provide security throughout the entire journey.

It was really hard to believe that these pirates were colonized. Chinese treasure ships, one after the other, were shipping silver and all sorts of treasures to Asia. They would definitely be coveted by many forces.

In order to avoid trouble, they might as well share the benefits of the British insurance industry. The fact that those companies dared to take on such a big business meant that their capital backing them could influence the governance of the Empire.

With the protection and protection of these big shots behind the scenes, the British overseas garrison was also mobilized!

As expected, the Chinese treasure ships were attacked by unknown pirates in the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Thanks to the timely protection and protection of the navy of the British colony, the wealth that the Chinese had exchanged their blood for was preserved.

Xiao Letian had never experienced such a feeling of spending money like water before. Of course, the biggest reason was still because of his naval procurement plan!

Using the Zhiyuan Warship as the prototype, many German shipbuilders have already started a series of fifteen models of the new Iron-armored Ship production plan.

These new type of battleships on the blueprints ranged in tonnage from 3000 to 7000 tons. The overall design concept was the same as the Zhiyuan Warship.

The ship finally became an epoch-making battleship. Its name was like the Fearless Ship in his previous life, not just one battleship, but also a standard for naval battleships.

The history of the development of Iron-armored Ship was clearly marked out!

The ship represented the Iron-armored battleship that had completely given up on using mechanical power to attack the wind. The main cannons were arranged according to the axis and they used the flank linear front to bombard the enemy.

To pursue the high firepower, large caliber, and diameter of the naval gun, the high protection design idea of the heavy bulletproof deck with pure steel keel was adopted.

Such a huge steel ship was the real gold-eating monster. Of these fifteen models, the lowest cost was over 1 million silver taels.

More advanced battleships, especially those that were more than seven thousand tons, cost at least three million silver taels!

It was indeed expensive, even more expensive than Beiyang's Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, but there was no other way around it.

Many of the new technologies had not been used. The cost of building a ship was extremely high!

What's worse is that these warships are experimental type, and not fixed type, so a lot of money is wasted on exploration and research.

But the money spent was definitely worth it, because all of Xiao Letian's contracts made it clear that the Chinese and German races would share all the technology needed to build ships.

The Chinese sent a large number of engineering students to study with the progress of the German shipyard, with the ultimate goal of building their own designed warships in Asia.

It was worth it to be able to buy technology with money!

In one breath, Xiao Letian placed an order for thirty battleships, for each of the fifteen expanded models to be sold for two, and then priced them at 12 million silver coins.

These money didn't need to be paid by the Chinese people, they just needed to directly ask Bismark to transfer the money from the French war reparations!

The 30 orders from the Iron-armored Ship caused the entire Europe to go crazy, the British Crown Prince even ran over to Xiao Letian to privately protest.

However, Xiao Letian replied back with a single sentence, "Do you have a standard British warship? Even if there is, have you guys been tested in actual combat? "

"There's nothing. How do you expect me to place an order?"

"Work hard, my friend. When Britain has a mature battleship with a live model, we Chinese will definitely not be stingy, hahaha!"

Xiao Letian's retort made it impossible for the Crown Prince to argue. The new Iron-armored Ship was indeed a step too late for the new version, so other than rushing forward to chase after him, he had no other choice.

"I hope you remember your promise. My technology in shipbuilding is actually better than Germany's. There is no doubt about it!"

"That's right, I believe the prince. However, the requirements are still the same as before. We must have a mature model that has gone through actual combat. As long as you have it, you must be able to prove your combat strength!"

"Then I will definitely attack!"

The Prince left, but the Zhiyuan Warship came!

After the Maritime War in Eastern Frisia, the Zhiyuan Warship was undergoing major repairs at Wilhelm military port. As the production of the Zhiyuan Warship used a very advanced modular production system, the repair speed was still very fast.

The only drawback was that the repair costs were too high. Many modules could be used again after being repaired, but in order to keep up with the time, they had to be replaced with new ones.

Boiler replaced one, main cannon replaced all, steam hydraulic system 90% replacement... Including the external armour, it had been swapped for over seven hundred pieces of equipment!

The cost of maintenance for the Zhiyuan Warship was actually as high as 860,000 silver, which was not much less than buying a new one!

However, all of this money would have to be spent. This was a heroic battleship, a battleship that the whole world would remember. Xiao Letian had no choice but to board this battleship when he returns to his country.

At the mouth of the Thames in England, Xiao Letian and King Yi, who were about to return home, stood side by side on the deck, watching their brothers coming up to the deck.

More than 50,000 British citizens came to see the Chinese off.

"This is the blessing of our ancestors! I actually made a living in Europe! The dead dragon is actually alive! "