Red Alert 1895: Chapter 451 New Age of the Navy

A week later, Niu Tianli, director of the Naval Ship Research Institute, looked at the design drawings of these dozens of boxes, and finally felt a lot more relaxed. Because he knew that the design drawings of this new type of warship had been completed, and an epoch-making warship would be completed, and the chief designer of this warship was himself, so he would definitely become a famous person in history. But it's a pity that the design idea of ​​this warship was proposed by Wang Guorui, not him, and the glory of not letting him is really greater.

"Didi, the design of the Sword-class battleship is completed, and the system can produce the Sword-class battleship. Each Sword-class battleship costs 2.5 million silver dollars."

Of course, the designers didn't know the news, and Wang Guorui soon received the news from the red alarm system, and finally smiled.

"With this sword-class battleship, it will become a sword for us to expand our territory. However, it is too expensive at present, and only one can be built!" Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui knew that the cost of this sword-class battleship was too high, it cost two and a half million silver dollars, and this was enough to make two and a half Sovereign-class battleships. However, Wang Guorui didn't care, because even if there was only one sword-class battleship in the future, it would allow them to have enough strength to fight against the navies of various countries. Although Taiwan has given three Sovereign-class battleships to the Netherlands, it will not reduce its naval strength. As long as this Sword-class battleship is manufactured, then Taiwan's naval combat power will not be reduced by three Sovereign-class battleships. class battleship lost. On the contrary, it will increase a lot. I thought that the effect brought by your sword-class battleship is very huge, much more powerful than several Sovereign-class battleships.

"Husband, why are you so happy? Is it because you are engaged to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands?" Zheng Hong asked.

Wang Guorui immediately asked, "Are you jealous?"

"I didn't!" Zheng Hong said.

"Aren't you saying no? You can even hang a soy sauce bottle on your lips!" Wang Guorui laughed.

And Zheng Hong immediately asked: "Hmph. In order to marry the Queen of the Netherlands, you paid three battleships as a dowry. It seems that you haven't given me a dowry back then. It's all my dowry for you!"

Wang Guorui smiled awkwardly, because she did not give Zheng Hong a betrothal gift back then, but she gave Wang Guorui her Tiandihui as a dowry. Now seeing that Wang Guorui actually gave the Netherlands three battleships for the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina, Zheng Hong had no choice but to enjoy it.

"Hehe. After all, she is a queen, so she should give more." Wang Guorui said.

"Then what am I?" Zheng Hong asked.

Wang Guorui immediately replied: "You are the queen. Our future queen of China!"

After hearing this, Zheng Hong was still happy for a while, but she said: "Hmph, who knows how many queens you will have in the future?"

Wang Guorui was speechless. Because according to the current laws in Taiwan, the legal status of all wives and concubines is equal. When I become emperor, I am afraid that I will really have to set up multiple queens at the same time, and even give the names of concubines with various levels and names in the past. Abolished, so that everyone is a queen. Therefore, the value of this queen is much lower than in the past.

"Well, you will always be the 'first' queen in my heart. And Mary, even after becoming my wife, is only the queen of the Netherlands. She will not be my queen of China, understand?" Wang Guorui said .

Zheng Hong immediately understood that this Wilhelmina would not come to China to be the queen of China. Because she is also the Queen of the Netherlands. And if she can't become the queen of China, then her children will not have the right to inherit Wang Guorui's status. In fact, what Zheng Hong was most worried about was the issue of inheritance rights. If Wilhelmina gave birth to a child for Wang Guorui, then compared to her background, then this Wilhelmina was much taller than Zheng Hong. After all, she is the queen, and her father will be the emperor of China. The mother is the queen of the Netherlands, so the child's identity and blood are also extremely noble. At that time, I am afraid that many people will want to make this child the emperor of China. This is not impossible, because the mother's background is extraordinary, but she is the head of a country. If you want to say that she is obviously equal to China in terms of status. At that time, I am afraid that there will definitely be someone who can let this mixed-race child inherit, then this will be troublesome.

Zheng Hong thought that her background was definitely not as good as Queen Wilhelmina's, and it would be really troublesome if she really wanted to inherit the rights for her son Zheng Duo. But now Wang Guorui said that Wilhelmina is only the queen of the Netherlands, not the queen of China, which made Zheng Hong completely relieved. Because she knew that even if Wang Guorui had a child with Wilhelmina, the child would only be able to inherit the throne of his mother Wilhelmina, not the throne of China. Even when the time comes, this East-West hybrid can only take his mother's surname, so it is impossible to become Wang Guorui's prince. This is what reassures Zheng Hong.

This is also the case with women. After having a son, they naturally care about their son's inheritance rights, and transfer most of their energy from their husbands to their sons. This is also a normal phenomenon. Therefore, Zheng Hong would feel very uneasy for anyone who threatened his son's inheritance rights. Even if Zheng Hong knew that the future emperor might not have much power, or even be inferior to one generation after another, but the throne is the status of the leader of the country after all, even if it is only in name, it can make people overwhelmed. Even if Zheng Hong knew that her son might not be able to hold much power in the future, it was the highest honor anyway. If she couldn't fight for this highest honor for her son, then she would be very unwilling.

Zheng Hong knew that Wang Guorui would definitely have more children in the future. If he didn't establish his son's inheritance right as soon as possible, he would definitely face more and more disputes.

"That family photo is the eldest son, you..." Zheng Hong was a little anxious and wanted to say something while the iron was hot.

Wang Guorui immediately shook his head and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this matter, let's talk about that battleship!"

Zheng Hong was depressed for a while, Wang Guorui didn't seem to want to say anything about the heir. At present, Wang Guorui doesn't have the idea of ​​establishing an heir so early, but Wang Guorui knows that if he establishes an heir too early, it must be very troublesome. So we can only talk about it after testing our ability later. In addition, it will definitely not be an era where the monarch holds absolute power in the future, so if Wang Guorui said in good conscience that he still hopes to appoint a person with relatively mediocre ability to be the emperor, this will instead avoid the power struggle between the monarch and his ministers. In the future, the democratic system must reach its absolute peak, and even Wang Guorui knows that he cannot violate it. If you forcibly reverse it, even if you can gain power, your descendants will inevitably suffer retribution. So he wants to choose a descendant with relatively average ability as the successor, or choose another method to select the heir, so that at least too many conflicts between the monarch and his ministers can be avoided. For the future royal family, it is better to enjoy the wealth and honor, and don't think too much about fighting for power and profit. If you choose someone who is too good to be the heir, who knows what the consequences will be?

"Our new battleship is currently the most advanced battleship in the world. With this battleship, one ship can be used as several ships, so even if we give the Netherlands three battleships, we don't have to worry about strength. It will go down, but it will go up instead. This battleship represents an improvement in quality, which cannot be compensated by quantity alone. So with this kind of battleship, we can all get a lot of help in the future." Wang Guorui said .

After hearing this, Zheng Hong immediately asked, "What is the name of this battleship?"

"Since it has been designed, it will soon be produced by others. I named it the Sword-class battleship. I plan to name the first ship Xuanyuan, which represents the age of the first ancestor of the humanities, Xuanyuan Huangdi. The Xuanyuan sword I use will open up the territory for China." Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui named these sword-class battleships the names of various swords, first of all, Xuanyuan Sword, which is the sword used by the legendary Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and named the first battleship. And the battleships in the future will be named after swords such as Tai'a, Ganjiang, Moxie, etc., which can be regarded as the naming of this sword-class battleship.

"Honger~www.mtlnovel.com~ Do you know? This is the first battleship designed by our Taiwanese designers. Although we may not be able to produce it yet, it is very important to train a lot of designers and let them We all have the experience of designing battleships. After we have the experience of designing large battleships like battleships, we can also gradually have the experience of designing more advanced battleships. Next, we only need to gradually improve our industrial system. The production of battleships can be gradually realized at will. I have no shortage of talents in design, and it can be regarded as an important channel for us to open up."

"The more important thing is that we have this kind of battleship, which can completely enter a new era. In the future, this kind of sword-class battleship will inevitably become an important watershed in the history of the navy. The era of the sword, and after the sword, it will be called the era of the super sword, and this sword-class battleship may become the core of all future battleship design schemes. It will also become the most important design idea for battleships, The Sword-class battleship will be the finale of the battleships."

Wang Guorui knew that the sword class was actually designed in the same way as the original British dreadnought class battleship, so it would become an important watershed. And next, that is to come to the era of aircraft carriers. The current aircraft is not yet mature enough, especially the power and reliability of diesel engines are not high enough, so Wang Guorui is still unable to invent aircraft and then use aircraft carriers. This is why battleships are still used. (to be continued)