Chapter 306 Chapter 305 The First Loan

The crowd gradually separated, and Ma Jianliang saw that the crowd consciously stood on both sides, and no guards came to open the way. From afar, I saw a huge, low-key, luxurious and noble phoenix pattern floating.

It was a black flag, but it had red lines; the red lines rolled over the entire flag like flames, forming the figure of a flame phoenix.

Then I saw two rows of black-armored Changge guards walking slowly in neat steps. In the center of the team, there were nine fiery red top demon horses slowly appearing, dragging a huge carriage. The carriage is four feet wide, and there is actually a three-story building on top of the carriage!

The carriage is also black as a whole, but it is covered with exquisite red patterns. The patterns are feather-like and flame-like. The structure is intermittent and full of an indescribable mysterious color. Let the carriage be full of a deep atmosphere, luxury, mystery, and high spirits of rebirth from the ashes.

Queen!

These two words suddenly appeared in Ma Jianliang's mind. Although Ma Jianliang had heard of the Queen's name before, like most people in this era, when he heard about the Queen for the first time, he was a little disdainful - can a woman govern this country well?

But after seeing the emperor's wife, Ma Jianliang's heart jumped, and an indescribable solemnity rose in his heart.

Unlike ordinary emperors who like to use bright yellow, yellow, and light yellow, Liu Xinyu actually used black and red. With just one glance, it is so different.

The phoenix on the banner was reborn from the ashes, with its head raised to the sky, but it also had a posture of looking down on all living beings. This is more domineering than those dragon shapes.

The most important thing is that nine horses lined up, driving all the way along the wide highway. In other countries, due to road restrictions, the nine horses are arranged in threes and threes, and the imperial palace is naturally much smaller.

And Liu Xinyu's imperial palace is like a small imperial palace, with the enchantment on it looming, and the base is actually made of I-beam steel beams, supporting the heavy body, showing extraordinary everywhere.

There are nine huge steel wheels under the frame, a guide wheel in the front, and eight thick wheels in the rear to support the heavy frame.

The carriage stopped slowly, and Liu Xinyu stepped on the steps condensed with spells, and walked down step by step to the shore.

Zhang Hao has led the main representatives of Dayang Group to welcome them.

Liu Xinyu nodded to Zhang Hao, and was fascinated for a while looking at the giant ship slowly approaching the shore in the distance. At this time, because the giant ship was still in an empty shell state, the side of the ship was 12 meters above the water surface.

Observed closely, the steel giant ship is like a steel city wall lying in front of it. The rivets on it show the power of industry and steel without any concealment.

The multi-riveted steamed steel giant ship at the beginning of industrial development is a kind of rough steel art. Compared with the exquisitely designed ships in the future, the current ships reveal the domineering power of steel everywhere.

The vertical ship sides, rigid lines, and the true color of steel all speak of the strength of the steel industry.

Compared with the battleship Reach, the new "Iron Duke" is the real giant. The length of 110 meters to 160 meters is almost double the gap visually. Combined with the wide deck area, it looks like a mobile land on the sea.

Liu Xinyu admired it for a long time, and finally stared at the words "Iron Duke" on the ship's side. His eyes narrowed slightly, but he asked in a relaxed and playful tone: "Why such a name? It reads... weird."

"This is the name given by His Majesty!" Zhang Hao said with a smile.

"When did I... oh... the first time the Reach returned! (Chapter 294)"

Zhang Hao said with a smile: "The word 'Iron Duke' makes me feel His Majesty's tolerance. And the name 'Iron Duke' also has a deep meaning - although it is a giant on the sea, it is only a part of Qixia Kingdom .It’s just a duke.”

Liu Xinyu nodded with a smile, the vigilance in his eyes disappeared, and he accepted Zhang Hao's statement. "I'll go up and have a look."

"Wait, Your Majesty..." Zhang Hao hurriedly said, "This warship is just the first sea trial, and I'm not sure if there is any problem. This..."

"I'm not afraid!" Liu Xinyu said, and walked towards the port. Zhang Hao had no choice but to walk to the port together.

The giant ship slowly approached the port. It is very difficult to fully control such a huge ship, and it is inevitable to borrow some spells when docking. When the boat stabilized and climbed the steps, Liu Xinyu climbed up the steps.

Arriving on the boat, Liu Xinyu couldn't help but take a deep breath: there was no bumping, no swaying like ordinary wooden boats, etc., just like walking on flat ground.

Liu Xinyu walked directly to the bow, and Dugu Junjie had no choice but to let go of his arrogant posture and come to greet her.

Liu Xinyu waved his hand: "Captain Dugu, you are busy with your own work."

"Yes." Dugu Junjie took three steps back before turning around and getting busy.

When passing by Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao told Dugu Junjie: All tests must not be shortened. Liu Xinyu is different from ordinary women, if she shrinks during the test, it may make Liu Xinyu dissatisfied.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Hao's words, Liu Xinyu showed a smile on his face. Yes, she didn't come here to enjoy, but to truly feel the power of this '10,000-ton giant ship'!

Because Liu Xinyu still remembers Zhang Hao's words: Only a giant ship of 10,000 tons can hope to cross the green sea of ​​death and open up its own route.

The transaction carried out by the Zhiyuan can only be called a 'docking', not a new route. In Zhang Hao's plan, the battleship will go south to find the west coast of the southern island of Tao Tu. There is an undeveloped area!

The east and north of Taotu Continent have been fully developed. This means that there are complex vested interests in the local area, and it is very difficult for the Qixia Kingdom to occupy a place here. Therefore, it can only be traded at sea for the time being to solve the urgent need.

But Zhang Hao's real plan is to occupy the outer sea routes and form control. Then surround the inner sea from the outer sea.

Dayang Group will obtain massive resources from the west coast of Taotu Continent, transport them back to China and refine them into pills. And within the Qixia Kingdom, there is a very powerful alchemy ability, but there were not enough resources in the past.

This organization with strong alchemy ability is... Xinglintang!

Zhang Hao was still thinking, the giant ship had already begun to exert force, and the faint roar that could only be barely noticed in the Nascent Soul stage began to come.

The heavy battleship began to accelerate, slowly moving forward. Suddenly there was the sound of footsteps, and I saw Daoist Ming Xu, Liu Dingshan, and Chen Yansong walking out of the cabin together.

Liu Xinyu hurried forward to meet him.

Liu Dingshan touched the top of Liu Xinyu's head dotingly, "Unknowingly, I have become a queen, and I have a 10,000-ton warship. The next step is to go south and open up a route to Taotu Island. This kid Zhang Hao is still The plan is to go all the way south along the west coast of Taotuzhou, saying that they want to find a more southern continent.

Xiao Yu, I was very excited when I heard Zhang Hao's words. The country... finally sees hope. "

"Grandpa!" Liu Xinyu held Liu Dingshan's hand and said seriously, "I will definitely make this country strong. One day in the future, I want all nations to come to court!"

"Yes, yes!" Liu Dingshan and Liu Xinyu walked to the bow side by side.

Zhang Hao glanced at his master, Daoist Mingxu: Why did Liu Dingshan suddenly feel so toothache?

Daoist Mingxu patted Zhang Hao's shoulder with a smile: "Iron Duke!"

Zhang Hao: ...

"Haha..." Daoist Mingxu laughed.

Zhang Hao glanced at Chen Yansong who was lagging behind suspiciously: What are you three doing down there?

As a result, Chen Yansong also patted Zhang Hao on the shoulder and shouted, "Iron Duke!"

"Why do I sound like an iron cock..."

"I didn't say that! Haha..." After saying that, Chen Yansong also went to the bow. The displacement of a 10,000-ton steel giant ship may still be inferior to those super-large merchant ships in the inland sea; but this is a battleship, this is a steel battleship!

A few minutes later, the power of the giant ship has fully come up. Zhang Hao could also hear a low roar, and the giant ship began to accelerate.

At this time, the giant ship has not yet finished outfitting, but it still weighs more than 3,000 tons. The giant ship pushes away from the sea bit by bit, and its speed is getting faster and faster.

The craftsmen stick to their posts and closely supervise every corner of the giant ship. Leakage, structural deformation, etc., all require close supervision. And if something goes wrong, the person in charge can be found.

During the construction of the warship, there are detailed records of who did what.

The giant ship sprinted straight towards the deep sea, and the speed reached the limit after more than 30 kilometers. At this time, the speed was a full 68 kilometers per hour, which was 6 kilometers faster than the basic speed of the battleship Zhiyuan.

Liu Xinyu felt it on the bow for a while, and then went into the cabin to visit. After turning around, she looked at the steam turbine and boiler system with complex pipelines in front of her, and she was a little puzzled: "Why use such complicated equipment? It still takes up space. I remember that the battleship Zhiyuan used a turbine driven by a spirit stone. Bar?"

Zhang Hao explained: "Because the power of the turbine driven by the spirit stone has reached its limit for the time being. If you want to continue to increase the power, you need to engrave a more complicated formation, which is very cumbersome to make.

More arrays mean more calculations. However, Huang Mingshan and others are temporarily unable to perform such complex calculations.

If you want to increase the capacity of the turbines driven by spirit stones and formations, it can be said that you have exceeded the limit of temporary technology.

After that, we tried to make it, but the consumption of spirit stones increased significantly, but the increase in power was not obvious. It would be too expensive to replace mid-level spirit stones like formations.

In fact, on the Iron Duke, there is a newly built, spare spirit stone drive turbine. When using middle-grade spirit stones, it can output the power of two nascent souls in the early stage. But it consumes too much spirit stone. "

Liu Xinyu frowned slightly: "Calculation limit? I remember that Huang Mingshan and others have calculated the Great Formation of Sealing Heaven and Earth. Could it be that the calculation of a steam turbine is more complicated than a large formation of Sealing Heaven and Earth?"

Zhang Hao nodded affirmatively: "At least ten times more complicated! The reason why we are willing to sell steam turbines, especially those driven by spirit stones, is because we believe that others cannot decipher and calculate the complicated formation relationship."

Liu Xinyu nodded slowly. "So what are the advantages of steam turbines? I think the system is so complicated, and the amount of calculation is not small, right?"

"The amount of calculation is not small, but many of them are repeated calculations. The biggest advantage of the steam turbine is its simplicity. For example, if you want to increase the power, you only need to increase the amount of steam, increase the temperature, and increase the pressure. In theory, you can increase it without limit.

Of course, there are many precautions to be taken into account because of practical issues such as size and safety. But relatively speaking, it is relatively simple.

Especially for steam turbines, our technology is the most mature, with many standard parts, general molds, etc., which can be mass-produced quickly.

The current Iron Duke uses a total of four steam boilers and three steam turbines, and the fuel is high-quality diesel oil that contains a lot of aura.

The maximum power can reach the strength of 10 Nascent Souls. "

"Diesel? What's this?"

"This...it's a bit complicated to say. After I get off the boat, I'll arrange someone to explain it to His Majesty.

Generally speaking, in terms of mechanical power, diesel can replace Lingshi. Its energy content is equivalent to 100 spirit stones per cubic meter.

However, according to actual tests, the energy utilization efficiency of Lingshi is less than 50%; while the energy utilization efficiency of diesel oil can reach 70%. Moreover, the cost price of diesel oil is only one spirit stone per cubic meter.

And because diesel oil is a liquid, it is very convenient to store and transfer. The piping can run directly from the storage tank to the boiler. "

Liu Xin said as if she knew something: "How much is a cubic meter of Lingshi?"

"The standard cutting size of a spirit stone is one inch. The side length of three spirit stones is 10 centimeters. Because a cubic meter of spirit stone is 30×30×30, which is 2700 pieces.

In other words, the energy of one cubic meter of Lingshi is roughly equivalent to the energy of 27 cubic meters of diesel. "

Liu Xinyu continued to ask: "Aren't warships pursuing extreme combat power? Using diesel fuel is too wasteful, isn't it good to use spirit stones?

Although the consumption is high, the spirit stone turbine system is more concise, and the spirit stone takes up less space.

If the power is insufficient, add a few more turbines. Ten, twenty, okay? "

Zhang Hao smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, technology is not a simple superposition. It is like a war horse. With an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, the limit speed is only 100 kilometers. Even if you add a hundred horses, the speed will not increase much; even interfere with each other.

At this time, if you want to increase the speed, you should replace the demon horse and other advanced war horses. "

Liu Xinyu nodded slowly: "I probably understand."

The battleship began its limit test on the sea. After more than two hours of racing, it finally docked slowly. The Empress descends, and the first lucky ones begin to board. Among them is Ma Jianliang.

When Ma Jianliang stepped on the deck, Zhang Hao had already led Liu Xinyu to visit the oil refining base.

At this time, the oil refining base has begun to take shape, the technology is relatively mature, and the output is considerable. The products of oil refining have been applied to all levels of the Zhang family. Including ironmaking, steelmaking, etc. It also includes naphtha used in alchemy.

After Liu Xinyu saw it, she suddenly smiled: "No wonder, some time ago, the Zhang family bought mines of 'Digging the Leyline' everywhere. They really are... profiteers!"

Zhang Hao defended: "This is the power of knowledge!"

"Okay. So, can I apply for a batch of loans to purchase the authorization of Zhangjia's oil refining technology and start an oil refinery?"

Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment: What, Empress, you want to get a loan?

(After a few days of tiredness, I have adjusted. Thank you for your support.

Explain the pollution problem of the Iron Duke that everyone said: pollution control in the development stage is self-tying. The world is so big, it doesn't matter if it is polluted a bit. )