Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 66 Ten Thousand Tons Ocean Freighter

  Considering the next schedule

  Li Fushou decided to set off at the end of January next year. After a period of stay in the Qing Dynasty, he took a cruise to Europe via the Suez Canal, starting a six-month European trip.

  Why stay in Manchuria?

  The king of Chu, Xiang Yu once said; riches and nobles do not return to their hometown, like a beautiful night, who knows!

  Li Fushou did not come to this world alone. He also had parents and family elders in his hometown. He went overseas to search for gold only to find a way to survive.

  People leave their hometowns cheap, it's not forced, there is no way, who will stay away from home?

  Now Li Shaoye has created a great career in a foreign country. His servants are like clouds, his wealth is piled up, and a trip back home was originally the meaning of the question.

  It’s important to note that there is no point of showing off here.

  Moreover, Li Fushou is now an adult when it comes to discussing marriage. With his current status, he has to marry a well-known young lady.

  This is not Li Fushou’s personal affair. In the Red River Valley ranch with a strong feudal atmosphere, it has become a major event that almost all Chinese are looking forward to.

  After the Lord has the public, everyone will have hope.

The implied meaning of    is that if Li Fushou died young, there will always be a bit of bone and blood to condense the Chinese power, and it will not be scattered.

  Honghe Mountain has inheritance from the mountain lord, and Red River Valley Ranch has inheritance, and the big guy has the backbone.

  Don’t think that this goal is easy to achieve. Li Fushou doesn’t want to marry a woman with little feet. That would be an acquired disability. The young lady who was born to a large family in the Qing Dynasty was born with little feet.

  This trip is of great significance, and it takes at least half a year to come and go all the way, so you must plan well in advance.

  First of all, tie the fence tightly to prevent hungry wolves from peeping, and secondly, arrange the interior of the Red River Valley properly, and don't mess up your position because of your departure.

  Since this is the case, there must be some changes in personnel;

  Returned Fan Asheng, who has been in San Francisco, the United States. The Normandy Import and Export Company is controlled by Zhu Wei, who is studying at the University of California, and the sales channel further penetrates the east coast.

  Hu Chaoshan, former deputy manager, entered the University of California for further studies, while taking care of Normandy’s operations on the west coast without delay.

  Those who went to the U.S. Naval Academy and West Point for further training this year, as well as those sent to other U.S. universities for further training, have successively arrived in North America.

  In the future, we will select outstanding talents to study in Europe and the United States every year to learn first-class scientific and industrial knowledge. This is called the development strategy of "borrowing chickens and eggs".

After Fan Asheng came back, he took office in the Red River Valley Management Committee and was in charge of logistics. With his calm temperament and two years of experience, he should be able to hold it down. In this regard, He Shoutian could not compare to him.

  The Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, and Wolf Four Cavalry Guards were established, and the number was expanded to more than 1,200 elites, all of which were in charge of military training by German instructors, and were divided into four battalions of guards to be stationed separately for training.

  The four cavalry guards are not affiliated with each other, and are directly under Li Fushou's order. Li Fushou can use telegrams and secret words to directly command the four cavalry guards from thousands of miles away to suppress any internal disturbances and external aggression.

  In addition to the elite mobile squad of the Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple Qilong Brigade, this is another 1,000 elite cavalry forces, enough for both inside and outside.

  To be honest, no amount of Li Fushou can't afford it.

  His current situation is similar to the roles of the Tubang King, the country in the country, and the feudal lord. The Red River Valley belongs to his private property. Of course, he has to pay for the war when he encounters internal and external troubles.

  These elite cavalry are his dog-playing sticks and can rely on the core military force.

Although the four cavalry guards have their own horses and some pastures with fodder, the weapons and equipment are all uniform and best equipped. In order for the cavalry guards to practice good marksmanship, the supply of ammunition is really smashing like flowing water, and it consumes several dollars every year. One hundred thousand bullets are worth tens of thousands of pounds.

  In addition, the annual military expenditure is more than 20,000 pounds, as well as bedding and concentrated food, etc., and Lin Lin always spends more than 80,000 pounds a year.

  This is only 1,200 elite riding guards. Even though the Red River Valley is now making money like a gold mountain and a silver sea, it cannot spend all the pounds on this.

  To win without fighting is the best policy.

  Once the fight starts, it is estimated that Honggu River Valley will not be able to survive the first half of the year and it will go bankrupt with its strong family background.

  So in Li Fushou’s heart;

  If we can’t fight, we can’t fight. If we can do everything we want, we can do it for as long as we can. Why should we choose to carry it hard if we are not as strong as people? Isn’t that tough?

  Postponed by a year of fierce conflict, the Red River Valley will have a deeper foundation, and the confidence of the future showdown will be greater.

  Li Fushou is not in a hurry. He is only 18 years old this year, he will be 28 in 10 years, and 38 in 20 years, and he will have time to farm and develop his strength.

  Europe is the birthplace of the steam industrial revolution, and the European powers are also the economic and military powers that took the lead in the industrialization process. They are rich in humanities and advanced in science and technology. There are many things to learn from.

  For example, the Naval Academy in the United Kingdom, the Artillery Academy in Germany, and comprehensive universities of science and technology represented by countries such as Britain, France and Germany should send outstanding students to further their studies and absorb the essence of the world's scientific and technological development.

  As a remote place with a small population, Australia has a very limited domestic market, and it is impossible to fully develop a technological tree covering industry and agriculture.

  Li Fushou has done special research on this, combined with the experience of later generations in Australia to make decisions, focusing on the development of three areas, ocean shipping, deep processing of agricultural and sideline products, steel manufacturing and shipbuilding.

  As a mainland isolated overseas, the importance of developing the ocean shipping industry is self-evident. It will build countless bridges to overseas through shipping, and will be closely connected with the world.

  In agriculture, the focus is on the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, with dairy cows and high-quality sheep as the main products, supplemented by appropriate wheat and rice production. Agricultural and sideline products are deep-processed to increase added value and exported to domestic and overseas markets.

  In the industry, light industry is completely abandoned, and the rich coal and iron resources are used to develop the iron and steel industry, the export of iron ore and coke, and the steam-powered machinery industry.

  These three aspects are well developed, enough to support the future development of tens of millions of people, and bring broad profit margins to the Red River Valley.

  Red River Valley is currently developing in accordance with this line of thinking. The combination of abundant resources and science and technology has rapidly bloomed infinite economic vitality.

  It is also under this premise that the Red River Valley has the confidence to introduce a large number of ethnic Chinese population, and use the advantages of human resources and resources to burn the flames of economic development even more vigorously.

  In the 19th century, the United Shipping Company developed to 16 ocean-going vessels. At the Hongshan Shipyard, there are six 5,000-ton freighters under construction at different schedules, and they are expected to be delivered early next year.

  Next, excellent ship designers from Britain, France and other countries are designing a 12,000-ton ocean-going bulk carrier, which is a rare ocean-going freighter with 10,000 tons in this era.

  The reason to build such a large size is for the export of coking coal and iron ore by the United Shipping Company in the 19th century. There are also a large number of grains and agricultural and sideline products, which are low-unit-value and large-volume commodities.

   Sailing from Australia to North America or East Asia, a voyage can be tens of thousands of kilometers away, and the cost savings of a large-tonnage 10,000-ton ship can be enormous.

  Nowadays, there is no technical problem in the construction of a 10,000-ton giant ship. The key is the economy and seaworthiness of ocean freighters, which are the most important considerations for ship designers.

  In terms of ship design, the British are well-deserved bosses and have the most experienced ship designers.

  The British battleship Minotaur-class "Agincourt", launched in 1862, has a standard displacement of 10,812 tons. The hull dimensions are 128 meters in length, 18.2 meters in depth and 85 meters in width.

  From this size, it can be seen that the battleship Agincourt is a big fat man with round piers, and its speed is very moving, only 10.2 knots.

The main armament is 4 9-inch 229mm rifled front guns and 24 7-inch 178mm rifled front guns. All the guns of the Agincourt are arranged in an armored long gun train. The ship is the longest single gun ever built. One of the propeller warships.

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  The cross-Atlantic cruise competition is mainly launched among the three companies of Crown, White Star and Inman in the United Kingdom. The competition for the fastest arrival of the "Blue Ribbon Award" means strength and honor.

  As a result, cruise ships with more than 10,000 tons of speed in the Atlantic can reach an astonishing number of 25 knots, far surpassing contemporaries.

  Britain's Cunda Cruises series relies on a government loan of 2.6 million pounds to launch the giant cruise ships Luxitania and Mauritania.

  The two 10,000-ton giant ships were equipped with steam turbine engines for the first time, showing amazing speed.

  According to the "New York Times" report;

  In order to achieve a continuous speed of 25 knots (46.25 km/h), the Lusitania has 68 furnace feeding devices, 6 power boilers, 52,000 square feet of heating surface, and the ship’s power has increased by 30,000 horsepower.

  If steam turbines are not used, at least three 20,000-horsepower steam engines with a total power of more than 60,000 horsepower are required.

  The speed of these two giant cruise ships is ahead of the world, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the consumption of coal is extremely high and it is extremely uneconomical.

When the Lusitania set sail in Portsmouth, England, thick smoke like a black dragon sprayed out, blocking the afternoon sun, looking as if a storm was approaching, and giving all the gentlemen and ladies walking on the street We sent a fluttering rain of coal dust.

  When this huge ship left the dock, a thick layer of black fog had been deposited on the sky, and it would take at least an hour to see the sun again.

  When galloping at high speed on the vast Atlantic Ocean, the black smoke from the three towering chimneys is nearly 3.5 miles long, like demons hovering in the sky.

  Neither ship type is what Li Fushou wants. His requirements are to eat less, pull more, run fast, and the power system must be reliable and durable. The requirements are not unreasonable.

  On the 12,000-ton ocean-going ship, the coal-fired bunker must store at least 2,000 tons of coal. If it can be reduced, more cargo can be loaded.

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  The faster the ocean freighter, the higher the economic benefit.

  This puts high demands on the ship type of ocean freighters, and also puts high demands on ship power equipment, reflecting the development vision of the times.

  (End of this chapter)