The Rise of the Empire

　　 "In general, Bavaria is still a very suitable place for farming!" Just after crossing over, the young Wang Changsun commented on the basic situation in Bavaria after spending 2 years. If you sum it up, you can use two reasons to support this thesis. First: Bavaria has no strong industrial competitors and its industrial foundation is relatively poor. In addition, it is a national brand, which has a relatively large potential for growth. The government has almost no trouble. Second, the Bavarian royal family is rich! Very rich!

　　 If you are in other places, if you want to build a gun, you have to compete with the Krupp family, which has been famous for decades and become the richest man in Germany. If you want to build a gun, the Mauser Brothers will tell you. If you want to engage in steel and coal, I’m sorry. Bavaria does not produce iron and coal. Look at the industrially developed regions in Germany, whether it is the Ruhr area or Alsace-Lorraine, which is obtained from France. In Seoul, these places either have coal, or iron, or both coal and iron! If playing low-end repetitive competition, Bavaria never knows how to die!

　　 Maybe some people say that there will be a legendary BMW in future generations? That's right, there is this company, and its Chinese name is pretty good, and it is called BMW! But in fact, the predecessor of this buddy was not a car, and it was not a car when it was truly brilliant! Its predecessor was Bavarian Machinery Pharmaceutical Company! Established in 1916, and started to engage in airplanes! In the 2nd war, aircraft engines were also used! He produced the famous BMW801! Although the future generations are brilliant, it is a pity that this company had no gross in Germany in 1889! In general, Bavaria's industry is still relatively backward. As for shipbuilding or shipping? Inland waterway shipping can still be fun. For shipbuilding, it is also possible to get a design bureau, but the shipyard should slow down for the time being, not even the sea!

　　 So the young prince's development direction for Bavaria is to take the high-end route. How can the high-end route go? Internal combustion engines, automobiles, airplanes, boilers, etc. are still far away. Either these things are not there yet, or they can be sold in Bavaria after they are produced. When they go out, they will be beaten up by other companies in other places. The industrial heritage is a bit worse. And something that the traverser doesn't understand. There is really no way, it needs to be made up slowly, and it needs state support. But some things focus on skills, or if you are familiar with certain things as a traverser, you can try, such as the world-famous Krupp armor!

Speaking of the Krupp armor before the first war, people who have some knowledge of the history of warships would subconsciously think of the Krupp hardened armor that was born in 1893 and used on the Battleship Brandenburg, but in fact, Krupp The history of armoring is earlier, and the process is more complicated!

　　 Krupp started to make armor with others. At that time, Krupp didn't even produce armor by itself. Krupp didn't even have its own steel rolling mill before 1890! At that time, Krupp’s partner Stern-Halberg Baron was responsible for the production and allowed Krupp to use the old "Wilson method" to manufacture steel-faced iron armor, while Krupp was responsible for the development of new armor. Krupp only began to develop nickel steel armor in 1890.

　　 And when the time comes, I have to mention a big country on the other side of the ocean. The world's first hardened armor is the Harvey hardened armor developed by the American Augusta Harvey. And this buddy did not start from start to finish one-stop production. The first hardened armor plate used by the Americans was nickel steel armor imported from the Schneider factory in France, and then carburized and immersed in cold water to obtain the earliest Harvey Hardened armor.

　　 And the emergence of Harvey armor directly swept the world of ship armor! The profit margin of up to 50% or even 100% has attracted all arms dealers! With such a big piece of cake in front of my eyes, Krupp will naturally not give up. Krupp thought about it. My brother, I have used nickel ore for gun casting in the 1980s. Isn’t it about using similar technology to armor now? Both French chickens and American cowboys can do it, why can't I do it?

　　 So historically, Krupp began to engage in nickel steel armor in 1890, and it was successful in 1891. Then Krupp followed up and worked hard, put the nickel-steel armor hardened by carburizing heat treatment for a week and then put it in oil for treatment, thereby obtaining the early Krupp hardened armor, which is said to be about 10% stronger than the Harvey hardened armor. ! At this time, it’s not finished. The final master of Krupp hardened armor is a hardening method called "gas glue method". It uses carbon-containing glue on the armor to show it, and then heat it to harden. Finally, spray water to complete the final hardening process.

Before the crossing, Sun Yu once saw something about hardened armor. After crossing, with the help of engineers dug out from Krupp, coupled with the time advantage of starting first, the great traverser and plagiarist succeeded. The Krupp hardened armor, which was only successful in 1893, was a trial product in 1889! And the first to register a patent in Germany!

　　 Even if the Krupp family succeeded in researching it later, it would be useless. Unless they also have a traverser and get the Vickers hardened armor that succeeded only before the first World War, otherwise, they will not be able to compete with the traverser! Before 1905, the world's strongest hardened armor was produced exclusively! From 1905 to 1910, all manufacturers that produced Krupp hardened armor had to pay high patent fees to patent owners! It's about 15 pounds per ton of armor! According to the exchange rate during the Sino-Japanese War, it would be about 90 taels of silver! (The author of this patent fee has seen it, but I don’t remember it exactly -! If there is any mistake, please bear with me.)

　　 Someone may ask, if there are such high patent fees, why are there so many factories vying for production? The willingness is simple and the profit margin is high. Take the United Kingdom as an example. The price of a ton of ordinary steel plate is only 6 to 8 pounds, while the price of hardened KC armor is generally between 80 and 150 pounds. Of course, armor steel needs to be Rolling, carburizing, quenching and other processes are used for production, but its high profit rate is still beyond ordinary people's imagination! And there are only two in this world! Do it yourself!

　　 25% to 30% of the cost of a battleship is the cost of armored steel. In terms of profitability, even weapons and power are far inferior! How many ships were built during the pre-fearless period? The cost of these ships multiplied by 0.25 is an astronomical figure! And in history, before 1905, Krupp didn't seem to spread patented technology, so, you know the profit inside... His Royal Highness, who was leaned over by the traverser, was inadvertently dug a large piece from the corner of the future industrial giant Krupp, and then put it in his pocket! Too TM has a sense of accomplishment!

　　 Now the question is, even if you have technology, do you have money? How do you say this? The Bavarian royal family is really not short of money! After all, the entire Kingdom of Bavaria belongs to the Wittelsbach family, so it's nothing to pool some money to get a steel plant. Moreover, the Bavarian royal family can obtain additional funding from the central government every year. Take 1910 as an example in history. Bavaria received 5.67 million marks from the important government of the empire. This did not count the royal family’s own assets and the kingdom’s allocation to the royal family. !

　　 And it’s shameless to say that this factory was built to improve the overall economic strength of the Kingdom of Bavaria, increase employment, and create social wealth. Isn’t it finished after a single pass by the Royal Highness the Regent? What a big deal the government paid for a factory. Although Bavaria is a bit poorer, but relatively speaking, the Kingdom of Bavaria, which accounts for one-seventh of the entire German Second Reich, is also very fierce if it fights for the total economic output! Among other things, the military expenditures of the Saxophone and Württemberg armies of the same kingdom are supported by the German central government, but Bavaria is different! The Bavarian troops are fully supported by the Royal Government! Except for the dispatch of Germany from the staff during the war, it is completely independent! Can you afford an army without money?

At the time of World War I, most of the Sixth Army under the Crown Prince was the Bavarian Kingdom’s own army. They were the Bavarian 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 21st Army and the Bavarian Reserve 1st Army and a Reserve Brigade, plus a cavalry. military! The total force is about 220,000, with nearly 800 artillery! Even now, the standing army in Bavaria is no less than 3 armies! Think about the amount of money spent on the troops in Beiyang Six Towns in the late Qing Dynasty, and then think about the size of the army of the Kingdom of Bavaria. It can be said that money is not a problem at all!

　　 If the armor is to make money for the navies of the world, the possibility of making a big profit is 99%! Then the rest of the other stuff will start from your own home! Be regarded as internal self-produced and sold! The possibility of making money is 120%! Of course, these matters cannot be followed by the prince's father, who said that he should communicate with his uncle first. Thinking of his powerful prince uncle, Ruprecht had to say admiration, this uncle is so capable! Almost achieved what N many predecessors and younger generations did not realize!

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