Chapter 432: Zhenhai

boom! ! !

The waves rolled back and the waves were rough.

A large amount of seawater poured into the dock, and waves crashed against the concrete walls on both sides.

The giant ship shook and then floated in the water.

The steam turbine roared, bringing strong power.

The huge battleship sailed out of the dock.

This is the pinnacle work of this era, the embodiment of violence and industry.

His Majesty, the newly enthroned Emperor, watched the launch of this giant ship that represented absolute power.

There are the words Zhenhai on the hull.

But this is not an exaggeration at all, this can indeed control the sea forever.

Even its creator felt shocked from the bottom of his heart when facing it.

"Come on, let's board the ship and take a look."

Derek excitedly boarded this era-defining battleship with the accompanying officials.

The thick armor gives people an incomparable sense of security.

Nothing seems to be able to destroy it.

In fact, this is also true. The absolute armor makes it stand in place, and it is not something that the current little thing can sink.

"How long will it take to complete the commissioning of the fleet?"

Derek asked Adrian next to him.

Adrian answered without thinking: "It will take at least a year and a half for the Imperial Fleet to complete the refit, and it will also take eight months for the Colonial Fleet.

Unless production capacity is expanded, it may be possible to move forward a few months. "

He knows all these data well, so he answers very quickly and neatly.

Derek immediately said: "Then expand production capacity."

It was too long, too long for him to bear.

"But the scale of the shipyard is already very large, and the long-term operating costs of blind expansion are very high." Adrian reminded.

Naval construction is a long-term process, including shipbuilding, maintenance and elimination.

Maintaining a peak scale and then constantly eliminating and adding to it is the ideal state.

Blind expansion will explode once it reaches the extreme.

But Derek was confident and said with certainty: "There will be no overcapacity, and the scale of private maritime trade will expand. The civilian ship market alone is enough to support ten shipyards of today's scale."

After all, Adrian's vision is focused on the military field. He may have some understanding of the market, but he is not profound.

But what Derek saw was growing private capital.

This is an age of opportunity, and growth will not slow down until the empire comes to a halt.

"First allocate a batch of new ships to Lawrence and let them adapt first." Derek ordered.

Adrian agreed immediately.

He was vaguely aware of Derek's thoughts, but he thought it was too shocking, so he wasn't sure.

"Perhaps, you just want to use troops against the white-skinned people?"

…

Lawrence had just returned to the colony when pie fell from the sky.

A batch of new ships were mobilized directly from the mainland, directly forming the new main combat force of the colonial fleet.

The Gem Port that has been expanded several times seems to be insufficient. From the perspective of resource allocation, the existing fleet must also be split.

Lawrence held a council of war to break up the existing fleet and build a new naval station.

A fleet with complete combat organization is enough to ensure the security needs of a certain sea area.

The excess combat power can expand the radiation range and form more deterrents to the New World.

Moreover, the split fleet, taken out individually, is still the best fleet in the world.

But in this way, it would be too unfriendly to other forces in the New World.

…

New Holy Cross Kingdom! ! !

Duke Fernandez looked at the small fleet passing offshore.

This fleet, consisting of one destroyer and two Warrior-class ironclads, sailed directly from Jinshan Port to the territory of the New Holy Cross Kingdom.

Even if there were no unnecessary actions, the arrival of this small fleet caused quite a bit of panic.

Duke Fernandez stared blankly for a long time, but actually could no longer see the shadow of the ship.

Two years have passed, and the New Holy Cross Kingdom has established a firm foothold in the New World and opened several new cities.

The total number of refugees plus the Chinese who came later was only 30,000, and 70,000 to 80,000 Tomo were arrested one after another, which was also a very dangerous population.

Fortunately, the new Daxia Empire did not attach great importance to these remnants, so it never banned commercial activities.

So this small kingdom can still maintain normal operations.

However, extremely shrinking national power represents an extreme weakening of productivity.

Nowadays, apart from making simple guns and cannons, it is difficult to make even a hundred-level armored ship.

Duke Fernandez stood there until dark, and then returned home.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw several new heirs running back and forth.

The dark skin made him frown subconsciously and feel nauseated.

These tools have no silent ability, but the fertility and the tenacity of the skin are truly amazing.

Duke Fernandez took the lead in breeding offspring with Tool Mo, but it didn't mean that he really liked these Tool people.

"Take them all down, and if you don't discipline them at a young age, will they go mining like the tools outside when they grow up?"

His Excellency the Duke had a rare big fire, and everyone in the mansion was trembling.

The Duke, who was in an extremely bad mood, even beat several black slaves to death and felt a little relieved.

Returning to his study, he picked up a pen and wrote two words on the paper: "Population."

As it turned out, his plan didn't work.

Tools are mostly of low IQ and cannot be used perfectly. They can only serve as primary tools.

And the genes are too stubborn. He doesn't want all the followers of the Lord to be black-skinned in the future.

And it is not too difficult to introduce population from the Great Xia Empire.

Let's not talk about why they gave up the Great Xia with perfect living conditions to come to the New World.

Even if they come, they will definitely choose the Great Xia Empire's own colonies first.

In fact, except for some people from the Holy Cross Kingdom and the Griffin Kingdom who fled spontaneously because of fear at the beginning, there has not been a single free immigrant in the past six months.

As the situation in the Great Xia Empire becomes more and more stable, seeing that life is getting better day by day, only stupid people will run away.

Today, stimulated by the fleet of the Great Xia Empire, Fernandez stayed in the study for a night and finally wrote two words: "White people?"

The Great Xia Empire can't afford to offend, and the white people can't afford to offend?

Whether it is coercion, inducement, or fraud, a group of people must be brought over.

And the white people have established a civilized capital after all, which is much better than these tools.

Duke Fernandez planned for the whole night and finally made up his mind.