Chapter 699 You must surpass Britain and the United States!

In the conference hall of the Prime Minister's Office in Tianjin, the summer heat of July came to his face. Outside the window, the whistle of the steamship was faintly mixed with the hustle and bustle of the increasingly prosperous Tianjing city. Luo Yaoguo wore a thin gauze robe, shaking a palm fan, while sweeping over the people in front of the table with his eyes, including the Secretary of the Navy, Wang Tan, Secretary of the Military Preparation Department, Xu Shou, General Officer of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Hua Hengfang, President of Taiping University, Wang Libin, and a number of supervisors of industries, railways and mining affairs.

"Everyone, the second fifth year (1861-1865) must ensure that our heavenly kingdom is in the second echelon of the world." Luo Yaoguo's finger hit the steel production report on the table, "Last year, the UK produced 4.3 million tons of iron and 380,000 tons of steel; the United States produced about one million tons of iron and 200,000 tons of steel; while our heavenly kingdom produced 680,000 tons of iron and 120,000 tons of steel last year, the gap was still very big."

Speaking of this gap, Luo Yaoguo frowned.

The national strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is still too weak! The steel production is only one-quarter that of the United Kingdom, and it is still quite different from that of the United States, and even less than that of France and Prussia, which means it is facing shoulders with Austria...\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n

Hua Hengfang, the new General Officer of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, recommended: "The first and second phases of Xuzhou Iron and Steel Plant have been completed. After the third phase expansion, the annual output of pig iron can reach 100 cubic tons, and the steel output can be doubled. If a new factory is built in Kaiping and Daye, it will not be difficult to push the steel output to the second second in the world after the UK within five years. In another two or three five years, it is possible for our steel and shipbuilding to catch up with the UK in full. After all, we now have no shortage of technology, no shortage of raw materials, no shortage of capital, and no shortage of sales."

Luo Yaoguo nodded: "Time is endless! We must complete the catch-up in the fifteenth to twenty years and build our country into the world's number one industrial country! Only in this way can we support one billion or even more people!"

Population is undoubtedly the biggest problem facing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement in history and the subsequent chaos in the northwest caused at least 100 million people to decrease.

Instead, the severe land annexation at that time also suppressed the population growth rate.

The large-scale international food trade and agricultural revolution will be unlikely to break out within 20 or 30 years.

Since many people who would have starved to death survived after "all-in-one", many poor people who could not marry wives were able to get married and have children. Thirty years later, the population of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will definitely exceed one billion!

What should I do if there is a problem with one billion people in eating? It seems that there is only one way to catch up with the great powers!

"Where is the railway?" After Luo Yaoguo made up his mind, he looked at the railway governor Yung Wing.

"The Beijing-Shanghai Line has been fully connected, the Jinpu Line (Tianjin-Pukou) will be opened to traffic by the end of the year, and the first phase of the Longhai Line (Haizhou-Luoyang) will be completed next year. The two lines of Tianjin-Tangshan (Tangshan-Tianjin), and the Beijing-Tianjin (Beijing-Tianjin) will also be connected soon." Yung Wing opened the map, "If the Beijing-Hankou line (Beijing-Hankou) and the Guangdong-Hankou line (Hankou-Guangzhou) are built within five years, it will greatly facilitate north-south freight transportation!"

Xu Shou, the General Office of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, was transferred to the Minister of Military Affairs Department, coughed: "Steel and railways are the fundamentals, but the military should not be backward. The British 70mm rear-mounted gun imitated by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has been successfully trial-produced, with better range and accuracy than the old-style bore guns. If it can be mass-produced, it can be replaced within five years."

"It's not possible to have a 70mm rear-loading gun alone," Luo Yao Guodao, "In the second five years, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau will complete the development and mass production of 90mm and 120mm rear-loading guns::::. In addition, it will also complete the introduction and mass production of rear-loading guns!"

Wang Yan interrupted: "In terms of the navy, the "Tianjing" class ironclad ship "Tianjing" class, which imitates the French "Glorious" class, will be delivered at the end of this year! The design drawings of the Tianjin-class second ship "Beijing" have also been finalized. They will use domestic boilers and steam engines to lay keels next year. The "Tianjing" class third ship will use 90mm rear-loading guns and will lay keels in the year afterwards. In the following thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth years of Tianli, two "Tianjing" class third-class ironclad ships will be built every year! By the sixteenth year of Tianli, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Navy will have 8 5,000 ships.

A ton-class ironclad ship is here!"

Seeing Wang Yan's complacent look, Luo Yaoguo made a deep voice and said, "The navy's military will definitely make rapid progress in the next 30 years...::::: With the current technological progress level, in 30 years, there will definitely be a giant ship with a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons, equipped with a 12-inch caliber giant rear-mounted gun, and a maximum speed of more than 20 knots! Therefore, the research and development capabilities of the navy and shipbuilding must be raised...:::.In the second five years, we will establish the Shanghai Ship Design Bureau, hire European shipbuilding experts to be the chief engineers, and take the engineers from the Shanghai University Shipbuilding Department to design a new generation of ironclad ships. To form four generations, we are exploring one generation, pre-research one generation, development one generation, and production one generation of military research and development and production one generation!"

It is said to be "four generations", but in fact, it can be done by exploring one generation of Luo Yaoguo alone.

Don’t underestimate this “exploration” ability. If you can’t touch others to cross the river, it is easy to make the technology tree wrong.

Next, Luo Yaoguo suddenly changed his tone: "President Wang, Taiping University Hall will add an 'electrical department'."

Wang Libin was stunned: "Your Highness is saying that telegrams are like that?"

"More than that." Luo Yao National Highway, "is a hydroelectric generator, alternating current transmission, and tungsten wire light."

Everyone knew that Luo Yaoguo was talking about "spells from heaven", but they didn't understand. Wang Libin swallowed and said cautiously: "Your Highness, can this 'electric light' really replace the gas lamp?"

"It can not only replace it, but also illuminate the entire Tianjing city." Luo Yaoguo said lightly, "In five years, I will see the electrical laboratory of Taiping University Hall be completed and the first practical hydropower generator will be trial-made...:::. As for the budget, there is no upper limit!"

At the end of the meeting, it was almost noon. After the crowd dispersed, Maria hurried in with patent leather horse boots and placed a telegram on the table: "Napoleon III has been hooked! He also asked, what should we pay attention to if France goes to war with Prussia in the future?"

Luo Yaoguo's lips rose slightly: "Sure enough, this emperor still couldn't help but want to gamble in America."

In a study room in Dureilly's Palace, Napoleon III was holding the telegram sent by Wu Chongyao, the ambassador of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to France, and his fingers were trembling slightly.

In order to save the number of words, the telegram is written in classical Chinese, with a French translation written by Rinko next to it.

The original text of the telegram is: The Franco-Prussian War, when in the autumn of 1870, the Pu army had a rear-mounted firing gun, Jidreser,

The rate of fire is twice as high as that of the French breech gun: the Krupp's breech steel cannon has a range of ten miles, and the French bronze cannon is not as good as the French railway. The Prussian railway can gather 500,000 troops on the border in a ten-day period. If the French army is slow to dispatch, they will stand by the side and observe the emperor's expression. She is now stuck with Prince Napoleon. Of course, she does not want the French Second Empire to be the reign of only 1870.::::: However, Prussian has made rapid progress in industry in recent years, surpassing France and the United States, and has advanced to the second level in the world!

"Your Majesty," Wu Chongyao handed over another document at the right time, "my country is willing to cooperate with France to develop breech guns and naval ships...:::. Both sides share the R&D costs together, and the new equipment can also have the big markets of France and China, which can greatly reduce the cost."

Napoleon III took a deep breath and glanced at the map of Europe on the wall. Prussia's industrial efficiency does have an advantage over France! It seems that if France wants to establish an advantage over Prussia before 1870, it must strengthen cooperation with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

"What else did Prince Luo say?" the emperor asked in a deep voice.

Wu Chongyao bowed slightly: "Your Highness suggested that if France wants to curb Prussia, the most urgent task is to transform the railway network and accelerate the replacement of breech guns. In addition, ·——"

He paused, "It is better to do things in Mexico than to be late."

The emperor narrowed his eyes. Mexican conservatives were already at a disadvantage in the civil war and formally sought help from France. But the United States, which pursued Monroeism, seemed difficult to deal with, making Napoleon III not dared to intervene in the Mexican civil war. If the United States really fell into a civil war as predicted, France's opportunity in the Americas was once a lifetime.

"Tell Prince Ronaldo," Napoleon III said slowly, "France is willing to cooperate. But I want a more detailed analysis of the situation in the United States, especially, is there any chance of winning in the South?"

British Canada, Pier in the King of Heaven.

In the drizzle, Hong Renzheng's bright yellow satin robe was shaken by the sea breeze. Behind him, three hundred heads of united farms lined up neatly, waiting for the arrival of the new master.

The whistle sounded and the steamboat Jixiang slowly landed. Hong Daquan walked down the gangway with ten-year-old Hong Tiangui. The crowd on the dock immediately fell to his knees, and the water splashed soaked the legs of the coarse cloth pants.

"Brother Ren Zheng, are you okay?" Hong Daquan smiled kindly, as if he was very familiar with Hong Ren Zheng.

Hong Renzheng's face turned pale and he reluctantly bowed: "Brother Daquan came from afar, thank you for your hard work."

Hong Tiangui smiled and bowed to the scene of an adult, saying, "Uncle Renzheng, the father in heaven ordered me to take over North American affairs in the future. I hope you will give me more advice."

Hong Renzheng's mouth twitched, Hong Tiangui, the little brat, actually said it was "Hong Xiuquan from the sky" that he asked him to take on North American academic affairs in the future!

Now he had no chance of resisting.

Hong Tiangui is Hong Xiuquan's son. Lao Dou asked him to take over North America, who would disagree?

In the future, even if the West Coast of North America is to be independent and establish a country, Hong Tiangui will seem to be a legitimate person to be the king.

Hong Daquan was once the archbishop of Japan and had a high prestige among North American Japanese. In addition, Luo Dagang, Chen Yucheng's North American Legion only listened to Luo Yaoguo's dispatch...\n. If he didn't want to leave with decent, he had to meet Hong Xiuquan!

But how can the Japanese Archbishop be so easy to be?

Nanmu Daozi is Yang Xiuqing’s man!

"Brother Ren Zheng," Hong Daquan held his shoulder affectionately and leaned into his ears, "There are thousands of overseas Chinese in the Kingdom of Hawaii and thousands of overseas Chinese, all believers of the True Talk...::: It has always been under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Japan!"

Hong Renzheng was stunned and looked at Hong Daquan with his eyes narrowed.
Chapter completed!