Volume D, Chapter 20, New Year's Eve
Seeing that Tirpitz had put down the information, Lieutenant Pom said again: "Your Excellency, the other party seems to have learned about the Invincible Armored Cruiser, but he did not give us detailed information." Under the data of the Invincible Armored Cruiser, Yang Rui only wrote the name of the Invincible Armored Cruiser, but there was no content. This is a fish hook.
Sure enough, Tirpitz, who heard the armored cruiser, glared at him again, "It was also provided by the Chinese?"
"Yes. Your Excellency." Lieutenant Pom seemed to be afraid to face the majesty of the general, and responded with his head down.
"Is the data of the battleship consistent with what we have?" Battleships and large armored cruisers are the focus of the British new shipbuilding plan and the focus of the German naval spy. In particular, the Invincible Class was only on board in April this year, and the keel was laid shortly after it was laid. If the Chinese have data like the Fearless Class, it means that they have spies in the British Navy, Design Institute, and Shipyard.
"It's totally consistent, you, and there are some that we didn't know before. It requires us to take time to confirm the data." Bom was also happy to see that the General began to pay attention to this information. Although he was just a civilian, he was extremely happy to be able to obtain more information from the British Navy.
"Then let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ask the Chinese for invincible information." Tirpitz seemed to think that the only one who provided the information was a greedy spy, and said easily.
"Yes. Your Excellency." Lieutenant Bom turned around, but he found him again in the afternoon. Although Bly had already transmitted several requests from the Revival Society to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when transmitting intelligence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had just wanted to give Yang Rui some small loans and some backward guns and ammunition, and at most some training places for officers. He did not expect that Yang Rui would make his mind on the submarine. After all, this involved the Navy Department. The negotiation between the departments and departments was very troublesome, so they just wanted to send the battleship information to the Navy Department, and then turned around to tell Yang Rui that this matter was not possible. But he didn't expect that the Navy Department actually asked about the information of another warship. Only then did they realize that the information was real.
"That's how it is." After a long talk, Lieutenant Pom felt like he was about to die of thirst.
"That means the other party needs our submarine, right?" Things seemed to be starting to get complicated, but Tirpitz only hoped that things would get easier and easier. He didn't have time to discuss details of cooperation with a savage.
"Yes. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, these revolutionaries seem to value submarines very much. They hope to join the German Navy's submarine development and also hope to buy more than two submarines." Lieutenant Pom said these incredible words, and at first thought that the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were joking. But after repeated confirmation by the other party, he felt that this was true.
Tirpitts couldn't help but ponder for a moment, and then said, "As long as they can pay, they can sell their submarines, and our submarine training boats can also train them in submarine soldiers. But we need more information from the British Navy."
Iron coffins have never been a dish of Tirpitz. If it weren’t for the development of submarines, it was a trend for various countries, and these things were only two to three million marks, which cost very little, and the Navy would not develop them. Since the Chinese had the British naval information, they could sell some of the garbage to them. The Navy's attitude was clear, and there was no problem with the shipyard. However, the news finally returned to Shanghai. When Bli told Yang Rui, there had been a lot of changes.
"Dear Yang," Bly smiled very kindly, "With our efforts, His Majesty the Emperor and the Admiralty have agreed to your request. However, in order to prevent the enemy from obtaining information from our submarines, we have another extremely reasonable request."
"Requirements? What is the requirement? As long as it is reasonable, then I think I have no reason to refuse." Yang Rui became a little excited when he heard that the submarine finally touched it.
"It's like that. Because the revival will not have safe ports and factories. So the purchased submarines and trained workers and officers need to be handed over to you after you have occupied a safe port, or rather a complete province. Before that, these things cannot leave Germany." Bry said verbally and made it clear that the conditions attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were added.
Seeing the Germans making such an idea, Yang Rui retorted: "Your Excellency. According to the previous promise, a submarine without torpedoes is OK."
"But that's an ordinary submarine. Now we are talking about the latest submarines of the Imperial Navy that are not allowed to go to the Far East when you cannot ensure his safety. There are British spies everywhere here, and once the Qing government protests, we will be extremely passive in diplomacy." Bli's tone was extremely harsh, as if this was insurmountable.
But Yang Rui still argued: "There is a Qingdao port in Germany in the Far East. I hope that one or two not-so-advanced submarines can use Qingdao as their home port, so that their safety can be guaranteed."
Yang Rui's proposal seemed to make some sense, but after thinking about it, Buley shook his head, "I think the Qingdao Far East Fleet will not agree with this matter, and the military port cannot be opened to foreign military personnel."
"Okay, I agree with this requirement." Yang Rui originally wanted to build a dock for submarines to dock in Anton, but he thought that Anton was just under the eyes of the Japanese, and it was not safe to build it. "But I have a requirement for this, that is, do not limit the number of people for submarine personnel."
"I agree with this. As long as you don't bring diplomatic pressure to us because of exposure, you can afford to pay." Seeing that Yang Rui agreed to the previous "reasonable demand", Buley agreed to his subsequent demand very readily. In fact, in his opinion, Revival would be fooled. Because the original intention of this requirement was to make Revival revolt in Shandong and become a German agent in China. In the judgment of the Germans, Revival would at most initiate an uprising in one province, rather than a national uprising.
"Is the price very expensive?" When Buley finally mentioned the money, Yang Rui was afraid that they would speak loudly.
"No, my friend, just charge according to the general standards." Bley said this, poured Yang Rui a glass of wine to celebrate the success of the negotiations between the two sides, and there was no major disagreement.
When Yang Rui saw him handing the wine, he smiled and took it. The negotiations with the Germans ended here. The details, or the price of submarines and radios, and the price of synthetic ammonia, were negotiated by Zhong Guanguan in Germany. These two things are extremely important things for Germany, especially the synthetic ammonia technology. They were five or six years earlier than Haber, and the conversion rate was much higher than in history. He believed that this would sell for a good price.
While riding a tourist at the Zhongshui to fight with the Germans, Yang Rui pulled Xu Huafeng from Northeast China to Shanghai. After all, he had to study submarines. But after Yang Rui explained his meaning to him, he said wonder: "It's true that even such a ship can fight?"
Seeing Yang Rui talking so heavily, Xu Huafeng nodded blankly and said, "Don't worry, you have to chew off the submarine even if you fight this old bone."
After Yang Rui finished speaking, he knew that he was talking too heavily, so he had to say: "People are the first priority. No matter how important the submarine is, it is not as important as humans. Never ruin your body for it. Also, the sir will go to select people first. After the candidates are selected, they will study in Shanghai for two months and wait until they go abroad next spring."
"Study..." Xu Huafeng was a little surprised when he thought of the vigorous purging that was underway.
"It's learning quality management." Seeing that he misunderstood, Yang Rui had to explain: "Any warship is a precise system. Without the concept of quality management, it is not only impossible to build well, but also unable to use well. Therefore, the entire submarine research team must have a sense of system and quality management, otherwise no matter how good things are, they will be garbage."
Seeing that Yang Rui was training this, Xu Huafeng felt relieved. In fact, the lab people had not cleaned him up before, so he didn't complain about Yang Rui's purge this time, and Zhang Taiyan's complaints.
After explaining the submarine, it will be the Spring Festival in a while. This is Yang Rui’s fifth Spring Festival in this era. He remembers that the first time he spent with Zhang Hanting. He played a guest appearance as a fruit dealer at that time, and the two met at the Sixteenth Shop. Now he has borrowed money from Guandong Bank and set up a cooperative. The Jiangxi oranges he gave him have been planted, which tastes the same as those in later generations. In addition, he met Han Xianfeng that night. Fortunately, he knew her, otherwise he would have died.
The second Spring Festival was on a cruise ship back to China via Europe. There were not many Chinese on the ship. He only spent a few pounds to have a big meal on the ship, which was his reward for himself. The third was in the Northeast, which was still on the battlefield of the Russo-Japanese War, but just like soldiers. He ate a bowl of pork dumplings and drank half a bottle of Erguotou, and it was over. The fourth was in New York, USA, and he spent it with Yu Zixun and others. That time, there were more people, which was more lively.
After thinking about the past, Yang Rui felt that the past five years had been extremely bumpy, especially since the revolution, he almost lost his life three times, which was considered unlucky. Although he thought about the unlucky, he thought of those who sacrificed, and he felt that he was lucky, and that the revival would reach its current scale, which was not easy. In 2007, whether the revolution was successful or not depends on his luck in four years.
Yang Rui was thinking randomly. He was waiting for the evening banquet in Cheng Weinan's study. Because he learned that Yang Rui was alone in Shanghai, Cheng Weinan didn't care about the rules that men and women could not meet before marriage, so he asked Cheng Wu to call Yang Rui home to have the New Year's Eve dinner together. He is now regarded as the prospective son-in-law of the Cheng family, and the people below called him all the son-in-law. The Cheng family was familiar with Yang Rui, but Yang Rui was a little uncomfortable with the Cheng family. It was difficult to walk around the house more. He could only look through the thread-coated ancient books that Cheng Weinan had hidden in Cheng Weinan's study, which was to pass the boring time.
"Do you understand?" Seeing Yang Rui holding a book of the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, Cheng Xu, who had just come in, asked with a smile.
"I can't understand." Yang Rui admitted that in fact, he only saw the word "Huangdi" and was very attractive. When he read the "Inner Classic" again, he thought that the ancient martial arts secrets were secrets, but when he opened it, he realized that it was a medical book.
Hearing Yang Rui confessed, Cheng Rui laughed loudly. Later, the servant who came in with her saw the lady talking and laughing with her son-in-law, and after serving tea, she consciously stepped down. Because it was New Year's Eve, Cheng Rui was wearing new clothes and cleaned up her whole body. Her face was delicate and beautiful. Seeing that there was no one around, Yang Rui dragged her back with a courageous courage. He kissed her hatefully. When she wanted to take advantage of her, she blocked her. It seemed that she was at home. Cheng Rui was very restrained. After a while, she would push Yang Rui away. Then she adjusted her somewhat scattered hairstyle and said coquettishly: "Perverb!"
"Perverb" was originally a modern word that Yang Rui taught her, but she was scolded by her and she had another taste. In addition, her hair was scattered and her eyes were even more charming. When Yang Rui was about to kiss her again, he heard a sound outside the door, so he had to let go of his hand that was holding her.
The person who came here was Cheng Weinan. He was thinking of going to the study to see what the son-in-law was doing, but he was holding his daughter with me and flirting. In a daze, he quietly retreated. At first, he was displeased in his heart and was ungrateful, but then he thought that the leaders of the revolutionary party were all in this way. This son-in-law was pretty good, at least he never raised a young man outside, and he didn't care about smoking, drinking and gambling. He was considered a serious person. Thinking of this, when he came in again, he deliberately made the sound louder.
After Yang Rui and Cheng Wuen separated, they saw Cheng Weinan coming in and were shocked, but they still politely called out Lord Taishan. Cheng Wu next to him turned red and went out.
"It's true. The family is vulgar, but I'm still used to living there?" Cheng Weinan was not caring about what happened just now. He looked like an elder caring about his juniors and was asking about his well-being.
"Habit. Habit." Yang Rui hurriedly said. In fact, he was not used to it. He had not served him for so long. Therefore, when the servants were about to wash his feet, he drove him out.
"Just get used to it, just get used to it." Cheng Weinan took the tea from his servant and took a sip before saying. In fact, just a few days after Yang Rui lived at home, he realized that this son-in-law was indeed from a poor family. After his parents died early, he lived alone. This was why he was a little unceremonious and was very polite to his servants, but he started to do some things that they should do.
"It's true. The Qing soldiers are going to go to Yanzhou after the New Year. What should you do?" Since he promised his daughter to the revolutionary party in front of him, Cheng Weinan often looked for news about the Revival Society and Yanzhou in the newspaper. He was very worried when he saw the Qing soldiers win, and was very happy when he saw the revolutionary army win. He only hoped that the son-in-law in front of him could occupy a province and become a prince with the support of foreigners. As for seizing the world, it was something he had never thought of.
"It's not about increasing troops, it's a normal defense change. It doesn't matter. The soldiers in Hubei are not familiar with Yanzhou. They are afraid that they will slow down and attack again and again when they are just coming." Although Yang Rui lives in Chengfu, Chen Guangshou will still report some important things. The Eighth Town will drive to Huizhou to replace the new army in Anhui after the New Year. When they are familiar with the terrain and want to attack again, it will probably be two or three months later. By that time, the airship should have transported all the arms in - now a new airship has been built in Germany, and the Ma'anshan Iron Factory on the Yangtze River is also quietly starting to build an airship docking station. The Yangtze River is now an international water area, and the cargo ship patrol team with foreign flags will not dare to stop it. By then, it will be very simple to unload more than a dozen tons of ammunition at night.
"It's good, it's good." Cheng Weinan really wanted to give some advice for the revolution, but he didn't know where to start. Yang Rui was afraid that the two of them would be embarrassed, so he took the initiative to talk about the sugar business that Cheng Weinan was concerned about, and even recommended the sugarcane rolling machine as seen in a novel, which made Cheng Weinan unable to help but rise and wanted to go to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to build new machines.
The father-in-law and son-in-law talked about business affairs for several hours, and they didn't give up until Cheng Wu came to call them to join the table. This talk only made Cheng Weinan look up to Yang Rui a little more. After all, this son-in-law is not a cannon, and he really has some effort in doing business. Therefore, during the table, Cheng Weinan had a few more drinks with Yang Rui.
While eating the New Year's Eve dinner here, the firecrackers outside were shaking the sky. The time difference was more than a hundred years ago, but some customs could not be changed. It was still very lively when it was time to be lively. Before the banquet was over, Cheng Weinan, who had drunk a few more cups, couldn't stand the drunkenness and rested early. The mother-in-law, who wanted to talk to Yang Rui, had to go and serve him first. The couple in the dining room stopped eating after they had eyes. While the doorman was unprepared, they sneaked out of the door and walked hand in hand on the thick white snow on the side of the street outside. The house was really too stuffy, so it was good to come out for breathing.
The prosperity of the French Concession lies in the Yangjinggang, which intersects the British Concession. There are not many shops here. Yang Rui only thought that it was not safe to go there, so he had to walk west along Baochang Road. In fact, this Baochang Road is the Huaihai Middle Road in later generations. When he was in college, he would accompany them to walk along Nanjing Road and the Huaihai Middle Road. He seemed to remember the appearance of a hundred years later, but a hundred years ago, he could not find any shadow of his future generations.
Only at this moment, he suddenly felt that even if time flies and changes, only this lovely person around him will never change. She will accompany him to witness the revolution and the revival of a country. Thinking of Yang Rui's love in his heart, he only hugged Cheng Xu lovingly, and then said: "Wait until the New Year, go to Northeast with me."
Chapter completed!