C3694 (2/2)
”Haha …” Mother, you can take it easy, why do I need the authority of the New Army's Deisenmun and the Peace Faction? That's because I already have a plan for reform! ”
”Oh? Reform Plan... Tell me about it! ” Ci Xi was also interested.
”In this world, we are competing on whose steel is more and whose industrial strength is more powerful!”
”Mother, did you not see that the European war has completely entered the Age of Steel? The guns are made of fixed metal and not old guns that are filled with gunpowder!”
”The cartridge case wraps the gunpowder and the warhead, and the shot is a bullet …” How much copper do you think that would cost? ”
”A single shot from a cannon is no joke. The artillery shells of the army are as thick as bowls. The cannon's blast was earth-shattering. The enemy's formation of dozens of men exploded with a single shot!”
”Let alone the navy, everything from the keel to the deck is made of steel!”
”The main cannons of the navy are all 210 caliber in diameter. They are as thick as a child's head … A single shell from the battleship's main cannon would destroy the entire house! ”
”This is war, this is the mainstream of future generations! Playing with a spear? All of them are out of date! ”
Zai Chun said excitedly, ”The first thing I need to do after I take care of my own affairs is to establish a large Steel plant in the northern suburbs of the capital …”
”Refining iron, refining steel, these are the foundations of industry!”
”With steel, I can build army factories, machinery factories …” No matter what, I need our Great Qing to produce our own guns! ”
Seeing his son's excited expression, Ci Xi could not bear to pour cold water on him. Could he build an iron mill in the capital? Are there enough resources? ”
”Mother, what are you afraid of? The capital city was a treasure trove! West the mountain has coal, although the production is not much, but Shanxi has! As long as the road is repaired, there will be plenty of coal! ”
”Let alone iron ore, I don't believe that there is no iron ore in Taihang Mountains and Yanshan Mountains!”
”We will go look for the foreign engineers, and look for the mining teams. As long as we can find the iron ore and coal mine, the Steel plant will be completed!”
”As long as there is steel, there will be everything! My good Mother, in the future, we'll have to fight for it with steel! ”
Ci Xi sighed: ”You are right, but that coal mine is in Shanxi, and I don't even know if the iron mine is in that forest. How are we supposed to get to the capital if we find them? ”
”Aiyo, my own Mother! The railway! ”We can build railway transport …”
Hearing that, Ci Xi's face changed, ”Child …” ”You have to think about it carefully. This railway is not something that can be completed in a short period of time!”
”In the wild, I hate this railway! Do you know anything about broken wind? ”
Hearing the words Feng Shui, Zai Chun could no longer sit still, he stood up: ”This is all nonsense! Feng Shui, Feng Shui, you are so good, why are you allowing British and French combined forces to beat you up? ”
”No matter how good the Feng Shui Graveyard is, can it withstand a big artillery shell?”
”Mother! What kind of world was this!? pack of wolves, if we keep thinking about the past, sooner or later, our country will fall! ”
Ci Xi never thought that her son's thoughts would become so radical. She hugged the child and said sorrowfully, ”It is not that the Mother is against you, but you have to stabilize the situation!”
”You have neither a grand marriage nor a personal relationship! ”How many civil and military officials are truly of the same mind as you?”
”If you want to reform, at least you have to find a bunch of people who work for you!”
”Listen to Mother, this reform of yours must not be rushed … Let's get married first, then we can take care of things personally! Only one step at a time can you truly grasp power! ”