I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

The Chinese of this generation are indeed short, especially the Cantonese and Hunanese, who are even smaller.

However, with the implementation of the Daming meat, egg and milk protection plan, especially the implementation of free school lunches, Zhao Aqian believes that the next generation of Daming people will be much taller.

Bismarck did not have as many emotions as Zhao Aqian.

In this era, Europeans were actually not very tall, and their height was not as high as in North America. After all, food and meat in North America were much cheaper than in Europe.

At least Prussians are not synonymous with tall these days.

Of course, Junker nobles with plenty of meat and plenty of martial arts (referring to hunting and servants) are still very high.

Bismarck himself was one of them.

What he noticed was the difference in the means of transportation of the two groups of people.

Those mules and carriages were basically driven by red-necked black people.

The Rising Sun Automobile belonged to a businessman from the Ming Dynasty.

How did they drive the cotton back across the river?

Soon Bismarck's doubts were resolved.

A non-cross-strait steel bridge appeared on the New Yangtze River.

"Mr. Prime Minister, if you visit in the second half of the year, we can get on the train from Memphis."

Zhao Aqian pointed to the railroad tracks being laid under the steel bridge, on which a large number of Chinese workers were working with bare arms, "This is actually a railway bridge, and the lower part has not yet been completed."

"The Chinese are indeed a great craftsman nation. In Germany, we all praise Chinese products!"

Looking at these hardworking but without any complaints, Bismarck couldn't help but praise the highly efficient Chinese road builders.

Half flattery, half sincere.

From cameras to automobiles, with high prices and excellent performance, bright goods are the commodities that the upper class and new capitalists are keen to buy in all German states.

It was also seeing such road builders that Bismarck finally understood why the Ming people were able to build the railway here.

It is indeed the nation that built the Great Wall!

Bismarck felt that this trip to America might be more important than he originally expected.

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In fact, the total mileage of Daming's current railways is not that long.

Binhai Railway + Northern Railway + various branch railways, the total mileage of Daming’s railways is only 1 kilometers.

It is equivalent to the railway mileage of the whole of China when the Qing Dynasty perished.

Not only is it inferior to the UK, but it is even inferior to the Lincoln gang + Johnson gang.

However, the Daming single-track railway is indeed very long. The Feng-Chongqing line of the northern line is 3144 kilometers, which should be the undisputed longest railway in the world.

In particular, this route crosses the Mihe Plain, the Central Great Basin, the Northern Plateau, and the Rocky Mountains, and the natural scenery along the way is magnificent.

Because of the vastness of land and sparse population, it is not uncommon to not stop for three to four hundred kilometers, or even five to six hundred kilometers.

This gave Bismarck a great sensory impact.

He was even more impressed by the speed of the "Suan Ni" train set at 55 kilometers per hour.

Sitting in the VIP carriage, Bismarck looked at the scenery passing by on both sides with an expression that could not be calm for a long time.

"Mr. Prime Minister, what do you think of our Daming train?" Zhao Aqian asked.

"Quick, too fast, it's inspiring!"

Bismarck said meaningfully, "I think our Prussia, like your country, is very suitable for such a train. We all need this kind of speed. We need to run and surpass now!"

Of course, the speed of 55 kilometers per hour is nothing compared to later generations.

Even in this era, 55 kilometers is not fast, and there are internal combustion engine trains in the United States that exceed 70 kilometers per hour.

But those trains are all short-distance, and the speed can only be reached under very good geographical conditions.

And Daming's "Suan Ni" not only ran far, but also experienced various complex terrains, which fully demonstrated his strong power.

In fact, Daming's train skills were very hip at the beginning.

When Li Hongzhang came, the train was less than 20 kilometers per hour.

This is the result of the guidance of technical experts from the East through the Vanderbilt family.

The locomotive that the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty tinkered with at the beginning could not run 100 kilometers without failure.

Chapter 425 Armored trains and Krupp guns

But it was this series of early failures and difficulties that produced a large number of skilled railroad workers.

And it is Zhu Fugui's personal advisor Master Guo and his friends who really bring out the full potential of these workers.

Zhu Fugui currently has 4 groups of private consultants.

They are:

Mint consultants: Fake antique dealers Xiao Erhei and Boss Zhou, monthly salary 0, single consultation fee 50 yuan;

Agricultural consultant: [Akatsuki] Chen Xiao, a doctoral student in agronomy at East China Agricultural College, because of the improvement of academic qualifications, the monthly salary has increased from 3000 yuan to 3500 yuan, and the bonus ranges from 500 yuan to 1 yuan;

Medical consultant: Vice President Tong of Ivory Mountain Central Hospital, old friend, monthly salary 0, single consultation fee ranging from 1000 to 5000 yuan, open class 1 to 3 yuan each time;

Industrial consultant: [Jiangnan Combine Harvester Factory] Master Guo, with a monthly salary of 7000 yuan and a bonus of 1 to 10 yuan

Obviously, Master Guo's salary and bonus are the highest.

On the one hand, this is because Master Guo himself earns a good income as a senior worker, and he may not be willing to do part-time jobs if he earns less money.

Of course, the more important thing is that Master Guo's ability to help Zhu Fugui solve problems is really strong.

He was born in 62, with a college degree, and he was a proper intellectual back then.

He and his classmates are the generation of engineers who seized the historical opportunity of New China and transformed into an industrial power. They have strong hands-on ability, practical ability, and solid theoretical foundation.

If they are pure front-line veteran technicians, their level may be very good, but they lack the ability to pass on their experience to others in the form of words and sketches.

If it is a highly educated engineer born in the 80s or 90s, their knowledge structure is certainly novel, but it is precisely because it is so novel that Daming does not have the ability to imitate it.

Master Guo just happened to meet Zhu Fugui's request.

Moreover, he is very popular. For a 10 yuan red envelope in the WeChat group, many old classmates eagerly give him advice.

Master Guo is good at old-fashioned internal combustion engines, boilers and steam engines, and other parts of the locomotive were designed by Master Guo's classmates.

Generally speaking, the Daming "Suan Ni" train is based on the American MK1 train.

New China Steam Locomotive Sifang Factory used MK1 as the prototype to imitate the Jiefang freight steam locomotive.

This kind of steam locomotive was discontinued until 1960, so Master Guo and his classmates did not participate in the production.

However, this kind of train has been in service for a long time, and it was still used in some remote areas in the 90s. Master Guo and his classmates almost everyone have repaired this kind of train.

It's completely different from just having a blueprint that has been repaired and disassembled.

Why did the main battleship of the Ming Dynasty go through twists and turns?

It was not because Zhu Fugui couldn't find a master who had repaired or built warships, but he was reported several times.

Trains are less sensitive.

Master Guo and his classmates provided extremely detailed drawings and first-hand data, as well as details that simply did not exist in various literatures.

They almost taught Daming's own engineers how to build a mk1 steam locomotive.

It is because of the excellent consultant team and the excellent engineers trained by himself that Daming has a world-class steam train.

With powerful and reliable power, another big killer of this era, the armored train finally has the possibility of actual combat.

At Xinzheng Railway Station, Zhao Aqian specially invited Bismarck to get off the train and visit the parked armored train.

Even without Zhao Aqian's introduction, Bismarck could still see that the six carriages parked on the tracks of Xinzheng Station and under maintenance were obviously different.

The thick black-gray steel plates on both sides of the carriage formed a solid armored carriage, and the workers with spray guns were spraying paint on the head.

A 75mm field gun and a Gatling machine gun are installed on two steel plate rolling ground-shaped turrets on the roof of a carriage.

The carriage is full of dense shooting holes.

These hideous armor and output parts remind people of the terrible damage these armored trains will bring to the enemy once they are put into actual combat.

Qian Luojun, the military attache of the Royal Army who accompanied him, said: "The load of these carriages can reach 60 tons, otherwise ordinary carriages would not be able to carry so much steel."

Bismarck looked at this ferocious steel giant and felt involuntarily cold hands and feet, and the slight dizziness made him wonder if he was a little motion sick.

But reason told Bismarck that this was impossible.

Because Daming's trains are very stable, at least far more stable than Prussian trains.

"Originally our design was to install two 152mm long-range artillery on the armored car, but in the end we rejected this plan."

"Our emperor believes that machine guns are not less important than cannons, so we reduced the number of large-caliber artillery and increased small-caliber field guns and machine guns."

"Speaking of artillery, we believe that Krupp in your country is the best artillery supplier in the world. I believe there will be a lot of room for cooperation between us."

Qian Luojun is the commander of the 32021st Brigade of the Railway Army. He naturally knows the secrecy regulations and knows what to say and what not to say.

In fact, every word he said came from the instruction of the Ministry of War.

And the final decision maker is naturally Marshal Zhu.

If you ask what is the shortcoming that Ming needs to strengthen most in the military today, the answer is probably the cannon.

Daming's [Eagle] series field guns are of course very good, but there are still many defects in grafting.

The 2-ton behemoth battleship that has not been finalized in the Ming Dynasty still uses huge and clumsy shore cannons.

[Iron Harrier] The artillery used by medium tanks also often malfunctions.

In this aspect of not being able to get direct help from future generations, there is still a gap between Daming and the top powers.

So Zhu Fugui took a fancy to the Prussian Krupp cannon very early on.

It's not that all of them need to be replaced with Krupp cannons, but learning a full set of craftsmanship from Prussia will obviously bring huge benefits to Ming's military development.

As for these armored trains, they were the bargaining chips that Zhu Fugui offered in exchange.

In name, it was Ming Pu who cooperated in the development of armored train guns, but in fact it was Daming Sharingan's Prussian guns, and then supplied them with armored trains and steam locomotives at low prices.

If Brother William wants to exchange only the Krupp cannon production technology for the "Suan Ni" steam locomotive production technology, then Zhu Fugui must have turned the table and there is nothing to talk about.

However, Zhu Fugui believes that such a thing will most likely not happen.

After all, it is the Prussians who stick to Daming with hot faces, not the other way around.

And armored trains that can be exported to Prussia in the name of civilian trains and quickly form combat power are undoubtedly what Germany needs most today.

It is better to buy than to make. Zhu Fugui hopes that William's little brother can understand this truth as soon as possible.

Chapter 426

The scene of Prussian soldiers taking an armored train into Metz, into Alsace and Lorraine, and even into Paris lingered in Bismarck's mind for a long time.

He even had an urge to immediately send a telegram to His Majesty William, requesting to re-examine the relationship between Pumin and elevate Ming to an important strategic partnership second only to Italy.

Italy can contain the French in Europe, but Ming Dynasty can provide tactical weapons at the level of big killers.

Both were extremely important allies for Prussia.

However, as a seasoned diplomat, Bismarck hid his thoughts very well, and at the same time kept telling the accompanying Junker officers not to write their desire for armored trains on their faces.

Because Bismarck knew that diplomats who could not grasp their emotions would be at a disadvantage at the negotiating table.

To put it simply, licking a dog is not a good death.

This is not only a wise saying in the relationship between men and women, but also the norm in the diplomacy of major powers.

Small countries, such as Japan and South Korea after castration, may be able to create a future by licking.

But big countries are doomed to die if they lick their dogs.

Because your tongue is too big and rough, people want to kill dogs and eat meat, so you don't want you to lick off a layer of skin!

Before he knew it, even Bismarck himself didn't realize that the diplomatic purpose of his trip had changed from "confirming the value of Ming's friendship" to "fighting not to be Ming's licking dog".