I want to ruin the country

Prime Minister Adam was very dissatisfied and said, "Let us return to the top of Europe. Who do you think you are?"

You were defeated by the British, and the compensation you paid to the British was borrowed from here and there. Yet you still want us to do this and that. It's simply shameless of you to say that.

But out of courtesy I still said,

"Your Excellency, what do you have in mind?"

Prince Gong nodded to Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang took out a scroll, opened it and placed it on the table.

Prime Minister Adam was stunned when he saw the painting. It turned out that the painting was of a majestic warship.

This is a large warship, with a bow and stern ship design, a high freeboard, and a slender and beautiful appearance.

A sky bridge spanning the entire main deck is specially designed between the bow and stern buildings, making transportation between the front and rear very convenient.

Adam, who was also a connoisseur, exclaimed,

"What a beautiful warship!"

Prince Gong smiled and said, "Sir Li, please introduce the parameters to the Prime Minister!"

Li Hongzhang said,

"The ship has a displacement of 4150 tons, a length of 109.73 meters, a width of 14.17 meters, a draft of 5.18 meters, a maximum speed of 23 knots, and a crew of 360."

"What? 23 knots? No way?"

Prime Minister Adam was very surprised!

Li Hongzhang said,

“Don’t be surprised, Prime Minister. I haven’t finished speaking yet. The security protection of this ship is also incoherent.

In terms of safety protection, a dome deck is laid across the entire ship near the waterline, and the raised part in the center of the dome is 1 and 4/3 inches thick.

The thickness of the slope below the waterline on both sides is 4.5 inches."

Adam nodded. He had not heard of any other warship with such protection capabilities!

"Any more?"

Li Hongzhang said,

"The ship normally carries 400 tons of coal and has a maximum load of 1000 tons.

It uses two vertical four-cylinder reciprocating steam engines and 2 high-type coal-fired boilers.

This ship can generate 23 horsepower, so it can reach a speed of knots.

It is well-deserved to be called the fastest warship in the world!"

"Twenty-three thousand horsepower, are you kidding me?"

Prince Gong smiled and said,

"Does the Prime Minister think I'm joking with you by traveling thousands of miles?"

Adam also believed that Prince Gong was not joking, but he had never heard of such a warship before, so he asked hurriedly,

"Your Highness, it's not that I don't believe you, but which shipyard built this ship?"

Prince Gong said,

"He could very well have been built in one of your Dynasty Shipyards!"

Adam was stunned.

"What do you mean?"

Prince Gong said,

"This is the most advanced warship in the world. Whoever owns this ship owns the ocean.

Prime Minister Adam should understand better than me what it means to own the ocean! "

Owning the ocean is equivalent to owning the world. Prime Minister Adam understands this principle better than anyone else!

Their country once owned the ocean and the whole world.

But due to the interference of the British, they lost it again, and the whole country fell apart!

"Your Highness, please tell me in detail what happened!"

Prince Gong said,

"Prime Minister Adam, our Great Qing Emperor intends to have your Dynasty Shipyard build the world's most advanced warship!"

"What? Please say it again!"

Greed immediately appeared in Adam's eyes.

Now Britain, France and Germany are all able to build ironclad ships of more than 5,000 tons.

The British even built an ironclad ship of more than 9,000 tons and sold it to China.

However, the largest warship built by its own dynasty shipyard so far is still only 1,700 tons, which makes the former maritime power lose face.

In fact, poor shipbuilding capabilities and weak naval power are also one of the reasons for the decline of the Kingdom of Denmark.

If the shipbuilding industry can be revitalized and Denmark has a strong navy, it is entirely possible for it to return to its peak!

Not to mention that Adam is a qualified politician, even the most incompetent leader would want to govern his country well.

Prince Gong looked at him and remembered what the emperor said.

"These people will definitely be unable to control themselves when they see the appearance of this warship!"

Prince Gong said,

"Our Emperor said that if Prime Minister Adam is sincere enough, we can authorize you to produce this warship and will quickly help you become stronger!"

Adam didn't care about being polite anymore and asked hurriedly,

"Really, how do you prove that what you said is true?"

Prince Gong said,

"First of all, Prime Minister, you must show your sincerity!"

Adam thought about it.

"Your Excellency, I can show enough sincerity.

But you have to let me know who the designer of this warship is and how you got the drawings?

Furthermore, you do have the authorization to build this warship!"

Prince Gong gritted his teeth and said,

"Prime Minister Adam, the designer of this warship is our Emperor!"

The last few words were spoken by Prince Gong word by word!

Prime Minister Adam was extremely shocked.

"Ah, how is that possible!"

Prince Gong said,

"Our Emperor is a learned man, knowledgeable in every way. Nothing is impossible for him. Do you think I would use the Emperor to deceive you?"

Adam said hurriedly,

"No, no, no, Your Highness, I never thought of it that way!"

Adam didn't believe that a prince would joke about the emperor of his own country, unless he didn't want his head anymore!

Prince Gong said,

"This ship was designed by our Emperor. Do you think we have the right to build it?"

Adam said hurriedly,

"Yes, yes, of course!"

Prince Gong said,

The Emperor not only designed the warship, but also the cannons on it, which are state-of-the-art, with a maximum range of 10 nautical miles."

Adam was shocked when he heard this. The range was over 10 nautical miles, which was kilometers. How was this possible?

"Your Excellency, are you sure what you said is true?"

The ship that Prince Gong showed Adam was the "Yoshino" in later generations.

The four main guns on the Yoshino are 4-inch 6-caliber rapid-fire guns produced by Armstrong.

The gun barrel is 6096 mm long, the bullet weighs 45.4 kg, and the initial velocity is 671 per second.

The main gun has a firing rate of seven rounds per minute and an effective range of 8600 meters.

In addition to these main guns, the ship is also equipped with eight 8-inch 4.7-caliber rapid-fire guns produced by Armstrong.

The gun has a barrel length of 4801 mm, a shell weight of 18.1 kg, an effective range of 7000 meters, and an initial velocity of 467 meters per second.

In addition, there are 22 47mm Hotchkiss single-barrel rapid-fire guns distributed throughout the "Yoshino".

Such firepower was still very terrifying during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894.

Moreover, the speed of this warship was the fastest among all the warships at that time!