After leaving Germany, Du Fuming and Mu Hua came to France. The existing part of the goods in Germany would be shipped to Australia within three days. It would take nearly a month to reach Australia, and it would take at least another month to go from Australia to the mainland. That was two months.
Therefore, Du Fuming and the others were quite anxious. After placing the order in Germany, they went straight to France without stopping.
France's industry could not be underestimated. This was the time when the French were the richest. Their loans were spreading all over the world, so it was really the right time to come to France.
After signing the secret non-aggression treaty again, Spain took the initiative to reduce the 100,000 troops on the western border of Chen Bingfa to 30,000. This was full of sincerity. In addition, the Spanish asked for a loan, so the French side agreed immediately. This time, the printed banknotes had a place to go.
In France, they ordered another batch of precision cutting machine tools, precision stamping machine tools, and special alloy smelting equipment. They could produce 40 tons of iron and 200,000 tons of steel per year. This was already the second batch of steel equipment ordered. These were used to lay the foundation. When the Chinese workers were familiar with it, they would start creating it. After all, Chang'e had a complete data map. For Lu Yao and the others, it was not difficult to upgrade their technology. It was rare for the people in the country to be armed with knowledge. To put it bluntly, they lacked people who could use the equipment.
They also purchased a batch of firearms in France, such as military binoculars, pocket watches, compasses, and other military supplies. There was also a batch of French cannons for research purposes. Of course, they did not purchase as many as they did in Germany. Of course, there was also the raw material market. After all, France had French Indochina in the Far East, so these were enough.
There were also two armored cruisers ordered in France. It was the blueprints from Lu Yao and the others. After all, they could not build them themselves at the moment, so they still needed the help of their foreign comrades.
Dupuy. de The armored cruiser Lorm, but the blueprint that Lu Yao and the others took out was the future Glorious class, with a displacement of 9800 tons, equipped with two 7.6-inch caliber main guns and six 6.4-inch rapid-fire guns, and a speed of 23 knots. A total of two ships of this level were ordered, and there were also two ships that cost 6500 tons. Of course, there were also destroyer ships. There were more of them, so six ships were ordered. Of course, it was the blueprints that Lu Yao and the others came up with. Lu Yao called them the Determination Level.
After completing his work in France, Du Fuming came to England, the end of his trip. At this time, Du Fuming also received a message from Alfonso. The industrial equipment ordered in Spain had been sent out for five days, and the equipment in Germany was ready to be sent out. They were just waiting for them to return as soon as possible after completing their goal in England.
When he arrived in England, Du Fuming first went to visit Victoria and listened to her teachings. Then, accompanied by the Minister of Industry, he began a big purchase trip in England. This busy trip lasted for several days.
At this time, the British industrial equipment was still leading, but in a few years, it might not be the case. However, the British navy was definitely the best.
In the UK, he purchased a steel mill, a chemical plant, and a series of equipment, including ten 200-ton blast furnaces, twenty 50-ton open furnaces, ten sets of special steel rolling equipment, which could roll various steel products and steel pipes. He also bought a set of synthetic nitrogen equipment and ordered a complete set of joint soda production equipment and a part of several sets of equipment for producing triacid and two alkalites. Some of them had already been ordered in Germany and France. After all, this was done using some of the craftsmanship of the later generations.
Just the equipment purchased by the four countries this time was enough for Lu Yao to build a foundation for half of China. However, they did not have the relevant manpower and material resources at the moment. In addition, Australia also needed it, so it was definitely enough for the provinces around Sichuan and Chongqing. After this batch arrived, he could manufacture it himself in the future. Moreover, Lu Yao knew that an economic crisis would occur in a few years. At that time, it would be good to sweep the goods again!
However, he had spent a lot of money. He had spent 40 million pounds in Germany, 50 million pounds in France, and 100 million pounds in the UK. He estimated that he would have to spend tens of millions more. Moreover, he still had to import raw materials in the future, so most of the banknotes printed by Lu Yao could only be used to pay off debts. However, this was also called taking from the people and using them for the people.
If it did not affect the world economy, Lu Yao and the others would only be able to print about 1 billion pounds. This was the total amount of printing in all the countries in the world, so they had spent more than one-third of it this time. There was still a long way to go in the future, and there would be more things to use in the future, so they still had to save some surplus food. Moreover, they could not invest all of the fake banknotes at once. They had to invest it bit by bit, and they had to use a lot of identities. Therefore, this was basically a one-time deal.
In the future, he would have to use counterfeit banknotes in small batches. He would have to use them in the colonies of England or other countries to reduce the risk.
After Du Fuming purchased the industrial equipment, he went to the Navy Department with Muhua. This time, they wanted to purchase the Majestic class battleship from the United Kingdom. Of course, Lu Yao and the others wanted to build an improved model. After all, in a few years, the dreadnought would appear. By then, all the previous dreadnought in the world would be behind.
The first generation of the North Pole Star class, which was Lu Yao's Constellation-class battleship, had officially appeared. After all, Lu Yao's journey was the sea of stars. Therefore, in the future, the class would be named after the constellation, and the names would be the names of the provinces. This way, it would be easier to distinguish. The cruisers would be named after the city, and the destroyer would be named after the mountains and rivers. In the future, when the aircraft carrier was in service, they would be named after the dynasty. There would also be room for improvement.
Of course, even if the dreadnought were to enter service, it would have to wait until around 1905. At that time, Lu Yao believed that he already had enough self-protection capabilities, and it would not be too late to build it.
[Arctic Star: Standard displacement of 13500 tons, full load of 14500 tons, using the latest reciprocation steam engine, maximum speed of 19 knots, cruising speed of 15 knots, able to run 8500 nautical miles.]
The armor did not change. It was still the majestic armor data.
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