Chapter 99 Warship Tour
[99] Warship tourism
After the demand was met, Yao Fan signed the contract, quickly completed the transfer of the 100 million deposit, and left Northwest Industrial Company.
"Next, I should complete Li Hongzhang's entrustment as soon as possible. At this stage, Lao Li thinks that the more useful I am, the safer I will be. Yao Fan thought on the bullet train back to Qingdao.
According to the steam turbine generator ordered to Shandong Machinery Bureau last time, Yao Fanyi also drew a set for Li Hongzhang, plus a batch of simple and cheap human processing machine tools, and many forceps, forging steel vise, etc. 1875 is really a good place for sales, even 2011 forging steel for the entry-level forceps. The viffs are high-quality hot-selling goods, and then they bought enough electric lights, wires and other accessories.
"It's just that the mosquito boat that Lao Li wants is not easy to do. Let me try it and see if I can order it in the name of building a retro warship." Yao Fan's plan has always been to use commercial packaging to cover it up.
Yao Fan found Qingdao Shipyard again.
Factory director Liu Decan warmly received Yao Fan.
"Mr. Yao, you are here! Please sit down! Please sit down!"
Once born and twice, Liu Decan is much more enthusiastic this time.
"Two weeks ago, Yuhua Diesel Engine Company shipped the steam host that was completed. At that time, our factory unloaded the antique tourist tugboat you wanted, and now it is rushing to work on the platform. The three 150-horsepower small trailers are the fastest to complete at present. Not only have the keel been laid, but the steel plate of the hull has also been almost welded.
Knowing that the progress was going well, Yao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Director Liu, I have a list for you to help me see if I can answer it."
Liu Decan was surprised to open the drawings handed over to him by Yao Fan and read them. This is the drawing that Yao Fan downloaded online from the British Library online for £49.99. It is the original manuscript of the four "alpha" warship drawings previously made by Armstrong Shipyard.
"Oh! Isn't it easy to get this information?" Liu Decan was surprised while looking at the English data on the drawings.
"The British Library, paid download, is a scan of the original drawings of Armstrong Shipyard."
"What does this say? Mr. Yao is not going to engage in warship tourism, is he?" Liu Decan said while converting the British units on the drawings into the metric system in his mind, and occupational diseases are generally carefully studied.
"Isn't it? It's still the marine museum of the previous Brazilian customer. It has to carry out a few 19th-century warships as the main tourism project. I guess it's not illegal to build warships more than 150 years ago, right?" Yao Fan asked.
Liu Decan took out a cigarette and lit it for Yao Fan. He also took a sip, spit out a cigarette ring, and said with a smile, "There must be no problem!" Ha ha, I didn't expect that the three or 400 tons of displacement, the cannon ship was small, but it was still a warship.
"This is a mosquito boat imported by Beiyang sailors before. It is a cannon that can only be driven forward. It must be very rare to put it in a tourist port. My customer said that it must be an original imitation. The cannon must be able to open, and 0.5 inches, that is, 13mm armor, should also be available. He is a billionaire in Brazil. The pursuit is not only form, but also substance!" Yao Fan smoked a cigarette and boasted.
"No problem, isn't the 320mm main gun of this broken thing cast? It's only 15 times the diameter... Hey hey, just find a factory to mop a few lines. Is Mr. Yao going to hand it over to our factory for imitation? I still say that, as long as the host is in place, isn't the drawing ready? I'll start work for you now." Liu Decan said cheerfully.
"What if I give you all-inclusive this boat?" Yao Fan asked.
"Look, Mr. Liu, your factory is an old military industrial unit, and you should be more familiar with orders than me. Where is the best place to customize these mainframes? You must be better than I know. You can order them for me than to stare back and forth at the diesel engine factory. Yao Fan laughed.
"Yes, but if the steam host has not been verified by a professional power engineer, what if there is a problem after the parts are customized and the final assembly is completed? We can't bear this responsibility." Liu Decan hesitated.
"Why don't you help me find a ship design unit, review the drawings, and see if there are any design problems. I'll pay the labor fee."
"Well, with your words, even if you give me a spaceship, I dare to build it." Liu Decan said with a bright smile.
"Mr. Liu, I'm asking one more question, is this ship with artillery really okay?" Yao Fan is not at ease.
"Well, I'll ask the navy now. They just want to say there's no problem." Liu Decan thought so.
"When you ask, ask about the five-barre machine gun of Nahaqis and try to imitate it as much as possible. The Brazilian local tycoon is rich, so he just want the original." Yao Fandao.
"Oi, I'll ask for you today. As long as imitation is allowed, any hardware factory can drive it out in a day.
Yao Fan left with a smile. He didn't care about the ammunition problem. After all, Li Hongzhang had paid the first two ships to the British. The ammunition was universal, so he didn't have to worry about it.
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Next, Yao Fan contacted the last cargo ship registered in Costa Rica in the name of Global Trade Aluminum Company. The ship has a load of 15,000 tons and is a container cargo ship with a small tonnage. Fortunately, this cargo ship is qualified to transport dangerous goods and has transported the industry many times*.
Yao Fan negotiated the price with the ship owner. The goods with a total weight of 935 tons, about 70 20-foot containers, were transported to Busan, South Korea for re-export and ship exchange. One cabinet is 150 yuan, which is only more than 10,000 yuan.
But the shipowner didn't know that the Busan freighter contacted by Yao Fan was just a deceptive stepping stone! This situation is generally a breach of contract in maritime transportation. Generally, when this kind of thing occurs, the ship unloads the goods at the port of Busan and leaves him alone. However, for the dangerous goods transported this time, it is absolutely impossible for South Korea to allow you to unload the ship without communication with Paraguay, and the shipowner will also cause big trouble.
Not only is the shipowner in the dark, but the Northwest Company also thinks that Yao Fan has really communicated with South Korea and will change ships to South America in South Korea.
Of course, Yao Fan will not really transport the goods to South Korea for death. How dares to unload the arms at the port without notice? Even if you just change the ship for transshipment, South Korea will not allow you to put down a cabinet at all and impose a heavy penalty! Yao Fan's idea is to directly set a blood sacrifice to cross the ship and bring the goods back to Yaojiazhuang.
In order not to cause disputes, Yao Fanke did not dare to take advantage of the shipping company. He found a container company in Qingdao and purchased a batch of second-hand 20-foot containers renovated with second-hand goods, each costing 70,000 yuan. Yao Fan was a little uneasy. He didn't know if these old cabinets would be judged as unqualified by Northwest Industry...
After that, Yao Fan ordered ten Hongjiang brand tracked agricultural drilling machines online, which cost 1.5 million,
100 tons of diesel, loaded in more than 500 200-liter oil barrels.
Yao Fan also purchased some foods such as sugar, soybeans, and canned meat, which are high-calorie foods, which are more useful for improving the physical fitness of soldiers than eating food.
In 1875, the world's white sugar price fluctuated around $500 per ton, and the sugar factory basically monopolized the colonies of Zhuqiang. Yao Fan temporarily chose to avoid entering this industry, because the European and American powers's enthusiasm and worship of white sugar are simply incompetuable. If ten episodes of Europe and the tip of the tongue are photographed these days Without exception, it should be American white sugar food, British white sugar food, French white sugar food, German white sugar food... In order to get white sugar, the United States can allow its duty-free import and can also instigate various coups in South American countries.
"Buy 100 tons first, enough to eat by yourself." Yao Fan thought.
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