Struggle in Russia

The suspension of Umenyshkov and Mesadoff's crimes were like a breeze, which could not bring too many waves to this sticky dunghill in Russian politics. Less than a week after the intense and stimulating Yuqian conference, the aristocrats just danced and danced, and they should be happy and return to the previous rhythm.

In fact, most of the personal impact on society is this, even if the energy is great, it can't resist the baptism of time. Time can wash everything away, and power and money are not worth the power of time.

I was just under the tranquility of the undercurrent. Grand Duke Constantine took advantage of the suspension of Menshekov's office to develop the forces in the Admiralty, which meant that Menshekov would be elevated.

Suddenly, Menshkov simply fell to the Crown Prince Alexander, and cooperated with the Crown Prince's years of operations in the Admiralty to constantly resist the mad attack of Archduke Constantine.

The battlefields of the two sides were spread throughout the Navy Department, from the senior general to the captain's commander, and the smoke filled the interior of the navy.

There is only one exception to this: the 748 regiment.

Grand Duke Constantine did prepare to turn his face with Li Xiao and others. But he had no chance at all. According to the instructions of the old Adlerberg, the Crown Prince Alexander instructed the Second Navy Secretary Rumyantsev Jr. to reject the proposal of the Archduke Constantine and cut off his black hand to the 748 regiment. Immediately after the emergency operation of the Duke of Mikhail, Leonid took office and became the new head of the 748 regiment without the opposition of Grand Duke Constantine.

In this way, Grandpa Constantine is temporarily unable to take the 748 regiment, and can only watch Li Xiaoxiao happy. Of course, he is not particularly anxious. He always feels that he has the support of Nicholas I now, not to mention a small admiralty. In the future, he must be the crown prince, and it is best to concentrate on doing more important things. .

So what is the more important thing that Grand Duke Constantine calls? Naturally, his several companies facing huge losses, and rushing to save their wallets is the key. These **** companies have already seized too much of his funds, and he urgently needs to withdraw funds.

所谓 The so-called withdrawal funds are naturally made from the navy budget. According to the previous plan of Menshekov, the Russian Navy's key project is still the traditional sail battleship. The elder sailor of the old-fashioned sail battleship with 100 artillery pieces ordered four at a time.

This is also an annual budget for naval funding. According to the plan of the eunuch, four orders will be placed in the 1849 budget next year. Ready to order up to twenty first-class battleships with a hundred artillery in the next ten years.

Then, when it came to Grand Duke Constantine, it was naturally impossible to order many of the old ships that he didn't like. The four sail battleships of 1848 were cut in half. Specifications also cut from 100 artillery battleships to second-class sail battleships with 75 artillery.

Don't underestimate that only 20 or so artillery pieces are missing, this is exactly the product of two specifications. The former is more powerful, while the latter can only be regarded as second-class goods.

The saved funds will be used for the construction of new steam ships. Under the instruction of Grand Duke Constantine, the Navy ordered six 1000-ton steam cruisers in one fell swoop. In total, nearly thirty boilers and twelve steam engines are needed, and other iron plates and iron components are even more.

All in all, this huge order was given to the factory he runs. Realized unprecedented profit in one fell swoop. Preliminary accounting will bring him a profit of tens of thousands of rubles.

Anyway, Grand Duke Constantine was proud and refreshed. He seemed to see the brightest future, and felt that under his leadership the Russian Navy would usher in an unprecedented spring!

I just don't have as many people as optimistic like him. For example, Li Xiao is rather optimistic about his shipbuilding plan.

"It's unrealistic, this plan is a mess!"

Vishniak was weird and asked, "Andreka, aren't you quite optimistic about the steamship? Now that grandfather is vigorously developing, why are you pouring cold water?"

骁 Li Xiao was not angry: "He was a great development of ghosts. It was totally a mess of selfishness!"

"I have seen his rundown boiler factory and steam engine factory, it is just two humble workshops. The production is all beaten by the workers by hand, the efficiency is ridiculously low. Thirty boilers and steam engines can only be produced by the monkeys!"

"Furthermore, I have talked with the workers. They are basically illiterate. There are only a few foreign technicians. The level is probably the same as apprentices in the UK ... The basic measurement tools and process are all messy, and the tolerances of the produced parts It's too big for you to imagine ... the quality of the parts is even worse! "

"Anyway, the gadgets produced by his factory can only be counted as defective products in foreign countries, which basically cannot reach the design performance, and the life is full of problems!"

"Think about it, what would it look like when a cargo ship of this kind is loaded?"

Vishniak imagined for a moment, and immediately felt that the navy would accept the steamboat guys very poorly. The huge black pot will come down from the sky, and they ca n’t take care of themselves in life ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ It is obvious that if there is something wrong with these inferior boilers and steam engines. It was impossible for Grand Duke Constantine to admit it, let alone to be responsible. With his knowledge of the Grand Duke, it must be the user's problem!

Well, Vishniak observed three minutes of silence for the poor naval officers. He asked again, "Wasn't that a disaster for us? With that Her Majesty's personality, and the old hate of Archduke Constantine, such as Mengshikov, it was absolutely necessary to fire at the steamship. Everyone who advocated steam ships at that time would be unlucky! "

骁 Li Xiao pouted his lips, he also thought about it. At that time, it was a great irony that Grand Duke Constantine, who has always advocated the steam ship, covered the coffin board for the development of the Russian steam ship.

However, this kind of thing that hurts is not uncommon in history. There are too many precedents that seem good but actually do bad things. Grandpa Constantine is just one of them.

骁 Li Xiao sighed: "So I have to do something in advance? I have to apply a patch first!"

Wishniak asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Warn him!"

He said, Li Xiao spread out the stationery and began to draft the manuscript. He brushed the paper with French, detailing his concerns about Archduke Constantine's ambitious shipbuilding plan, and publicly warned:

"The development of new ships must follow objective laws and facts. The fact is that Russia's own technological strength is far from being sufficient ... It is best to follow a gradual path of gradually introducing technology, introducing equipment, introducing finished products, and then gradually domesticizing them.

"The most taboo is to build more ships blindly from the beginning, and the number is blind. Our level is far from enough to support such construction behavior. We should be more cautious and more careful ..."