The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

Ideas are great, but ideas aren't enough.

After all, a large shipyard capable of building tens of thousands of tons of battleships is not something that can be conjured out of thin air all at once.

And the tens of thousands of workers in the shipyard did not master the skills of shipbuilding overnight.

It takes time to develop them, and the sooner they become familiar with the work, the more experience they will have.

When it was really the Second Reich's turn to build large warships for its own navy, they would immediately come in handy.

Thinking of this, Andrews decided to inspect the shipyard and see how they were doing.

If they have any difficulties and requirements, Andrews can also solve them at his discretion.

After all, it is about the issue of dumplings under the naval warships of the Empire in the future, and we must pay attention to it now!

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Although the shipbuilding industry of the Second Empire started relatively late, it developed very rapidly.

As of last year, they had surpassed Gaul in the tonnage of ships they had built and launched, ranking third in the world, behind the two major industrial powers, Sunset and Eagle Sauce.

Thanks to this, they have several large shipyards on their territory.

Examples include the Kilgermania shipyard, the Royal Shipyard in Wilhelmshaven, the Weser shipyard in Bremen, the Shipyard in Hamburg Volken, and the former Volken shipyard in 103 Stettin, which was bought by Andrews.

These five shipyards undertook more than 80 percent of the shipbuilding orders of the Second Empire, and they had the strongest technical strength and the largest scale of factories, making them the first group in the shipbuilding industry of the Second Empire.

Andrews first went to the shipyard in Kiel, which was the largest and had more than 40,000 workers, which was one of the largest in the world.

"Your Majesty, our shipyard has more than 30 slipways, including two large docks with a length of more than 200 meters, which can undertake orders for large ships with a tonnage of more than 30,000 tons!"

The director of the Keele shipyard excitedly introduced Andrews.

His Majesty the Emperor personally visited the shipyard, which was their honor.

What's more, the emperor has a good cooperative relationship with the Eagle Sauce people in North America, and as long as he nods, he can bring a large number of orders to the Kiel shipyard.

Therefore, this person in front of him is not only their emperor, but also their god of wealth!

For such a God of Wealth, the Kiel Shipyard cannot be too enthusiastic to show an enthusiastic attitude.

Andrews, the director, knows it.

Originally, he intended to support them, and this trip was originally for this purpose, even if the other party didn't bother him, he would still help!

When he came back from North America before, he got a large number of orders for merchant ships from the Eagle Sauce Ship King, and the tonnage of these merchant ships was very large, some even exceeded 20,000 tons, which was even larger than the warships of this era!

Volkeng Shipyard ate most of this order, and after the delivery, Eagle Sauce was very satisfied, so it placed a second batch of orders.

Compared with the first batch of orders, the second batch of orders is more numerous and has a larger tonnage, with the largest tonnage reaching 10,000 tons.

Ships of this class require extra-large dockyards to build.

And the Volkeng shipyard had a limited number of large docks, and at the same time only three such ships could be built.

As a result, the delivery cycle will be lengthened, so Andrews plans to take some of this batch of orders and distribute them to other shipyards.

On the one hand, it can give them a piece of the pie, and on the other hand, it can also train them to build large ships and help them accumulate experience.

In addition, Eagle Sauce's shipbuilding industry is not very strong, and their labor costs are relatively expensive, which leads to their shipbuilding prices being much more expensive than those in European countries.

For businessmen, reducing costs as much as possible and raising prices is the main way for them to obtain profits.

The price of two identical ships is more than half more expensive than that purchased overseas, so they will naturally choose to order abroad.

And Eagle Sauce's demand for ships is too great, and their own shipyard simply can't meet their needs.

Therefore, Eagle Sauce people will place a large number of orders to foreign shipyards in the future.

This was a great opportunity for the Second Reich. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

It is a complete win-win to make a sum of money from it and complete Andrews's layout.

Considering that once the partnership between the two parties is established, orders from Eagle Sauce's side will fly like snowflakes.

At that time, it will definitely not be able to take on so many orders with only one Volkeng shipyard, so from now on, it is necessary to let other shipyards prepare.

Thinking of this, he said to the director of the Kiel shipyard: "I have met some businessmen in North America, they have a lot of demand for large cargo ships, if the construction period on your side is free, I can help you introduce it!"

Hearing Andrews's words, the factory director was immediately ecstatic, and he said excitedly: []

"Your Majesty, as long as the Eagle Sauce people really have an order, we will definitely be able to free up the construction period.

Since the Navy canceled the construction plan for the next year's large ironclad ships, these large dockyards are all vacant, and as long as there is an order, we can use it immediately!"

The Kiel shipyard received a number of naval orders, mainly for the construction of large ironclad ships.

However, Andrews had little interest in this kind of thing that was destined to be eliminated, and in order to paralyze the sun, he simply cut all the plans for the construction of these ironclad ships.

Now it seems that the plan to cut down the construction of these ironclad ships will still have a great impact on the Kiel shipyard.

"Didn't any other country ask you to order warships?"

As far as Andrews knew, the Second Empire had always been open to military trade, and even encouraged shipyards to find suitable overseas buyers to take orders for foreign warships.

Considering the influence of the military products of the Second Empire, there should be countries that come to order them, right?

"Well, there used to be, but then with the introduction of a new design of ironclad ships by the Sunset, coupled with the excellent performance of their new ironclads in naval battles, countries are more interested in warships on which the sun never sets, and they don't think much about our products. "

Hearing the words of the factory director, Andrewston was stunned.

The sun never sets is the hegemon of the sea, their navy has always been at the forefront of the world, plus their navy often fights, and all kinds of warships have actual combat records.

Which kind of battleship has a good design and strong combat effectiveness, everyone will know as soon as you check the battle record.

And the warships on the side of the Second Reich had almost no real combat experience, so it was impossible to judge their actual combat effectiveness at all.

This has led to more trust in the products on which the sun never sets, and less enthusiasm for the products of the empire.