Chapter 370: Prosperous New Orleans
"You really have a vivid imagination. Can't you just live a good life in peace?" Harry Sheffield shook his head. "There will always be death in war. I can't blame anyone for what happened to my father."
"You can't convince your grandmother, so you come to convince me? I only know that society goes against the wind." Sheffield said indifferently. He and the old man have different views. He admired this kind of open-mindedness to let go of hatred, but in order to smoothly take over the power of the United Company, he should still stand on the side of the old man.
Harry Sheffield promised his son that he would pay more attention to news about submarine technology after returning to Paris.
The slave owners have always thought that Germany was the country with the leading submarine technology, but they never expected that the French are now the leaders in submarine technology, and that double-hulled submarines have appeared.
France built an outer shell outside the inner shell. This made the submarine have an outer shell that looked like a torpedo boat and an inner shell designed according to the requirements of a submarine. The crew and all equipment were installed in the pressure-resistant inner shell. The space between the inner and outer shells was used as a ballast tank to control the submarine's diving and surfacing. When the submarine drained the water in the ballast tank, it could have good seaworthiness like a torpedo boat. This type of submarine was later inherited by countries influenced by the Soviet Union.
Sheffield sent the old man to the ship in Houston, and waited for Anne and her mother to say goodbye. Then he went directly to the Houston Shipyard. Although he had never visited other shipyards, he could feel that the equipment at the Houston Shipyard was really not very good. It was very difficult to manufacture battleships and other large warships.
This requires a different approach. Aircraft carriers and submarines, which are types of ships that have just appeared or have not yet appeared, can be tried to be built now. After thinking about it, Sheffield sadly admitted that he would have to spend money again.
"Who wrote to Arlington to manufacture the product?" Sheffield asked as he walked through the oil-stained factory.
"It's a man who has just arrived at our factory. His name is Lake." The director of the Houston Shipyard replied, "This man believes that submarines are good for the country. Unfortunately, the Navy is not interested in the submarines he mentioned."
"Give me your resume, I want to see it!" Sheffield nodded, and looked at this person's resume first. With the halo of the king of emerging industries, there are many people who come here to cheat for food and drink. However, there is no project like land swimming device for the time being, and the slave owner is regarded as Wang Duoyu.
Simon Lake, influenced by the French science fiction novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, borrowed money from his relatives and worked hard to build the first submarine ten years ago, which looked like a cabinet. He then installed air compression equipment in the submarine and set up an air lock.
Lake made the air pressure generated by the compressed air equipment equal to the seawater pressure outside the boat, so that when the air lock door is opened, people can walk out of the boat in diving suits without seawater rushing into the lock. People call this kind of lock door that prevents seawater from rushing into the boat but allows people to freely enter and exit the boat through the hatch a valve or a water gate. With the help of the valve.
Therefore, it is entirely possible to send people to conduct underwater warfare, minesweeping and mine laying. However, the US Navy Department rejected Lake's good intention.
"Call him over, I want to talk to him." After reading the resume, Sheffield knew that this man who advocated building submarines was actually ready to go to Europe, but just came to Houston to try his luck and see if he could get recognition from the slave owners who attached the most importance to emerging industries.
Lake had an old-fashioned beard similar to that of William II. He was less than 40 years old and looked older than his actual age. He stood in front of Sheffield and was also examining him.
"I heard that Mr. Lake is going to Europe. I wonder if it's true." Sheffield gestured for him to sit down and started communicating in a very relaxed way.
The next scene shocked the slave owners. Lake denounced the bureaucracy and conservativeness of the US Navy. Europe paid more attention to the development of submarines and deserved to be the center of the world today.
Sheffield took a sip of water awkwardly. This inventor was a bit of a Western worshiper. If he changed a few words in his speech, he would be touted as the America with sweet air a hundred years later.
"Mr. Lake!" Sheffield stretched out his hand and had to interrupt the inventor who was cynically criticizing the United States system, and changed the subject, "Isn't your words a bit harsh?"
Based on the remarks just made, if you become a China fan a hundred years from now, you might be able to thrive on the Republic's barrage website, and at least you will have no problem making a living.
"This project can be started!" Sheffield King Duoyu possessed Simon Lake, which calmed him down.
Perhaps because the contrast between his attitude and that of the Navy Department was too obvious, Lake stared at the slave owner blankly with an expression of disbelief on his face and said, "Boss, is this true?"
"Really, you can't blame the Navy Department. With our national strength, we must develop a large navy. It's normal to pay more attention to surface forces and not care about these submarines whose technology is not yet mature." Sheffield comforted him, "Any new thing will always be tested by practice and time to decide who will survive in the end. But I have a suggestion for improvement, and I hope you can do it."
Sheffield knew that submarines of this era were actually warships that could dive. They were more powerful on the water than underwater, and their appearance was also a remnant of the times. The bow was designed to be suitable for surface navigation, just like a surface warship. Submarines also had naval guns.
The slave owner hoped that the inventor of the submarine would focus on underwater operations. The outer shell was more like a cigar, and the side shape of the current submarine was similar to that of a surface ship. In order to reduce the wave resistance during navigation, the bow was made similar to the bow of a surface ship. In order to make the submarine more seaworthy on the sea with wind and waves, the bow had a large ridge arc and a buoyancy tank, which relied on the buoyancy provided by the buoyancy tank to improve the phenomenon of the submarine being buried in the wind and waves.
Sheffield will try his best to meet all the requirements and support. He is ready to lose money on this project. "I have invited some talents to come here through my connections in France. Then you can study with many people who also like submarines."
This may be the most comprehensive support Lake has ever received in his life. Now it seems that there is nothing wrong with not going to Europe. He said with emotion, "If you can develop in China, who would be willing to go to Europe?"
Sheffield smiled but said nothing. Europe in this era is still very attractive. For many high-end talents, Europe is much more attractive than the United States. The United States appeared earlier in terms of airplanes and submarines, but they were later surpassed by European countries in terms of development.
If the United States can never get over the huge mountain of Europe, it may just be slightly stronger than other civilizations, and by proving that airplanes and submarines were invented by us, we can prove that our ancestors were also wealthy.
The slave owner's requirement for submarines is that the displacement must be at least 500 tons, because France already has 500-ton submarines. The cigar-shaped double-hull shell should be enough even if wolf pack tactics are applied.
"It's out. I've been waiting for a long time." Annie complained, then covered her nose and said, "It smells so greasy."
"That's how it is in a shipyard. You're just overthinking the working environment." Sheffield changed the subject and asked, "Is my dearest wife pregnant?"
"I don't know, I haven't given birth yet." Anne said shyly, "If I knew, I would tell you right away so that you can be happy." Anne's desire to have a child was much stronger than that of the slave owner. She really hoped that her husband's words would come true.
"I thought you were going to stay in Arlington for a while." Gale was well-informed. Knowing that the owner of Oak Manor had returned, he came over immediately to visit. "You came back on your own and didn't spend time with your wife."
"I brought them all! Everything. Evelyn and Natalia went for a walk with Anne," Sheffield said with a reserved tone, "I just saw in the newspaper that Governor Langerhunt was celebrating that the population of New Orleans had exceeded 800,000. Our governor was very proud."
"The governor has been doing very well in the past two years. I can't imagine what New Orleans will be like in the future. Houses are much easier to sell, and the flow of people has increased." Gale said happily, "It's also much easier to do business. I wonder what the future will be like?"
"In the future, a poverty belt will be created around New Orleans, sucking blood from the surrounding areas." Sheffield directly pointed out what Gale's future will be like.
"No way! Vampire isn't a good word." Gale said in disbelief, "How could this happen?"
"Every big city is sucking blood, without exception." Sheffield said calmly, "But if we don't suck blood, the Yankees will suck it away. It's better for us to keep the people. And with the location of New Orleans, we have the foundation."
Although the words are hard to hear and some of them are unacceptable to Gale, this is the fact. Every big city is sucking blood from its surrounding areas. Jiangsu, which is nicknamed the Soviet Union, wants to let a hundred flowers bloom, but not all places have such superior geographical conditions. So a certain province in the southwest has gathered all its strength to build a provincial capital and prevent people from leaving the province for labor. It is thinking that it is better to suck blood than to be sucked away.
From now on, New Orleans has already seen a siphon effect, and has begun to gather population from southern states. These gathered populations will make the city more developed, thereby draining the nearby population.
"Don't think too much, it's the same in New York!" Sheffield comforted Gail. This is all the course of history. The states around New York later became the famous Rust Belt.
(End of this chapter)
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