After Jiang Shang finished talking about the abolition of the government office, Ouyang Shuo looked around and said lightly: "Then, let's discuss it carefully next and change the dressing for the Pacific Fleet."

The civil and military ministers on both sides heard this and looked at each other, with sparks flashing in their eyes.

The civil service group and the military had huge differences on this issue, and until before the meeting, the two sides still did not reach a consensus.

The cabinet's opinion is that with the unlocking of the Second Industrial Revolution, the empire should focus on the long term and reshape the imperial navy, and should not rush to board a large number of ironclad ships.

On the basis of ironclad ships, we must conduct professional subdivisions to form battleships with the main battleships, cruisers responsible for reconnaissance and ocean patrols, destroyers responsible for alerting, escorting and mine laying, frigates used for ship formation escorts, and new fleets of submarines and other ships.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is to reshape the Imperial Navy.

But this will take a long time. What is changing is not only the fleet organization, but also the navy soldiers. They need to retrain and become familiar with new warships. In the future, except for the Marine Corps, there is basically no possibility of close combat.

Conservatively estimated that even if the empire concentrates resources and prioritizes the transformation of the Pacific Fleet, it will take one and a half years, or even two years, which is the result of Gaia's fuzzy treatment of industrial construction.

The advantage is that while reducing blind construction, when the Pacific Fleet is formed, it will not only be on par with the Dark Night Fleet, but it can again form a suppression of strength and regain control of the sea in one fell swoop.

Jiang Shang even said explicitly, "With the unlocking of the technological tree of the Industrial Revolution, global dynasties are on the same starting line. If the empire wants to maintain its existing maritime hegemony, it must have the courage to scrape the bones and heal the wounds."

"As soon as possible, you will be one step ahead."

The military naturally couldn't wait, and was suppressed by the Dark Night Fleet and wanted to find the place immediately. It was recommended to invest a lot of resources to build six to eight ironclad ships in a short period of time.

Navy Commander Zheng He said: "The loss of Pacific maritime power may trigger a chain reaction, which will challenge the empire's global maritime hegemony and will also be a heavy blow to global trade."

"Where can industrialization be achieved without trade support?" Zheng He asked back.

Both sides have different opinions, and no one can convince anyone.

Seeing that the two sides were in a stalemate, the southern Xinjiang governor Bai Hua suddenly stood up and said, "The construction speed of the ironclad ship is mainly limited by the level of industrialization of the empire. My suggestion is whether the empire can concentrate resources while fully rolling out industrialization, and give priority to the development of some cities, and be at the forefront of industrialization."

"For example, the court can be listed as priority development targets in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. This will not only avoid blind construction, but also shorten the formation time of the Pacific Fleet, and achieve a balance between the two."

Bai Hua's suggestions made Ouyang Shuo's eyes lit up.

In fact, industrialization does not require high land, otherwise the British Empire in history would not have conquered the world with just three islands.

Including Japan and Goryeo are typical representatives of the strong strength of primary school students.

Instead of blindly launching industrialization throughout the empire, it is better to concentrate our efforts, give priority to the development of coastal cities, form industrial clusters, and concentrate our efforts to accomplish major tasks.

"This suggestion is feasible." Ouyang Shuo stated, "The cabinet can study it, and the first priority industrialized city is to take Shencheng in the Yangtze River Delta and Zhenhaicheng in the Pearl River Delta."

"Its priority sequence can even be higher than that of the capital."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Jiang Shang replied: "Your Majesty, will this shake the position of the capital's economic center?"

Ouyang Shuo just smiled, "I have never said that to maintain the position of the capital as the economic center of the capital, as the capital, the capital must be a political and cultural center, but not an economic center."

"With the wave of industrialization coming, the geographical location of the capital also determines that it is difficult for it to shoulder the burden of the imperial economic center. Forcibly developing the capital will only cause waste of resources."

The ministers here listened and thoughtful.

Historically, there are countless countries with different cities in the political center and economic center, and it is not a strange phenomenon.

Inspired by Bai Hua, Ouyang Shuo followed: "Shencheng and Zhenhaicheng are the first sequence. In addition, Edo, Busan, Binhai, Haijin, Jiaodong, Zhoushan, Quanzhou, Yinan and the Shicheng in southern Xinjiang, these coastal cities can be used as the second sequence and are given priority in industrialization."

"Huining, Kyoto, Luoyang, Xianyang, Chengdu, Xiangyang, Jianye and Dali in the inland areas can be used as the third sequence. At the same time, one or two cities can be developed as appropriate in southern Xinjiang and Africa."

Ouyang Shuo's words painted a new blueprint for the empire's industrialization today.

With the advancement of industrialization, the fate of cities and even provinces is about to usher in a new reshuffle. For example, Shencheng, which was previously just a palace city, is now about to jump up and be on par with the royal city Jianye of the same province.

In the future, it may even surpass Jianye and become the new economic center of the empire.

Two-thirds of the cities in the second sequence are unknown cities. In the following years, they will take off quickly with the wave of industrialization and become the new pearl of the empire, dazzling and dazzling.

The development of the new city will also become a new growth point for the imperial economy.

In order to appease the military, Ouyang Shuo made a decision on the spot, "While building full-scale Shencheng, building a brand new and world-class shipyard in Shencheng, called Jiangnan Shipyard, which is independent of [Huaxia Shipbuilding Group] and is directly managed by the Asset Management Office."

"Before the end of the year, the Pacific Fleet must complete the dressing change." Ouyang Shuo even gave a death order.

In this way, the military generals looked a little slow. They were not really without vision, but because of the glory of soldiers, they could not bear the humiliation of being defeated by the enemy.

The Daxia Army hadn't tasted such humiliation for a long time.

The cabinet didn't say anything else. When industrialization is not fully rolled out, it will be much easier to concentrate on developing coastal cities.

One year is enough.

"In the eighth year of Gaia, the empire's ocean trade with South America would probably be affected." Jiang Shang said.

This reminded Ouyang Shuo, "What I mean in response to the arms trade request made by the Indian Empire is to sell all the bullets and cannons that were eliminated from the Empire to them. What do you think?"

"feasible."

Du Ruhui is in charge of the Privy Council, so he has the most say. "The data counted by the Privy Council is that there are about 500,000 combs and more than 1,000 artillery guns in warehouses in various places. The War Readiness Administration is not sure how to deal with them. It is idle in the warehouse, and the maintenance costs alone are not expensive. If you sell it, you will kill two birds with one stone."

Conservatively estimated that this batch of arms can be sold for at least 12 million gold coins.

Ouyang Shuo nodded with satisfaction, "Then hurry up and take advantage of the fact that the Battle of Hawaii is not over and the shipping routes are smooth, and the batch of arms will be transported to South America. In addition, half of the transactions with the Indian Empire are paid by gold coins, and the other half will be converted into food and grass, and all of them are hoarded in Ecuador."

"I understand!" Du Ruhui understood it.

The food and grass worth six million gold coins are enough to support the annual food and grass consumption in the American war zone.

"In addition, taking this opportunity to build a number of military factories in Ecuador, especially those producing bullets and shells. Before the Indian Empire established an industrial system, we could make a lot of money." Ouyang Shuo ordered.

Du Ruhui nodded and had long had a deep understanding of His Majesty's "greed".

"besides,"

Ouyang Shuo was still unsatisfied, "Try them to see if they have any plans to buy warships. Those eliminated building ships can be sold for some of them, and the rest will be transformed into supply ships."

Du Ruhui wrote down one by one.

Depending on the situation, Your Majesty is going to take the opportunity to drain the vault of the Indian Empire.

Du Ruhui felt a little pitiful about the Indian Empire. Even if they won the battle with the Spanish dynasty, they would be seriously injured. Will they still stop the empire from expanding in South America by then?

Based on Du Ruhui's understanding of His Majesty, although he agreed to the Indian Empire's request for arms procurement this time, he sold all eliminated weapons, and making money was secondary. His Majesty's real intention was afraid that he would still want the war between the two countries to continue like this and maintain an unbeaten situation.

If the Indian Empire was allowed to successfully resolve the Argentina region and the Indian Empire that was freed up would allow Daxia to complete its expansion in South America?

So, for the Empire, this is the best result.

I think the Indian Empire's repeated "uninteresting" situation has already allowed His Majesty to quietly draw it out of the sequence of allies. In the future, it can only be regarded as a partner.
Chapter completed!