Admiral in the Azure World

Chapter 189 The ACDC dispute
After seeing Miller off, Huang Jiang finally settled down, and then he and Lexington went downstairs and went to the cafeteria for breakfast.

Saratoga had already been eating fried dough sticks there, and sitting opposite her was Hood and Reputation.

Rodney and Nelson were on duty on Iris Island at this time, while Wales was stationed on Wutou Island with the submarines. Infrastructure construction, new roads and new houses were also being carried out there at this time. Huang Jiang, as expected, this In transforming Wutou Island into the granary of Gloriosa.

"Good morning, Commander." Hood saw Huang Jiang first. She put down the teacup in her hand and waved to him.

Hood's breakfast today was fish and chips. She was used to Chinese breakfast. She wanted to try the taste of her hometown. However, once she got used to pancakes, fried dough sticks and soy milk, it was hard for Hood to accept fish and chips. However, the genes deeply embedded in her blood still allowed her to eat today's breakfast well.

It's like what Utopia once said: "Only British ship girls can eat such unpalatable food, right?"

She was then severely punished by a passing Warspite, but how much of that was due to these words is unknown.

Sheng Sheng quickly stood up and brought breakfast to Huang Jiang together with Lexington.

Huang Jiang retracted his hand from his sister-in-law's plate in embarrassment, and then sat down as if nothing happened, making Jia Jia chuckle.

Saratoga patted Huang Jiang on the shoulder, and said, "My brother-in-law should not eat fried dough sticks. This is the triple alum version, which is very harmful to ordinary people."

Rather than saying that Gaga likes alum, it is better to say that she likes the aluminum element in it.In fact, there is no aircraft carrier, installation carrier, or light carrier in the entire port area who doesn't like fried dough sticks, especially the fried dough sticks made in the old way, which uses alum. Other battleships sometimes try them.What Huangjiang ate was the alum-free version specially prepared for him by his wife. Compared with the population of people in the port area who eat fried dough sticks, it was obvious that Huangjiang's was a special offering.

"That's right." Lexington put a bowl of salted soy milk in front of Huang Jiang. After adding soy sauce, the salted soy milk took on a light brown color and was filled with flocculent bean curds. Break the fried dough sticks and put them in. It was Huang Jiang's favorite breakfast when he was a child. It is a pity that the soy milk he could buy later was milky white sweet soy milk by default. Of course, this Huang Jiang also liked to drink it very much.

Lexington's cooking skills were learned from Ninghai. According to Jia Jia, before becoming Huang Jiang's wedding ship, Lexington had already started such learning. He learned Chinese food from Ninghai and Pinghai. Learn from Yixian about Chinese views on marriage, learn knitting from Queen of Heaven, etc.

Huang Jiang took a sip of soy milk and listened to Lexington continue: "There is news from Joyce, hoping that we will prepare for bidding for next year's expo. The organizer of this year hopes to show the world the brand-new technology of the new era of the Federation. The results, electricity, are undoubtedly the most impressive.”

"The decisive battle is coming." Huang Jiang knew what this meant. As long as he stepped on the stage of the expo, he would basically determine who the future leader would be.

In recent months, the battle between alternating current and direct current has intensified. It has turned from a mere technical comparison to a life-and-death struggle. But fortunately, Morgan and Emerson are not insidious villains who use the most vicious methods. It was just to electrocute an elephant in public to show the world the dangers of alternating current, and it did not involve a personal attack.

At the beginning, Morgan relied on his strong financial resources to conquer the city and seize the advantage first, but Joyce was not to be outdone. He tried to use financial resources to attack head-on, but how could he defeat Morgan's financial group? If Nicola hadn't given up After obtaining the patent for the alternator, Joyce was already defeated.

Subsequently, at Huang Jiang's suggestion, General Electric gave up its head-on confrontation with Morgan in big cities and instead took advantage of the cheaper AC power supply to enter the rural market.They are said to be rural markets, but they are actually relatively poor islands, where the demand for electricity is no less than that of big cities.Because the federal deacons are all top students who have graduated from the Deacon Academy, they naturally do not want to fall behind others, and the popularization of electricity is already a general trend due to the competition between the two parties. If they still stand still at this time , to apologize to the people.

Since the power grid must be laid, the young deacons are naturally more willing to accept relatively cheap alternating current.

With this encirclement tactic, alternating current quickly caught up with direct current in terms of market share. Compared with wealthy big cities, alternating current even occupied a slightly larger market. However, due to the weight relationship, the two have until now Still pretty evenly matched.

However, at the expense of this, Nikolai is still touring the federal islands with his AC equipment, and the improvement work of the Gloria has temporarily stalled. This is also a concession that has to be made in order to seize the market. Fortunately, Huang Jiang has recently The need for distant sea operations was not that great. After capturing Violet Island, he had to consider this issue.

"Leave this matter to Nicholas. Hasn't he already arrived at Tulip Island?" This matter can only be left to Nicholas. He is the one who knows the most about technology in the whole of Gloria and in the whole of General Electric. Later, The researchers recruited are not particularly outstanding yet. It is okay to maintain and improve the existing equipment, but it is still a bit difficult to design an AC system for exhibitions from scratch.

Of course, Huang Jiang is well aware of the importance of research and development. If the knowledge in his mind is the basis for him to transcend the times, then the actual research and development capabilities are the best way to realize this knowledge.

The funds that Huang Jiang invested in the Federal University in the name of Jiagang have achieved results. The Federal University has recommended several technical talents to join Jialan's research institute, and in the future, scholarships and grants named after Jialan will be brought to Jialan. Come more talent.

Naturally, researching in Jialan alone is not enough. Huang Jiang has also invested in many ongoing projects that have been stalled due to financial reasons, such as numerous laboratories at Federal University, and aircraft that have been glanced at in forums.

Although Huang Jiang is currently short of funds due to such a large amount of spending, he believes that the results brought by this will consolidate the stability of Jialan and allow him to continue to develop in a stable manner.

"What's left is the year-end review, which we have already prepared for." Lexington listed the things to be dealt with today, "I believe that the Congress will be happy to allocate more money to this booming territory that is suffering from no money. A little money.”

At this point, the wife winked mischievously, very playfully. It seems that many of Jia Jia's micro-expressions were learned from her wife.

"Furthermore, your title of consul will be issued soon, probably at the beginning of the year." Lexington took out a telegram, which contained a notice from the Deacon Bureau, "You are required to write a paper."

"What? Thesis?" Huang Jiang got a headache when he heard it, "What do you want me to write?"

"The theory of sea power or the theory of big ships and big guns? Or is it a bit more deceptive and the theory that aircraft carriers are useless?"

(End of this chapter)