The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 634 Ocean Chess Player
Chen Zhengwei was very curious about what changes would happen if the fleet commander broke through to the master level.

A skill breakthrough to the master level is a bigger change than the previous level six.

Just like when a military commander breaks through to the master level, he becomes the hand of war, getting everything he wants through war.

Although according to the system's usual habit, the descriptions of the skills are vague, like a riddle man.

However, Chen Zhengwei could feel that in addition to battlefield command, he had become more sensitive to the direction of some regional situations and changes in the political situation.

What about fleet command?
As that skill point was thrown in, a vague feeling began to emerge in Chen Zhengwei's mind, but it was not like every time he improved his ability, a large amount of relevant knowledge would emerge and countless information would be stuffed into his brain.

It's a more hazy feeling, as if it can clear away the fog in front of my eyes.

The font of Fleet Command LV6 became blurred, and then a new line of text appeared on the system panel.

Ocean chess player LV7.

In complex naval battles, you can accurately predict your opponent's movements like playing chess and formulate the best response strategy.

At the same time, the fonts of Ocean Perception LV3 also became blurred, and then the words were distorted into several other words.

Master of Astronomy LV4.

The ocean is both gentle and violent, mysterious and powerful, and full of unknowns to humans. You can predict the weather in the coming days by observing the changes in the clouds, the stars, and the moon.

You can use every little condition, from the wind, from the moisture in the air, from every little trace around you, to gauge the mood of the ocean and be prepared for it.

This skill is obviously an upgraded version of the previous ocean perception, adding the ability to observe celestial phenomena.

Moreover, the observation time has been greatly extended. Originally, changes in the ocean could be detected a few hours to half a day in advance.

Today, changes in weather and ocean conditions can be predicted several days in advance.

"Ocean chess player, master of astronomy?" Chen Zhengwei smacked his lips. These two skills are suitable for sailing and naval battles.

You can even observe the weather in the next few days through astronomical phenomena in advance.

Countless ideas popped up in Chen Zhengwei's mind, such as how to deal with the British Royal Fleet.

Although his relationship with Britain is actually pretty good now.

This is purely a subconscious instinctive reaction.

There was no way, Britain was too conspicuous and blocked his way.

The fall of the old king can herald the birth of the new king.

Chen Zhengwei walked to the window and looked out, and came to a conclusion after a moment.

It will still be cloudy tomorrow, and it will rain, light rain.

There's nothing we can do. There's nothing to see in the sky except dark clouds.

Chen Zhengwei returned to the sofa and thought about it. The abilities of the Hand of War and the Ocean Chess Player are similar. One is for overall control and land warfare, and the other is for sea warfare.

I don't know if these two skills can be combined.

Chen Zhengwei glanced at the skills on the system.

Insight (Master) LV9, Hand of War (Master) LV9, Fighting (Master) LV8, Precision Shooting (Master) LV7, Ocean Chess Player (Master) LV7, Danger Detection LV6, Battlefield Intuition LV6, Throwing Mastery LV6, Swimming LV6, Hammering LV5, Astronomy Master LV4, Weapon Control LV4, Artistic Expression LV4, English LV3, Center of Gravity LV3, Ocean Current Perception LV3, Center of Stage LV1.

8 mastery skill points, 14 general skill points.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Zhengwei decided to keep the master skill point for now.

Even if he has the ability of an ocean chess player, he can't use it for the time being.

"You can only draw a prize once a year..." Chen Zhengwei collapsed on the sofa and could only wait and see what he would win in the next draw.

"Could it be that I only have to draw once a year, and it will take ten years to advance to the next level, and then I can draw something that will allow my skills to break through LV9?" All kinds of thoughts were running through Chen Zhengwei's mind.

After a while, he got up from the sofa and picked up the phone: "Transfer it to Xiucai!"

The call was then transferred to Xiucai.

"Find me some experts in steam engines and steelmaking! Keep your mouths shut. I'll be waiting for them at the club."

"I'll arrange it right away." The scholar said immediately.

Chen Zhengwei hung up the phone and went downstairs to see Wanyun sitting next to the gambling table playing dice.

A group of thugs surrounded them.

"Sister Wanyun, is six sixes okay?"

"Let's give it a try!" Wan Yun picked up three dice from the side and threw them into the dice pot. He shook the dice pot a few times, slapped it on the table, and then opened the dice pot. Sure enough, there were six sixes on the table.

"Is this possible? Six in a row?"

Wan Yun casually shook the dice and opened it, revealing six 1s on the table.
"Sister Wanyun is simply the God of Gamblers!" Those henchmen were all praising her. Wanyun was also in high spirits, with a smile on her face.

These people are not playing with money, they are just throwing dice.

"Brother Wei!" Seeing Chen Zhengwei coming down, the thugs quickly stood still.

"Uncle Wei!" Wan Yun stood up with a smile and hugged Chen Zhengwei's arm.

"They like gambling so much, just gamble with them next time!" Chen Zhengwei glanced at the thugs around him and scolded with a smile.

"We'll bet on whatever Sister Wanyun bets on!" the thugs said immediately.

They are not stupid.

"Brother Wei, Sister Wanyun is simply a gambling god. If you go around other casinos, they will all be closed!" someone said excitedly.

"Fuck, the largest casino in the United States belongs to me!" Chen Zhengwei cursed with a smile.

The Gold Clubs in New York and San Francisco are the largest and most luxurious casinos and dens of money-spending in the United States.

The two went downstairs and ordered two bottles of soda. They sat at a table in the corner of the cafe. Chen Zhengwei asked casually, "Have you ever thought about going back?"

"Wherever Master Wei is, that's my home, and I'll be there!" Wan Yun said firmly. She was usually soft-spoken, but when she said this, she was firm and there was a toughness in her voice.

"What a nice thing to say!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile: "I might go back in a few days! Riches and honors are like traveling at night in fine clothes!" Chen Zhengwei said with a smile. He liked to take Wanyun with him when he went out to sea.

It was a smooth journey.

Even if there are strong winds and heavy rains, they are all behind the fleet.

Wanyun's luck is extremely outrageous.

"Wherever Master Wei is, I will be there!" Wan Yun said again.

She had no idea of going back.

She was sold to human traffickers by her father, and her family had long since broken up.

"We'll talk about it then!" Chen Zhengwei said. He hadn't decided when to return yet. When the fleet returned, he would have to send a batch of guns and ammunition to Peru, as well as a few experts in mineral exploration, to help him find mines.

After more than an hour, several experts came over with their assistants.

Chen Zhengwei then went upstairs and took out several boxes of drawings from the bedroom.

"Take a look at this! Swallow it all after you finish reading it!" said Chen Zhengwei.

"Find them a room and bring them dinner. Other than that, send them whatever they need."

Chen Zhengwei asked someone to find a room and send the experts and their assistants in.

Then he left.

They don't know how long it will take to look at the drawings.

Several experts came into the room holding boxes of drawings for some puzzled reason, then picked up the drawings carefully and began to look through them.

But soon, his face changed. He looked confused, suspicious, nervous, and then ecstatic. "

"Is this... an Otto cycle engine?" "But it has been improved a lot... What's going on here?..."

"Who designed this? Has it been verified?"

“What a genius!”

In fact, the Otto cycle engine has been invented for several years, but the drawing in Chen Zhengwei's hand has been greatly improved compared to the Otto cycle engine.

The Otto cycle engine is flame ignited, while the one in this drawing is spark ignited.

The fuel mixture system has also been improved, and combustion efficiency and performance have been greatly improved.

There are also structural design, cooling system...almost all-round improvements.

If the Otto cycle engine is just a semi-finished product in the laboratory, then what they have in their hands is already a mature product that can be put into various industries.

The steelmaking technology that Chen Zhengwei has is an upgraded version of the Siemens-Martin open-hearth steelmaking process that has been around for a long time.

More precise temperature control produces higher quality steels, especially mild and alloy steels, and allows for better control over the addition of alloying elements.

Scrap steel and pig iron can be used flexibly as raw materials, material selection is flexible, and scrap steel can be utilized, which has lower costs.

In addition, the material of the furnace lining has changed, and its durability has been greatly improved.

……

At night, Chen Zhengwei looked at the sky and saw dark clouds overhead.

At noon the next day, Chen Zhengwei opened the window and saw that it was drizzling outside.

Looking at the sky again, it was still cloudy.

"Damn, looking at the sky? What the hell!" Chen Zhengwei cursed.

But after looking at it a few more times, Chen Zhengwei estimated that the rain would not last long and would stop in half a day.

It has nothing to do with the master's ability, it's purely experience.

This is what winter in San Francisco is like.

After dinner at home, Chen Zhengwei walked out the door, and Li Xiwen opened an umbrella and held it above Chen Zhengwei's head.

Looking at the 5'7" tall young man beside him, Chen Zhengwei said with a smile, "Remember when you didn't even know how to hold an umbrella for the boss?"

Li Xiwen smiled shyly: "Time flies!"

This guy hasn't changed much in the past two years.

But my skills are getting better and better.

He is not the kind of person who likes to interact with people.

He stayed at home as a bodyguard. When Chen Zhengwei was not at home, Lin Changning was at home, so there would be no problems with key matters.

The security aspect mainly depends on Li Xiwen.

"Should I find you a wife?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"Senior brother, you seem to be very fond of playing matchmaker recently!" Li Xiwen teased.

Chen Zhengwei has been asking questions to everyone he sees recently. His father-in-law has been asked this question several times, which has made Lin Mingsheng so angry that he looks at him with disdainful eyes and nose recently.

He urged Chen Zhenghu and A Long, and now it was his turn.

"Really?" Chen Zhengwei asked in surprise. After thinking for a while, he laughed and scolded:

"I already have a son! It annoys me to see you guys hanging around in front of me every day! You guys are already grown up, but you don't even have a wife!"

"I'm so worried about you guys!"

"Forget it, I'll find one for you later!" Chen Zhengwei said, still not satisfied, and kicked Li Xiwen again.

Li Xiwen smiled. He could feel that his senior brother had changed a lot since he had a son.

More like a parent.

But Chen Zhengwei didn't feel anything at all.

Chen Zhengwei took a carriage to the club and casually asked the manager Ah Cheng.

"How do the experts see it?"

"Brother Wei has given the order, so they must do their best. They have been watching until this morning and are still sleeping. Should we wake them up?" Ah Cheng said immediately.

"No rush!" Chen Zhengwei said. After returning to the office, he picked up a pen and scribbled on the paper. He drew a car and also drew a structural diagram.

Next came the tractor.

Although his paintings have always been a bit abstract, the general meaning is finally expressed.

Before the experts woke up, another piece of news came.

Green went straight to the club, a telegram in hand.

"Boss, it was sent back by the board of directors."

"Board of Directors?" Chen Zhengwei was a little surprised.

Although the board of directors was handed over to Brother Bob, the people inside had been organizing and reporting back the information.

The council has developed rapidly in the past six months. Brother Bob has gathered a group of good fighters, all of whom are killers from all over the place, totaling more than one hundred people.

In the past six months, at least two to three hundred people have died at the hands of gangs in various places.

Nowadays, among the middle and lower levels of some gangs, they are called a murder gang.

On the contrary, only the top gangsters know the name of the council.

"What do they want?" Chen Zhengwei asked.

"While they were working, they got a piece of information that they thought might be useful to the boss."

"A huge amount of oil has been discovered in Pennsylvania!"

"Didn't oil in Pennsylvania have been discovered a long time ago?" Chen Zhengwei took the telegram and took a look at it.

Oil was indeed discovered in Pennsylvania a long time ago, and the land was bought by the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Company.

But this time it was different. This time, a large amount of oil reserves had just been discovered, and they were outside the oil fields controlled by Standard Oil.

Standard Oil has now sent people to actively contact senior officials in Pennsylvania, hoping to buy the land and underground mineral rights that may contain large amounts of oil.

Normally this was a very secret matter, but the news leaked out, and now Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company and Ted Brothers Oil Company are actively operating.

The Pennsylvania state government also wants a high price for the land.

"I understand!" Chen Zhengwei said after reading the telegram.

"Tell Brother Bob to send someone to Harrisburg (the state capital) to wait for follow-up orders."

This news came at the right time.

He naturally knew what oil represented in the future.

However, he doesn't know the distribution of oil deposits. Who in his right mind would understand this?
He knew that there must be two places with large amounts of oil, one was the Middle East and the other was Venezuela, and Venezuela was the easiest to get.

Mainly close.

Now that large oil reserves have been discovered in Pennsylvania, he certainly cannot miss this opportunity.

What he needs to consider now is whether to get the oil himself or cooperate with others.

(End of this chapter)