The 12 dragon boat teams on the lake competed and rushed forward through the waves. The pulp hands half-kneeled on the boat, and as the black and thick arms were slapped in a uniform manner, showing the sports charm of wild power and wonderful tacit understanding. The sound of the trumpet "Hey, Hey..." made people burst into blood.

The onlookers shouted loudly, trying hard to cheer for the dragon boat team they supported. I couldn't hear anything in the noisy shouts. The warm competitive atmosphere had infected everyone. They just wanted to shout loudly and vent, and it didn't matter what they shouted.

The splashing lake water wet the strong spine of the paddler and shone brightly under the reflection of the sunlight.

Qinglong Lake is boiling at this moment, and it reaches white heat when the winning dragon boat finally hits the line...

And this... is just the first game of the group preliminaries.

The charm of sports is fully displayed at this moment, with the loud noises sparse, and the onlookers chattering and commenting on the performance of the boat racing. Some are regretful, some are disappointed, and some are excited. Everyone is excited and talks endlessly to express their opinions to their companions.

Free time

Sitting on the grass by the lake, I took out the soft and delicious rice dumplings, dipped in sugar and jerky to eat it, and felt the beauty of life.

Social cohesion is gathered in this little by little. Anyone who wants to destroy the peaceful and peaceful life in Queensland must bear the anger of the masses.

Except for the very few Qing businessmen with braids in the crowd, most men have short hair, and many wear Australian wide-edged cowboy hats on their heads to block the dazzling sunshine.

Cut off the braids, as if the shackles on their bodies were removed, allowing the general public to show positive vitality and express a unique style. This is the biggest difference between the Chinese in Queensland and the mainland of China.

Women's clothes are diverse, with cheongsams full of old-fashioned styles, which outline a beautiful figure for women. Western-style dresses compete for beauty and look pleasing to the eye. This just shows that Queensland is a society where Chinese and Western cultures are blended, open and confident.

Li Fushou held his hands on the railing of the viewing platform. When he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but smile slightly with a satisfied smile.

The Queensland Autonomous Administration does not force the dressing, does not force the belief in religion, and does not force the construction layout. Everything is decided by people freely.

It is okay to believe in any religion. This is the freedom of the masses. The official does not have any opinions on this and has no bias (absolute fairness is certainly impossible. The popularity of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples is the most obvious example.). No matter what kind of religious place you want to build, it is OK, as long as you want to have money.

Any dress is OK, provided that it does not hinder the viewing, and does not overexpose it will cause defilement, causing visual pollution.

You can do as big a mansion as you want, but in the Earls of Queensland, the price of a homeland with an area of ​​more than 1 acre doubles. The price of ordinary villas is only hundreds or thousands of pounds depending on the type. If you want to build a luxury estate with an area of ​​more than 10 acres, the money you have to spend is astronomical. The cost of purchasing land alone is as high as tens of thousands of pounds, and you have to pay a high luxury tax.

Therefore, the more you put your house in Queensland, the more powerful your financial resources and the more exquisite the building. After all, you have paid so much at such a large price. It would be a little better if the house is not built.

"Master, is it really okay to treat southerners like this?" Gu Liuyan came to Li Fushou's side, frowned slightly and showed a worried look.

"Count John Lawrence Barde is a crazy mad dog. In the past two years, he has been jumping up and down in the southern states, joining forces with some far-right white conservative forces to seek division and promoting discriminatory bills against Chinese people, and has done a lot of bad things. If it weren't for his extremely sensitive identity, how could he have been rampant until now?"

"After all, he is the Governor of New South Wales appointed by Her Majesty the Queen. Master, please be more tolerant."

"Hmph, if you can't deal with him, you can still deal with his dogs."

Li Fushou sneered, his eyes crossed the nearby crowd and turned to the lakeside in the distance.

There

A small wooden boat was parked on the shore, and several wet people were lying on the ground. Earl John Lawrence Barde was dancing and shouting something, probably because he was spitting out fragrance and would not say anything good.

At this time

The personal guard Lei Xiaohu walked over quietly and replied in a low voice, "Master, the followers around Count John Lawrence Valde suddenly rowed for a lake for some reason, but the small wooden boat capsized, and no one could do it after he was fished out."

"Why are you so careless?"

"Master, we don't know why they were rowing and surfing the lake. Maybe they wanted to watch the dragon boat race up close."

"What a pity. Leave enough time for the Governor to say goodbye to the body, and then cremate it as soon as possible. This weather will smell bad after a long time."

"As for orders, sir."

"Uh... I'll give me a greeting to the Governor, tell him to come safely and leave safely. Don't be too willful when doing things. By the way, ask him what to do when the duel? Is it just a disreputable escape?"

"I understand, lord, I'll do it now."

Lei Xiaohu quickly turned around and left. Li Fushou looked into the distance with regretful eyes. He quickly withdrew his gaze and looked at his wife Gu Liuyan. Seeing her beautiful face with an angry look, he smiled and said, "Madam, look at these southerners who are so irritable that they have to take care of their husbands. It's really outrageous!"

"Hey, anyway, we women don't understand what you do, so we won't cause trouble for the master."

"It's just a small matter, let's watch the dragon boat race." Li Fushou reached out and held Gu Liuyan's fair jade hand. At this moment, it was the age of a beautiful young woman. She had lost her youthfulness and looked more plump and round, and she wouldn't have a little bit of the charm of a young woman.

"Um!"

Gu Liuyan's voice was as low as a mosquito buzzing. She was ashamed to show her intimate movements in public. She struggled for a while without escaping. A red cloud immediately flew onto her white cheeks, so she stopped struggling and placed her small hand in her wide palm to enjoy her husband's doting.

The three-round group stage lasted for one morning. Each competition group selected 4 winning teams to enter the finals. By noon, 12 dragon boat teams that entered the finals had been decided. The competition was temporarily suspended for several hours, allowing the players to recover their energy and eat and drink water to fight again.

The finals are scheduled to start on time at 3:00 pm, and there is still a lot of preparations before this.

On the viewing platform

The lunch of gentlemen and ladies in the upper class is suitable for cold dining. Under the white European pergola on one side of the viewing table, there are long rows of tables covered with white brocade table cloths. The large plate of silver and glass table plates contain exquisite food, and a wide range of fresh fruits, vegetables and wine for guests to use at will.

The guards in white waiter uniforms held silver plates in their hands, and placed a glass of full champagne on them, and shuttled through the guests to serve with sincerity.

Li Fu was chatting with He Fang with champagne in his hand. Wherever he stood in his tall figure, the focus of everyone's attention.

If you feel that your identity is not enough, you can only pay attention to it from afar.

"How is it...My fleet commander, it feels good to drive the heavy cruiser of the Blue Dragon across the ocean, right?"

"It's not just good, Yuanding. If I had such an extremely powerful heavy cruiser three years ago, I would have driven it and directly sank the Dutch cruiser "Seven Provinces" directly, as simple as crushing an ant to death, there would be no more land wars."

"Hahaha... this is to be heard by Chief of Staff Conrad Adenauer, and it will cause a lot of trouble."

"Yuan Ding, I'm telling the truth. The Dutch saw that things were not done and would not forcefully land on Shangri-La Island. That would be so stupid."

"Is this the confidence that the Qinglong heavy cruiser brings you?"

"Yes, this is a powerful warship born to fight the storm of the ocean. After the four ships of this class are built, we will proudly be among the regional naval powers and are unlikely to be in the Asia-Pacific region. Even compared with the monsters in the European Hell Room, we can still rank eighth or even seventh."

"The ranking is so high?" Li Fushou was really surprised.

"Of course, this is an epoch-making new type of warship. Its combat power has undergone a huge leap, and it can be considered a battle cruiser. This is a new international concept." He Fang looked extremely proud. He is a master who truly learned things and is a noble naval authority in Queensland, a military figure with great influence.

His statements are quite authoritative.

This aroused Li Fushou's intense interest, and he laughed and said, "Brother Fang, Yuan Ding is willing to hear the details."

He Fangluo pondered and said with a serious expression;

“The world today

The most powerful navy is England and Giriya. Secondly, France, Germany, Italy and the United States have entered its fifth year in the 10-year shipbuilding plan. The number of newly built iron armored battleships has exceeded that of Italy, the traditional Mediterranean power, but they lack naval heritage and quality, and are temporarily ranked fifth.

The Ottoman Empire ranked sixth in the naval strength. The name of the Sultan, who reigned from 1860 to 1871, was Abdul Aziz. He was an avid naval enthusiast. In order to curb Russia's continuous swallowing and to mobilize the whole country to develop the navy, he caused public grievances in the country because of his excessive tax collection, and uprisings emerged one after another in various places.

By the time of his abdication in 1871, the Ottoman Empire had 16 medium and large ironclad ships, with displacements ranging from more than 3,000 tons to tens of thousands of tons. At that time, the world's most powerful British Empire Navy had only more than 40 ironclad ships, which shows the power of the Ottoman Navy fleet.

However, since 1871, the development of the Ottoman naval forces stagnated or even weakened. The powerful iron-armored warships have been anchored in the port for many years and have become a fleet of existence on paper due to lack of funds.

Needless to say

The Ottoman navy today is still awesome, but it is possible that it will be quickly surpassed by his old rival Tsarist Russia.

With the help of France, Tsarist Russia is developing two powerful battleships at the Black Sea coast shipyard at the same time. The ship platform is full of new ironclad ships under construction. It is expected to receive up to three powerful ironclad battleships this year, and the number next year will be higher than this year.

Therefore, Tsarist Russia can rank 7th, and its momentum is very strong. It is expected to surpass the Ottoman Empire by the end of this year, surpass Italy by the end of next year, and closely follow the United States.

If Queensland is regarded as a country alone, then our naval strength can rank 8th, because we have proved that our combat effectiveness is strong enough and what we lack is the main warship.

This shortcoming has been quickly made up by the Qinglong-class heavy cruiser, so for Queensland, this class of ships is of great significance.”

After listening to this long discussion
Chapter completed!