Over the years, as Qin Fen gradually grew familiar with Zhou Xu, he still carried the mindset of a "wage earner," but in his day-to-day work, he had also begun to let himself go.
Because he knew very well that as long as he had the ability and got the job done, His Majesty was, to a large extent, someone who did not fuss over minor details. So he did not need to be too rigid, either.
At this moment, Zhou Xu's idea of developing Steam Warships had undoubtedly been influenced by the overall situation.
From the standpoint of international affairs, with the establishment of the United Nations, both Great Zhou and the Holy Roland Empire only wanted to focus on development for the time being.
In the next few years, or even the next decade or more, even if some minor conflicts arose between the two countries, they would basically be unlikely to tear off all pretenses and go to war directly.
Just as mentioned earlier, the war between the two sides had imperceptibly shifted from the battlefield to internal development.
From here on, it would come down to which of the two countries developed faster and better.
As for Great Zhou's future development, on this continent, unless they directly flipped the table and went to war, they had basically run out of room for expansion at home. If they wanted to expand, they could only set their sights overseas.
As it happened, at this point, the transportation routes for Steam Trains within Great Zhou had already been initially laid out, while the manufacturing technology for Steam Engines was also becoming increasingly mature.
Taking all these factors together, slowly beginning the research and manufacture of Steam Warships was simply the natural next step.
Of course, setting those reasons aside,