1890 King of Southeast Asia

At this time, Liu Yiming and a group of graduates from prestigious universities were staring at two huge machines.

"Have you found what went wrong?" Liu Yiming looked at it for a long time and asked one of them.

"The gasoline engine is a processing problem. It can be used now, but the vibration is too big and it is too heavy. It is difficult to put it into practical use. We have made diesel engines twice, and there are difficulties everywhere." Li Minbo said. He is a graduate of the University of London, studying mechanics. He used to help in the military factory. After the military factory got on track, he started to work on gasoline engines at the end of October 1890.

"It doesn't matter. I have a drawing here. You can try to make it. If you succeed, apply for a patent quickly." Liu Yiming originally wanted to release information bit by bit to guide them, but thinking that the patent of the diesel engine will be registered next year and will come out the year after, he took out the drawings of the diesel engine all at once.

In the first three decades of the 20th century, gasoline engines were still the mainstream, but in terms of large-scale power, diesel engines and steam turbines were the mainstream, and Liu Yiming was ready to fight for this.

"Commander, I wonder if you can stay and explain it? Otherwise, we only know the facts but not the reasons." Li Minbo said embarrassedly.

Liu Yiming looked around and found that the people around him were also looking at him with sparkling eyes. Liu Yiming's scalp was numb, but he couldn't leave even if he wanted to.

"Okay! I'll go to the car and get something." Liu Yiming could only agree, and then ran to the car and took the copied diesel engine repair manual in his hand. This is a version from the 1950s, which is 40 years more advanced than now. Because this thing came out in the mid-1930s, but we had to get it in the 1950s after receiving assistance.

"Come, let me explain to you the principle of the diesel engine. First of all, we must understand the difference between diesel and gasoline..." Liu Yiming gave them a lesson.

"...So the diesel engine uses high-pressure compression ignition diesel, and its torque and output horsepower are higher than those of gasoline engines, but it is heavier and suitable for use in large machinery. The basic principles have been explained. Does anyone have any questions?" As soon as the last sentence came out, Liu Yiming regretted it instantly. The knowledge of junior high school physics was already the limit, and more of it was just fragmented knowledge. He knew the working principle, transmission system, composition, and what suspension, transmission, and differential were, but he only knew the terms. Maybe he had seen them, but he didn't know how to do them, let alone the principles!

Sure enough, a group of people opened their bright eyes and were ready to ask questions. Fortunately, a person suddenly ran in at this time. It was Staff Officer Yang.

"Commander, Director Wang came to the headquarters and said that he had something important to report to you!" Staff Officer Yang said in confusion.

"Lead the way!" Liu Yiming stood up and said without hesitation, as if there was something important waiting for him ahead.

"Oh! By the way, you can also take a look at this book. Remember, the information given to you today is top secret and will not be declassified for fifty years. Not a single bit is allowed to be disclosed to the outside world!" Liu Yiming handed the diesel engine maintenance manual to Li Minbo and said.

"Yes!" Li Minbo learned to salute. He is also a member of the army, or all college students in Sishui are members of the army.

"What's the matter? Who is here?" He asked Staff Officer Yang after walking out of the factory gate.

"It's Wang Wei, Director Wang. He didn't say anything, just wanted to see you." Staff Officer Yang was confused again. It seems that you don't know?

"Wang Wei?!" Liu Yiming thought of something and doubted whether his luck was too good.

"Quick, go back to the headquarters." Liu Yiming urged.

The carriage ran to the headquarters. Wang Wei sat on the sofa and looked at his pocket watch from time to time.

"Wang Wei, found it?" Liu Yiming opened the door and asked in disbelief.

"Yes, several culture dishes were found at the same time, all with the same strain, using several pathogenic bacteria and common strains, and the effect was very good!" Wang Wei said excitedly.

"Let's go! Take me to see!" Liu Yiming said.

In the room locked by Wang Wei, rows of culture dishes were placed on the shelves, with various molds growing in them. Liu Yiming hoped to cultivate Penicillium. His production materials only had large-scale production technology, but no initial cultivation technology for bacterial flora, and mold, not all molds are Penicillium.

Liu Yiming had made plans. Even if it took a little longer, it would be no problem to cultivate slowly through different methods. It would take ten or twenty years, and penicillin would still be a special medicine worth more than gold. The real solution to the problem of large-scale production would be World War II.

"These are the ones, which have miraculous effects on many pathogenic bacteria, and the surrounding cultivated bacterial flora are almost dissolved." Wang Wei said excitedly.

"Don't worry, expand the cultivation of these strains. You prepare enough bacterial flora first, and I will prepare the nutrient solution and then purify it to see if it is what we are looking for." Liu Yiming said.

"It will take about half a month to expand the strain." Wang Wei said. Java has good weather, the temperature and humidity are suitable, and the bacterial flora expands quickly, but Liu Yiming hopes to get more if it is correct.

"Okay, I will get the nutrient solution within half a month." Liu Yiming has the formula of the nutrient solution and the technical guidance for purification. It is not difficult. The difficult part is the construction of large-scale industrial production.

Liu Yiming left. He was going to look for corn. Fortunately, although Java did not grow corn, Batavia had a little corn stock, which was imported by Dutch merchants. It was not much, only about one ton. Because it was rare, it was specially reported.

After letting the ship pull the corn to Sishui as soon as possible, Liu Yiming had no idea of ​​further expansion. It was a bit too dazzling to take out penicillin at this time. Sulfonamide was already dazzling enough. By the way, Liu Yiming priced sulfonamide at one pound per pill. He did not intend to go the high-end route, but to distribute it comprehensively. Of course, it was not cheap, equivalent to four taels of silver or five dollars, and three to nine pills were needed to treat an inflammation.

Penicillin? It would only be circulated internally in the name of special antibacterial drugs, and then released during World War I, because Britain and the United States already had sulfonamide at that time, but now, Britain and the United States did not have it. Although some people wanted to break into the drug factory, they failed.

Qianfeng Village, also known as the first administrative village, has a population of 720, and no one over 16. The village chief here is the former instructor Zheng Xingzhou, the deputy village chief is Gao Mingxuan, and the deputy company commander retired.

Before the two came, they thought they were coming to the military settlement. They came with great enthusiasm, but they found that they had taken over a school! Yes, the first building in this village is a school.

Liu Yiming said to send these children to school. Chen Siyuan discussed with his brother and decided to build a second primary school in Qianfeng Village since they had to build a school anyway. The first primary school is in Sishui, a large primary school that can accommodate 2,000 students.

"Commander!" *2

The two saluted, and Liu Yiming saluted back.

"Commander, please ask someone else to come. This is really impossible!" Zheng Xingzhou was embarrassed, but Gao Mingxuan was different. He complained, "Commander, we don't know how to take care of children. I'm only 19 years old. When I see these children, I'm in a state of panic!"

"Why? You dare to charge, but you don't dare to take care of the children?" Liu Yiming provoked.

"He, he is different! These children are not the children's problem. I can't do this!" Gao Mingxuan said.

"Okay, I just came to see if you have any problems. Tell me what difficulties you have." Liu Yiming said.

"Lack of people, labor, the 3,000 acres of paddy fields allocated can't be planted at all. If there is no labor, they will all be abandoned." Gao Mingxuan said.

"There are also teachers. There are only ten teachers in a school with more than 700 people. They are too busy!" Zheng Xingzhou added.

"Now there is a shortage of people everywhere. We have recruited 400 teachers from Batavia. They are being trained and will be assigned soon. However, these teachers are a little young. They also need time to study. We need to take care of them in life!" Liu Yiming said.

There is no other way. Under the slogan of "It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people", people with junior high school education or above, from 18 to 28, have signed up for teacher recruitment.

In theory, it is enough. In fact, this is most of the strength of the entire Nanhua. And there are more places that need people. Those aged 18-22 need to be selected from the best. 300 officers are selected. The education of sailors can be lower, but there are still a large number of international students. Liu Yiming decided to send them to study abroad in a rotation way.

The preparatory class will be opened in Nanhua. Britain has agreed, but the United States does not know yet. If the loan is approved, it should be OK. Teachers will study preparatory subjects while teaching in elementary schools, and it is a semi-free-range teaching. There is no other way. There is no condition for intensive cultivation!

It was still not enough. To process foreign students, at least 3,000 intellectuals needed to be sent out. Liu Yiming set his sights on high school and junior high school graduates. The primary school was built next to the high school, and the high school adopted the university curriculum system. When there were no classes, they would teach the lower grade children.

Junior high school graduates who did not pass the high school entrance examination could take the teacher examination, and after working for a full year, they would have another chance to pass the high school entrance examination within three years, which barely filled the gap.

"Yes!" The two agreed very simply, not knowing that the school system had changed from a five-year system to an eleven-year system!

"The Second Garrison Brigade will bring a group of savages over, and you will supervise them to farm." Liu Yiming thought about it and added some support, "The income from farming will be used to improve the lives of children and teachers, build schools, etc. By the way, the newly reclaimed land will be tax-free for two years. Tell other villages about it."

"I suggest that after you finish farming, turn the forest in the south into an oil palm forest. The government will give you seeds, which are good things." Liu Yiming said.

"Yes!" Still the same answer, Liu Yiming wanted to get angry, but when he saw their dark but slightly childish faces, his anger subsided immediately.

"Come, I'll plan it for you..." Liu Yiming patiently gave them the plans and functions of community construction, cultural construction, and economic construction, and let them learn while implementing them.

"It's still too fast, too short of people." On the way back, thinking about these cadres who are in their teens and twenties and are responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of hundreds or thousands of people, Liu Yiming was silent.