Iron Dynasty

Various types of construction machinery are displayed on the square adjacent to the farming machinery.

When everyone came to the front, Lin Wentao said proudly: Your Majesty, these are excavators, these are bulldozers, these are the main machinery for the construction of Suez.

Since the research group of the machine shop became independent, the machines on this blueprint have come to reality one by one.

After examining the performance of these machines, Lin Wentao deeply realized that these machines would bring incredible changes to the empire.

Xiao Ming looked at the excavators and bulldozers in front of him with a satisfied smile. In contemporary history, it took France ten years to build the Suez Canal, but at that time, France had no internal combustion engine machinery like the Empire.

He believed that under the construction machinery of the Empire, the construction of the Suez Canal could be realized in one year.

Very well, the operation of internal combustion engines is now getting better and better. With them, the development of the empire will inevitably accelerate again. Xiao Ming said happily.

The investment of these machines will greatly benefit the empire from transportation, agriculture, and engineering, which are the foundation of a nation.

Lin Wentao took the opportunity to say, Your Majesty, these machines are actually improved, and you don't have much intentions. Since your Majesty is here, why don't you accompany your officials to see new things being researched by a machinery factory. Your Majesty will be very happy to see them.

Oh? So, it's really a coincidence that I came this time. Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun looked at each other, looking forward to it.

Lin Wentao led Xiao Ming and his party to the interior of the machinery factory, and said, Originally, I was going to report to the emperor, but I didn't expect the emperor to arrive.

Speaking along the way, everyone passed through an arch and came to a very empty place.

The location of the machinery factory is the foreign aid in the industrial zone. This is the field of the factory area where the machinery factory has not yet started construction.

But at this time, something familiar to Xiao Ming was spinning in the open field.

Monoplane?

Xiao Ming was slightly surprised, but he really didn't know what Lin Wentao had tinkered with.

Yes, Xiaguan has been researching this kind of machine that can fly in the sky. With the improvement of the precision of imperial machine tools, Xiaguan believes that the time to manufacture this kind of machine has come, so he built such a prototype model. Lin Wentao said.

Xiao Ming suddenly understood that he was still surprised by such a thing flying in the sky, why he didn't know, it turned out to be just a model.

Seeing Xiao Ming's expression, Lin Wentao said: Your Majesty, although the fuselage is a model, the propeller is real. We are currently testing the power performance of the propeller. If the flight conditions can be met, Xiaguan will build a complete one. airplane.

The most important thing in an aircraft is the power system. If this problem is solved, the problem of the aircraft is basically solved. For Xiao Ming, this visit was a pleasant surprise.

However, the real surprise still has to wait. After all, in his opinion, Lin Wentao's research is only in the initial stage. If he wants to create a battle with excellent performance, he may need to integrate the industrial capabilities of the empire and establish an independent aircraft production line.

In this way, the aircraft may not be mass-produced without three to five years, and even if it is mass-produced, it will take some time to form combat effectiveness.

He is not in a hurry for this time, because the steam turbine of the empire is also in use at this time.

The time of mass production of the two coincides, and the empire will be able to realize the combination of cannon and giant ship plus sea and air.

And this is the imperial military power he really expects.

Pang Yukun said excitedly from the side: The technology of the empire is really changing with each passing day, but when this thing is mass-produced, the old minister's beard will probably be gone.

It's more than you, I'm afraid my hair will be white. Xiao Ming's words contained helplessness for the years.

Recalling the green years when they came to this world, and now people are middle-aged, the empire has grown from nothing, and the older it is, the stronger it is, and the people who built the empire are getting older day by day.

Like Pang Yukun's idea, he also hopes to witness the empire achieve leaps and bounds. Unfortunately, for now, this can only be an extravagant hope.

It is also from the helplessness of the passage of time that he is eager to build his ideal world system and leave precious wealth for the empire, because he cannot be sure where the empire will go without him in the future.

In this case, he can only try to create a favorable situation for the empire while he is alive.

After turning around the plane's propeller, Xiao Ming saw that there was no problem with the entity made by Lin Wentao, so he turned back with Pang Yukun.

On the return car, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to give priority to supplying construction machinery to the Suez Canal engineering degree. For agricultural machinery, he demanded that it be sold after meeting the use of the official manor. As for agriculture in Africa, a large number of black slaves were used to make up for the shortage. You can.

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September of the eighth year of the imperial calendar.

Two months after the occupation of Tangier, Liu Chen received an order to destroy the British navy, and with this order came forty-six imperial warships, which brought Liu Chen's fleet to eighty-eight. .

In addition, the fleet was accompanied by a large number of transport ships, which brought sufficient supplies and a group of agricultural technicians from the empire.

Commander Liu.

It was Xie Yuan who led this fleet. He and Liu Chen were in the Qingzhou fleet at the time, and they were assigned to the Atlantic fleet after the split of the Imperial Navy.

Thank you Commander.

When the two met, they first gave each other a military salute, and then they patted each other heavily.

I didn't expect that the emperor would send you here. That's great. Let's not talk about the British fleet. We can handle even the entire European fleet. Liu Chen said happily.

Xie Yuan said: The emperor sent us here because he was worried that other European countries would suddenly join the war. He also specially sent a group of agricultural technicians. This Tangier will be the bridgehead for the empire to attack Europe in the future.

Hahaha... It's still the emperor's greatness. This is about setting up a farm in Africa. Well, yes, the French prisoners and black slaves we have captured are useful now, and the Mineral Department has also found a coal mine in Morocco. Now Supply is not a problem at all. Liu Chen said that before they captured Tangier, France had already implemented a brutal black slave policy on Tangier, and he just picked up a ready-made one.

Compared with Liu Chen, Xie Yuan was a little more excited. After all, as the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, it would be fair to not be involved in the war against Britain, so after receiving the combat order, he couldn't wait to gather his army.

Let's leave this supply to the administrative officials. When are we going to give the British a hard lesson.