Iron Dynasty

Xiao Ming stood on the left side of the airport runway and looked at the monoplane that was taxiing forward.

Whether it is a blitzkrieg against Russia or the United Kingdom, there are front-line generals in command, thousands of miles away, and the communication is behind. As an emperor, he can only focus on production, technology, construction and logistics.

And now this monoplane that is being tested is one of the projects he has been staring at for more than half a year.

With the improvement of the imperial industrial system and the continuous development of chemical engineering and materials science, the technological level of the empire today has fully reached the level of the early 20th century.

Because of this, the imperial machinery factory was able to turn the tank on the drawing into reality, and now the high-tech machine such as the monoplane has been successful again for a period of time.

It can be said that the scientific and technological explosion of the empire today is entirely the reason for the accumulation of more than 20 years, and the accumulation of talents plays the most important role.

At present, the majors of the major universities in the empire are basically in line with the contemporary scientific research system. In addition to the traditional chemical engineering, materials, and physics majors, there have been computer majors and atomic energy majors in the past two years.

The reason why he only added these two majors to major universities now is that only when the technology has accumulated to a certain stage can the research of these two majors be qualified, and the development of science from simple to complex cannot be violated.

Of course, in addition to the new majors, he also released a lot of new knowledge in the old majors, such as steam turbines and aero engines.

The old minister never thought that people could fly into the sky, and now it's really an eye-opener. Fiji said, as the years passed, the three-dynasty elder had gray hair and a hunched back.

Two days ago, he had formally resigned to Xiao Ming, and he was living in Qingzhou. At the age of nearly sixty-five, his body was increasingly unable to support the current intensity of government affairs.

In this regard, Xiao Ming did not hold back. In the past few years, the empire has been fighting east and west, and the development of science and technology has been booming, but he has also been improving in government affairs.

And it was the first time in the empire that officials could resign from the imperial court and return to their fields at the age of fifty-five, and must resign at the age of sixty.

After all, at this age, both the body and the reaction are already a little dull, and it is not suitable to continue to hold a position in the imperial court.

Moreover, Xiao Ming also intends to weed out these old officials whose ideas are gradually failing to keep up with the times. In his opinion, only new-style officials can lead the empire to a more brilliant future.

It stands to reason that Fiji should have resigned five years ago, but Xiao Ming believed that he was still relatively prestigious among the old officials, so he kept him for five years and let him be responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, dismissing those who were corrupt and bribery, and did not act. The old officials can be regarded as people who use their talents and materials to the best of their ability.

It's not just Elder Fei Ge, I never thought that I would see such a magical machine. Pang Yukun said.

Suddenly, Fiji was about to resign and return to the fields, but he was suddenly reluctant. Without such an opponent, the court would be much lonelier.

But he also understands that today is different from the past. Today's empire is no longer the scene of fighting back and forth. The atmosphere of the whole empire is the same, and he is not too young. In a few years, it will be the same as Fiji. There are some similar feelings.

Xiao Ming glanced back and forth on the two of them, and couldn't help laughing: You are making a fuss, the blowout period of Imperial Technology has just begun, and you will see it in the future.

Hahaha... In this way, the old minister must live longer. Fiji laughed.

As the three of them spoke, the monoplane began to lift off at the end of the runway, rushing into the sky like a bird.

In an instant, the entire machinery factory burst into thunderous cheers.

Fly! Fly!

The technicians of the machinery factory danced and danced, and the workers lifted the technicians of the plane and threw them into the sky to express their excitement.

For the people of the Empire, the significance of the plane is not comparable to that of the tank and the car, because in the long history, humans have always been in awe of the sky, thinking that it is the residence of the gods.

But now the success of monoplanes means that humans can fly freely in the sky, which is not comparable to hot air balloons moving with the wind.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming couldn't help being infected by this enthusiasm. This is his empire, a superpower that is thriving.

Lin Wentao, you have done a good job. It can be said that the test flight of the aircraft was completed ahead of time, but now is not the time to be proud. Next, the military production of the aircraft must be put on the agenda, especially the development of bombers and transport aircraft. Xiao Ming Said that there is currently no country in the world that has an air force.

So fighter planes didn't make much sense to Xiao Ming. What really useful to the empire were bombers and transport planes. The former could carry out carpet bombing on enemy positions, while the latter could increase the speed of the empire's army deployment.

Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have accumulated experience through this aircraft, and the following is simple. Lin Wentao nodded. He already had the design drawings of the bomber and transport aircraft. This monoplane is just to start the aircraft manufacturing industry.

The Empire will soon be established in the Northern Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Center in Jinzhou, the Eastern Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Center in Qingzhou, the Southern Aircraft Manufacturing Center in Chengdu, and the Western Aircraft Manufacturing Center in Chang'an.

These manufacturing centers will design and manufacture all types of aircraft for Imperial Future.

Well, I hope to be able to fly between the various cities of the empire on the plane made by the empire one day soon. Xiao Ming showed an expectant look.

For him, the most important thing in this era is transportation and information transmission. Only by solving these two problems can the empire effectively control the overseas colonies and avoid the gap between the colonies and the empire due to distance.

The lift-off plane flew around Qingzhou City for ten laps and then landed slowly at the airport. This test flight ended perfectly.

After rewarding the technicians and workers involved in the aircraft manufacturing, Xiao Ming led the ministers back by car.

On the way back, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to plan the airport construction of the empire from now on, not to wait until the plane came out.

At the same time, he also demanded that in addition to retaining some valuable city walls, all other meaningless city walls were demolished so as not to affect the construction of traffic roads.

In addition, the two also discussed about the imperial welfare system.

In the more than 20 years of industrialization, in fact, the biggest change in the empire is the living standard of the common people. The standard of living has already surpassed that of Europe, even a hundred years ahead.

After all, in addition to military and heavy industry, Xiao Ming also brought the contemporary food industry and various light industries here.