"I think Brother Wei Ting can just form a target guard?" Zhao Shouhong slowly seduced.

"But how can I create such a guard mark now?" Yuan Kai asked.

"Brother Wei Ting has a lot of talents, so I don't need to worry about the manpower problem. It's just that Zhou Xuexi has just opened a few large factories, and I'm afraid he won't have enough money." Zhao Shouhong paused and said, "How about this? Brother Yuan Wei I will prepare all the weapons for the guards, how about all the new Mannlicher rifles?"

Zhao Shouhong's bait was not too big, and Yuan Kai's eyes were a little straightened when he heard it. He continued to increase the weight and said: "Each row is equipped with a Mark machine gun, and the standard is equipped with twenty [-]mm Krupp mountain guns. How? The bullets and shells have another ten bases."

"In this case, I'll write a personal letter to Fang Zhen. It doesn't count if he went to your Zhongchuan Military Academy." Yuan Kai was finally moved. After all, although Jiang Fangzhen was talented, he didn't have much actual experience in leading troops. His status is much lower than Duan Ruiquan and other generals.

"Thank you so much Brother Yuan Kai." Zhao Shouhong smiled all over his face. Although these weapons cost millions of silver dollars, compared to Jiang Fangzhen, everything is worth the money.During the banquet, Yuan Kai sold Jiang Fangzhen to Zhao Shouhong.

After a feast of wine and feast, Zhao Shouhong left and set off the next day.Yang Shixiang, Yuan Kai, and Duan Ruiquan and others all came to see them off. After Zhao Shouhong bid farewell to everyone, he took the guards and boarded a hired sea boat to go out to sea from Dagu and head towards Guanghai. Jiang Fangzhen, who was on his way back home, also will land in Shanghai, where they will meet.

Although the speed of the sea boat was not slow, Zhao Shouhong still felt that the time was too long, and at this moment he was ready to return home.Five days later, Zhao Shouhong landed in Guanghai. What he never expected was that Shen Ruoxue appeared among the people who came to greet him.

Looking at Shen Ruoxue, who was wearing a blue cotton cheongsam, standing pretty on the pier, surrounded by a group of guards and young people he didn't know, Zhao Shouhong walked over quickly.

"Shou Hong, you're back." Shen Ruoxue didn't have the slightest shyness of women in this era, her gestures were elegant and elegant, and with her peerless appearance, all the men present were dazzled.

"Aren't you supposed to be in the White Eagle Country? Why are you back?" Zhao Shouhong asked in surprise.

"The business is taken care of. Everything is arranged. I don't need to worry about it." Shen Ruoxue said cryptically, but Zhao Shouhong could hear the content. It seems that she is sure of winning the financial crisis of the White Eagle Country. It's just that Zhao Shouhong still doesn't know how much money Shen Ruoxue has made on Wall Street during this time.For Zhao Shouhong's question, Shen Ruoxue always smiled and didn't answer, but from her proud expression, it can be seen that she has been making money, and she has made a lot of money.

"I came back this time to bring you a few people." Shen Ruoxue turned around and pointed at one of the young people, "Do you know him?"

"Feng Ru." Zhao Shouhong took a deep breath. Of course, he had seen photos of this most famous figure in the history of Chinese aviation.When he saw Feng Ru's death in the plane crash, Zhao Shouhong yelled that it was a pity, but he didn't expect to see a real person now.In this era, Zhao Shouhong has already met many famous people in history, and he is quite used to it, so he didn't make a fool of himself here.

"Master Zhao knows me?" Feng Ru asked in surprise.Feng Ru, formerly known as Feng Jiuru, was born in a poor peasant family in Enping, eastern Guangdong Province. He liked making kites, cars and boats and other toys since he was a child, and he was full of yearning for flying stories. At the age of 12, he traveled across the ocean with his father to make a living in the White Eagle Country. After witnessing the advanced industry of the White Eagle Country, he determined to fight for the prosperity of the country, so he devoted himself to learning mechanical technology.

After learning of the successful test flight of the Wright Brothers' aircraft, Feng Ru also had the idea of ​​manufacturing an aircraft. At this period in history, he should have just established his first aircraft factory in the White Eagle Country, and was intensively developing Feng Ru. Such as plane No. 1, unexpectedly Shen Ruoxue invited him back.

Zhao Shouhong knew that he had slipped his words out of excitement, so he covered it up with a smile: "I have long heard that there is such an excellent engineer as you, and I also heard that you have established an aircraft factory in the White Eagle Country, and plan to Build the first plane of the Hualan."

"Master Zhao is really powerful. My aircraft factory has just been established, and I came back with Ms. Shen. Master Zhao even knows this." Feng Ru scratched her head and said embarrassedly.

"How about building an aircraft factory in Zhongchuan in the future? Just tell me what equipment you want. I will fully support you. If you want money or people, you must send our Hualan planes to the sky as soon as possible." Zhao Shouhong laughed. .

"Okay, I will build the plane as soon as possible." Feng Ru was excited when he heard it. Originally, he wanted to build the plane just for a while, but after the establishment of the aircraft factory, he hesitated.With insufficient funds in hand, he himself does not know how long his aircraft factory can last.It was Shen Ruoxue's promise to provide him with sufficient funds to develop the aircraft that made him decide to return to China for development. This time, he brought all his team back.Now that Zhao Shouhong has clearly expressed his full support, Feng Ru is naturally elated.

Chapter 98 The Mystery Scientist

"However, I have a request. Aircraft engineers develop aircraft, but they must not test the flight themselves." Zhao Shouhong thought that Feng Ru had fallen to his death while flying an aircraft in history, and he felt terrified. He must prevent this from happening.

"However, only an engineer can fully understand the pros and cons of an aircraft by personally flying the aircraft." Feng Ru had a different opinion.

Zhao Shouhong shook his head and said: "The so-called technical industry has specialization. Any industry must have strict rules and regulations from the beginning. The design, manufacture, maintenance, and flight test of aircraft must have special personnel, and all must be strictly divided and meticulous. "

"Don't worry about the test pilot, I've already found it." Shen Ruoxue pointed to another young man, but Zhao Shouhong didn't know this person.

The young man smiled and bowed to salute: "Lord Zhao, I will be strict with Ruyan." Zhao Shouhong was shocked when he heard that, this name has not left much in history, so that most people don't know that he is Who, but for Zhao Shouhong, who has studied history deeply, it is another matter.

Li Ruyan, a native of Dinghai, Ningjiang Province, is an aviation activist and aviator in Hualan Kingdom in modern times. In his early years, he studied with his father in Saar Kingdom, and later entered London Nathan Buton Technical School. Historically, he should have graduated in 1909 After returning to China, he was sent by the Houjin government to study at the Bristol Flying School in Saar Country in 1910. However, under the instigation of Shen Ruoxue, he still gave up his studies and returned to China, intending to devote himself to the aviation industry.

As the earliest pilot of Hualan Kingdom, Li Ruyan created many firsts in the aviation history of Hualan Kingdom. He was the first military aviation student sent abroad by the government, and the first person to fly a plane over Guanghai. Served as the chief instructor at the first aviation school in Hualandia, participated in many of the earliest long-distance flights, and assisted in the design and manufacture of the first seaplane in Hualandia. .

Unexpectedly, Shen Ruoxue was able to find so many talents for herself, Zhao Shouhong's eyes lit up with excitement.He shook hands with these people one by one and said hello, and said that he would send people to take all their families to Zhongchuan for resettlement and give them high wages.

With the resettlement of the family and such a high salary, everyone's emotions were naturally high. Many people expressed their hope that they could go to Zhongchuan to build a factory as soon as possible, and strive to let the Hualan people fly their own planes into the blue sky as soon as possible.Zhao Shouhong said that they will arrange for them to take a ferry from Guanghai to Chongshan City, and then transfer to Ankang Road for resettlement. They will build their own factory in the small industrial zone of Batang County.

Sending Feng Ru and the others away, Zhao Shouhong smiled at Shen Ruoxue: "You have helped me a lot this time. It seems that Hualan Country's aviation industry is going to start early. By the way, the ones I asked you to buy Is the equipment in place?"

"Don't worry, the glass factory and electrical equipment you want have already been transported to Batang County, and the new factory building is probably under construction." Shen Ruoxue said with a smile: "There is another person I stole from him, and I haven't seen him yet." I recommend it to you, do you want to get acquainted?"

"Steal it?" Zhao Shouhong said in surprise, "Who?"

"We'll talk when we go back." Shen Ruoxue didn't say it directly, she looked around vigilantly, and let Zhao Shouhong and others get into the carriage.The convoy of four-wheeled carriages pulled into a column, and they whizzed past on the not-so-spacious street, and soon left the busy dock area.The direction of the horse team remained the same. An hour later, they left the urban area and came to a group of houses at the junction of Guanghai City and Qingpu County.

In order to accommodate people invited from abroad, Shen Ruoxue bought a large village in this unnoticed place, and this time it happened to be fully used.When they arrived at the place, the guard company immediately set up a sentry post nearby to take over the guard duty, while Zhao Shouhong and Shen Ruoxue strolled into the largest one.

"Dear Miss Xue, you are finally back. I hope I can get a clearer explanation on the topic you mentioned last time." An old man with disheveled hair and dirty body came out, his face Wearing a pince-nez, a pair of tired eyes with a little red thread, it is obvious that he has not slept for a long time.

"Mr. Nikola Tesla, I don't know much about electricity. For the future weapons we discussed last time, you can ask this Mr. Zhao Shouhong. He is our expert in electricity." Shen Ruoxue smiled and threw the question To Zhao Shouhong.

"Really? He looks very young." Stella looked Zhao Shouhong up and down and said.

Zhao Shouhong just woke up from the shock at this time. He is too familiar with this Mr. Stella.As an expert in electricity, his idol is Mr. Stella.The 51-year-old scientist is a Serbian-born white eagle. He graduated from the Graz University of Technology and is an all-round inventor and scientist.

Stella is considered an impossible existence in history. As the father of alternating current and the inventor of long-distance transmission technology, he could have become the world's richest man.But he didn't think much about money, but was obsessed with his own scientific inventions.The legendary Tesla turbo generator, particle beam weapons, wireless power transmission technology, etc. were not all confirmed until hundreds of years later.

Zhao Shouhong was so excited that his idol was standing in front of him. His hands were trembling slightly, and he was in a dreamlike state.

"Young man, can you tell me what the ion beam weapon is all about?" Stella asked.

Zhao Shouhong said with a little trembling voice: "Ion beam weapons are accelerators that accelerate elementary particles such as protons and neutrons to a speed of 20 kilometers per second, and form a very thin beam of particles through the magnetic pole beam. produce enough destructive power." This explanation is very simple, but particle beam weapons are very complicated things, and it is impossible to explain clearly in a short while.

"It sounds reasonable. Speed ​​brings powerful kinetic energy, which can make objects with extremely light weight achieve enough destructive power." Stella nodded and said: "It seems that I have a new research direction."

Only now did Zhao Shouhong come to his senses. The scientist who had just stopped building Walden Clifton because of a broken funding chain was a stubborn person.Knowing that Shen Ruoxue invited him back, it must be to support the beam of the electrical laboratory instead of her, he can't waste it.

Chapter 99 Inspiration and Guidance

Once Stella is invested in the research of particle beam weapons, it is estimated that he will not have time to take care of other things within ten years, which is not what he wants.Now Zhao Shouhong's background is weak, and he doesn't have enough funds to study those flashy things. Instead of asking Stella to study particle beam weapons, it is better to let him study turbine engines and high-voltage power transmission technology.

"Mr. Stella, I don't think it is realistic to study particle beam weapons that are too advanced. What scientists should do is to use their knowledge to benefit all mankind, instead of allowing their own thinking to diverge and randomly research too advanced things." Zhao Shouhong said provocatively: "I know that the main reason for your failure in the White Eagle Country is that you were suppressed by Edison, and he once cheated you and took away your bonus."

"Yes, Edison was a rogue. He asked me to help him improve the DC motor for a high price of [-] eagles, and when I finished it, he said it was just a joke. It was really mad." This incident many years ago is still fresh in my memory, and I still feel aggrieved when I say it now.

"The best way for us to fight back against this rogue is to defeat him where he is most proud." Zhao Shouhong continued to induce.

Stella shook his head and said: "But this guy is very shameless. In order to compete with my AC, he even used my AC to make public demonstrations everywhere, and used it to kill cats and dogs, so that the public would feel afraid. The company went bankrupt." Zhao Shouhong couldn't help but secretly slander, didn't your company go bankrupt in the end, who is to blame for your poor management and indifference to operating capital issues.

"This is very easy to solve. Let's beat him in the field he is most proud of. Didn't Edison invent the bamboo charcoal filament lamp? I know that there is a metal tungsten that is more durable than bamboo charcoal filament. And we can use high-voltage circuits to increase the voltage and make mercury Vapor lamps. There is also the film that Edison just invented. We can use the principle of optical sound to develop sound films. Another important research that Edison is conducting is storage batteries. The lead-zinc storage batteries he uses are not advanced. Smaller, lighter batteries with larger capacity can be manufactured.” Zhao Shouhong spoke eloquently without the slightest stagnation.For electricity and electronics, Zhao Shouhong is strong. He immediately eloquently explained the principles of various electrical inventions that can be realized today, which made Stella's eyes straighten.

Talking in front of his idol, Zhao Shouhong was full of pride in his heart, and the more he spoke, the more excited he became. The two chatted for three hours before coming to an end.Zhao Shouhong said that he was really thirsty, so he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. Only then did he realize that Shen Ruoxue had left at some point, and it was already time to light the lights outside.

"Should the two of you have dinner and chat first? It's getting late." Shen Ruoxue opened the door and said with a smile as she looked at the two.

"Yes, yes, let's eat first." Zhao Shouhong said.

Stella shrugged her shoulders: "I prefer to continue the topic just now. I'm not very interested in eating. I need a laboratory to conduct the experiments you just mentioned immediately. I want to make Edison pissed off. "Stella is a workaholic. It is normal for him not to eat for a day. He doesn't care about these appetites.

"Eat first, let's chat while eating." Zhao Shouhong finally made some compromises.The two chatted for a whole night, and it was not until the next morning that Stella reluctantly let Zhao Shouhong go.

Rubbing his red eyes, Zhao Shouhong heaved a sigh of relief in the yard. He finally knew why he was just a power maintenance engineer and not a famous scientist. He couldn't help but feel Stella's thirst for knowledge and persistence penetrated into his bones. It is impossible to ask yourself.

"What? You chatted all night?" Shen Ruoxue walked out of her room and saw Zhao Shouhong who was exercising in the yard at first sight.

"Yes, I didn't sleep all night. But it was worth it. At least I steered Stella's interest in the right direction. He intends to immediately start researching sound films, new electric lights and batteries, and industrialization of high-voltage transmission technology." " Zhao Shouhong said: "Thanks to you this time, you helped me find such a great scientist, and now I don't have to do anything about electrical research. It's just that he urgently needs a decent electrical laboratory, and we need to buy it as soon as possible. equipment, build him one as soon as possible."

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