everyone has dream!
At least everyone has the right to dream.
For Japanese laborers like Zuo Teng, they came to the colony penniless. They not only got jobs here, but also got families. Even if they just combined with the local indigenous people, this was a great deal for them.
of comfort.
After all, no matter what, they finally had a wife and children.
After having a child, they have new expectations, hoping that their daughter will become the master's concubine in the future, or at least a maid in the house. While serving the family master's daily life, they will also give birth to children for the family master and change their destiny.
The realization of this dream is not difficult, but it takes time, but for many people, this is their dream and their hope.
At least for Wesley, this is also his hope. He used to be a captain in the Argentine army, and now he has completely integrated into this ancient continent. As a Catholic, he had three lovers, and his lovers gave birth to him.
Sixteen children, the eldest daughter is five years old.
"Xiaohui should be out of school soon!"
As usual, while supervising the laborers on the plantation, Wesley would occasionally cast his eyes to the path in the distance.
Xiaohui has always been his pride. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also very smart. There is not much of her mother's blood in her appearance. She has fair skin, gray hair, and a smart brain. What does this mean?
As long as she has the opportunity to go to middle school, she can find a man in the middle school who is willing to marry her, and then her destiny will change over and over again.
Not the housekeeper, but the hostess!
Every time he thought of this, Wesley's heart was filled with expectations. They were expectations for the future. People always have hope. Once upon a time, he had hoped to return to Buenos Aires and his wife Amelia.
With his daughter, but now? His hope is very simple, that is, a better life in this land, for him and his family...
Many times people's dreams are always very simple.
The colony has always been a land full of dreams, even some dreams. An ordinary Chinese here can become a millionaire and a plantation owner. It is also here that many people can realize their dreams.
Here they live a life they never imagined.
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Dreams and ideals are different. Ordinary people have their own dreams, but what about ideals? Sometimes they only belong to a few people. For Li Lin, his ideal is very simple, which is to build an airplane.
Along with the roar of the engine, the solemn expression on his face began to change, and the corners of his lips also raised from time to time.
The corners of his lips slowly turned into a smile.
"Ding San, look, it has been running for half an hour!"
Pointing to the running engine, Li Lin said proudly.
"I told you, you can definitely make an engine out of aluminum!"
As an engineer, Li Lin has been trying to build a "flying machine" in the past few years. They have been studying and building a glider. After years of experiments, they finally discovered that balance and lightweight are essential for the aircraft to take off to the sky.
It's important.
The difference between a flying machine and a glider is that it requires an engine, but the engine is small in horsepower and heavy in weight, which makes the aircraft too heavy to take off. Even though they redesigned the engine of the aircraft, they also faced the problem of overweight engines.
It was at this time that Li Lin set his sights on aluminum. Although aluminum is extremely expensive, with His Majesty's funding, they obtained a large amount of aluminum for testing. However, at the beginning, aluminum was used to make engines.
The process was not smooth because aluminum was not strong enough and encountered many problems in its application, so they tried to increase the strength of aluminum. The way they tried was very simple, similar to alloy steel. Aluminum alloys were obtained by adding other metals.
Thereby enhancing its hardness and strength, they finally obtained a new aluminum alloy by adding about 4% copper and a small amount of magnesium and manganese. Its hardness and strength were increased.
By using this aluminum alloy to make the crank, and using aluminum castings for the cylinder top cover and cylinder barrel fins, and using steel sleeves for the wear surface of the cylinder barrel, we have successfully reduced the weight while maintaining the same 50 horsepower.
half.
However, the biggest problem with this three-cylinder engine is its cost - it uses more than 10 kilograms of aluminum, and the raw material cost alone is more than 10,000 yuan, but the most important thing is... it is very light!
It is very light and can be installed on an airplane, allowing the airplane to fly into the sky under its own power!
"Put the propeller on!"
Soon, the wooden propeller was installed on the aircraft. After turning the propeller to start the engine, strong wind blew from the test bench. In the past few years, in order to allow the aircraft to fly into the sky, they continued to research and improve it.
As airplanes improve their engines, they also continue to improve their propellers to increase efficiency and thrust.
Feeling the strong wind, Feng Kai said with a smile.
"This engine should be able to be installed on the "Aviator One", Yu Peng, we have been testing it for such a long time, otherwise let's check it out and give it a try."
After listening to Feng Kai's suggestion, Li Lin thought for a while and then said.
"Then try it!"
"Aviator One" is an aircraft they designed based on the six-year-old glider after modifying and adjusting the body's center of gravity structure. The biggest difference from the glider is that it has an engine nacelle, but it has never taken off successfully in the past.
Because there is no suitable engine.
Now, with the successful test of this aluminum engine, they finally have the opportunity to install the engine on the aircraft.
Different from ordinary gliders, its nose has a wooden frame inside. Bolts are embedded in those frames, and the engine is tightly connected to the aircraft through the bolts.
It was very easy to install this engine, which weighed only a few dozen kilograms. It only took a while, but the engine was installed. After installing the propeller, Li Lin, Feng Kai and their assistants and colleagues filled it with water.
He looked at the plane in the sky expectantly.
"Can it really fly?"
Everyone is asking this question in their hearts. In the past few years, they have failed too many times. Now facing this "plane made of gold", they feel a little nervous, but despite the nervousness,
I am more looking forward to it.
Whether their ideals can be realized depends on the next experiment. They have been waiting too long for this day.
This chapter has been completed!