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Chapter 1429 Wireless Phone

After the promulgation of the "New Tax Law", property tax is becoming the most important revenue for the federal government.

The cultivated land area in southern Africa is about 35 million hectares, which may seem like a lot, but in fact it only accounts for more than 11% of the cultivated land area. There is still a lot of room for development.

If you don’t understand how big 35 million hectares is, you can convert it to 1.8 billion acres of cultivated land, which is about 120 million hectares.

In other words, if all arable land in southern Africa were utilized, it would be approximately 300 million hectares.

300 million hectares, approximately 3 million square kilometers, and the arable land area in the United States is approximately 188 million hectares.

So why does Southern Africa encourage farmers to buy land? Even if the used land does not increase, the 35 million hectares in Southern Africa can receive about 140 million rand in land tax every year.

In 1921, which just passed, the combined financial budgets of the federal governments in Southern Africa were only 140 million.

Calculated according to this standard, even if the southern African federal government no longer increases land taxes, if all 300 million hectares in southern Africa are sold, the federal government will receive 1.2 billion rand every year from land taxes alone.

This does not include property taxes for city residents and other business taxes.

The property tax here is not just farm tax. The properties of urban residents are also within the scope of property tax. A house worth about 1000 rand has to pay a house tax of about 20 rand every year. If you can't afford the tax, or you are

For those who do not pay taxes, the federal government has the right to seize their homes.

Therefore, in southern Africa, there is a high probability that there will be no house ladies or house masters. It is not that real estate is not worth investing in, but that the income from investing in real estate is far inferior to investing in farms or other fields. It is not expensive to buy an area in Pretoria.

A large apartment costs 1,000 rand. For the same 1,000 rand, you can buy a farm of about 100 acres in Victoria or Dias. The choice does not seem to be too complicated.

After the implementation of the "New Tax Law", Philip finally realized what it means to be wealthy. The Navy wants to buy a new destroyer?

Buy it, and buy 24 ships at once. The three major fleets and one family of eight ships are all happy.

Does the Ministry of Education want to build more schools?

We should build and ensure that every state has at least one institution of higher learning, the more schools like Nyasaland University, the better.

Is the Air Force going to buy a new bomber?

This won't work. There is no threat of war in southern Africa, and there is no place to use bombers. It won't be too late to buy one when World War II breaks out.

Yes, Philip has now accepted Rock's judgment that World War II will break out sooner or later.

On July 15, the Orange State Parliament held a hearing on Bloemfontein Airport in Bloemfontein.

The scene that Yang Smuts wanted to see did not appear. Instead of fighting each other, Nyasaland Airways and Rhodesia Airways proposed the idea of ​​jointly building Bloemfontein Airport, that is, Nyasaland Airways and Rhodesia Airways.

Rhodesia Airways each contributed 50% to the construction of Bloemfontein Airport. After completion, the two companies will jointly be responsible for the operation of Bloemfontein Airport.

This is not the best result for the Orange State government, but it is acceptable. After all, the Orange State government did not spend a penny to get an airport, and there will be an airport every year for decades.

of dividends.

As for how many years the airport can be used, no one has yet considered this issue. Even if it needs to be expanded or relocated, that is not an issue that the current Orange State government will consider.

It is not even certain whether Yang Shimozi will be able to see it in his lifetime.

Yang Smuts is preparing to sign a contract with Nyasaland Airways and Rhodesian Airways on behalf of the Orange State Government on the 20th, officially entrusting the construction of Bloemfontein Airport to the two companies.

However, an accident occurred on the 18th. A plane flying from Port Edward to Lourenço Marquez crashed, killing all 45 passengers and crew members on board.

This is the first air crash in southern Africa. The plane involved was an Airbus II produced by Nyasaland Airlines.

Yang Smuts learned the news later on the 18th, but this did not affect Yang Smuts' decision. More than a thousand people die in car accidents in southern Africa every year. Compared with cars, the safety of airplanes

The sex has been pretty good.

Yang Smozi can not care, but Rock cannot care.

Rock has always been required to put "safety" first in all work. The requirements of the aviation industry are even stricter, and no mistakes are allowed in the work.

After the accident, Roque immediately asked Nyasaland Airlines to thoroughly investigate the cause of the accident and conduct safety inspections on all passenger aircraft in operation to strictly prevent similar incidents from happening again.

"This was an accident. When n133 landed, there was heavy fog around Lourenço Marquez Airport. The pilot did not align with the runway when landing and crashed directly into a nearby hillside -" Retief, general manager of the airline

With a face full of guilt, Retief must take responsibility for whatever caused the accident.

Rock didn't say anything, and he wasn't actually too angry. Although there had been no similar accidents in civil aviation in Southern Africa before, air crashes caused by accidents had occurred several times around the world, and Southern Africa would not be able to escape sooner or later.

"We are summarizing our experience and lessons to prevent similar incidents from happening again - this time we have suffered heavy losses. The various losses, including the compensation to the crew and the compensation to the passengers, may total more than half a million rand."

My husband was heartbroken, not only because of the 500,000 yuan, but also because of the loss of the crew.

The cost of training a pilot is very high. There have been rumors in the industry that the cost of training a pilot can probably replace the weight of the pilot in gold.

There are a large number of flying clubs in Nyasaland. Although the cost of training pilots is not so high, it is not cheap either.

"No matter how much the money is, we must actively contact the crew members and the passengers' families to make compensation. They should all be insured -" Roque is actually distressed. The boss of the insurance company is actually Roque.

It was Rock who paid for it.

"Yes, there is indeed -" Retief also knew that this topic was not easy to discuss, so he changed the subject: "The University of Nyasaland has developed a wireless phone that can be used for conversations. The institute is trying to turn the phone into a wireless phone."

Install it on the aircraft——"

Cordless phone?

It's too early, it's 1922 now.

What Rock didn't know was that as early as 1915, wireless telephone communications across the Atlantic had been successfully achieved. In another time and space, in 1927, commercial wireless telephones had been opened between the United States and the United Kingdom.

However, the machines of this period were too large to be installed on vehicles. Real mobile communications only appeared in 1936 with the police car radio system in Detroit, USA.

It is not surprising that wireless phones in this time and space appeared early. The advent of the vacuum triode laid the technical foundation for the emergence of wireless phones. The fact that wireless phones only appeared in 1927 in another time and space does not prove that similar technology did not exist before 1927. It only

However, no one realized the value of wireless phones, so they were not put into commercial use.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. Before the outbreak of the world war, there were still a large number of generals who refused to face the role of machine guns. After the invention of stainless steel, it was shelved for a long time before it found its applicable field. Even Bill Gates said that 256k memory is enough.

Before individuals use a new technology and it is put into use, only a very small number of people can have insight into the potential and prospects of the new technology.

It's obvious that Rock is that "very few person".

Rock has been committed to miniaturizing radios a long time ago. The first country in the world to install radios on aircraft was southern Africa.

Over the years, Nyasaland University has been conducting unremitting research in this area, and it is normal for wireless phones to come out in advance.

"Wait a minute, wireless phones can already be installed on airplanes?" Rock was still surprised. He had too many things to do and didn't have much energy to devote to the development of science and technology in southern Africa.

"Yes, Nyasaland University has completed the experiment -" Retief didn't know the technical details, but it just works.

"Can it be installed on a car?" Rock was ecstatic. Wireless phones have already appeared, and walkie-talkies are not too far away.

"Is it necessary?" Retief's thinking obviously couldn't keep up with Rock's rhythm.

This is the limitation of thinking. The relationship between cars and wireless phones is like pencils and erasers. In the words of the 21st century, it means integration. If there are technologies and equipment, they must be better utilized to maximize their effectiveness.

Only Rock knows exactly what the future will look like. Even the most daring scientists today cannot imagine the extent of technological development in the future.

There is little need to discuss the question of whether wireless phones are necessary to be installed in cars.

As soon as Retif said these words, he immediately realized his stupidity.

It is said that as the general manager of Nyasaland Airlines, Retief is also very busy at work. If he can handle official business in the car——

All I can say is that it smells really good.

"Why is it not necessary? Sidney, call Sebastian. I want to see wireless phones installed in cars as soon as possible, and, if possible, develop a communication device that can be carried by individuals. Communication

The distance doesn’t need to be too far, but it must be easy to carry and use. It doesn’t matter if it’s heavier.” Rock’s focus is still on the military. In another time and space, Motorola developed a military radio station for the US military. In fact, it only used three

months.

Sebastian is a professor at the School of Communication Sciences at Nyasaland University, responsible for communication research.

Military radios were walkie-talkies, but that was already 1940.

Although it is only 1922, Rock is patient. Even if a walkie-talkie can be developed within ten years that can be carried by individual soldiers, it will definitely be worthwhile. World War II is still more than ten years away.

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