"In terms of industrial development, we have more good news." Des took advantage of Chris's emotion to change the topic and talk about some happy things.
Since Chris left Serris, the construction speed here has not slowed down. On the contrary, because the machinery has become more and more sophisticated, the development here has a vague trend of accelerating.
"General Lawns went south from the sea and obtained natural rubber, which gave us an opportunity to miniaturize our internal combustion engines. Before, our sealing methods were very poor, but now we can say that there is no problem at all." When it comes to machinery, Smith said
I became excited immediately.
These machines are like his children. Every progress and development makes him, a "father," very happy. He is immersed in the design every day, outlines his own improvement ideas, and submits them to the experimental department for demonstration.
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Because of Chris's drawings, most of the time his improvements are very correct and effective immediately. As long as the production process can meet the required standards, then the technological progress will be immediately apparent. This is a happy thing.
, is also something that makes people feel dumbfounded.
The long, very meaningful and interesting trial and error phase for development researchers was directly passed. Whether it was in terms of materials or mechanical structure, Chris gave a very precise development direction.
Who would have thought that before electricity fully demonstrated its powerful energy advantages, Chris had already described the shape and material of the electric lamp? The alchemists in the laboratory only need to follow the formula form from a
If the material "tungsten" is found in the ore, the light bulb can directly enter the stage of development that is close to perfection.
Unless you take out the fluorescent lamps at the back or the more advanced and powerful LED lamps, this incandescent lamp is the most advanced lighting equipment: compared with the previous light bulbs that took decades to develop and correct, its birth process takes just one second.
Nothing is wasted.
Another example is plastic. In fact, plastic has been prepared in Alan Hill's laboratory for a long time. But because of the lack of supply of raw materials, this avant-garde raw material can only lie in the corner of the laboratory.
Waiting for the day when it will truly change the world.
"On the other hand, we have already developed the finishing equipment for small internal combustion engines. It is estimated that a prototype will be produced soon... If possible, we will manufacture a car according to the drawings." He introduced the rubber
things, he said.
"In fact, for us, it is easy to build a car's steel frame or shock absorption. The problem is concentrated in raw materials such as rubber tires." Minister Smith thought that we would soon see a "car that can walk on its own."
"When he said this, his face was full of smiles.
"The biggest problem is the limitation of oil. Although we are actively stocking up on produced gasoline and diesel... we have too little oil on hand, so I am worried about the fuel consumption problem after the internal combustion engine becomes more popular." De
Sel looked at Chris and said.
On the other side, the weapons engineer also talked about the internal combustion engine: "With a small internal combustion engine, we can reduce the size of the generator, so that it can be equipped on the train, so that the anti-aircraft gun train for defense can
The searchlight and generator carriages can be loaded."
Then, the topic naturally turned to oil, which was Gurlo's domain. He said: "The oil fields in Hanhai have increased production. According to the refining method, we can already prepare gasoline and diesel... …It’s just that the output is a bit low and seems a bit far from our expectations.”
Des has been leading the purchase of oil, but the results have not been significant: "The oil field closest to us should be in the Kingdom of Higgs, but their production technology is too backward. The amount they sell is far from meeting our needs. Demand, this is a headache.”
In fact, Alandhir only borders three countries now, the Kingdom of Higgs, the Grassland Empire and the Alant Empire. Alandhir and the Alant Empire are at war, so they import kerosene from the Alant Empire. In other words, the oil road is blocked.
The Prairie Empire's kerosene production is basically nothing or little. Although they also have a small oil field, the production capacity is really better than nothing. Even so, because the relationship between the two countries is good, Alan Hill still tries his best to provide the Prairie Empire with oil. Purchase kerosene.
After all, the Prairie Empire is now a major consumer of Alan Hill industrial products. In addition to meat and furs, the only things left to pay off debts are some strange minerals and a large amount of human resources.
"The focus is on the Kingdom of Higgs, but the price of oil there has been skyrocketed by ourselves... It's very expensive and the freight is very high. After all, they don't have railways and can only rely on horse-drawn carriages..." Des said it was a bit awkward at this time. The child couldn't laugh or cry.
Chris was heartbroken to hear this: In an era when there were no oil pipelines or tankers or tankers, oil had to rely on horse-drawn carriages to transport oil in barrels like red wine. This is really Things that break people down.
Just the thought of relying on those wooden barrels that look like wine barrels, and the thought of relying on such a means of transportation and a little bit of crude oil to support the industrial development of Eiland Hill, made Chris feel like his mouth was bitter.
Chris frowned and thought for a while, then said to Des: "The problem is that we are now at odds with the Holy Demon Empire. It is very irrational to disperse our forces and rashly start a war against the Kingdom of Higgs at this time. "
He now doesn't want to fight another war that spreads his forces and shows little effect in a short period of time. What he needs most now is to develop with peace of mind, instead of making enemies everywhere and causing himself a lot of trouble.
After all, the Holy Demon Empire was a big problem. Chris felt that he was still too anxious. He underestimated the combat power of the Magic Empire and overestimated his own development speed.
In the era when he could quickly equip a few cannons by relying on handicraft workshops, he was still full of confidence in conquering the world. But after the war escalated to the scale before him, he discovered that supporting a modern war requires more than just a few cannons. A handicraft workshop is enough.
Des nodded and looked at the others: "I don't recommend starting a war, because it's too close to the Holy Demon Empire. Even if we get the oil field, we won't be able to build it."
As he spoke, he looked at Chris and talked about the details in detail: "We have tried investing to help them increase production capacity, but their enthusiasm is really not high. Their dependence on kerosene is very low, and their cognition is still low. Stay at the stage of igniting materials for defense."
"Haven't the prices already gone up? Why are they still unwilling to increase production capacity and make more money?" Chris couldn't understand this. From his point of view, the other party should be very willing to increase production capacity.
"The other party is worried that after expanding production capacity, our prices will be reduced accordingly. On the other hand, they are also worried that once they increase their kerosene production capacity, the attitude of the Holy Demon Empire will change." Desel explained.
"This is based on the fact that we have not gone to war with the Arant Empire before. Since we went south to start a war with Arant, their kerosene sales have dropped to 30% of their original value." He was very concerned about this kind of trade.
Sensitive and very simple and objective to introduce.
"It's okay now. If they hear that we are still at war with the Holy Demon Empire, then we probably won't be able to get a barrel of kerosene." Chris smiled bitterly, then shrugged and said, "Everything still depends on us.
Myself."
"Indeed, before Your Majesty came back, we had a meeting to discuss this matter. I think we should imitate rubber resources to expand our ideas." Des pointed to a simple report from Ferry City and said to Chris:
"There are many islands in the sea, most of which are uninhabited. If we can find oil resources on them, all problems will be solved."
Chris touched his nose, sighed and said: "Do you think you are a god? Whatever you need, you can find it on the island? Before, Lawns went south because we knew that there must be rubber trees in the south. After all, the environment where rubber grows is
As we know, Dothan is a major producer of rubber trees, and this is a predictable harvest."
He paused for a moment before continuing: "But oil is different. This thing is unpredictable. It may be in the south, maybe in the north, maybe in the east! It's not easy to find it."
But at this point, he still compromised and said: "But this is indeed an idea. Let's ask Genesis to pay more attention along the way. If we can find other oil fields, that will of course be good news for us."
"He has gone south! After getting three battleships, Lawns couldn't wait to go to sea. He now has a fleet, three transport ships and three battleships. He no longer has to avoid those Arantian naval battleships." De
Seer said proudly.
"Even if we only have rubber, we still owe the Navy a favor. If General Lawns comes back, you will have to prepare three more warships for him!" Chris thought for a while and said.
"When he comes back, I will give him a fleet!" Des replied confidently: "Although sailing ships are not cheap, I can still build them! As long as he doesn't clamor for iron-clad ships, I can build wooden ships.
Give him as much as you want!"
"This kind of tight situation will not last long. Soon we will get more resources... As long as we defeat the Holy Demon Empire!" Chris pressed the pistol on his waist and imagined the future with confidence.