Chapter 746: Developing a New Car
readx;? Yan En thought for a moment and replied systematically: "According to His Majesty's instructions, a royal controlled power grid company has been established. The power grid of the www.biquge.info is mainly to ensure the production needs of the national factories and the normal use of the supply to the suspension vehicles. In order to ensure that the needs of both are met at the same time without any conflict and mutual constraints, we have set up two power grid systems. The first power system is mainly responsible for supplying the electricity of the heavy industry factories in the suburbs of Xilin City and the production plants of Xinghua City, and at this stage, the relevant power grids have been laid; the second power system is the charging system of suspended vehicles, and we have built charging power supplies in five major cities in China, including Xinghua City, Xilin City, Beisha City, Wangdong City and Nantucheng. Our hovering car can be charged in these five cities. With each charge, you can use a hovering car for twenty-four hours. At the same time, our Alchemy Research Institute has also developed a standard energy spar battery, which is convenient for the hovering car to be replaced at any time without having to find a charging power source, so as to achieve the purpose of extending the driving time of the hovering car. ”
After listening to Yan En's story, Yi Xingchen pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Did you encounter any problems in this process?" or were there any obstacles?"
Although Yi Xingchen is the emperor, at the same time, there are too many problems that need to be dealt with by him, and he is not omnipotent, it is impossible for a person to deal with all things in all places at the same time, and he cannot inspect the whole country all the time, so in order to ensure that there will be no mistakes in all links, he naturally needs a group of people like Yan En to act as his eyes and help him take care of every corner of the empire, as long as there is a problem, he needs to report to him in time so that he can deal with it in a targeted manner.
Yan En really immediately reported a relatively big obstacle to Yi Xingchen: "The problem is that in the area outside the Snow Lotus Pass, that is, Yunzhou, we have no way to start the work of laying the power grid. Because there are still many opposition forces in Yunzhou, who are secretly opposing us. But we are in the Ming Dynasty, and many things cannot be prevented. For example, we had electricity grids in these areas earlier, but then we found out that they had secretly sabotaged everything we did. Also, Nanyun City in the southern frontier, although these areas are not deliberately making trouble because of their rebellious intentions, but the barbarians in these areas, because they don't understand what the power grid is, and they don't know the importance of the power grid, so they tend to be abnormal human phenomena for the existence of the power grid, and some even think it is a spell, because of this, they are always secretly destroyed. ”
Yan En said that his eyebrows have been deeply locked, and he has to say that this is really the problem he has been most worried about, but it also needs to be solved as soon as possible.
Yi Xingchen thought for a while and asked, "Then what solution do you have for this situation?"
Yan En was prepared and replied: "The cabinet has a preliminary solution, that is, to build charging stations with standard energy crystals as power sources in the three cities of Shucheng, Nanyun City, and Anhua City. According to the theory confirmed by the Alchemy Research Institute, a standard energy spar is enough to fill the electricity required for a thousand times to levitate the car. The three cities, divided according to their importance, Shucheng needs one hundred standard energy crystals and one hundred thousand charging power supplies, which is enough to meet the transportation needs of the army. In addition, the power grid of the nuclear power plant can be paved to Xuelian Pass. Every month, the power station in Shucheng can transport the standard energy spar back to full energy and recycle. Nanyun City needs ten standard energy spar small charging stations, and Anhua City is too far away, so it is best to place fifty standard energy spar medium charging stations. Currently, Xinghua City has eight hundred and fifty-three standard energy crystals in stock, but it needs His Majesty's approval before the charging station can be established. ”
As Yi Xingchen's close vassal, Yan En naturally would not come to face the saint unprepared, for such a serious problem that has an impact on the empire, of course, they and the cabinet will not do nothing, but before reporting to Yi Xingchen, the cabinet cannot decide privately, therefore, the temporary delay leads to the engineering problem cannot be solved for a while.
When Yi Xingchen heard this, he thought about it and agreed with the cabinet's handling plan.
If it is not possible to completely roll out the construction of the power grid at one time, a point-to-point plan can indeed delay the emergence of contradictions between the construction and the understanding of the local people, strengthen the control of public security in the reactionary areas, and adjust the differences between the setting of the power grid and the geographical situation on the ground according to local conditions.
So, Yi Xingchen nodded, and then said, "I have approved the preparation documents." Anything else?"
"Your Majesty, the Chinese government invites you to visit next month. At the same time, the European flag countries, the German state, and the Saudi countries of the Middle East have all issued official invitations. In addition to these countries, there are a number of other countries whose respective diplomats, in the name of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have sent invitations to Your Majesty. Here's a compiled list of invitations. Yan En took out a document and presented it to Yi Xingchen.
Yi Xingchen opened the document, and inside was a piece of paper, listing the invitations of various countries and the person in charge of issuing the invitation. Originally, Yi Xingchen looked at it a little casually, but soon, he saw one of the invitations and stopped checking it.
"Hey, the president of the United States also sent me an invitation?" Yi Xingchen asked without hiding his surprise.
"Yes, they invite you to the Global Automotive Forum. Yan Endao.
Yi Xingchen raised his eyebrows, with a trace of disagreement on his face, smiled, and said: "The year before last, the Automobile Guild of the United States of America took action against our Xinghua Group, causing many countries to try to ban suspended cars. At that time, the United States of America did not necessarily send me an invitation. Why, are they sending a signal of reconciliation?"
"The U.S. Congress is pushing for the Safe Driving of Suspended Vehicles Act, trying to legalize suspended vehicles. Yan En conveyed the latest news to Yi Xingchen.
But this news made Yi Xingchen even more disapproving, sneered, and said: "That group of American billionaires, they spent all their efforts to cross the ocean, and they bought a hovering car at a German FAW sales store, of course, not to store it in the garage. ”
"Nowadays, the legislative parliaments of various countries are discussing laws related to hovercars. Some countries have followed the requirements of the United States and introduced laws and regulations to regulate hovering vehicles, but there are also some countries that cannot adapt to hovering vehicles and simply prohibit them. However, after all, hovering cars are expensive luxuries, whether they are banned or passed, they will only affect the governments of various countries and their upper classes, on the contrary, among the civilians of various countries, it will not have much impact for the time being. Yan En did not hide her words and told a fact.
Yan En's words gave Yi Xingchen a wake-up call, and a spark suddenly flashed in his mind, and he thought of a brilliant plan, and then said: "Well, you said that Xinghua Group launched a low-cost suspension model, what do you think?"
But before Yan En could respond, Yi Xingchen paused, and then continued: "This low-priced model will be a fixed suspension distance, the speed cannot be too fast, and it does not need to be equipped with a bulletproof shell, an ordinary steel shell. Well, it can be completely produced independently by our Schmidt Group. ”
Yan En nodded, if the hovering car is adjusted necessary and moderately, and if these assumptions in Yi Xingchen's mouth can indeed be realized, the market of the hovering car can naturally be expanded to the general public, so that the hovering car can have greater and higher profits, which is naturally a very good plan.
The more Yi Xingchen spoke, the more interested he became. You must know that this plan is not a wild talk, because such a model can be designed, controlled and undertaken by the people of Xinghua Empire, from the core of the car to the shell, it is produced by Xinghua Empire, so as to be a completely independent model in the true sense.
More importantly, in addition to making the greatest profit in the real sense of the suspension car market, and even a complete monopoly operation, we can also try to test the industrial capacity of the Xinghua Empire that can be reflected in the development of heavy industry in the Xinghua Empire.
Yi Xingchen was at the Xinghua production base, and he happened to be interested in hovercars, so he ordered Yan En to handle official business, and he took four guards to the alchemy workshop.
Speaking of which, since the successful development of the suspension car, Yi Xingchen has almost no chance, like any tourist visiting the zoo in Blue Mercury, to go to the alchemy workshop to observe everything that happens in the workshop with the mentality of a tourist. Therefore, taking advantage of this good opportunity, Yi Xingchen has to act as a "tourist".
Of course, by the way, it is also necessary to deal with the production and sales of some suspension vehicles.
When he arrived at the alchemy workshop, Yi Xingchen found the director of the alchemy workshop to discuss the low-cost version of the suspension car.
The director of the workshop was originally a first-class alchemist of the Xinghua Imperial Alchemy Research Institute, and he not only knew the refining of the suspension car and the suspension plate, but also paid attention to some of the alchemy achievements of the Alchemy Research Institute.
"Your Majesty, no matter how much you compress the external materials, the price still reaches three million euros. If the price is lowered, it is also possible that our hoverboard will be dismantled by the Blue Mercury to make their hovercar. The workshop director disagreed.
"This is a difficult question...... Yi Xingchen thought for a while and asked: "We are producing a batch of parity suspension boards, and the requirements are that the parity suspension boards use less materials, the suspension height does not need to be too high, and it can be floating, and it still has anti-theft and anti-cracking functions." ”
The workshop director listened to Yi Xingchen's request, thought about it carefully, ran to a corner of a workshop, and took out a plate about one centimeter thin, fifty centimeters long, and twenty centimeters wide.
"This is the practice of an alchemy apprentice, it can float in the air, but the maximum height is only one meter, and because it is too thin, the resistance to blows is low, it is easy to break, and the material used is only one-twentieth of the official suspended plate. The workshop director said.
Yi Xingchen took the somewhat rough suspension plate and asked, "Can it be mass-produced?"
"There should be no problem, an alchemy apprentice should be able to make two pieces in an hour, and if you are proficient, the number should be able to rise. The workshop director replied.
"Okay, you arrange manpower to try to make a thousand suspended plates within a month, and then, don't forget to wrap a layer of steel skin on the outside of the suspended plate to prevent cracking. Yi Xingchen said.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The workshop director replied respectfully.
"Do it well, I will give you a wage increase in the workshop. Complete the task in one month, and you will be rewarded with a standard energy crystal. Yi Xingchen said.
The workshop director was very excited, and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Energy crystals, those are items that can assist in cultivation, not items that can be bought with money.
Yi Xingchen left the alchemy workshop, thought about it, and ordered a guard to summon two automotive engineers from FAW to meet him in the office. Christian and Jonas lurked at the Xinghua production site, and in less than a year, their identities were revealed in an exchange meeting. However, Yi Xingchen did not drive them away, they wanted to steal the manufacturing technology of the suspension car, and it was almost impossible under the strict defense of Xinghua Group.
However, according to the agreement between Xinghua Group and FAW Company, Yi Xingchen is inclined to build another factory in Germany, directly send orders to FAW Company, and entrust FAW Company to produce Xinghua suspension vehicles.
Now the negotiations between the two sides are about to come to fruition.
Not surprisingly, one of Christian and Jonas will have to return to Europe to preside over the assembly plant for the hovercar. Before they left, Yi Xingchen was going to let them design a simple suspension car (that is, a low-cost suspension car), which could be regarded as making the best use of everything.
Christian and Jonas were summoned by Schmidt executives and immediately put down their work and rushed over.
"Hello, gentlemen, please be seated. Yi Xingchen smiled and said, "I am looking for you today because I need your help...... Helped Schmidt Group design a minimalist hovercar. The biggest advantage of this model is that it is relatively cheaper than the previous models of Xinghua Group. Would you like to?"
Yi Xingchen said, looking at an assistant beside him.
The assistant had just compiled a data report on a simple model under Yi Xingchen's description.
The assistant sent the data report to Christian and Jonas.
Christian and Jonas were shocked when they heard this. It's not that they don't know that Schmidt will continue to encroach on the auto market by launching low-priced models. But they just can't resist the reputation of designing hovercars. You know, they are all well-known designers and engineers in the traditional automotive industry, and they are well-known all over the world.
"My lord, I do. The two said almost at the same time.
After that, the two glanced at each other, full of competition. (To be continued.) )