In late spring and early summer, the rainy season has just passed and the heat has not yet arrived, which is a good time of year. After arriving in Lorraine, the internship research team of the School of Geography and Geology of Ulster University of Technology led by Professor Xiao Yang took a short break and immediately began the exploration and survey according to the grouping route agreed by both parties in advance. Not long after, the A-C-2 civil aircraft ordered by Nikolai from Star Group arrived in Somsonas in the form of spare parts, and the three pilots and six maintenance workers she helped recruit were also hired. With them, assembling the aircraft is not a problem at all, especially with Nikolai, a pioneer "machine builder", who successfully assembled the two aircraft in only four days.

In view of the geographical and climatic characteristics of Lorraine and the current aviation conditions, Nikolai deliberately selected the liquid-cooled in-line aviation kerosene engine and large wheel configuration, she told Weiss, although this kerosene engine is not as good as the same specification of gasoline engine in terms of power output, the price of aviation kerosene is more expensive, and the access channel is less than the common gasoline, so it seems a little hypocritical, but its biggest advantage is that the low temperature fluidity is good, which can meet the requirements of cold and low temperature areas and high-altitude flight for oil mobility.

Two brand-new two-wing, two-seater single-engine aircraft, both inside and out, and a team of war-hardened pilots, enabled Weiss to advance his high-end and high-end agriculture and forestry aviation plans. In view of the fact that the people have a psychological adaptation process, he still takes those farmland concentration areas and large farms as the starting point, and agrees to provide them with free aerial spreading services in the first year, and only needs them to pay the price of pesticides and fertilizers, and these pesticides and fertilizers can be purchased at the right price in the free Lorraine Canal Industrial Zone - this kind of one-stop service naturally makes farmers and farmers happy to accept, and more than half of the users of agricultural machinery have signed an agreement on agriculture, forestry and aviation services. In addition, Weiss entered into a cooperation agreement with the large farmers in the south of Neuchâtel, who were to prepare the meadows and prepare aviation kerosene to facilitate the "expeditionary operation" of the Lorraine Agroforestry Air Force.

The user side "went live" in advance, and the production side was not far behind. Under the personal guidance of the technical director of Star Group, they started the trial operation of the agricultural aircraft production line built by purchasing their own equipment. The special aircraft they designed for agriculture and forestry, using the in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine produced by the Clumberg-Haysen-Lawrence Machinery Power Factory and the components produced in the free Lorraine Canal Industrial Zone, except for a small number of parts such as wheels were purchased from outside, basically realizing the "localization of Lorraine", but the flight performance is outdated, stability and durability also need to be observed, after the first model aircraft came out, Weiss even laughed at himself that they built a "flying tractor".

Weiss enthusiastically entered the aviation industry, studying aircraft construction, piloting and maintenance with the newly selected flight cadets, and his important partner in the Lorraine Industrialists' Union, Sir Wise, "rushed left and right" in the Lorraine political arena - he contacted many industrial entrepreneurs who had won the seats of local councillors, hoping to win the position of speaker with the help of these old and new friends, and the praise and acceptance of the people made him full of confidence in running for the position of speaker, but due to fraud in the previous local council election, No matter how far or near the relationship is between people, they dare not make a verbal agreement, or even just play dumb riddles with various hints, which is strange if it can be reliable. When it came time to vote in the election, apart from the members of the Lorraine Industrialists Union, there were very few MPs who supported Sir Wise, and the local metallurgical giant Grasse, who had a close relationship with the Grumman Group, received 51 votes and stood on the "qualification line" and was elected president of the Lorraine local council in one fell swoop, while Sir Wise could only be relegated to the position of deputy speaker.

The position of Deputy Speaker is actually in line with the current influence of the Lorraine Industrialists' Alliance, and it is also a normal result of Weiss's original vision. may be because there were too high expectations before, Sir Wise was angry about the defeat of the election, thinking that Glasse played a trick, and the Grumman Group also secretly intervened, but the Federal Department of Safety and Security Supervision supervised the whole process this time, even if those people played some tricks, it must be hidden enough, if you want to overturn the case, you have to find conclusive evidence first, how easy is it to say?

So, Sir Wise went to Weiss for a long talk. He hoped that Weiss would be able to run for the position of governor, as it would be of great benefit to strengthen the position and influence of the industrial alliance of Lorraine. After the war, local political order was re-established, and only one third of parliamentary elections were held. Under the Federal Constitution and the laws of the Länder, the Speaker and the Assembly are responsible for legislation, the Governor and the Länder Government are in charge of the executive, and the Länder judges and Länder courts enforce the law. Local councils are directly elected by voters, state judges are nominated by the Supreme Court and voted by the Assembly, and governors are also directly elected by voters, but their candidates need to pass the qualification review of the Federal Supreme Court and publish them nationwide, giving people from all walks of life a certain amount of time to present evidence against them. If the objection is true, the Supreme Court will disbar the candidacy for governor.

Sir Wise's idea was to make up for the loss of the parliamentary race by winning the gubernatorial election, but according to the principle of separation of powers, once Weiss ran for governorship, he had to give up his state legislature, and the relinquished seat would be replaced by a candidate for parliament - according to the effective results of the parliamentary election, the first candidate would be someone outside the Union of Lorraine Industrialists, which meant that one seat would be reduced to compete for the position of governor with unpredictable odds of winning. Moreover, Weiss felt that the role of governor was still far away, and he did not have enough experience or energy to do the job well. In this long talk, the two expressed their attitudes and presented their pros and cons, but neither of them persuaded the other. Afterwards, Weiss talked to Nikolai about it and asked her if she had any suggestions. Nikolai analyzed that the most direct and objective way to know whether it is possible to get the support of the people to be elected governor is to sign up for the governor's election, and wait until the candidacy is announced, and from the feedback of the press and public opinion, you can deduce who has the highest voice, and he does not need to give up his status as a member of parliament before he officially becomes a candidate. If the situation as a candidate is not ideal, then you can give up your candidacy and retain your original status as a local councillor, or vice versa.

Nikolai's argument is undoubtedly a workaround, and the fact that Weiss and Sir Wise were not aware of this particular path before speaks volumes about their lack of political experience. Weiss wanted to give up, but Sir Wise came twice. They weighed the pros and cons back and forth, and finally agreed on a plan suggested by Nikolai, for Weiss to run for governorship. At the state court level, his qualifications were easily reviewed and then escalated to the U.S. Supreme Court for a final ruling.

In the meantime, Weiss refocused his attention on his feet. Under Nikolai's tutelage, he mastered the art of piloting an airplane, not enough to fly from Somnas to Mason on his own, but enough to take Candy and Kemp for a ride around the neighborhood, or to the nearby farmland for aerial operations of spreading pesticides.

Nikolai's long stay in Somsonas was not entirely a help to Weiss, who closely followed the research of aluminium and aluminium alloys at the new metal materials factory in Lorraine. Since the bauxite resources have been obtained in the last exploration and survey, Weiss decisively invested more manpower and material resources in the research of commercial aluminum, and after a large number of experiments, they initially selected a relatively suitable aluminium smelting mode and began a small batch trial production. In Weiss's estimation, their smelting method is less costly than the mysterious model of the Lommay Group, but sometimes the low cost does not mean that they are competitive enough in the market. In many cases, the oligopoly in a monopoly position will take some measures to suppress the producers who master the new technology, which is "bad money drives out good money". Therefore, he does not intend to promote this commercial aluminium smelting model rashly, but to refine and improve the technology in a low-key manner. Aluminium produced in small batches is digested in its own system in the Free Lorraine industrial zone, and extensive experiments with aluminium alloys are carried out.

The experiment of aluminum alloy requires not only theoretical inference and calculation, but also repeated operation and testing. During this time, Nikolai sent a telegram to the Star Group, asking them to send a technical director for materials. In Weiss's view, her wartime trump card title and the influence of President Laibold were really powerful, and after a long absence, not only did no one urge her to go back, but she was also responsive - the Star Group quickly sent a technical director with the title of doctor of metallurgy to support their research on new aluminum alloy materials, and signed a cooperation agreement with the new metal materials factory in Lorraine, once the latter succeeded in aluminum alloys, they would buy out their aluminum alloy products at 160% of the cost price, In addition to its own use, the Star Group can also sell to the outside world, and the additional profits will be compensated to the Lorraine people in a certain proportion.

So, for the next month or so, Weiss mingled with Nikolai and the technical director of materials all day long, studying and discussing the use of metal materials in airplanes, and left the matter of signing up for gubernatorial election behind him, until a young woman who claimed to be a reporter for "Liberty Weekly" came uninvited, and he knew that he had become famous: after the federal Supreme Court announced the candidacy of Lorraine governor, the mainstream newspapers in the capital collected his deeds of fighting guerrilla warfare in those years and made a page. The memory of the war hero was reawakened, and what really made the name of Long Clumber Haysen a night of popularity was the popular singing star Gunnevere, who sang her famous song on a well-listened radio program, and talked about this former friend in a subsequent interview, not only praising his contributions during the war, but also praising him in a simple way for his deeds in industry and benefiting the people after the war, calling him "a model for the young talents of the Federation". Although the local radio station in Lorraine did not broadcast the program, and the local newspaper was still "calm", the Lorraine people living in the capital Liberty City and their friends in Lorraine were full of affection for this self-reliant and ambitious young man......