The British were never slow to act on the interests of the British Empire, and only two days later, the letter of intent for the British appeared on Jochen's desk. The British also deliberately maintained the non-governmental nature of the purchase, and it was not the British government or the British military that came forward to buy the airship and the full set of airship technology, but the Vickers company, which had cooperated with the HK company on the Maxim machine gun.

Although Vickers was buying in a commercial name, Jochen knew that this must be the behest of the British government, knowing that Vickers had become an important supplier to the British Army with its Vickers machine guns, and after equipment such as airships was acquired by an arms company, it would definitely be sold to its own army first.

And the airship is not a rifle, and the Vickers company, a weapons manufacturer, came to buy a full set of production technology not long after the hard airship was introduced, and this kind of large-scale expenditure is not something that the current Vickers company can play. If it were put into the super arms empire that grew up after World War I, Jochen would still be a little skeptical, now? How is it possible without the shadow of the government and the military behind?

However, there is an important job of a hard-framed airship is to pit people, someone buys it, then of course it is sold, Jochen has a big mouth, a complete wooden-framed airship is 30,000 pounds, if it is a piece of a wooden-framed airship, then 20,000 pounds. If you want a full set of technology, you can buy 5 wood-framed airships plus 15 sets of parts, and I will give you a full set of technology. Of course, this is only the technology of the airship, and BMW's engine manufacturing technology is another calculation.

Jochen's price is black enough, the most expensive part of the airship is the aluminum alloy frame and hydrogen refining, but the wooden frame eliminates the expensive price of making the aluminum alloy frame, and the sale of parts eliminates the costly step of refining hydrogen. In this way, it is natural to make a lot of money from this kind of price for the British, and BMW's engine manufacturing technology can also knock the British hard.

In this way, not only can the infrastructure originally used to build the aviation technology laboratory and the funds invested in the preliminary technical research institute be earned, but also the real laboratory will use more research funds to further deepen the technology. In this way, they will continue to stay ahead of the technology in the field.

It is better to sell late than early, and the technology of hard airships is not simple, but it is not too difficult to say that it is difficult. Especially in a country like England, which has a strong industrial and R&D capacity, the Germans showed them the way to concentrate on research. It only takes 2-3 years to make something similar.

At that time, it is estimated that it will not be so easy to sell the airship for a good price. Moreover, BMW's cars are no longer a rare commodity in developed countries in Europe and the United States, and Jochen has reason to believe that BMW's engines have long been dismantled by research institutes in various countries, and they have been thoroughly studied from the inside out.

Although most of the low-power engines circulating on the market are about 20 horsepower, and the engines of high-end models of cars are only 40 horsepower, for European and American countries, as long as you understand your basic principles, it is not too difficult to make a usable internal combustion engine, so it is also difficult to have enough attractive things in the engine.

Of course, in BMW's internal combustion engine research team. Smaller, lighter, and more powerful engines are also being developed, and if this thing is taken out, it can basically be blinded, but this kind of thing is absolutely impossible to sell, or even let people know.

So, selling airship technology now is to make a quick buck. Of course, Jochen will not be so happy to let the British get what they want. Therefore, the Aviation Technical Office was instructed to reply to Vickers. Of course we do the transaction, but I am sorry for the delivery speed.

We're running out of capacity right now. You see, we can only assemble 1 airship a month now, if we only provide parts, we can provide 2 ships per month, even if we give priority to the two ships in the real room that are about to be completed, all 20 ships will be delivered in 1 year at the earliest, and the full set of technology must be fully delivered before it can be handed over to your company. You'll have to wait.

Jochen is not afraid that the British will be able to make a breakthrough in this 1 year, and the calculation of the stress that needs to be borne by the internal frame of his rigid airship and the tension line between it will take a technical team of hundreds of people to complete the calculation for about 2 years.

The Germans were polite and courteous, and Vickers could only accept it obediently, and then sit back and wait for the Germans to deliver it. But the British don't sit still. During this time of waiting, the British also began to set up their own airship research team, preparing to study it inside and out thoroughly after the airship was delivered.

The 40 hp engine manufacturing technology was sold along with a production line, and the two businesses together brought in nearly a million pounds in revenue. These proceeds will continue to be invested in the research of new technologies, creating a virtuous cycle that Jochen would like to see.

In particular, the investment in the technical research of the aircraft, it is true that the 60 horsepower engine that BMW can provide now is far more than the measly 16 horsepower engine of the Wright brothers' Flyer 1 in history, but the problem is that although the power is high, the weight is also high.

In the case of relatively low power weight, it is still not so suitable as an aircraft engine, although a lot of wooden frames have been built to accumulate a large number of glider flights, but if you want to rely on the power of the aircraft itself to fly, it is estimated that you will have to wait a little longer.

But judging by BMW's research progress, Jochen shouldn't have to wait too long.

However, the first half of 1899 was not all good news, the Imperial Prime Minister Caprivi died of illness on June 6 at the age of 68, although unlike history, Caprivi celebrated his 68th birthday, but still could not get rid of the inertia of fate.

During his 9 years in office, as the second prime minister of the empire, he had a good relationship with Emperor Frederick III, and although he did not have the brilliant achievements of his predecessor Bismarck, he had outstanding contributions in the era of rapid economic and industrial development of the empire, and under his matchmaking, the bourgeoisie and industrial Junkers with the German industrial giants as the core formed a considerable combination of interests and political power.

This political force began to occupy an increasingly important position in the political arena of the empire, which played a good role in the implementation of the industrial development and economic policies of the empire.

And during his tenure, Germany also achieved a series of successes in diplomacy and colonial foreign trade, so at the behest of Frederick III, a very grand funeral was held for him to pay tribute to the conscientious and diligent prime minister.

After Caprivi's death, the empire needed a new prime minister, and Prince Hohenlow-Chillingsfest was the perfect successor. However, if His Royal Highness the Prince, who has just taken over the Ministry of Defense not long ago, leaves office, who will be in charge of the Ministry of Defense? Germany is not a politically chaotic France, and keeping personnel changes as low as possible is also an important part of maintaining stability.

In the end, Frederick III decided to let the Foreign Minister Adolf? Herman? Mashal? Feng? Bieberstein became the new head of the Reich, and his original position as foreign minister was replaced by Bernhard? Heinrich? Martin? Feng? Billo takes over.

In Jochen's opinion, this is a very interesting thing, as he should have lost the position of Bülow and his subordinates in 1900. However, Jochen was happy with the change, as Birch was an opponent of the expansion of the Imperial Navy.

The chancellor of the empire, who historically thought he could become the second Bismarck, pursued a policy of outward expansion on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was in tune with Bismarck, believing that the empire did not need a strong navy, but fortunately, the prime minister did not want to build a navy for fear of angering Britain, but because "we cannot have the largest army and the largest navy at the same time." We cannot weaken the Army, because our fate will ultimately be decided on land. ”

A typical army ist, with the German Navy now accounting for a large amount of the Reich's financial expenditures, it is inevitable that Bülow will not be influenced by Schlieffen if he becomes the Reich Chancellor.

And although Bilow has achieved some results during his tenure, his personality has a lot in common with Wilhelm II, especially when he speaks too recklessly, and I don't know if this is the reason why he is valued by Wilhelm II. But his overly straightforward and reckless recklessness, as Reich Chancellor, made German diplomacy very passive.

So having this tough guy be a diplomat, and Machar, who is more tactful, cautious and supportive of Caprivi's policies, as prime minister of the empire is what Jochen would like to see.

This foreign secretary, who was very unhappy in history because of the Kruger telegram incident and the second emperor Wilhelm II, was deeply valued by Frederick III and Caprivi because of his steady style and flexible means, and Frederick III was quite relieved that he would take over as Caprivi's prime minister.

As a supporter of Caprivi's policy, Machar's succession played an excellent role in the continuation of German policy, and except for a war in the Far East, the whole of Germany continued to advance smoothly and rapidly on the original track.

However, the stability of this policy did not last for 4 months, and it was smashed by external affairs. Mashal still couldn't avoid putting forward his opinion to the emperor on African affairs, as in history.

At five o'clock in the afternoon of October 11, the Federal Parliaments of the Transvaal Republic and the Republic of the Orange Free State declared war on Great Britain, and the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out punctually. (To be continued......)

PS: I was so tired after the next book yesterday, so I didn't write it, and I made it up today