When he stepped down from the carriage, the first thing that caught Zhu Yifeng's eye was a row of cars, which looked somewhat similar to trucks in the 20s.

"Father, this is the car?"

Zhu Fenghai looked at these cars in surprise, he had heard the importance of cars from his father more than once, and even once his father told him that cars are the future, and the oil that drives cars is the lifeblood of the future country.

"We don't want India, we don't want to fight with the French and the Russians for the Middle East, but we have to get the coast of the Persian Gulf, the desert? On the surface, it looks like a desert, but in fact, there is the world's largest oil field, as long as we master the oil field there, we will master the future world's oil pipelines, not only to ensure the safety of our own fuel, but also to the world's oil pipelines will be under our control......

His father's words were said more than a year ago, although Zhu Fenghai didn't know why his father was so sure that there was oil there, but he believed in his father's judgment, and he could be said to be 100% convinced of his father, which was due to his son's worship of his father.

Now, these cars in front of him are verifying the judgment of my father.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

After Xu Shushan saluted, Zhu Fenghai saluted.

"I've seen my uncle."

As the crown prince, it is very clear that the uncle in front of him is his biggest supporter outside the palace, and he is also the most powerful supporter, or Xu Shushan does not have a prominent official position, but he who controls the Hanyang company, but he has an influence beyond people's imagination, especially for the officials of Huguang nationality, plus the reason why his mother was born in Jiangsu, so the support of the officials of the Liangjiang system for him is natural, with the support of the officials of these two factions, No matter how much the officials of the Liangguang Department support his younger brother, it will not affect the overall situation.

Although he is young, under the teaching of his masters, Zhu Fenghai knows very well what political rules are, although he has the "Right of Succession of the Eldest Son" in the "Imperial Succession Law of the Chinese Empire" as a guarantee, but who knows? Anyway, whether it was his master or his mother, he was close to his uncle, and he was indeed very close to his uncle, because he always brought him something new.

"Uncle, is this a car? It's so big, I originally thought, if it's smaller, I'll let you give me a car to play with......"

The nephew's words made Xu Shushan smile slightly, and then said kissingly.

"Your Highness, after the cart is researched in the future, the minister will give it to Your Highness at that time, these cars are wagons, which are used by the troops to replace the carriages."

As she spoke, Xu Shushan shifted her gaze to Zhu Yifeng.

"Your Majesty, this is the first batch of 350 "Hanyang-1" trucks produced by the automobile company, each truck has a load of 1.8 tons, and the maximum speed is 60 kilometers per hour......"

"Sixty kilometers per hour!"

Startled by this speed, he looked at the car and said in surprise.

"Doesn't that mean that he can run 120 miles in an hour, which is equivalent to the distance of an infantry in a day's march?"

As the crown prince, Zhu Fenghai needs to receive all aspects of education, including military affairs, which will last until he is 24 years old, and now, although he has only mastered a part of the basic military knowledge, Zhu Fenghai still heard from his uncle's words that the car is unusual.

"If there is oil, it can run forever, how long is a tank of oil enough for him to run? Two hours? Three hours? Or how long? ”

As a teenager, seeing the car for the first time fully revealed his curiosity, he looked at the car curiously, and even took the initiative to run to the side of the car, with the help of the car soldier, knocked down the door, got into the cab, and touched the steering wheel, Zhu Fenghai looked extremely excited, and the questions were more like a series of questions coming out of his mouth one after another.

For his son's performance, Zhu Yifeng just smiled and said nothing, the boy has a natural love for machines, of course he will not interfere with this, he even hopes that his son can become a fanatical machine enthusiast, after all, as the crown prince, the love for machines will affect the people, and eventually contribute to the fanaticism of the whole people for machines.

In this era, there is no problem at all with a fanaticism for machines, China needs machines!

Looking at the car in front of him that almost reached the standard of the 20s, Zhu Yifeng's expression was a little excited, this car can not only meet the needs of the army, it also symbolizes a revolution, a technological revolution, of course, it is also a revolution in transportation, and in the automobile industry, China is ahead of the world for more than half a century, and when other countries still know nothing about the internal combustion engine, China has left them far behind.

With automobiles, airplanes may soon be born, and perhaps soon, the transportation of this world will be turned upside down, and what will the world become by then?

Zhu Yifeng doesn't know, he doesn't even know whether the changes he has brought to the world are good or bad, but it is certain that all these changes are more beneficial to China, at least to some extent.

"How many cars can a car company produce per month now?"

Looking at his son who was holding the steering wheel there, Zhu Yifeng asked Xu Shushan, output is the most important thing, although the car was invented as early as the late 19th century, but it was not until Ford invented the assembly line that the car had entered thousands of households.

"Now it is 300 units per month, and with the familiarization of production, it is expected that the output can reach 500 units in one year, with an output of 6,000-7,000 units each, and if the factory is further expanded, after three years, the output can exceed 20,000 units, and then the output of two years can meet the needs of the army......

The needs of the army that Xu Shushan refers to refer to before the expansion, the army had only more than 30,000 horse-drawn carriages at that time, but now, the army has as many as 200,000 horse-drawn carriages, and it is possible to meet the demand according to the continuous production of this output for ten years, and it is based on the premise that the cars are not damaged.

Although he knew that this satisfaction was shrinking, Zhu Yifeng did not say anything, and in 1866, it was already a miracle to be able to achieve the goal of producing 20,000 cars per year. Just like last year's domestic metal cutting machine tools exceeded 40,000 units, which is a miracle in itself, three years ago, China's metal cutting machine tools are only less than 100,000 units, but now it is more than 200,000 units, but even so, still can not meet the needs of domestic factories for machines, according to the estimation of the machine guild, in the next ten years, 100,000 machine tools need to be produced every year to meet domestic demand.

Industries such as steel, shipbuilding and textiles are also expanding rapidly, with China's industry swelling 2.3 times more than three years ago, thanks to the outbreak of war, which led to a decline in imports and a rapid surge in domestic demand.

This kind of expansive development is regarded as a miracle by the outside world, after all, from ancient times to the present, there has never been a dynasty like the current Chinese dynasty, the stronger and richer.

War is a good thing!

Sighing at the economic stimulation of the war, Zhu Yifeng gently patted the body, the body is made of steel plates, Daye Company's technology for manufacturing steel plates is very mature, as early as ten years ago, when Europe had just built a two-roller reversible plate rolling mill driven by a steam engine, Daye Iron Company introduced similar equipment from Europe, which was for the production of steel plates for warships, and then Hanyang Arsenal produced similar equipment for Guangzhou Iron Works and many other iron works, and in the first year of Kaihong, Hanyang Company built a three-high plate rolling mill. In the third year of Kaihong, Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Company built the world's first four-high reversible plate rolling mill, and in the same year, the electric motor was used to replace the steam engine to drive the rolling mill and succeeded.

"In every piece of steel, there is a secret to the rise and fall of a country."

In the past ten years, under his promotion, China has built four iron and steel companies in Daye, Guangzhou, Ma'anshan and Dagu, and the steel output of these four steel companies has exceeded three million tons last year, and the newly invented open-hearth steelmaking technology has completely replaced the converter steelmaking technology, and the development of steel technology has provided sufficient high-quality steel plates for China's industry, so that China can "luxury" use steel plates to make cars.

The automobile industry is a leading industry, according to the experience of later generations, the automobile industry can promote the development of hundreds of related industries including steel, petrochemical, machinery manufacturing, etc., as long as we grasp the pulse of the automobile industry, even after the end of the war, China's industry will also be driven by the automobile industry, rapid development.

I think 20,000 vehicles are a bit too conservative, well, you can plan to set up automobile manufacturing companies in Guangzhou, Tianjin, these places, you know, compared to trains, the use of cars is more convenient, especially for our country, even more so, most of our areas are mountainous terrain, many places are not suitable for building railways, even if they build railways, the cost does not meet economic needs, but cars are different, cars do not need railways like trains, ordinary national highways, can meet the use of cars......"

Zhu Yifeng from the 21st century is very clear that in China in the 21st century, what role does the car play, it can be said that it is the automobile logistics that promotes the development of China, compared to the train or the higher cost of car transportation, but it still has a lot of advantages that can not be concealed, and in this era, compared to the use of expensive carriages, the freight of the car is not worth mentioning at all.

"Well, you can also think about improving this kind of truck into a passenger car, which is ......"

Pointing to the compartment of the truck, Zhu Yifeng explained some of his ideas, the earliest passenger cars were transformed with trucks, and even in the later 80s, most of the domestic buses and buses were transformed with trucks.

"Add a compartment, the compartment is monolithic, behind this are the seats, a row of four seats......"

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't bring a pen, I'm afraid Zhu Yifeng would have drawn a passenger car in the shape of a passenger car in later generations, but as soon as he explained it slightly, Xu Shushan immediately formed a picture in his mind.

"What Your Majesty said is that automobiles can transport goods, and naturally they can also transport people, but, according to the minister's estimates, the production of automobiles will not exceed 40,000 in at least five years. Even if we expand a few large factories, it is unlikely, in addition to the equipment can not be satisfied, more important is rubber, the wheels of the car are made of rubber, and the current output of the Nanyang Rubber Plantation cannot meet the needs of production at all, even 20,000 units are a problem,"

Seeing Xu Shushan mention rubber, Zhu Yifeng couldn't help but be stunned, and he said a little strangely.

"Not enough rubber? How is this possible, didn't our colony in Borneo grow a lot of rubber? ”

As China's first colony, Zhu Yifeng in the earliest planning of the plantation in Borneo, on the choice of rubber, with rubber as the main product of the plantation, this "vision" eventually benefited the domestic production infinitely, the rubber wheels of the carriage, rubber boot soles, raincoats and other rubber products, prosperous the domestic market, also stimulated the rubber industry in the South Seas, now a fierce heard, rubber is not enough, how can he not feel surprised.

"Your Majesty, 70% of the rubber plantations in Borneo were newly built after the first year of Kaihong, most of them have not yet reached the rubber harvesting period, and after the outbreak of the war, the army's demand for rubber has expanded several times, military boots, wheels, gun wheels, etc. need rubber, many civilian rubber products have long been discontinued, and even the transmission belt is now changed to cowhide, instead of the rubber belt of the past......"

"Well, the lack of rubber is only temporary, don't worry about this at all, well, you can coordinate with the Colonial Ministry in return, let the Colonial Ministry promote the construction of rubber plantations, the demand for rubber will only increase in the next few decades, especially after the popularization of automobiles!"

Unlike the United States, which first popularized cars, Zhu Yifeng believes that China will be like another time and space, first popularizing trucks and buses, and then cars. After all, what China needs now is a modern transportation system.

"In addition to rubber, Your Majesty, there is another very key factor that restricts cars!"

Seeing that His Majesty seemed to be in a good mood, Xu Shushan mentioned another thing.

"Oh? What is it? ”

Zhu Yifeng, who was originally going to get in the car and try to drive the truck, heard Xu Shushan's words, so he asked with a smile.

"You say, there's no problem that can't be solved!"

"Oil!"

Looking at His Majesty, Xu Shushan said the question that had plagued him for a long time.

"Now our oil comes from the South Seas, from Borneo, with our current oil production technology, there is no way to provide enough oil to meet the needs of cars, Your Majesty, if this problem is not solved, even if several car factories are built, producing 100,000 cars a year, without oil, just like a horse without grass, those cars will eventually become decorations! So, Your Majesty, in any case, the oil recovery technology must be solved before the problem of the expansion of the automobile plant can be considered! ”

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