In Chai Dongliang's office, seven or eight big men carried an engine in, all of them panting tiredly. The weight of an airplane engine is really not light!

"This is the Eagle engine? It only took more than two months to build, what a hurry! Chai Dongliang said in surprise.

"This is the successful trial production according to your drawings, V-shaped 12 cylinders, strong power! This engine is very similar to Rolls-Royce's eight-cylinder car engine, so the development speed is relatively fast!" Feng Ruyang said proudly.

In another time and space, this thing was originally the masterpiece of the genius inventor Royce, but it was preemptively registered by Chai Dongliang for a patent.

Chai Dongliang looked around this engine and looked, the things produced by Rolls-Royce are really exquisite, every small screw has been carefully polished, and there is not a single burr and sand hole on the cast iron shell, which is very smooth to the touch.

Great companies have a great heritage, and as one of the world's leading automotive and aero-engine manufacturers, Rolls-Royce has never been the best in its attention to detail. For just £40,000, he bought 58 per cent of Rolls-Royce's shares, which was a bargain. Chai Dongliang himself wants to praise himself a few words!

"Dudu, with this Eagle engine, there should be no big problem with the large seaplane you are going to build, I suggest that a special research laboratory be set up now to develop a large aircraft that can fly long distances!"

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "Yes, this is up to your Aircraft Research Institute to decide, and I will let the Department of Finance allocate the funds to you now, I hope you can live up to my expectations, and the sky of China will be handed over to you!" ”

Feng Ru said solemnly: "I will live up to the trust of the governor, the day of our Chinese aircraft ruling the sky is not far away!" ”

Chai Dongliang shook his head and said: "It's not busy, there are still things, if there is a large seaplane, there must be special weapons!" ”

Feng Ru is only proficient in designing aircraft, but he is an authentic layman in terms of weapons, he shook his head and said: "I'm not good at this, you can let the Guanghua Arsenal in Shanghai develop matching weapons, and we will send people to cooperate with them!" ”

Chai Dongliang's head shook into a rattle: "It's up to you, I'll help you find the candidates, the development of large seaplanes and supporting weapons is top secret, Shanghai Guanghua Arsenal is not suitable, Wuhu Arsenal is not suitable!" ”

Shanghai's Guanghua Group Corporation has already started in-depth cooperation with the Bethlehem Company of the United States, and the factory is full of American engineers and technicians, and large seaplanes are Chai Dongliang's killer weapon for the construction of the Navy and Air Force in the future, and the Americans must not be allowed to steal the technology in advance.

Feng Ruxing left happily, Chai Dongliang was also proud, the engine is the heart of industry, is the integration of metallurgy, machining and other industrial high technology, can best reflect a country's comprehensive national strength, until the 21st century, warships, aircraft and other high-tech weapons engines are not up to standard, is still a bottleneck restricting the development of China.

As long as it has advanced engines, it will be easy for the Air Force to be ten or twenty years ahead of this era, Chai Dongliang closed his eyes, as if he saw that China's seaplane carriers were carrying dozens of planes, taking off from the depths of the ocean carrying aerial bombs and torpedoes, and roaring to Kure Harbor!

A single sneak attack can send the entire combined fleet to the bottom of the sea, and in these years, there are no air defense weapons on the warships that can be used in actual combat! By the time China entered World War I, it wouldn't be as easy as playing the old-fashioned wooden biplanes with Eagle engines as Turkey at Christmas?

"This is the car? Mother, how can you walk without a horse? ”

"It's the foreign devil who is driving? The eyeballs are the same as those of Persian cats, do they glow green at night? ”

A Rolls-Royce "Silver Ghost" sedan outside attracted everyone's attention, Anqing is not as big as Shanghai, Tianjin and other big docks, or even as good as Wuhu, there is no concession here, foreigners are extremely rare, and no one has ever seen a car or anything. Chai Dongliang and the guards usually ride a bicycle on the street, which can attract onlookers from passers-by.

Some brave people went up and touched the headlights, and the British driver deliberately honked his horn, and the car made a "beep" sound, which startled everyone.

"This iron guy will still bark, I don't know if it will bite?"

"What are you eating here? I heard that this car is drunk with foreign oil? ”

"You just talk nonsense, mutton fat smells big, lard can be fried, this thing is also meat?"

Chai Dongliang heard it clearly in the office, first funny and then felt a little sad, Anqing is the provincial capital of Anhui, and no one has ever seen a car, and in the near future, Ford's Model T will become a means of transportation for ordinary people in the United States??? The gap between China and the Great Powers is simply too great!

Recognizing the gap, Chai Dongliang had a greater sense of urgency, the First World War was about to start two years later, and his own layout was also in full swing, controlling the monopoly of the Manchurian and Mongolian regions to make a large war fortune on Russian trade, and establishing a strategic partnership with the United States through the "Bethlehem Contract", initially building a complete industrial system, accumulating the capital to participate in the war, and training a large army to participate in the war when the Allies and the Entente were exhausted, so as to gain a dominant position in the world after the war??? This is Chai Dongliang's established policy, and there is absolutely no room for mistakes.

But is there enough time? Two years later, he will send troops to Qingdao, if he can't complete the initial industrial construction and train more than 100,000 qualified soldiers, why should he stop the army? Do you watch Yuben and Germany fight on the land of the Chinese?

Chai Dongliang walked out of the office, and the people outside laughed and dispersed, and when he left, he still turned back in three steps. Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "Don't be red-eyed, when we can build a car ourselves, you can buy one and drive it to play!" ”

Pulling the car door, Chai Dongliang shouted to the driver in fluent English: "Drive!" ”

The car started, although in Chai Dongliang's eyes, this car is still very primitive, but it cannot be denied that the things produced by Rolls-Royce are as flawless as a craft, the electroplated parts are light, the mahogany steering wheel and dashboard are polished extremely exquisitely, and the feel of holding it is indescribably wonderful.

If this is put into the 21st century, this kind of antique car will not make those enthusiasts crazy, right?

The car starts very smoothly and the spring shock absorbers minimise the discomfort caused by vibrations to passengers??? Chai Dongliang's heart swelled with indescribable complicated feelings.

Lao Tzu has finally become a family with a house and a car??? It's a pity that it was at the beginning of the twentieth century, if you can go back to the twenty-first century, you must drive this top-notch antique car, and run to the old woman who looked down on people and forcibly broke up herself and her girlfriend to show off!

The roads in Anqing are straight and wide cement pavement, there are traffic police at various intersections to maintain order, although the population is large but not congested, the pedestrians who pass by are surprised to look at this car, envy, frightened, anyway, no one can turn a blind eye.

The car turned two streets and arrived at Chai Dongliang's mansion, the driver honked twice, startling the porter, and waited until he saw Chai Dongliang getting out of the car, so he hurriedly greeted him. The Gurkha guards standing guard saw the porter's appearance and laughed at their fuss with disdain, the Gurkha guards had all served in England and had long been accustomed to cars. But they forgot that when they first saw the car, they actually shot in horror, thinking that it was a demon from hell who had escaped.

Chai Dongliang felt from everyone's surprised eyes that he really wanted to set up an automobile factory, not only for military purposes, but also for the role of the automobile industry in stimulating the entire industrial system and economy, which should not be underestimated!

Go back and choose several models suitable for this era, both trucks and sedans, the future mechanization of war will be the direction, and mules and horses will be eliminated by the times. Chai Dongliang thought secretly in his heart!

Rolls-Royce's meticulous work model is good for aircraft engines, but it would be a bit of a waste to mass-produce ordinary cars and trucks!

Which model is more suitable? Chai Dongliang ran out of ideas, he was very unfamiliar with the history of automobile development??? No matter what, are there book friends who are still afraid that they won't be able to handle this little thing?

Chai Dongliang wisely pushed this problem to the almighty book friend group!

"Smash the threshold for me, widen the gate to allow cars to get in and out!" Chai Dongliang instructed the housekeeper.

The housekeeper immediately fainted, and the level of the threshold also marked the status of the master, the dignified Jianghuai patrol envoy, the mansion of the governor of Anhui, and even the threshold was not a big deal? If this is known to the people in the officialdom, the face will be lost, and even the subordinates will feel faceless!

I am not happy in my heart, and I have to promise with my mouth, who let the one who speaks be the master. When the nose is big, he still presses his mouth, what he says is what it is!

Chai Dongliang walked through the shadow wall, and saw Mo Xiaolian and Wu Meiqi feeding the koi, this pond of fish was familiar with the two of them, and when he saw them, he came over to find something to eat.

"Dudu, are you back?" When Wu Meiqi saw Chai Dongliang, a smile immediately bloomed on her face.

Chai Dongliang smiled and said, "Well, I'm back, have you eaten?" Eat together without eating! ”

Wu Meiqi clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I'm really a little hungry!" ”

Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "In the future, don't call Du Du in private, call me Brother Chai or call me Chai Dongliang, call Du Du to listen to Shengfen!" ”

After that, he took one by one hand and dragged them honestly and unceremoniously into the inner hall. Wu Meiqi and Mo Xiaolian blushed, but a hint of joy rose to their brows.

(To be continued)