"It worked, I made it." The fact that the four-cylinder engine is different from the single-cylinder engine shows that he has mastered the working method of cylinder linkage, that is, he has completed the transformation of the internal combustion engine from existing to practical use.

With the successful foundation of this four-cylinder engine, it will not be difficult to make a twelve-cylinder or twenty-four-cylinder engine in the future, what is missing is only the process problem, and the process problem is also easy to solve, and the many dwarf technicians in the Chinese territory are best at the craft.

Feng Jingru, Li Zhonggong and Huo Lan, who were watching from the sidelines, were all excited, knowing that Feng Jingru's plane, Li Zhonggong's tank and Huo Lan's submarine were all stuck in the engine, and now with the four-cylinder diesel engine, many problems can be solved.

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "This four-cylinder engine has finally succeeded, and many projects can be carried out with it." ”

Hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, several people in the room who were very touched nodded for a while, and Benz said excitedly: "Now this four-cylinder diesel engine is only forty horsepower, I want to build a more powerful engine, and I also want to make the kind of machine called a car that the young master said." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The engine should not only be more powerful but also smaller and lighter, I suggest that you change the material of the cylinder to aluminum alloy, such an engine will be better." ”

Benz laughed, "Great, I must give it a try." Despite the oil in his hands, Benz raised his chin to his assistants and motioned for them to write it down. Everyone is very accustomed to Fang Xiaoyu's often flashy ideas, so all scientific researchers have assistants who carry pen and paper with them, and their responsibility is to record all the ideas related to their profession for future research.

The invention of the diesel engine represents that the Chinese collar has finally truly entered the era of the second industrial revolution. However, Fang Xiaoyu knew that his advantage would not be maintained for long, because he had already received information from the Economic Section of the Intelligence Bureau, and the science and technology of several countries in the Western Continent had signs of an imminent breakthrough.

The Sal Empire's Pulis Shipyard is developing a three-expansion steam engine, while the Nantes Empire's Manlicia Arms Company is developing a pipe withdrawal system, the Arthur Arsenal of the Yaman Empire is trial-producing a rotary rear pull bolt rifle, and even some civilian laboratories are experimenting with internal combustion engines, but their level is still relatively rudimentary.

"Benz, how's that steam turbine research?" Fang Xiaoyu looked up and asked when he thought of this. Benz smiled: "Young master, don't worry, the theoretical materials you gave me last time are very comprehensive, I believe I will be able to make a breakthrough soon." ”

Since the last grain shortage incident, Fang Xiaoyu has realized the importance of all-round development, so he has changed his previous emphasis on heavy industry and invested more research points in agriculture and light industry, resulting in the rapid growth of agriculture and light industry science and technology in the Chinese collar.

Heavy industry is a very research-intensive project, and now that a large number of points are invested in agriculture and light industry, the points of heavy industry are a little insufficient, so Fang Xiaoyu is lazy in it. After reaching level four, Fang Xiaoyu discovered a new option in his research project - theoretical research.

This kind of research method is very saving points, but the research is only a bunch of papers, which requires professional analysis and experiments to turn this theoretical knowledge into reality. Although it takes a little longer, it can strengthen the scientific research system of the Chinese collar, which can not only allow scientific and technological personnel to have a deeper understanding of these technologies, but also allow those researchers led by these scientists to have more opportunities to practice and grow faster, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

"My lord, can I come in?" Fang Xiaoyu was in a daze in the study, thinking about his next move, when a voice sounded from the door. Fang Xiaoyu came back to his senses and found that it was Zhao Qingyun, the president of Lanting Bank, who was outside the door.

Just now, the next person had already come over to inform him, but he didn't expect that he would fall into deep thought after just such a while. This can't be blamed on Fang Xiaoyu, mainly because Xiaofeng's research points have been too nervous recently, and he is always thinking about how to allocate points more reasonably.

"Come in." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Zhao Qingyun walked into the study and said, "Lord Lord, are you thinking about something?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "It's nothing, do you have something?" ”

Zhao Qingyun said: "I came mainly to increase the issuance of Huayuan. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Oh? Why do you want to issue more? ”

Zhao Qingyun said: "We have too much gold in stock, if we don't increase the issuance of Chinese dollars, these gold will be a bit wasted, but our total economic volume is not so large, and there is not so much demand for Chinese dollars, so I am very worried about this matter and want to hear the opinions of the lord." ”

Listening to Zhao Qingyun's words, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, other people's banks thought that the gold reserves were too small and could not issue too many banknotes, but their own bank would have the problem of too much gold and no need to issue so many banknotes.

Fang Xiaoyu smiled and asked, "How many Chinese dollars have we issued?" And how many gold reserves? Zhao Qingyun said: "As of this month, we have issued a total of 120 billion Chinese dollars, because the value of our currency is equivalent to one-tenth of the Lanfang coin, that is to say, our Chinese yuan is also two million yuan for one ton of gold." We only need to stock one-third of the gold worth of banknotes, so we only need 20,000 tons of gold for the 120 billion Chinese dollars we issue. ”

Zhao Qingyun paused and said: "Our gold was originally only four hundred tons from Hanping Kingdom, but since the agreement with the Saint Martin Empire, many of our equipment have been paid for in gold, and we have also opened several new gold mines in the Saint Martin Empire, as of last month, we have provided us with five thousand seven hundred and thirty tons of gold, and the Wild Continent has also mined a lot, a total of two thousand one hundred and twenty tons. There are also 4,500 tons of gold exchanged for trading with the Lanfang Empire, and 20,000 tons of gold exchanged from the treasury of various countries after the grain trade, and we already have 32,770 tons of gold, which is more than 10,000 tons. ”

After listening to Zhao Qingyun's introduction, Fang Xiaoyu couldn't help but sigh that although the gold on Wangxiang Star was also a precious metal, it was ten times more than the reserves on the earth, and he asked, "Do we have any silver reserves?" ”

Zhao Qingyun said: "Since the lord has emphasized the need for gold as the main precious metal reserve, our silver reserves are not much, only more than two thousand tons. ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded with satisfaction, the silver in this world is the same as on the earth, although it is also a precious metal, the reserves are much larger than gold, and now there are still many buried underneath that have not been excavated, and when he opens a silver mine on a large scale, the price of silver will definitely drop sharply, and the country that stores silver as a hard currency will be unlucky.

Although the gold is too big, Fang Xiaoyu is better at using it, and he asked: "Since this is the case, I want to transfer 10,000 tons of gold and don't use it for other purposes, there should be no problem." ”

Zhao Qingyun's eyes widened and said, "With so much gold? Is there an urgent use? Zhao Qingyun originally wanted to find a way out for the extra 10,000 tons of gold, but he didn't expect Fang Xiaoyu to extract it all.

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "It is to improve the overall scientific and technological level of our Chinese collar, as long as we have these gold, our overall scientific and technological research level and speed can be improved by another level." ”

Zhao Qingyun nodded and said: "This is a great thing, if this 10,000 tons of gold can improve our scientific and technological level, this gold will not be in vain." "For the wealth that the Chinese Territory has earned in the past few years by relying on the advanced technology that leads the world, everyone in the entire territory has seen it.

Nowadays, the Chinese territory is no longer dominated by the government's academies of sciences and university research institutes, and any powerful business and entrepreneur in the territory has set up its own research laboratory, and they have hired experts at home and abroad to study their own scientific and technological products in order to earn greater profits.

In the current Chinese territory, the theory of the supremacy of science and technology has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become the consensus of every Chinese leader, and Zhao Qingyun is naturally no exception.

Zhao Qingyun happily agreed to Fang Xiaoyu's request, but Fang Xiaoyu did not ask him to transport the gold, but to go to the vault to carry it himself. He wasn't surprised by Fang Xiaoyu's strange request, the entire Chinese Territory knew that his own lord had magical abilities and could do many incredible things.

These abilities have also been blown more and more, and some people even say that when the Japanese fleet was sunk, Lord Fang blew the ship into it, and some said that Lord Fang could move mountains and reclaim the sea, scatter beans into soldiers, and even many people in the territory did not use immortals at home, only for Fang Xiaoyu's immortal tablet.

These absurd rumors have covered up many of Fang Xiaoyu's special abilities, although Zhao Qingyun doesn't believe these rumors, but he has been doing things by Fang Xiaoyu's side for a long time, and he is still very mentally prepared for his strange requirements.

Fang Xiaoyu was led by Zhao Qingyun to the underground vault of Lanting Bank, which was one of the four major vaults of Lanting Bank, which happened to store a full 10,000 tons of gold. At Fang Xiaoyu's suggestion, Zhao Qingyun retreated, leaving Fang Xiaoyu here alone.

Seeing the mountains of gold bricks in front of him, even Fang Xiaoyu, who was used to seeing big scenes, gasped. This scene is so spectacular that even the United States in later generations only stored more than 8,000 tons of gold, and now it is incredible to be able to see so much gold on the earth at one time.