Located in Brooklyn, New York, the Howlett Mechanical Laboratory is a place that has many people in the industry curious and wondering.

The factory has been around for six or seven years, and it is extremely luxurious in terms of land and facilities, but it has never produced any products.

The Howlett family has a complete industrial chain in North America, mineral raw materials, smelting, casting, military, civil machinery and equipment, but this best-equipped factory has never seen anything made.

And since it was built, security has been tight, and the owner of the Howlett family, Mr. James Howlett, will spend most of his time here as long as he is in North America.

"So this is done, the 'resurrection plug' you said?"

James said in a slightly loud voice to a white man with black hair and a high nose, and then he asked, "Can this be done with gasoline, you know gasoline, right?" ”

"Mr. Howlett, I, I know, but that fuel has just been tested and perfected the theory of combustion, and there is no machinery that can actually use it yet." The man's English accent was strong, sounding like a German, and his words were a little slow and stumbling.

He seemed to feel that James looked a little lost, and couldn't help but hurriedly add: "But, but sir, this machine is the first internal combustion engine to complete the compound piston, it now uses gas, and it can reach 4.4 horsepower...... It runs smoothly and has the highest power and thermal efficiency at the moment! ”

James's expression moved slightly, and after a few words of encouragement, the German man was a little anxious to show that his English had improved a lot recently, and continued: "Thank you very much for providing me with such good conditions in the past two years, if it weren't for your completely reckless investment, this machine would probably have been delayed for more than ten years." ”

"Mr. Otto, you don't need to be modest, this is entirely the result of your efforts and the efforts of the engineers and technicians, but this can be better, you should focus more on the research of gasoline in the internal combustion engine."

From the time when the factory was still under construction, James sent a large number of people to Europe to search for engineers and scientists in the United Kingdom, Germany, France and other places for mechanical manufacturing research.

It was not easy to fool them to the United States with a lot of money and boastful Haikou, which was not easy at the time, because Europe and the United States were in an ugly quarrel over tariffs, and the United States was on the eve of civil unrest, and not many technicians were willing to come.

Most of them just have the mentality of taking a sum of money to come and see and leave, but after arriving, most of them decided to stay after seeing such complete hardware and relaxed and generous environmental treatment, and a few still want to return to China...... didn't go back, and the family was directly picked up by James half-deceived and half-coaxed, and they all stayed in New York.

The German mechanical engineer Otto liked this mechanical experiment factory from the bottom of his heart, and they only needed to continue to promote some research experiments on mechanical creations in theory or imagination according to their own research direction, and the best equipment, materials and labor would be given here.

Occasionally, Mr. Howlett will give you some research directions, such as the combination of sterling silver and ammunition, or the use of new fuels.

Of course, James hopes that some of the scientific and technological creations in his memory can be developed quickly, but for these cutting-edge professional problems, all he can do is find people and invest money.

Fortunately, the current property of the Howlett family is enough to bear the willfulness and preferences of this family owner.

"Young master, Mr. Fei Nong wants to see you, and he has been waiting outside for more than two hours." Mr. Tom Weddell has now learned the way the Howlett family calls James, which he feels is a better indication of being a member of the Howlett family than just a small partner.

"Hmm... Fenon? Oh, it's the Frenchman who helped us build the factory a few years ago, I can't remember his last name, what he came for. James asked, a little strangely.

Boss Tom has long since gotten rid of the status of the owner of a mechanical foundry in Canada, and now he is the foreign business manager of the Howlett family, the most powerful industrial giant in North America, and usually cooperates with a number of tycoon dignitaries.

He took out the silk scarf in the breast pocket of his suit, quickly swept the non-existent dust on James's body, and said lightly: "It's nothing more than hoping that our southern project can involve him." ”

James nodded, and Tom hurriedly waved his hand to the secretary next to him, who then contacted the factory's security team to let people in. The safety personnel of the experimental factory were all in charge of the people who had been personally trained by James in the Howlett mansion.

"Mr. Howlett! Mr. Howlett! Great, finally seeing you! Boss Herbert Fernon ran up at a speed completely disproportionate to his size, and James shook his hand shallowly and greeted him warmly.

"Is there anything wrong with Mr. Fenon coming here? I'm sorry I was a little busy in there just now, I didn't know it was you. ”

"It's okay! Never mind! I also happened to pass by and saw your carriage, I haven't seen you for several years, and your appearance hasn't changed at all. Fernon said enthusiastically, but James's appearance really hasn't changed, he has consciously looked more mature in dressing in the past two years, and he has also grown some beard, otherwise he will look no different from a young man in his early twenties.

James answered a few words, glanced at Tom, and Mr. Weddell, who was a little understanding, hurriedly took over Feynon's words and signaled that Master James still had something to leave in a hurry, and Feynon couldn't help but say: "That's the case, I heard that you have a new construction project to start here, so I want to ......"

"It's good if you tell Tom about these things, you've been involved in a lot of the Howlett family's construction projects, and I have this trust." James agreed to Boss Fenon in an easy-going manner, the underground structure of the manor is really good, and James is still very satisfied with his training and practice in it over the years.

"No, no, no!"

Fei Nong waved his thick big hand, and said with some trepidation: "Your project is handed over to me, it must be the best and highest standard, and you don't need to pay for it!" It's up to you to see if you can get me involved in the Howlett family's business, let me buy a little bit of a stake or something. ”

James suddenly looked at Boss Fernon with a smile, and said apologetically: "Thank you for your importance to the Howlett family, but I belong to the family business here, and I don't have any ideas about this at the moment." ”

After speaking, he signaled that he still had urgent matters, and walked in the direction of the carriage, and Tom on the side consciously grabbed the boss of Feinong and talked nonsense.

The carriage drove up to a haute couture store on Queen Street, where O'Hara was trying on a new dress and they were going to the White House for dinner with the Lincolns.

Mr. President still had a lot to say to James, and the private time of that night's banquet was too short.

Looking at O'Hara in an off-white dress through the floor-to-ceiling glass of the store, James smiled happily.