In order to fully demonstrate the strength of this Braunschweig-class battleship to Arthur, Wilhelm II specially ordered the German Navy to sail this huge warship around the West Baltic Sea twice.

Although the size of the battleship seems to be huge, in fact, it is not bulky when it is moved.

Tens of thousands of tons of big guys swim so freely in the sea, which has to make people admire the changes and improvements that science and technology have brought to human beings.

But at the same time, Arthur was also looking forward to the birth of dreadnoughts in the future. As a new capital ship that surpasses the battleship in all aspects, the dreadnought has also made considerable progress in terms of speed.

The speed of the former dreadnoughts is generally around seventeen to eighteen knots, while the normal speed of the dreadnought-class battleships has reached a terrifying twenty-one knots, not to mention other capital battleships built by various countries in the future with the dreadnought-class as the blueprint.

After disembarking from the warship, Arthur and Wilhelm II set out in the same car on the journey back to Berlin.

In the car, Arthur remembered that he still had one thing to do, and that was to win the production technology of the car.

Although in this era, the technology of automobiles has not undergone revolutionary progress, resulting in automobiles being only the enjoyment of the wealthy.

However, as a later generation, Arthur is deeply aware of how huge the potential market and role of automobiles are in the future, and how important they are for the development and construction of the country.

It has not been a few years since the launch of the Model T, and if you want to plan the European car market, you have to act as soon as possible.

At present, there are two main problems faced by automobiles, one is the problem of stability, and the other is the problem of price.

At present, the cars are basically handmade, and the speed of production is very slow, not to mention, there are various problems from time to time, and ordinary people cannot afford to consume them.

However, with Ford's creative assembly line production technology, it not only greatly improves the production speed of automobiles, but also effectively reduces production costs, allowing automobiles to enter thousands of households.

At the same time, because the production of automobiles uses general parts, the specifications and models of various parts are unified, which not only reduces the failure problem of automobiles, but also greatly reduces the difficulty of maintenance.

As a result, the cheap and relatively stable Ford Model T quickly occupied the automobile market in the United States and even the world, and even directly set a world record for the production of a single model.

You know, the reason why cars are so popular is that in addition to greatly improving people's travel efficiency, it is also very important to change society and the national level.

For a country, the development of the transport and transportation industry can drive the development of infrastructure and economy, thereby promoting the development of all walks of life.

What's more, the huge increase in transportation efficiency brought by automobiles can also be used in the military.

Whether it is the transportation of strategic materials and equipment or the transportation of soldiers' troops, it was a headache before.

While railways and trains can solve transportation problems on a larger scale, train stations are not everywhere.

People who want to move to another city have to go to the train station to board the train. In addition, you have to worry about the safety of whether the railway will be blown up on the road.

But cars are different. As a smaller form of transport, the dependence on roads is not as strict as that of trains.

Cars can also drive up mountain roads, steep slopes and even forests without the consequences, and the role of cars is much more powerful than that of trains when it comes to small-scale transportation.

At the moment, the most fruitful in terms of automobiles are the United States and Germany. Although the assembly line was invented by Ford, in fact, it is only a new production idea, not a technology.

The core of the assembly line is only to split the production of the whole vehicle into the production and assembly of parts. Each worker is only responsible for the production and assembly of his own parts, not the production and assembly of the entire vehicle, as was the case before.

One person only does one thing, which greatly improves the production efficiency of the car, as well as the labor and time costs.

As long as you have the production technology of automobiles, the assembly line can be studied slowly, and sooner or later you will find a more suitable assembly line production method.

After hearing that Arthur wanted to buy the technology for the production of the car, Wilhelm II nodded indifferently.

Although Wilhelm II also understood the potential market and role of the new type of transportation of the car, because it has been developed for so long, the car has not solved the two major defects, so the importance of the car has decreased in Wilhelm II's heart.

What's more, other countries are also studying the technology of automobiles, which is nothing more than the speed of progress.

Naturally, it would not be objected to selling it to William II of Australia.

However, Wilhelm II also gave Arthur a difficult problem, that is, to let Arthur choose the right car manufacturer to buy the technology.

That's a big challenge. You must know that the famous automobile manufacturers in later generations have basically not been born in this era.

But Arthur, the famous name of Carl Fritledge Benz, the father of the automobile, still knew it.

On January 26, 1886, Carl Benz successfully developed the world's first single-cylinder engine three-wheeled vehicle, which is also designated as the birth day of the world automobile.

So Arthur did not hesitate to say Karl Benz's name.

Wilhelm II was stunned, but he didn't expect Arthur to know something about German car brands.

At present, the Benz Iron Foundry Company and Machine Building founded by Carl Benz and his friend Augst Ritter is home to Germany's largest automobile factory.

And Bentz's invention of the Victoria car brought great honor to Bentz's company.

But in reality, although the car is advanced, it is priced at a hefty 3,875 marks, which is around £193.

You know, such a high price is a lot of money for ordinary people. Even excellent workers with relatively high incomes need to pay at least half a year's salary to get it.

This is not over, this fund is only the purchase price of the car, and a considerable part of the maintenance, repair and fuel costs will be paid in the future, which directly dissuades the vast majority of low- and middle-income people.

This leads to a serious problem, although Bentz's company has achieved good results in honor and scale.

But as a company owner and shareholder, Benz was a failure. This invention did not bring much profit to the company, but also caused the company to fall into a debt crisis.

After all, whether it is Benz himself or his friend Ritter, they are just ordinary people who simply cannot afford the company's huge consumption.

Although recently, according to the suggestion, Benz has developed a relatively cheap "bicycle", in fact, it is a cheap car with various functions cut.

Because of the initial mass production, some features were cut, which led to a certain amount of sales for Benz and the company, which allowed the company to barely survive.

In other words, Germany's largest car manufacturer is currently in a state of serious debt.

There are certain achievements in automobiles, and it has a relatively serious financial problem. This was the most suitable acquisition for Arthur.

If you can buy Benz's car company and invest a lot of money in it, who can guarantee that Benz will not overtake Ford as the car sales record?