Jiaozhou Port.

A commodity exhibition was held locally, and the current Jiaozhou Port has undergone earth-shaking changes compared with the past.

As the interactive center of trade between the East, Germany, Austria and the Far East, Jiaozhou is developing rapidly, with a population of about 300,000, which only refers to the population of the urban area, while the population of Jinan is only more than 200,000 at the same time.

Jiaozhou has also become a place where dignitaries and businessmen gather, and has become one of the important big cities in the northern region, second only to Kaifeng in terms of population in the Huaihai Economic Zone, but it is obviously stronger economically.

The concentration of population has made Jiaozhou also brew a certain market, and the first batch of internal combustion engine-powered vehicles exported from East Africa to the Far Eastern Empire were also landed here, but the number was not large, a total of five.

With the demonstration of the operator, this bulky "bicycle" ran on the streets of Jiaozhou City, which had already completed the hardening of the road surface.

"This is a motorcycle, a high-end product imported from East Africa, which can run on two wheels, and the principle is similar to that of a bicycle, except that it can provide its own power."

"Why is this car called a motorcycle?"

"Because this East Africa is also a German country, the motorcycle is an abbreviation of the two-wheeled vehicle of the German machine, so it has this name."

Although the invention of motorcycles changed from Germany to East Africa, East Africa is still a German-speaking country, so the word motorcycle has not changed, and motorcycle is not a local product when it sounds, conforming to the trend of this era, coupled with this cyberpunk shape, a simple association can think of it as a Westerner invention.

The inventor of the motorcycle was a little-known person in history, Lin Leiden, a figure who was once trained under the Heixingen education system, when Ernst was still in Europe, he arranged for many Heixingen school graduates to learn technology and management with the bigwigs under the Heixingen Foundation.

Rington was Bentz's assistant, and at that time, Benz was also Lenoir's assistant, and later Benz became the manager of the Berlin company of Hexingen Energy Power Company, mainly responsible for the miniaturization of internal combustion engines and vehicle application research, Rington continued to study with Bentz, and the motorcycle was a project that Benz gave him to complete independently.

There are many characters like Lynné Layton, such as the Mauser brothers, Lenoir, Linde, etc., and the technicians and managers who serve the Heshingen royal family have a few East African apprentices, which is the so-called first-come-first-served month.

Moreover, the success rate of the talents cultivated in this way is higher than that of East African expatriate students, because international students are more good at theoretical study and research, and there are few opportunities for practice.

East Africa is trying to let them participate in work in Europe, so that they can really grow, but the face of East Africa is obviously not so big, after all, there is a saying that the apprentice of the church starves to death the master, no matter what traditional industry or field, it is monopolized.

At present, the relationship between East Africa and Austria-Hungary is the best, and the main employment destination of East African students is also in Austria-Hungary.

In particular, in the government offices or military of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, under the consultation of the royal (royal) families of the two countries, many young East Africans can enter the learning experience, especially the Austro-Hungarian naval department and the diplomatic department.

At present, in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the number of East Africans has reached more than 300 people, which can be said to be a hands-on teaching.

Because the Austro-Hungarian navy was inherently inferior to the army in its own country, Austria was open to this field and to its ally in East Africa.

As for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are more than 30 East African graduate students, mainly for Austrian diplomats.

Diplomacy is built on the basis of national strength, but in itself, there are many twists and turns, including various etiquette, knowledge, culture, and human sophistication...... So it's a very deep science.

In fact, the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes these unpaid interns in East Africa, and it is not common for them to work without getting paid, and they can be lazy, which has played a huge role in the training of future diplomats in East Africa.

"This bike is a bicycle with a steam engine on it! Look at this black smoke, I've seen it in the textile mill. Someone said.

"You don't understand this, I heard the East African director say that this is called the internal combustion engine, which is more advanced than the steam engine, and can be used to power vehicles, and they East Africa is the first country in the world to produce cars."

"What is a car?"

"A car is a three-wheeled or four-wheeled carriage, as I've seen in East Africa's 'upside-down donkeys' and 'three-wheeled pockets'! Just like this motorcycle, there is no difference between a motorcycle and a bicycle, and the car is a 'three-wheeled pocket' with the so-called internal combustion engine, the most powerful is the four-wheeled one, with a canopy, it is similar to a sedan chair, but with four wheels, it will run by itself. ”

"Wang Er, what you said is so evil, have you ever seen it?"

Wang Erde said: "That's nature, isn't it a car, you look at this motorcycle, I have seen it a long time ago, this is my advantage as a production team leader." ”

"Bragging! This motorcycle was the first to go to the Far East, and you have never been abroad, where did you know it before? Someone questioned.

"Of course I haven't seen this object, but I've seen it on the painting! You people know at a glance that you don't know how to learn, I'm not at the same level as you, otherwise how can I be your team leader! Wang Er said.

"Painting?"

"Hehe, I don't know, the Jiaozhou Daily in October last year gave a detailed introduction to the internal combustion engine car, and there were two illustrations, and later, that is, in March this year, there was another issue, and there was this motorcycle." Wang Er continued, "So I usually let you read more newspapers and go to Chunlan Lane less to find girls." ”

"Wang Er, you don't talk coolly, we are all big and coarse, we don't know a single big word, who will go to read the newspaper, and this newspaper doesn't need money! That is, you can only get access to the newspaper if you are familiar with the foreign director, otherwise you are willing to pay for it? ”

"That's really not, although this newspaper is not cheap, I am willing to afford it, after all, the information on it is all good things, it is because of what I learned from above, Mr. Helai looked at me differently, he recommended me to go to East Africa as an administrator, if it wasn't for my family, I would have gone to sea on a big steamer."

It's not that difficult to immigrate to East Africa, but it's difficult to become a manager in one step, so Wang Er is not bragging.

"By the way, this motorcycle is so expensive, Wang Er, I don't know if Mr. Herman can afford it?"

"It shouldn't be, this kind of thing is not for ordinary people to consume at all, not to mention motorcycles, even bicycles, we have to save money for a few years, I heard Mr. Herman say, this thing is counting on our rich businessmen and officials here to buy, ordinary people can't afford to consume at all, and rich businessmen are not ordinary businessmen, don't think about it if you don't have the strength."

"One is 50,000 Rhine guilders, I heard that someone has ordered it, so much money can buy a large piece of land, directly to the local owner, Jiaozhou is still rich and many."

"It doesn't matter to us if you have money, and this thing is too expensive, and it is a waste for the big people to use it to support the scene, and it is a waste in our hands, and this thing has to burn black oil, I heard that it is not cheap, and the cost of oil alone is not something that ordinary people can afford."

(End of chapter)