"The structural strength requirements for metal parts are also too high... Can we consider combining multiple power sources!"
"We need the power of an internal combustion engine without giving up the power of a steam engine... Can we use high-pressure and high-temperature gas to push some turbines to rotate..."
"One or two turbine blades may provide very little power. What if we get thousands of blades? What if countless steam drives them at the same time?"
"If the forces are gathered together and applied to the propeller, will it be safer and more reliable..."
Another new idea. The scientists stuffed their mouths with buns, and kept rustling the notes in their hands. They were flipping through the immature drawings drawn by the head of state, page by page!
"Finally! I also hope that you can produce a steel chariot...made entirely of steel and can walk on wheels or tracks!"
"The internal combustion engine is added inside... Our soldiers hide in steel vehicles and fight!"
"They can move, they can shoot out...Chinese soldiers are good men who are not afraid of death, but we can't let them die in vain!"
"We Chinese have money and technology, why don't we come up with some new weapons that can kill fewer people!"
The blueprint for the technological explosion is becoming more and more detailed. The internal combustion engine and electricity are the core representatives of the second industrial revolution, and the petroleum industry is also established to support these two new technologies!
Because energy such as coal cannot support sophisticated machinery such as internal combustion engines, the second industrial revolution first had these needs for internal combustion engines and electricity, and then stimulated the development of the petroleum industry!
The most important thing is the internal combustion engine and electricity!
The father of alternating current has been brought to Mauritius by Princess Sissi. Xiao Letian firmly believes that with this expert in electromagnetics, Chinese power technology cannot be said to completely suppress the West, but there is no problem in ensuring that it is consistent.
As for the internal combustion engine, the Chinese are now leading the world!
It is not that there are no internal combustion engines in Europe. At this moment, Germany and the United Kingdom already have very successful internal combustion engines at the experimental level. Otto's internal combustion engine and Clark's gas engine are already very stable technologies.
But these Europeans are constrained by traditional thinking. They are still thinking about how to use gas. Their internal combustion engine fuel is all gas, it is gas!
These people have never thought of using petroleum products directly as fuel!
In fact, the spark plug ignites the fuel-gas mixture, which is a layer of window paper. It is not difficult at all to pierce it!
But history is often about momentary choices. Portugal's John II did not support Columbus, so he sadly lost his rights in the New World.
Otherwise, Portugal is likely to annex Spain in turn, and European history will also change!
But there is no regret medicine. History is just layer upon layer of window paper and the accumulation of small choices over and over again.
Europeans have not realized the importance of oil until now, which provides a window period for the Chinese to begin to control the world!
Why did the Europeans not care at all when Xiao Letian annexed Brunei? Because Brunei is now a place where savages gather in their eyes.
If the global oil industry really takes off and everyone knows that Brunei's oil fields are of good quality and easy to exploit, will you, Xiao Letian, dare to try to annex them all?
Europeans still believe that the Middle East is a barren land. Xiao Letian has been deploying his influence in the Middle East, and Europeans are too lazy to investigate.
In the eyes of Europeans, the Suez Canal is the most important in the entire Middle East, and the rest are deserts!
This is the period of strategic opportunity. This period of opportunity may last more than ten years for a nation. If you seize the opportunity to complete the layout, you will enjoy the blessings for the next few hundred years!
Brunei's oil fields are the highest quality oil fields, rich in oil deposits, with high output, large reserves, and easy extraction. Moreover, judging from the current Chinese maritime defense circle, Brunei is already embraced in the middle, and the South China Sea is already China's inner lake. !
The strategic security is very high. This oil field was not fully exploited in the previous life until the end of World War II and into the 21st century!
With this oil field, the Chinese people had no problem surviving World War I and World War II. After the war was over, the oil would not be used up!
And when the Chinese navy becomes stronger, it will definitely project its forces in the Indian Ocean, and by then some of the oil resources in the Middle East will also be mobilized!
If the Middle East, Brunei, and mainland China produce their own oil, their oil resources will not be choked!
There are resources, a population, technology...a strategic buffer area, and a long and splendid culture! Such a good hand can be regarded as the legacy left by Xiao Letian to future generations!
After a sleepless night, Xiao Letian and his team of scientists basically set the general direction for the future development of the technology tree!
In the early morning, he dragged his tired body for a walk on the beach. The waves of the South China Sea were lapping on the beach. The distant warships were reflected by the morning glow, and their edges were shining with golden light!
"Ah!" Xiao Letian let out a long breath. "The fact that I have come this far and left these legacies to future generations means that my life in this world has not been in vain!"
"Haha... Even if God takes me away at this moment, I won't lose anything!" As he said, he picked up a stone and threw it far away, hitting it in the waves.
Jin Sanshun didn't like hearing it anymore. "Why is the head of state saying these words? Our navy only pays attention to one word when we go to sea. What are you talking about that is unlucky..."
"Okay, okay... I was wrong, I apologize to you..." Xiao Letian said with a smile behind his hands, "Hurry up, we have a meeting this morning, and we will leave Borneo in the afternoon!"
"Indian Ocean...I'm here! I'm going to greet our European group of scientists!"
Xiao Letian ended his series of inspections in East Asia, took the heavy cruiser Monsoon, and headed straight for Malacca. This time he would not stay in Singapore but go directly to Mauritius.
If the British Governor of Singapore wants to see the head of state, he can only wait for Xiao Letian to return to China!
And on the second day after Xiao Letian left, solemn music sounded in the British Governor's Palace in Hong Kong, and the well-dressed British officials wore dresses and wigs!
Gordon wore the medal he had received throughout his life on his chest. He stood proudly at the front desk and accepted the commendation from the noble gentlemen of the House of Lords!
A huge OM medal was pinned on his chest. This is a rare reward in the UK. Nightingale had one!
Gordon was the absolute protagonist of this banquet, and everyone was praising him for his outstanding achievements in diplomacy and military affairs!
The delicious champagne was intoxicating. At this moment, Gordon had no time to worry about what the poor little emperor in the far north was thinking.
"Oh? Prince Gong is seriously ill? Will he die? Is this a lie?" Zai Chun put down the telegram and asked Mr. Qing.
How should Fuqing respond to this? He could only sneer and say, "It was a telegram jointly sent by the magistrate of Yi County and the commander-in-chief of the Xiling Guards... It can't be wrong!"
"Why don't Your Majesty send someone to check again?"
Zai Chun thought for a while and shook his head, "Forget it... When the court sends someone over, his cold will probably be gone soon!"
"Reply the telegram and ask him to rest for a few days, recover from his illness and return to the capital immediately!"
"We uncles and nephews should have a heart-to-heart relationship and untie some of their knots!"
