News of the STOL activities quickly spread across the world via radio waves.
Including the dynamics of the event itself, as well as the official decision of the Aviation Industry Association, and the decision of Daming Airlines.
Private manufacturers that produce light aircraft immediately began to worry that the entry of Daming Airlines would have an impact on their industry.
They immediately asked someone to inquire about the information, and soon got the news that Daming Airlines had deliberately leaked. Daming Airlines' small planes would limit the price to no less than 5,000 silver coins, and would most likely be higher than 10,000 silver coins.
Then they mostly relaxed.
As expected, Prince Dashi makes his own money as always, and is also willing to let others make money.
In fact, even if Daming Airlines limits the price, it will still attract some of their customers.
Some customers could have bought higher-end products, but Daming Airlines did not have similar products for sale in the past.
So in the past I had to buy products from ordinary manufacturers.
Now that Daming Airlines is going to design similar products, these customers will definitely leave them.
But at the same time, Zhu Jingyuan and Daming Airlines are themselves weather vanes. In Zhu Jingyuan's words in his previous life, they "bring their own traffic."
And it’s direct “out-of-circle” level traffic.
Daming Aviation's entry into the light aircraft category and market will definitely trigger a craze for small light aircraft within the aviation industry and aviation customer groups.
As the entire market becomes more popular, new opportunities are coming.
Maybe a few old customers will leave, but more new customers will arrive.
In fact, relevant news and trends are brewing very quickly.
Private aviation enthusiasts are beginning to look forward to when Daming Airlines' light aircraft will be launched.
More ordinary people, as well as people who are interested in private jets, are beginning to follow the recent news and learn about this market.
Many original light aircraft manufacturers soon began to receive a large number of inquiries from new customers.
After all, airplanes are airplanes. Even if the price can be reduced to the level of a car, it goes without saying that the fuel consumption is at least several times higher. More importantly, the maintenance and management costs are still not in the same order of magnitude as a car.
Those who can truly be interested in airplanes and have the ability to afford the lowest-level airplane usage expenses must be at least middle class and above in society.
Therefore, even "small" manufacturers face decent people from Ming Dynasty, and all types of consultation and reception are at a very high level.
This type of people are also accustomed to consulting directly with corresponding manufacturers if they are interested, rather than going to the private sector to inquire.
The craze for small planes is already brewing.
However, looking at the world, the content that has a wider impact is still the few words of Zhu Jingyuan and Wu Zhiyuan.
Zhu Jingyuan knew that this aviation event was a public event. In addition to official personnel, there were also a large number of ordinary workers and civilian aviation enthusiasts participating in the competition.
Zhu Jingyuan realized at that time that his conversations with Wu Zhiyuan would definitely be leaked, and he also realized the impact these conversations would have.
Zhu Jingyuan, who had experience in his previous life, could also imagine how serious the consequences would be if someone took it out of context.
So I took the initiative to ask my entourage to selectively excerpt the conversation according to my own requirements.
In a relatively official capacity, he took the initiative to publish his declaration to major newspapers.
Let these newspapers selectively report and guide public opinion before the gossip spreads among the people.
"Prince Dashi once again reiterated that Ming Dynasty would not annex the European and Western countries."
"Prince Dashi said that the existence of European and Western countries was the external driving force for Ming Dynasty's continuous progress."
"Prince Dashi believes that under the current level of science and technology, the European and Western countries can no longer pose a substantial threat to the Ming Dynasty."
Titles with similar official propaganda directly occupied the headlines of various newspapers.
Therefore, most ordinary people who follow newspapers and media have no bias in their understanding of this matter.
Of course, there were also some tabloids that secretly sought information from people at the time, adding fuel to the fire and creating all kinds of sensational headlines.
"Prince Dashi discussed the plan to completely eliminate the Taixi people at the Daming Aviation Event Award Ceremony".
"The complete elimination of all Western barbarians can completely remove the final obstacle to the future development of the Ming Dynasty."
"His Royal Highness Prince Dashi invites all countries in Europe and Asia to become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty".
"My Ming Dynasty is about to completely unify the world!" 》
"The Big Food King is a coward!" 》
However, the credibility of various tabloids has problems, and only a few circles will regard this statement as Guigao.
However, there are some contents that the official media will not take the initiative to talk about.
For example, there are several key issues in the dialogue between Zhu Jingyuan and Wu Zhiyuan, including whether to unify the world and whether all Thais and Westerners can be eliminated.
And if these tabloids get the news, they will spread it everywhere regardless of whether they can verify it or not.
"Allegedly", "according to reliable sources", "according to insiders who do not want to disclose their identities"...
In fact, these beginnings all have the same meaning. I am just spreading an unverifiable rumor. You readers can believe it or not.
Countries in Europe and the West have diplomats in the Ming Dynasty. They collect official newspapers and private tabloids.
Politicians from various countries in Europe and the West are very attentive in trying to fully understand every move of the Ming Dynasty from all aspects.
Berlin, Prussia.
Two days later, Prussian Prime Minister Hardenberg took a pile of reports summarizing information from various newspapers in China and found his own King William III.
While William III was reading the report, Hardberg specifically explained the topics in the tabloids:
"Your Majesty, we need to pay special attention to those contents that have not been reported by the Ming Dynasty's official media, that is, the discussion on whether the Ming Dynasty wants to unify the world..."
William III had already seen the relevant instructions and immediately raised his head when he heard this:
"Isn't this news from some second- and third-rate tabloids? It's completely impossible to verify..."
Hardenberg immediately said:
“It doesn’t matter whether the specific news in the newspaper can be verified or not. What is important is that the continued existence of second- and third-rate private tabloid newspapers that sell this kind of news shows that this kind of news has an audience.
“This also shows that such issues and goals already have a certain basis of public opinion among the local people in Ming Dynasty.
"It has only been seven years since the world war that caused extremely bad damage to the Ming Dynasty and the West, and public opinions of this kind have begun to arise among the people of the Ming Dynasty. This is not a good thing.
“In particular, there is a type of media that accuses Prince Dashi of being a coward because he publicly reiterated that Ming Dynasty will not annex Europe, and implies that Prince Dashi and Ming’s compromising capitulation faction are trying to undermine the emperor.
“They are even advocating and suggesting that the people should do something, and they claim that the Ming Emperor certainly did not think so.
“They claimed that peace should not have been negotiated in the first place, and as long as they continued to fight, Ming Dynasty would have unified the world seven years ago.
“The current situation was caused by the shrinking back of the capitulation faction in Ming Dynasty, including Prince Dashi.
"So I think what we should really worry about is what would happen if the Ming Emperor and the court were coerced or even affected by these extreme ideological trends among the people..."
William III's expression became very ugly:
"But... these are just tabloids that cannot be put on the stage after all, and those private newspapers with wide influence and a wider audience have not discussed relevant topics...
"Even if the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was influenced by public opinion, it was not his turn to be influenced by these third-rate tabloids..."
Hardenberg immediately said:
“Judgment is such a judgment, but we cannot rely solely on judgment and cannot place our fate entirely on others.
"We should aim for the worst-case scenario and make plans and preparations that can cope with it."
William III directed the newspaper information report and asked Hardenberg directly:
"What exactly does Mr. Hardenberg want to say?"
Hardenberg immediately said:
"Your Majesty, I believe that compulsory primary education for all, including military training, should be officially implemented.
"According to Chinese tradition, ten years of gathering and ten years of lessons are a total of twenty years, one generation.
“If a world war breaks out again twenty years after its end, today’s primary school students will be the main army members at that time.
"Even if a world war doesn't happen again, we will always have a decisive battle with Austria and make a final effort to unify Germany.
“Then we must also rely on the strength of the current generation!
"This generation has been shooting guns since they were young, and they are all literate. Their impact on the war will be very significant."
William III had seen this proposal several times, and Hardenberg and other cabinet members had discussed it with him several times.
They already fully understand the benefits of compulsory education, including military training, but are concerned about the cost.
Now, Hardenberg used the news from the Ming Dynasty to give advice to William III again.
As the King of Prussia, William III has always been the monarch with the strongest sense of crisis on the European continent.
He does feel threatened by a possible future.
Friedrich Wilhelm III was silent for a long time, and finally accepted Hardenberg's advice:
"Okay, I approve it and it will be implemented next school year."
These formal or informal news from the Ming Dynasty directly prompted the King of Prussia to make a long-hesitant decision.
London, England.
British Prime Minister William Pitt has been on his deathbed since last year.
In order to deal with various matters in the UK, from the beginning of the World War to the present, I have not had a good rest for more than ten years.
Excessive mental fatigue, full of worries about the situation and future of Britain, and I have a habit of drinking.
This series of problems had actually seriously damaged his body.
In fact, in the past few years, various health problems have appeared from time to time, and various illnesses have occurred one after another.
By last year there seemed to be a general outbreak.
From the second half of last year to the beginning of this year, my entire mental state was on the verge of collapse.
This year is the seventh year of Ankang, which is already 1812 in the Western calendar.
In the original history, William Pitt died in 1806, at the age of forty-seven.
This was the case in that era. If the upper-class people with good living conditions did not have difficult-to-treat diseases, their normal life span would be no different from that of modern people.
But once the disease becomes entangled, it is likely to die at a young age.
From the perspective of the 21st century, William Pitt died at the age of forty-seven, which must be considered an untimely death.
In this world, Peter did not become prime minister so early, and medical technology was more advanced, allowing him to live a few more years.
But the William Pitt himself of this world thought otherwise.
He felt that he might have been "sent from heaven".
Although when Yinzhou was developing, Thai and Western merchants often deliberately sold blankets used by smallpox patients to the Yin people, using them to spread the smallpox virus and eliminate the Yin people.
But that was two hundred years ago. In this world in 1812, world culture and ideological trends have undergone tremendous changes compared with Zhu Jingyuan's previous life.
The West has completed a relatively complete abolition of slavery.
The key is that the influence of the Ming Dynasty caused the Taixi people to seriously lose their own sense of superiority, and the spiritual blessing of the Chosen Son was gone.
There is no way to do evil without psychological pressure.
Doing something similar now, taking the initiative to eliminate the indigenous people in a place, would already make them feel uneasy.
The key is that public opinion has begun to condemn this kind of thing.
Some newspapers in the UK pointed out that the British court ignored the large-scale plague in Tianzhu.
Some newspapers even began to reveal that the plague may have been caused by the British court.
After all, there was a history of smallpox spreading in Yinzhou.
As the head of the British court, Pitt certainly felt the pressure.
There was pressure from the people, the king, and the regent.
This should be one of the important reasons why Peter has been ill for a long time this time.
This morning, the British Regent, the Prince of Wales, and the British Foreign Secretary, Grenville, who was Pitt's cousin, came to visit William Pitt.
At the same time, he also took the news from the Ming Dynasty and asked Peter, the British Prime Minister, to inquire about the situation.
Because of Pitt's mental state, neither party engaged in the complex formalities.
For the Prince of Wales and Grenville went directly to Pitt's bedroom to meet him.
After Peter lay on the bed very weakly and said hello, he continued to be lost in thought alone.
Grenville did not show the document to Peter, but read it directly to Peter next to him.
After Grenville read the titles and content of the first few articles from official newspapers and large private newspapers, Peter, lying in bed, muttered to himself:
"I should be lucky. I don't need to go through war again before I go to see Satan..."
Grenville also had a frown on his face, his cousin was really in a bad state.
I feel that after death, I will go to hell to meet Satan instead of going to heaven to meet God.
According to Dr. Daming, he has given up now, so how can he still treat it?
The Prince of Wales also looked gloomy. He was an indecisive person.
Since participating in the peace talks with Peter and realizing Peter's reliability, he has basically obeyed Peter's words.
This is not necessarily a bad thing for the Prince of Wales, at least it does not require a lot of thinking.
The key point is that although Peter also wants to give up, by British standards, it can even be regarded as giving up.
Peter helped the Prince of Wales solve all kinds of troubles over the years.
Now that Peter is about to die, who should he listen to in the future?
Grenville hesitated to speak several times, but in the end he did not make any comments and continued to read the news.
The rest is mainly content from private tabloids and more extreme newspapers.
After hearing a few words, Peter opened his eyes slightly excitedly:
"Give me the map of Europe!"
The Prince of Wales and Grenville were both startled, thinking that Peter was planning for the future of Britain and Tessie, speculating on possible serious situations.
Without hesitation, the two immediately urged Peter's servant to get a small, latest map of Europe.
Several people unfolded the map and showed it to Peter who was leaning on the bed, waiting to hear Peter's analysis.
As a result, Pete just stared at the map and muttered:
"You may not be able to see it in the future, but you have to take a closer look now..."
After hearing this, Grenville immediately asked:
"William, do you mean that Ming Dynasty will eventually annex Europa?"
The Prince of Wales also pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
As a result, the two never heard a response.
After Grenville realized something, he realized that his cousin had closed his eyes and was no longer breathing.
