Chapter 91
My Empire Chapter 91
2020-11-03
Chapter 91 91 Imagine the future"In terms of industrial development, we have more good news." Dez took advantage of Chris's emotional Changed the topic and talked about some happy things.
Since Chris left Serris, the pace of construction here hasn't slowed down. On the contrary, because the machinery is more and more sophisticated, the development here is still vaguely accelerating.
"General Laurence went south from the sea and obtained natural rubber, which gave us an opportunity to miniaturize our internal combustion engine. Before, our sealing method was very poor, and now it can be said that there is no problem at all." When it comes to machinery, Smith immediately gets excited.
These machines are all his children, and every progress and every development makes him a "father" very happy. He immersed himself in the design every day, sketched out his own improvement ideas, and handed it over to the experimental department for demonstration.
Because of Chris's blueprint, most of the time his improvements are correct and immediate. As long as the production process can meet the required standards, the advancement of technology will immediately appear in front of you - a happy thing, and a thing that makes people feel that they didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
The lengthy, very meaningful and interesting trial and error phase for development researchers is simply skipped. Whether it is in terms of materials or mechanical structure, Chris has given a very precise development direction.
Who would have thought that when electricity had not fully demonstrated its powerful energy advantages, Chris had already depicted all the shapes and materials of electric lights? As long as the alchemists in the laboratory find the material "tungsten" from a pile of ores according to the formula table, they can directly enter the light bulb into a near-perfect development stage.
This incandescent is state-of-the-art unless you take out the fluorescent lights in the back or the more advanced and powerful LEDs: compared to the previous bulbs that took several decades to develop error-correcting Not a second was wasted in the birth process.
For example, plastics, in fact, in Alanhill's laboratory, plastics have been prepared for a long time. Just because the raw materials are not available, this kind of avant-garde raw materials can only lie in the corner of the laboratory, waiting for the day when it truly changes the world.
"On the other hand, we have already developed the finishing equipment for small internal combustion engines, and it is estimated that a prototype will be produced soon... If we can, we will build a car according to the blueprint. Come out." He said while introducing the rubber thing.
"Actually, for us, the steel frame of the car and the shock absorption are all very easy. The problem is focused on the raw materials such as rubber tires." Minister Smith thought that he would see a When he was in a "car" that he could walk on, his face was full of smiles.
"The biggest problem is the limitation of oil. Although we are actively stockpiling the gasoline and diesel we produce... We have too little oil, so I am worried that after the internal combustion engine is popularized, Fuel consumption." Dez said, looking at Chris.
On the other hand, the weapons engineer also talked about the internal combustion engine: "With a small internal combustion engine, we can reduce the size of the Generator, so that it can be equipped on the train, so that Defensive anti-aircraft artillery trains can be loaded with searchlights and Generator carriages."
Then, as it should be by rights, the conversation turns to oil, which is Gurlo's domain. Just listening to him say: "The oil fields in Hanhai have increased production. According to the refining method, we can already prepare gasoline and diesel... But the output is a little low, and it seems to be a little far from our expectations."
Dez has been leading the way to buy oil, but with little success: "The nearest oil field to us should be in the Higgs kingdom, but their production technology is so outdated. They don't sell enough to meet our needs, It's a headache."
Alanhill actually borders only three countries now, the Higgs Kingdom, the Prairie Empire, and the Arrant Empire. Alanhill and the Arrant Empire are at war, so the import of kerosene, or oil, from the Arrant Empire is blocked.
The kerosene production of the Prairie Empire is basically the same as none. Although they also have a small oil field, the production capacity is really better than nothing. Even so, because the relationship between the two countries is good, Alanhill is still buying kerosene from the Prairie Empire as much as possible.
After all, the Prairie Empire is now a big consumer of Alanhill's industrial products. In addition to meat and fur, there are some strange minerals and a lot of human resources left to pay off the debt.
"The key point is the Higgs Kingdom, but the price of oil over there has been lifted by ourselves... It's expensive and the shipping cost is high. After all, they don't have a railway and can only rely on carriage..." Dez kind of didn't know whether to cry or laugh when he brought this up.
Chris also listened to the pain: In the era of no oil pipelines and no means of transportation such as tankers and tankers, oil has to rely on carriage to transport wine barrel by barrel like red wine. Transporting oil, it's a really frustrating thing.
As long as the thought of relying on those wooden barrels that look like wine barrels, the thought of relying on such a means of transportation and a little crude oil to support the industrial development of Alanhill, Chris feels that his mouth is full. bitter.
Chris frowned and thought for a while, then said to Dez: "The problem is that we have already made a bad relationship with the Holy Demon Emperor, and it is very unreasonable to disperse our forces and rashly fight the Higgs Kingdom at this time. A sensible thing."
He didn't want to fight another war that would spread his troops and see little effect in a short period of time. What he needs most now is to develop in peace, instead of making enemies everywhere and causing a lot of trouble for himself.
After all, the big trouble of the Holy Demon Emperor is enough. Chris felt that he was too anxious. He underestimated Magic Empire's battle strength and overestimated his own development speed.
In the era when he could quickly equip a few cannons by relying on the handicraft workshop, he was also full of confidence in conquering this world. But after raising the war to the current scale, he realized that it is not a matter of relying on a few manual workshops to support a modern war.
Dez nodded and looked towards the others: "I don't recommend starting a war, because it's too close to the Holy Demon Emperor, even if we get the oil field, we can't build it."
He looked towards Chris while talking, and talked about the details in detail: "We have tried investing to help them increase production capacity, but their enthusiasm is really not high, their dependence on kerosene is very low, and their awareness is still stuck. At the stage of igniters for defense."
"Hasn't the price already gone up? Why are they still reluctant to increase production capacity and make more money?" Chris expressed that he couldn't understand this. From his standpoint, the other party should be very willing to increase production capacity.
"The other party is worried that after the expansion of production capacity, our price will be reduced accordingly. On the other hand, they are also worried that once they increase the production capacity of kerosene, the attitude of the Holy Demon Emperor will change. ," Dez explained.
"This is based on the fact that we didn't have any concerns about war with the Arrant Empire. Since we went south to fight Arrant, their kerosene sales have dropped to 30% of the original." He commented on this. This kind of trade is very sensitive, and the presentation is simple and objective.
"It's alright now, if they hear that we are still at war with the Holy Demon Emperor, then we probably won't be able to get a barrel of kerosene." Chris bitterly laughed, and then shrugged his shoulders and said: "Everything It's up to us."
"Indeed, we had a meeting to discuss this matter before Your Majesty came back. I think we still need to imitate rubber resources to expand our ideas." Dez pointed to A brief report from Ferry City, said to Chris: "There are many islands in the sea, most of which are empty. If we can find oil resources on them, then everything will be solved."
Chris touched Touching his nose, sighed said: "Do you think you are a god? What can you find on the island if you lack it? Before Laurence went south, because we knew that there must be a Rubber Tree in the south, after all, the growth environment of rubber is known to us. , Dothan is still a big producer of Rubber Tree, which is an expected harvest."
He paused, and then continued: "But oil is not the same, this thing is unpredictable, maybe It's in the south, maybe in the north, maybe in the east! It's not easy to find."
But when it came to this, he still compromised and instructed: "But this is really an idea, we let Lawn Pay more attention along the way, if you can find other oil fields, of course it will be good news for us."
"He has gone south! Well, he now has a fleet, three transport ships and three battleships, and he no longer has to avoid those Arrant naval battleships." Dez said proudly.
"Even if it's only rubber, we owe the Navy a favor. If General Laurence comes back, why do you have to prepare 3 more battleships for him!" Chris thought for a while and said.
"When he comes back, I'll give him a fleet!" Dez replied confidently: "The sailboat is not cheap, but I can still build it! As long as he doesn't clamor for an ironclad , I can give him as much as I can for the wooden boat!"
"This kind of hard-pressed days are not long, and soon we will get more resources... As long as we defeat the Holy Demon Emperor country !" Chris held the pistol on his waist and imagined the future with confidence.
(end of this chapter)