The sun never sets in America

Chapter 339 Tractor and Base

Tornado Tractor Company.

Looking at the huge plaque in front of him and the cyclone logo, Zhang Chunjing looked at it and finally walked in directly.

"Hello sir, are you here to see the tractor?"

As soon as I walked in, I was warmly received by a young man in gray work clothes.

"Hello, I'm here to buy a machine. Where is that tractor? Can you let me see it?"

Zhang Chunjing looked around, but he didn't see the tractor mentioned in the newspaper.

"Sir, please-"

When the young shopping guide heard this, the smile on his face became even more enthusiastic, and he took Zhang Chunjing directly to the warehouse at the back.

"Sir, look, this is our latest model of Tornado-1 tractor. The entire vehicle uses our self-developed violent internal combustion power, which mainly burns gasoline--"

Looking at the big blue guy in front of him and the obvious yellow tornado sign, Zhang Chunjing opened his mouth wide and finally asked, "How much?"

But if there is no money, then there is no way to sell. If you don't sell, the production line will not operate. But if you want to sell, you must lower the price. This is the biggest "trouble" at the moment.

Wow! !

There was no other way, Huo Junling could only find a solution in the newspaper.

If it weren't for the accumulation of petroleum patents and subsidies for internal combustion engines, they might be in financial crisis again.

Among them, current affairs news is what he pays most attention to, but the news during this period of time is without exception related to "war" and "weapons".

Although Section Chief Jiang didn't say anything, Huo Junling could hear the "sarcasm" in it.

As for what the future holds, they actually don't know. After all, too much money has been spent on the entire tractor project.

But the worst thing is, who knows if tractors are included in the subsidy project? If not, then I guess I can only choose the "technology board" to try the water.

The two argued endlessly, but Huo Junling ended the dispute with "I'll find a way."

Hua Wenfeng is very dissatisfied with the current tractor price. In his opinion, the price of 13,000 is too high. At this price, no one will buy it except those "idiots".

"Just think about it, there are so many tractor companies on the market now. Is it possible that I have to subsidize each one? In that case, wouldn't it be easy to get the money from the court??"

"I asked, can the price of this tractor be lowered?"

Looking at Section Chief Jiang in front of him, Huo Junling couldn't help but ask: "But we are a new technology. It is impossible to have a big market or start-up capital."

Hearing this number, Zhang Chunjing was stunned. He didn't expect a tractor to be so expensive. Good guy, he can even build a warehouse during this holiday.

But the shopping guide opposite described the benefits of the so-called "tractor" over and over again. It was powerful and easy to use, and the only thing missing was "a good deal."

"Sir, because this is our latest product, it is still in the trial production stage, so the price is relatively expensive. If you want to buy it, we can give you this amount at most."

After thinking of a way, Huo Junling immediately put on his coat, called "Lao Zhou" and got in the car.

(a type of steam engine)

In an office of the Tornado Company, Huo Junling, Hua Wenfeng, and Huang Shijun were discussing the "future."

But after the two of them left, Huo Junting became worried again. After all, the money couldn't be made out of thin air.

"Mr. Huo, strictly speaking, this information of yours is illegal."

"Now you lower the price with a stroke of your pen, what should I do??"

"The people below just said that someone ran away again today. If we don't lower the price, we won't be able to sell it anymore..."

At the end of the sentence, Zhang Chunjing said: "Can it be cheaper??"

The answer given to him was "no", followed by a burst of advanced technology, which gave Zhang Chunjing a headache, and finally left directly.

He is the only one in the company who owns a private carriage like this. After all, he has the best family background! !

.........

When everything was over, Huo Junling left the so-called "industrial and commercial building".

In Huo Junling's eyes, there was no difference between pointing at his nose and scolding him about whether the court's money was easy to get.

"After all, you don't have market proof, nor do you occupy a certain proportion of the market, which means that your company is unstable..."

"As you said, I don't want to, but as for the money, let me tell you, the money we have now is all the money I finally deceived...no, invited."

Huang Shijun was very unhappy with Hua Wenfeng's idea of ​​lowering prices at every turn. After all, he estimated that the installation disk could only be maintained at 13,000. If it was lower, he would lose money and sell less and less, which would eventually bring down Tornado. company.

After all, with this price, it wouldn't be better to just buy a "gas car".

Either this warship has been launched, or some super weapon has appeared. As for what the weapon looks like, no one has seen it.

Looking at the fingers opposite him, Zhang Chunjing asked tentatively: "Three thousand and one??"

"What's more, our company has a large number of internal combustion engine patents, which can also prove that we are not liars."

(The Xijing stock market is a special sector for scientific research companies. It has a high valuation premium and is the favorite of many new technology companies. The biggest advantage is that it can get money)

"Where can I find money?"

This plan is a subsidy for specific industries, and their earliest internal combustion engines fall into this category.

"Mr. Huo, I understand everything you said, but sometimes the rules are like this."

"Chief Jiang..."

"Ten thousand, sir!!"

Huo Junling flipped through the news over and over again, and finally found only a vain "subsidy plan."

After leaving the building, although I was angry, the most important thing at this moment was to get money, and where to get money became the most important question.

Among them, the technology board became his next target.

It may be due to his successful experience or Huo Junling's self-perception of "personal charm". In short, Tornado Tractor Company has passed the first assessment of the science and technology board and is about to enter the second and most important assessment, which is technology. .

The reason why it is technology is because there was a technology fraud in the early days. This fraud was a premeditated fraud with the purpose of listing the technology sector.

The fraudulent company falsely claimed to have developed the so-called oil-water separation technology, which can burn oil more efficiently. It was also demonstrated at the beginning. Although it seemed mysterious, in this era of advocating technology, or black technology, it is.

People's pursuit of science and technology is no better than that of later generations, or even crazier.

It was also during this period that "water-to-oil" and "automatic machines" became so popular.

Even the Xijing Daily published cartoons for fifty years later, among which the so-called Trans-Pacific Undersea Railway was the most impressive.

Although it was later deemed impossible by scientists, some people still believe that the so-called Pacific Railway existed to this day.

Even among the stamps issued by the Monan region last year, a Pacific Railway commemorative stamp appeared openly.

There has even been looting and raising prices.

Although it was judged as a "work error" by the above, it can also be seen what the attitude of Han folk towards technology is.

To sum it up in one sentence:

“As strong as the heart is, so strong is the technology!!”

The tractor can be regarded as a good product, but in today's Han Dynasty, the most indispensable thing is unconstrained imagination.

For example, in the Penglai area, some people wanted to use the jet power of internal combustion engines to send people to the moon. Although the tragedy of "Ten Thousand Households" was repeated in the end and three people died, it really reflects the current Han people's attitude toward technology. enthusiasm.

"Fiery" is not enough to describe it.

Just like the famous Han novelist Ma Changgong wrote in his novel Floating Time and Space:

"What is technology? When I was young, it was the train passing by my house. Black smoke was emitting from the train. The black smoke fell and blackened my face. When I grew up, it was life. From those machines that produce goods to Electric fans and other household products, without exception, are an indispensable part..."

"Technology is everywhere, just like you are in my life!!"

Although this is a love novel, and a large amount of text in it is used to praise love, it can also be seen the impact of technology in this era on Han Dynasty and even the whole world.

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Research Institute No. 10. A research institute located in a valley in the Youzhou region. This research institute has been protected secretly since its establishment. No matter whether it is newspapers or official documents, there is no news about this research institute. Even Even the number "ten" is taboo.

Outside the institute is a convoy of four hundred people. The entire convoy is composed of elite members of the Guards and takes orders directly from the emperor.

Without instructions from the Xijing Palace, they could not leave even one step.

And in this escort of more than 400 people, even a soldier is a sergeant major.

Those slightly higher up are captains, and commanders directly hold the rank of colonel.

You must know that according to the current division of the Han army, a colonel, if he is a full-time official, can directly command a brigade of 400 people, which is basically a battalion.

Internally, it is divided into several secret departments, as well as hundreds of the best scientists and engineers in Han Dynasty. Most of them have imperial university degrees and are the elite among the academic elites in Han Dynasty.

"I don't think using fuel will make this airship fly faster. You know, the biggest function of an airship is to take off and stay in the air."

"Making a huge thing fly faster is a stupid idea in itself."

"If we have that time, why don't we develop a small, manually operated aircraft using an internal combustion engine, and use this kind of big airship with a small house..."

Wang Zheng, who was wearing glasses, pointed at a design drawing of an internal combustion engine on the table and scolded him for a while.

He doesn't think there are any benefits to building an airship faster. On the contrary, in his mind, the biggest advantage of an airship is that it can stay in the air and carry more things. This is its biggest advantage and the most cost-effective.

"No, I don't agree with what you said. I think it would be better to build an airship that uses an internal combustion engine. It will have faster speed and a better control experience..."

Supporting the use of internal combustion engines is Professor Zhao Jingbo of Dynamics, who is the expert who most advocates the development of rockets in China.

He once wrote a letter to Emperor Longwu, hoping to allocate funds to build a "rocket" to carry people to the moon, but Liu Peng refused without hesitation.

But he did not give up, and the "high-speed airship" was the project he most hoped to complete.

When Wang Zheng heard this, he laughed directly: "Old Zhao, you want to make a fireball? That airship of yours contains both oil and hydrogen. Good guy, who will bear the risks of this thing?" That’s it.”

Zhao Jingbo is still arguing, the most important of which is "speed". He firmly believes that the speed of internal combustion engines is infinite, at least on earth, that is the case.

But as the head of this research laboratory, Wang Zheng vetoed the so-called internal combustion airship project without hesitation.

Of course, a veto is a veto, but it does not mean that it is not really used. At least the propeller behind the airship does require part of the internal combustion power to operate, and it is impossible to use steam or other gases.

Zhao Jingbo's so-called internal combustion airship directly overthrows the original gas design and is completely controlled by an internal combustion engine.

But this has a huge consequence, that is, how to lift off without gas.

Zhao Jingbo's solution is to build a huge propeller.

Use propellers to replace all power and not rely on gas suspension power.

But because the airship was too big, his huge plan that was a bit "ahead of its time" was rejected before it even started.

So much so that after leaving, Zhao Jingbo was "sullen", as if he didn't understand the mentality of these people who left more advanced technology unused and used backward technology.

And this is the most essential difference between Wang Zheng et al. and Zhao Jingbo, a scholar. They start from the perspective of war. Assuming that the war is about to start, is it a technology that can be used immediately, or is it a technology that needs to be studied for several years? Internal combustion engines, control systems, lift coefficients, but not necessarily effective technologies will work. Normal people know which one to choose.

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"Mr. Du, this is a test flight request for the airship. Please sign."

Wang Zheng took a printed document and handed it to Du Wenbin, the head of Research Institute No. 10.

Du Wenbin glanced at it for a few times, but did not sign immediately. He raised his head and asked:

"How is that Professor Zhao?"

"Hey, Mr. Du, you don't know that our Professor Zhao has a very bad temper. He will lose his temper if he doesn't get what he wants. No, the last time we asked him to come to the final assembly seminar of the airship, he didn't even come!! "

"Look, I still hate what happened last time. Tell me, how can a great professor be as unreasonable as a child??"

After Wang Zheng pulled up a chair and sat down, he started to complain about Zhao Jingbo.

"Haha, you, you..."

"You take it seriously in front of so many people and refute someone else's great professor's plan. They can't stand up, but they can still make things easier for you!!"

Du Wenbin took out a pack of cigarettes, threw one to Wang Zheng across from him, lit it, and laughed and scolded Wang Zheng for his "recklessness" and "negligence."

"Anyway, I don't dare to mess with this great professor. If I mess with him, he might be labeled as disrespecting talents right away."

"I don't have the guts!!"

Wang Zheng lit the cigarette with the lighter given by Du Wenbin opposite him, took a puff, and exhaled "suffocating air" from his mouth.

"Ha ha……"

When Du Wenbin heard this, he smiled from ear to ear. Finally, he directly expressed that he had to be "polite", "give way to talents" and let Professor Zhao have a job.

Wang Zheng didn't say anything after hearing these words. He just kept smoking. When only the butt was left, he replied:

"Let me see if there is any way to transfer him to the power side. Doesn't he like to come up with new things? I want to see what he can come up with!!"

When Du Wenbin heard this, he threw another cigarette to Wang Zheng. This time it was more upscale than the last one, and his attitude was self-evident.

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On April 4th, under a clear sky at Youzhou No. 10 Base, a huge white airship docked in the middle of the huge playground, surrounded by a large group of researchers wearing white coats.

These people are mainly men, but there are also a small number of women. The men are all without exception, and many of them have Mediterranean hairstyles.

"Tower calls number ten."

"Please answer No. 10!!"

On the stage, a huge loudspeaker was blaring Wang Zheng's voice. The people below couldn't help but look up. Zhao Jingbo was among them. After hearing these words, he turned away with sneer.

"I'm Number 10, Number 10 is calling the tower."

A loud loudspeaker sound also came from inside the airship, causing everyone present to cover their ears slightly.

"No. 10, No. 10, please take off!!"

"No. 10 understands..."

After a few questions and answers, the airship began to slowly expand, looking fatter than before, and the propeller behind the butt began to rotate, making a "buzzing" sound.

Finally, with everyone exclaiming, it slowly began to take off.

"Good guy, it's really going up."

"Is nothing going to happen?"

"Bah, bah, bah, what nonsense are you talking about at this time!!"

The people below looked at the white "big ship" in the sky and started a huge discussion.

As the airship slowly rises, the loudspeaker's amplification is limited after all, and gradually, no sound can be heard.

The airship in the sky flew for dozens of miles according to the predetermined trajectory before slowly returning.

When the airship landed, the entire Base 10 burst into tearful applause, cheers, and even tears.

When Wang Zheng came down from the stage, shook hands with everyone, and when he held Zhao Jingbo's hand, he expressed embarrassment on his face:

"Professor Zhao, after considering the internal combustion engine plan you mentioned last time, we decided to give it a try, so we hope you will participate in the new experimental plan and you will be responsible for the research and development of the power plant..."

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Jingbo ignored the "grievances" and asked directly:

"What plan, what is it called??"

"Sky!!"

Wang Zheng replied with a serious expression.

(End of this chapter)