Alchemy Greater China

"Really? Really? You think so too?"

Before Carnegie could answer, a bald, white-haired old man suddenly rushed out of the crowd standing behind him. He looked hale and hearty, and excitedly held Long Hao's hands, shaking them vigorously up and down.

"who are you?"

Although Long Hao was taken aback, he soon realized that the bald old man was just an ordinary white man, so he trembled with him and turned to Carnegie to ask.

Carnegie snorted, stepped forward and pulled the bald old man away, and said, "This is an engineer from Gottlieb Daimler from Europe, Long Hao, the four-wheeled cars you saw are all from him. Invented and supervised!"

Gottlieb Daimler ?

Gottlieb Daimler, born in 1834, is 57 years old this year. After he invented the first four-wheeled automobile in 1886, he co-founded with William Maybach and others last year (1890). My own car company (dmg), which focuses on car engines.

The most famous three-pointed star logo (Mercedes Benz) in later generations was used on the engine equipped with a honeycomb radiator developed by dmg at this time.According to the original historical track, Daimler and Maybach will not name the cars produced by Daimler as Mercedes-Benz until 1899. This year, the scale and reputation of DMG are still relatively small. Gottlieb . Daimler came to the United States across the Atlantic to find an old acquaintance, Carnegie, for sponsorship.

"It's a pleasure to meet, a pleasure to meet!" Long Hao was not very clear about the above information, but this did not hinder his respect for this car master. He put his hand on Daimler's hand and shook vigorously in return. : "Mr. Daimler, you are my idol. I admire the four-wheeled car you invented very much, and I even have one in my collection... I have always yearned for the future world. The mainstream means of transportation should be this black car. It’s a smooth, streamlined, powerful car, and by then, it may take less than a day to drive from New York to Portland!”

Long Hao shamelessly called the four-wheeled car he threw to Li Bixie and the others as his 'collection'.

"Ah, what? New York to Portland, New York, in one day?"

Daimler blinked and narrowed his eyes, and the surprise in his mouth was even more exaggerated than that of Long Hao: This oriental male favorite of Princess Melissa, the German is quite standard, but... seems to be a guy who runs the train with his mouth full. !After running thousands of kilometers in one day, is he sure he is not talking about oriental myths?

No wonder Daimler was surprised. It was only 1891. The mainstream means of transportation on land was the train with a speed of about 90 kilometers per hour, while the car was just a large "toy" with a speed of no more than 15 kilometers per hour.According to the "Red Flag System" law passed by the United Kingdom in 1865, the speed of a car in an urban area must not exceed 6.5 kilometers per hour, and there must be a person holding a red flag 50 meters ahead to guide. In 1878, the "Red Flag System" was abolished, but The "horse pawn" still had to walk 20 meters in front of the car. It was not until 1896 that the "car pawn" was completely abolished, and the speed limit of the car was raised to 20 kilometers per hour, and the automobile industry really entered the track of rapid development.

But now it takes three days and three nights to travel from Portland to New York, even by train. No wonder Daimler thinks that Long Hao is bragging!

Seeing that his own words shook the car tycoon into chaos, Long Hao's evil taste was greatly satisfied, he helped Daimler, and said seriously: "Yes, in one day, from New York to Portland! At that time, the top speed of the car could reach 300 kilometers per hour, running on asphalt and concrete paved roads, but the passengers in the car seemed to be sitting on the sofa at home, comfortable and leisurely!"

"This, this is impossible!" Poor Daimler was completely defeated by Long Hao's 'fantasy', 300 yards... Oh, is he sure that the car will not deform at that speed?People won't throw it out?

"Why is it impossible?" Long Hao took the opportunity to touch Daimler's bald head, and reprimanded seriously: "Although it is impossible now, what about ten years, fifty years, or one hundred years from now? In my opinion, the future of automobiles It’s bright, as a scientist, the most important quality is to make bold assumptions and carefully verify, Gottlieb, you don’t even have this bit of imagination, you’re so disappointing to me!”

Daimler doesn't have any imagination, it's just that Long Hao's words were too 'advanced', and he just caught him off guard. Now he came to his senses and nodded quickly: "Well, you are right, ten years, Give me ten years, the speed of the car can be increased to 60 yards, and the comfort of passengers will be significantly improved..."

After listening to this for a while, Carnegie really couldn't stand it, especially the scene where Long Hao took the opportunity to caress Daimler's bald head, which made the back of his head go cold for no reason: Get out of this terrible place quickly, just right, Gottley Leave this annoying tail to Long Hao, it seems that he is very interested in this four-wheeled car...

Carnegie thought about this, and said to Long Hao and Daimler who hadn't recovered yet: "Long Hao, you think there is great potential in building cars, and it just so happens that this Daimler engineer thinks so, you guys It’s a good match, why don’t you let him stay by your side, you can have a good communication during this time, I still have urgent matters to rush back to Pittsburgh, I really can’t delay, why don’t I say goodbye here!”

After speaking, without waiting for Daimler's consent, the four cars started with a bang, and Carnegie led a group of men, and drove out of Broch Villa quickly.

Inside the car, Carnegie laughed loudly: "Driver, hurry to the train station! Gottlieb has finally found someone to take over this burden. This four-wheeled car, to be honest, really doesn't work as well as horses. If the little angel didn't hate it The words of those tall horses..." <, you are too bad, how can you touch the head of an elder?Also, what happened to you and the discarded Mr. Daimler afterwards?Can the car with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour you mentioned really be manufactured in the future?Oh, my Virgin Mary, that fellow is several times faster than the train, I can't imagine it! "

Long Hao was fully dressed at this time, and stood up from the bed in high spirits: "After Carnegie left, I had a long conversation with this Daimler engineer for more than two hours, and I didn't go to bed until almost 5 o'clock! Humph , Carnegie threw us a treasure this time... Don't think about a car with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour in the last ten years. Our short-term goal is to approach the speed of a train, allowing people to drive in the city Shuttle between cities!"

Didn't Schmidt register a lot of companies?Among them is a car company, Long Hao has already figured it out, to tie Daimler firmly by his side with generous terms, and his dmg company far away in Europe, Carl Friedrich Ben Z, Maybach and other talented people must also be wiped out, and none of them can be left behind!

Melissa clapped her hands and said with a smile: "That's great. Listen to you, driving a car alone and going wherever you want is much more fun than riding a horse!"

Long Hao smiled, but didn't respond.

In fact, there is still a long way to go before cars can enter thousands of households and become a real consumer product. Let alone the engine technology of cars is still far from mature. Take the high-speed roads that have not yet been shadowed. And Xiu Yuan Xi!

What's more, cars burn oil. Before Long Hao had his own oil field resources, wouldn't it be a wedding dress for Rockefeller if he launched the car?

So at present, we still focus on accumulating talents and immersing ourselves in technology research. Long Hao is just an alchemist. Apart from a little knowledge of nuclear physics, he really doesn't have a deep understanding of natural science. Therefore, special experts like Daimler If you come across one, you have to dig one, and you have to win them over at any cost!

Long Hao asked Schmidt to hold this mineral subcontracting meeting, and the basic purpose has been successfully completed. Although there were horrible big shots like JP Morgan on the way, he also reaped Carnegie's Iron Kingdom. It can be said that the overall benefits Still far outweighs the harm.The cooperation with Carnegie did not have a major impact on Long Hao's basic policy. Even without Carnegie, Long Hao knew that if he wanted to gain a foothold on this earth that had been divided up, The water in the United States must be muddied, and it must not be allowed to grow without external troubles like in my previous life.

You know, during World War I and World War II, the United States was the only continent in the world that was not devastated by military disasters. While counting money to sell arms, the United States took time to make up for it, and became the most powerful superpower after World War II.

As a time traveler, Long Hao must never allow this scene to repeat itself, so it is imperative to disrupt America!

And if you want to disrupt the United States, super chaebols like Morgan and Rockefeller are unavoidable opponents!

[Tickets are requested on Monday, thanks to Tianhai Xiangyun for the reward!There is a push for pants this week, I hope it will be useful]