Alchemy Greater China

"Although I really want to open it, can my life be guaranteed?"

"Can the engine sustain such a fast speed? Using kerosene, won't it overheat and explode halfway?"

All kinds of questions echoed among the shocked crowd.

Facing new things, people always hold a skeptical attitude first.

Nothing wrong with that.

Andrew Carnegie is worthy of a generation of steel magnates, but his demeanor is different. He was the first to walk out of the ramblings, came to the Maybach, and asked, "Can I test drive?"

"Of course, this is our honor and BM's honor, Mr. Carnegie, please get in the car!"

A test drive is inevitable, and no matter how gaudy the data is, it must be proved by practice.

After all, not everyone is a Buddha, sitting there and moving their lips, there will be countless sesame oil and incense.

"I want to drive, I want to sit on the side with the steering wheel!"

"Well, the new car adopts the latest technology, three-speed manual transmission, you will not be used to it."

"No, I want to drive. If I'm not used to it, I can try a few more times... I'm used to controlling my own destiny."

"……Uh!"

Maybach looked at Long Hao in embarrassment. After Long Hao nodded, he reluctantly opened the left door of BM and asked Carnegie to sit on it.

Long Hao requested that the driver's cab be on the left side, and he also stipulated that from now on, all cars must drive on the right side, not to mention the market conditions in different places, across the sea, not to mention the narrow roads, you have to drive on the left side?Is it still a country?Hmph, left and right, let the car dealer and driver stop?

The great Qin Shihuang told us that the unification of the six countries is considered a treasure, and the unification of weights and measures can last forever. Unification... No, it benefits all generations.

Long Hao appreciated and understood Comrade Carnegie's aggressiveness.To be able to sit on the throne of the steel king from scratch, Gan Gang's arbitrariness and domineering spirit are one of the most important weapons.

Long Hao didn't want Carnegie to lose this sharp weapon (he wanted Carnegie to use it to stab others), so he allowed the 'old' Carnegie to try new and exciting things.

What if something goes wrong?

Don't be afraid, this 'Master of Potion' is not just a display.

Carnegie sat down.He groped around in front of and behind him restlessly, not only groping, but also arching, poking, thrusting, and testing. The poor Maybach was so frightened that he quickly got into the passenger seat and repeatedly persuaded: "This can't be done." Move...you can't shake that one...you can't step on this one! Oh, Mr. Carnegie, please be quiet for a while. Even if you want to drive alone, you still have to listen to my explanation first?"

This steel magnate, how come he is like a child, worrying, too worrying!

Maybach, who was only ten years younger than Carnegie, was full of slander.

"Okay, I won't move, you say!"

Carnegie backed off.Said lightly, his face raised slightly.A gesture of listening to the report of his subordinates.

"Well, first introduce the purpose of each component..."

Maybach rolled his eyes, held back his breath, and began to introduce the situation inside the BM car: "This disc is the steering wheel. It is the first time you use it. Please turn it slowly. Don't make a big move... This is the foot brake... This is the hand brake... This It's the gas pedal, please don't step on it now, Mr. Carnegie!! First, the car doesn't have ignition, and second, the handbrake is also on..."

It took nearly an hour for Maybach to teach the key points of driving a BM. After the teaching, Maybach suddenly realized how beautiful life is, how fresh the air is, and his stomach has grown again...

During the whole teaching process, a crowd of people gathered around the bm car, some people were watching the Maybach preaching and teaching, and some people surrounded the silver car, knocking left and right, like a picky aunt shopping for vegetables.

Suddenly, a deep roar sounded from the front of the car, and the BM car shook slightly, which scared the people around it and the bullet flew away, like a fly stuck to cheese.

Standing a few meters away, Benz said to Long Hao with a smile, and at the same time explained to the people next to him: "This is the sound of the Mercedes-Benz-Melissa's engine starting. The noise is still a bit louder, and we will continue to improve."

"It's not bad!" Long Hao nodded and commented pertinently.

"Yeah, the sound is low enough. I've seen six ** cards. That sound is like a battleship firing, and it's shocking to death!"

"Excellence is our eternal pursuit!"

Benz smiled and said: "Different from the past, we listened to Earl's suggestion and placed the engine under the front cover of the car. In this way, the height of the car was shortened, and the protection after collision was also enhanced."

"I see……"

"It's very thoughtful..."

The others listened and thought it was reasonable, and they all praised themselves.

The admiration continued, and the BM car trembled forward, like a tiger out of its cage, ready to pounce.

"What a power!"

"give it a like!"

"Just by looking at this preparatory form, one can imagine how domineering and brave this car will be when it drives!"

"Hey, the sound of the engine can't be heard anymore. Could it be that the noise reduction effect is better when it is started! It's amazing..."

"Cough cough!"

Daimler coughed lightly, and said, "It's a stalled engine. According to my estimation, Mr. Carnegie didn't let go of the handbrake, and the clutch broke..."

Just like a driving school teacher guiding a new rookie, the Maybach spent a lot of effort, and his arm was hit and blue several times, and finally made Carnegie understand how to 'clutch and start'.

He wiped off his sweat and couldn't help thinking: Your lord earl is right, this seat belt must be installed next time, not only the driver's seat, but other seats as well, don't be afraid of trouble.

No one could have imagined that after this test drive guidance, Maybach developed a cleanliness obsession with "safety first". From now on, the safety of all the cars he is responsible for developing will be upright.

Later, the Maybach Automobile Company, which was separated from dmg, became the brand of choice for those aristocrats, royal families, and wealthy people who value safety the most!

"Hmph, besides starting, driving is also very simple. The three-speed manual is mysterious. In fact, one reverse gear is removed, one is the starting gear, and the other is the driving gear. There is no need to change it!"

Looking at Carnegie, who also had a bag on his forehead, holding the steering wheel solemnly, he spoke in a disdainful tone.The sullenness in Maybach's heart suddenly disappeared: Hey, he was the one who suffered the most during the dozens of clutch starts just now!

Carnegie grabbed the steering wheel with his hands like he was killing his father's enemy, his shoulders were high, his neck was stretched forward, and he was obviously nervous.But he still pretended to be relaxed in his mouth, and the Maybach next to him laughed secretly.

The bm car started smoothly, and the silver body is more powerful and beautiful in motion.

At one end of the warehouse, a gate has already been opened, three meters wide, enough for bm cars to pass through, and outside the gate is a concrete and steel road leading to the distance.

bm waddled through the gate.Almost wiped off a piece of silver paint on the front of the car, and almost gave the Maybach a myocardial infarction.

A car that is less than two meters away, or a door that is three meters away, can hit them. How about your sense of direction?Have you been eaten by a dog? !

"Mr. Carnegie, don't swing the steering wheel too hard. The door just now is enough to pass through. The more flustered you are, the easier it is to hit!"

"Panic? No. I'm very calm. I'm just experimenting with the limit of the steering wheel's swing. As for the collision? Did I just collide? Hmph, I have my own measure and everything is under control!"

master?Master your sister!

Maybach really wanted to yell at Carnegie's eardrums: You have a sense of proportion, if I hadn't pulled the steering wheel hard for you just now.Now we'll both die at the warehouse gate!The sad way of death will make my epitaph as idiotic as you, which is ridiculous!

The bm car drove up to Kangzhuang University at a speed of more than 20 miles... no, it was a concrete road.A crowd of fans in the warehouse rushed out, some yelled to cheer up, and some felt regretful, regretting why they didn't have the courage to sit on it and experience it?

Didn't it mean that it can carry up to five people?

Wasted, wasted!

"Heh, Mr. Carnegie, you can accelerate properly. It's only 24 miles. On this road, you can drive 50 miles!"

Maybach calmed down and persuaded Carnegie Wen.

He already understands that you can't use yelling for beginners, he will easily die if you yell, or he will turn the steering wheel indiscriminately and pull you to "die for love".

"Well, I'm measured."

"This cement road is built to the same standard as the one from the port to the city. It is also double-layer poured, filled with steel bars, and the load-bearing capacity is sufficient! In the future, road construction will be based on this standard. Cars driving on it will feel bumpy. It will be reduced to the lowest! Do you feel that such a bump is very close to taking a train?"

"Yes, now I understand Earl's intention to build concrete roads with high standards, um, speed up, move your right foot, step on this?"

"Pfft, that's the brake, a little to the right! That's the accelerator!"

"Okay, the speed has increased! Hehe, this kind of speed has made me feel a little bit! Carnegie, he is born with high speed! Hehe!"

"Chao, it's over 50, you, slow down, slow down, or should we turn around and go back?"

Seeing the speed pointer keep moving, the tip of Maybach's nose was sweating again.

"Turn around? Well, well, it's impolite not to keep the earl and those people waiting for a long time. Besides me, there must be someone else who wants to test drive!"

Carnegie was reasonable, thought for a while, and said: "Then turn around, I will do the turn, step on the clutch with one foot, and put the reverse gear with the other..."

"do not want!"

Maybach's face suddenly became pale and bloodless, he screamed, and put his head in his hands...

Carnegie and Maybach, who were knocked to pieces, finally woke up after Long Hao's treatment, and Long Hao looked helplessly at Carnegie who had just opened his eyes: "Andrew, how does it feel to drive for the first time? Put reverse gear and turn around, you can really do it!"

"father!"

Carnegie was lying on the stretcher, hugged the sobbing Seagate, licked his lips, and said with a smile, "Is it delicious? It's very enjoyable, ah, give my regards to Mr. Maybach, sorry!"

"Okay, I will take it, Andrew, you are tired, go to the guest room to rest! Seagate card will accompany you."

Long Hao smiled helplessly and waved his hands.

The Maybach was actually lying next to Carnegie, but he woke up and refused to talk to Carnegie, until Carnegie was carried away on a stretcher, he opened his mouth: "My lord, I was wrong, the seat belt is very Important! Especially when encountering unreliable drivers..."

After such an accident, the BM car was fine, but the rest of the people were still afraid, and they didn't dare to 'defy the law'. After turning around, they all asked Long Hao to resign.

Long Hao didn't force everyone to go for a test drive experience.It is his purpose to come here and introduce bm to everyone.

Now that the goal has been achieved, everyone wanted to withdraw, but he did not stop them.

He just kept Xiao Yu, Xiao Ke, Huo Lan and Zheng Tingxiang by his side.

"Gottlieb, I'm very satisfied with the appearance of BM. However, you know what my real intention of coming here is, and now the irrelevant people are almost gone, so let's save time and get straight to the point!"

Long Hao said to Daimler seriously.

"Okay, my lord, please go to the inner room to talk."

Daimler also looked very serious. He and Benz led the way and led Long Hao and others into the compartment of the warehouse.

The compartments are equally large.It is more than enough to place at least one bm.

Xiao Yu opened her eyes wide, looked at another BM car in front of her curiously, and said in surprise: "There is another one, gentlemen, how many Mercedes-Melissa cars have you built?"

Benz pointed out five fingers: "Fifty cars!"

Zheng Tingxiang interrupted: "Fifty, the cost of a car is not low. Are you planning to mass-produce and sell it? Master. Have you agreed?"

If Long Hao agreed, Zheng Tingxiang would be a little surprised by his attitude just now.It is clear that there are still some issues that need to be negotiated with Daimler!

If they didn't agree, then Daimler and the others would be a little bolder, wouldn't they be afraid of being beaten back by Long Hao saying 'dissatisfied'?How much money and iron would be wasted?

Long Hao said lightly: "Basically agree, next is a little detail."

Holland suddenly asked, "Is it about the engine?"

Long Hao called himself and Zheng, and Huo Lan had a keen premonition that this must have something to do with the engine!

"You're so smart, John. Yes, it's really about the engine!"

Long Hao smiled mysteriously, and said to Daimler, "Gottlieb, please, open the hood of the car!"

Daimler followed suit.Soon, the front cover of the bm car was lifted, revealing the densely packed core components inside.

Automobiles are a technology-intensive industry. Even in the barbaric era of the [-]th century, the components and wiring inside the car were not comprehensible to non-professionals.

However, Xiao Yu, who was obviously a layman, took a look and immediately found something obviously wrong.

"Yeah, why is there a big space in that place? A lot of thread ends and pipes are falling off around it. Hey, is it because the workers were careless and forgot to install it?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the engine should have been installed there?"

How to say Huo Lan is also a "fellow man". He saw something strange when he saw it.

"Yes, the engine is missing."

Benz replied with a smile.

"Without the engine, this car can't move!"

Xiao Yu yelled, "Whoever is in charge of this matter will have his bonus deducted!"

"Don't make trouble, Xiao Yu, read more and talk less, learn from Xiao Ke."

Long Hao scolded, and then said to Daimler: "Gottlieb, it's you who will give the lecture!"

"Yes, Lord Count."

Daimler replied respectfully, then bent down and dragged out two boxes from a pile of boxes, opened the wooden boards, and displayed them in front of everyone.

"Here, one is a kerosene engine, and the other is an 'energy block' built according to the earl's request."

Needless to say, the kerosene engine is familiar to everyone, but what is an 'energy block'?What is it for?

Huo Lan and the others were at a loss.

Daimler continued: "When the kerosene engine is installed, the car can start, and this energy block also has the same interface. When it is installed, theoretically speaking, it can also be started."

Zheng Tingxiang asked: "Interface?"

"Interface, hehe, is also a new concept proposed by Lord Earl. He believes that interface generally refers to an entity providing itself to the outside world... without affecting the way other entities interact with it!"

"profound."

"To put it simply, unifying the interface gives the possibility of product diversification! For example, if we determine the interface of the engine, then we don't have to care about the implementation of the engine... No matter what the engine is driven by, the steam will also Yes, kerosene, electricity, or even human drive, as long as the interface is connected, the car can start."

"Ah, I see! The interface is really a remarkable innovation. In the future, just developing the interface should be able to catch the throats of many downstream manufacturers!"

"Engineer Zheng, you are right. I admire you by inferring other cases from one instance."

"You should admire Young Master Long, young master, how did you come up with this interface?"

"Think with your brain!"

Long Hao half joked and winked: "Don't forget, I'm a famous physicist!"

"Okay, I won't install the kerosene engine, now, let's install the energy block."

While speaking, Daimler worked hand in hand with Benz to take out the energy block from the wooden box and put it in the car.

The shape of the energy block is square, and the iron sheet is wrapped and sealed well. Except for the "interfaces" such as nozzles and notches all over the body, there is nothing unusual about it.

Holland is most curious: Does this energy block use electricity?Could it be that the Earl has developed an electric motor a long time ago, and this time he is planning to hand over this electric motor to me so that I can install it on the submarine?No, no, if this is the case, why would he introduce Tesla specifically?Isn't that totally superfluous?

Daimler and Benz quickly installed the energy block, and Xiao Yu was the most impatient, saying: "I will light the fire, I will light it!"

After finishing speaking, it is necessary to drill into the cab.

In other words, when Carnegie was learning to start the engine just now, this little girl had watched it for a long time, and now she was itching to learn how to start the engine, so she was going to try it herself.

Long Hao didn't bother to stop him, and let Xiaoyu open the car door and get in.

"Hey, why is there no movement?"

Xiaoyu rested her hand on the rocker under the steering wheel, wondering: I have already shaken it, but according to the instructions, I pushed it in while shaking it, why can't the ignition be ignited? (to be continued..)

ps: I feel that writing is a bit funny~

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