Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

As the World of Bright Sword is about to enter its 58th year, Ding Wei's overseas plantations have achieved an unprecedented bumper harvest this year. Nearly 6000 million mu of black African plantations have harvested more than 4000 million tons of various grains, making Ding Wei an important international grain supplier.

Most of them were sold to Louis Dreyfus, which cooperated with the Rothschild family. It was originally an international food supply structure consisting of Rogue Eagle and Louis Dreyfus Company, ABCD. After Dongda's EIC joined the battle, a new situation was formed in which DE cooperated with Dreyfus and EIC to fight against ABC.

Although we have not yet achieved a balanced effect, according to the plan of Dongda EIC, we will continue to open up new grain plantations in Heilongjiang Province, with a scale of at least 1 million mu.

So now is just the beginning. As the tacit cooperation between Todai and the Rothschild family gradually deepens, Todai’s partners in Europe are also beginning to increase.

When the new turbofan engine and CAC-120 passenger aircraft were about to take shape, Chen Hanyuan, general manager of Yandu Aviation Industry Corporation, which was responsible for the research and development and production of this large regional airliner, flew to the foggy city.

We then arrived at the RR headquarters in Westminster.

A tall blond old man in a neat suit had been waiting downstairs with a group of people. When he saw Chen Hanyuan and his party get off the car, he quickly stepped forward to greet them.

"Mr. Chen, welcome to Rolls-Royce. I am Simon Robert, the president of Rolls-Royce. It is a great honor to meet you." Robert greeted him with a smile and stretched out his hands.

"Mr. Robert, thank you for your invitation. I have been looking forward to this meeting." Chen Hanyuan said in fluent English, and also stretched out his hands to shake hands with Robert tightly, firmly and forcefully.

"Mr. Chen, please!" Robert invited with a smile after letting go of his hand.

"Please!" Chen Hanyuan politely extended his hand, and the two smiled at each other and walked towards the meeting room side by side.

They had previously communicated their intention to cooperate through diplomatic channels.

John Bull has never given up on entering the field of large passenger aircraft, but due to the small size of their own market, it is difficult for them to succeed alone.

For Todai, although most of the current technical problems have been solved by purchasing goods from the main world, it still has a huge weakness, that is, it has entered the aviation field for too short a time, and there are huge shortcomings in the accumulation of experience in aircraft manufacturing and engineering certification.

Originally, it was not a big deal to develop products for the domestic market, but the main market of the aviation industry is now overseas, so the process of obtaining international certification is essential.

It will definitely be very difficult for Rogue Eagle for the time being. Although the relationship between the two sides in the world of Bright Sword is still good, it does not mean that they will make concessions in such a critical industry as the aviation field.

So when CAC-120 was about to be officially launched, Yandu Aviation approached Ren Zhong for advice. After studying the development history of the main world's aviation industry, Ren Zhong came to the conclusion that he should form alliances and take the initiative to cooperate with the major aviation powers in Europe by referring to the past development of European aviation.

The first to be affected is John Bull, who owns the Rolls-Royce Group, the best aircraft engine manufacturer in Europe. Although it is now lagging behind the leapfrog development of Dongda, in terms of turbofan engines, Dongda took the lead in the Spey engine and has surpassed them.

But the Rolls-Royce Group has a solid foundation. Once the Todai turbofan is launched and appears in other parts of the world, these companies will try every means to find these engines for research and imitation. Patent protection in this regard is not as good as that for computers.

Therefore, Ren Zhong thought that referring to Airbus’ past, giving birth to a new Airbus in advance and bringing a few run-down European companies together to play might be a new approach.

Rolls-Royce VIP meeting room.

After both parties sat down, they exchanged a few pleasantries and went straight to the point without beating around the bush.

Chen Hanyuan took out a thick stack of information and began to introduce Yandu Airlines' development status and future plans for the CAC-120 passenger aircraft. Chen Hanyuan was full of confidence in the CAC-120 technology and the new turbofan engine. Although Robert had already understood some of the details of the technology before.

But when faced with the latest and more detailed information he had obtained, Robert was stunned.

He didn't expect that the engine technology from Tokyo University has surpassed the turbojet stage and is now leading the world.

Robert would not suspect that the other party was lying on this point, because according to the cooperation plan discussed by both parties before, they would apply for an airworthiness certificate in Europe within at least two years.

This means that the aircraft will complete its test flight within a year!

In such a short time, if the other party is not absolutely sure about this, they will not say such a thing. Besides, Rolls-Royce's own turbofan RCo.8 engine is almost done now. The turbofan engine is not particularly advanced from the concept to the realization. However, Rolls-Royce has always claimed to be the strongest aircraft engine manufacturer in Blue Star. Now seeing that the opponent has come up with a better turbofan engine, it is always a bit uncomfortable.

What made Robert even more sad was that the design and performance specifications of the other party's turbofan engine seemed to be exactly what he was going to do, and it was filled with an indescribable sense of familiarity!
It felt like a piece of flesh had been dug out of my heart.

"Mr. Chen, to be frank, we believe that the CAC-120 is a very excellent medium- and short-range passenger aircraft. It undoubtedly has a strong competitive advantage in the air transport market within 3000 kilometers. For the European aviation market, the distance between most cities is less than 3000 kilometers, which just matches the current range of the CAC-120." After listening to Chen Hanyuan's introduction, Robert said slowly.

They had already studied it a long time ago, and Rolls-Royce had almost no technical demands for improvement on the CAC-120 passenger aircraft. However, considering the cooperation between the two parties, if all the technology came from the other party, then Rolls-Royce would be very passive in the cooperation.

Therefore, after Dongda Yandu Aviation expressed its intention to cooperate, Rolls-Royce attached great importance to it. Although they were actually eager to enter the field of passenger aircraft, considering the weak domestic market, the cost of researching a passenger aircraft would be difficult to amortize, which would cause the cost of developing the passenger aircraft to be high compared to competitors, which would be very unfavorable to the advancement of the entire project.

After losing many colonies, the British Empire has fallen from grace, and has lost its position as a top player in the world of Sword and Fairy in terms of both strength and market share. However, with the olive branch extended by Dongda and the help from Dongda in the previous Canal War, the last fig leaf of the empire has been torn off. Among the several powerful forces in the British Empire, the Capet family and the Rothschild family have both cooperated with Dongda, and have achieved initial success in agriculture and mining.

In the face of the aggressive offensive from Wall Street financial groups, the forces in the British mainland will not simply surrender.

Therefore, in Rolls-Royce, where the Capet family holds considerable influence, there is a strong call for cooperation with the University of Tokyo.

Including Robert himself, he is a firm promoter of foreign cooperation!
However, in another time and space, he pushed for participation in the Airbus project but ultimately lost the opportunity because no one provided funding. He could have had a great opportunity to occupy a 33% share, but ultimately lost it forever because the weakened John Bull was unable to promise to guarantee research funding. In the end, he watched his two rivals, Gaul and Sandezi, make a lot of money.

Robert would definitely not miss this opportunity that has come to his doorstep.

"But," Robert said, "we not only have the European market, we also need aircraft with longer range, especially intercontinental aircraft with a range of 6000 kilometers or even 10000 kilometers, which can support our airlines to fly across the Atlantic or to most cities in Black Africa at once."

"I think our cooperation should not be limited to passenger aircraft. We need to jointly develop a four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft."

Robert said ambitiously. After studying this, Rolls-Royce believes that this is a direction that can help them gain the initiative in cooperation.

At the current stage, if an aircraft wants to fly farther, it must carry more internal fuel, which will increase the aircraft's takeoff weight, causing the thrust to also increase. If the thrust of a single aircraft engine remains unchanged, the only option is to increase the number of engines.

According to the history of aviation development in the main world, in order to increase power, some used dual-engine aircraft engines, some used three-engine aircraft engines, and there was also the most commonly used four-engine aircraft engine architecture for intercontinental aircraft. Of course, there were also super-large transport aircraft that used 3 aircraft engines, such as the An-4 transport aircraft.

"We think that a four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft is not realistic in the short term of three to five years." After listening to Robert's suggestion, Chen Hanyuan paused and shook his head.

There was indeed no plan for a four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft in Yandu Airlines' plan. From the history of world aviation development studied by Ren Zhong, the prospects of four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft, except for the 4 which achieved considerable success, the endings of other four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft were not very good.

First, the research cost of developing a four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft is too high, which is not affordable for ordinary airlines. Second, the airworthiness of a four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft is not very good. The requirements for airports and the challenges of fuel economy are weaknesses that are difficult to overcome. Therefore, in the development process of Airbus in the main world, the A4 series and A4 series both use a twin-engine structure. Only the A320 uses a four-engine structure, but the result is obvious. This four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft is very bleak.

This is a lesson from history, and we must certainly learn from it.

Of course, some people may say that we can follow the path of the 747 and leave the original 747 with no way to go. This idea may be good, but for Dongda Aviation Industry, which is still basically in the stage of full imitation, it is basically unrealistic at present. Ren Zhong himself is not very optimistic about whether this classic four-engine model can be developed before the end of the 4s.

Comparing this kind of heavy transport aircraft, from aircraft engines to fuselage design, to material research and application, all of them touch upon Ren Zhong's blind spots. The core design materials of the 747 are secrets that Ren Zhong cannot access even in the main world at this stage. It would be too difficult to take this shortcut.

"Mr. Robert, judging from our current foundation, we will still focus on twin-engine passenger aircraft in the short term. However, we can cooperate in the field of aviation engines to make in-depth progress. After continuously improving the thrust of aviation engines, we can increase the range by increasing the internal fuel onboard. Rolls-Royce has rich experience in aviation engines. We are willing to invest funds and manpower to work closely with Rolls-Royce to develop new civil aviation engines." Chen Hanyuan continued.

"As for the cooperation on passenger aircraft, we are willing to build a CAC-120 final assembly plant with Rolls-Royce in Westminster as our production base for the European side of the cooperation. In the future, all passenger aircraft sold in Europe will be produced and supplied by this final assembly plant."

Robert was originally very unhappy when his suggestion for the four-engine intercontinental passenger plane was rejected outright. However, after Chen Hanyuan painted a pie for him, Robert suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and responded positively to Chen Hanyuan's suggestion, "Of course we must have a production plant, and we must establish several passenger aircraft operation and maintenance centers in Europe to ensure that these passenger aircraft can fly smoothly for a long time. These operation and maintenance centers are also a very important aspect of obtaining an airworthiness certificate, so an assembly plant is the minimum requirement."

"But as a major development opportunity for us in the future, I suggest that the research of four-engine intercontinental passenger aircraft should be put on the agenda. As a large passenger aircraft that can fly across continents, four-engine aircraft have great advantages." Robert did not want to give up his idea easily.

"Let's leave this issue for discussion later as a legacy issue." Chen Hanyuan didn't want to argue endlessly with Robert over this issue.

In his opinion, this question cannot be answered now.

Anyway, we haven’t even developed twin-engine passenger aircraft yet, so it’s too early to talk about quad-engine passenger aircraft.

However, his words revealed his confidence in the company's future development and his recognition of Rolls-Royce's technical strength. Robert listened carefully and nodded in agreement from time to time.

"We know that Rolls-Royce has unparalleled achievements in the field of aviation engines. We very much hope to work with your company to provide more efficient and environmentally friendly engines for our 100-seat aircraft," said Chen Hanyuan.

Robert nodded to show his understanding, and began to introduce Rolls-Royce's latest technological achievements and its outlook for the future aviation industry. His words revealed his love for technology and his expectations for cooperation.

As the talks deepened, the two began to discuss specific details of the cooperation, including technical specifications, delivery schedules, and the construction of after-sales service channels. Although there were differences on some issues, both sides showed their willingness to seek consensus.

Therefore, the entire negotiation process continued to deepen in the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences. Even though the entire negotiation was not easy, it became even more intense when it came to the division of interests. Both sides were very meticulous in this regard. Considering that this aircraft may be the mainstream aircraft in Europe, Asia and Africa in the future, both sides are very optimistic about its prospects.

The final negotiations took a month to finalize the formal cooperation agreement, which made Chen Hanyuan exhausted, but he still felt that the trip was worthwhile since the final cooperation was reached.

As the first official cooperation between Dongda and John Bull, the agreement between Rolls-Royce and Yandu Airlines caused a stir! It triggered unanimous opposition from the Rogue Eagle aviation industry! (End of this chapter)