Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 952

[Chapter 952]

“Not bad, the car is very comfortable to ride.”

Zhao Xu circled three times and stopped the car in front of Wang Chong and Qu Sheng.

Wang Chong and Qu Sheng came back to their senses at this moment.

They wanted to ask Yan Wang how he could ride a bicycle, but they silently closed their mouths.

Compared with riding a bicycle, it seems strange that King Yan knows how to make a bicycle.

It’s okay for them to accept nothing.

“Your Highness, don’t you need to keep the bicycle secret from now on?” Wang Chong asked.

During this period, everything from the manufacture of the bicycle to the testing was carried out in secret.

After mastering the riding skills of bicycles, he suddenly got used to the convenience of bicycles, and he couldn’t wait to use bicycles in his daily life.

“Secret? There’s no need to keep this secret.” Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, and couldn’t help laughing.

However, this cannot be blamed for the two being overly careful.

Because the confidentiality measures of the Research Institute are very strict, any new results cannot be disclosed to the outside world without his permission.

Wang Chong was overjoyed when he heard this, “Since this is the case, I can rest assured that I will be able to travel by bicycle in the future.”

“Then you should quickly cooperate with the Department of Industry to start the bicycle workshop. As for this bicycle, I will accept it with a smile.” Zhao Xu chuckled and rode his bicycle around again.

At the same time, a bold idea gradually took shape in his mind.

He wants to create a bicycle unit in the army.

During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Prussian orderlies began to use bicycles to deliver military orders on the battlefield.

Britain formed the first bicycle army during the same period. In the subsequent Boer War in South Africa and the Spanish-American War, it was always able to use high mobility to reach the battlefield one step ahead of other infantry.

Even during World War I and World War II, bicycles were widely used in warfare, and paratroopers also had special folding bicycles to move quickly behind enemy lines.

German bicycle troops carrying anti-tank rocket launchers also urged a large number of Soviet tanks.

Even in modern times, bicycles still play a big role in war.

During the Vietnam War of Independence, his country supported Vietnam with 20,000 remodeled bicycles.

Since the bicycle could carry a load of 200 to 300 kilograms, it became a powerful transportation tool on the battlefield at that time, sending a large amount of food and ammunition to the front line, and the transportation efficiency increased by 20 to 30 times.

In the end, it helped the Vietnamese guerrillas defeat the French at that time.

So many examples ahead.

Zhao Xu naturally couldn’t help but be moved.

A normal person can easily travel about 150 kilometers to 200 kilometers a day by riding.

A slightly trained cyclist can ride 300 kilometers a day.

The speed of the army in the war has been tripled in one fell swoop.

Most importantly, the bike can also carry weight.

In other words, soldiers can not only serve as combat units, but also as transport units at the same time.

Obviously, this does not improve the efficiency of the war in the slightest.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help adding, “We must increase the production of bicycles. You can discuss with your father to design a bicycle for the army.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Wang Chong heard the bicycle for the army. , I was stunned for a moment, and then I came to my senses, and answered crisply.

He didn’t expect this, this bicycle could also help the army.

This made him feel a sense of accomplishment.

Talking about preparing to build a bicycle workshop, Zhao Xu said, “I just came back from the thermal power plant, and the people from the Ministry of Industry will complete the main building next summer. Will your equipment installation be able to keep up with it?”

“Please rest assured, Your Highness. Li Wei and the Industrial Department built a generator workshop in Dongcheng. In order to promote electricity, he specially built three steam engine generator sets for the workshop. The entire workshop is fully powered, and the production efficiency is very high. High, able to provide equipment on time.” Wang Chong couldn’t help showing admiration when talking about Li Wei.

This kid is simply a desperate Saburo.

All day is not in the laboratory, is in the workshop.

His family told him his wife, and he didn’t have time for the bridal chamber. ,

After drinking a cup of wine, he heard that the power line of the workshop was faulty, so he got up and ran.

This matter made everyone in the research institute known.

“That’s good.” Zhao Xu nodded, and he felt more at ease with Li Wei.

Thinking back to the time when the production of metal bullets and machine guns was limited by electricity, he said: “Before the construction of large-scale thermal power plants, steam engine power generation units should be widely implemented in various workshops to provide power for important workshops.”

For him, this The steam engine genset is the equivalent of a backup diesel generator in a contemporary factory.

In the transitional stage when electricity cannot be transmitted on a large scale, it can at least respond to emergencies.

Talking about bicycles and electricity, Zhao Xu asked the two to gradually conquer the technologies on the blueprints in order according to the technology plan he gave.

The symbol of the second industrial revolution is not only electricity, but also a large number of new technologies that have appeared along with it.

He has handed over this set of technology to the Research Institute.

The core of this set of technologies is diesel, gasoline and other chemical technologies in charge of Qu Sheng, internal combustion engines, steam turbines and other machinery in charge of Wang Chong.

Only by getting these things out, can Da Song completely widen the technical distance with Xitu.

Just like the natives of the West relied on guns and artillery to crush the natives of the New World, crush them.

And on this basis, he can build his own global system.

But he also knows that as the technology becomes more and more complex, even if it is imitated according to mature drawings, it will take longer and longer, because the machinery is more and more complicated after all.

At the same time, this requires the progress of chemical industry and other industries and the cultivation of technical talents, which cannot be achieved overnight.

But in general, even if the time to develop a technology is extended, it will definitely be faster than the normal historical trajectory.

A major technology that takes ten or twenty years to develop may be solved by the R&D Institute in a year or a half.

“I will do my best to realize the new technology one by one.” Wang Chong and Qu Sheng looked at each other and said to Zhao Xu at the same time.

The rubber incident has made them realize that the chemical and mechanical industries are interdependent and cannot progress independently.

Therefore, now the chemical laboratory and the physical laboratory personnel of the Research Institute sit together every night to discuss technical difficulties, and the two work together to make breakthroughs.

“My lord is waiting for your good news.” Zhao Xu smiled lightly.

After finishing speaking, he pedaled his bicycle and headed out of the research institute.

Xu Lie was startled, and hurriedly called to the guards, “Run, follow, follow.” The

guards disappeared immediately, and Xu Lie managed to catch up with the bicycle with all his strength.

Looking at King Yan’s relaxed expression, he couldn’t help but click his tongue in his heart, and turned his eyes to the bicycle.

When the bicycle workshop is built in the secret road, you must first get one and try it out.

At that time, he will be able to attract the attention of the whole city like King Yan.

(end of this chapter)