Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1567 100 years is too long
Edward Power Company has always had a gasoline engine department, but it is far behind the Nyasaran Engine Factory in terms of technical level and scale strength, and it is almost dead.

Rock has always encouraged mutual competition, and survival of the fittest can make it bigger and stronger. Edward Power has finally decided to expand its gasoline engine department to compete with Nyasaland Engine Factory.

"Don't have too many illusions. Our gasoline engine is not even as powerful as Diesel. How can we compete with Nyasaland Engine Factory?" Freeman was more pessimistic. The three major power companies have their own strengths. Taking the initiative to attack is unpredictable.

In fact, in terms of technological level, the three major power companies are on par. They all have enough skilled workers, and their machinery and equipment are also very advanced. The main difference lies in the number of patents.

Regardless of the fact that it has been less than 20 years since the first car was produced in southern Africa, the number of patents accumulated in the past 20 years is still very scary. The three major power companies have enough patents in their hands, enough to form a technical barrier. To buy patents Technology, it will inevitably increase the cost, which will affect the competitiveness of the product, and if it fails to make money, it will lose money.

Therefore, it is not necessarily a good thing to go to the gasoline engine department.

"The Nyasaland Engine Factory has huge advantages, but it doesn't mean we have no chance." Dewey still has confidence in Edward Power Company. Nyasaland Engine Factory has obtained a lot of patent licensing fees. The key is that Edward Power Company focused on marine power before focusing on gasoline engines, and the gap between Nyasaland Engine Factory and Nyasaland Engine Factory is getting wider and wider.

"So you are here - Fu, can I sit down?" Brooke didn't mean to be polite at all, and sat directly beside Fu Wei.

"Why does the cafeteria provide these dishes every day, can't you change it—" William sat down opposite Fu Wei. On the plate was a piece of fried tuna, an egg-filled pancake, and a fruit salad made of strawberries and apples. Topped with a thick layer of whipped cream.

Egg-filled pie is a traditional oriental snack. It is made with eggs and flour. First bake the pie until golden on both sides.

In order to fully cater for the appetites of Chinese employees and white employees, Edward Power’s food is rich in variety, reasonable in nutrition, and high in quality and low in price. Such a meal costs about one rand in restaurants outside, and in the cafeteria of Edward Power , only three rand a month.

Relatively speaking, the salary of Edward Power Company is still very good. A new employee like Fu Wei who has just started working for a long time can get at least 15 rand per month, and it will increase by [-]% every year.

"I just saw that there are pies and pizza—" Fu Wei was still reading his "Automobile Engineering Manual", but Dewey didn't mind chatting.

Many people think that chatting while eating is not good for digestion, but Dewey has no scruples in this regard.

"Pies and pizza are so delicious. What is it called? Egg pie?" William complained, but his appetite was very honest.

"Egg-filled pancakes—" Dewey corrected casually. The food provided in the cafeteria was very rich, and what Dewey and Fu Wei wanted were noodles with fried sauce.

Of course, fresh fruit salad is also indispensable, but neither Dewey nor Fu Wei asked for too much cream.

"That's right, it's this one. The name sounds delicious—" William picked the skin off the fish with a fork and threw it aside. Dewey sighed and shook his head.

Eating fish without fish skin is like eating pig's trotters without pig skin.

Of course, some people just don't like to eat, this also varies from person to person.

Not only the fish skin, but William didn't eat the cake filled with eggs, he only ate the eggs inside, and then threw the whole cake away.

"You are too wasteful. Is it the same when eating at home?" Not to mention Fu Wei and Dewey, even Freeman couldn't see it.

"Why eat it if it doesn't taste good?" William was confident and sounded reasonable.

"Then why don't you want anything else if you don't want to eat?" Freeman was not used to William's stink.

Freeman grew up in the UK since he was a child, without such good conditions in southern Africa. He often went hungry when he was a child, and he had a near-religious attitude towards food.

William was born in Cape Town. When his family came to the Transvaal, the Boer War was over, and his attitude towards food was not sensitive.

To put it bluntly, he has never been hungry, and has a face that has never been bullied.

"What does this have to do with you?" William was immediately unhappy.

"You may not know that during the World War, even the king saved a pound a day to support the front line." Freeman said seriously, there are rumors in Britain that the emperor used a golden ax to farm every day.

"That's England, what does it have to do with us in southern Africa?" William dismissed it.

Two major illusions in life: What does it have to do with you?What does it have to do with me?
Seeing the smell of gunpowder getting stronger, Fu Wei silently put away the "Automotive Engineering Manual" in his hand and prepared to change a table.

"Okay, gentlemen, let's change to a more pleasant topic. Who do you think can be elected?" Dewey was seasoned and did not dwell on this topic.

Although Dewey doesn't like William wasting food, it also proves from another aspect that southern Africa has indeed reached a fairly developed level in terms of material.

Among other things, in terms of food alone, the United States may be the only one in the world that can compete with southern Africa.

You must know that the national dish of Britain has become fish and chips. Without these two things, the British Empire may not have won the First World War.

Southern Africa has an extremely rich variety of food. At the beginning, Africans could not go hungry without doing production on this land. Now the southern Africans are even more hungry. Not only do they eat in different ways, but they also export a large amount of food.

Now India is no longer the largest grain exporter in Southern Africa. Southern Africa’s grain is exported more to East Asia, especially the compressed biscuits produced by Rhodesia. It is cheaper than corn.

"Needless to say, of course it is Mr. Rudolf Diesel."

"Hehe, don't even think about it, Mr. Roy can truly represent the state of Edwards—" Freeman escaped, and Brook quickly stepped forward.

Dewey made a face at Freeman, took his own plate, and left the table with Fu Wei.

On the way back to the office, Fu Wei and Dewey talked while walking.

Of course the topic was gasoline engines. Fu Wei and Dewey didn't care about elections, nor would they gossip about their colleagues behind their backs.

"If we want to achieve cornering overtaking, turbocharging technology is a good direction." Fu Wei just read an article about turbocharging technology from "Automotive Engineering Handbook".

Just last month, the Swiss A. Buchi proposed the theory of exhaust gas turbocharging, using the exhaust energy from the engine to drive the compressor and boost the engine.

If this technology can be realized, it will become the third major breakthrough in the history of internal combustion engine technology.

In 1876, the German Otto invented the reciprocating piston four-stroke gasoline engine on the basis of the atmospheric pressure engine. The thermal efficiency of the engine increased from 11% to 14%, and because of the increase in engine parts, higher requirements were placed on the production process. requirements, resulting in a 70% reduction in the quality of the engine.

In 1892, Diesel invented the compression ignition engine (i.e. diesel engine), which achieved the second major breakthrough in the history of internal combustion engines, and its thermal efficiency doubled that of other engines at that time.

"Turbo charging technology is just a theory, and there is still a long way to go before it can be realized." Dewey is also optimistic about the prospect of turbo charging technology, but just like when the four-stroke engine first appeared, with the current technical level, it is still impossible Turn turbo charging into reality.

"It depends on the determination of the boss. As long as enough energy and funds are invested, it is not difficult to realize it." Fu Wei is like getting a long-awaited toy, and now he wants to go back to the office to draw pictures.

"It depends on the level of the boss. If it is a lord, it is indeed much easier." Dewey may not have enough confidence in himself, but he still has confidence in Rock.

Through the development of helicopters, scientific research institutions in southern Africa have opened up a new scientific research path, which is to concentrate their efforts on major tasks.

The road of science requires 90.00% sweat and [-]% inspiration.

Now the theory of turbocharging technology is the one percent inspiration, which one do you think is more important?

"Your Majesty doesn't have time to care about this matter—" Fu Wei guessed wrong, Rock not only has time, but is also very interested.

When Fu Wei and Dewey read the "Automotive Engineering Handbook", Rock also just learned that there is now turbocharging technology.

Even if it's just a theory, it's too advanced. When Rock knew turbocharging technology in his previous life, it was already the 21st century, but it's only 1925 now.

In fact, the application of turbine engines was far earlier than Roque knew. As early as 1962, General Motors successfully applied turbine engines to automobiles.

Moreover, turbo engines frequently appeared on sports cars or formula racing cars at that time, so that in those racing competitions where the engine displacement was limited, the engine could obtain more power.

Now Southern Africa has the opportunity to lead the world again. If Southern Africa can master turbocharging technology earlier, then no matter what Ford or GM, they will all be defeated by Southern African cars.

To study turbocharged engines, Rock's first thought was Rudolf Diesel, who is the Taishan Beidou in the field of power in southern Africa.

"Lord, turbocharging technology is very good, but there is no possibility of success in the short term. This is a technology that belongs to the future, and it may be realized in 100 years." Rudolf Diesel's words surprised Rock, and it really doesn't work 100 years.

(End of this chapter)