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Chapter 1048 Sleeping with the queen mother, helping her son (third update, please subscribe)
Hey... crooked!
Daming's railway technology tree is almost crooked!
Looking at the confident Zhang Zhaoyu, Emperor Zhu shrugged helplessly.

Is this how you draw inferences from one instance?

"This can only be tested when the time comes to know whether it is suitable or not."

Do you need to ask whether it is suitable or not?

If applicable, similar products have been developed in other countries of the world long ago, but the problem is... no, even if there were, they failed to become mainstream.

"By the way, has the company ever tested a diesel locomotive?"

Emperor Zhu directly changed the topic to the internal combustion engine.

In fact, this is also his way to prevent Daming from distorting the technology tree, and proper reminders are extremely important.

"Internal combustion engine? The company experimented with gasoline engines years ago..."

Along the way, Zhang Zhaoyu reported the advantages and disadvantages of internal combustion locomotives one by one. Of course, the results of the test were a bit unsatisfactory. After all, the application of gasoline engines on locomotives was inherently insufficient, and Emperor Zhu had nothing to do about it.We can only hope for the invention of the diesel engine.

Thinking of Eugenie's request in the letter, Emperor Zhu said.

If you want to say that you are willing to spend your money, you have to count the British Empire!
"By the way, how are the Pan-American negotiations going?"

skill improved!
As early as the Nan Hua era, he has inadvertently promoted the technological progress of the world.

Who told Judy... to be our son?
Being a father always requires sacrifices... Of course, high-speed steam trains can also bring about another effect-bringing European train technology into the ditch.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think that compared to locomotive technology, the French are more concerned about the series of sub-techniques obtained after the introduction of the "American Star", which will obviously promote the technological progress of France,"

It is quite normal for the French to put their thoughts on the "Star of the Americas".

Of course, their similar products were born very quickly, but the quality is far from Daming's products, and it can even be said that there is a difference between them.

After all, in this era, scientists in Europe and the United States do not eat dry food.

After all, the European machinery manufacturing industry in this era has long been extremely mature. They only need to buy a car to imitate and conduct research on Daming's industrial products, and then manufacture similar products.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Paris-Baghdad railway they plan to build needs high-speed trains like the "American Star" to shorten the travel time between the two places, so they hope to introduce the "American Star" through licensed production .”

Airships are fine.

The steam train is also good!

"Your Majesty, you know that except for Mexico, the Spanish-speaking countries in America have always been hostile to the empire, at least extremely resistant. In their eyes, we are a group of outsiders - occupying their land Therefore, our negotiations with them have been very difficult, and they are even unwilling to negotiate with us in this regard!"

Valentine is important, but technology is more important.

Regarding this, Emperor Zhu was also very helpless!

"If I remember correctly, our "Star of the Americas" involves a lot of leading technologies!"

A debt of love is hard to repay!

Zhang Zhaoyu's tone was full of helplessness. Daming really wanted to build this railway, but the problem was... the countries along the route were not interested in cooperating with Daming at all.

"Well, France is different from other countries. After all, they are our allies, and appropriate technology transfer is also necessary. Of course, we must grasp a limit, which is what technology can be transferred and what cannot be transferred. For example, we can first transfer some of the technologies that the French will break through in the next one to three years, and we can sell these technologies at a good price before they make a breakthrough. Of course, this will also weaken the The motivation for their further research. What about key technologies? Such as new alloy steel, wind tunnel test data, and brake technology, these core technologies must not be transferred, not only cannot be transferred, but the price can also be raised appropriately... Walnuts! We can transfer them a hollow walnut, and keep the meat for ourselves. Hollow walnuts... By the time they get the walnut meat, Daming should have made a breakthrough in internal combustion locomotives and electric locomotives. You can agree on this Do some research on other things!"

Turning his gaze away from the car window, Emperor Zhu asked.

Although they have been catching up with Ming Dynasty, the current level of science and technology in Europe and the United States has been greatly improved compared to history.Even the airship, after several years of full development, has made a most astonishing progress.

If you want to distort other people's technological routes, you always need to pay some price.

Contemplating, Emperor Zhu's eyes were still fixed on the Brazilian plateau outside the window.

How long is the train from Paris to Baghdad?
No matter what, there are two to three thousand kilometers. For such a railway from Europe to Asia, the current speed of the railway is only [-] to [-] kilometers per hour, and it takes more than [-] hours to travel [-] kilometers, which takes about five or six days. time.

"In other words, the drunken man's intention is not to drink."

It is also because of this... It is still very important to properly point out other people's technology trees.

Similar to it are pneumatic tire technology and gasoline engine technology.Waiting for a lot of technology, as long as it involves publicly sold products, it is almost impossible to carry out any technical blockade.

Sleeping with the queen mother, helping the son, this...is nothing more than normal.

How long does it take for a crooked technology tree to be broken back?
I don’t know about this, but one thing is certain is that if you want to break it back, it will definitely involve a large number of interest groups, just like the current British Empire, they have built a mighty fleet of more than 300 airships. "Air Fleet".

The reason why Emperor Zhu asked this question was because Eugenie's letter mentioned this matter.That's why he has this problem.

As we chatted, the topic naturally came to France's desire to introduce the "Star of the Americas".

Why is that?
This involves various technologies such as metallurgical raw materials and metal heat treatment, and these technologies are what Daming needs to keep secret.

This is the fact that the advanced technologies used by Daming will inevitably bring about the acceleration of global technological iteration, which is the so-called "boundary effect".

However, even though Daming kept secrets such technologies as metallurgy and metal heat treatment, European scientists still deciphered many unique technologies of Daming along with the dissemination of university education and technical exchanges among scholars.

At least, Britain, France, Germany and other countries have cracked the secrets of Daming's nickel steel and other alloy steels, and they have mastered the theory of alloy steel, and they have also developed a variety of alloy steels. Daming's leading edge in metal materials has already It is no longer as obvious as it was ten years ago.

The concept of the "Pan-American Railway" was first conceived by Emperor Zhu. It is a railway system that runs through the entire American continent. It even includes a road system. Although the current plan is from Central to Mexico City, its final plan is to From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in the south, it is to connect North and South America into a whole through the railway.

"Is the Star of the Americas really that important to France?"

For example, in order to increase the power of the Spencer rifle, Emperor Zhu designed the "center-fired shell" which quickly replaced the edge-fired bullet because of its excellent performance.After all, things like bullet casings did not have any technical threshold for the European industry in the 1860s, which is why Emperor Zhu did not impose a technical blockade on them.

"Outsiders? Occupy their land..."

Emperor Zhu smiled coldly, and then said in a light tone:

"Who do they think they are? Are they the masters of this land? Humph, it's just a bunch of doves occupying the magpie's nest..."

Staring out of the car window, Emperor Zhu's expression became a little cold, an outsider... Until now, those guys actually thought that Daming was an outsider.

Hmph, after all, everyone is a dove occupying a magpie's nest!
(End of this chapter)