Wild North America 1846

"I met you at Weimo, I'm here to see my old friend off for the last time..."

Emperor Li Cha's words touched the tears of Countess Yin Lisabeth Hart Jarvis and Susannah's mother and daughter, and they burst into tears instantly.

After a few words
Li Cha personally came to the family seats in the first row, and comforted the countess and daughter with warm words, which made people feel warm and kind.

Contacting His Majesty the Emperor at such a close distance, Brigadier General Fan Pengju was so nervous that he could not breathe. Under the vigilant gaze of dozens of eyes around him, he did not dare to move rashly, but raised his hands solemnly and said in salute; "The humble Fan Pengju has an audience with His Majesty Sheng'an."

"Well, the road ahead is still long, sorry!"

Li Cha took a look at this excited young general, said with a slight nod, and then left in a hurry.

"We send you off to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

All the high society gentlemen and ladies in the church bowed down to salute, and waited until the figure of His Majesty walked out of the church, then stood up and discussed with each other excitedly.

It's so lucky to be able to see His Majesty's holy face in the church, which is something worth talking about for everyone present!

Although His Majesty the Emperor often patrols the provinces of the empire and goes deep into the fields and countryside to observe the people's sentiments, the empire is so vast and has a population of tens of millions that it is extremely difficult for ordinary upper-class nobles to have the opportunity to see it.

At most, the figure of Mohu can only be seen from a distance at the Great Court Meeting, let alone so close.

This chance encounter was enough for everyone present to sing for a whole year.

This time, His Majesty's low-key trip came and went faster.

But the officers and soldiers of the Royal Guards who were in charge of the guards had always maintained a high level of vigilance. It was not until His Majesty got on the special heavy-duty bulletproof carriage that General Li Wu breathed a long sigh of relief.After waving his hand to order to "close the team", he himself got into an ordinary carriage without any signs, and quickly left behind the carriage in front.

Those in charge of His Majesty's close protection are all military officers, and almost everyone has a unique skill, and they are masters who can only enter after many rounds of selection.

But the times are different. Maybe a heavy machine gun set up 300 meters away can cause heavy casualties. This puts even more pressure on the shoulders of the Royal Guard officers. negligence.

Under guard along the way, a carriage team quickly headed towards the University of California.

Now that the emperor is out of the palace, it is not just to mourn this old friend Colt, the next destination is the Nobel Laboratory of the University of California.

in the carriage
Director Zheng Yuan sat on the opposite brocade bench with half of his buttocks sideways, and reported with a respectful expression the status of the inheritance of the Earl Samuel Colt family, including the intention of the side blood to get involved in the succession of the title and the huge inheritance.

After listening to the report with his eyes slightly closed, Li Cha didn't comment, but cast his eyes out of the window with disinterest.

It's too cheap to ask about such trivial matters with the emperor's honor.

Director Zheng Yuan Zhiji finished his introduction with a few words, and then led the topic to many new inventions of the Nobel Laboratory. In his introduction; …

Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a well-known professor of chemistry at the University of California, was a prolific and energetic inventor. So far, he has 193 patented inventions, involving military equipment manufacturing, textile machinery process improvement and silicon Algal earth dynamite and many other aspects, and wrote a play and a lot of poetry, is indeed a strange man with a wide range of interests.

During his tenure at Colt Arms, Professor Nobel presided over and invented nitroglycerin, a revolutionary yellow high explosive on which Colt Chemical Industries was formed.

Afterwards, Professor Nobel turned to the University of California, presided over the Nobel Laboratory, and trained more than 30 Chinese chemical experts as assistants. He invented the detonator in 1857 and the diatomaceous earth explosive in 1859, which further enhanced the high Stability of explosives.

Diatomaceous earth explosives can absorb three times more nitroglycerin than itself, and can be made into "diatomite explosives" with moderate hardness and softness like clay, which is more stable and safe. This product has become a new product of the newly established Nobel Chemical Company Cornerstone
Because of the excellent performance of this product, Nobel Chemical Company has grown rapidly and developed into a new star in the chemical field that can compete with Colt Chemical Company. The future prospect is extremely promising.

Nobel Chemical Company is also a project invested by the Royal Household Department. It belongs to the top level of technology in the world today. Both the detonator and the diatomaceous earth explosive have obtained the invention patent of the Datang Empire and have a broad market around the world.

An order from the Royal Navy alone is as high as 750 million pounds. In addition, there are also large orders from France, Italy, Prussia, the Netherlands, Belgium and other countries, which shows that the international market has widely accepted the excellent performance of diatomaceous earth explosives and is willing to Pay for it.

"He also designed and produced a production line for slaughtering chickens and ducks?" Li Cha asked in surprise.

Director Zheng Yuan quickly flipped through the materials in his hand, stopped on a certain page, looked at it before answering;
"Returning to Your Majesty, it is true.

Mr. Nobel likes to eat fried chicken wings and fried chicken legs very much, but he is dissatisfied with the low efficiency of the corresponding manual slaughter of chickens and ducks, so he personally presides over a chicken and duck slaughter production line, which greatly improves the production efficiency.

Besides
Mr. Nobel has extensive interests in literature, art and philosophy, and has written two books, "The Brightest Africa" ​​and "Sisters".

He was very fascinated by the British poet Xuelai, and tried to create a long autobiographical poem "A Riddle".

Nobel also liked philosophy closely related to literature, and preferred the positivist philosophy of British philosopher Herbert Spencer, and tried to make some achievements in this area, but the specific progress is unknown.

Now it seems
Professor Nobel is very talented in inventions. At the end of last year, he obtained a patent for a glass press nozzle with fine holes. This invention has a great impact on promoting the production efficiency of the textile industry, making domestic textile factories leap into the Go ahead. …

In addition, Professor Nobel also participated in the improvement of the complete equipment of the Coastal Fertilizer Company and the optimization of the key equipment reactor of the petrochemical plant, which played an important role in promoting technological innovation in the above fields.

The most notable achievement is that the production efficiency of Coastal Chemical Fertilizer Company has increased by 72%, and after the optimized design of the key equipment reactor in the petrochemical plant, the output has increased by more than [-]%, and the economic benefits are very significant..."

Hearing Director Zheng Yuan's introduction, Li Cha couldn't help but whispered secretly. He never knew that Nobel was so arrogant. He had time to write a few books while producing high-yield inventions. The inventions also involved manufacturing and medical industries. Remarkable.

The Nobel professor also participated in the design of the public transportation solution that the government solicited from the scientific and technological community last time. It also used electricity, but his design was more advanced and expensive, and the final solution was not adopted.

The electric bus designed by Professor Nobel is a joint solution of batteries and gasoline generators, eliminating the need for trams with long braids on their heads, and leading the world in technology for a full 100 years.

As far as the current level of technology is concerned, the storage capacity of the battery, the number of times of charging and discharging, the efficiency of the gasoline engine driving the generator, reliability and maintainability all have great technical difficulties that have yet to be solved, which is too advanced.

Today's Professor Nobel is a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, a permanent member of the Chang'an Scientists Association, the director of the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, the host of the Nobel Laboratory, one of the directors and major shareholders of the Nobel Chemical Company, and a prominent figure in the scientific circles of the Datang Empire. One of them can be described as successful and famous.

At the beginning, Earl Colt was very optimistic about him, and even wanted to marry his precious daughter Suzanne to Nobel. It can be said that he had a unique vision. He had already seen the unlimited potential in this young man, and he was the same kind of person as himself.

It's a pity that Susanna didn't call this shy white researcher, but fell in love with a Chinese guard officer...

half an hour later
nobel laboratory
The Nobel Laboratory is located in a remote corner of the University of California, surrounded by trees, and the environment is elegant and quiet. It is next to a small pond of about three acres. It is a building complex composed of more than ten scattered houses.

No way, the interests of this Nobel professor are too broad. In addition to the special chemical research and development building, the Nobel laboratory also has research laboratories for machinery, textiles, explosives, power electronics, medical treatment, and material mechanics. The welding workshop is used for the study of welding processes and the hardfacing of materials, and there is even a small philosophical society.

Professor Nobel often discusses philosophical issues with the laboratory assistants here, debates on philosophical topics of interest, collides with sparks of thought, and even enjoys it after dinner.

When His Majesty arrived, Professor Nobel was carefully observing the welded surface of a section of water pipe with a microscope in the welding workshop. Seeing his concentrated expression, Li Cha waved his hand to let others not disturb him, and stood quietly waiting.

This waited for more than 10 minutes.

Professor Nobel was completely immersed in his observation of the microcosm. In his eyes, the welded water pipe workpiece showed wonderful crystal changes, and the laws contained in it were fascinating. …

"Oh, God... I didn't know about you, Your Majesty..." When Professor Nobel raised his head and found His Majesty the Emperor standing quietly beside him, he was so frightened that he jumped up immediately.

"It's okay, I respect the professor's rigorous attitude towards science, it's okay to wait for a while." Li Cha waved his hands kindly, and said casually; "I saw two cars parked at the door, it seems that the professor has a lot of hobbies. Broad?"

From the bottom of his heart, he likes these top scientists who have contributed their ingenuity to the Tang Empire, and is willing to provide them with all conveniences to promote the development of science and technology in the empire, and more and more new technologies and new inventions are born.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I really appreciate this genius invention." As soon as he mentioned the car at the door, Professor Nobel's interest was aroused, and he said after bowing with one hand on his chest;
"I've been using a car lately to get from home to lab and classroom, and it's a great invention that's changing the way people travel and live.

So during this period of time, I also often think about how to improve the car so that it can be faster and safer, run more smoothly, operate with less effort and have a certain degree of economy, so that many people can afford the purchase cost.

after careful consideration

I think two aspects should be the future development direction of automobiles.

The first is the portability and miniaturization of automobile power. Diesel engines are still too bulky, and the fuel conversion efficiency is not high, so they are not very suitable for the driving method of automobiles.

In my opinion, the gasoline engine is easier to be portable and miniaturized, coupled with the unique flammability and explosion characteristics of gasoline, it should be the general direction of the future development of automobile power, and I am sure of this.

The second is the overall optimization of car performance. The solution should also start with mechanical design. Only a genius design can solve the problems I mentioned. This involves the specific load-bearing structure of the car body, power transmission connection and disconnection, and shock absorption. As well as a series of mechanical designs such as walking mechanisms, it is indeed a fascinating research field! "

Seeing Mr. Nobel's unstoppable high spirits once he started talking, Li Cha smiled tolerantly, like an old fox who is planning to sell the big fat sheep in front of him, trying to squeeze out this inventive genius as much as possible the value of.

The automobile industry is a very good entry point. The resulting upgrading of the entire industrial chain and the huge social benefits brought about are simply exciting.

If it had been developed decades in advance, the Tang Empire would not have had to worry about not having core pillar industries.

As far as the current level of science and technology is concerned, it has reached the period of explosive growth of inventions and creations in the late period of the first industrial revolution, and various new inventions that will affect the future of human social life are flourishing at this stage.

Just solving the mechanical problems can make the development of the automobile industry more mature and reach a level suitable for promotion.

"You are very good, Mr. Professor. Although cars are just playthings of nobles nowadays, their great convenience and low cost in travel have a strong promotional value. I also want to be optimistic about this." Li Cha said with a face. The smile on his face became more and more amiable, and he said in a persuasive manner;

"Whenever I think of the fact that Chinese people can travel by car, the wide roads are full of traffic, and after breakfast in Chang'an City in the morning, drive all the way south, and enjoy the beautiful night in Los Angeles at night, how fascinating it would be Future scene?

Those who created all this will surely be remembered in the annals of history forever because of their profound impact on the future life of mankind.

Professor, if you have enough interest, I will form a joint research team with hundreds of experts to solve all the problems in the mechanical design of automobile development.

How about it, would you like to be crazy with me? "

"If this is the case, Nobel will have no regrets in his wish to benefit mankind in this life. I thank Your Majesty for giving me this precious opportunity. I am willing to dedicate all my ingenuity and strength to accomplish it." The simple Professor Nobel was hooked as soon as he was teased, and his eyes were ignited with a burning desire to invent and create, and that enthusiasm could not be suppressed.

Well, it's finally a big job for this inventive genius. He shouldn't have the leisure time to write scripts and study philosophical issues right now?

It is pure waste to use it in those fields!