Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 126 Building an Aircraft

"Professor Cheng, you can take a look at this thing, I think you should understand what's going on after you read it."

Under Cheng Nuo's curious gaze, Bayuzao took out a long and thin piece of paper from his pocket and handed it over.

It is light and fluffy in the hand, and if a gust of wind blows at this time, it will inevitably go straight up a few meters.

"The fierce European war has proved that aircraft and submarines are urgent tasks today. Self-control is not enough to boost the military's prestige, and it is not enough to build achievements without the establishment of a special academy." Looking at the note, Wang Assistant showed bitterness: "The current situation Already, we are coming back from the United States immediately, just to turn our knowledge into real results as soon as possible."

Bayuzao unbuttoned the buttons on his body one by one, pinched his waist with one hand and said impassionedly: "We have been stared at outside, what is the reason for, isn't it just so that one day, we can be in our own country without letting us The foreigner held his head high and straightened his chest and told him who is the master here."

If you dare to bully our brothers and sisters again, just grab these people and tell them with a slap in the face
NO!Fuck you MD! "

However, the ideal is still far away, and now we must return to reality.

Maybe Bayuzao spoke too hard and breathed too hard, or maybe there was really a demonic wind hovering among the few people, making it impossible to guard against.

In the process of passing the note, it was actually scraped and flew on the ground.

Cheng Nuo hurriedly bent down to pick it up, took it in his hand and blew off the dust on the surface, and turned it to the front, it turned out to be a check for fifty thousand silver dollars.

"Brother Yunhua, what is going on here? The 5 yuan check is just thrown away. This is too exaggerated."

Although Cheng Nuo has now officially stepped into the industry, the scale is far from enough. After the Academy of Sciences is on the right track, all of them are gold-swallowing monsters. Without money, it is difficult to carry out any work normally.

What's more, this is still 13 silver dollars. After two years, Brother Xun can take it and buy [-] courtyard houses of the same size as him.

So when I saw the money, they were treated so lightly by the two of them, and I felt a little dissatisfied, but when I thought that I didn't know the whole picture, and maybe there was something hidden in it, I asked tentatively: "The bank refused to accept this money." Cash in? If so, I have some friends in the business world who can still help."

Bayuzao closed his eyes and waved his hands, obviously not wanting to answer this question.

Cheng Nuo turned his gaze to Wang Zhu. Seeing this, Wang Zhu could only touch his forehead and sigh, and took a deep breath before calming down.

"Professor Cheng, logically speaking, 5 yuan is indeed a lot, and I bought several luxury houses in Shanghai, but the problem is that the money is used to build airplanes, which is really a drop in the bucket, especially in China with zero foundation. Under such circumstances, there is not much money left to buy the machine.

In addition, we have to buy steel, aluminum, and engines, which have to be imported for the time being. Of course, there are also wood needed for the fuselage. European and American aircraft generally use expensive walnut wood. After buying the wood, we need to use special paint for corrosion protection. ..."

Before Wang Zhu could finish complaining, Bayuzao suddenly opened his eyes and shouted loudly: "Yu Peng, get to the point!"

Sensing that something was wrong, Cheng Nuo frowned slightly: "Is there something else hidden here? Or, the government doesn't support you in building airplanes, and the 5 yuan is just a cover for you?"

Wang Zhu nodded and said with a wry smile, "The government doesn't support this fact, but if the 5 yuan is also true, I'm afraid we don't have to come here to bother Professor Cheng."

Cheng Nuo was startled, took back the check and looked left and right, recalling the historical background, and finally realized something was wrong.

Everything on the check met the requirements, and Cheng Nuo couldn't find any faults based on Cheng Nuo's layman's experience alone, so he quickly pointed the problem to the bank where it was opened - Bank of China.

Among the four major banks, it has the longest history. It can be traced back to the Household Bank established in the 31st year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. It changed its name to the Bank of Great Qing in the first month of the 30th year of Guangxu.Later, after the Revolution of [-] was successful, the national government cleaned up the Bank of Great Qing, and the Ministry of Finance allocated shares and added original shares to form the Bank of China.

Later, when the northern and southern governments were separated, and Yuan Datou proclaimed himself emperor, the head office of the Bank of China was ordered by the Beiyang government to stop cashing.However, the Shanghai branch belonged to the southern forces, refused to obey orders, and cooperated with Shanghai gentry and merchants to maintain cash. Since then, the bank has also followed the internal division.

At this time, I took the check from the Beiyang government and went to Shanghai to cash it. People would definitely not recognize it, not to mention "true or fake" is another matter.

As for going to the head office in Beijing to cash it, it is even more impossible, not to mention that Zhili is still flooding, and the North-South Railway has been broken. Just whether the Beiyang government has money is still a question mark.

These days, as a middle-level cadre in the Ministry of Education of Brother Xun, he can't even get cash for his salary, and he has to match various banknotes, vouchers and the like in the middle. This is already a good time.

So the 5 yuan is not a blank check, but it is better than a blank check. It is just to fool these patriots.

Looking at the check, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but feel a little chilled. These people gave up the high salary in the United States and resolutely chose to return to China. They didn't expect to receive such treatment. How can they not be discouraged.

But thinking about it from another angle, for Cheng Nuo personally, it happened to be an opportunity to continue to expand the talent pool of the Academy of Sciences.

In order to know how much the other party still has nostalgia for the Beiyang government, Cheng Nuo deliberately said: "The public may also know the importance of airplanes, but considering that our society generally believes that imported products are good things, we would rather spend a lot of money to import them than domestic ones." , caught up with financial difficulties, and had to do it.”

Bayuzao had a hot temper, and immediately retorted: "If we talk about daily necessities, using more imported ones will not interfere with the overall situation, but in terms of advanced weapon manufacturing, we blindly rely on foreign countries to build an army of the Wan Guo brand. If there is another national disaster in the future, we can count on them to continue Sell ​​us something, the Opium War will repeat itself again!"

Wang Zhu said slowly: "Don't use the Opium War as an example, the German-Japanese War the year before last is enough to explain everything."

Hearing these two answers, Cheng Nuo's heart was completely relieved, but when he mentioned the German-Japanese War in 1914, his heart was lifted again under his anger: "There is only one air force in Japan, but there are only nine planes. A plane, a military balloon, dared to directly bomb our urban area of ​​Qingdao, blow up our houses, and injure our compatriots, the crimes are too numerous to record!"

At that time, catching up with World War I, Japan used the Japan-British alliance agreement as an excuse to launch an attack on Qingdao, a German colony. In order to cooperate with the attack of the independent No. The temporary air force, while conducting aerial reconnaissance of the German army, also began to carry out aerial bombing.

This is the first time in history that Japan used aircraft in a war. In order to expand the results of the war, while attacking German ships, it also bombed our urban area of ​​Qingdao indiscriminately, causing great casualties and property losses.

Bayuzao's eyes were sharp: "In other words, through this foreign war that took place in our country, we can see that although the Japanese army did not have special bombs, it also greatly threatened German ships and received significant war results, which is enough to reflect the aviation field. strategic value."

Seeing this, Cheng Nuo no longer concealed his true thoughts, and stared angrily: "Some people say that the Japanese army disregarded international conventions and should be condemned internationally. In my opinion, any condemnation on paper is not as good as long guns and cannons. I really want to It is better to send a plane to circle over Tokyo to relieve the anger."

Looking at the two, Cheng Nuo said seriously: "The Japanese are ambitious. With Shandong, they will still think about the Northeast, and even increase their appetite to the whole of China. If we don't have a sophisticated air force to deal with it, the aerial bombs may be dropped at any time." Our heads!"

Hearing this, Bayuzao's forehead was swollen with veins, and he blushed and gritted his teeth: "The British and French armies conducted a larger-scale air battle with the German army in Europe. We must not sit still and wait for death."

Wang Zhu, who had a milder temper, also had a fierce look in his eyes: "During the Battle of Verdun, the German army used the Fokker E-type fighter jet it developed to engage the British and French armies in an air battle in the true sense of the war history. Facts have proved that the Air Force is An important direction for future development, in the face of historical old accounts, repaying grievances with virtue is worse than repaying grievances directly."

The atmosphere was almost the same, and it would be too late to go on like this. Cheng Nuo picked up the "5 yuan check" and looked it over carefully, and returned it to the other party: "So when the domestic political situation is a little clearer, you will come back immediately?"

"Yu Peng, you can take it. It's an eyesore for me." Ba Yuzao felt that every word on the check was mocking himself, so he didn't even look at it after accepting it, so he handed it to Wang Zhu next to him, and said, "Yes, We hit a wall on the public side, so we wanted to try it on the private side.”

Wang Zhu glanced at his friend. Although he also disliked the check in every possible way, he had no choice but to accept it when it was stuffed into his hand, pretending not to care at all: "For civilian use, although it seems that the investment in airplanes is It is relatively large, but according to my experience at Boeing in the United States, it is relatively profitable in the long run, and the profits brought by opening up the postal line alone are very considerable, and even the technology is mature and can carry people."

In order to attract investment, Wang Zhu emphasized the benefits brought about by the development of aviation, spending a small amount of money to make a lot of money.

Of course, small money and big money are relative terms.

Cheng Nuo naturally understood the reason, and simply asked, "If I'm willing to invest in you, can you tell me what you need to build an airplane right now?"

"You?" Bayuzao was a little impatient, and blurted out without thinking, but as soon as he said it, he regretted it: "Professor Cheng, I didn't mean to doubt you, but to build airplanes. He really needs a lot of money." , Your academic ability is nothing to say, even if you go to our Massachusetts, you have to be a guest, but in this regard... let’s put it this way, in terms of flight manufacturing, a penny can beat a hero.”

"Professor Cheng, don't get me wrong, Yunhua is just in a hurry and has no other intentions. I will discuss this with him first." Worried that his companion's words were too harsh, Wang Zhu hurriedly pulled Bayuzao to the other side, Whispered: "Yunhua, why did you tell the story so quickly? It's not easy for us to have an investor, so why are you pushing him out?"

Bayuzao sneaked a glance in Cheng Nuo's direction, and after seeing that no one was looking this way, he said with confidence: "Yu Peng, you also know that this university professor is rich if he is rich, but it's only because of his high salary. Starting a car is already considered a hemorrhage, and at this time he said that he can build an airplane, it is simply a child's play, not to mention other things, he can't even get [-] silver dollars."

Wang Zhu originally wanted to continue arguing, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and he felt a little pity in his heart: "He also has his own intentions. You directly and bluntly reject him without giving him any face. It is simply too heartless."

Feeling a stone under his feet, Bayuzao kicked it away: "It's also for his own good. The political situation in the country only looks clear, but in fact, the dark tide is surging. Our own future is bleak. Why drag others down? , I can't do this."

Looking at the direction in which the stone was going away, Wang Zhu thought more complicated: "Although you and I know how to build airplanes, it is impossible to rub out the parts by hand with simple tools such as hammers, awls, and rivets. We have to make a big discount, and we urgently need talents.”

If there is no stone, I have to find a stone to kick it away. Bayuzao is a little annoyed: "Don't forget that besides the two of us, there are also Wang Xiaofeng and Zeng Yijing, who both graduated together. I don't believe we can't make a riveting armor." B comes."

Wang Zhu patted his friend on the shoulder to calm him down: "You said it yourself, airplanes are not a joke, can you let him go to the sky with such an airplane?"

After hearing this sentence, Bayuzao's face was stagnant, he didn't know how to answer, and the anxiety in his heart gradually calmed down.

"It's also my fault. I didn't tell you about Professor Cheng beforehand. He's not an ordinary person. Apart from the internationally renowned mathematician I mentioned just now, he has other identities." While helping to clear it, he said, "I remember when we just returned to China, you bought a copy of "National" magazine from the newsboy. Were you shocked at that time?"

Although he didn't know why the other party asked this question, Bayuzao replied instinctively: "Yes, in my opinion, this kind of magazine is very popular, covering various natural subjects, and it is slightly inferior to "Nature ""Science", it is really rare for such a magazine to be published in our country, and there is definitely a group of high-quality talents behind it."

"How does it compare with your knowledge?" Wang Zhu asked with a smile.

"Although they are in different disciplines, they are not bad at all, even worse." Bayuzao recalled what he had read before and gave a positive answer.

"Then what if I tell you that the person who leads such a group of talents is the Professor Cheng you were trying to deny just now?" The conversation changed, and Wang Zhu bluntly pointed out his intention of saying these words.

When Bayuzao heard it, he was dumbfounded on the spot: "This...isn't it true?"

Wang Zhu nodded earnestly: "When I first heard the news, I had the same reaction as you, but after thinking about it, it seems reasonable. Otherwise, there are so many people from the business world, why should they come to participate in the event organized by him?" Bazaar?"

"Aircraft manufacturing, you have to rely on others!"

(End of this chapter)