I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 149 Is this person still alive?

What Nicola now gives back to George has exceeded George's expectations for Nicola.

Nicholas was not a wise king, otherwise the Russian Empire would not have perished during his reign.

George initially approached Nicholas just to protect himself, without any other feelings.

But as time went by, George's feelings for Nicholas became deeper and deeper. In the words of Zhong Er, the power of blood began to awaken. Now Nicholas is a true relative for George.

"Grow up quickly, Nicky, let's create a big scene together!" Many of George's ideals require Nicholas to realize.

Vladivostok is George's last choice. If possible, George still hopes that the Russian Empire will dominate the world, conquer Europe, and drink from the Mediterranean.

This has nothing to do with national interests. Out of personal emotional considerations, George also hopes to break the Angsa people's right to make rules.

Whether George is willing to admit it or not, the world in another time and space, the 21st century, was established according to the rules set by the Angsa people.

George doesn't like Angsa. This nation is selfish, greedy, cruel, and vulgar. Almost any negative attribute related to human character is fully displayed by Angsa.

Another time and space has proved that the residents of the island country do not have the mind to embrace the world. Their innate conditions limit their structure and they will always circle around their own interests. Even if they obtain a status that does not match their own strength by virtue of historical opportunities, it is still Virtue does not match.

"Isn't your current situation big enough?" Nicholas' words made George start to reflect.

George is now Super Duke Yurievsky, a powerful general in the military, and a rising business tycoon in the Russian Empire, with an annual income of one million rubles——

If you calculate it this way, George's current situation is indeed quite big. There are few people in the Russian Empire who are more popular than George.

But this is really not enough.

There was much that George wanted to do, but he was constrained by the realities of the Russian Empire and was unable to do anything.

In the final analysis, it still lacks strength.

George is not in a hurry, he still has time.

The engineers at Oak Park were very capable. George just described the outline of the aircraft. It took the engineers at Oak Park less than two weeks to create a physical object that basically met George's requirements.

"We conducted some experiments on Tashan, and the paraglider you mentioned is indeed feasible. Although we paid some costs, we gained a lot of experience-" Kuklev is the leader of the aircraft research and development team.

Kuklev graduated from Moscow University and later studied at the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Kuklev was involved in the assassination of Sudeykin and was fished out of prison by George.

Kuklev was very talented in mechanics. The lever connection structure he designed was used by the Ural Machinery Factory in the manufacture of oil extraction equipment.

Kuklev did not obtain the relevant patent, and he had no idea how much his brain was worth.

"At what cost?" George's focus was always strange.

All the Russians George knew, regardless of their seniority or age, were suspected of taking human life lightly.

As mentioned many times before, Russians are very contradictory. Sometimes they are warm and affectionate, and sometimes they are as cold as ice; sometimes they are extremely frugal, and sometimes they are extravagant and wasteful.

Almost all the Russians George knew had a serious lack of reverence for life. The people at the bottom, the so-called "grey animals", were worthless in the eyes of the superiors.

"Our initial equipment was not perfect and had many flaws, so in the first few test flights, there were casualties -" Kuklev said this in an understatement, and his blood was thicker than the Siberian cold current. Be cold.

"How many died?" George knew the truth, and it was definitely not as simple as Kuklev said.

"only one."

only!

Well, that's very Russian.

"How much pension was given?" George could accept accidents. There is no such thing as death in scientific research.

But the pension must be sufficient, and the hero's family must not be allowed to bleed and shed tears.

"Yuri is an orphan and has no family." Kuklev's eyes dodge. This candidate——

George was neither sad nor happy. The only thing he could do was to ask Kuklev to do everything possible to strengthen the safety protection of experimental personnel in the subsequent research.

If an accident occurs, a full pension will be provided. George has no upper limit on Kuklev's research funding.

Kuklev was very happy. He had never been so happy in his life. For him, Oak Park was paradise.

Compared with three years ago, the changes in Oak Park have been earth-shaking.

George still remembered that when he first arrived in Oak Park, it was in a dilapidated state and there was not even a decent road.

In the past three years, Oak Park veterans have been building roads whenever they have free time. There are already paved roads connecting the main facilities in Oak Park.

Kuklev and other technicians were placed in newly built houses. The standards of these houses were the same as those of the veterans. Although they were not large in size, they were adequate and warm.

Although there are not many people in Oak Park, there are already schools and clinics. Although the medical methods provided by the clinic are not rich enough, they are much better than having to wait to die after getting sick.

The school was built last year and was originally a nursery to provide services for newborns born in Oak Park in the past two years.

Later, some parents sent their older children to nurseries.

After Dalia discussed it with George, the elementary school came into being.

Dalia personally serves as the principal and teacher. She has rich experience and is competent in both management and teaching.

Kuklev and many technicians did not have a family.

In order to take care of their lives, Dalia found a few peasant women to help them wash clothes and clean. Don't worry about eating, there is a canteen in Oak Park.

The dishes in the canteen are not rich enough, but the price is low, the ingredients are sufficient, and the taste is good.

The key is that as long as there is no waste, there is no limit at all.

In the Oak Park, Kuklev can do his favorite research work. In addition to the tasks assigned by George, Kuklev is also improving the shock-absorbing structure of the carriage. Some of his exquisite designs are applied in George on the plane.

"We tried many times before we found the most suitable material. Crimean sheepskin is light in weight and has good toughness. It is most suitable for use as wing skin." Kuklev also innovated on the basis of George. .

George didn't know much about airplanes, and he didn't know much about the Wright brothers' airplanes. He only knew that the Wright brothers were the fathers of flight. George didn't know what the Wright brothers' airplanes looked like.

However, George vaguely remembered that during the First World War, the aircraft at that time seemed to have two wings or even three wings.

The aircraft built by Kuklev was not a double-winged aircraft, nor a three-winged aircraft, but an irregular multi-winged aircraft.

Because the power of the engine is not high enough, in order for the aircraft to fly successfully, two engines are used to increase the thrust as much as possible.

Because the fuselage structure is not strong enough, the two engines are arranged side by side under the belly. These two engines still have some problems and often malfunction.

"If the reliability of the engine cannot be guaranteed, our aircraft will not be able to fly." Kuklev has no confidence. He is not good at engines.

George was even less good at it.

The key point is that this cannot be solved with money——

not always.

George went to the Petersburg Academy of Sciences and asked Butrelov for help.

"You've got the wrong person. I'm a chemist, not a businessman -" Butrelov still looked down upon George, and did not connect the matter of flying with human technology.

"Want to leave your name in history?"

George is worthy of the devil who plays with people's hearts, and he successfully made Butrelov's eyes light up with just one sentence.

"Want to surpass Lomonosov and become the greatest scientist in the history of the Russian Empire?"

Yes I do!

Of course I did!

So much!
  Butrelov's breathing began to quicken.

"The airplane will become a great invention that changes people's way of life. You just need to participate in it and you can leave your name in history." George knows how to draw a cake.

The significance of airplanes is indeed great.

But not everyone involved can leave their name in history.

Mozajsky began researching aircraft in 1856, but people only remember the Wright brothers.

So no matter how great Butrelov's contribution is, people will only remember George after George's plane flies.

George is a good person, so even if George's plane can fly, it will not take off earlier than Nikolai's plane.

Nikola's progress is not slow either.

Mozajsky's research hit a dead end, and he ran out of funds to continue.

Nikolai provided research funds for Mozaiski, and Nikolai, the insider, also revealed George's research and development progress to Mozaiski, providing Mozaiski with many new ideas.

Nikola invested more money in research and development than George.

Although George is not an expert, he knows what an airplane looks like, so Kuklev's research is well-directed and will not waste George's investment.

With Nikolai's support, Mozhaysky flexed his muscles.

While Kuklev was still using bamboo poles to build the frame, Mozhaisky had already begun to try to use aluminum as the fuselage material.

Aluminum is much lighter than steel, but pure aluminum is not strong enough, so aluminum must be turned into an aluminum alloy.

This is Butrelov's strength.

"Are you serious about using aluminum alloy to make the fuselage?" Butrelov was surprised. Aluminum is not cheap.

George knew aluminum wasn't cheap.

But with the development of science and technology, the price of aluminum cannot always be so expensive.

"Is there any way to carry out large-scale industrial production of aluminum?" George knew the importance of aluminum to the future of human life.

"No -" Butrelov was helpless, this was not what he was good at.

But there are people who are good at it, and they are in Russia.

Under Bretlov's introduction, George met Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev.

Yes, it was Mendeleev who created the periodic table of elements.

George was extremely surprised. Is this man still alive?

(End of this chapter)