I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 285 Solitary Seedling

Compared with airplanes, airships, which are slow and expensive, are destined to be just toys.

Compared with airships, which have experienced slow technological progress over the past century, the progress of aircraft is surprising.

The biggest advantage of technological development in Vladivostok is that George knows what is useless and what has potential.

If it is Nikola, among aircraft and airships, most of the focus will be on airships with more mature technology.

George remained steadfast in his focus on the plane.

Russian technicians are still very reliable. If they are allowed to develop independently, their efficiency may not be as good as that of geniuses like Nikola Tesla.

But if they just complete the tasks assigned by their superiors, the execution ability of Russian technicians is astonishingly high.

After Kuklev completed the research and development of the aircraft, he focused more on automobiles. Therefore, there has been almost no progress in Vladivostok's aircraft in recent years.

Saying "nothing" is not quite accurate.

Compared with the aircraft of the St. Petersburg period, the Vladivostok aircraft has made some progress in safety, the engine power is also greater, and the weight is lighter.

This is not the work of Kuklev alone. Including engines and materials, at least 300 people in Vladivostok participated in the research of the aircraft.

But these are not the achievements of Kuklev and Mozhaisky, but the results of the overall progress of science and technology.

Needless to say, gold diggers and adventurers, everyone wants to get rich overnight.

The above labels deal with different groups respectively.

Without George's guidance, if you want to solve this problem, you must be like Edison and exhaustively combine all materials to find the most suitable material.

After using 4 engines, the aircraft named "Mozhaisky" increased its flight altitude to 800 meters, its flight distance to 30 kilometers, and its top speed of 101 kilometers per hour. It finally looked like a real airplane. .

With George's golden finger, the main raw material is determined to be aluminum, and half of the problem is solved.

The four engines, two on each side, are arranged longitudinally. The difference is that one propeller is in front and one is in the rear.

The narrowest point of the English Channel is only 34 kilometers.

After George rewarded the R&D personnel, not only the media in the Russian Empire reported that Kuklev personally received 10,000 rubles, but also the media in Europe and the United States joined in. For a time, Molotov and Vladivostok became famous. Big noise.

Kuklev's personal bonus was ten thousand rubles.

The remaining half is recipe and craftsmanship.

nice?

How beautiful it is!

Even with George's extensive knowledge, he couldn't help but be stunned after seeing Kuklev's design.

The sanctity of private property pointed the way out for the less-than-clean plutocrats of the Russian Empire.

Although Mozhaisky is the father of flight, the outside world does not know much about Mozhaisky.

Vladivostok also benefited a lot.

George doesn't like adventurers, and he doesn't like guys who are fooled.

In the process of nationalizing private railways in the Russian Empire, countless railway tycoons lost their fortunes, were imprisoned, and their families were ruined.

George fulfilled his promise and privately invested 10 rubles to reward all those involved in the development of the aircraft.

There are definitely problems, but the key lies in the materials.

The only thing Americans can do is shout out directly in newspapers.

The United States' contribution to modern society is definitely not as great as they advertise.

Kuklev was still very smart. Although new materials had not yet appeared, Kuklev strengthened the wing structure and installed four 30-kilowatt engines closer to the fuselage to complete the design. leap.

The sanctity of private property targets the wealthy, especially in imperial countries like the Russian Empire.

That was 1929!

George remembers that the first aircraft designed by Kuklev only flew 40 meters.

George is not afraid of spending money, the key is to spend it wisely.

The American dream deceives those frustrated and pretentious people in Europe.

George is very happy that the American halo has been reduced.

Why do so many people in Europe choose to immigrate to the United States?

Because some unscrupulous European media boast in newspapers every day that the United States is a paradise for gold diggers and adventurers, a land of heaven, a lighthouse, the American dream, the sanctity of private property, and so on.

Kuklev's plane can now fly across the English Channel.

While the Wright brothers were still modifying their gliders, the French were already trying to fly across the English Channel.

Witte served as Director of the Railway Department, and his official annual salary was only 8000 rubles. Ten thousand rubles was a lot of money.

The steam engine was invented by the British, and the automobile was invented by the Germans. The Wright brothers did not start researching airplanes until 1900. The Americans could not take the first place, so they forcibly defined the Wright brothers' airplane as the first real airplane.

However, if you want to add an engine, you have to move the position of the engine from the belly to the wing, which puts higher requirements on the strength of the wing.

While Mozajsky was still alive, he also tried to increase the number of engines and improve the performance of the aircraft.

George still wasn't well-informed enough.

But for those who are not willing to accept the mercy of fate, Vladivostok is truly open to all comers.

George's suggestion opened new doors for Kuklev.

In 1929, the seaplane designed by German Claude Dornier used 12 engines and set a world record for passenger capacity at the time, with 169 passengers during its test flight.

The Japanese have done many stupid things, but when it comes to Millikin's translation, the Japanese are right.

The effect is naturally really good.

After the successful test flight of the "Mozhaisky", the Amur Region government received telegrams from many countries hoping to purchase the technology of the "Mozhaisky".

France was the most enthusiastic and directly offered a huge sum of 20 francs, hoping to obtain the technology of "Mozajsky".

George had nothing to say: just play!

Mercedes-Benz and Daimler study cars in order to sell them at a good price. When George studies aircraft, he definitely hopes to make a profit.

But the price offered was not high enough and did not reach George's psychological bottom line. George's research was entirely his personal interest.

20 francs sounds like a lot, equivalent to only 7.6 rubles, which is not as much as the bonus given by George.

Whether you say you have money and are willful or you say you have a technological monopoly, George really doesn't like those three melons and two dates.

It is true that you can be willful when you have money.

Technology monopoly is not a problem either.

Although the performance of the "Mozhajsky" has reached a practical level, it actually does not have much advanced technical content. Even if George does not sell it, a large number of competitors will appear after a while.

That's okay, George isn't afraid of competition.

As long as it's not the so-called competition in the United States, that's fine.

After the Delaware automobile factory began production, the U.S. government increased the import tariff on automobiles from the previous 0% to the current 30%.

The Russian Empire immediately protested against the United States.

George didn't protest.

The United States raises tariffs to protect American companies and is a routine operation.

As long as it is beneficial to the United States, the United States will trade freely.

As long as there is any disadvantage to the United States, the United States will become the Monroe Doctrine.

Compared with George, the US government is still a bit immature.

Not only complete cars are imported, but also parts and components can be imported.

The U.S. government only increased the tax rate on imported complete vehicles, but not parts and components.

So Thierry went to New York to build a factory, importing parts from Amur, assembling them himself and selling them externally.

Don’t worry about the quality, not only the parts but also the workers are “imported” from Amur.

The U.S. government still wanted to amend the law, but Rockefeller and Morgan quit.

The United States imports from Vladivostok all high-end cars that ordinary people cannot afford, and wealthy people are the target customers.

If tariffs on entire vehicles are increased, wealthy people will have to pay more if they want to buy a car.

what's going on?

Are all our rice dollars blown by strong winds?

Or are we Rockefellers and Morgans easy to bully?

This is the significance of the entry of La Rockefeller and Morgan.

Automobiles are large consumers of steel, so Thierry once again became involved with Andrew Carnegie.

In 1892, the Carnegie Steel Company was established, and Carnegie became the famous steel king in the United States.

Vladivostok is a large steel consumer and was originally a major customer of Carnegie Steel.

After the Delaware automobile plant went into production, Thierry and Carnegie's relationship became closer.

Vladivostok is now selling bonds, and there is no need to find Schiff anymore. Thierry can complete the task with just a few phone calls.

Shiv was angry about this.

George was even more angry.

Last summer, Schiff proposed to the Amur Governorate that he hope to establish a Hebrew autonomous region in the Amur Governorate.

autonomy--

Haha, George knows this routine too well.

Now it's definitely just autonomy.

After a while, when the Russian Empire weakens, I am afraid it will demand independence.

Therefore, the Governor-General of Amur not only failed to agree to Schiff's request, but instead registered the Hebrews in Amur and strengthened management.

Schiff therefore broke off cooperation with the Amur Governorate.

Some Hebrews in Amur also threatened to resign and leave.

George didn't even know about this, it was all handled by Mikhail.

Mikhail's handling method was simple and crude. For those Hebrews who wanted to resign, if the job was not too important, they would be deported directly.

If the work is important, then it is directly charged with treason.

As a Russian, instead of safeguarding the interests of the Russian Empire, I listened to the call of an American——

What do you want to do?

Want to test whether Amul's knife is sharp?

In fact, there are not many people.

According to statistics from the Amur Governorate, there are no more than 1000 Hebrews in the entire Amur region.

The key point is that after being reminded, most of these people directly gave up their Hebrew identity, not only converted to Orthodox Christianity, but also firmly believed that they were pure Russians.

This is the Hebrew view of right and wrong and morality.

Therefore, in the entire Amur region, there were only 113 deported Hebrews, including family members.

Only one was treated as treason.

Only seedling!

(End of this chapter)