Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 189 Airship
"Oh, I may have to separate you mother and child for a while." Guan Xuqing frowned deliberately.

Sure enough, the queen looked at Guan Xuqing in horror, and asked excitedly: "Your majesty, didn't you say that you let your concubine take care of you? How long has it been? Your majesty can't go back on his golden words. Besides, Pu Yin is still young, please be kind to me. "

Seeing Jingfen's excited look, Guan Xuqing couldn't help laughing and said: "Haha, my good queen. When did I say that I won't let you continue to raise Pu Yin? I just said that I might separate you mother and child for a while." It's just time. Because I want to take you on a southern tour!"

Jingfen stopped her tears, opened her eyes wide and asked suspiciously: "Is it true? The emperor wants his concubine to go on a southern tour?"

"You are the mother of a country, my queen, of course I will take you there. It's just that Pu Yin is still young, so I can't take you with me. So you may have to separate your mother and child for a while. I didn't expect you to have such a big reaction. If you are not happy, I will Take Qing and Lan to forget it." Guan Xuqing said angrily on purpose.

"Yes, yes, of course the concubine is willing. Your majesty, the concubine has not been to Jiangnan yet?" Jingfen wiped away her tears happily and shouted excitedly.

Guan Xuqing was about to speak when Wang Shang hurried in again.

"Your Majesty, the Kaiser is here, and he said in Qianqing Palace that he has something important to discuss." Wang Shang said cautiously.

"What?" Guan Xuqing asked suspiciously: "It's only a lot of effort, why are you here again?"

"The servant doesn't know. The Kaiser searched for the emperor in the Summer Palace for a long time but couldn't find it. Only then did he know that the emperor has returned to the palace." Wang Shang said in a low voice.

Jingfen persuasively said: "Your Majesty, state affairs are the most important thing, you should go and meet the German emperor first."

"Well, okay. I'll come talk to you another day." Guan Xuqing turned and left.

After a while, Guan Xuqing returned to Qianqing Palace again.

Both puzzled and angry in my heart, this German is really persistent.Didn't you already promise them to start a war together in five years? Why is it happening again?
"Dear brother-in-law, why did you come back alone?" William II saluted a gentleman.

Although Guan Xuqing was very dissatisfied, he still smiled and said: "Haha, I'm really sorry. I was entangled in trivial matters and had to come back to deal with them. Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time."

"Oh, it doesn't matter. By the way, didn't His Majesty tell me yesterday that he wanted to improve the industrial capabilities of the Qing Dynasty. Now there is an opportunity. I wonder if His Majesty is interested?" William said with bright eyes.

Is there such a good thing in the world?Yesterday I was told that the only way to improve industry is to rely on the stimulation of war. Today, there is a way to improve industry without war?

"Of course I'm interested. I hope His Majesty will speak up." Although Guan Xuqing didn't have any hope, he still pretended to be very excited.

Obviously, William was very satisfied with Guan Xuqing's performance, he took Guan Xuqing's hand and said, "Brother-in-law, come with me, I'll show you something nice."

Guan Xuqing was pulled out of Qianqing Palace by William II in doubt, and came to the open space in the back garden.Apart from Guan Xuqing's ten bodyguards and more than 20 eunuchs including Wang Shang, there were only William II and his two bodyguards and a few officials who had met yesterday.

"This is Earl Zeppelin, Lieutenant General of the German Army. After retiring, he has been studying the manned airship invented by the French. Recently, he told me that he had made a major discovery. Let him introduce it to his brother-in-law and see if you are interested. Production." William II introduced excitedly.

It was only then that Guan Xuqing figured it out. It turned out that he wanted to spend his money to be a guinea pig for the Germans to use as a guinea pig!Hmph, do you really think of our Qing Dynasty as your German cash machine?
Although he was strongly dissatisfied with William II in his heart, he said very excitedly on the surface: "Airship, I have never heard of it. Come on, tell me what is going on?"

The hair of the German named Zeppelin was all white, but he was still very strong as a lieutenant general. After clearing his throat, he said: "Today's airship is olive-shaped. It is 44 meters long and 12 meters in diameter. There is a triangular sail under the soft airbag to vertically fly, and a 3-horsepower steam engine drives a 3-blade propeller in the gondola. However, the flying speed of such an airship is only 8 kilometers per hour, and Limited by the flying height, it basically cannot be put into military use, because an ordinary Mauser rifle can easily explode an airship that can only fly up to 500 meters in the air."

Guan Xuqing actually knew about this a long time ago, so he went to the Wright Brothers to come back to develop aircraft for the Qing Dynasty. In that case, the Germans would not beg themselves for aircraft like they begged themselves for grenades and mortars? ?

But on the surface, you have to ask very cooperatively: "Then can your recent research change this situation?"

Zeppelin continued very excitedly: "Yes, Your Majesty, recently I discovered that hydrogen is less dense than helium and has greater buoyancy. And the airship is designed in a cigar shape, 128 meters long and 11.7 meters in diameter. In this way, you can easily The airship is allowed to rise to an altitude of 3000 meters, so that even guns with a long range cannot attack, and because of the elevation angle, the artillery cannot be fired into the sky. In addition, Maybach of the research institute has newly invented an internal combustion engine. It is much faster than ordinary steam engines. An internal combustion engine can reach 16 horsepower, while a steam engine only has 3 horsepower. Due to the large space of the new airship, it can be equipped with two 2 horsepower internal combustion engines. In that case the new The speed of the airship can reach 16 kilometers per hour. It is absolutely possible to put such an airship into battle!"

These words stunned Guan Xuqing, who was still indifferent just now, yes!Before the advent of airplanes, having such an airship would undoubtedly be a very deadly weapon.At an altitude of 3000 meters, whether it is engaged in reconnaissance, rescue, bombing in the air, or even assisting in attacks during naval battles, it is really a good weapon. I have traveled from later generations, so why didn’t I think of hot air balloons?

"How about it? Brother-in-law, this thing is very good. It's a pity that we don't have oil mines in Germany, and the internal combustion engine needs oil. We can only cooperate with you Qing Dynasty. In addition, this kind of engine can be used not only on airships, but also on yours. On the new battleship, the 20-ton battleship will have a speed of more than [-] knots, and the sea will be yours and mine." William II laughed from the bottom of his heart.

Guan Xuqing originally thought that William was really a friend, and he was willing to share such a good thing with him.However, within a minute of liking for him, he completely denied the German emperor again.

It turned out that they came here to attack my Daqing oil mine. Germany has no oil, and Daqing is not rich.But who let me not think of this, I still have to blame the education level of the Qing Dynasty is still too poor, there are too few talents, especially the talents of chemistry, which I didn't learn in later generations, and I don't know anything about it.

Guan Xuqing accompanied him with a smile and said, "Haha, let's do this, I have already tried mining the Yanchang Oil Mine in Shanxi in the Qing Dynasty, and we will jointly open an oil refinery nearby to refine some trial products for use in internal combustion engines, and then immediately apply them to airships. Improving the performance of the airship as soon as possible and preparing it for military use. There is also the need to immediately train the pilots of the airship. At the same time, an airship company will be established in the west of Beijing. The Qing Dynasty will provide funds, and German technology will take up 20.00% of the shares, so you can have management rights Of course, for the support of Daqing, the right of first purchase of the product is given to Daqing, and the right to sell in the future is controlled by Daqing."

What Guan Xuqing proposed, although on the surface it seems that the Qing Dynasty was at a disadvantage, providing oil, venues, and funds, but in the end the airships manufactured had to be bought with money.But fortunately, the airship company Daqing holds 80% of the shares. That is to say, if the airship is priced at 10 silver dollars, Daqing can buy it for only 2 silver dollars, and then Daqing will charge another 1%. The transaction tax, in fact, only paid 1 silver dollars.Whoever makes himself incompetent and technical, it is not wrong to pay some tuition fees.

William frowned, apparently a little dissatisfied with such a division.

"Brother-in-law, your oil refining technology in Qing Dynasty is immature. Let us open the oil refinery independently in Germany. In addition, our German technology will take up 30.00% of the shares of the airship company. And the company is a state-owned company in your country and needs to be exempted from any taxes. There is also an additional requirement, that is, when the time is ripe, we have the right to go back to Germany to open a branch, and that company will be completely controlled by ourselves, and we do not want to be controlled by the Qing Dynasty."

Guan Xuqing scolded the [-]th generation of William II's ancestors in his heart, that the profits would be divided into [-]%, and he was unwilling to provide Daqing with advanced oil refining technology. In the end, he still regarded Daqing as a guinea pig. They played a role in the war, and when orders came in, they could go back to Germany to open a branch company, not subject to the control of the Qing Dynasty.If the airship project fails, they don't have to take any risks. All the oil, funds, and sites are provided by Qing Dynasty.Is there really such a good thing in this world?
"I can give you 30.00% of the shares. The tax cannot be completely exempted, but it can be reduced appropriately. In addition, the oil refinery must be jointly opened. Germany is obliged to provide advanced oil refining technology to Daqing. If you open a branch, you must get the approval of Daqing. The shareholding ratio remains unchanged." Guan Xuqing said firmly.

William II was obviously a little unhappy, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, Germany provides advanced airship technology in the hope of making the Qing Dynasty the most powerful ally of Germany. If you still insist on these details, we can only Looking for other partners."

"Oh? The Qing Dynasty can do so much. If Your Majesty wants to seek other partners, I can only feel that it's a pity, but I can't make any more concessions." Guan Xuqing thought in his heart, anyway, he already knew the principle of the airship, so he just Don't believe that our Qing Dynasty really has no talents in chemistry?It’s just that they can’t make it by themselves, so if they tell the United States this principle, they may be able to build a better airship than Germany. The industrial capacity of the United States is stronger than that of Germany.

William II thought that Guan Xuqing would agree to his request without hesitation, but he did not expect that the Qing emperor was much smarter than he imagined.In addition to being willing to make some concessions in terms of profits, there is no compromise in other places.What made him regret even more was that he had told him exactly what the airship wanted, and it was not easy for him to find other trustworthy countries with sufficient oil resources in a short period of time, but the Qing Dynasty could always look for countries like the United States. cooperation with industrial powers.

William sighed, and said unwillingly: "Okay, let's do what my brother-in-law wants. But there is one thing that must be kept secret at this time."

"Of course, I also hope that the airship will become famous in the future. It will bring enough money to our two countries!" Guan Xuqing laughed as happily as a child winning a game.

(End of this chapter)