Chapter 652 Flying Battleship
It was an airship design that engineers had never seen before, and it was even difficult for them to determine whether it was an airship.
Because this large airship seemed to have two huge cigar-shaped airbags. In addition to its weird body structure, its surface was completely covered in metal armor.
Moreover, on the top of the airship's two metal-wrapped airbags, there is a flat deck on the left and right, which does not look like a traditional deck.
As for the huge stained glass window at the head of the airship, engineers felt that the design lacked aesthetics.
But seeing that the pattern on the glass window is the same as the pattern on the cufflinks on Purficott's cuffs, even the stupidest engineer will understand that this is actually the Brandlees family crest made of stained glass.
So far, it's only been available to Purficott himself.
Who made her the only one in the Brandlis family? The side branch cannot yet use the family emblem of the main family.
In a sense, the emblem symbolizes Perfectikt himself.
"This is incredible! But Lord Earl, regardless of the cost of an airship wrapped in metal and wood, how can you make such a heavy thing fly? The defensive power of the armor plates is directly proportional to their weight. , the better the defensive performance, the heavier it is!" Although the manager didn't want to look at Purficott with a rude look, the drawing that Perficott took out still made him look at Purficott blankly.
For a moment, he actually understood why some people worshiped Perfectikt as a god.
After all, as the manager of the Royal Dockyard, he has also experienced the construction of new Royal Navy battleships. He clearly knows that even if a steel battleship of this size is completely empty, it will weigh at least nearly 10,000 tons!
This is definitely not something that can fly with air bags!
"Ah! This is one of the requirements I want to make to you. All the metal parts on this new airship need to use the ultra-light alloy I provided. The formula is attached to the back of the drawing." Purficot used The golden rod tapped the drawing, and the pattern on it suddenly turned into an introduction to the armor plate, and naturally there was a complete ultra-light alloy formula next to it.
The manager quickly browsed the information on the drawings. While feeling that the performance of the ultra-light alloy was outrageous and that Perficott was a genius, he still shook his head and said: "Even if the ultra-light alloy you developed weighs It’s only a quarter of the same volume as nickel-chromium alloy, but it’s still a behemoth of at least two thousand tons! You can’t lift it with two airbags!”
"It really can't be done, so I used a technology that has been sealed up by me." Purficott nodded affirmatively, and then tapped the drawing again, turning the pattern on it into a pattern marked 'Reverse Gravity Engine's Parts: "The Flying Stone, my most proud work! I used it to create the Flying Knight, and the old men in the military have always wanted me to use it to build a flying battleship.
In the past, I couldn't spare time to deal with the problems of the doomsday winter. Now that the northern border has gradually settled down, we should still respect the elderly and satisfy the wishes of the old men in the military, right? ”
Purficott said it very lightly, but the manager felt a numbness in his back, as if his scalp was electrified.
He was too excited to speak.
When Purficott had just built the airship, the military generals approached the Royal Dockyard and asked them to improve the airship designed by Purficott and install defensive armor plates and self-defense. Firepower.
The manager knew the weight of the metal hull because of the homework he had done at that time.
This was how the Royal Dockyard dispelled the idea of military generals letting naval warships fly. At that time, the military generals asked the head of the Royal Dockyard who in the world could solve this problem and make a warship really fly.
And the answer is now in front of you.
"Your Majesty, are you really not the reincarnation of the God of Alchemy?" The manager already regarded Purficott as a god.
"Mr. Manager, please be decent! Besides, I don't like people looking at me like this." Although the expression on Purficott's face was still smiling, it was obvious that she was a little unhappy.
"I'm sorry, Lord Count!" The manager apologized quickly, then turned his attention to the drawings on the table and said to Purficott: "Please allow me to calculate its cost!"
After getting Perficott's permission, the manager called over a group of engineers and began to make various calculations on the drawings.
This is a very complex task, and it will be difficult to come up with the results in a short time.
However, for the manager of the Royal Shipyard, he relied on his many years of work experience and said to Purficott: "Your Majesty, although I don't know the cost of your new airship, according to the Royal Shipyard Based on many years of shipbuilding experience, it would take at least two million gold pounds to build it
And this does not include the construction of related supporting facilities, which will be a huge project and a difficult challenge! ”
"Don't worry about money. All the expenses for building this airship will be paid by the Northern Lords." Purficott didn't care about this. Two million gold pounds was a lot of money for her four years ago. It's an astronomical figure, but for her now it's just a bigger expense.
Although she needs to think carefully about this level of expenses as she owns the entire northern territory, she can still afford it.
Even this does not need to go through the finances of the Northern Territory, but only uses the internal funds of the Northern Territory Lord's Mansion.
But in addition to these, the supporting facilities mentioned by the manager are also a huge expense. In a sense, this will be a higher expense than the shipbuilding cost.
However, Purficott already had a plan for this problem.
"As for the supporting facilities, I will invite the decent gentlemen of Belloberg to invest together later." Purficott played with his Midas and smiled casually: "I want them to move to the north. Having lost their previous source of income in Langton, their lives must have been affected a lot, right? I guess they wouldn’t refuse the opportunity to invest in such an industry.”
"Don't say it's them, even I'm already moved! Sir Earl, please allow me to make an investment too!" The manager looked embarrassed and looked at Perfectcott excitedly.
"This is all negotiable, and I also welcome people who understand technology to invest. At least they won't mess around." Purficott agreed with a smile.
(End of chapter)