Chapter 285: Single Seedling
Compared with airplanes, airships that are slow and costly are destined to be just toys.
Compared with the slow technological progress of airships 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 them will focus 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 completing the research and development of the aircraft, Kuklev focused more on automobiles. Therefore, there has been almost no progress in Vladivostok's aircraft in recent years.
It’s not quite accurate to say “nothing”.
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.
But these are not the achievements of Kuklev and Mozaisky, but the results of the overall progress of science and technology.
George's suggestion opened a new door for Kuklev.
There must be problems, but the key lies in the materials.
While Mozajsky was still alive, he also tried to increase the number of engines and improve the performance of the aircraft.
However, if you want to add an engine, you have to move the engine's position from the belly to the wing, which puts higher requirements on the strength of the wing.
Without George's guidance, if you want to solve this problem, you must be like Edison, exhaustively combining all materials to find the most suitable material.
With George's golden finger, the main raw material is determined to be aluminum, and half of the problem is solved.
The remaining half is the formula and craftsmanship.
Kuklev is still very smart. Although new materials have not yet appeared, Kuklev installed four 30-kilowatt engines closer to the fuselage after strengthening the wing structure. , thereby completing a leap in design.
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.
Even though George was well-informed, he couldn't help but be stunned after seeing Kuklev's design.
George is still not knowledgeable enough.
The seaplane designed by German Claude Dornier in 1929 used 12 engines and set a world record for passenger capacity at the time during its test flight, with 169 people.
That was 1929!
George remembers that the first aircraft designed by Kuklev only flew 40 meters.
After using 4 engines, the aircraft named "Mozhajsky" increased its flight altitude to 800 meters, its flight distance to 30 kilometers, and its maximum speed to 101 kilometers per hour. Finally, it Like a real airplane now.
George is very happy, the American has lost another halo.
The Japanese have done many stupid things, but when it comes to Millikin’s translation, the Japanese are right.
Beautiful?
How beautiful it is!
The United States’ contribution to modern society is definitely not as great as they advertise.
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 A real airplane.
While the Wright brothers were still modifying their gliders, the French were already trying to fly across the English Channel.
The narrowest point of the English Channel is only 34 kilometers.
Kuklev's plane can now fly across the English Channel.
This is not the credit of Kuklev alone. Including engines and materials, at least 300 people in Vladivostok participated in the research of the aircraft.
George fulfilled his promise and privately invested 100,000 rubles to reward all those involved in the development of the aircraft.
Kuklev’s personal bonus is ten thousand rubles.
Vladivostok has also benefited a lot.
George is not afraid of spending money, the key is to spend it wisely.
Witt served as the director of the Railway Department, and his official annual salary was only 8,000 rubles. Ten thousand rubles was a lot of money.
Although Mozhaisky is the father of flight, the outside world does not know much about Mozhaisky.
After George rewarded the R&D personnel, not only the media in the Russian Empire reported on the fact that Kuklev personally received 10,000 rubles, but also the media in Europe and the United States joined in. Lotov and Vladivostok became famous.
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.
The above tags deal with different groups respectively.
Needless to say gold diggers and adventurers, everyone wants to get rich overnight.
The American dream deceives those who are depressed and conceited in Europe.
The sanctity of private property is targeted at the wealthy, especially in imperial countries like the Russian Empire.
In the process of nationalizing private railways in the Russian Empire, countless railway tycoons lost their fortunes, were imprisoned, and their families were ruined.
The sanctity of private property points the way out to the less-than-clean plutocrats of the Russian Empire.
The only thing Americans can do is shout out directly in newspapers.
George doesn't like adventurers, and he doesn't like guys who are fooled.
But for those who are not willing to accept the mercy of fate, Vladivostok really opens its arms and welcomes all comers.
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 200,000 francs, hoping to obtain the technology of "Mozhajsky".
George has nothing to say: just play!
Mercedes-Benz and Daimler research 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.
200,000 francs sounds like a lot, equivalent to only 76,000 rubles, which is not as much as the bonus given by George.
Whether you say you are rich and 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 "Mozhajsky" has reached a practical level, it actually does not have much advanced technical content. Even if George does not sell it, after a while, a large number of competitors will appear. .
That’s okay, George is not afraid of competition.
As long as it is not the so-called competition in the United States.
After the Delaware automobile factory started 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 did not 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 have free trade.
As long as there is any disadvantage to the United States, the United States is the Monroe Doctrine.
Compared with George, the US government is still a bit immature.
Not only complete vehicles are imported, but also parts and components can be imported.
The U.S. government only increased the tax rate on the import of complete vehicles, but did not increase the tax rate on parts and components.
So Thierry went to New York to build a factory, importing parts from Amur, assembling them himself and selling them to the outside world.
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.
What the United States imports from Vladivostok are high-end cars that ordinary people cannot afford. Rich people are the target customers.
Increasing vehicle tariffs means that wealthy people who want to buy cars will have to pay more.
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 Rockefeller and Morgan.
Automobiles are large consumers of steel, so Thierry once again had a relationship 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 consumer of steel and was originally a major customer of the Carnegie Steel Company.
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 is definitely just autonomy.
After some time, when the strength of the Russian Empire weakens, I am afraid it will demand independence.
So 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 work was not too important, they would be deported directly.
If the job is important, then it is directly treated as treason.
As a Russian, instead of safeguarding the interests of the Russian Empire, you listen 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 in the Amur Governorate, there are no more than 1,000 Hebrews in the entire Amur region.
The key point is that after being reminded, most of these people directly gave up their Hebrew identities and not only converted to Orthodox Christianity, but also firmly believed that they were pure Russians.
This is the Hebrew’s view of right and wrong and morality.
So in the entire Amur region, there were only 113 Hebrews expelled, including family members.
Only one was treated as treason.
Only seedling!
(End of this chapter)