Roque was talking, and the next day he had someone come and drive the car away, along with the idle driver, the maintenance engineer, and two mechanics in Johannesburg.

The car in this era is really an ornament, because the practicality is not high, so the car is often parked in the garage, in order to maintain the car, but also to raise four people, calculated than the cost of raising a carriage is much higher.

It's not good to keep it, the maintenance workers and drivers in this year are professionally trained, not to mention that there is a maintenance engineer, in the automotive field at this time, is basically an expert, even if you leave Henry, these people don't have to worry about not having food, and the car leaves this team is a pile of scrap iron, so it is very important to master a technology at any time.

Of course, whether people have value or not depends on who is in their hands, this team is under Henry, basically no value, and it is different under Roque, after people arrive in Johannesburg, Roque directly leads people to Bobby Holt.

"Sir, our samples have been made and are ready for you to be sent to Johannesburg—" Bobby Holt reported the good news as soon as he saw Roque, who and Roque had invested tens of thousands of pounds in their motorcycles, and now it was finally time to reap the fruits.

Compared with the motorcycles that Roque has seen before, the current motorcycle is more in line with the motorcycle in Roque's memory.

The biggest improvement is the saddle, the previous motorcycle, the saddle was transplanted directly from the bicycle, it does look very rudimentary, and it really doesn't match the overall shape of the motorcycle.

Bobby Holt redesigned the saddle of the motorcycle according to Roque's improvement suggestions, using a lot of soft materials, and then wrapping the whole appearance with cowhide, which increased the cost but had a better visual effect, and now looks more technological and practical.

In addition to the saddle, Bobby Holt also followed Roque's prompts to add a sidecar to the motorcycle and designed a three-wheeled motorcycle, which has a stronger practical value than a two-wheeled motorcycle.

Except that it looks a little out of place.

"We have improved the engine of the motorcycle, now the engine is smaller, more powerful, and more safe and reliable, some time ago we tested the engine, and it was driven continuously for 48 hours without any problems, purely in terms of reliability, our motorcycle has surpassed the motorcycles produced in Europe, and can be mass-produced." Bobby Holt is full of confidence, the technical content of motorcycles in this period is not high, and there is a possibility of surpassing Europe in a short time, and it will not necessarily be in a few years, industrial production is like this, the gap will only get bigger and bigger, and the threshold will be higher and higher.

"Then hurry up and mass production, the police department will order 50 units first." Roque immediately placed an order, and he didn't even ask the price, anyway, the meat was rotten in the pot.

"50 - that's great!" Bobby Holt shook his fist excitedly, and Ted and Green next to him had irrepressible cheers.

It didn't matter how much money they earned, the point was that their work was recognized by Roque, which was a huge boost to the confidence of several young people.

It is said that Roque is not very old now, but his status is here, and few people in the entire Transvaal dare to put his qualifications in front of Roque.

Even if you put your qualifications, Roque's qualifications are not bad, don't forget that Roque was the first official to accompany Ade to the Transvaal, and the police department was the first government agency established in Johannesburg, so in the entire Transvaal, there are few people who are older than Roque's qualifications.

"Don't be proud, entering the mass production stage is just the beginning, and then you have to continue to research the engine, the goal is to be smaller, stronger, more reliable, you also have to find ways to improve productivity, ensure production quality, reduce production costs, in short, you have more work to do." Roque poured cold water on Bobby Holt in order to make great progress.

"Rest assured, Sir, our mantra is insatiable." Bobby Holt still has momentum, and Roque's order may still have an emotional component, and Bobby Holt hopes to sell motorcycles to Europe in the future.

This ideal is not difficult to achieve, the Transvaal is now also British territory, although the British government once implemented a single colonial economic system, but this policy is now in name only, Canada, Australia have made great progress in the economy, and the same is true in southern Africa, as long as the quality of the motorcycle is excellent, then it is easy to sell it to Europe.

It is not the policy that really restricts the development of motorcycles, under the banner of free trade, the policy is not a problem, the real constraints on the development of motorcycles are the bad traffic conditions at this time, the United Kingdom is already the most powerful country in the world, and it still does not connect all the local cities with highways, and the roads in many cities have not been hardened, let alone other countries.

However, this does not affect Roque's enthusiasm for motorcycles, whether he can sell motorcycles to Europe aside, the current demand for motorcycles in the Transvaal is enough for Bobby Holt to expand the scale of production, and when the production scale of motorcycles reaches a certain level, it is not too late to develop the European market, otherwise Roque is very likely to make wedding dresses for others.

Think about it, Bobby Holt knows to buy motorcycles back for research, and those companies that are producing motorcycles in Europe will definitely do the same, and the entire motorcycle market will definitely go through a stage of a barbaric growth cycle, and then slowly stabilize, Roque hopes that the motorcycles in Ziwei Town can establish more technical advantages in this barbaric growth cycle, so that there is capital to become bigger and stronger in the future.

"I almost forgot, let me introduce you, this is Karl, an engineer from Daim, you have a new task now, I got you a car, and I dismantled this car." Roque certainly won't ignore the sedan, which is also a new blank space, and in 1900, all the automobile companies in the world combined produced only 9,504 cars, so the industry is also promising.

In 1903, when Ford was just founded in the United States, many automobile manufacturers were still family workshops, and the German Nicolos Otto made a great contribution to this by voluntarily relinquishing his patent for a four-stroke engine, which anyone could make as much as he wanted.

Therefore, it is not too late for Roque to start working on automobiles, and Ford will not start assembly line production until 1913, and if Roque seizes this opportunity, it may not be able to replace Ford's position in the automobile industry.

Not necessarily, almost certainly.

"Hello, Mr. Carl—" Bobby Holt took the initiative to shake Carl's hand, but Carl's attention was parked on the motorcycle in the factory display hall.

"It's incredible, this is a motorcycle you made?" Carl didn't expect that Southern Africa would have the capacity to produce motorcycles.

No, it's not simple production, the motorcycle in front of Carl's eyes, unlike any motorcycle Carl has seen before, is already a disruptive redesign, more difficult than mere production.

"Yes, this is our own motorcycle, we call it 'Little Monster' because the bigger monster is in Nyasaland." Bobby Holt laughed, "Monster" is a tractor that once made a splash in Purple Town.

"Monsters?" Carl was confused, feeling like he had decoupled from the world.

"Yes, Monster, it's a tractor with a diesel engine, and it has the same potential as the little Monster, and it was Mr. Rudolf Diesel who made that 'Monster', and you must have heard of that name." Bobby Holt is proud of the fact that for Europeans, Southern Africa is a backcountry, and now the backcountry has more technology than Europe, which really makes Bobby Holt very proud.

"Of course I have heard of Mr. Rudolf Diesel, but I have heard that he seems to be dead." Carl has been in Pretoria for a long time, and there is indeed a degree of decoupling from the world.

"No, no, no, Mr. Rudolf Diesel is in good health, he is now in Nyasaland, presiding over the production and improvement of tractors." Bobby Holt immediately corrected that Rudolf Diesel was a god in Bobby Holt's mind, and Bobby Holt would not allow anyone to slander Rudolf Diesel

Because of the lack of information, the rumors of this era are still very scary, and many times the parties concerned cannot clarify the rumors at all, nor can they respond in time, and Rudolph Desel came to Nyasaland and did not hype it, so many people think that Rudolph Desel has died.

"God forbid, that's great news." Karl also didn't want anything to happen to Rudolf Diesel, who was born in Paris, France, but was German.

"There is even better news, the diesel engine that Mr. Rudolf Diesel is working on will not only be used in tractors, but also in automobiles in the future, and perhaps it will not be long before we see cars that use diesel engines." Roque took the initiative to introduce that although the current diesel engine is not suitable for cars, it is no problem to use it in trucks.

Compared with cars, trucks obviously have higher practical value, whether in the civilian field or in the military field, trucks have a wide range of application prospects, compared with cars, trucks are now a blank in the standard, those family workshops in Europe have not had time to start the study of trucks, although the German Daimer company has produced the first truck in 1896, but because it does not have practicality, even Daim has not carried out further research on trucks, if Roque increases investment in trucks, Then the prospects for trucks are better than for sedans.

In another time, the first diesel-powered truck would not appear until 1924, and the producer was the German company MAN, which is now the German machine building plant in Augsburg.

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