Yi call? Yi was overjoyed, which meant that Shengjing's situation was expected to be properly resolved, and he immediately ordered: "Go home." ”

Yi held the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to the east to worship his ancestors, and what he did in Shengjing made Yi frightened, he knew very well that if he could not recover it as soon as possible, once the drought was over, Yuan Qi would inevitably go on a large-scale Northern Expedition, Shengjing's small court, private expansion of the army, and secession of the Northeast, these are absolutely intolerable to Yuan Qi.

If you really want to wait until Yuanqi makes a big Northern Expedition, the consequences will inevitably be catastrophic, Yi Zhixin is not a good man and a woman, once he turns his face, he will be ruthless, at that time, Shengjing is not guaranteed and it is a trivial matter, and it is possible to destroy the Qing Dynasty!

It was precisely because he clearly realized this that he was worried, and sent people to secretly contact Ci'an several times to agree to stabilize Yi first, and let Ci'an and his wife get out and return to Beijing first.

Sitting in the four-wheeled carriage, Su Shuncai said softly: "The seventh master designated to only talk to the sixth master, and I asked him to call again in two hours, it should be that the queen mother has already made peace with him and came to test." Saying that, he said with some concern: "Yi Guocheng is just afraid that he won't give up...... ”

Yi said in a sullen voice: "Talk to Lao Qi first, the queen mother and the emperor must return to Beijing first." ”

"Tick ring" The crisp phone rang, Yi quietly waited for the phone to ring three times before picking up the microphone, and said in a flat tone: "Which one?" ”

"Sixth brother." Yi's deep voice came from the microphone, "After a long time, can the sixth brother be okay?" ”

"Thanks to the seventh brother, I haven't been scared to death yet." Yi said in a cold tone: "The seventh brother is tossing in Shengjing, how can he have time today?" ”

There was silence in the microphone for a while, and then a voice came, "Sixth brother really has the heart to set up a military region in Shengjing?" ”

"Give people a handle, self-destroy the Great Wall, and cut their own wings, your sixth brother can't do it, and you can't do it!" Yi said angrily: "Keeping more than 100,000 Manchurian troops in the northeast is conducive to stabilizing the situation and extending the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Good!" Yi said simply: "When the Shengjing Military Region is established, the Queen Mother and the Emperor will return to Beijing when they will!" With that, he hung up.

Listening to the busy sound on the phone, a smile appeared on Yi's face, and Su Shun smiled: "The sixth master is even sarcastic, is he afraid that he will ask more?" ”

Yi nodded and said, "There is no problem with the decision of the Senior Administration, Yi Guocheng still has to have a prophet there, it really annoys the God of Wealth, but it is enough for us to drink a pot." ”

Shanghai, east bank of the Huangpu River, airport.

Said to be an airport, in fact, is a flat land plus two parallel cement runways, surrounded by barbed wire, although simple, but better than wide enough, one end of the runway is a four-seat large semi-sealed steel hangar, three different small biplanes quietly parked in the hangar.

"This is the first glider that was tried to be built according to Bernoulli's principle, the reason why the glider can overcome gravity and lift into the air is because of the shape of the arch of the wing section, when the aircraft flies fast, the streamline distribution of the air above and below the wing is asymmetrical, the streamline above the wing is dense, the flow velocity is large, and the pressure is small.

The flow line under the wing is sparse, the flow velocity is small, and the pressure is strong, so that the air pressure above the wing will be lower than that below, resulting in the higher air pressure below to support the aircraft and float in the air. ”

Speaking of this, Yi Zhengde's tone was a little low, "Although we have used the wind tunnel to conduct repeated tests, the glider flight still caused several accidents and lost some manpower, fortunately, we have mastered and summarized a lot of flight knowledge with the glider." ”

Looking at the extremely simple glider in front of him, Yi Zhishu was speechless for a while, how dare you dare to fly such a simple plane to the sky?

The second aircraft was a two-wing structure, with an engine fixed under the main wing, a pair of two-bladed propellers on the left and right behind it, and a two-wing rudder at the tail, but no landing gear and wheels, and a skid at the bottom.

Without waiting for Yi Zhengde's introduction, Yi Zhizhi asked, "How does this take off?" ”

"With slides." Yi Zhengde pointed to the slide rail of the hangar, "Using the car-assisted catapult .......to take off, the best result is to fly for three minutes and fly more than ten miles." ”

The third biplane is the protagonist today, it is already equipped with landing gear and wheels, and can take off and land completely on its own power, Yi Zhengde did not introduce much, and said with a smile: "I invited my father here today, just to witness that the era of human flight has begun!" ”

In the roar of the engine, the plane slowly drove out of the hangar on the runway, the accompanying reporters couldn't wait to press the shutter, stayed for a while, the plane began to accelerate forward under the attention of everyone, accelerate, accelerate, everyone couldn't take their eyes off it, and looked at the ....... with bated breath.

The plane sped forward quickly, and after passing half of the runway, the nose of the plane was pulled, and it quickly broke off the ground and flew up!

Looking at the plane that was steadily rushing into the sky, Yi Zhengxing, Zhao Liewen, and Li Hongzhang all had expressions of disbelief on their faces, the impact of this scene on them was too great, such a big plane could really fly in the sky? This is not a hot air balloon!

The plane drew an arc in the sky and flew towards the sky above the city of Shanghai, Yi Zhizu raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, and asked, "How long can you fly?" ”

"Thirty minutes." Yi Zhengde's eyes chased the smaller and smaller planes in the air, "This model has been tested several times, and the best one flew to the beach and turned around, flying for more than 30 minutes. ”

More than thirty minutes! Yi Zhishu raised his eyebrows, this is already of practical value, I really didn't expect that such great progress could be made in just six or seven years! After thinking about it, he was relieved that it was not uncommon for Yuanqi to invest in blood, to poach people from all over the world, and to work together.

In the past, the test flight of the plane was to the east in the sparsely populated direction, for fear that the plane would fall and cause additional losses, but this time it was an abnormal thing to invite Yi Zhixiang and a group of media to come to inspect and witness, and instead crossed the Huangpu River to the west and circled over the city of Shanghai.

Shanghai citizens have seen hot air balloons and airships, but this is the first time they have seen airplanes, this kind of strange shape and flying speed is obviously much faster than the airship of the aircraft immediately attracted many people to watch, and the diplomatic officials of the consulates in Shanghai also ran out to watch after discovering it, one by one amazed.

At the airport, Yi Zhizu slowly paced back to the second hangar, circled around the second biplane structure twice, and said, "How much horsepower is the aircraft engine?" ”

"This light engine is 25 horsepower." Yi Zhengde hurriedly said: "The one that is being tested is the latest developed engine with 40 horsepower. If the power is insufficient, it will not be able to take off smoothly on its own power. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, and praised without hesitation: "Good, very good!" Reward the Aircraft Research Institute with 10,000 yuan! In addition, the casualties are rear-shirted. ”

The plane circled twice over Shanghai and soon returned, circled a few times over the airport and then aimed at the runway and began to land, seeing this situation, Yi Zhixin couldn't help but sweat for the pilot, he knew that the landing of the plane was the most dangerous, until the plane stopped steadily on the runway, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the watch, from take-off to landing, less than twenty minutes, but this is already a very perfect performance!

Returning to the palace and entering the Changle Book House, Yi Zhengxing said with great interest: "Father, this plane can be used as a military reconnaissance ........ ”

Yi Zhizhi nodded, "Yes, the first time I can think of using aircraft for military purposes." As he spoke, he looked at Yi Zhengde, "What does Zhengsheng think?" ”

Yi Zhengde knows that if the aircraft can be used in the military, it will undoubtedly play a great role in promoting the development of the aircraft, but the use of the aircraft in the military seems to be only for reconnaissance, he nodded and said: "I agree with the second brother's opinion, the aircraft high-altitude reconnaissance has incomparable advantages." ”

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said: "Dispatch capable personnel from the Aircraft Research Institute to Xi'an to establish a new aviation research institute, and equip a subsidiary aircraft manufacturing plant, for my father to see the formation of China's air force in his lifetime." ”

Air force? Several people present were a little overwhelmed by this word, and after hesitating, Yi Zhengxing said tentatively: "Army, navy....... Air force? ”

"Not bad!" Yi Zhicontent affirmed: "You underestimate the value of the plane too much, just imagine, if you can drop a bomb down from the plane, what would it be like?" What if planes could take off and land on a battleship? ”

Several people were shocked by his whimsical thoughts, this imagination is too rebellious, they saw that the plane only thought of military reconnaissance, but he thought so far, the plane was still bombed in the past, the plane took off and landed on the battleship, is this possible?

Zhao Liewen was taken aback and said in amazement: "This is the killer weapon of the big shopkeeper to deal with the ironclad ship?" ”

After lighting a cigarette, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "The plane is only in its infancy now, and it is too early to say that it is a killer weapon to deal with ironclad ships, but this idea is to start trying now, and it will be carried out from several aspects at the same time." ”

After a pause, he said slowly: "The aircraft is the key, the aircraft needs to be greatly improved, the need for faster flight speed, longer range, safer self-protection, the focus is on the aircraft engine, we must develop a high-horsepower, safe and reliable engine, the research direction can consider increasing the number of engine cylinders, six-cylinder, eight-cylinder, twelve-cylinder, the greater the power, the better."

In terms of warships, try to build huge ships with flight decks of tens of thousands of tons, and in terms of ammunition, develop aerial bombs suitable for dropping from high altitudes........ you think about it, what is the situation when a swarm drops bombs are bombed from a high altitude in land operations? The same is true of naval battles, even if a giant ironclad warship is bombed by a group of aircraft from high altitudes, it can only be beaten ......... ”

"The big shopkeeper." The secretary of the confidential room hurriedly came in and reported: "King Gong is calling. ”

"Take it in." Yi Zhishu glanced at Zhao Liewen as he spoke, and then said before he said: "Aircraft have an irreplaceable role in the military of the army and navy, so once the aircraft can be produced and put into use on a large scale, an independent branch of the military must be established, and the power of the joint operations of the navy, land and air force is boiling just thinking about it."

In addition to military applications, airplanes also have a very broad prospect in civilian use, and airplanes are the same as ships, which will be built bigger and faster, and the speed will be faster and faster. ”

"Di Bell Bell" The crisp bell rang, Zhao Liewen hurriedly got up and walked into the inner room, and Yi Zhengde, who was excited, lowered his voice and asked: "The purpose of establishing an aviation research institute in Xi'an is to keep it secret?" ”

"Yes." Yi Zhi said with a full jaw: "As far as the current unveiled model has neither commercial value nor military value, and the risk is extremely high, no one can clearly realize the unparalleled potential and value of the aircraft, so we have to carry out secret research and development, once the combat power is formed, we can deliberately provoke the end of the war and hit the opponent in one fell swoop!" ”

His words are not blind self-confidence, in the first ten years of the birth of the aircraft has not been valued by all parties in the world, until the First World War, the military value of the aircraft is still not enough attention, during this period airships are far more favored than airplanes, such as the famous Zeppelin.

While a few people were talking, Zhao Liewen walked out with a frown, and said softly: "Big shopkeeper, Shengjing may have changed." ”

Has Shengjing changed? Yi Zhizhi said in a deep voice: "Yi is self-reliant in Shengjing? ”

"It's not." Zhao Liewen hurriedly said: "King Gong plans to set up the Shengjing Military Region to stabilize Yi, in exchange for the queen mother and the emperor to return to Beijing, and specially called to ask for instructions. ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhengxing suddenly became anxious, "If this is really the case, there is no reason to ask for Shengjing!" ”

"No objections." Li Hongzhang said in a sullen voice: "There is no reason to object!" ”

"Although King Gong is a strong advocate of constitutionalism, he is still a royal family after all, and he does not want us to conquer Shengjing." Zhao Liewen pondered and said: "If King Gong joins forces with the royalists, there will be no suspense in the decision of the Senior Council to approve the establishment of the Shengjing Military Region. ”

Yi Zhishu nodded, "Where is this for instructions, it's just to inform us." ”

Li Hongzhang said in a deep voice: "The decision of the Senior Council to approve the establishment of the Shengjing Military Region cannot be opposed, but we can intervene with the troops and generals stationed in the Shengjing Military Region!" ”

"That's the key." Zhao Liewen agreed: "Yi can't go back to Beijing now, and he can't get a foothold in Shengjing, so he will naturally detain Taihe and the emperor." ”

After being silent for a while, Yi Zhizhi said slowly: "If this is the case, you will turn against King Gong, which will eventually lead to the north and the south turning against each other, and a large-scale civil war will break out." ”

Hearing this, the room was silent, and everyone knew that Yi Zhifen had always advocated avoiding a large-scale civil war, and this time was indeed not a good time for a large-scale civil war.