Xiao Ming stood on the left side of the airport runway and looked at the monoplane that was taxiing forward.

Whether it was a blitzkrieg against Tsarist Russia or a confrontation with Britain, there were front-line generals in command, thousands of miles away, and the transmission of information was backward, and he, the emperor, could only grasp production, science and technology, construction and logistics.

And now this monoplane, which is being test-flown is one of the projects he has been eyeing for most of the year.

With the improvement of the imperial industrial system and the continuous development of chemical and material science, the level of science and technology of the empire has reached the level of the early twentieth century.

Because of this, the Reich's machine shop was able to turn the tank on the drawing board into reality, and now the monoplane, a high-tech machine, is once again succeeding for some time.

It can be said that the explosion of science and technology in the empire today is entirely the reason for the accumulation of more than 20 years, of which the accumulation of talents occupies the most important role.

At present, the majors of the major universities in the empire are basically in line with the contemporary scientific research system, in addition to the traditional chemical engineering, materials, and physics majors, in the past two years, there have been computer majors, atomic energy majors.

The reason why he has only added these two majors to major colleges and universities now is because only when the accumulation of technology reaches a certain stage can the research of these two majors have the conditions, and the development of science from simple to complex cannot be violated more lawfully.

Of course, in addition to the new major, he also released a lot of new knowledge in the old major, such as steam turbines, aero engines, etc.

"Lao Chen never thought that people could fly into the sky, and now it is really an eye-opener." Fiji said that as the years passed, the patriarch of the Three Dynasties had gray hair and a little rickety on his back.

Two days ago, he had formally submitted his resignation to Xiao Ming, and he was recuperating in Qingzhou, and at the age of nearly sixty-five, his body was becoming more and more unable to support the current intensity of government affairs.

In this regard, Xiao Ming did not keep it, in recent years, the empire has fought in the east and west, and the development of science and technology has been booming, but he has also been improving in government affairs.

And for the first time in the empire, it was proposed that officials could resign from the imperial court at the age of 55 and return to the field at the age of 60.

After all, at this age, both physically and reflexively are already a little sluggish, and it is not suitable to continue to hold positions in the imperial court.

Moreover, Xiao Ming also intends to eliminate these old officials whose ideas are gradually unable to keep up with the times, and in his opinion, only new-style officials can lead the empire to a more brilliant future.

It stands to reason that Fiji should have resigned five years ago, but Xiao Ming thought that he was still more prestigious among the old officials, so he kept him for five years and put him in charge of supervising hundreds of officials, and deposing those old officials who were corrupt and bribery and inaction.

"It's not just Fei Ge Lao, I never thought that I would see such a magical machine." Pang Yukun said.

Suddenly, Fiji wanted to resign and return to the field, but he was suddenly a little reluctant, without such an opponent, this court was much lonelier.

However, he also understands that today is different from the past, the current empire is fighting from time to time, the atmosphere of the whole empire is the same as the outside, and his age is not young, in a few years it should be the same as Fiji, all have the same feelings.

Xiao Ming's gaze looked back and forth at the two of them, and he couldn't help laughing: "You guys are making a fuss, the blowout period of imperial technology has just begun, and you will see it later." ”

"Hahaha...... In this way, the old minister must live longer. Fiji burst out laughing.

As the three of them spoke, the monoplane began to rise at the end of the runway, rushing into the sky like a small bird.

In an instant, the entire machine factory erupted in thunderous cheers.

"Fly! Fly! “

The mechanics of the machine shop danced with their hands, and the workers lifted the plane's technicians up and threw them into the sky to express their excitement.

For the people of the Empire, the significance of airplanes was not comparable to that of tanks and automobiles, because for a long time mankind has always had a reverence for the sky and believed that it was the abode of the gods.

But now the success of monoplanes means that humans can fly freely in the sky, which is not comparable to a hot air balloon moving with the wind.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming couldn't help but be infected by this enthusiasm, this is his empire, a thriving superpower.

"Lin Wentao, you have done a good job, it can be said that you have completed the test flight of the aircraft ahead of schedule, but now is not the time to be proud, and the military production of the aircraft must be put on the agenda, especially the development of bombers and transport aircraft." Xiao Ming said that at present, no country in the world has an air force.

Therefore, fighters don't mean much to Xiao Ming, what is really useful to the empire are bombers and transport planes, the former can carpet bomb the enemy's positions, and the latter can increase the speed of the empire's army deployment.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we have accumulated experience through this aircraft, and the following is simple." Lin Wentao nodded, he already had the blueprints for the bomber and transport aircraft, and this monoplane was just to start the aircraft industry.

Soon the empire will be established in the Northern Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Center in Jinzhou, the Eastern Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Center in Qingzhou, the Southern Aircraft Manufacturing Center in Chengdu, and the Western Aircraft Manufacturing Center in Chang'an.

These manufacturing centers will design and manufacture all types of aircraft for the future of the Empire.

"Well, I wish I could travel between the cities of the Empire on an Imperial-made plane sooner rather than later." Xiao Ming showed an expectant look.

For him, the most important issues of this era were transportation and information transmission, and only by solving these two problems could the empire effectively control the overseas colonies and avoid the estrangement between the colonies and the empire due to distance.

The plane flew around Qingzhou City ten times and then slowly landed at the airport, and the test flight ended perfectly.

After commending the technicians and workers involved in the manufacture of the aircraft, Xiao Ming led the ministers back by car.

On the way back, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to plan the construction of the empire's airport from now on, and not to wait for the plane to come out before going to work.

At the same time, he also demanded that in addition to retaining some valuable city walls, all other meaningless city walls should be demolished so as not to affect the construction of transportation roads.

In addition, the two also discussed the matter of the imperial welfare system.

In the past 20 years of industrialization, in fact, the biggest change in the empire is the living standard of the people, from the previous lack of food and clothing, to the current imperial country has no shortage of fish and meat, and there is no shortage of new clothes every year, and the overall living standard of the empire has long surpassed that of Europe, and even led by a hundred years.

After all, in addition to military industry and heavy industry, Xiao Ming also brought the contemporary food industry and various light industries here.