In the adjacent plaza of agricultural machinery, various construction machinery are displayed.

When everyone came to the front, Lin Wentao said proudly: "Your Majesty, these are excavators, these are bulldozers, and the main machinery of Suez's construction this time is these two things." “

Since the independence of the research team of the machine factory, the machines on this drawing have come to life one by one.

After testing the performance of these machines, Lin Wentao deeply realized that these machines would bring incredible changes to the empire.

Xiao Ming looked at the excavator and bulldozer in front of him with the same satisfied smile, in contemporary history, it took France ten years to build the Suez Canal, but at that time France did not have the internal combustion engine machinery of the Empire.

He believed that the construction of the Suez Canal could be achieved in one year under the construction machinery of the empire.

"Very good, the operation of the internal combustion engine is now more and more perfect, and with them, the development of the empire will inevitably accelerate again." Xiao Ming said happily.

The investment of these machines would allow the empire to greatly benefit from transportation, agriculture, engineering, which in turn was the foundation of a country.

Lin Wentao took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, in fact, these machines are just improved, and there is not much thought, since the emperor is here, it is better to follow the lower officials to see the new things that a machinery factory is studying, and the emperor will be very happy to see it." ”

"Oh? So, it's a coincidence that I'm here this time. Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun glanced at each other, looking forward to it.

Lin Wentao led Xiao Ming and his party to the interior of the machinery factory, and said: "Originally, Xia Guan was going to report to the emperor, but I didn't expect the emperor to arrive. “

As they spoke, they passed through an archway and came to a very empty place.

The location of the machinery factory is in the industrial zone, which is a field where the machinery factory has not yet started construction.

But at this time, in the open field, something that Xiao Ming was very familiar with was spinning.

"Monoplanes?"

Xiao Ming was slightly surprised, he really didn't know why Lin Wentao had made this thing out.

"Yes, Xia Guan has been studying this kind of machine that can fly in the sky during this time, and with the improvement of the accuracy of the imperial machine tool, Xia Guan thinks that the time has come to make this kind of machine, so he built such a prototype model." Lin Wentao said.

Xiao Ming suddenly understood, he also wondered why he didn't know such a thing flying in the sky, it turned out that it was just a model.

Seeing Xiao Ming's expression, Lin Wentao said: "Your Majesty, although the fuselage is a model, but this propeller is real, we are currently testing the power performance of the propeller, if it can meet the flight conditions, Xia Guan will build a complete aircraft." “

"The most important thing in an aircraft is the power system, and if this problem is solved, the problem of the aircraft will be basically solved." For Xiao Ming, this visit can be described as an unexpected surprise.

However, the real surprise still needs to wait, after all, in his opinion, Lin Wentao's research is only in the initial stage, and if he wants to create a battle with excellent performance, he may need to integrate the industrial capacity of the empire and establish an independent aircraft production line.

In this way, I am afraid that the aircraft will not be mass-produced in three or five years, and even if it is mass-produced, it will take some time to form combat effectiveness.

He was not in a hurry at this time, because at this point in time, the Empire's steam turbines were also being used.

The timing of mass production of the two coincides, and the empire will be able to realize the combination of cannon giant ships and sea and air integration.

And this is the imperial military power he really expects.

Pang Yukun said excitedly on the side: "The empire's technology is really changing with each passing day, but when this thing is mass-produced, I'm afraid the old minister's beard will be white." “

"It's not just you, I'm afraid my hair will turn gray too." Xiao Ming's words contain helplessness about the years.

Reminiscing about the green years when they came to this world, and then to the middle age of the current people, the empire has grown from nothing, the older they get, the stronger they become, and the older they have established the empire, they are aging day by day.

Like Pang Yukun's thoughts, he also hopes to witness the empire achieve one leap after another, but unfortunately, for now, this can only be a luxury.

It is also out of the helplessness of the passage of time that he is eager to build his ideal world system and leave a valuable legacy for the empire, because he is not sure where the empire will go without his own.

In this case, he can only try to create a situation that is favorable to the empire while he is alive.

After circling the propeller of the plane, Xiao Ming saw that there was no problem with the entity made by Lin Wentao, so he and Pang Yukun turned around and returned.

On the way back, Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to give priority to the engineering of the Suez Canal for construction machinery, and for agricultural machinery, he asked to sell it to the outside world after meeting the use of official estates, and as for African agriculture, it was enough to make up for the shortage with a large number of black slaves.

……

September of the eighth year of the imperial calendar.

Two months after the occupation of Tangier, Liu Chen received an order to destroy the British navy, and with this order came forty-six imperial warships, bringing the number of Liu Chen's fleet to eighty-eight.

In addition to this, the fleet was accompanied by a large number of transport ships, which brought ample supplies from the empire and a group of agricultural technicians.

"Commander Liu."

Leading this fleet was Xie Yuan, who was in the same Qingzhou fleet with Liu Chen, and was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet after the split of the Imperial Navy.

"Commander Xie."

When the two met, they first gave each other a military salute, and then patted each other hard.

"I didn't expect the emperor to send you over, great, not to mention the British fleet, even if it is the fleet of all Europe, we can deal with it." Liu Chen said happily.

Xie Yuan said: "The emperor is worried that other European countries will suddenly enter the war so he sent us over, and he also specially sent a group of agricultural technicians, this Tangier will be the bridgehead of the empire to attack Europe in the future." “

"Hahaha...... It's still the emperor's power, this is preparing to build a farm in Africa, well, yes, now the French prisoners and black slaves we captured are useful, and the Department of Minerals has also found coal mines in Morocco, so the supply is not a problem at all. Liu Chen said that before they captured Tangier, France had already implemented a cruel slave policy against Tangier, and he just picked up a ready-made one.

Compared to Liu Chen, Xie Yuan was a little excited, after all, as the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, it was reasonable not to participate in the war against Britain, so after receiving the battle order, he couldn't wait to come with his whole army.

"I'll leave this supply to the administrative officer, when will we teach the British a hard lesson."