The arrogance started from Chinatown

Chapter 779: If you say it too much, you will believe it

"What are you writing?" Lin Changning hugged Chen Zhengwei from behind and leaned over his shoulder.

Chen Zhengwei sitting there quietly writing something...it's quite rare.

"Huh? You can actually draw?"

Looking at the dragonfly-like machine on the drawing, Lin Changning was a little surprised that Chen Zhengwei was actually drawing, and his drawing was very good.

She was seeing them all for the first time.

"I know a lot! For example, I have a big dick!" Chen Zhengwei picked up a cigar from the side and put it in his mouth. He took two strong puffs and the front end of the cigar began to glow red.

Lin Changning pinched him and asked.

"what is this?"

"Plane! I think this thing can fly!" When talking about flying, Chen Zhengwei became excited.

He drew a biplane from World War I. Although he couldn't remember it clearly, he still knew its shape.

In addition to the airplane, he also drew a hang glider...

He thought the laboratory should start with aerodynamic research.

"Have Xiwen send a telegram... to notify the laboratory to send a few people! It would be best if they have some knowledge of aerodynamics and flight. Just tell them that I have some ideas."

A day later, people from the laboratory came.

"boss!"

"Have you ever played with a kite? Even if you haven't played with one, you must have seen one, right?" Chen Zhengwei went straight to the point.

"Yes, boss!" Everyone nodded. Although they didn't know why Chen Zhengwei said this, it was definitely related to his new idea.

"How do kites fly?" Chen Zhengwei asked back.

"The buoyancy of air?" someone asked immediately.

"Almost... Since kites can fly, then can a big enough kite carry people into the sky?"

"In theory, yes!" Everyone was sure of this.

As long as the kite is big enough and strong enough, it can carry people into the sky.

"The laboratory is going to open a new department to study how to send people into space! And it won't be a kite, but something like a car...with a pair of wings on both sides of the car..." Chen Zhengwei tried his best to explain in easy-to-understand words.

"Look at this..." Chen Zhengwei handed his painting to everyone.

"This is one of the most important plans of the laboratory! I can invest countless manpower and resources into it!"

"Who among you can lead this department, or are there any suitable candidates?" Chen Zhengwei asked directly.

"Boss... I'm very interested in this!" Before anyone else could speak, someone stood up. It was Samuel Langley, a physics expert from the automotive department, who had been answering Chen Zhengwei's questions.

"In fact, I did have similar ideas. I also published a book called "Mechanical Flight of Birds", which contains some of my research results on bird flight."

He majored in civil engineering and taught himself physics and astronomy. He previously worked in other research institutions and was poached by Chen Zhengwei's people.

He felt very early on that flying was the direction of the future, so he had been conducting research in this area privately.

This incident is also an opportunity for him.

Directly leading a core department, he also believes that the aircraft research department will be one of the most core departments in the future.

"Do you think you can do it?" Chen Zhengwei looked up and down at the other person, who was a man in his forties.

He has so many people under him that he has no idea who is who.

However, the other party actually wrote a related book, which sounded like it really met his requirements.

"Boss, I can do it!" Samuel Langley said without hesitation.

This is an era of technological explosion, and the human beings of this era have dispelled the fog that has obscured their sight for thousands of years.

Human scientists are full of curiosity about everything, full of desire to study and explore everything, and also full of confidence in themselves.

All difficulties are only temporary, and everyone firmly believes that they will discover something that will shock the world.

And so it was with Samuel Langley.

"Then this department will be formed by you... You can tell me what kind of people you need and how many people you need! But I only have one request, I want to see results. And my patience is not very good, don't make me wait too long!" Chen Zhengwei said slowly.

"I will try my best. I need to invite some people with the same idea from various universities. Also, it would be best if the boss could invite Otto Lilienthal."

"He was a German who had done extensive research on gliders and published books on the subject," said Samuel Langley.

"Where is he now?"

"It should be in Germany..."

"I understand. Find other people and set up the laboratory first."

Chen Zhengwei discovered from his words that Langley and some other people of that era had already begun to conceive and study aircraft, and had a certain understanding of aerodynamics, so there was no need for him to remind them to study aerodynamics.

"Boss, can this matter be made public? I think there must be a lot of people who have the same idea..." Langley suddenly asked.

"Maybe we can use newspapers to find talents from all over the world." "Okay!" Chen Zhengwei nodded. He liked Langley's idea very much.

There are no headhunters in this era, and universities do not have any majors related to aviation. If you want to find a large number of researchers with ideas and capabilities in a short period of time, this is the best way.

After returning, Langley worked on the laboratory while interviewing several reporters and announced the establishment of the aircraft laboratory.

“Have you ever imagined yourself flying in the sky like a bird?”

This is what he told reporters, and then it was spread along with the news of the establishment of the Flight Vehicle Laboratory.

And this sentence is the news headline.

"Have you ever imagined yourself flying in the sky like a bird?"

Chen Zhengwei raised the newspaper in his hand and said, "This guy is quite smart and good at inciting people!"

Once this news is published, it won’t be long before the door of the laboratory is broken into.

As for how to find the talents they need among them...that's their business.

All Chen Zhengwei needs to do is pay the money.

Paying the salaries of dozens or hundreds more people is not a big problem for Chen Zhengwei.

Chen Zhengwei expected the department's funding to be no more than one million dollars a year, and if there were results, he could increase it a little more.

This is already an astronomical figure.

"Senior brother, five days ago, Britain bombarded the Egyptian port!" Li Xiwen brought over a newspaper.

"Oh? I was wondering why things are so quiet in South America recently..." Chen Zhengwei took the newspaper while speaking.

There was still a war in South America, but apart from sending a few warships to bombard the port and patrolling the waters of the warring countries to prevent Chen Zhengwei's ships from transporting supplies to Peru and Bolivia, Britain did not take any major action, which made him a little strange.

Although he had always believed that Britain would not send an army to land, the British actions were too small.

Chen Zhengwei took the newspaper and sure enough, in early July, Britain sent a fleet to the Port of Alexandria on the grounds of protecting expatriates and maintaining order, and demanded that the Egyptian government dismantle the port's artillery batteries.

The existence of the artillery posed a threat to the British fleet.

However, this request was naturally rejected by the Egyptian government.

The British then bombarded Alexandria for a day, destroying all the forts and defensive facilities, and sent their army to land at the port.

"When it comes to shamelessness, we have to look at the British...Why didn't I think of this excuse before?" Chen Zhengwei sighed.

Next time he goes somewhere, he will ask that country to dismantle its own artillery first... If they don't, then they are targeting my fleet?
Then... let's start the war!

After this incident, Egypt will become a British colony.

Those great powers are still scrambling to grab territory all over the world, which makes Chen Zhengwei eager to make a move.

Why can you rob but I can’t?
The world is so big, I should have a share in it!
It took me a long time to suppress my restless desire and I read the newspaper twice. In addition to Britain, France also sent reinforcements to Vietnam.

After taking the two Vietnamese ports from Chen Zhengwei, France, despite Vietnam’s opposition, sent additional troops to the two ports and occupied the Hongji Coal Mine.

Although the Vietnamese government cried out to the international community...no one paid any attention to them.

"The Sino-French War is about to begin..." Chen Zhengwei said as he watched.

Li Xiwen was slightly stunned, then asked:

"Because of Vietnam? Will the Qing Dynasty fight?"

After following Chen Zhengwei for so long, he has gained some international perspective, although not much.

"Li Hongzhang is definitely in favor of peace... The problem is that there are still pro-war factions. There must be disputes within the Qing Dynasty, but the root of the problem does not lie with them, and whether to fight or not does not depend on them, but on the French!" Chen Zhengwei said, crossing his legs.

Several thugs around immediately pricked up their ears.

Chen Zhengwei is free now, and he will teach them a little while reading the newspaper, just like now.

"Vietnam is a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. If France wants to completely occupy Vietnam, it must cut off all ties between Vietnam and the Qing Dynasty."

"Besides that, Vietnam is France's fulcrum in Southeast Asia. What will they do after occupying Vietnam? Continue to attack Vietnam and colonize other regions. Regions like Laos and Cambodia are almost all related to the Qing Dynasty."

"France will inevitably go to war. Only by defeating the Qing Dynasty can we gain dominance over this region!"

"So on the one hand, they want to confirm their dominance in the local area, and on the other hand, they want to weaken the influence of the Qing Dynasty in the region. This inevitably requires a fight!"

"Then why would we advocate peace? We have to fight anyway!" Li Xiwen said immediately.

"Because we can't defeat them... Li Hongzhang is clear about the situation of the Qing Dynasty. He has always advocated exchanging space for time. In fact, he also knows that the Qing Dynasty is doomed!" Chen Zhengwei sneered, his face full of sarcasm.

"It's just for others to hear!"

"He said it so much that even he believed it!"

"But the Qing Dynasty is so large and has such a huge territory and foundation that they can still torment it for a few more years!"

"So you just watch, when the time comes, there will definitely be internal disputes within the Qing Dynasty, and France will provoke a war first and take the initiative to start a war!"

(End of this chapter)