Tesla, the oldest, said at this time: "Okay, it's not good to have guests standing at the door all the time. Let's all come upstairs." At Huo Lan's invitation, Fang Xiaoyu followed him up.
Second floor.
As soon as he arrived on the second floor, Fang Xiaoyu suddenly found a room filled with copper wires and some iron pieces. Fang Xiaoyu pointed at the room and said in surprise: "This is..." Huo Lan looked back and explained:
"That's my eldest brother's laboratory." Fang Xiaoyu asked, "Can I visit it?" Tesla nodded and said, "Of course, but what I study is rather strange, and not many people appreciate it."
Fang Xiaoyu walked into the room and found that the bookshelves in the room were filled with books, and there were some messy drawings piled on the table. The copper wires and iron sheets were scattered on the ground, forming some strange shapes. Fang Xiaoyu lowered his head and picked up a piece of paper.
Copper Wire asked: "You are studying electricity?" Tesla was surprised: "You also know about electricity? Unfortunately, I can't make it yet. It can only be obtained through lightning, but it cannot be stored. This makes my research very difficult.
.”
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: “If you want to get electricity, you don’t necessarily need to use lightning. After all, lightning is too dangerous. In fact, there are two safe ways to obtain electricity. One is through magnetoelectric conversion, relying on coils to cut magnetic lines of force to obtain electricity;
Convert chemical energy into electricity."
Then Fang Xiaoyu relied on his previous high school physics knowledge to give Tesla a detailed introduction to the relationship and functions of the stator, rotor and coil in the generator, and then talked about the famous voltaic battery method, which uses salt water.
Wet rags, sandwiched between round plates of silver and zinc, stacked into a cylinder.
The more Fang Xiaoyu explained, the brighter Tesla's eyes became. When Fang Xiaoyu explained all the electrical knowledge he knew in one breath, Tesla exclaimed: "You are really a genius. Please allow me to follow you and be yours."
s student."
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "How dare you do this? I just have some ideas. I don't know whether it will succeed. If you don't mind, you can work at my place. I will provide you with the best environment." Others don't know.
The value of Tesla's research does not mean that Fang Xiaoyu does not know how much Fang Xiaoyu needs such a talent, so Fang Xiaoyu began to seduce this electrical pioneer of the Western Continent to join his army.
Tesla said: "Okay, I must go, I hope I can get more enlightenment from you." Tesla agreed without even thinking about it, and it gave him a headache to solve this problem easily.
He is very willing to get close to people who have had problems for a long time.
Fang Xiaoyu turned around and asked Benz and Holland: "Will you two go back with me?" Holland and Benz looked at each other, and Benz said: "If you can be in our two research fields
If you can also come up with some valuable ideas, we will agree." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Of course, no problem. The first thing is your gas engine, can you show it to me first?"
Benz brought Fang Xiaoyu into his laboratory. An ugly iron machine was placed on a large table. Fang Xiaoyu walked closer and carefully confirmed that the gas engine was indeed the prototype of an internal combustion engine.
Fang Xiaoyu said: "If you ask me to make an opinion, I can only say that this idea is good, but it is really inappropriate to use gas as the energy source for this kind of machine, because gas can easily leak and cause explosions. You must find a less volatile fuel."
, I happen to know that there is such a fuel."
Benz asked in surprise: "What can replace gas and be safe?" Fang Xiaoyu asked: "Do you know there is a black oil that can burn?" Benz shook his head and said: "I have never heard of it.
Is there such a substance before? Is it a kind of liquid coal?" Fang Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "That is a completely different thing. I call this black oil petroleum. Gasoline can be extracted from petroleum through a special refining method.
and diesel. These two oils are fuels that can replace gas."
Then Fang Xiaoyu briefly explained to Benz what he knew about the theoretical knowledge he learned in physics class about cylinders, spark plugs, the ignition type of gasoline and the compression ignition type of diesel. Benz nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "That's great.
, I have decided to follow you." Looking at the excited Benz, Holland next to him was also full of hope. He smiled and said: "It seems that my two good friends have decided to follow you, so what do you want?
How can you convince me? You have to pay attention, the theoretical knowledge just mentioned is not enough."
Just now, Fang Xiaoyu just seemed to arouse Huo Lan's interest. What he talked about with him were some very simple principles with no practical application at all. Now when it was time to recruit him, Fang Xiaoyu naturally had to come up with something real: "First of all, I want to ask
Let me ask you, what do you think is the biggest use of this underwater submarine?" Holland said without thinking: "Of course it is war. Isn't it wonderful when you suddenly launch an attack on the enemy when he can't see you?
?"
Fang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "Since you are not opposed to war, that's easy to say." Fang Xiaoyu didn't know much about submarines, but he was used to reading naval books and knew more about submarines than electricity and internal combustion engines, although he still belonged to the
The scope of theoretical knowledge, but those water tanks, horizontal wings, periscopes and other very forward-looking specific designs in this era have completely fascinated Huo Lan. In the end, of course, the three of them unanimously decided to follow Fang Xiaoyu back to the Lanfang Empire.
Since all three of them could speak Chinese, the hired translator was dismissed by Fang Xiaoyu, and Fang Xiaoyu, Elena, and the other three who stayed behind chatted with Tesla for a whole afternoon. In fact, Fang Xiaoyu was alone most of the time.
There they talked about all kinds of novel knowledge like a speech. These novel knowledge not only fascinated Tesla and the three of them, but also made Elena, who had been silent all the time, look at him with beautiful eyes and turn to him from time to time.
Cast an appreciative glance.
Just when Fang Xiaoyu was salivating and his mouth was dry, a pure Chinese accent said: "What? There are guests at home?" Fang Xiaoyu turned his head, and a standard Chinese young man was standing at the door of the living room.
Huo Lan said, "Dear Xu, have you already gotten off work?" The young man said, "Yes, it's already five o'clock, and you haven't cooked yet?" Huo Lan slapped his forehead and said, "Oh my god, let me chat.
We were so engrossed that we actually forgot to cook, it seems like we even forgot about lunch.”
Fang Xiaoyu patted his stomach and said, "Yeah, I'm a little hungry when you tell me. Let's find a restaurant." The young man saw Fang Xiaoyu's pure Chinese face and heard the pure Chinese in his mouth and felt a sense of excitement.
The warmth of meeting family members. This is an instinctive feeling when a person who is far away from home meets a fellow villager. He smiled and asked: "Is this your guest?"
Huo Lan introduced: "This is Fang Xiaoyu from the Lanfang Empire. By the way, he is also an army colonel of the Lanfang Empire." The young man said: "A member of the Fang family? That is a big family." Then he introduced himself.
He said: "Hello, my name is Xu Shouchang. I am from Jinhua County. I have been in the Nantes Empire for eight years." Fang Xiaoyu shook hands with him cordially and said: "Hello, I really feel friendly when seeing Chinese people here.
." After listening to Fang Xiaoyu's words, Xu Shouchang nodded with sympathy.
Fang Xiaoyu said: "Let's go eat first and chat while eating." Since they hadn't eaten for a day, everyone was really hungry. They went to a nearby restaurant, and Fang Xiaoyu asked for a private room. After a while, the food was piping hot.
Steak and pizza were served, along with a bottle of wine.
After pouring the wine, Huo Lan raised his glass and said, "Come, let's drink to our wonderful tomorrow." Holding the wine glass, Xu Shouchang asked doubtfully, "Huo Lan, why are you so energetic today?" Huo Lan smiled and said, "Because I finally found someone who appreciates me.
The talented boss, he is my dear Fang." Xu Shouchang glanced at Fang Xiaoyu in confusion and said: "So you have decided to be hired by Colonel Fang in the future?" Benz then continued: "Not only Huo Lan, the three of us
They all decided to be employed by him."
Fang Xiaoyu said: "I heard that Mr. Xu is a warship designer?" Xu Shouchang nodded and said: "Yes, I am employed by the Naval Design Institute of the Nantes Empire." Fang Xiaoyu asked: "Have you ever built a warship yourself?
Xu Shouchang shook his head: "No, these Gauls are not willing to let foreigners intervene in the construction of warships. They think that foreigners will tamper with their weapons. It is really a typical persecution delusion."
Ship designers with Western Continent shipbuilding ideas are what Fang Xiaoyu needs most at the moment. He immediately recruited: "If I hire you to build warships, will you give up your current job?" Xu Shouchang thought for a moment and said, "Yes.
A truly powerful warship can never be built in the design studio. Only practice can make my design more perfect."