Chapter 19: European Journey (Part 2)

  Next week, Yu visited and recruited German mechanical engineer Karl Friedrich Benz.

  Iz, and also French mechanical engineer Rudolf Diesel.

  Karl Friedrich Benz

  Born on November 25, 1844 in Germany, German mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, he is the founder of the later Benz (also translated as "Benz" or "Bents") automobile.

  In 1879 he obtained a patent for his own research on the two-stroke engine, and later continued to obtain patents for the accelerator system, battery ignition system, spark plug, carburetor, clutch, transmission and water cooling system.

  Due to the rapid increase in production costs at the factory, the bank required the factory to be upgraded to a large company. Benz had no choice but to absorb other funds, and his company eventually became a joint-stock company.

  He only held 5% of the shares, and not much general manager salary, and most importantly, he was unable to continue researching new products, so he decided to leave his own company. Zhou Yu's appearance rekindled Benzi's hope.

  Rudolf Diesel was born on March 18, 1858 in Paris. His father was from Augsburg and his mother from Nuremberg.

  The later diesel engine This 1897 experimental engine was the precursor to the modern diesel engine, with a power output of 14.7 kW (20 hp), far more than the steam engines and Otto engines that were available at that time.

  Zhou Yu was able to recruit these two tech experts mainly because Zhou Yu plagiarized the main technical data and related drawings from over a hundred years of gasoline and diesel engine development history in later generations.

  Diesel engines can be classified according to their use:

  Construction machinery supporting diesel engine

  Agricultural machinery supporting diesel engine

  Downhole equipment matched with diesel engine

  Compressor with diesel engine

  Vehicle equipped with diesel engine

  Forklift matching diesel engine

  Ship diesel generator set

  Diesel Engine for Pump Set

  Welding generator set

  According to displacement and number of cylinders, it can be divided into:

  Two, three, four, five, six, eight, ten, twelve cylinders, etc.

  Gasoline engine classification:

  Classification by intake system

  Classification by cylinder count

  By itinerary

  Classification by cylinder arrangement

  Classification by cooling method

  By fuel type used.

  Engine Technology Analysis:

  Turbocharged Engine

  Turbocharged Engine

  Gasoline Direct Injection

  All-aluminum engine

  Variable Valve Timing

  Rotor motor.

  Boxer Engine

  Common rail diesel injection system.

  When Zhou Yu handed over these drawings and materials to the two of them, they were so idolized! The way they looked at Zhou Yu was with admiration. It scared Zhou Yu so much that he got goosebumps all over his body.

  Two people signed a contract similar to Tesla's, and Zhou Yu also designed their names as the name of the engine:

  1. The gasoline engine is called Benz.

  2. The diesel engine is called Diesel.

  Both Fang De and Di Zai were very embarrassed, why?

  Because in their opinion; these engines with detailed technical data should belong to Zhou Yu's invention, it's just that they are the ones who executed it. Now, on the contrary, using their names to register, that would be a lasting legacy, so they would feel embarrassed.

  Why did Zhou Yu do this? One is that in history, they indeed invented it. The second point, and the most important one, is that Zhou Yu wanted them to wholeheartedly cultivate a large number of mechanical talents for himself and China.

  Zhou Yu also gave two people, each one million pounds, to buy what they needed, assistants, mechanical equipment and required materials. The monthly salary of the two was also $10,000, and there were bonuses if there were results, but the invention patents belonged to Zhou Yu.

  The contract signed was also a lifetime agreement. And arranged for their families to immigrate to Hawaii with them. Also gave them autonomy, allowing them to hire high-paying assistants and relevant talents on their own. In addition, people were sent to assist them in their actions.

  Zhou Yu and Ben Zhen, Di Xieer went their separate ways, he began to look for agents or companies for his own invented civilian products.

  Zhou Yu and many companies from France, Germany, Britain and other countries finally reached a cooperation agreement.

  Manufacturing life category products of its own invention, 'Rejoice Shampoo', L'Oréal 'Hair Dye Water', Skin Beauty Soap, Paris Perfume, Fragrant Lipstick, Clean Teeth Whitening Toothpaste, Three Smile Toothbrush, L'Oréal Hair Care Essence, Hair Gel, Straight Hair Cream and so on. It also owns 51% of the technical and patent shares of cooperative enterprises that produce its patented products.

  Among them, French businessmen are the most crazy, because they see a lot of French elements in the patent information and brand names of products.

  When they came up with these products, the inventors should have been romantic Frenchmen; otherwise, who would bother to use brands with a French romantic flavor? They found an excuse for their craziness that was both profitable and face-saving.

  Versace

  is a 20-something who has just returned from Oxford, UK

  A British-born Italian who graduated from university, he is a hereditary minor noble of the United Kingdom and likes quietness, enjoying an aristocratic leisure life.

  He prefers his professional attire designs. He has a small family-owned clothing factory in the UK, mainly producing various suits and other garments.

  Zhou Yu found him and gave him a large number of technical documents about glasses, scarves, underwear, sheets, tablecloths, perfumes, ties, leather goods, bags, ceramics, glassware, down products, etc.

  Named by Zhou Yu as the brand 'Versace', a series related to fashionable men's clothing, from design, materials, production, packaging, to chain store operations, all technical documents and drawings.

  There is also a fashion brand called 'Chanel' with a complete set of documents and drawings for professional women's clothing.

  Versace knew that the birth of these two brands would make them sweep the world in a short time.

  So Fang Si-cheng agreed to Zhou Yu's harsh conditions:

  1. Zhou Yu invested ￡5 million to establish the Versace Fashion Group, and Gianni Versace's small clothing factory was also merged into the company.

  2. Zhou Yu holds 90% of the shares, while Fang Sizhe and his partners hold a total of 10%.

  3. Fan Sicheng is the company's legal representative, and Zhou Yu is an underground private hidden shareholder.

  Furthermore, Zhou Yu also signed a secret cooperation agreement with the British energy company, Bartolde Energy Company, which has more than 9,000 employees. The agreement stipulates:

  Zhou Yu invested ￡11 million and provided specific exploration locations for large oil mines that are easy to exploit in regions including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Arab, Syria.

  Also includes iron, copper, aluminum, saltpeter, tungsten, uranium and other energy-related minerals in Australia, Chile, Malaysia, Indonesia, Yemen, Luzon, Somalia and other places, as well as specific locations of plantations.

  Zhou Yu holds 60% of the shares, and Batoru Company holds 40%. The subsequent funds will be invested and benefited according to the proportion of shares. After contacting and confirming through telegram, Zhou Yu appointed Chen Xiru, the second son of Chen Fang who had joined the Zhongyong Army, as his representative.

  The boss of Bartolotti's company, Portsmouth. Bartolotti is the nominal legal person for the company.

  Zhou Yu drew up detailed addresses and storage quantities of various mines based on later generations' data, and handed over all the information to Chen Xiru, who had just rushed to Europe, and told him specific operational details.

  These mines are mainly undiscovered and unmined, especially the geographical location is very critical. Zhou Yu promised Bartold that for each large mine base, he would send more than 200 armed personnel to maintain the safety of the base. These bases played an incalculable role in Zhou Yu's future military development.

  Today, the dock of the Vulcan Shipbuilding Plant (Aktien-Gesellschaft Vulkan Stettin) located on the Oder River in Szczecin, Poland is heavily guarded. Those who don't know think it's another military exercise! In fact, today is Zhou Yu's day to leave Germany.

  On the dock's waterfront, twenty large cargo ships loaded with goods and two battleships were anchored. This was the last batch of goods, most of which had already arrived safely in Hawaii and Vietnam earlier.

  Including scientists like Nikola Tesla, their families and the experimental equipment and materials they need, as well as technical instructors and mechanical installers dispatched by Germany, are what Zhou Yu needs most now.

  As the most credible and rigorous Germans in the world, they were all dispatched with their own warships as escorts. The Germans did a great job at that time!

  Today, as Zhou Yu's partner, the spirited and majestic old general Bismarck Premier came personally to see off his Chinese friend Zhou Yu.

  Thanks to Zhou Yu's provision, the addition of several ultra-era technological products and the data of the British Royal Navy's "Fraleck White" 10,000-ton battleship, all of which have been secretly developed in Germany, and Germany's military strength has thus taken a new starting point.

  So Old Bismarck has been in a great mood lately, and on the way to see Zhou Yu off, he didn't forget to tease him a few times.

  Zhou Yu expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the warm hospitality of the German Empire.

  I, Zhou Yuru, say: My most respected friend, Chancellor Bismarck, I am deeply grateful for your and Germany's friendship and hospitality. As a friend of Germany in the Far East, I hope that the German language will surpass English to become the universal language of the world.

  Bismarck was overjoyed by Zhou Yu's words. He said: "I am particularly delighted, Mr. Zhou Yu, that you have given us Germans such a wonderful blessing. This is the common hope of all of us Germans. Everyone thinks that German is the best language in the world."

  Zhou Yu bid farewell to the narcissistic Bismarck and boarded the A1 warship (Bayern) whose name was changed by him, while the other one was called A2 warship (Württemberg). Both of these two warships were the main battleships in service of Germany, "Saxony" class battleship.

  Saxony-class armoured warship, ninety-eight meters in length

  Propulsion was provided by eight boilers, two horizontal return-flue steam engines, and twin screws.

  Crew of 317 people.

  The Sachsen was equipped with six 26 cm (10 in) main guns.

  The main armament was arranged as a twin turret forward of the conning tower, mounted in a pear-shaped armored housing.

  The other four main guns are located in the middle of the ship, two on each side. The turret is surrounded by armor rings outside, and it does not move itself, but the guns inside the turret can rotate automatically, without a gun shield, making shooting convenient.

  The disadvantage is that if a shell hits the turret, it may destroy all four guns.

  In addition, the ship was also equipped with six 87mm guns and three 350mm torpedo tubes.

  The Sachsen had heavy armor protection.