At that time, Downing once suggested to Prime Minister Russell to build an office building opposite No. 10 Downing Street and put the Communications Management Committee in. As a result, Prime Minister Russell believed that this proposal was unnecessary. Since the war has fought, the power of wireless telegraph has been fully reflected. You can see if you see the fate of the French army. Prime Minister Aberdeen not only placed the Communications Committee composed of British Telegraph Company across No. 10 Downing Street, but also occupied almost half of the entire building because they needed a large number of staff to maintain communication between the government and local agencies and colonial agencies. This intelligence center is the most lively in Downing Street, with constant communications staff running around.

In 1569, Sir Francis Walsingham, the British Secretary of State during Elizabeth I, founded the British Secret Service, which was the agency responsible for the British external intelligence work. The Director of the Secret Service suggested to the Prime Minister to cooperate with the British Telegraph Company to monitor international telegraphs for real-time intelligence.

At this time, Downing had the capital to grasp it. He learned from Switzerland, implemented a permanent neutral policy, and did not participate in any country's intelligence war. Even the British Prime Minister had no choice but to do anything to him. However, he agreed to cooperate with the British government to monitor telegrams in the UK.

By the way, wired telegraphs are not dead. They have found opportunities in the government and military departments. High-intensity confidentiality is needed here. It is the only advantage of wired telegraphs. They also learned to use paper tapes and typewriters to develop efficient transceivers and receivers. After years of hard work, they finally made progress. However, if the layout of QWERTY typewriters is legally used, they have to pay a patent fee to Downing. How many units they sold are under the control of Downing, and they are unable to have an impact on the British Telegraph Company.

Lionel and Downing finally settled the shareholders of the East India Company and several government officials one by one, and passed the bill that the Straits Colony Plantation can have private soldiers, with up to 2,000 private soldiers with guns. The specific number of people must be reported to the colonial government and approved. This is exactly the lower limit for the annual recruitment of Downing by the Grand Duke of Hesse. The number of logistics personnel is not limited. There is a lot of articles to do here, but there is actually no limit on the number of people, because weapons can be hidden in the arsenal and used at any time, and the logistics personnel can be trained soldiers.

Hearing this good news, Tangning excitedly began to design firearms and prepare to build an arsenal in Belgium. With his current relationship with the Belgian government, building an arsenal in this logistics center is a good choice, and it can also avoid the Swiss government's restrictions on arms. The Swiss base camp is specifically used to supply smoke-free launching drugs, which is one of his biggest core secrets.

Today's rifles are still mainly equipped with launching drugs and bullets separately. Putting them together to form "fixed modern rifle bullets" will greatly improve the rate of fire and stability. In the era of partitioning, soldiers are prone to making mistakes in times of crisis and often forget whether they have installed bullets. The price of fixed gear is that the shells they carry are extra weight. In the era of non-mechanization, the supply of ammunition is a big problem, so the faster the rifle, the better, and semi-automatic rifles that use recoil to load automatically are not considered.

Not only that, the speed of the rifle fire must be limited, and it is not possible to use the magazine to quickly switch, because the magazine will increase weight and replace it with "mass clip". Although these two statements are homophonic, they are not the same. The magazine is just a simple and lightweight gadget used to assist the gunman to press a row of bullets into the magazine compartment, which is lighter than a hairpin.

Downing's design mainly refers to the Lee Enfield rifle used by the British army in World War II. It has two ammunition boxes and can fill ten bullets. It uses a rotating and pull-up manual loading. It is one of the fastest manual rifles. During World War II, a platoon of the British army used it to shoot quickly, which made the German army think that it was suppressed by a machine gun. I just said that the rate of fire should be limited, so, when the enemy's pressure is not very high, the Lee Enfield rifle has an ammunition box partition, which will fill one bullet every time it is fired, keeping the ammunition box full until the enemy approaches and needs a large firepower. Under the command of the commander, the partition is removed and fires with all its strength, so that the enemy can taste the "machine gun-like firepower".

Not only that, Tangning also needs to manufacture the barrel with the most advanced technology. His secret is to use "CNC machine tools". The numerical control capability of multi-axis linkage comes from the general computer invented by Babbage. Of course, it must be optimized and created a CNC operating language. G-Code. The computer has a huge body and is not fast, but it only needs to be optimized for the machine tool. There is no problem in completing a simple three-axis linkage. This will be Tangning's biggest secret in the field of mechanical manufacturing. A group of mathematics experts at Cambridge University happened to graduate, and Tangning recruited them all under his command with high salaries.

Downing now brought these math experts to Brussels for training, but in the end he would send them to Zurich to establish the "Swiss Precision Instruments Company".

Downing's first arsenal was finally settled in Helstar, Belgium, an industrial center in Belgium. It was a Belgian military. It would definitely not work without government support for the arsenal. He advised the Belgian government that it would be impossible to be neutral without a strong military. Given the lessons of the former prime minister, the new cabinet quickly agreed to the request for building an arsenal, which not only can build weapons, but also can export without restrictions, and only needs to report to the Ministry of Defense.

When Tangning was busy with the planning of the arsenal, the phonograph project was also in progress, and there was already a prototype and recording equipment. After everything was ready, Tangning invited Dupu, the creator of the Camellia opera, to record his opera into the world's first record. Dupulai also brought Miss Violeta, the actress of the Camellia female. In order to avoid suspicion, Tangning had never interacted with Violeta. This was the first time he saw her in two months and asked with a smile: "You two were not burned to death, it's a miracle!" Tangning really admired Dupulai's ability to survive. If he had not had a particle beam gun, he would have died on the same day as the beautiful woman in the same year, month and day.

Dupulai smiled bitterly and said, "I almost died. Fortunately, I was very strong and forced to squeeze out. It was so scary."

It was time to play tricks, and Downing introduced them to his workshop. He had bought a large estate in Brussels and regarded it as another stronghold.

When he first saw Dupulai and Violeta, who were dignified industrial designs in red and black, both calmed down. Violeta forgot to be shy and asked, "What is this?"

Tang Ning smiled slightly, pressed the Play button, and the speaker hidden under the semi-transparent grid began to "speak". It was Tang Ning's own voice recorded at will, some of which were taken from the lines of the Camellia Girl, such as "The pain you want to create me is just a proof of your love for me".

Violeta never expected that this square box could make a sound, and she screamed in disappointment. Dupulai was naturally stunned.

Tang Ning was very satisfied with their reaction and said proudly: "Isn't it magical? You can leave the sound behind and play the magic box that can be played repeatedly. I call it a phonograph. To sell it, you have to have content. I couldn't think of any sound, or just record the Camellia Girl's opera. The two are fortunate to become the world's first musicians to be famous in the phonograph."

The huge pie fell and hit the head. Dupulai and Violeta were both excited. If they knew that the recording of the record and the royalties were taken, they would be even more excited. They would see this later on the cooperation contract.

All of this is being kept secret. Downing asked Dup to recommend some famous musicians. He directly asked Reuters, who spread all over Europe to send train tickets to these music experts and kindly invited them to Brussels to record records.

In April 1855, when the spring flowers were blooming, Tangning finally hurriedly rushed from Brussels to Munich with his phonograph, and proposed to his flower fairy and the little princess like a passionate bee.

When he arrived in Munich, good news also came from General Power there. The first prototype car that was nearly completed had been built and was waiting for the boss's inspection. The prototype car only had 10 horsepower, and the maximum speed was close to 40 kilometers per hour with only one driver. The horsepower was insufficient, so the first fuel cell car could only have two people. There is no doubt that this is a two-door, two-seater mini car. When Tangning directed the design, he came in exactly the shape of the Smart. It is estimated that this car will be called Smart in the future.

Tang Ning drove the Smart to the test yard to try it out, and felt the original suspension system. Because the speed was not high, it was quite comfortable. The most moving thing was that there was no noise from the internal combustion engine, which was good and could be taken out. So, good things happened, so Tang Ning made an appointment with Qianxi and proposed to her house tomorrow. He drove this white Smart, the unrivalled fuel cell vehicle, and the elf that would not be outdated in a hundred years.

The cool car passed through the streets of Munich silently, and pedestrians were watching, with a return rate of 200%, because it was definitely not enough to see it once, and it was the same as seeing a UFO.

The Duke of Bavaria's home is in Senhofen Castle, located on the side of Lake Steinberg, the second largest freshwater lake in the German Confederacy, only 30 kilometers away from Munich. It takes less than an hour for the elves to come to this beautiful castle built in the 16th century.

Princess Sissi's family had long expected that the big tycoons would come to propose marriage, but they never expected that he was "driven". In this era when cars were not popular, they had seen the talented Munich engineers playing with steam engine-powered cars. Their huge and burly body reminded people that this is a reduced version of the locomotive, and the shape of the tractor was completely incomparable to this round and streamlined, quiet as ghostly Smart.

UFO-level stunning.

Xixi's father, Max, who likes to travel around the world, rushed back from the countryside to attend the engagement meeting of his second daughter. He likes riding a horse the most and saw the vehicle that might allow him to transfer his enthusiasm from BMW, and he didn't blink. With this guy, he seemed to be able to run around even if it was windy or rainy!

Princess Sissi's love for riding a horse is probably no less than her father. Regardless of her family's presence, she forgot the stranger of her lover who had not seen each other for nearly two years, and shouted happily: "Take me around!"

When Tang Ning came out of Smart with a smile, he had just greeted his future father-in-law and mother-in-law. I was born to be useful. Qianxi, who had no teacher, rushed over and opened the car door and looked at the mysterious interior space of the car.

The father and daughter had long forgotten about the engagement and etiquette, and Max was also excited to watch the car.

Theodore’s little Duke paid the most attention to technical details and asked: “How fast can this car run?”

Tang Ning: "The fastest is about 40 kilometers, 10 horsepower, sit two people and put some goods on, then slow down. It uses a hydrogen fuel cell, which can run 600 kilometers at a time with hydrogen filling."

The little duke and the big duke were both Germans who were interested in machinery since childhood. They knew that the car was extraordinary at first glance. I went there, 600 kilometers, and could drive from Munich in South Germany to Berlin in North Germany.

Seeing Tang Ning still talking to his father and his younger brother, Qianxi pulled his sleeves and said, "Take me a run!"

It was really unceremonious. The Duchess glared at her little daughter, but Xixi saw nothing.

After not seeing each other for two years, Xixi became more and more beautiful. She stared at how Tang Ning drove with her beautiful big eyes. She pressed the small round button on the right hand, and the instrument panel lit up. She placed her soles of her feet similar to the "throttle". When she stepped on it, the body of the car slowly moved. To be honest, the driving mechanism that only has a small power lead-acid battery to support the starting start is a bit fleshy, but it is a world of difference compared to the steam engine's humming and moving for a long time. Now, people in Xixi's era are very satisfied with the starting speed of such a meat.

Obviously, Smart was overshadowed by the fact that he was going to send a phonograph, but now the whole family thought that this little baby was the big gift for the proposal. Tang Ning was busy teaching Xixi and her father to drive.

Anyway, there are more than one prototype car. Since Smart makes them so excited, let's go with the flow and give it to them.

In Princess Ludovika's eyes, Sissi is still a little girl who has not grown up. It's true. Fortunately, Tangning seems to like the little girl. The eldest princess said: "Look at you being excited, go for a walk with Tangning. Come back early, don't exceed half an hour, we are all waiting for you."

So, Tangning took the little princess for a ride along Lake Steinbel. Princess Ludovika's words almost confirmed his son-in-law's identity. Otherwise, there would be no way for her daughter to go out with an unrelated man and a widow. Although it was only half an hour, many things could happen...

She was almost eighteen years old, and the little princess was not a little girl who knew nothing. She was far away from Senhofen Castle and became more and more remote on the forest path, the little princess's face became redder and redder.

The little princess is like flowers blooming in April, and the little Count has already smelled the sweet smell of nectar.

The count stopped the car, and the little princess asked nothing or turned her head, just making her face even more red.

The low-speed prototype car without a seat belt allows him to easily turn his head and kiss the princess's cheek softly and gently.

The enclosed space in the car gave the little princess endless courage to kiss her first, otherwise her heart would jump out of her chest violently. This small space became their love nest of affection, and their bonds and entanglement in this life began with two pairs of warm lips and two slippery tongues.

The Count kissed the little princess tirelessly, intoxicated by her soft body and the bitter orange and rosemary of Cologne perfume. In Victorian England, rosemary represents loyal love. Under the guidance of her mother, the little princess dressed herself up like a bride-to-be in details.

When the little princess was immersed in her deep affection, she suddenly remembered the beautiful melody of the accordion. Her first reaction was that she had hallucinations. There was "no trace of people" here, and there were only fishing boats in the distance, and it was almost impossible to see clearly. How could someone play the accordion?

No! She woke up from the hallucination and Tangning laughed at her like a prank. It turned out that he found a master of accordion recommended by Violeta and recorded the second record, and he liked this record very much.

The hydrogen fuel cell itself is a small power station, so it will naturally not lack electricity to play the phonograph.

Tang Ning said softly: "Dear, this is the gift I want to give you, a magic box that can play!"
Chapter completed!