Local council election fraud involves many voters and specific candidates. It requires investigation into the collection, verification, counting, statistics and other links of votes. It also requires the dispatch of complex and complex interest relationships. The scope is wide, the heavy work, and the strict procedures cannot be solved in three to five days or three to five weeks. After the Federal Security Supervision Department intervened, martial law control measures were taken at stations, docks, and checkpoints, and the personal freedom of relevant personnel was also restricted. Lorraine's social order seemed to have returned to the wartime state.

, However, this special situation did not trigger social panic, but instead gave the Lorraines the opportunity to punish evil and uphold justice. The special mailbox of the Security Supervision Department in Lorraine was often filled with various reporting letters. The upright Lorraines not only provided many clues to investigators, but also exposed many fraud or criminal acts in other areas and other incidents, leading to a regional "clearing evil tumors" campaign. Every achievement obtained in this battle was a victory that the people enjoyed and excited.

Soon, the Ministry of Security Supervision announced that Blinders, acting governor of the Lorraine Interim Government, did not find any illegal or other misconduct during the review. Although he had certain responsibility for misinspection in the local council elections, he was able to report it actively and cooperate with the investigation to avoid the situation worsening. After review and approval by the federal government, he continued to serve as the acting governor of the federal state of Lorraine until Lorraine passed the legal election to decide the new governor. With the "return", the Lorraine Interim Government took back the department from the Ministry of Security Supervision and the army.

The authorities are divided into management authority, but the officials of the Provisional Government are not as diligent and honest as the acting governor. Many people are sent to court because of new and old accounts. The Provisional Government was originally short of staff, and now it is even more short of staff. In addition, the backlog of previous affairs has caused Brindus to be anxious, but he has no right to recruit formal staff, so he had to hire consultants and interns. Since local talents and talented people are mostly under investigation, he can only seek help from experts, scholars and students from higher education institutions.

During this special period, Professor Aisha Yang came to Lorraine again and changed his identity to a geographical geological consultant specially appointed by the Lorraine Provisional Government. When the former head of the mining management department and some technical backbones were unable to perform their duties, the consulting team composed of her and two other professors were responsible for putting forward administrative management opinions, and then Blinders directly signed the authorization and license, so that mining exploration and new mine mining in the Lorraine area can continue.

Although Professor Xiao Yang changed his role this time, he could not hide the "little tail" behind him. After arriving at Mason, she asked someone to send a letter to Weiss, briefly explaining the reasons and current situation of her arrival, and said that she was busy at work in Lorraine and didn't have much time to take care of Xiao Candy. Nizi really wanted to go to Clumber Heisen Castle to find her friends. If it is convenient, she hopes to "storage" her for a period of time.

Weiss is indeed a little jealous of this young beautiful woman with high IQ, high education and good looks. "Greed" comes from "love", but it is not love between men and women, but "love" for the widow of a soldier, and "love" for her daughter Xiao Candy. If the two could have sparks and their belief in supporting each other, Weiss would have the courage to overcome various objective obstacles, but it is too early to say these. Of course, even as a friend, he would not be stingy to help her. Anyway, in winter, the Lord and his wife hired a very good tutor for the children in the castle. Children of all sizes, big and small, study and entertainment, so that Xiao Candy would not delay the preschool education of high IQ families for a while.

So Weiss visited and talked openly about Xiao Candy with Professor Xiao Yang, and said she did not have any psychological burden on this, especially without any concerns about work. The mother and daughter were used to short separations. The mother silently prepared luggage for her daughter, and her daughter was full of longing for reunion with her friends. After personally sending the apple-faced girl to Somsonas, Weiss stayed with her for two days, giving herself selfless care like Kemp, allowing her to get another form of compensation for her lack of fatherly love.

In this cold winter, the Free Lorraine Canal was completely shut down due to freezing, but the canal industrial area did not lose its vitality. Especially in factories that introduced and assembled equipment earlier, technicians and workers were conducting product trial production, inspection, and then adjusting the parameters and configurations of equipment and molds. On sunny days, these factories used trucks to transport ore and raw materials, and transported semi-finished products and finished products for market needs.

Because of the personal hardships and hardships of war, Weiss and his comrades cherish the peacetime more and devote themselves to their work with a mentality of not waiting for time and seizing the day. Just this winter, the Klumber Heisen Lawrence Automobile Manufacturing Plant successfully completed reconstruction in Comomosen, and the first production line began to produce four-cylinder gasoline engines that can be used for light trucks and agricultural machinery. The Klumber Heisen Lawrence Agricultural and Forestry Machinery Factory located on the north bank of the Free Lorraine Canal has also completed the factory planning and is undergoing factory design and facility preparation...

After settling down with Little Candy, Weiss returned to Mason, but due to Professor Xiao Yang's identity at this time, he did not have much contact with him. Instead, he chatted with Brooks, whom he didn't want to see more. He got a special pass from him to leave Lorraine, and then set off to the southeast of the Federation to a city called McCard. This city is like Aocheng to Grumman, the main production area of ​​the Starry Sky Group and the Federal Flight Industry Base. During the war, more than half of the combat aircraft were transported from the production line here to the front line. In addition, there is an aircraft test ground and flight training ground with the best conditions in the Federal Army.

Weiss came here to negotiate business and visit the most iron-clad old man. This person was his "good friend" during his time at the Baston Military Academy. He had a legendary experience in the war. He was also the daughter of President Lebold. After the war, she withdrew from active service as her father wished, but did not leave her beloved flight career. She is now the first technical director of the aircraft manufacturing factory of the Starry Sky Group and also the commander of the 1st Preparatory Flight Regiment of the Federal Flight Force.

Since the end of the war, Nicholas came to McCard and wrote letters to Weiss every month. After so many calls, he finally came to him. He was extremely happy. After a scrupulous teasing greeting, Nicholas complained to Weiss that it was not as comfortable as he imagined. Although President Lebold had no right to interfere in the normal management of the company, he used his personal relationship to make the management of the Star Group give verbal instructions, prototype test flights, new aircraft tests, simulated fighting... These dangerous projects are prohibited from being launched by the technical director himself, and there are only a few training aircraft every month. However, no matter how boring you are, you can at least get in touch with the plane every day, and you can integrate your talents and ideas into the development of the federal aviation industry. It is much more meaningful than those "more money, less trouble, and less close to home".

"We also want to establish an aircraft production line. The first stage of development is relatively simple and lightweight. The main purpose is agricultural aircraft, which is used to sow seeds and spray pesticides. This modern method is of great benefit to the improvement of agriculture. The second stage of development is civil aviation transportation, namely passenger transportation, fast freight, and some high-level charter flights." Weiss introduced to the well-deserved technical director, "I am really tired of the drive from Somsonas to Mason. The road is rugged and difficult to travel. When it is urgent, people are about to fall apart after one trip."

Nicholas listened very seriously. After Weiss finished speaking, she smiled: "The third stage of development is to have the ability to enter the dual-use system of military and civilians at any time, right?"

Weiss laughed: "It depends on whether our technology is of level enough. If the technology development lags behind, what's the use of having ideas? You can't use old and slow planes to fight!"

"Well... what you said is exactly what I am doing." Nikola said with a gaze. "Leave the project to me, I will be your chief designer and technical director, and just charge a little salary symbolically. Uh... How much money have you prepared? Do you plan to buy a ready-made production line or build it yourself?"

In Weiss's view, this old Tie is the top pilot in the Federation and the first pioneer to participate in aircraft research and development and design. He is impeccable in terms of technology, but it is not certain whether the factory is in construction and operation. This is like a general on the battlefield, some are good at charging, some are good at strategizing, and some are good at preparing food and grass, each with their own characteristics and strengths. In order to figure out this point, he asked tentatively: "How much does it cost to form an aircraft production line?"

"Before the war broke out, the production line we planned to build could produce more than ten aircraft a month. I remember that the cost of that production line was only 40,000 to 50,000 kroner at that time, which is about 600 kroner! With the current price, it should not exceed 2,000 kroner. Having said that, your industrial alliance has metallurgy, casting, and power industries. Many things are ready-made, and in fact only one assembly line with pipeline production capacity is needed. To meet the requirements of the first phase you mentioned, it should be enough to pay 1,000 kroner. Oh, by the way, we have an old production line idle because it has no improvement value and may sell it. I'll ask you about this!"

Speaking of this, let’s not mention the business for now. The two of them talked about dinner. After a full meal, Nikola took him around the factory and then went to the military flight training ground on the partition wall. Here, there were beautiful and clean aircraft parked in the shed hangar next to the runway. Most of them were biplane structures, and there were also some triplane and monoplane aircraft. Judging from the fuselage material, they were all fabric skins. Although the solidity and physical stress of metal skins were better than fabrics, the usability was not high before solving the problem of weight.

Thinking of this, Weiss asked Nicholas: "Have you noticed a new metal material, aluminum?"

"I know that thing." Nikola responded without hesitation, "I heard that Longmeier Group has mastered the commercial aluminum smelting process. This material is much lighter than steel, has better toughness and is not bad in hardness. If it can be used in the field of aircraft manufacturing, the performance of existing aircraft can be greatly improved."

Weiss originally wanted to keep a little at stake and show off his skills. Now it seems that Nikola is indeed at the forefront of the federal aviation industry technology. If she asks her for help, at least she will not be wrong in terms of technology.

"At the end of the war, we had about two years of advantage over the Norman Empire in aircraft and flight technology, which is also our greatest technical and tactical advantage on the battlefield. Regardless of whether the Norman Empire will provoke the battle in the future, they will definitely try their best to narrow the gap in this regard. At the same time, they will try every means to maintain their leading position in warship technology. Thanks to those who are not good at succeeding and failing, the Normans controlled 60% of the global production of Star Source Stones, while we only had less than 40% of the output."

Weiss roughly knew these worries, but there was no such detailed data as Nicholas. After listening to this comparative analysis, he felt more and more that vigorously developing the aviation industry with aircraft technology as the core was an inevitable way for the Federation to deter strong enemies, and this also highlighted the importance of aluminum alloy technology.

Nicholas took Weiss to a hangar with sliding doors and introduced to him: "After the war, we set up a new fighter. Look, its lines are so beautiful! When it is not moving, it is an exquisite work of art, flying into the blue sky, it is a howling eagle."

Since the end of the war, Weiss has not activated his special vision for a long time. It is now appropriate to evaluate the Federal Army's new warhawk. From a normal perspective, many of its fuselage parts are made of metal materials, and the circular fairing on the nose, which makes it look more modern. Judging from the combat readings, it is indeed better than previous fighter jets, but it has not yet reached the level of exponential improvement.

After observing for a while, Weiss said: "The power and protection have been enhanced, but there is no change in the firepower configuration?"

Nichola shrugged: "You have indeed mentioned the point that weapon equipment is the most tangled thing about us. If the machine gun is replaced with machine guns, the ammunition is less and the accuracy is reduced. If the number of machine guns is increased, although the firepower intensity is increased, it has increased a lot of weight, and the reliability is reduced accordingly."

Weiss stood on her left hand and placed his right elbow on her left shoulder. This was a very suitable attitude for the height of the two. He said slowly: "Under the existing technology conditions, it is already very powerful to reach this level. To solve these ending problems, it ultimately depends on the development of technology, especially metal materials and engine technology. I have a premonition that in the next three to five years, there will be great breakthroughs in both technologies."

"So, I should help you get some sponsorships and let you speed up the research and development of materials and power?" Nikola said half-jokingly.
Chapter completed!