Urban Sims

In this speed competition, Zhou Ming ended up with a "weak" advantage, leading by about 0.1 seconds, standing on the top floor of the Medicine Bottle Castle.

Princess Xivenice and Nabe arrived shortly afterwards.

Without slowing down at all, they stepped on the castle wall, climbed vertically for more than 20 meters, and stood in front of Zhou Ming.

There were two sets of footprints left by iron boots on the hard city wall.

"Are you really an intermediate mage?" Princess Xivenis asked. Can an intermediate mage fly so fast?

"You bastard, let's compete again!" Nabe gritted her teeth, unwilling to lose the game.

"I am the smartest magician, and of course much faster than ordinary magicians."

Zhou Ming said lightly, in fact, in order to take care of their face, he deliberately slowed down later, otherwise his lead would have been at least 2 seconds.

After saying that, he walked downstairs.

"Run~"

Nabe half pulled out the sword and said coldly: "Don't leave, let's compete again!"

"Next time, I don't have much magic left in me."

"Hmph~ I will never lose to you next time!" Nabe reluctantly put away her sword.

Princess Xiverness smiled and shook her head.

…

With the addition of two people, the Medicine Bottle Castle suddenly became more lively.

Apart from being bored and bored, Zhou Ming also had two more people to tease.

Princess Xivenis is relatively quiet and has a smart and rational mind. She loves reading and thinking. She often comes to Zhou Ming to discuss some in-depth issues.

The guard Nabe has a hot temper, harsh words, and a strong personality. Her love and bond with Princess Xivenis always make Zhou Ming unable to help but think about it.

When such a pair enters Zhou Ming's life, daily bickering and quarrels will definitely be inevitable.

The most interesting thing for Zhou Ming is: every time he discusses some high-level topics with Princess Xivenis, he often secretly admires Nabe's "jealous" expression on the side. He thinks this is so funny. .

It's just that in every martial arts competition, Nabei's performance of not holding back any hand and going all out, as if she was going to chop him alive, actually improved Zhou Ming's actual combat skills a lot... allowing him to be able to fight with the big sword. Under the fierce attack of the warrior-level warrior, he escaped unscathed.

In short, Zhou Ming felt that it felt good to have two such guards around him.

over the next two months.

Zhou Ming has finished all the several things.

Dillo Bank was established and successfully completed financing of 30 million gold coins. It immediately became the only and largest bank in the Kingdom of Yadud. It has 20 branches in the country and 22 chain branches abroad. On the day of its official opening, due to the high interest rate of 3.5% per year on deposits The discount attracted 100,000 people to save money.

In addition, regarding banknotes, Zhou Ming has formed a technology research and development team and is currently developing banknotes. It is expected that banknotes with high anti-counterfeiting functions will be officially launched in about half a year to a year.

Next is the potion production factory. Zhou Ming organized another wave of mass production. All five potions were rolled off the production line. A total of 100,000 bottles of magic potions were obtained, which can be sold to the outside world for the second time.

And on the old fox Roberts side, under Zhou Ming's hard work and various threats, the old fox had to write him a letter of recommendation, recommending him to go to Gray School of Magic for exchange and study. The exchange time was three days moon.

Including the time spent on the road, Zhou Ming was given a total of 6 months.

And a teacher will be sent to follow him, fearing that he will never come back or stay for a long time.

I'm afraid some people here will say that the old fox is too unreasonable. Three months, what can you do in just three months? It passed in the blink of an eye, and many movements couldn't be performed at all.

He still had to find a way to help save people.

Three months is probably not enough.

However, for Zhou Ming, he felt it was almost enough.

Because he actually has 6 months.

He has a way to shorten the three months he needs to spend on the road to three to five days. The more than fifty days saved can also be included in the "effective time".

How did he save more than fifty days?

Magic plane.

He built a magic airplane.

…

Continental Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In the technical laboratory that was just established less than three months ago, several magicians were conducting various tests around a strange-looking device.

The strange device is shaped like a pumpkin, with an oblate ellipsoid shape and a silver-white metal shell. The surface is engraved with circles and circles of patterns, criss-crossing and full of geometric beauty.

These are the magic lines, used to transport magic power.

This weird device is called the "Wind Demon Engine".

Powered by wind magic.

"Start inputting magic power." The leader, an old man with a white beard, said.

"Yes, input magic power!" Upon hearing this, a mage immediately put his hand on the fist-sized magic stone and input magic power into it.

The magic lines on the surface of the Feng Mo engine soon emitted a bright white light, indicating that magic power had entered the engine.

"Buzz~buzz~"

"Buzz buzz~"

The wind demon engine began to spin faster and faster.

"Boom~Boom~"

The metal blades in the engine made a roaring sound, indicating that the local blade speed had exceeded the speed of sound, thus creating a sonic boom.

"Report thrust data!"

"1100 shield power (1 shield power ≈ 1 kilogram)...1150 shield power...1200 shield power..."

"Keep turning up the power!"

"Boom, boom, boom~" The magician increased the magic input.

On the test bench, the pumpkin-sized Fengmo engine made an even more violent roar.

"1250 shield power...1280 shield power...1320 shield power...cannot continue to rise, the magic input has reached the limit."

"Small cracks appear on the surface of the engine. If the power cannot be increased, the engine will explode!" Another person said anxiously.

"Reduce the magic input and stop the experiment." The white-bearded old man said.

"Ka ka ka~" The engine made a sound like grinding teeth as it stopped.

Obviously, after this extreme test, this Fengmo engine has reached the edge of scrapping.

The white-bearded old man Modov didn't feel much regret, but looked happy.

Holding up the "Wind Demon Engine" which weighed only ten kilograms, his eyes shone with admiration.

Modov murmured to himself: "What a simple principle. Why haven't I discovered it all my life, but I have been thinking about how to increase the gryphon's carrying capacity?"

"What an amazing magic. I didn't realize until now that you are so magical."

Regret flashed in Modov's eyes, and he regretted that he had not discovered the truth until now. He found that most of his youth was spent on meaningless things. Magic that he used to regard as ordinary was only now discovered to be magical.

"Creak~" a sound.

The door to the laboratory was pushed open.

Zhou Ming strode in. When he saw Mo Duofu, he asked: "Old Mo, how is the test of the Pumpkin 1 Fengmo engine? Has the thrust exceeded 1,000?"

Zhou Ming hasn't been here for more than ten days. The last time he came, the maximum thrust of the Pumpkin 1 Wind Demon engine was only 950 shields, which was not even four figures.

"Breakthrough, breakthrough!"

"You came just in time, with a full 1320 shield power! This is the highest data we have obtained so far."

Modov said with excitement. To be honest, at first, Leylin took a stack of design drawings and said that according to the magic engine designed on the drawings, the power generated by one unit would be the combined power of ten griffins. , he felt at that time that this kid was either crazy or insane.

Now it seems that this guy is a genius!

"1320 shield power."

Zhou Ming pondered for a moment and nodded: "The thrust-to-weight ratio exceeds 130, and the power reaches the standard. This engine can be finalized and used on the aircraft I designed."

When he heard the word 'airplane', Modov's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay!"

The monoplane designed by Zhou Ming is similar to the first-generation jet fighter in the modern world. The round metal fuselage, triangular wings, vertical tail and flaps that control the flight attitude...the two are almost similar.

But the difference is that Zhou Ming uses a Fengmo engine with a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 100. It is small and lightweight, without a fuel device. The fuselage is made of low-density and high-strength aluminum-like alloy material. It is 3.8 meters long and has an empty weight of less than 600 kilograms. The cockpit There are 3 seats inside, which can accommodate up to 3 passengers.

As for the maximum speed, it can exceed the speed of sound.

At the economic speed of Mach 0.8, it can be reached in a little over two days, covering a distance of 100,000 miles.

And this speed is fully 10 times that of the gryphon!

This is why Zhou Ming asked the old fox for leave and was given three months, so he readily agreed.

"Leylin, the thrust of the Wind Demon Engine is so strong. If we develop the Fire Demon Engine based on fire magic, can we make the engine have greater thrust and a higher thrust-to-weight ratio?"

Modov expanded, and the potential of his Fire Demon Engine was no less than that of the Wind Demon Engine!

"Theoretically, the maximum power density of the Fire Demon engine can reach 2.5 times that of the Wind Demon engine. However, the materials of the engine are difficult to withstand temperatures exceeding 3,000 degrees. After the blade speed exceeds 3 times the speed of sound, the material's bearing capacity reaches the limit. The increased Air resistance will also affect the efficiency of the engine. The best way to do this is to cancel the blades and make a turbojet engine. The thrust of this engine is large, but it consumes too much magic power and is not very economical."

"Until the material problem is solved, the wind magic engine is currently the best magic driving device."

Zhou Ming explained to him.

Modov nodded: "I understand. After I perfect the Wind Demon engine first, I will study the Fire Demon engine."

Zhou Ming asked again: "By the way, Lao Mo, how is the research on the fuel propeller engine I asked you to study? Has the diesel in the oil been separated? Has the engine ignition problem been solved? This kind of engine is of great significance. If it is successfully developed, even ordinary people can operate aircraft for air transportation, saving a lot of transportation costs."

"Oil-burning propeller engine?"

Modov looked uninterested: "That thing is too troublesome to make. The oil you are talking about is devil's blood. It is the dirtiest thing in the world. Many people are unwilling to touch it. We have separated the diesel oil. Some, the ignition problem has been solved, but it is not very easy to use. The engine easily emits black smoke and overheats if it burns for a while. It is not as good as the Fengmo engine."

"Of course it is not as good as the Fengmo Engine, but the Fengmo Engine can only be used by magicians. If all the problems of the propeller engine can be solved, believe me, the application scope of this thing is more than a thousand times that of the Fengmo Engine. The griffins raised by the entire Continental Chamber of Commerce and Industry, All will be replaced by aircraft equipped with this engine."

Zhou Ming said that the probability of a magician being born is one in a million. The vast majority of people in this world are ordinary people. To capture more than 99.9% of the ordinary people's market, a diesel-based propeller engine must be developed. from.

"Okay, I'll put some thought into that."

Modov nodded. Now in the Continental Chamber of Commerce, Leylin, who came up with Fengmo engine technology, received great attention from the top management. The top management decided: Once Fengmo engine technology matures and is widely used, it will be used in magic transport aircraft in the future. That piece, give him 10% of the shares.

Zhou Ming doesn't really care about this 10% stake. He hopes to push the Continental Chamber of Commerce and Industry to develop in a promising direction according to his own plans and assumptions.

Of course, there will be many difficulties at the beginning, but after all the problems are solved and Tianliang's interests are placed in front of the Continental Chamber of Commerce, the other party will definitely change its mind, increase investment, implement a thorough transformation, and become a giant transportation chamber of commerce. .

In the future, this giant chamber of commerce will definitely bring great convenience and help to Zhou Ming.

…

Three days later.

A jet aircraft with a 'Pumpkin 1' Wind Demon engine installed on the back was placed in front of Zhou Ming.

Tornado 1.

Zhou Ming gave the plane a random name.

He opened the glass cockpit, sat in, placed his right hand on the magic stone at the top of the joystick, and slowly input magic power inside.

On the long dirt and gravel runway, the Gale No. 1 accelerated slowly.

Under the surprised gazes of Princess Xivenice and her bodyguard Nabe, who were sitting in the back seat, the speed became faster and faster. Under the principle of pressure difference, it broke away from gravity and soared into the sky.