Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"Your Majesty, how could you ever think of using aluminum to make an airplane?" Sitting in the room where Alfonso works daily in Pas, Nicola Terras finally couldn't resist the urge to ask. This question was already stuck in his mind. I have been pregnant for two days. Ever since I guessed it that day and said it on the spot, Nikolay Terras became more curious about this young king. Just like the relationship between men and women, the more curious I am about each other, the easier it is to get into trouble. He couldn't extricate himself from the other party's love whirlpool. Although he didn't have the same admiration for Alfonso as the woman did, he was infinitely curious about how many hardships and ups and downs this king, who was only 21 years old, had gone through. , making him so stable and talented.

His obsession with airplanes allowed him to understand various principles of airplanes, and even now he is involved in the materials required for airplanes. There were also tanks that were changed after the king said that they were equipped with cannons. There will be a seismic reform. In addition, when he was talking to himself before, he revealed his imagination about the possible consequences of the so-called neutrons, atoms, protons, etc. after various changes. It has to be said that he has always been unconvinced. Even Edison was just mediocre. Nicola Terras, who was looking at each other, really began to admire the king of the empire. No, in his opinion, although Spain seems to be in decline in front of the major empires due to the previous decadence, if Under the leadership of this future lion, will the Spanish Empire continue to be like this?

He couldn't imagine that if he really developed a kind of artillery shell that could blow up a city with just one shell as he said, then which country in the world could be his opponent, and he would become God by then? It's not too much to use your hands.

"This is very simple. You are also a European. You should know the origin of this aluminum. In 1854, in Britain and France, the two most advanced countries in the world in the past two centuries, they innovated many things. For example, the United Kingdom The steam engine, for example, the Frenchman Deville mixed bauxite with charcoal and salt through several forms of chlorine to finally get this metal called aluminum. But unfortunately, this metal is very rare, it is said that only like Only Napoleon and others could use it to make knives and forks for eating. The King of Thailand at that time even used it as a personal accessory and made it into an aluminum watch chain.

The next year, it was directly placed in an exhibition area for people to appreciate at the Paris International Expo in France as a rare and valuable item. In 1889, the Year of the Russian Tsar, Mendeleev was awarded an aluminum trophy in recognition of his contribution to compiling the periodic table of elements.

During this period, France's Heitlan and America's Hall used electrolytic melting to finally obtain metallic aluminum, establishing the reason why they now have the ability to produce large amounts of aluminum on a large scale. "Alfonso did not show any impatience, but said it carefully like tasting red wine, regardless of whether Nicola Terras already knew it.

And Nicholas Terrass did not interrupt, but continued to listen seriously. Sure enough, Alfonso continued.

"A few years ago, I had already asked people to come here to survey, and finally got some very exciting news. That is, they discovered a giant bauxite mine in the Darling Mountains in southern Western Australia. According to reports, the quantity of this mine is on the order of 10,000 tons. It is because of this that I have the confidence to ask Eshe to change the aircraft to one made of metal. With this, it is so much lighter than the same volume of steel. With more aluminum metal, the load capacity of the aircraft will greatly increase, and the number of bombs will be several times that of now. Even if the enemy imitates and copies it, it will be difficult to reach our level due to material limitations."

"Nicholas, do you know what factors we need to rely on most if we want to win a war in the future?"...

Nicholas Terrass did not answer, but continued to look at the past, waiting for his further analysis, as if asking questions and talking.

"It's air power, air supremacy. If we master it, you know? I have long thought that with the development of mankind, most of mankind's wars have always occurred on land, but with the Spanish, Portuguese and British As the sea power gradually rose up, the land countries were infinitely suppressed by the maritime countries. This illustrates the importance of the navy, but that is because the navy is difficult to develop due to high technology. Unlike the army, which can be called casually, everyone is a soldier. , Sailors need to be familiar with water and proficient in the operation of maritime machinery. Spain has become the most powerful country in the world because it had the most powerful navy hundreds of years ago. Of course, this is the reason why the country is governed by the sea, and also because of many people like At that time, the reason why Latin American and other countries were backward was like being ruled.

They will become colonies of our empire one after another. However, with the rise of Britain, the empire did not pay much attention to it at first, but unexpectedly under such circumstances, it became the final reminder of the empire, allowing Britain to develop vigorously and finally become more important. It was in the decisive battle that it was defeated and never recovered. Sea power was suppressed, and land power was no longer comparable to other countries. From then on, Spain's global empire began to fall behind. The emergence of Napoleon broke the last straw. South American countries' The independence one after another left Spain with only colonies such as Cuba and the Philippines. Not long ago, many people didn't know why I exchanged colonies. Haha, those guesses were quite accurate.

The United States has indeed seen the decline of Spain. They have been obsessed with Spanish colonies for a long time, and they have been planning for a long time. They had almost completed all preparations and planned to launch a deliberate accident to impose on Spain and lead the public to think that Spain was Wrong. Later, after getting sympathy points, they wanted to occupy Cuba, the Philippines and other places as compensation. This was their plan. Because there was no other way, I had no choice but to take another approach. Fortunately, everything still worked. It's a complete success. "

"But I heard from Yan Shun before that Americans appeared in Western Australia and New Zealand. They..."

"It's nothing. With the current strength of the Spanish Empire, although it is far from the overall strength of the United States, they can also see that they are not sure of victory. The United States is a very strange country. They are all a bunch of landlords and capitalists. They are formed by profit-seekers. They put actual interests first in everything. They are absolutely unwilling to take action when they know that our strength is no less than theirs. I am very sure of this. Just put yourself in their shoes and think about it. Look, if you are a multi-millionaire, and you have a member of the government who is funded by you, and they want to fight, they will eventually find that they have gained no benefits, and may even lose more because of this. He will definitely stop it under certain circumstances, and there are many reasons. The United States is controlled by such a circle of people. This is the easiest way to understand how the U.S. government operates."

Nicholas, who has lived in the United States for nearly twenty years, certainly knows that the United States is a world where people cannibalize people. The high taxes in later generations are the most obvious example. Although the current taxes are not high, the world is very Dark, three presidents in the United States have been assassinated. The reason for the assassination is of course very simple. It violated other people's interests and forced them to sacrifice your life, Mr. President, in order to safeguard their interests.

This is only something that many people who have lived in the United States know, but there is also Nikolai’s own personal experience, that is, in the early years, when he was studying alternating current, he began to develop many possible Reduce dependence on DC power, but he did not expect that when he went to other places, his laboratory was directly burned down, and the explosives were left unignited. Of course, Nikolai was even more worried when he saw this. Knowing that this was man-made, the explosives were left as a warning to him. The police came, but they could not find out the reason in the end. He even wondered for a time whether the police had set up an ambush early in the morning. Otherwise, why didn't he call the police? How could they be so efficient? They arrived at a place several kilometers away from the police station in just a few minutes and showed up so early. ….

The final result was that he left this place and looked for another one. Finally he came up with it. He suppressed direct current and applied for a patent, but he did not ask for a penny in patent fees because he allowed people all over the world to Using this patent, Edison, the father of direct current, was scolded by the poor for his greed for money, and this was also the most proud thing in Nicholas' life.

These thoughts turned around in just a few seconds, and at this time Alfonso continued to talk. He quickly calmed down and listened carefully to these theories that he had never heard of. He was very interested.

"The army was responsible for Napoleon and today's Germany, and the navy was responsible for Portugal and Spain, as well as today's Great Britain. The army was limited by its local area, but the navy did not have this problem. On the contrary, they drifted around the world with the sea water. They have left their footprints everywhere, in the east, west, south, and north. It can be seen that the world has belonged to the navy in the past two centuries, and the navy will continue to dominate the world in the next century." This was Alfonso's previous life. I have a deep understanding of it, especially when I was studying, I saw a lot of discoveries introduced in middle and high school textbooks.

As one of the leaders in the electric power industry in the United States and even the world, Nicola Truss naturally has a high vision, so he has no objection. There is no objection, but it does not mean that no one objects.

It was hard to code this chapter, but I didn’t expect that when I uploaded it, I found that only the last half of the chapters were successfully uploaded. I was puzzled, very puzzled. So I started coding the second half of the chapter again. I feel like it has changed some of the original flavor, but it shouldn't be too bad. This section is theory, so don't be surprised. I will provide some after the next chapter, which is Chapter 20. When new characters come on stage, everyone will definitely find that they are both familiar and unfamiliar, so I won’t go into details here. This one is from last night. There will be another update at noon, and another update at around 10pm. The last thing I want to say is to welcome Mr. "Eternal Sleeper" to be the first fan to vote for this book. Now you are the first trainee.

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