Daming 1805

Chapter 82 This is to be mass-produced directly!
City West Test Site of the Ministry of Industry.

Under the gazes of different eyes, the biplane with a rather "advanced" shape swayed and flew after sliding for a distance of tens of meters.

Zhu Jingyuan's expression was very calm, not at all the excitement of the first test, just like watching a model aircraft take off.

The rest of the audience was different, and there was an immediate burst of cheers from the crowd.

Even Wang Zhenyi, the female shopkeeper, couldn't hold back.

Then everyone tilted their necks together and watched the plane hover over the test range.

After the plane made a circle, Zhu Jingyuan vaguely discovered that the attention of the people around him had changed again.

From the plane in the sky, it was gradually transferred to himself.

Obviously, the excitement of taking off has passed, and I start to look forward to my own evaluation.

Zhu Jingyuan didn't want to directly attack their enthusiasm, and he didn't want to make do with apparently perfunctory words, which might also hurt their enthusiasm.

So I carefully observed the plane in the sky again, and then lightly nodded my head and said:

"Yes, compared to the first test aircraft, the flight speed this time is significantly faster.

"It's still circling now. If it's flying in a straight line, it should be seventy to eighty kilometers per hour, right?"

Li Rui and the craftsmen were obviously relieved, and they also evaluated a little in their hearts:
"It should be [-] kilometers. Our next test is to fly in a straight line, test the maximum speed, and then fly a long distance to determine the theoretical range..."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly again:
"Okay, let's test it like this. After confirming the data, we will produce a few more as soon as possible, and sell two to our company for demonstration and testing purposes.

"By the way, I have to prepare a few more planes for the military function evaluation of the five army commanders, and also send a few planes to the negotiation site, maybe they can be used."

Wang Zhenyi next to him also reacted:
"Our company also needs at least two, preferably four, for demonstration and testing purposes."

There is nothing more useful than a direct order, Li Rui and the surrounding craftsmen agreed with a smile.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at Wang Zhenyi's reaction, and after a little thought, reminded Li Rui again:
"After the overall evaluation, the possible problems have been corrected, and then try small batch production.

"Make thirty or fifty planes first, and explore the mass production plan by the way.

"After the relevant news spreads, there should be many yamen and companies interested.

"Just like me and Shopkeeper Wang, we should be able to sell almost the same orders that are simply used for demonstration and testing."

Li Rui immediately reacted, the locomotive ban has been opened, the flying machine is also a machine, and the private sector can also be directly operated.

Once the news of the aircraft is made public, a sample order from a company that simply wants to enter the industry for evaluation may require dozens of aircraft.

The Ministry of Industry has its own arsenal and shipyard, which the vast majority of officials have worked together to keep, in order to avoid the monopoly of the royal family.

In nature, these factories are subordinate departments of the imperial court, and nominally they are not private commercial manufacturers, and are not affected by the franchise of the royal family.

But in fact, it can carry out production and sales business, although the customers are mainly the Governor's Office and other government offices.

This time, including Li Rui, all the craftsmen were even more excited.

This is for direct mass production!
Although they are officials of the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, they are not managers of the factories affiliated to the yamen, and they cannot directly participate in the operation and management affairs.

However, this aircraft was directly developed by myself, and it was inevitable to be excited when it was ready for mass production.

Li Rui was a little incoherent:

"Okay, we will prepare immediately, immediately prepare the factory and production line..."

Zhu Jingyuan asked them to mass-produce them directly because the shape of the plane itself is completely fine, and it can even be regarded as very good, and it is not out of date after more than ten years of use.

Follow-up problems are also internal problems, and continuous repairs and upgrades are enough, so you can try mass production.

Now Zhu Jingyuan heard Li Rui talking about "production line", the words left by the emperor, and thought of his own plan:
"By the way, I have already decided that the patent licensing fee of the aircraft will be returned to the dealer according to the order of magnitude of annual sales, with a maximum refund of 80% of the fee.

"So the more production and sales, the lower the licensing fee for a single sortie. I can only charge 4% of the total aircraft price."

This time, not only Li Rui and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, but also the craftsmen of Wang Zhenyi and the Royal Flying Machine Company nearby, couldn't help exclaiming.

The minimum licensing fee of 4%, which is not very low in this day and age, but ridiculously low.

This is the whole of the flying machine. For this top-level monopoly patent, the original 20% is already a very reasonable fee.

Zhu Jingyuan gave up [-]% of the authorization fee, which can reduce the cost of dealers and the sales price.

Wang Zhenyi even couldn't help but reminded a little worriedly:

"Your Highness, this is not good, if the authorization fee is too low, where will your follow-up research and development expenses come from?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand:
"You can't sell too much at the beginning, so the early licensing fees are almost full, and there are only small rebates.

"When the aircraft market opens up and your sales volume increases, the licensing fee ratio may decrease, but the absolute licensing fee will increase instead.

"And most importantly, I told Zou Shangshu from the beginning that I care about the industry, not pure profit.

"I hope that the army can use aircraft to transport troops and weapons, and can use aircraft to directly attack enemy airships, warships, positions, and even enemy cities and factories.

"I hope that our civilians can deliver food by air for disaster relief and rescue people, carry water tanks to put out fires in the air, and spray pesticides in the air.

"I hope that the people of Ming Dynasty can travel far by plane, and even young people who have the conditions can fly out to play.

"I hope that in the future, we will have tens of thousands, even 10,000+, hundreds of thousands of aircraft of all kinds, used in various industries and places!"

The craftsmen around were already a little excited, but now they were subconsciously applauded by Zhu Jingyuan's ideal goal.

Including Li Rui, a court official, and Wang Zhenyi, a female shopkeeper, also have no image concerns.

Zhu Jingyuan saw that everyone was excited, and his own mood was also quite excited.

It is not easy to have hundreds of thousands of aircraft. In the history of the United States, the number of civilian aircraft did not exceed 70 until the 20s.

However, the number of military aircraft soared to 20 at the end of World War II.

Correspondingly, the number of pilot licenses in the United States reached 50 in the early 60s after World War II, and reached a peak of 70 in the late 80s.

However, there were only 1.4 million people in the United States at the end of World War II. Today, the total population of Daming is more than 6 million. The total number is uncertain, because it is difficult to count the people of the fiefdom.

However, even if only the total population of pure-blooded "Mingren" is counted, the figure has reached 4.23 million, which is 27% higher than that of the Qing Dynasty in the same period.

That's nearly three times the U.S. population during World War II, and will grow rapidly in the coming decades.

Daming also has a broader vassal state, and the terrain of the local and vassal states is also more complex, which is more conducive to the development of the aircraft industry.

In addition, the old emperor will definitely promote it vigorously, and Zhu Jingyuan will also provide full assistance. In the future, the number of aircraft and pilots in Daming should be an order of magnitude higher than that of the United States.

Zhu Jingyuan's ideal goal is to have a million-dollar pilot's license within 30 years!

(End of this chapter)