Chapter 376: Out of nowhere! (Two in one! Please subscribe!)
Matteo Holden's words were simple, but they deeply touched Lennon Cohen.
He nodded vigorously, put aside the random thoughts in his mind, focused his attention on the food in front of him, and worked hard to eat attentively.
Only by filling his stomach and devoting himself wholeheartedly to the courses taught at Idar Public University and the research projects he focused on, could he live up to his identity as one of the first batch of freshmen at Idar Public University.
Lennon Cohen didn't know how long Idar Public University would exist, but in his opinion, only when he proved that even the most ordinary civilians had enough value, would the doors of the public university always be open to civilians.
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Seeing Lennon Cohen's expression, Matteo Holden realized that his words had played a sufficient role, and also made the freshman in front of him have confidence and feel the responsibility on his shoulders.
but,
For Matteo Holden, it was just a minor incident during his lunch break.
He didn't even know Lennon Cohen's name. He only knew that he was in the first batch of freshmen admitted to the Institute of Technology and that he might have to teach him.
Matteo Holden had not thought of asking in detail, because at this moment, he was busy completing the scientific research tasks assigned by the Duke. Even the time to teach students half a month later was squeezed out from his busy schedule.
That’s right, the new students will officially start classes half a month later.
So what do you do in half a month? There is only one answer, that is...
Military training!
In this land in the eastern part of the empire, Bruno continued the military training model used when the university started in the previous life.
From September 16th to the end of September, freshmen from all colleges of Idar Public University will be gathered together and, under the leadership of Idar soldiers, complete a half-month military training for freshmen.
Of course, the intensity of the freshmen's military training cannot be compared with that of the regular army of the Principality of Idar, but the routine training such as standing at attention, marching in step, turning left and right, etc., will not be missed.
Moreover, in order to allow the freshmen to have a clearer understanding of the strength of the Principality of Idar, the freshmen will even go to the garrison camp in the city of Idar on the last day of military training and participate in an afternoon of live-fire shooting training under the guidance of the soldiers.
Receiving military training is not the goal. No matter when, Bruno would never directly push these outstanding talents who have been carefully selected to the front line.
The real purpose of the freshmen military training at Idar Public University is to help the freshmen get used to the daily schedule of Idar Public University more quickly and better integrate into a new collective.
After finishing the last piece of sweet potato, Matteo Holden burped contentedly, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
indeed,
With Bruno's allocation of resources, Idar University provides good salary benefits and wages to teachers, students, researchers and craftsmen of related research institutions.
However, this also means that the scientific researchers in the Principality of Idar are under tremendous pressure and face extremely difficult tasks.
As the director of the Institute of Basic Industries, Matteo Holden has an even heavier task.
after all……
Bruno has always attached great importance to the parallel development of various industries in the Principality of Idar, and has also been very strict about the speed of research and development.
Matteo Holden is not a native of Idar.
Instead, he was brought to the Principality of Idar by Baumil Braun, deputy director of the Idar CIA, in person a year ago when the Odin Empire launched a massive invasion of the northern border of the empire.
The Holden family is a family of craftsmen in the northern border of the empire. Previously, they had been working for Yersin Paris, Duke of Dorne, who was one of the five dukes listed in the Regency Council.
Although he was of humble status in the past, Matteo Holden had been working for the Duke of Dorne, so his life was decent, even better than that of ordinary civilians.
But no matter how good it is, it is only relative to the most ordinary civilian class. No matter how hard Matteo Holden tries, he cannot change the reality that he is just a lower-class civilian.
At the same time, the invasion of Odin broke the original peace of Dorne. In the sudden war, who would care about the life and death of an ordinary civilian?
Even if he was a commoner who had served the Duke of Dorne for generations, it would be of no use.
In this way, Matteo Holden, the craftsman who was originally attached to the Duke of Dorne, Yersin Perris, became a refugee and began his trembling wandering life under the iron hoof of Odin.
However, he was undoubtedly lucky.
A craftsman who can serve a duke-level noble for generations is bound to not be a good-for-nothing.
So, at the invitation of Baumil Braun, he was led by agents of the Principality of Idar to this land in the eastern part of the empire and became an Idar citizen.
Everything in the Principality of Idar dazzled him, and for the first time, Matteo Holden experienced the dignity of being a commoner.
He was first assigned to the Idar Steel Factory in Gran Heights, and then worked as a handyman in the Idar Principality's array research laboratory. Now...
With the establishment of Idar Public University, Matteo Holden was appointed as the director of the Institute of Basic Industries because his rational thinking and hands-on ability were highly appreciated by the Duke of Idar Bruno Stuart. In addition, he had indeed made many improvements to the iron smelting industry of the Principality of Idar.
Matteo Holden is a man who knows how to repay kindness.
When he heard the news about bicycles from Bruno, Matteo Holden volunteered. With the research funds approved by Bruno, he organized a number of skilled craftsmen and set up a bicycle research and development team.
They have only one mission, which is to "build cars" for the Principality of Idar! This is not only to repay the young Duke's kindness, but also for Matteo Holden's persistence in his heart - he is not only a craftsman, but also the only heir of the craftsman family Holden family! And now...
After more than half a year of exploration and research, Matteo Holden finally had his first bicycle, which he had put so much effort into! That was why he didn't have the energy to think about other things, and he didn't even bother to ask Lennon Cohen's name and score. All he could think about was the bicycle that had just landed in the Institute of Basic Industries! Thinking of this, Matteo Holden quickened his pace, quickly packed up his plate, and headed towards the Institute of Basic Industries.
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The Institute of Basic Industries is one of the few independent research institutions located on the eastern campus of Idar Public University, not far from the Library of Alexandria, surrounded by gardens, lawns and dormitories for craftsmen.
Before Matteo Holden got close, he saw a large group of people gathered on the grass in front of the institute. Even his deputy was standing aside, looking around.
"Director..."
When the deputy saw Matteo Holden coming back, he hurried over, breathing heavily.
"What's wrong?"
Matteo Holden couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Aren't they assembling the bicycles in the institute? Why are they all out? Could it be... that there is something wrong with the bicycles?"
"It's not the bicycle's problem, it's His Majesty the Duke. His Majesty the Duke heard that the bicycle had fallen to the ground and came over to take a look." The deputy added quickly.
Hearing this, Matteo Holden suddenly looked a little nervous.
There was no other way. I had led my team of craftsmen and spent more than half a year to tinker with the bicycle. If it wasn't satisfactory...
Even if His Excellency the Duke doesn't blame me, I will definitely feel ashamed!
Moreover, at present, only the first bicycle has been built. It has not been actually tested and there is no plan to start mass production for the time being.
If the first test is not ideal, where will I put my face? This is in front of the Duke!
But the Duke had already come, and he couldn't chase his own Duke back, so he could only bite the bullet and walk over:
"Your Majesty the Duke..."
"Who are you?"
Bruno looked confused when he saw Matteo Holden walking towards him.
This was not because he was pretending not to know him, but because before traveling through time, Bruno was a member of a flower-growing family. Although he has lived in this land for quite a long time, he was still not used to remembering a long list of names like Matteo Holden.
What's more, as a duke, Bruno meets a lot of people every day. If he could remember every name, there would be no need for Bruno to write a diary all day long.
Who would write a diary if they were serious?
If it weren't for the fact that many things were easily forgotten and many people's names were not remembered clearly, Bruno would not have bothered to write a diary.
"I'm Matteo Holden, Your Excellency the Duke, in charge of the development and manufacture of bicycles."
Matteo Holden replied quickly.
"Oh! I was saying, I didn't recognize you for a moment."
Bruno patted Matteo Holden's shoulder affectionately and said affirmatively: "I said it long ago, Matteo Holden is my right-hand man!"
Hearing this, Matteo Holden was flattered: "This is all thanks to the cultivation and trust of the Duke..."
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything else. Let's get the bike out and take a look!" Bruno said eagerly.
You know, he had been waiting for this bicycle for a long time.
As more and more roads in the Principality of Idar were paved with hard and clean cement surfaces, Bruno had been coveting this type of vehicle that did not require animal power for a long time.
However, whether it is bearings or tires, brakes or chains, although a bicycle sounds simple, these components are not easily produced.
Take tires for example.
Nowadays, the tires of horse-drawn carriages, ox-drawn carts, etc. are all made of wood.
But if you force wooden tires onto a bicycle...
It's scary to think about it! So, the Idar CIA planned a military operation called "Basel Scalpel".
With the close cooperation of Idar agents and Idar naval soldiers, Marquis Stein was forced to surrender (see Chapters 346 and 327 for details), and the rubber plantation opened by the Idar people in the south of Basel was successfully built.
A large amount of natural rubber was transported to the Principality of Idar by sea, but... this is still not the end! As we all know, tires are made of rubber, and more than half of the rubber on the earth is used in the production of tires. However, the rubber here does not refer to white natural rubber.
To turn natural rubber into tires, not only do you have to add a large amount of other raw materials to the natural rubber, but it also has to go through a series of extremely strict processes.
If Bruno had not taken advantage of the situation and exchanged the tire production technology in the system mall, and the Principality of Idar happened to have raw materials that were unique to the world and could replace certain industrial reagents, the production of tires would probably have been a long way off.
And this is just the production of tires.
Bearings, frames, chains, brake lines...
Each of these scattered components requires a large amount of manpower and funds for research and development and trial production.
Although Matteo Holden felt that his research progress was extremely slow and he felt a lot of pressure, in fact, in Bruno's opinion, this speed could already be called shocking! Hearing the Duke's order, the craftsmen present naturally did not dare to neglect it, and hurriedly carried the first bicycle in the Principality of Idar, or in other words, the world, to the open space in front of the Institute of Basic Industry.
Wow! Bruno was excited when he saw the bicycle neatly placed in front of him.
Familiar, too familiar indeed...
Perhaps the workmanship in some places was still quite rough, and some structures of the frame were a little weird, but... this bicycle that the craftsmen carried in front of him was almost carved from the same mold as the "28-bar" in the previous life!
There are two huge wheels, one in front and one behind, and the frame seems to be a horizontal steel bar.
Bruno walked around the bicycle in front of him and said something that startled everyone present:
"It looks good, I'll try it!"
Upon hearing this, Matteo Holden's face suddenly changed. Mundell beside him also seemed a little nervous and quickly advised: "My Lord Duke, this... this thing called a bicycle has not been debugged after all, and has not been fully tested. It's a bit risky for you to go up directly..."
"Yeah yeah!"
The craftsmen on the side nodded quickly.
Including Matteo Holden, although they were quite confident in the bicycles they made, the first person to test the bike was after all the Duke of Idar Bruno Stuart, the ruler of this land! If there were no problems, it would be fine, but if there were even the slightest problem, even if the Duke did not pursue it, they would feel guilty and even extremely ashamed.
"Your Excellency the Duke, why don't you let the craftsmen try it out first, and after they confirm that the bicycle is successful, you can..."
Before Matteo Holden could finish his words, Bruno glared at him: "Who among you can keep your balance, and who has ever ridden this bicycle?"
Hearing this, the craftsmen present looked at each other in bewilderment.
Isn't it because they haven't tried it yet that they dare not let the Duke take risks? Besides, if they knew the performance and quality of the bicycle in advance, they would not stop their Duke.
Seeing this, Bruno said seriously: "You all can't do it, but I can! This is what the ancestor of our Stuart family taught me in a dream!"
Hearing this, Mundell felt a little speechless.
After spending a long time with the Duke, he discovered that... the ancestors of the Stuart family were quite busy. Even after they passed away, they would appear in their descendants' dreams all day long.
In the past month or so, the Duke has mentioned the dream he had received in front of me no less than four times.
Good boy, once a week! Seeing that everyone present was silent, Bruno smiled and swiftly stepped on the bicycle in front of him and started moving.
Thanks to "EQ is out of payment, IQ is down", "Flowing light changes", "Drunk kills immortals" for the tips! Thanks to all the readers! 嘤嘤嘤~ (End of this chapter)
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