Wang Heng is very busy during this period.

However, this kind of busyness full of expectations makes people feel very comfortable.

Now there is no era where efforts may not necessarily lead to success.

In this era, as long as you work hard, you will basically have the fruits of success coming to you.

There is no way, it is said that everything is in trouble, and there is no problem.

The endless new theories of Shishan Academy all mean new industries.

Wang Heng’s Rubber Research Institute is one of the best.

"If the inner tube of the pneumatic tire is made according to this formula, it seems to be barely usable.

When I formed the outer tire after mixing, I added some thin steel wires to the inside to make it stronger and to maintain its shape better.

In addition, during the processing of the outer tire, I added some carbon black and other materials, and adopted a vulcanization process that was different from the inner tube. Judging from the preliminary tests, the effect was still good."

According to his own ideas, Wang Heng has made a prototype pneumatic tire, which has a certain degree of practicality.

The latter is constantly making various improvements.

"With this steel ring, this new tire looks much more novel in style and has also become more classy.

We can dismantle the wheels of the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage from the Rubber Research Institute and replace them with our samples to try the effect.

If it is good, we can immediately go to the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop to communicate and ask them to try our products.

As long as we get their recognition, our new pneumatic tires can immediately start mass production."

The Michelin Rubber Workshop is closely related to the Rubber Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy. Wang Heng is Michelin's junior brother, so Wang Heng's pneumatic tire projects are all done with Michelin.

At present, the progress is still good.

Michelin is still aware of this.

"Well, in the contract trading shop of the Datang Trading Center in the past two days, the contract price of rubber has dropped a little. I have to find a way to increase the amount of rubber as soon as possible, otherwise my Aye's plantation in Nanyang will probably not be able to continue to expand."

Wang Heng did not hide his purpose.

The reason why he was engaged in this pneumatic tire project was the fuse of his Aye's letter.

Of course, if he could really make such a product, it would probably greatly increase his popularity and stay in Guanshishan Academy to be a teacher. This is naturally what he values ​​after all.

"As long as our pneumatic tires are recognized by various carriage workshops and bicycle workshops, even if the price is higher, the future will be very bright.

For wealthy businessmen, it doesn’t matter whether a carriage costs 100 guan or 200 guan.

What they want is that the carriage they ride in can be more comfortable, more luxurious and more respectful.

I'm very confident about the effect of this pneumatic tire."

Although the pneumatic tire project was led by Wang Heng, it was finally implemented in the Michelin rubber workshop.

So Michelin is also very optimistic about this project.

"Well, the original intention of pneumatic tires is to reduce the wheel demand for rubber, reduce the cost of making wheels, thereby promoting the large-scale application of pneumatic tires and ultimately increasing the demand for rubber use.

The current situation is that although the amount of rubber used by pneumatic tires has been reduced, there is no particularly big difference compared with rubber wheels in terms of production costs. Even our early products are probably a little more expensive than rubber wheels.

But as long as the situation is opened up, our pneumatic tires will be mass-produced, and it will be inevitable that the cost will be lower than that of rubber wheels."

Wang Heng is still very familiar with the situation of pneumatic tires.

Although the project progress has not reached its ideal state at the moment, it has no effect on its beginning to become practical.

Many projects in various research institutes these days are aimed at practicality.

The industry, education and research of Guanshishan Academy is also very smooth.

Just by looking at how many workshops in Zuofang City are collaborating with various studies of Guanshishan Academy, you can know how outstanding the Guanshishan Academy’s industry, academia and research work is.

It also indirectly reflects the huge influence of Guanshishan Academy in the industry of the Tang Dynasty.

You're welcome to say that there are basically no problems for students from Guanshishan Academy to enter various workshops.

The shopkeepers of various workshops are also willing to spend more money to recruit students from Guanshishan Academy.

"Well, let's not think too much now. Hurry up and sit outside for a test to see how the actual loading effect of pneumatic tires is."

Michelin looked at Wang Heng with some anticipation.

Although his rubber workshop is now quite successful, he has his own flagship products.

But to be honest, these so-called flagship products are not very stable in basic terms, and he is eagerly looking forward to a product becoming the main product of his workshop.

Obviously, pneumatic tires allowed him to see this potential.

In the future, if your Michelin rubber workshop mainly produces various tires, it seems that it is not impossible.

Because as far as the current situation is concerned, the scale of the carriage workshops and bicycle workshops in Datang is very huge, and the demand for wheels is naturally very considerable.

If everyone uses pneumatic tires, the market here alone can make the Michelin rubber workshop the leading workshop in the Tang Dynasty.

Michelin, which is not greedy, is still very much looking forward to this prospect.

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Wang Fugui has basically stayed in the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop these days.

Li Kuan handed over the task of making a more luxurious and comfortable four-wheeled carriage for Li Shimin to Wang Fugui, so he naturally had to pay full attention.

Although the completion process of this political task is very painful, the harvest is also full.

For ordinary people, Li Kuan would not leave this matter to him.

"Shopkeeper Wang, if you install a piece of glass on the roof of the carriage, it looks very simple, but in fact the issues involved are all aspects and are not that simple.

First of all, the coordination between the glass and the surrounding parts is problematic. If the coordination is not good, water leakage will occur, which is very troublesome.

We certainly don’t want people to use our top luxury carriage, and when it rains, there will be water leakage in the carriage.

This will be a fatal blow to our Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage reputation.

In addition, even if we can solve the problem of waterproof sealing, light shading needs to be considered.

When there is glass, the light in the carriage will be very bright, which is its advantage.

But sometimes we don’t want it to be so bright. At this time, we use something to block the sun, which is also something we need to consider.

We can't simply hang a curtain on the roof of the car, as that would be a bit ugly.

Finally, this thing can be combined with the design of the roof and can easily block the sunlight when needed.

These things also need to be considered slowly."

Song Bingyin is a level 8 worker in the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop and is considered an important craftsman in the workshop.

As the technical director of the specially made luxury carriage this time, Song Bingyin disagreed with the hasty launch of such a model.

Song Bingyin was once a carpenter with no status.

However, since he entered the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop, through his own efforts, he has gone from an illiterate person to a person who knows the text and sly writes, and has gradually mastered various theoretical knowledge through various learning.

He himself also gradually became a first-class worker, a second-class worker, and a third-class worker, and gradually became a level eight-class worker in the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop. His life was completely successful.

At this time, he naturally didn't want any accidents in the workshop.

This kind of luxury horse carriage can certainly improve the reputation of the workshop and make a lot of money if it is successfully researched.

But if there are too many defects, the side effects will be even greater.

At this stage of Song Bingyin, he didn't want the workshop to take such a big risk.

So even if Wang Fugui kept putting pressure on him, he did not agree to making the prototype directly and simply.

"Master Song, I fully agree with what you said. This carriage was prepared for His Majesty's southern tour. Naturally, it cannot be made so rough at will. Otherwise, at that time, it will not only lose the face of the Mercedes-Benz four-wheeled carriage workshop, but also the face of His Royal Highness the Prince.

However, this character was arranged by His Highness the Crown Prince himself. We must take out a new carriage before His Majesty's southern tour. There is no discount to be paid for this.

As for where this new carriage is new, you are professional and you must know better than me.

Adding a skylight is just a direction given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If you have a better choice, it is not impossible.

But if you can't find any other good way and simply add some gold decorations to the current carriage, such luxury is meaningless."

Wang Fugui deals with so many people every day, so his speaking skills are naturally very high.

At this time, he would definitely not have a direct dispute with Song Bingyin, nor would he forcefully complete the method of coercion.

First of all, he would agree with Song Bingyin's words, but he would continue to raise his requests.

Anyway, the meaning has not changed, but it will not be so difficult for those who listen to it.

"To make the carriage more luxurious and comfortable, it is nothing more than starting from the seats, suspension, wheels, and decorative lights.

Decoration is naturally the simplest aspect, but it is not of great significance.

For seats, we are always looking for a more elastic filling to use with springs to make it more comfortable to make.

In terms of suspension, our leaf springs are already relatively mature, and we are now considering replacing them with coil springs to further reduce the impact of the ground on the impact of the wheels to the carriage.

As for the wheels, the Michelin rubber workshop had already communicated with us some time ago. They were studying a pneumatic tire. Once it was successful, they could further improve the comfort of the ride. I went to their workshop to confirm the progress and see if we could use our new carriage first."
To be continued...