The Imperial airport.♝🐜 👌🎈
The airport was spacious and heavily guarded. From the entrance onward, there was a guard post every ten steps, and every soldier carried a firearm.
As the empire's economy soared and the industrial age arrived, society was changing with each passing day, and the army's weapons were being updated just as rapidly.
Ye Chen's motorcade slowly drove in through the airport entrance under the watchful eyes of the surrounding soldiers.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live ten thousand years."
As Ye Chen stepped out of the vehicle, the surrounding soldiers dropped to one knee and saluted. Their voices were deafening, and their bearing was imposing.
Looking at the soldiers around him, Ye Chen's eyes were filled with satisfaction. The army of the Yanhuang Empire had been trained entirely according to the methods of Huaxia in his previous life, with strict military discipline.
"Rise!!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
"Clatter!!"
All the soldiers rose in perfect unison. From a distance, they looked as though they were one person.
At that moment, Li Xinglong, the person in charge of the airport, hurried over.
After exchanging greetings, Ye Chen followed Li Xinglong to the airport command center.
Personnel bustled about inside the command center, while various instruments that seemed extremely crude to Ye Chen operated continuously, monitoring the planes' flight conditions at all times.
Once the various flight data came in, it was recorded.
When the personnel in the command center saw Ye Chen arrive, they wanted to salute.
Seeing this, Ye Chen smiled. "No need to salute. Just carry on with your work."
Hearing this, everyone nodded and threw themselves back into their work. However, they became even more serious, hoping to do their best.
Looking at everyone working busily in the room, Ye Chen walked around, observing their operations and the data displayed on the various instruments. It left him somewhat bewildered.
As the empire had developed to this level, Ye Chen's accumulated knowledge could be said to have fallen behind. There were many things he could no longer understand.
Ye Chen was not disappointed by this. After all, as the empire grew stronger, the knowledge involved in every field became far too broad. Even if he had ten clones, he still could not learn it all.
Besides, he was the emperor of a nation. As the helmsman of an empire, he only needed to grasp the direction of its development.
There was no need to force himself to learn too much about technology.
Specialized matters could be left to specialists. An outsider did not need to learn everything himself.
After making a round of the command center, Ye Chen went outside and arrived at a platform where he could clearly see the planes soaring through the sky.
As time passed, the planes completed their test flights. After the command center finished collecting all the data, they began to land.
Whether a plane could land smoothly was of paramount importance.
A plane that could not land safely was ultimately a failure.
"Yan Chen No. 1 is beginning its return flight. All ground departments, take note and prepare for rescue at any time."
"All departments received."
Once the return-flight order was issued, the medical, fire, maintenance, safety, and other departments on the ground sprang into action.
Standing on the platform, Ye Chen looked down at the scene below and nodded.
Beside him, Li Xinglong watched the descending plane and silently prayed. It had to succeed. Nothing could go wrong.
Since the planes had been built, this was not their first flight. However, due to immature technology, several planes had already been damaged.
Perhaps Li Xinglong's prayers had worked. Although Yan Chen No. 1 shook violently as it descended, it ultimately landed safely without incident.
Seeing this, Li Xinglong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, followed by a surge of excitement.
The plane's safe landing meant that the Kunpeng Project had been successfully completed.
At the same time, when the command center personnel saw the plane land smoothly, they erupted in cheers and excitedly embraced one another.
Some even cried out in excitement.
Ever since the Kunpeng Project had begun, they had devoted themselves to it with full confidence. They had researched it for decades without pause, experiencing countless failures and wasting vast amounts of resources along the way.
Although Ye Chen had never blamed them and often encouraged them, they still felt guilty.
Now, they had finally succeeded. They could finally give Your Majesty an answer.
They had not failed him.
Hearing the cheers from the command center, Ye Chen smiled.
He had seen all the hard work of these scientists. All he could do was protect them as much as possible.
At the same time, he would reward them generously so that they would have no worries left.
These scientists were all treasures cultivated by the empire. Losing even one of them would make his heart ache for a long time.
Ye Chen then looked at the secretary-general beside him—the original secretary-general Yuan Long's granddaughter, Yuan Lan—and smiled. "Grant the chief scientist of the Kunpeng Project one bottle of Longevity Liquid No. 5, one hundred million Yanhuang Coins, a residence in Tianchen Domain, and a three-rank promotion...
"Grant each secondary scientist one bottle of Longevity No. 4, ten million Yanhuang Coins, a residence in Tianlan Domain, and a two-rank promotion...
"Grant each researcher of the Kunpeng Project who has made outstanding contributions one bottle of Longevity Liquid No. 3, one million Yanhuang Coins, a residence in Tianyun Domain, and a one-rank promotion..."
As Ye Chen spoke, Secretary-General Yuan Lan quickly recorded his words.
Hearing Ye Chen's rewards, Li Xinglong secretly clicked his tongue. They were simply too generous, giving him an entirely new understanding of Ye Chen's generosity.
At the same time, it made him realize just how seriously Ye Chen took the Kunpeng Project.
After Ye Chen finished speaking, Li Xinglong immediately bowed and said, "I, Minister Li, thank Your Majesty on behalf of everyone involved in the Kunpeng Project for Your Majesty's rewards."
"Heh, Minister Li, I attach great importance to the Kunpeng Project. From now on, I hope all of you will continue working hard and keep optimizing every aspect of the planes in pursuit of even better results..."
Looking at Li Xinglong, Ye Chen smiled and offered a few words of encouragement.
Yanhuang Calendar, Year 200.
Qiankun Hall.
After finishing the document in his hands, Ye Chen rubbed his brow.
"Yuan Lan, what time is it now?"
"Your Majesty, it is already past one in the morning."
"It's already this late? Sigh, I'm destined to toil.
"I have to develop artificial intelligence and computers as soon as possible so they can help me handle state affairs. Then things will be easier." Hearing that it was already so late, Ye Chen could not help shaking his head with a bitter smile.
Ever since the empire entered the industrial age, it had been developing faster and faster. Even with the cabinet officials screening matters for him, he still had to handle many things every day.
Moreover, as productivity rose, the economy began to soar. The empire's accumulated foundations started to erupt, and its rapid development became unstoppable.
At the same time, the population within the empire also began to explode.
The population of the Yanhuang Empire had now reached 260 million, and it was still increasing rapidly with the passage of time.
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