Though dawn had only just broken, when Zhang Tie walked out of the airport, he found that it was already bustling outside.
This airport had been built more than twenty kilometers outside the city, still quite a distance from Eastern Sun City. This place had originally been a desolate stretch of saline-alkali wasteland, but now, a small town had formed around the airport.
Two lively commercial streets lay outside the airport, lined with restaurants, taverns, and all kinds of shops. As the sun rose, the taverns and restaurants had already begun selling breakfast.
Some taxis were already waiting for customers in the parking lot outside the airport. Zhang Tie looked them over and saw that two-thirds were still traditional coal-fired steam cars, while one-third were taxis that used Torch Oil. Compared with military off-road vehicles, these taxis also used Dual-Drive Engines, only with smaller displacement, basically under 1.0 liters. Over the past two years, as Torch Dragon Territory rolled out more and more Dual-Drive Engines of different types and displacements, these small-displacement Dual-Drive Engines were now changing the lives of the people of Torch Dragon Territory.
Besides ordinary automobiles, many of these engines had even been installed in agricultural machinery in the fields, such as combine harvesters and multipurpose tractors. After adopting Dual-Drive Engines, their working efficiency had risen sharply, greatly improving labor productivity in the fields.
"Vroom..." With a roar, a two-wheeled motorcycle shot out from the exit of the airport's underground garage behind Zhang Tie. The rider wore a helmet resembling a pilot's and a leather jacket.
The motorcycle engine's roar drew many glances from people on the street. The rider clearly relished that attention. He twisted the throttle and vanished down the street like a lone rider kicking up dust.
The emergence of Dual-Drive Engines had also