When Tang En found Klotto, he was staring at a pile of blueprints in a daze.
"Tang En? You came at the right time. Can you help me see if there's anything I can improve on? "
Tang En went over to take a look and found that it was about the improved design of the new Sky Breaker aviation combat platform. According to Tang En's opinion, Klotto had modified the original design. The deck area was increased, the middle space was enlarged, and a large amount of redundant design was eliminated. This greatly increased the capacity of the combat personnel. In order to coordinate with the aviation mobility combat, an additional vehicle compartment was added. According to the design plan, every Helicarrier in the future would have a hundred Comet motorcycles in the vehicle compartment.
Although a hundred Comet motorcycles didn't seem like a lot, because the Comet motorcycles had been modified, they could carry a large amount of ammunition. Their size had more than doubled, and their combat capability had increased by several times, so the increase in combat power was obvious.
In addition to Tang En's idea of the Magic Kinetic Armor, every Helicarrier in the future would carry at least a thousand combat personnel. The Helicarrier could be used as a platform at any time, and the combat radius could reach up to five hundred kilometers.
Of course, Tang En didn't plan to use this weapon against humans. He wanted to use the mobility of the Helicarrier to achieve the mobility of a large number of combat personnel. As a rapid response force, they could quickly enter the battlefield and achieve the effect of attacking the creatures of Chaos in all directions.
The complicated blueprints made Tang En dizzy, but he still found some problems. In this new design, although the weight and space of the Helicarrier had greatly increased, the armor and structure were correspondingly much weaker. The expansion of the internal space would inevitably lead to the reduction of the supporting structure, and the overall strength of the structure would also decrease.
This meant that the defense would be greatly reduced.
After Tang En pointed out this problem, Klotto explained, "I've already considered this problem. It's very difficult to solve from an engineering point of view. Thickening the armor means a large increase in weight, and the requirements for engine power will be higher. The solution I'm currently thinking of is to strengthen the defense with magic power. The large hull area can provide a large amount of space to draw magic arrays, and the good magic compatibility of the universal alloy can provide a stable working environment for the magic arrays."
Tang En thought for a moment and asked, "If a small amount of Oricha steel is added to the universal alloy, will the universal alloy have the characteristics of Oricha steel?"
Clotho was stunned. "We haven't tried that before.
"Let's give it a try. If it works, we can increase the thickness of the armor to its original level. Combined with the defensive power of the magic array, we can basically guarantee the Helicarrier's defensive capabilities."
After a pause, Tang En continued, "We are currently working hard to nurture mages. In the future, we can consider allocating a team of mages to each Helicarrier. On one hand, they can help maintain the Helicarriers, and on the other, they can assist in the defense."
Clotho nodded. "I'll give it a try later … Speaking of which, why are you looking for me?"
"I almost forgot because of your interruption."
Tang En slapped his forehead and said, "Give me a copy of the original blueprints of the Heaven Breaker … Forget it, just make a copy. Take it out and let's talk."
Klot raised his eyebrows and shouted to his assistant, "Go and get a copy of the original blueprint."
The assistant hurried off.
Clotho jumped down from his chair, wiped his hands, and asked curiously, "Why do you want the original blueprint?"
"I have a good idea that I want to discuss with you."
Tang En said with a smile, "Since we've already decided to improve the Helicarrier on the basis of the Heaven-Breaker, why don't we modify the Helicarrier into a civilian airship?"
"Civilian airship?"
Clotho was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he clapped his hands. "You want to do air transportation?"
"Bingo."
Tang En nodded. "Have you considered it?"
"Of course."
Clotho picked up the tea his assistant handed him and gulped it down in one gulp. Then, he said with a flushed face, "Awesome! I have to say, the feeling of drinking these tea leaves you gave me is amazing. I feel like my body has become younger recently. "
Tang En smiled. The tea leaves made from the leaves of the World Tree contained rich vitality. Of course, it was good to drink it often.
Clotho and the others were now Tang En's staunch supporters. He would not mistreat his own people.
"I've considered this problem a long time ago," Clotho said with a smile.
Klotto said with a smile, "That guy Reeves can rely on the power of dragons and his stupid brain to open Star Diamond Banks all over the world. Why can't we dwarves do business all over the world?"
Tang En laughed inwardly. He did not expect Clotho to be so competitive.
"At the time, I thought about what unique advantages we had over the Gnomes. In the end, I only thought of the Heaven Breaker."
"Then why didn't you do it?"
Clotho shrugged. "Of course it's because we don't have the conditions."
"What do you mean?"
"Have you forgotten? When you first saw the Heaven Breaker, the Heaven Breaker couldn't even take to the air yet. "
Clotho reminded Tang En. "As long as the power problem is not solved, we can't mass produce the Heaven Breaker."
"Not only that, even if the power problem is solved, there is still a problem. We Gnomes are not strong individually. We don't have the luck of Reeves to find a powerful backer like the Dragons. Even if we develop the air transportation industry, it will eventually fall into the hands of others."
Twain nodded to express his understanding. The saying that a man's wealth was his own ruin by arousing the envy of others was universal, and Prandal was no exception. With the power of an Apocalypse, not to mention a Legendary-tier, even a supreme-tier or extraordinary-tier powerhouse would be able to render the dwarf speechless. That was why they had been holed up in the depths of the Ambris Mountains all these years.
At this point, Clotho smiled. "But if you want to develop this industry, there will be no problem."
Tang En also smiled. "Of course I won't forget the contributions of the Gnomes. The Heaven Breaker is the crystallization of the Gnomes' technology, and I won't monopolize it. How about this, you invest in the airship transportation industry with your technology, and I'll give you 30% of the shares? Don't be in a hurry to refuse. I know that the Gnome Kingdom doesn't need money, but the world will become more open in the future, and the races will become more integrated. I believe that you will soon integrate into this world. When that time comes, you can't let your people be poor, right? "
After thinking for a moment, Clotho nodded and agreed to Tang En's conditions.
He didn't want it at first. Tang En had been a great help to the Gnome Kingdom. With him, the Gnome Kingdom's technology in all aspects had advanced by leaps and bounds, and the speed at which they reverse-engineered the prehistoric civilization had also increased by a lot.
But as Tang En said, the world was becoming more and more open. If they didn't want to be abandoned by the world, they had to take the initiative to integrate into the world. If the Gnomes didn't have the currency of the human countries, they would only be relegated to the bottom of society.
"Then it's decided. You will provide the follow-up technical services, upgrades, and maintenance, and the Datang Chamber of Commerce will be responsible for the operation. I will provide policy protection for the airship operation as the Regent. You will get 30% of the profits."
Tang En simply decided on this cooperation plan.
He didn't care about the loss of profits. As he had always said, money was just a tool to achieve his goal. As long as he could promote the rapid development of this society, he didn't care about money. With his strength, he wouldn't starve to death.
Giving up 30% of the profits could further tie the Gnomes and the Datang Chamber of Commerce together. The alliance would be more stable and reliable, and it would only be beneficial to him.
Soon, Klotto's assistant came back with a copy of the blueprint. Tang En, Klotto, and a group of assistants began to discuss the blueprint.
Klotto took a pen and quickly made a few crosses on the blueprint. "Since it's for civilian use, these large weapons can be eliminated. In order to deal with the danger of flying daemons, only a small amount of anti-air firepower can be retained. This way, the weight of the airship can be reduced by a third."
Tang En nodded. "Considering the needs of long-distance flight, the interior of the airship needs to be divided into rooms. Also, considering the attributes of the passengers, we need to divide them into upper, middle, and lower levels. The number of rooms will be distributed according to the ratio of 1: 3: 6."
Klotto raised his eyebrows and pointed at the side view. "Then the middle and lower levels will be changed into the cabin area. The lower level will be separated from the passenger area as the power layer and the cargo area. The upper level will be transformed into seats to accommodate more passengers. We also need to add fences on the deck to make it convenient for the passengers to enjoy the scenery from the deck and prevent them from falling. "
"It's not just fences." Tang En rubbed his chin. "The airflow in the sky is very strong. If we want to take care of the passengers' movements on the deck, we need a large magic array to protect the airship. The magic array is nothing, but if it's activated for the entire journey, it will consume magic crystals, and the operating costs will increase … Forget it, safety first. Let's just design it this way. When the time comes, we'll add the operating costs into the ticket price."
"You really have the potential to be an unscrupulous businessman."
Klotto smiled and pointed at the front of the blueprint. "The firing windows of the removed weapons can be replaced with armor —"
"No, keep those windows."
Tang En stared at the blueprint and said with bright eyes, "Replace them with high-strength glass and design them into viewing windows. I think that the passengers will definitely like the feeling of standing on them to enjoy the scenery."
Klotto's mouth twitched. He really wanted to ask Tang En, how many civilians had the courage to stand in such a place to enjoy the scenery? Just seeing the clouds floating by under their feet was enough to scare them, okay?
But Klotto didn't know that in this world, there were many people who liked to seek excitement …
What he didn't expect was that this design would become a wonderful sight on the airship in the future. Rooms with viewing windows were hard to come by for a long time.
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