The journey starts from the Titanic

"Oh, so! That's a shame! There is an Edison Medal in the United States, and if there is also a Nikola Tesla Academy, it is probably a very wonderful history! What a pity!" Situ Nan shook his head with regret. Regret.

"You..." Nikola Tesla looked at Situ Nan angrily, and the flesh thorn in his heart was moved by the guy in front of him again.

Looking at Situ Nan's clear and calm eyes, Nikola Tesla slowly calmed down, thought for a while, and sighed: "Okay! You won again! Stonney! But let's talk about it first. , I will not spend too much time in this area."

For friends, Nikola Tesla has always been difficult to refuse, and the other party not only has good reasons, but most importantly, Nikola Tesla is more eager for reputation after court incidents!

A few days later, after finishing the work of the Mine Research Institute, Nikola Tesla took his two inseparable female assistants and moved to the William, and of course the large boxes of precious materials.

After the successful research of the wr-1 mine, the William Roosevelt Mine Company, a joint venture between Situ Nan and Eleanor, has now been acquired by Bethlehem Arms and Equipment Company for an 80% stake for US$500,000, as well as the William Roosevelt Research on the mine The chamber was also incorporated into the Bethlehem Armament Company.

In less than two months, thanks to Nikola Tesla’s genius invention, William Roosevelt, who invested $50,000 at the time, made five times the profit. Nikola Tesla’s outstanding work With a bonus of $50,000, he hadn't seen such a big check in a long time.

Eleanor was naturally happy. Although this little money was not a small number to the Roosevelt family, it was not a small number anymore. After the first successful cooperation, she began to put out more money and invest in Situ Nan.This incident is obviously collusion between government and business, but there are no loopholes in the law, and a small William-Roosevelt company that only existed for less than three months could not attract the attention of others, so it did not affect Roosevelt. Yes, instead of getting a lot of points.

After bargaining, the Navy Department agreed to purchase the first batch of 10,000 wr-1 mines from Bethlehem Arms and Equipment Company at a price of 1,450 US dollars per piece.Later, this number expanded to 50,000. During the war, the United States produced a total of about 100,000 mines.

Because Tony Morey persuaded Robles that he thought that with 50,000 wr-1 mines plus the same number of drift mines, it would be enough to block the North Sea Channel.

Under Roosevelt’s enthusiastic promotion, from July 1917 to the end of the war, more than 70,000 mines were dropped into German waters under the leadership of Major General Joseph Strauss, especially the base of U-shaped submarines. The waters outside Kiel Harbour and Wilhelmshaven have become key areas for mine-laying.

70% of the mines were laid by the US Navy, and the British Navy was responsible for the remaining 30%, but they were also produced by the US, most of which came from the mine factory of the Bethlehem Armament Company.

Unlike the long overdue mine blockade in history, the wr-1 mine appeared more than a year earlier, so its value was reflected in the war.During the First World War, the wr-1 mine played an important role. When more than 30 German submarines passed through the minefield, they were sunk by the wr-1 mine ambushing in the water. This figure accounted for almost ten of the total number of German submarines. One part!

Every time German submarine officers and soldiers have to carefully return to the base after experiencing life and death struggles at sea.Some hapless guys did not die in the depth charge of the British but were killed by mines at their doorstep.This dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the German submarine force.

With a flap of Situ Nan butterfly wings, the Germans received a tighter blockade, and the strength of the German army was slightly weakened. At the same time, the mine blockade that appeared in advance also made the war more bloody and cruel, although it is impossible to change the general trend of history.

These are things to follow.

Now Situ Nan looked at the William, which was quietly anchored in New York Harbor in the distance, and his heart was warmed by the light from the ship.Thinking of the joke he said to Laura in the morning, his heart was even hotter.

Chapter 159 The task of the principal carpenter: William = Harvard + Massachusetts!

"My dear, let me tell you an old news." Situ Nan heard Laura exclaiming excitedly as soon as he came back, "I have found a carpenter to be the president of William University!"

"Carpenter? Lao Tzu is opening a lumberyard?" Situ Nan's face was dark, and he was thundered by these words just as he stepped on the William.

"Oh, it’s not the carpenter, it’s Mr. Stratton. He gave me an exquisite music box, which I like very much. But that’s not the point. The point is that he is a very capable person and I think it’s us The person you are looking for."

Laura raised the palm-sized music box in her hand. The exterior was made of a wooden shell and engraved with text, which was lifelike and showed the exquisite woodworking craftsmanship of its maker.

"Okay! Tell me, what is going on? Don't mess your mind!"

When Laura mentioned about the school, Situ Nan became interested. He wanted to know who made his chick so respected.

"Today, when I visited Eleanor, I just met a good friend of hers, Mr. Samuel Stratton, a director from the National Bureau of Standards. So we had a pleasant conversation." Laura said.

Nima, what are you doing?How did the carpenter become a government official?This is really confusing!Situ Nan thought to himself, but he listened patiently to Laura as she spoke.

It turned out that Mr. Stratton who she was talking about was Samuel Stratton, who was really not a general.Well, a bit of a background!

Samuel Stratton was born on a farm in Illinois in 1861 and is now 57 years old.When I was young, I worked as a carpenter and later changed my career as a mechanic.

After passing through Illinois, I went to Urbana Institute of Technology, the predecessor of the University of Illinois, to get a degree in mechanical engineering.After graduation, he stayed on to teach, and later when the University of Chicago was founded, it recruited a large number of talents. In 1892, Stratton went to the University of Chicago as a professor of physics.

After teaching for a few years, I found it meaningless. It just happened that the Spanish-American War broke out. In 1895, Stratton improperly joined the Illinois naval militia with a university professor and became a small naval lieutenant. This work was done until 1912. Retired only in the year.

The interesting thing is that after ploughing the fields, repairing machines, teaching, and serving as a soldier, Stratton is thinking about playing as an official?

Sure enough, during his service, Stratton was sent to the Survey Office in 1899, and he began to establish the American Bureau of Standards, becoming the first director of the American Bureau of Standards, and he began his official career.

He is also very well mixed up in official circles, which really made him a success in the Bureau of Standards: In his ten years of tenure, the Bureau of Standards has grown from scratch, with 14 staff members expanding to more than 900, and some of them have graduated from universities. Raw.

Now that the United States is participating in the war in Europe, it is industrial production, and the importance of the Bureau of Standards in coordinating military production can be imagined.Stratton can be described as an indispensable contribution, he can be described as a good word in the Bureau of Standards, no one can match.

Stratton has always loved carpentry and was very obsessed with it, so he was kindly nicknamed carpenter.This guy is unmarried so far, and he prefers private clubs, which is somewhat criticized.

"Oh my God, what kind of life is this! From a carpenter in Illinois to a mechanical engineer to a university professor, and then joining the army and politics, life is so wonderful for this to play." Situ Nan exclaimed.Although he had never seen Stratton himself, he couldn't help but yearn for what Laura said. He was sure that a guy with such a rich life experience and all good things must be a wonderful person!

"Yeah! Mr. Stratton is really amazing! He won the National Public Welfare Medal not long ago!" Laura said with a little admiration. "Talking to Mr. Stratton today, I found that he is very knowledgeable and not only understands. Mechanical physics and can also talk about literary music. Not to mention organizational talent. So I took the liberty to ask him to be our principal, and the result was..."

Laura said that she was a little embarrassed, her face flushed.

"What happened?" Situ Nan asked nervously.

"I was teased by Eleanor, saying that I was too whimsical." Laura said.

Indeed, letting a little political star abandon politics and become the president of a university that exists only on paper (at least the money for the establishment of the school is genuine) is indeed a bit whimsical, and even difficult.Laura still remembered the surprised expressions of those present in the morning, which was really rude.

"Then, what did that guy say?" Situ Nan had an intuition. He felt that after a person like Stratton worked in the government for more than ten years, he got all he deserved (National Public Welfare Medal), and maybe he was bored with it. Can't tell if it's done?Maybe you will be a little bit interested in the principal's new job?

Laura's words seemed to fulfill Situ Nan's thoughts, "Mr. Stratton was taken aback after hearing this. He asked me why I wanted to build a school, and then I told him your thoughts. He was silent after listening. Yes, I said I would go back and consider it carefully.

But he said he wanted to see you.This is really unexpected!Stoneney, you will meet him, won't you?"

Laura looked at Situ Nan eagerly.

"Of course! I want to see what kind of charm of an old man makes my baby so admired. Haven't I ever heard such praise from me?"

Situ Nan said jealously.He stretched out his hand and stroked Laura's pretty face, then...hehe!

People are refreshed in happy events.Still on the William.The stars in the sky are also very bright, and the moon is ashamed of the clouds, and it is indescribably irritating to the New York Harbor where the lights and shadows are shaking red.Situ Nan felt that tonight's body seemed to have been blessed, and became extremely excited and lasting.

Ship shake?

maybe!

...

The next day, Situ Nan met Samuel Stratton, a well-mannered middle-aged handsome man with a gentle smile on his face. He was so old and his smile was a little charming. He might be able to seduce some silly and innocent little sisters. .

Situ Nan thought to himself, but after touching Stratton's deep eyes, he was secretly surprised.Very bright!Straightforward!His eyes were full of vicissitudes, and there seemed to be another kind of calmness after practicing in the world.

"This ship is not bad! No wonder you have money to build a university." Stratton glanced at Situ Nan with a smile.

"I have made a lot of money, I don't have any interest, I want to do something interesting. Haha!" Situ Nan responded, and then waited for the other party's text.

"Well! Mr. William, I now confirm your ability and your passion for education. I want to ask you, what is your ideal university?" Stratton said straightforwardly.

"An ideal university?" Situ Nan thought for a moment, and said: "The persistence to knowledge and truth. The atmosphere of equality and freedom. Of course it is better to add some Humboldt University spirit!"

Stratton nodded and asked, "What do you expect from it?"

"Expectation? The school is named after Lao Tzu. Naturally, it can't smash the resounding sign of William, let alone become a Pheasant University!"

Situ Nan thought for a while, and suddenly thought of a very popular sentence, he wrote on the paper: "William = Harvard + Massachusetts!"