Hearing Li Xian's question, Xu Ren answered seriously: "Yes, I thought about it a long time ago. In fact, I also know that there is a kind of sycamore that can also produce fuel oil, and the output is also considerable. There is also a tree called 'stinky oil fruit', which grows fruits containing a lot of oil. In fact, there are too many ways to produce fuel for internal combustion engines. But all methods have a serious disadvantage, that is, high cost and low output!"
After the initial surprise, Li Xian finally calmed down and thought about his future development strategy, finally breaking out in a cold sweat. "Sir, you are right. If we hold everything in our own hands, then Anyang will sooner or later become a fat piece of meat in the eyes of everyone. It is a crime to possess a treasure! Only by releasing some technologies appropriately can we be safer and gain a broader space for development."
Xu Ren was very appreciative. "Master, in fact, when we first started, you also held this idea. Why did you become so stingy and closed later on?"
"My skills are so good, I don't want to give them away for free!" Li Xian smiled bitterly, "But it almost caused danger. Thanks to the teacher for reminding me."
"Ha, no need to thank me, this is what I should have done. I'm glad that you can accept my suggestion. If possible, you can release some of the internal combustion engine's structural diagrams. The structural diagram is enough, and no more detailed information is needed. This structural diagram is like bait; you need bait to fish, and you must give first if you want to get. With the structural diagram, everyone will taste the benefits of industrial development, and they will turn around and continue to study the development of industry and technology. This will inevitably lead to the flourishing of a hundred flowers and mutual competition. We who actively release the drawings and technologies at least have a nominal commanding height, and everyone should at least maintain respect for us on the surface!"
Li Xian nodded and immediately ordered his new personal guard Chen Jinbing: "Chen Jinbing, take my order and rush back to Qingyun Valley by train to retrieve the first finished design drawing of the internal combustion engine."
At the beginning, Li Xian subdued five yamen runners, Song Xing, Chen Jinbing, Wang Cong, Yuan Yun, and Yu Chao. Now that Song Xing has been promoted, Chen Jinbing has become the second captain of Li Xian's personal guard.
After Chen Jinbing left, Li Xian told Fang Shijing, "Go and make the news public. We will hold our first technical exchange meeting tonight and discuss the issue of internal combustion engines. Tell everyone that Anyang will exhibit the design drawings of the internal combustion engine and allow them to bring tools to prepare for copying. It doesn't matter if it's jade slips or paper. Our design drawings are about four feet long, with a total of more than 300 sheets."
Li Xian's decision immediately made the already enthusiastic industrial expo even more popular. Fang Shijing dispatched ten tons of engineering drawing paper, and it was sold out in a short time. The inventory was used up in an instant.
Finally, there was no more paper, so Li Xian waved his hand and asked me to bring all the cloth. Needless to say, the cloth was quickly sold out. In the end, not to mention white, yellow, and light green cloth, even dark cloth was in short supply.
Almost everyone wanted to copy a copy of the design of the internal combustion engine. The most important thing was not the design of the internal combustion engine, but the fact that the Brilliant Star Group had made its technology public for the first time—which meant that too many technical details could be revealed!