In October 1964, five and a half years after its first flight, Sanmai delivered the first Antey-100 aircraft to Royal New World Airlines, which was used by Royal New World Airlines on the route from Xinjing to Xiheishanbao.
The Antey-100 jet, in economical business class mode, can carry 221 passengers, has a cruising speed of 970 kilometers per hour and a range of 7,100 kilometers.
In fact, the Antey-100 was originally going to be named Navigator-100, but because it is mainly aimed at the civil aviation market, unlike fighter jets, it was finally named in a conventional way that gives people a sense of stability and security.
The name "Navigator" sounds a bit unlucky when used on civilian flights.
During the more than six years of peace, which was also a time of technological leap, all the confederations of the empire achieved considerable development.
The most eye-catching is the Tianhan Kingdom. Most areas have weak foundations, but under the free market model of its own technology, the development speed is extremely fast. The rural areas in many regions are completely different from what they were ten years ago.
Televisions have gradually entered rural households in the Northern Territory.
However, the extensive use of the "royal" prefix has also caused some disputes.
For example, there are some companies with royal investment backgrounds, Royal New World Airways is one of them, and the military police system is generally referred to as the Royal Police, Royal Air Force, Royal Army, and Royal Navy.
The Attorney General's Office became the Crown Prosecution Service.
And so on.
However, this is all used in the Central Plains language environment, using the highest level of "emperor", but when translated into Western languages, it actually means "king".
Therefore, this became a confusing matter and eventually became a topic for discussion among linguists.
However, it must be said that after the military and police system was renamed, morale was further boosted, and the sense of honor and cohesion were further strengthened.
The kingdom's system of five principalities was also on the verge of extinction. After Han Renwang, the ruler of the Bac Ninh Principality, retired, the principality disintegrated and became two autonomous regions.
As for the Longbei Autonomous Principality, Ren Zhonglin had to resign after large-scale demonstrations by the people. The autonomous principality was dissolved and joined the kingdom in the form of three autonomous territories.
The Longbei Democratic Principality has always been relatively open and has kept up with the pace of development of the kingdom.
The Northern Frontier Autonomous Principality is located in the most remote northern area. The people there are conservative and traditional, and it is difficult for the wind of the new era to blow in.
As a result, the kingdom now has thirty-three autonomous territories, two major regions of Xinjing and Shengjing, seven directly-administered border defense areas, as well as the Longbei Principality and the Beijiang Principality, plus the Anshan Autonomous City-State, such administrative divisions.
The average population of the autonomous territories is around 10 million. The Longbei Principality and the Beijiang Principality both have a population of over 20 million, and the Anshan Autonomous City-State has a population of over 5 million.
The Xinjing region has a population of over 20 million, and the Shengjing region has a population of over 10 million.
The kingdom's total population exceeds 400 million.
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Xinjing Palace.
Sitting in the study, Lu Ming looked at the calendar. In a blink of an eye, 64 years had passed. From the perspective of humanities, lifestyle, and so on, this world has indeed entered the 1960s of his previous life.
There is actually no change in my facial features, body shape, etc. Of course, I have controlled my appearance a little, and now I have a scruffy beard and some vicissitudes of life, so I look like a man in his thirties.
The recent focus has been on the Western Regions.
The Sonyans originally promised to completely withdraw their military forces deployed in the Western Regions within three years. It has been six years since they issued the statement.
It has indeed gradually withdrawn its military forces and is helping local people establish a democratically elected government.
The Western Regions were divided into four major parts: the Nile Autonomous Region (central), the Baoyue Autonomous Region (southern), the Hunhuo Autonomous Region (northeast), and the Jiahe Autonomous Region (western).
In fact, there were many conflicts among the princely states in the four major regions divided by the Sonyas. Some princely states were even abruptly divided into two parts, which laid many hidden dangers.
At the same time, the First Control did not withdraw completely, because they had to stay to help establish the elected government of the princely state.
Bit has been promoted to major general. Because of his harmonious relations with many local tribes, the headquarters has high hopes for Major General Bit. Representatives of the various local tribes also passed a resolution by a slight advantage, agreeing that the Guard Corps led by Major General Bit will temporarily serve as the security force for the entire Western Regions.
The final details of the establishment of local armed forces and military and police systems will be discussed after the elections and the establishment of democratically elected governments of all parties.
Lu Ming was thinking about things in the Western Regions when the red telephone on the table suddenly rang.
Lu Ming picked up the phone, listened to the person talking inside, and nodded: "Well, come on, I'm here." The person on the other end of the phone was Yu Luan.
Yu Luan now manages the Kingdom Security Council and the Royal Air Service Regiment. She has not changed at all from more than a decade ago. She is a true Luo Yu dual cultivation, and her cultivation is becoming deeper and deeper. Standing next to Lu Ming, she is sometimes a little girl in a school uniform with twin ponytails, and sometimes a beautiful girl with long flowing hair. However, only Lu Ming can appreciate this wonderful sight. To outsiders, she is the terrifying Black Rose, and in front of her subordinates, she is the terrible devil wearing a Black Rose mask.
In recent years, the exploration of the northeastern waters has been mainly entrusted to the Marines under the framework of the Royal Air Service.
Progress is extremely slow because only ships can explore in extremely narrow sea areas, which are like a channel with a diameter of no more than one kilometer.
In addition, the weather in the northern region has been getting colder in recent years. Last winter, heavy snow fell in Shengjing.
When it comes to exploring the northeastern waters, Lu Ming repeatedly called for caution.
Especially two years ago, a Qing'e who specialized in tracking and exploration skills drove the hovercraft slightly beyond the safe area of the channel. As a result, it was as if there was a huge suction force on the seabed that pulled her and the boat to the bottom of the deep sea. If it weren't for Yu Luan who happened to be there and pulled her back, she would have disappeared. Even so, she was seriously injured and it took her more than half a year to recover.
And now, news just came from the exploration team that a new continent has been discovered at the other end of the sea channel.
However, the expedition team did not land, but captured a fisherman and returned.
This sea channel was explored a little bit every day and was basically marked out on the map. It was winding and took several years to explore about a thousand kilometers. Buoys were placed in the safe areas on both sides of the island. One advantage is that the sea is extremely calm, without any wind or waves, so after the buoys are placed, there is no need to worry about moving.
Yu Luan brought a tape, which was the fisherman's confession and the questions he answered after his mind was confused.
There were also photos of fishermen from various angles. Lu Ming picked one up and looked at it. The white people with red hair looked a bit like the Nordic pirates in the movies and TV shows of his previous life. However, in actual history, the features of the Nordic pirates were not so exaggerated, and the hair was not so bright red.
With a gesture, Yu Luan pressed the play button on the recorder.
Their language, on the contrary, is more like the dialect of the Central Asians in the northeastern region of the Northern Territory.
Were the continental shelves once connected? Lu Ming recalled some theories from his previous life, but he knew in his heart that they were not applicable to this world.
The fisherman answered with everything he knew about the New World.
The New World seemed very large, but the fishermen naturally had no idea how large the population of the New World was.
It sounds like the New World has a unified and powerful central government, but it seems to be managed in a corporate style.
Basically, it can be seen as a corporate governance model formed when capital is not restrained in any way.
A world ruled by super giant corporations, which touch upon every aspect of people's livelihood.
This fisherman is a worker of a fishery company under a giant enterprise and a third-level fisherman.
In this world of giant corporate culture, a unique theory has been formed. Every citizen is actually a human resource and receives relative treatment based on the value he or she creates. This sounds extremely fair and just. Lazy people and hard-working workers, not to mention the survival resources they obtain, even have very different social status.
Corruption seems to be non-existent in this world of giant companies, which regard it as the biggest negative asset of the company and an absolute cancer in the corporate culture. Once discovered, it will be completely eliminated.
However, as Lu Ming listened, he felt a little cold. This kind of culture, which eliminates people's personality and shapes them into robots, is the most efficient mode.
Listening to the fishermen answering questions about humanities, I realized that their logical thinking and values were completely different from my own world.
As for the technology of the New World, it sounds similar to that of the Imperial Continent. Some areas are a little backward, while some areas may be more advanced than the Imperial Continent. For example, in terms of assembly line industry, it may be much more efficient than that of the Imperial Continent.
It seems that all industrial products in this world are produced in a single standardized manner. For example, a TV is just a TV, without any brand or difference. A civilian passenger car is just a civilian passenger car, and a cargo car is just a cargo car, all of which are of the same style, and so on.
"They won't be able to find the buoys approaching the New World, right?" Lu Ming asked.
Yu Luan nodded gently: "The last fifty kilometers of the channel buoy, I used a special mark, now only I, or Qing'e Nineteen and Twenty can identify it. The same is true for the last fifty kilometers on our side."
Lu Ming nodded slightly: "Don't contact them for now, just observe them secretly."
My instinct is that there is no benefit in coming into contact with such a society, and it might even bring disaster to the Old World.