Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

It was still all about the money.

Back then, importing the Spey cost 76 million pounds, which already caused a lot of heartache. Now, the Spey project seems useless and has become a prime example of a failed import.

The country certainly wouldn't spend money to import a brand-new engine. The country doesn't have that kind of money anyway; any available funds are used for economic construction.

However, the weak state of domestic aero-engines needs to be changed, so they let wealthy entities take action.

As of now, Factory 960 is still not a private enterprise, but it has considerable autonomy. They earn their own money and spend it as they see fit. Their development isn't interfered with by other departments, so they're developing very quickly, and their wallets are very thick.

What do you do when you have money? Of course, you do more important things!

Since Qin Yang fully supports the Yun-10 project, he also needs to let this project branch out, grow, and become stronger, so it's necessary for him to solve the problem.

Returning home on the second day of the new year, President Qin suffered a great loss.

Since Old Nie spoke, how could Qin Yang not agree?

"Okay, no problem, our Factory 960 will fund it," Qin Yang nodded. He carefully calculated, and Factory 960's earnings should be enough to cover it.

"Well, there's a flight tomorrow. You and Xiaoqian should go together. You've been in the country lately and haven't had time to go abroad. Take this opportunity to travel and consider it a vacation."

A vacation? Qin Yang grumbled inwardly, but he didn't dare say anything out loud.

"Speaking of naval engines, I'm reminded of the naval project. You're amazing, giving the navy such good advice. The warships are designed in a unique way. Are you sure this design will become a trend?"

"Yes," Qin Yang thought with concern, 'We've promised quite a few projects, we can't spend any more money.'

"You'll be helping to develop many sub-systems, which were originally going to be purchased from abroad. The country won't treat you unfairly; the relevant research and development funds will keep up," Old Nie said.

Qin Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Nie is generous enough; he can't always stare at Factory 960's account. He has to give them some benefits, and the money that should be given will be given.

Factory 960 has promised many projects, such as radar, propellers, etc., which are all their work. These tasks haven't been arranged yet, but there's no need to rush, after all, the 052 isn't going to be built immediately.

After finishing this meal, Qin Yang felt that his back was sweating. After the meal, it was finally Nie Xiaoqian's mother's turn to ask questions.

"Yangzi, when are you two planning to have children?"

Have children?

As expected, when you come to your wife's family, this kind of thing is inevitable.

"You've been married for so long, and you don't have any children. Don't worry, when the child is born, you don't have to worry about it. I'll help you take care of the child. If you have any health problems, I'll contact the hospital for you. Take some time to get checked out."

Qin Yang was a little speechless. They've even thought about health problems. Our Qin Yang is in good health, and his qualities in all aspects are top-notch. Xiaoqian has personally experienced this. As for the child, we just don't want one for the time being, after all, we're still young.

"Mom, what are you talking about? We're responding to the country's call for late marriage and late childbirth," Nie Xiaoqian said.

"Yes, Mom, we still want to contribute more to the country. If we have a child, we might be restricted. We'll have one in a few years."

"You two…"

Nie Xiaoqian's mother babbled on and on. The time had reached three or four in the afternoon. The two of them saw that it was almost time and said goodbye.

On the way back in the car, Nie Xiaoqian looked at Qin Yang's profile several times, hesitating to speak.

"What's wrong, Xiaoqian?"

"What Mom said about the child, should we consider it? Is Mom waiting to hold her grandson?"

This is also a problem for the couple. If you say 'your mom' and 'my mom', it will be a bit distant, so you can only call them 'our mom', but calling them that makes it easy to not be able to tell which mom is which. There are even some jokes, such as, 'Our mom said, when we go back to our mom's house, bring the gift that our mom prepared for our mom. Our mom knows that our mom likes to eat the braised pork that our mom made for our mom…'

"Let her wait," Qin Yang said, "We are responding to the country's call."

Qin Yang really doesn't want to have children too early. After all, since the child is born, he has to take good care of it. He doesn't want to raise it freely. He wants the child to receive the best education, have the best family environment, and have the company of parents. If he's born and raised by the elders, there's a high probability that he'll grow into a纨绔子弟, and then it'll be too late to regret it, so let's wait and see.

Besides, the two-person world hasn't been enjoyed enough yet. Wouldn't having a child affect the happy life between husband and wife? Let's wait.

When he returned to his parents' home in the evening, Qin Yang told his father about going abroad. His father didn't say anything else. After all, although his father is the nominal factory director, the actual power belongs to Qin Yang. Qin Yang is going out to do great things, how could his father hold him back?

Early the next morning, Qin Yang took Nie Xiaoqian and Lin Heping to England.

Lin Heping was used as a bodyguard. Originally, Wang Fang was also called, but Wang Fang said that the factory was busy, so she didn't come along.

When they arrived in England, Ma Lao and others came to pick them up, and they could also see the Yun-10 airliner parked at the airport, which was very conspicuous.

"Old Ma, how is the Yun-10's airworthiness certificate?" Qin Yang asked.

"The project has almost flown, and it has also been recognized here," Old Ma said, "After all, we promised to buy twenty Airbus A300 airliners once we get the airworthiness certificate, so they are very attentive. In the future, our Yun-10 will have no problem flying to Europe. The airworthiness certificate in the United States is estimated to be more difficult."

"Well, we'll talk about the United States later. We're here this time for the Yun-10 engine project. Old Ma, have you heard of Rolls-Royce's RB211 engine?"

"Yes, I've heard of it."

"Can this engine be installed on our Yun-10 airliner?" Qin Yang asked.

Old Ma frowned: "This engine's thrust is a bit too high!"

The JT3D engine used on the Yun-10 has a thrust of 8.1 tons, and the later-imitated WS-8 has a thrust of 8 tons, while the RB211? This engine has different models. The initial production model RB211-22B has a thrust of 186.5 kN, which is 19 tons! One is more than two WS-8s!

Not to mention the later models, the thrust-increased model of this engine, the RB211-524L, has a thrust of 30 tons! As long as the core engine is available, changing an outer duct can quickly obtain different power.

These two engines are not at the same level at all. How can these two different engines be put on one aircraft?

Qin Yang's eyes lit up: "That is to say, if we use this engine, our four-engine aircraft will become a twin-engine aircraft?"

Look at later generations, where are there four-engine aircraft, they are all twin-engine, and losing two engines can save a lot of costs!