Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

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In the rocket's special fuel supply station, Guan Xuqing saw light blue liquid oxygen, colorless and transparent liquid nitrogen, and that seemingly beautiful but extremely dangerous liquid hydrogen. Everything in front of him looked beautiful and beautiful. It makes people feel suffocated, but everyone knows that rocket propellants are highly toxic and extremely dangerous goods. In the special fuel supply station with no one in the five kilometers around, only a few professionals work here, in order to prevent production safety accidents , as much as possible to reduce the secondary injury caused by the accident.Therefore, the special burning station looks lonely, and you can see slogans such as "conscientious and meticulous, foolproof" everywhere here. The red slogan here is very glaring, in order to remind the staff to be cautious anytime, anywhere. Be careful and careful about the work at hand. The person in charge here is Tsiolkovsky, the father of aerospace.From rocket ignition, to satellite space flight, as well as orbit change and landing, the required propellant is provided here.

Guan Xuqing and his team walked into the more than 1000-square-meter rocket "blood" manufacturing workshop. The sight in front of them made it difficult for visitors to associate this place with a "romantic space journey".The roar of the machine, the beating of the instrument, and the equipment of various sizes and shapes are connected by pipes of different thicknesses, which makes people feel suffocated.Braun pointed to a steel pipe extending out of the plant wall and said to the visitors: "This is the air inlet, which filters and inhales the air, undergoes compression, separation, purification and other processes, and finally enters the tall cryogenic separation tower. , after cooling and liquefaction, liquid nitrogen is obtained at the top of the tower, and liquid oxygen is obtained at the bottom of the tower. After a series of treatments, the ordinary air coming in from the air inlet magically turns into light blue liquid oxygen in the fractionation tower And colorless and transparent liquid nitrogen. In another production workshop, a large amount of fresh water is electrolyzed to generate oxygen and hydrogen, and then converted into liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen by equipment.”

In the workshop, staff wearing anti-static clothing kept checking various facilities and equipment.Tsiolkovsky, with a big beard and a big belly, introduced to everyone: the freezing point of liquid oxygen is minus 180 degrees Celsius, and the boiling point is minus [-] degrees Celsius. High concentration of oxygen can cause an explosion if it encounters static sparks similar to putting on and taking off clothes.

Hearing this, all the visitors couldn't help but feel a little nervous. After that, they took every step carefully in the workshop. Every step was gently raised and lowered, for fear that they would accidentally hand over their lives here .Although the visit time is not long, everyone's back feels wet after coming out of here, and everyone feels huge mental pressure in this short period of time, but look at the work still Experts, they have to work here every day, producing rocket propellants is already very dangerous, but even more dangerous is to escort these rocket propellants.The job of escorting rocket propellant is like sitting on the crater of a volcano, and if it encounters the slightest spark, it will cause a violent explosion.

A group of people came to the propellant storage and storage area of ​​the special combustion station, and a faint fishy smell came to their faces.The escort team non-commissioned officers in protective suits are carrying out the propellant transfer operation.When the accompanying imperial photographers were about to step forward to take photos of their work, they were immediately pulled five meters away by the accompanying staff, because the propellant that gave off this fishy smell was highly toxic.

Tsiolkovsky said: "It is very difficult and risky to escort the propellant. It is like sitting on the 'crater'. Once a spark is encountered, it will cause a violent explosion. Every time the escort, the special combustion station The officers and soldiers of the garrison are all taking the lead, and there are currently six groups of personnel performing escort tasks outside."

Afterwards, the visitors had a discussion with the escort officers and soldiers and listened to many of their little-known stories.

Before a rocket was launched, these escort officers and soldiers transported propellant to Jiuquanwei, and the refrigeration compressor suddenly stopped, which made the officers and soldiers extremely nervous. If the temperature of the propellant transported in the vehicle rose too high, it would boil. , Gasification, and then lead to accidents, the consequences are disastrous.After two days and nights of continuous investigation of all lines and contacts, the fault was finally found, which was caused by the displacement of a part of the compressor due to the turbulence of the train.At that moment, the escort members hugged each other tightly. This was not the cry of joy when the soldiers struggled back from the death line, but to ensure that the rocket launch mission was completed on time. For this goal, the escort soldiers had already set themselves life and death.

In another escort mission, the propellant was escorted to the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.On the way, during a routine inspection, the escort team found that the propellant leaked from the sampling tube. At this time, once it encountered sparks, it would cause a violent explosion.It was too late for other treatment measures, and a team member immediately put on rubber gloves to tightly plug the leak, and the leakage stopped.Then, he asked his comrades to tightly bind their hands to the sampling tube, and persisted in the pungent carriage to the destination.As soon as he got out of the car, he was admitted to the hospital for half a year.

What makes these escort officers and soldiers most uncomfortable is the loneliness of long-distance escorts. Since the escorts are extremely dangerous explosives and highly toxic drugs, the vehicles along the escort will try to avoid living areas as much as possible. There were heavy casualties and building damage, and most of the vehicles were secretly escorted at night.This stop and go is bound to prolong the delivery time.These escort officers and soldiers sometimes left for more than three months, and the magazines they brought were torn apart, and they could recite newspapers and magazines backwards.But no matter how long the parking time is, no one can leave the station for half a step.

"It's unknown, but when I saw the rocket take off, I felt very beautiful in my heart." An escort veteran shyly talked about his true feelings to the emperor.

Beside the propellant storage warehouse, a device composed of glass columns has attracted many people's attention.Under the introduction of the person in charge of the warehouse, everyone knew that despite its simple structure, it could solve a very big problem.It is a device consisting of twelve glass columns with a diameter of fifty millimeters and a height of four meters.When Zhang Zuolin asked curiously about its name and purpose, Tsiolkovsky said proudly: "This is called a propellant photolysis purification device. Among liquid rocket propellants, dinitrogen tetroxide is more commonly used. Dimethylhydrazine, monomethylbenzene, liquid ammonia oil, liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen, etc. The specific impulse value of hydrazine fuel is very good. Although the propellant and combustion products are more toxic, they are highly reliable. Only hydrazine The propellants are easy to turn yellow during storage and transportation, and the general method is to discard or return them to the factory for disposal, resulting in a waste of manpower, financial resources and time. After years of research, experts have figured out the mechanism of yellowing and deterioration of propellants, and found found an effective solution, and finally developed this device, which can process [-] tons of yellowing and deteriorating hydrazine propellants a day, saving a lot of money for the empire. The research and facilities have also won the first and second prizes of the empire's scientific and technological progress. prize."

Tsiolkovsky touched his beard and continued: "However, the current launch vehicle is still very traditional liquid propellant, but a negative effect of liquid propellant is that the rocket propeller needs to be filled before each launch. Fuel, this process takes one hour to three hours, and in the army, such a long time will inevitably cause delays for fighter planes, so as a more advanced solid rocket, it has become the first choice for the development of intercontinental missiles, only solid fuel launch vehicles It can be launched at any time and has a multi-in-one strike effect."

Guan Xuqing encouraged the experts and asked to overcome difficulties and speed up the development of intercontinental missiles.After leaving the rocket launch base, Guan Xuqing said refreshedly, "Let's go to Chiba Islands and see what that lunatic in Tras is doing."

As time goes by, the Dome Laboratory has been established for two years in a blink of an eye, and the wheel of history slowly rolls to March 1920. At this time, the Dome Laboratory is like a big tree growing, adding a thick layer of The annual rings became thicker.

On this day, in the basement of the vault laboratory, two men in casual clothes were trying to knock on a wooden door.

"Boom-boom-"

There was a loud knock on the door, and the annoyed Truss turned around and opened the door, his blood-red eyes were like beasts eating people, and he yelled fiercely at Kang Guangren who was smiling outside the door: "Your Excellency, You have never disturbed my research so much, this time you must honestly give me an explanation! After all, I just handed over the radiation energy conversion device to you, and it has not been half a year!"

Kang Guangren didn't mean to dodge at all, he still looked at the sloppy beggar-like Truss in front of him with a smile, and said with a smile: "Old Te, you forgot what I told you last time when you asked me to apply for enriched uranium." Is something wrong?"

While talking, Kang Guangren stuck his head through the crack of the door, and only after he saw the quartz clock on the inner wall of the room did he think of a question: "Old Te, how long has it been since you changed the battery for your quartz clock?"

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Truss glanced at Kang Guangren suspiciously, and looked at the wall with blood-red eyes. It seems that the quartz clock has not been changed since he moved in, right?Thinking of this, Truss vaguely felt as if he had forgotten something: "Your Excellency, are you looking for me today, is there anything important?"

Kang Guangren sighed softly, and looked at the disheveled super awesome man in front of him with a wry smile: "Mr. Truss, have you really forgotten what I told you? Today is the day when the magnetic energy tower will be completed."

Hearing this, Truss felt that there seemed to be such a memory in his mind.Half a year ago, when Truss handed over the working principle of the radiant energy receiver to Kang Guangren, he discovered what the other party was holding—the Imperial Industrial Power Plan.Since he had just perfected the radiation energy conversion device, he happened to be at a time when there was no project research.

No one in the world was more familiar with electricity than Russ, and the scientist part of his mind awakened.In a flash of inspiration, he immediately proposes an amazing and costly project to build the world's first magnetic energy tower that collects unparalleled electricity.

Thinking of this, a blush appeared on Tesla's face: "I'm sorry, I forgot about this, just wait!"

Kang Guangren said to himself: "This guy can actually forget things. It can be seen that he must have forgotten to sleep and eat. I don't know what kind of surprise he can bring us?"

Pu Yin, the president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, also agreed with Kang Guangren: "If the doctor hadn't forced him to give him diazepam injections every week, I'm afraid he would have boiled himself to death."

For a year, Truss seldom left the office building, and spent most of his time underground doing his own research.One of the biggest reasons why he was invited by Kang Guangren was that no one in the United States was willing to fund him for various research and inventions, and the emperor promised him that , as long as Telas can come to China, the empire will do its best to help him with various research and inventions.

Later, he came to China, and Guan Xuqing directly allocated 500 million special funds to him according to the original agreement between the two.

In the past year, the Ministry of Science and Technology has been responsive to Tesla's requests under the emperor's order. Kang Guangren will issue every item on the list issued by Tesla in the name of the Ministry of Science and Technology for various departments to purchase.If there is none, Kang Guangren will specially arrange for core personnel to learn related technologies, and make them for Tesla to study.Of course, all this is confidential to Tesla.

And when Kang Guangren purchased the items on the list, he listed the price on the list and handed it to Tesla to show his actual expenses.So after one year, the total value of various materials purchased by the Ministry of Science and Technology alone has reached as high as 400 million, which does not include the scientific research funding for Tesla.

Seeing that the empire supported the research of a foreign scientist so much, some people inside and outside the government would naturally raise objections, but in the second half of Guan Xuqing's pressure, after obtaining the extremely precious radiation energy conversion device from Telas, those who were very concerned about Telas The skeptical people suddenly shut their mouths.Because these people can clearly understand the value contained and represented by this radiation energy conversion device, and they don't believe that Mr. Truss dared to use a fake device to deceive the shrewd emperor.

Anyone who can work in the dome laboratory knows that there is such a super workaholic in the Chiba Islands who can work 22 hours a day and only rest for two hours.

According to Kang Guangren, the First Medical Research Institute under the Dome Laboratory is almost always serving Truss alone. Any nutritional reagents that pass the test will be distributed first to Truss in the laboratory.

Looking at the closed wooden door, Pu Yin said softly: "Mr. Truss has recently collected a large amount of engine data, and the project teams of various research institutes under him, as long as they have something to do with the engine, he will go there once. If he wants to know the truth, he probably has to come to you first."

Kang Guangren nodded slowly, really looking forward to another surprise from Truss. The last surprise came from the conversion device half a year ago - the radiation energy conversion device.At this time, people have not yet realized the ubiquity of cosmic rays.Since the solar system is running in the disk-shaped Milky Way, it will be displaced relative to the center of the Milky Way during the running process, and it will reach the farthest point from the center of the Milky Way every 6200 million years.And the entire "galactic disk" runs at a speed of 200 kilometers per second in the hot gas that wraps it. "The galactic disc is not as round as a Frisbee," the scientists said, "it's flat."Cosmic rays are produced when the "north" or front of the Milky Way rubs against surrounding hot gas.

Others can't understand the energy of cosmic rays, but Truss can feel it deeply, and relying on his personal feeling, he successfully developed a radiation energy conversion device, which is used to convert all kinds of cosmic radiation flooding the universe. Through this device, it becomes electrical energy or mechanical energy that can be directly used by humans.

Thinking of this, Kang Guangren's eyes revealed a look of reverence, and he looked at Truss who opened the door and walked out, already dressed in a new look: "Old Te, His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for you outside."

Truss was taken aback: "What? Why didn't you say it earlier. Go, go."

Guan Xuqing was waiting in the reception room outside, when he saw Truss, he said with a smile, "Mr. Truss, don't come here without any problems."

It is true that Truss is a super genius and the most arrogant scientist in the world, but there is only one person he respects the most in his heart, and that is the Emperor of China. When he was the poorest and was not taken seriously, the only person in the world was the Emperor of China Trust him, support him, and do everything possible to help him realize his scientific dream.He bowed unprecedentedly and said, "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, I am very happy to meet you."

"Hehe, you are too polite. I once said that scientists are the treasure of the empire, and I and my subjects must respect each of you. Here, you are my teacher, and you don't need to perform any courtesies."

In the eyes of Truss, he is not interested in the ability and ambition of the Chinese emperor, but the sincerity and generosity of the other party are beyond the reach of all the heads of state in the world.

A group of people came to the administrative center of the vault laboratory while talking.The so-called administrative center is just an ordinary office building, which is used for ordinary public affairs such as receiving new recruits, foreign office, and military and civilian reception.

When Guan Xuqing and others rushed to the administrative center, the main scientific masters working in the vault laboratory were already waiting there.Kang Youwei who accompanied him also greeted his old friend Einstein.

"Hello, Your Excellency Minister. Let's leave immediately. Mr. Pu Yin is still waiting for us." Einstein said to Kang Youwei as if greeting an old friend.

Kang Youwei was a little confused, and asked, "Isn't this the administrative center of the Dome Laboratory?"

"That's right, it's an administrative center. But the main body of the vault laboratory is not here." Einstein said with a smile on his face, "How could such a top-secret place be in such a noisy place? Please, you This is your first time here, and I will lead the way for you."

So they went out together, boarded the special battery car here, and under the escort of the guard motorcycles and jeeps, they drove out of the administrative center and drove into the depths of Chiba Island.

At this time, Chiba Island has been covered with a thin layer of snow. Although the inland of China has entered spring, the temperature here has dropped below zero degrees Celsius. Except for the howling wind, everything in the world seems to be covered by the cold Freeze.This place is not only affected by the cold polar air, but also one of the places where the cold air in the northern hemisphere occurs. Therefore, the temperature has not risen in March.

The convoy drove along the Panshan Highway to the depths of the northern mountains.Every kilometer on the road, there were sentries and checkpoints, and the resident officials took the trouble to show their IDs to the heavily armed and vigilant guards for inspection and verification.

"The degree of defense here is second only to the Forbidden City." Einstein joked, "After all, it has the top scientists and the most cutting-edge technological equipment in the empire."

"Magnetic energy tower?" Kang Youwei asked in a low voice.

"Not only the magnetic energy tower, nuclear fusion devices are developed here. Of course, it is said that the magnetic energy tower is the most powerful."

"Is it more powerful than nuclear weapons?" Kang Youwei, a literati, became more and more surprised the more he heard it.

"I heard that's right." Einstein said lightly, as if he didn't think much of the so-called "magnetic energy tower", "but I don't know when that thing will be put into use. Even if it is activated, so what? In the end It is not that the vast army of the empire must go forward and succeed in order to achieve the final victory."

Kang Youwei nodded politely. What Einstein said was not unreasonable. No matter how powerful weapons are put into use, they can only serve as a deterrent. In the end, the actions of the troops are inseparable from complete victory. "I'm not interested in magnetic energy towers." Einstein said contemptuously. "It's simply unrealistic to pin the hope of victory on one or two technological weapons. When the atomic bomb was put on the battlefield, it wasn't someone bragging about it." The war is coming to an end, but now we can't see the sign of victory at all. You look at the Yankees, relying on them only in the Americas to have nuclear weapons, thinking that the world is peaceful, but you have seen the result, they In the Americas, people are deserted, and countries like Cuba, Mexico, and Bolivia don't buy into their account at all."

While speaking, the convoy climbed up a steep slope and arrived at the gate of the vault laboratory. In addition to the guards, there were also two tall and mighty Dragon tanks guarding the gate.Different from the Dragon tanks that Kang Youwei had seen, these two tanks were also equipped with a rocket cluster launcher on each side of the turret, and the rear of the turret also protruded obviously, and there was a hemispherical device.

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