Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

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After a rigorous inspection, they drove through the gate and stopped in front of a building.This is a five-story square building with a typical European style and a protruding dome on the top. The flagpole on it flies the imperial dragon flag high.

Kang Youwei got out of the car door and looked around. Apart from the building next to him, the most eye-catching thing is the iron tower standing in the middle of the insurmountable barbed wire fence on the vast high ground. These towers are more than 50 meters high. The top is a bright big iron ball, the middle and lower parts are surrounded by dense iron rings, and the shape is very strange.Bunkers, anti-aircraft guns, small anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons are also arranged around the tower.

"What kind of new weapon is that?" Kang Youwei asked Einstein, pointing to a never-before-seen iron tower.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce." Truss came over first and said proudly, "The key project of the vault laboratory." He deliberately paused to make the following words quite explosive, "Magnetic energy tower!"

"Magnetic energy tower? Is this the magnetic energy tower?" Everyone stared at the tall tower under the cloudy clouds in the distance, all in amazement.

At this time, a voice came from the steps of the main entrance of the building: "Driven by high-power electricity, a huge electromagnetic effect will be generated on the tower body. As long as there is an enemy in the magnetic field within a radius of ten kilometers, the iron ball at the top will be released. High energy arc, destroy it."

Everyone looked over, and the speaker was wearing a white coat, standing on the steps of the front door, with a burly figure, thick hair, a big square face, and a proud expression of a Western European, looking at the magnetic energy tower in the distance.

"Let me introduce you." Truss said enthusiastically, then led Guan Xuqing up, and introduced to the visitors: "This is His Majesty the Emperor."

"Rutherford, Ernest Rutherford." The white coat introduced himself with a resounding voice. This unusual person likes to put his surname first, and always puts his position behind for emphasis. "The chief engineer of the nuclear physics and electromagnetic laboratories." Rutherford did not salute the emperor, nor did he show any surprise.

"Hello, Mr. Rutherford." Guan Xuqing didn't care, and said with a smile, and took off the glove of his right hand and stretched out his right hand to the other party.

Rutherford stretched out his right hand condescendingly, firmly grasped the opponent's hand, and said, "Hello, His Majesty the Great Emperor, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Kang Guangren gently introduced this arrogant man even more arrogant than Rutherford in the ear of the emperor, "Ernest Rutherford is recognized by the scientific community as the greatest experimental physicist of this century. Both have made significant contributions. In terms of nuclear theory, Einstein is the well-deserved founder, but in terms of experimental nuclear physics, Rutherford has played an absolute leading role. Without him, there would be no number one in the empire. Atom bomb. In addition to being theoretically important, his discoveries have important applications in a wide range of areas, such as nuclear power plants, radioactive markers, and the use of radioactive dating. His influence on the world is extremely important and is growing. The impact will last forever. He is known as the father of modern nuclear physics."

In fact, due to time constraints, Kang Guangren can only introduce a superficial introduction. Rutherford's status in the vault laboratory can definitely keep pace with Einstein, Tesla and others.In terms of scientific achievements, his research on radioactivity established that radioactivity is a change originating from the interior of atoms.Radioactivity can change one kind of atom into another kind of atom, which is beyond the reach of general physical and chemical changes; this discovery breaks the traditional concept that elements cannot change, and enables people to study the structure of matter into atoms This new level of interior did the groundbreaking work to open up a new field of science - atomic physics. In 1911, Rutherford proposed the nuclear structure model based on the experimental phenomenon of alpha particle scattering.The experiment was rated as one of the "most beautiful experiments in physics" by the world's scientific community. In 1919, Rutherford experimented with bombarding nitrogen nuclei with alpha particles.He shot a particle from the nitrogen nucleus, and measured its charge and mass. Its charge is one unit, and its mass is also one unit. Rutherford named it a proton.In addition, he irrefutably demonstrated the nuclear model of the atom through the study of alpha particles being scattered by matter, thus leading the study of atomic structure on the right track in one fell swoop, so he is known as the father of atomic physics.Because of the contradiction between the stability of the electron orbit, that is, the stability of the atomic structure, and classical electrodynamics, Bohr proposed a revolutionary quantum hypothesis that deviated from classical physics and became a pioneer of quantum mechanics.

The realization of artificial nuclear reaction is another major contribution of Rutherford.Since the radioactive decay of elements was confirmed, people have been trying to use various means, such as arc discharge, to achieve the artificial decay of elements, but only Rutherford found the correct way to achieve this decay.This method of bombarding the nucleus with particles or gamma rays to cause a nuclear reaction soon became an important means for people to study the nucleus and apply nuclear technology.In Rutherford's later years, he was able to use artificially accelerated particles to cause nuclear reactions in the laboratory.

However, Rutherford is a person who likes to immerse himself in experiments, which makes his reputation far less than that of Einstein. Many people even mistakenly believe that the atomic bomb was developed by Einstein alone.

When the scientific community commented on Rutherford's achievements, he always mentioned that he was "full of peaches and plums".Under Rutherford's careful training, many of his students and assistants won the Nobel Prize: In 1912, Rutherford's assistant Soddy won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry; in 1913, Rutherford's student Aston In the same year, his student Bohr won the Nobel Prize in Physics; in 1917, Rutherford's assistant Wilson won the Nobel Prize in Physics; in 1918, his student Chadwick won the Nobel Prize in Physics ; In 1919, Rutherford's assistant Blackett won the Nobel Prize in Physics; in the second year, his students Kercraft and Walton jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Some people say that if there is a Nobel Prize for cultivating talents in the world, then Rutherford is definitely the number one candidate.

Like Truss, Rutherford had many interesting stories since he was a child.Rutherford grew up in a poor family. Through his own hard work, this poor boy completed his studies.This arduous study experience cultivated Rutherford's spirit of never returning to the goal and moving forward bravely.Later, the students gave him a nickname - crocodile, and decorated the crocodile badge on the door of his laboratory.Because the crocodile never looks back, he opens his mouth to devour everything and keeps moving forward.

In 1908, Rutherford won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry that year. He was a little surprised that he did not win the Physics Prize. He said wittily: "I have transformed into a chemist." "This is my whole life." A great joke!"

Rutherford was also an outstanding academic leader, known as the man who "never made an enemy and never lost a friend".Among his assistants and students, there are as many as 12 Nobel Prize winners.Bohr, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, once affectionately called Rutherford "my second father".In the scientific community, there are still many short stories about Rutherford's meticulous training of students.

Rutherford was one of those "extremely revealing" people who made a lasting impression on those who met him.He was tall, loud-voiced, energetic, confident, and deeply immodest.When his colleagues remarked that he had uncanny abilities and was always on the "top of the wave" in scientific research, he quickly replied: "That's right, why not? Anyway, I made the waves, Isn't it?" Nearly all scientists agree with this assessment.

In 1895, Rutherford, who was digging potatoes on the farm, received a notice from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, informing him that he had been admitted as a scholarship student for the London International Exposition.After receiving the notice, Rutherford threw away the potato hoe and shouted: "This is the last potato I dug!"

Guan Xuqing looked at the almost bald scientist with a stubborn beard and unruly eyes in front of him, and became more and more interested in him.

"Your Majesty, let's go in and talk again." Truss urged, "It's getting colder and colder outside."

"This winter is particularly abnormal." Rutherford said as he led everyone to the vault laboratory, "but I think it's very likely that the Yankees are playing tricks."

"Oh, Rutherford, you always like to associate any anomaly with Yankees." Einstein said with a smile.

"I have evidence." Even if Rutherford was arguing, he still had that haughty attitude. "Images from weather satellites show that two funnel-shaped atmospheric vortices are forming over Central Siberia and West Siberia. Note that they are atmospheric vortices." He emphasized, "To be precise, they are atmospheric funnels, which are similar to the cold high pressure in winter." Different. The cold air from the stratosphere has invaded the troposphere through these two funnels, causing the current severe cold. As the cold air spreads over a large area, the severe cold will become more and more severe."

As they talked, they walked into the atrium, which was spacious and bright, and filled with warm air.

"But this phenomenon doesn't seem to have anything to do with Americans," Einstein interjected.

Truss looked back at Einstein, as if seeing a layman, and said: "Mr. Rutherford is right. We have detected strange changes in the magnetic field in these two regions. It is certain that the two huge atmospheric funnels are produced by the magnetic field. The special magnetic field can move the molecules and atoms in the air. At the same time, our space force just happened to monitor two large satellites of unknown nationality with 24 area where the second pass through the funnel occurs."

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"Satellites? American?" Einstein and the others said in surprise. As a top scientist in the Dome Laboratory, he didn't even know these things.But that is also normal. He and Truss focus on different fields of scientific research. All kinds of confidential information that can help their scientific research will be continuously provided to them. Unlike Einstein, Truss' scientific research The scope of the project is wider, and as the chief engineer of the two laboratories, Rutherford naturally has more information than others.

"In the world now, only the Empire, the United States and the Soviet Union are capable of launching such large satellites. Using magnetic energy to create an atmospheric funnel, I don't think the United States can master this cutting-edge technology. Before coming here, I have been doing research projects in the United States to understand them. basis." Einstein said confidently.

"But the United States has developed very fast these years." Rutherford shook his head and said. He still clearly remembered the chief engineer meeting held in the vault laboratory not long ago. At the meeting, a lot of information about the new US military power was reported. It shows that the scientific and technological level and operational concept of the US military have reached an amazing level.

"Well, even if they have this ability." Einstein glanced at the other party, pretending to give in, "But once the funnel in Siberia works, the Soviet Union will suffer the most from the cold, followed by our country. I don't think they will Would be foolish to not even consider that."

"I just don't understand, how can the enemy use satellites to create a magnetic field and create an atmospheric funnel?" Einstein said puzzledly, "Could it be that the huge energy to create a magnetic field is only provided by solar energy?"

No, as soon as they entered the dome laboratory, the three scientific masters seemed to be full of strings, chasing after a scientific problem, completely ignoring the existence of Guan Xuqing and others.For such a highly professional question, Guan Xuqing and the others were powerless and could only quietly listen to their discussion.

Suddenly, Truss burst out laughing, completely confused Rutherford and Einstein: "Actually, this incident was not done by Americans at all, it was all the work of me and my assistants! "

Rutherford snorted, and Einstein clenched his fists, as if he had been fooled by a fool, angrily.

Guan Xuqing had vaguely guessed something at first, but now that he heard Truss tell the whole story, his eyes lit up, knowing that this matter would finally bring surprises to everyone, "Truss, what's going on?"

"The situation is like this." Truss looked at the ridiculous expressions of the two colleagues, and said to Guan Xuqing: "We conducted an atmospheric funnel experiment in Siberia. Judging from the results obtained so far, it can be said that it has achieved initial success. "

"Atmospheric funnel?" Kang Guangren asked with his eyes wide open.For this term, he only learned about it in a popular science magazine half a year ago, but the magazine only talked about some basic theoretical knowledge. "Have we been able to channel air from the stratosphere into the troposphere?"

"Precisely, the magnetic field is used to expand the small atmospheric funnel that occurs naturally," Truss said.

Einstein on the side didn't say a word, he didn't seem to be happy after hearing the news, and his face was solemn.

"Old Te, don't be a fool, please explain it to the emperor in detail." Kang Guangren said to Truss.

"Okay, Minister." Truss got up and walked to the front wall of the conference room, pulled the curtain, started the projection equipment, and a cloud map of the northern hemisphere marked with dense pressure contours was projected onto the screen.Then he began to explain: "On October [-], our military satellite discovered two small atmospheric funnels in West Siberia and Central West Siberia respectively. But let's first understand the principle of atmospheric funnels."

The image on the screen becomes a three-dimensional simulation animation of an atmospheric funnel.I saw small cyclones appearing at the junction of the lower stratosphere (stratosphere) and the troposphere.The air pressure in the lower part of the cyclone center drops sharply until it is lower than the pressure in the upper layer. At this time, the cold air in the lower stratosphere descends along the cyclone center to the troposphere.

"This is a small atmospheric funnel that is naturally formed." Truss explained, "Its cause is related to the violent air flow in the troposphere, the rotation of the earth, and the magnetic field of the earth. In simple terms, it is a miniature tornado. However, it occurs at an altitude of more than 100 meters, and the impact is very small. In fact, this phenomenon is very common in the higher mesosphere, but the air is too thin at that time, so the manifestation is not very obvious. Because the stratosphere and troposphere The atmospheric funnels naturally formed between them are small in scale, and the diameter of the outlet of the lower layer is usually between a few meters and tens of meters. It will disappear soon. And our experiment is to use satellites to generate a strong magnetic field, interfere with the magnetic field environment where the atmospheric funnel is naturally formed, and create a special strong magnetic field."

The pictures on the screen gradually changed. One satellite was orbiting over the naturally formed small atmospheric funnel, and the other satellite was orbiting the other side of the earth. The two satellites acted as two poles to generate an artificial magnetic field, which interfered with the entire earth's magnetic field. And the magnetic field lines of the artificial magnetic field passing through the small atmospheric funnel form a funnel shape.However, contrary to the shape of the atmospheric funnel, the small mouth of the artificial magnetic funnel is in the stratosphere, while the big mouth is in the troposphere.

"Old Te, I don't understand." Kang Guangren said suddenly, "This makes the earth's magnetic field appear funnel-shaped. Doesn't it mean that there is an open magnetic field like the north and south poles? Why is the location of the magnetic field funnel not bombarded by solar particles from outer space? Is it an atmospheric funnel that produces a larger scale?" Obviously, the science popularization level of the Minister of Science and Technology is not low.

The reason why the earth can be full of vitality depends to a large extent on the protection of the earth's magnetic field, which blocks those high-energy particles that are extremely dangerous to living things from the depths of the universe, especially from the sun.But in the magnetic field axis area of ​​the earth at the two poles, the open magnetic field is shaped like a funnel, and high-energy particles from the universe and the sun invade the atmosphere along the funnel.And these terrible high-energy particles invade the atmosphere, constantly bombarding the molecules and atoms in the atmosphere, bursting out with light, forming a gorgeous aurora.

"No no." Truss clarified hastily, "Minister, your understanding is completely different from the magnetic field funnel formed by our atmospheric funnel experiment. Please take a look." He said * vertical projector, changing the image.

A zoomed-out image of a naturally occurring small atmospheric funnel and its surrounding artificially created magnetic funnel shows a schematic representation of the entire Earth's magnetic field.The magnetic field lines of the earth's magnetic field also cover the sky above the artificial magnetic field funnel.

"It can be seen that the magnetic field funnel we made is much smaller than the funnels at the two poles of the earth's magnetic field, and it is under the protection of the entire earth's magnetic field. The most fundamental difference is that the magnetic field funnel we selected is actually a part of the olive-shaped magnetic field, and the funnels at the two poles of the earth's magnetic field are nothing but open magnetic fields." Truston paused and continued: "Let me make an analogy again. We take out a magnet, which alone forms a small magnetic field. Of course, this small magnetic field has an impact on the surroundings, which can attract paper clips and iron nails, but this small magnetic field is still under the protection of the entire earth's magnetic field, and this magnet and its surroundings are still protected from the sun's influence. The bombardment of high-energy particles. And the magnetic field funnel we create around the atmospheric funnel is just like the magnetic field formed by this magnet, except that it has a larger scale and effect, and of course, it is also different in nature.”

Only then did Kang Guangren nod his head as if realizing something.

Truss zoomed in on the image of the atmospheric funnel and continued to explain: "It is not very accurate to call this special artificial magnetic field a magnetic field funnel. It is not open like the north and south poles of the earth's magnetic field, but the magnetic force lines formed by it are like a funnel. This artificial magnetic field The air molecules and atoms in the stratosphere are continuously pulled to the lower troposphere, which expands the original natural atmospheric funnel and forms a larger-scale atmospheric funnel, which has a destructive effect. Everyone knows that now West Siberia and Central and Western Siberia have suffered from rare severe weather, which is caused by our atmospheric funnel, but the scope of our experiments is only limited to desolate and inhabited areas, and has no great impact on the industrial development and people's lives there. After all, it is our territory .”

Guan Xuqing, who had been listening to the lecture silently, also asked: "Will this kind of atmospheric funnel not be triggered on the other side of the earth, that is, the area where the other satellite is located?"

"No. Unless it is a coincidence that there is also a naturally formed atmospheric funnel over the local area." Truss replied, "Without the central pressure difference of the natural atmospheric funnel, the magnetic field we created cannot pull the air in the stratosphere to The troposphere below. Because our magnetic force is actually very weak, we can’t generate a strong magnetic field, and we don’t have that level of technology.”

"This is a top secret, you must keep it in mind." Guan Xuqing said suddenly, "The current experimental results have proved that our technology has achieved initial success, but it can only go so far."

"Is there any further experiment?" Kang Guangren asked curiously.