Rare earth, known as industrial "gold", because of its excellent optical and electromagnetic physical properties, can be composed of different properties and a wide variety of new materials with other materials, and its most significant function is to greatly improve the quality and performance of other products. It can greatly improve the tactical performance of steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, and titanium alloy used in the manufacture of tanks, aircraft, and missiles.

Moreover, rare earths are also lubricants for electronics, lasers, nuclear industry, superconductivity and many other high-tech lubricants. Once rare earth technology is used in the military, it will inevitably bring about a leap in military science and technology. In a certain sense, the overwhelming control of the US military in several local wars after the Cold War, as well as its ability to openly kill the enemy with impunity, are due to the superhuman superiority in the field of rare earth technology.

In the last life, Japan and South Korea, which started with manufacturing and electronics industries, were self-evidently dependent on rare earths due to their own resource shortages. However, through imports and mine purchases, they occupy more than 30% of the world's rare earth resources. As the world's largest rare earth resource reserves, 70% of China's exports go to Japan and South Korea.

The United States, which has the world's second largest rare earth reserves, also sealed the country's largest rare earth mine, the Monting Pass mine, in 2002, and the production of molybdenum has also stopped, and a large amount of imports from China are imported every year. Western European countries do not have many reserves, so they cherish their rare earth resources even more, and they are also important users of rare earths in China.

The greed of the developed countries is manifested in the fact that, in addition to the needs of production, they not only purchase in excess of the amount through government appropriations, but also store them in the warehouses of their respective countries -- a practice that has been practiced by Japan, the United States, and South Korea for many years, except for purchases. It also circumvents China's laws through investment and other means, participates in rare earth development or directly induces Huaxia rare earth smuggling, and engages in public plunder.

In this life, all the rare earth mines in China were listed as important national strategic resources by Yang Weiping, and there were no strict approval procedures, and it was strictly forbidden to outflow one gram of rare earths.

Without the cheap rare earth resources imported from China, Yang Weisan wants to see how the manufacturing and electronics industries in Japan and South Korea can achieve leapfrog development!

Of course. Yang Weiping's move is not to say that Huaxia's rare earths are not exported. As long as the price satisfies him. It can still be talked about.

During the years he served as director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, Yang Weiping used the privileges in his hands to seal up more than seventy percent of the rare earth mines in mainland China, and he also released rumors to the outside world. There are not many rare earth resources in China. Imports are required in large quantities.

Now Huaxia. There is no longer a need to export a large number of important strategic resources in exchange for the speed of the country's economic development!

Yang Weiping has been planning to find a suitable opportunity to speculate on rare earths in the global market. Because in recent years, he has been in charge of Abt International Mining Investment Company through Jessica. In the United States, India, South Africa, Canada, Malaysia, West Asia, Vietnam, South Africa, Austria and other rare earth mineral areas, a large number of rare earth ore reserves have been accumulated at the price of cabbage. It has even purchased a number of large-scale rare earth mines in South Africa, India, Austria, Vietnam, South Vietnam, and Maya West Industry Investment Circle.

His rare earth strategic layout has now been basically completed, you can consider using this wave of resistance in the country to take advantage of the little devil, with his influence in the global scientific community of the father of the nano era, publicly announced the major application value of rare earth in military science and technology, metallurgical industry, petrochemical industry, glass ceramics, new materials, agriculture and other aspects.

Moreover, there are two very suitable candidates in front of them, and the strategic value of rare earths will be released through their mouths, which will inevitably attract the attention of the governments of Britain and the United States.

Sure enough, as Yang Weiping expected, Bruce Willie became very interested in what Yang Weiping had just said about not allowing Japan to buy a single gram of rare earths from China.

"Mr. Yang, the Japanese government hopes to import a large number of rare earths from China, and it stands to reason that this is very beneficial to promoting China's foreign trade and increasing foreign exchange reserves, why do you want to stop it?" Bruce Willie asked puzzledly: "Is it just because you lack a good impression of the Japanese that you can make your country suffer economic losses?"

"General Willy, do you know what rare earths are called rare earths?" Yang Weiping looked at Bruce Willy and smiled as he looked at him rather mysteriously.

"For what?" asked Bruce Willie curiously.

"Rare earth is expensive, rare earth is separated from the state of oxide, although the reserves on the earth are very huge, but it is difficult to smelt and purify, and it is relatively rare, so it is called rare earth. In my eyes, rare earths are industrial gold that is more precious than gold!" Yang Weiping did not hide it, and said bluntly:

"According to the atomic electron layer structure and physicochemical properties of rare earth elements, as well as their symbiosis in minerals and the characteristics of different ionic radii that can produce different properties, the seventeen rare earth elements are usually divided into two categories, light rare earths include: lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, heavy rare earths include: terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium.

General Willy, you know, I still have a lot of experience in the research of nanotechnology and smelting materials. I can tell you completely responsibly that rare earth elements are the most important raw materials for the application of nanotechnology! Especially in the field of military science and technology, rare earths can greatly improve the tactical performance of steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, titanium alloy, and other materials used in the manufacture of tanks, airplanes, missiles, and other high-end weapons! In addition, rare earth is also a lubricant for electronics, lasers, the nuclear industry, superconductivity, and many other high-tech technologies! Once rare earth science and technology is used in the military, it will inevitably bring about a leap in military science and technology!

If these words had been said by someone else, Bruce Willy and Hughsfield would have been skeptical. But from the mouth of Yang Da scientist, it is not because these two do not attract great attention.

In particular, Hughsfield, who is a well-known Aibutt International Mineral Investment Company, has bought mines in various parts of the world in the past two years, and the most purchased is not iron ore, bauxite, and ilmenite, but a kind of mud mine that looks similar to ordinary soil.

Previously, he had been incomprehensible to Jessica's pure money-burning behavior, but today he understands that Jessica is following Yang Weiping's order to buy a large number of rare earth ores!

Bruce Wiley thought of the world-renowned achievements made by Huaxia in the military field in the past two years, and immediately realized that this is likely to be the application of rare earth technology to military science and technology in Huaxia!

This is strategically important information!

What did Sir John Young tell him this?, Bruce Willy was thrilled and forced himself to calm down and think seriously about what Sir Young's intentions were in doing so.

Yang Weiping seemed to know what Bruce Willie was thinking, looked at the other party with a smile and said: "General Willie, if you want to develop a more advanced military turbofan engine, the most important thing is to make a breakthrough in the materials of the engine. And if you want to make more advanced military engine materials, you can't do without rare earths.

Last time, you proposed to cooperate with me to carry out technical research on the F110 series engine you are developing, and I have been considering this suggestion of yours for a long time. I mean, instead of developing a new engine, let's start with new materials. ”

"Mr. Yang, I will convey this proposal to China immediately!" Bruce Willie said with a solemn nod.

"General Wiley, I am very sincere, and I hope to cooperate with your country to study the application of rare earth technology in the military field. Yang Weiping said very sincerely: "At the same time, I also hope to cooperate with your government to do our best to protect global rare earth resources!"

"I have always believed that Sir Young is the most sincere friend of our American people!" Bruce Willie said very seriously: "Strategic resources like rare earths must be effectively controlled!"

"In the future, whoever can take the lead in rare earth science and technology will be able to occupy an absolute advantage in the field of military science and technology. Yang Weiping said seriously: "China and the United States are both big countries, and for the sake of peace in the whole world, we must fulfill the obligations of a great power!"

"Our British Empire is also duty-bound!" Hughsfield suddenly answered on the side, looked at Yang Weiping with deep meaning in his eyes and said, "Yang, you said it right?"

Yang Weiping nodded happily and smiled: "Of course, Field, we are brothers." ”

Bruce Willie didn't have the heart to care about the Japanese now, and he had to send the information he got back home immediately. Therefore, he didn't stay at Yang Weiping's house for long, and soon got up to say goodbye.

Yang Weiping didn't leave any guests, and it was rare to personally send Bruce Willie out of the door.

When Yang Weiping returned to the courtyard, Xiusfeld dragged Yang Weiping into the study, closed the door, and asked with a smile: "Yang, if I guessed correctly, you are planning to join forces with the Americans to fry rare earths!, right?"

"Hey, Field, you can't blame me for that. Yang Weiping knew the meaning of Husfeld's words, and smiled innocently: "The extraction process of rare earth preparation has always been immature, and the cost of semi-finished products and finished products is too high. Until the industrial mass production preparation process is industrialized, you field families will definitely not be willing to spend their limited funds on rare earth minerals that look like ordinary earth. I also wanted to gamble before, but fortunately, the three smelters I invested in in Huaxia did not disappoint me. ”

"Yang, I've always felt that your eyes seem to be able to see the future. Hughsfield said with a wry smile: "Spending billions of dollars to gamble on a breakthrough in skills, even the Rothschilds don't dare to play like this." ”

"You are a family, and you must take into account the interests of the whole family. Yang Weiping smiled disapprerovingly: "And I'm just a lonely family, one person is full, and the whole family is full." Even if I lose, I still have a government civil servant's income. At worst, I can still work as a mercenary to earn money to pay off my debts. ”

"Yang, is rare earth technology really so important?" asked Hughsfeld with a particularly solemn look in his eyes.

"Far more important than you think!" Yang Weiping said categorically: "There are no rare earth mines in the UK, I suggest that you immediately activate the national strategic reserve and buy rare earth reserves! Because rare earths are non-renewable strategic resources!" (To be continued......