The guards stopped a middle-aged and elderly man dressed very rustically and a little unkempt at the gate of the presidential palace, and no matter what the man explained, the guards refused to let him in.

The two sides wasted a lot of words, and the guards had no choice but to ask the FBI duty officer to call Anata's office.

Judging by the tone and tone of her voice, Aynata immediately understood that the visitor was Fritz Haber, the recently retired president of the Federal Institute. Obviously, Aynata is in a dilemma, in terms of personal relationships, Haber is a friend of Eric, and from the point of view of the establishment, Haber is now just a commoner, and she can't decide whether to let him see the president or persuade him to leave.

Since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, Fritz Haber has been the director of the Federal Institute for New Energy, and in the past 11 years, although there have been some breakthroughs in the two major projects, it is difficult to realize the national application for a while. Faced with the mentality of the Ministry of Defense and the cabinet to rush things and not want to spend too much money, he was criticized by many people both openly and covertly, so he had to choose to retreat in a hurry in order not to cause trouble to Eric.

Because he was unwilling to give up the theoretical basis and preliminary research results he had worked so hard to obtain, he finally decided to come to Eric with a cheeky face and wanted to stay in the R&D team as much as possible.

After listening to Aynata's report, based on their personal relationship, Eric finally fought hard for Haber, after all, since Stresemann stepped down, the current Prime Minister Hans Luther seems to have become a staunch supporter of him.

Haber's successor was a man from the Department of Defense's Equipment Technology Division, and Eric had not found any useful personal information about him, nor had he heard anyone else say anything about his Berten. I guess it's just a layman, Eric thought to himself.

Some of the powers have already been decentralized, and most of the funds of the research institute are basically funded by the Ministry of Defense, so for the appointment and selection of such people, except for the backup of information in the presidential palace, Eric actually has no reason to intervene. Fortunately, Haber may be able to stay and continue to work on his unfinished business, which is a great blessing in misfortune.

Brauchitsch received Eric's phone call and immediately drove to the presidential palace without saying a word, Haber heard Brauchitsch's footsteps ringing in the corridor, and offered to avoid it, Eric thought about it, thought it was okay, and asked him to go to his temporary lounge first to wait for news.

Brauchitsch did not want to disobey Eric's arrangement for the change of director of the research institute, because the allocation of equipment for the three services took up most of the expenditure, and the living conditions of the navy and air force could not but be improved as soon as possible, so he had to face other different opinions and questions. Today, the money-burning rocket has not yet taken to the sky, and the strong DC battery that has invested heavily has not been introduced, as the federal defense minister, he cannot explain to the cabinet, and the president's personal relationship with Haber has decided to change the head of the research institute to calm the criticism of his colleagues.

Eric knew Brauchitsch's difficulties, and as his favorite general, he didn't want others to get a grip on him. In the eyes of outsiders, President Eric's power is almost unlimited, and after Stresemann secretly tossed around, although some power has fallen, but with the purge after the "oolong" incident of the three armed forces, Eric's control seems to have returned to the peak, however, these are just appearances. In fact, Eric was unpopular on all three fronts, with politics seeing him as an armed leader, the military seeing him as a businessman, and the business community seeing him only as a politician.

Eric knew very well that almost every crowd did not see him as his own, and he always wanted to be impartial, but he did not have complete control over any aspect of people's hearts.

Not to Erik's imagination, Brauchitsch readily agreed to keep Haber. On the one hand, it was to give Eric face, and on the other hand, it was out of responsibility for himself, because he also dripped ink on the agreement when he pulled out the funds.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the projects of the Federal Research Institute were too complicated and difficult to clarify, Hans Luther would have started to rectify them long ago, instead of allowing Eric to cover the sky and splash the national research funds like water and not recover. After all, such an idea is not a problem for Eric himself, because Hans Ludd is a calculating man, and he only wants to co-supervise and use the money wisely.

Coming out of the presidential palace, Hans's heart was very heavy, since he took over as the chancellor of the federal state, he soon encountered the current financial turmoil, and now he has nowhere to breathe.

In November, the cold wind of the North Atlantic blows cool on the body. Because it was after the rain, the air was filled with the smell of mud and rain for a long time. The Eric Industrial Park, as usual, welcomes a frequent visitor with a big heart, and he is the President of the Federal State, Eric Adrian.

Eric is a regular visitor here, but each time he comes and goes in a hurry, but this time it is quite different, as if he wants to set up camp and stay here for a long time.

Almost all of the Hanseatic Palace's entourage was dispatched, and in addition to Aynata, Madina and the FBI's permanent presidential office also moved their offices here. When more than a dozen transport planes landed at the airport in an orderly manner, Betten von Tagorisch, the newly appointed director of the research institute of the Ministry of National Defense, personally led the research and development team to roll out the red carpet to greet them. Eric had never met Betten, but he was no stranger to such a welcoming ceremony.

Haber is not an official or a bureaucrat, and he has never appeared in a cabinet meeting, to put it bluntly, he is only responsible for Eric personally, so this long-term stay, Eric may also want to tackle key problems with Haber, and at the same time have a small understanding of the new director of the research institute, Betten.

Betten von Tagorisch, male, was born in 1875. After graduating from ETH Zurich, he served as a company adjutant in the Württemberg Infantry Regiment during the war, was wounded and was awarded an Iron Cross of the First Degree. After the war, he entered the federal government in 1921 and was promoted by Haber to the graduate school. That's all Eric has to know about Betten.

Being able to become a tumbler in the Ministry of Defense, and being promoted accordingly, shows that Betten is also a shrewd person. Since taking office, Betten has been assisted by Haber, and the work has been smooth. However, apart from their work, the figures that belong to state secrets are not mentioned.

Betten is very sleek and pragmatic, which is why Eric plans to come and stay for a while, get a feel for his details, and urge everyone to hurry up and continue to work on rocket projects and super-powerful batteries.

It has not been an easy year, because the United States has taken the initiative to provoke economic and trade frictions with other countries, causing the whole world to fall into an economic downturn. Fortunately, some of the raw materials imported from East Asia and overseas colonies, and the German market is basically stable at present. However, due to the poor circulation in the international market, there is a large backlog of domestic science and technology products at the same time. Many enterprises have been unable to recover funds in time, which has caused the suspension of R&D work and the order of project disconnection. Economists say that if the situation continues to worsen, over time, companies will not advance but retreat until they die.

Fortunately, if he still only cares about the snort of Britain, the United States, and France as he did before, it is not difficult to imagine that on the day of the collapse of New York, he can only be mentally prepared to be forced to abdicate. It is precisely because he clearly drew the line with the West and blurred the relationship with the East as much as possible, coupled with the stimulation of domestic demand, that Germany is not completely dependent on the single market, and is fortunate to avoid this economic crisis, although it affects some enterprises, but it is better than the overall international situation.

In the face of the looming global economic crisis and the strategic squeeze of Britain, France, and the United States, Eric had to reconsider finding a way out by abnormal means, first of all, using defense spending to boost the technology industry and dumping excess capacity on the peninsula and the Middle East. At the same time, the more at such a critical moment, the more money-burning rocket engine research and development projects must be stepped up, otherwise, this kind of major project related to the future of the country will be controlled by others.

Eric slowly stepped down the ladder of the plane, shook hands and greeted the Berten, Haber, and the team of experts who came to greet him, and then walked to the convoy parked on the side of the road.

Large vans drove into the airport quickly, and the staff quickly sorted out all kinds of office equipment from several transports and handed them over to the airport handlers to transfer to the ground.

The car was very light and comfortable on the flat asphalt road in Dresden, which was the first thing Eric felt today, because it was also the first time he had met Betten, and he did not talk to him too much, but poked his head out of the car window as if he were enjoying the scenery on both sides of the road.