Chapter 48: Fritz Haber
Fritz? Haber, a German chemist, was born into a Jewish family in Breslau, Silesia, Germany. In 1909, he became the first scientist to produce ammonia from the air, which freed mankind from the passive situation of relying on natural nitrogen fertilizers and accelerated the development of world agriculture. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry of the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1918. During World War I, Haber was responsible for the development and production of chlorine, mustard gas and other poisonous gases when he was the director of the chemical arsenal, and used them in the war. Adrian offended Fritz for this? Haber, the first meeting between the two took place without meeting, Adrian won the initial victory, but with his transfer, the Chemical Arsenal was once again ordered to produce by Moltke Jr., and Adrian also knew, but it was no longer his turn to intervene, and he didn't bother to care anymore.
This meeting between the two was indeed a coincidence, Haber was reluctant to come to the banquet, but he couldn't bear his friend Valger? Herman? Nest warmly invited, and Nest repeatedly explained that Adrian did not usually attend banquets. It's just that Nengstu didn't expect that this time it was a face, and the eyes of Haber and Adrian were right, and Nengstu could naturally see clearly. It's just that there is nothing dirty between him and Adrian, on the contrary, he has a good relationship with Augustus III, and he can be regarded as a world friend. I thought that Adrian was not in the army now, and he might be able to match the two.
Seeing Adrian walking towards him, Haber thought that he wanted to give an eviction order, which made Haber look at Nengstu with a complaining face, and the latter also looked helpless. Adrian walked up to Haber and smiled slightly, and was about to speak, but Haber raised his hand and said, "You don't need to say it, I'll leave right away!" The voice was not loud, but this abrupt conversation attracted the sideways eyes of the people around them, everyone looked at the two of them, some people knew that they suddenly realized, and some realized it later, and then they all stopped talking and looked at the two, which made Adrian look embarrassed, so he had to quickly compensate the people around him. When Adrian calmed down the people around him, Haber was about to leave, but Adrian hurriedly took a few steps to chase after him, and Haber saw that Adrian was going to send him, but he didn't refuse, and still walked straight out of the banquet hall. When the two of them reached the door of the hall, Adrian put his hand on the door and said, "Mr. Fritz seems to have some opinion of me?" ”
Fritz? Haber turned his head and asked, "Don't you have a problem with me?" ”
Adrian touched his nose and said, "No, on the contrary, I admire you very much, and I respect you very much, but I have different views from you on the use of chemical weapons." ”
Haber looked at Adrian with interest, what the young man had done before actually looked like it was aimed at him, but why wasn't it aimed at chemical weapons?
Adrian turned to the side and opened the door and said, "Mr. Fritz, let's go to a quiet place to talk?" Maybe there is some place for us to work together? ”
Haber didn't bother to speak now, he was a half-hundred-year-old man, could Adrian still embarrass himself, and walked out of the door under Adrian's guidance to a living room where no one was around, Adrian ordered his subordinates to make two cups of hot green tea. Haber saw that Adrian didn't speak, nor did he speak, just sipping tea and looking at the decoration in the living room, he had money, and he also wanted to have such a mansion, but it was one thing for him to be rich, but he didn't have enough status, and it was not his turn to have such a place. But Adrian is different, rich, powerful and status, and his influence is also out of his reach, so much younger than himself, but he has everything that others want, which really makes Haber admire, although the original ban made Haber angry for a long time, but he himself is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong. Adrian was the first to bear the brunt of Adrian's ban on the use of gas bombs, but he also understood Adrian's intentions very well, young people, it is a good thing to value life.
Adrian lay comfortably on the sofa and looked at Haber and said, "Mr. Fritz, be casual, we may have to talk for a long time." ”
Haber put down the teacup and changed to a comfortable position, half-lying, moved to find the right feeling, and then asked, "You said you want to cooperate with me?" What to work with? ”
Adrian half-jokingly said, "If my husband cooperates with me, maybe I can win the Nobel Prize next year." He didn't rush to say the project of cooperation, but threw out a sweetness first.
Haber was originally in a half-lying state, and when he heard this, he was also excited in his heart, and he didn't even realize that he had sat up, and Adrian didn't laugh when he saw this, but continued: "Sir's research on electrolytes shouldn't have stopped, right?" ”
Haber nodded noncommittally and said, "That's right, it hasn't stopped, on the contrary, I have more time." "It's not a lie, Adrian's original series of bans almost brought the chemical arsenal to a halt, and Haber was no longer useful, Adrian did not remove their positions, but they all applied for transfer or were transferred without jobs. Haber also returned to the research lab he founded.
The reason Adrian found Haber was the battery, Fritz? Haber is an authoritative expert in the field of electrochemistry, and the research laboratory he founded is also coveted by Adrian, all of whom are elites, and have made great progress in related fields such as battery materials.
Although the correctness of some of the assumptions in Haber's theory put forward by Haber in his research is questionable, its great contribution to the development of electrochemistry has been recognized worldwide.
Adrian saw that Haber seemed to react, and then continued: "That's right, I just want to cooperate in this field, and I will contribute people and money. Adrian said very arrogantly, but Haber was not interested at all, it is really at this stage, it is useless to have money, and there must be technical support, according to Haber, many of the product technologies of the Eric Group are in the forefront, and even some of the technologies are exclusively owned. Haber understood that Adrian had a secret R&D center that was well kept secret.
Seeing that Haber was not interested, Adrian couldn't help but smile awkwardly: "Okay, then I'll provide some technical support, but I don't know if you will be able to use it." ”
Fritz? Haber was waiting for this sentence, and before Adrian could react, the old man, who was over half a hundred years old, turned around quickly and stretched out his right hand to Adrian and said, "Then, we work together happily?" ”
Adrian couldn't laugh or cry, this is really a common problem of scientists, of course they are interested in raising money with them, but when R&D funding is not a problem, then there is a shortage of people, but now Haber is not short of manpower, on the contrary, his current team is very perfect, and the harmony between colleagues and the R&D process are closely related. So what Haber lacks most now is actually people who can provide technology, Adrian does have this qualification, and Haber's progress in the field of fuel cells has to be accelerated under Adrian's promotion.