； The mountains are verdant. The stream is murmuring, and the small bridge is people's house. Idyllic, look at that good painting from afar. Up close, it looks like a painting, and the so-called "paradise" refers to this kind of place.

There is no noise and chaos of the industrial age. Far away from the troubles and sorrows of the world, this is a place that makes people intoxicated, if you must find any failures in this painting, maybe this is a little less soft in the south of the Yangtze River after all, a little more impassioned in the north, this may not be a good place to retreat, but it is a good place for heroes and heroes to converge their edge.

In addition to this little failure, there is still a shortcoming in this painting, that is, the road that shoots oil, stretching from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, after all, destroys the coordination in this painting, which makes people feel the strong penetration of the industrial age into the whole society, and the Western-style villa built on the mountainside makes this sense of incongruity even heavier, after all, this painting is supposed to be a Chinese-style landscape painting.

Now, a domestic "iron mule" brand car is driving from the oil road to the mountainside, Yang Du and his driver are sitting in the car, a total of two, the closer to the mountainside, the lighter the taste of this "paradise", so that Yang Du is quite emotional.

"The manor should have been built into a Chinese style in order to blend in with the landscape. It would be better to pave the road with oil, or to plant more trees on the side of the road to make it better. Yang Du looked up and saw that there were a few cattle blocking the way in front of him, and there was a man who was driving cattle next to him, completely dressed as a farmer who was ready to drive cattle to work in the field, standing next to the car, glanced at the window a few times, recognized Yang Du, and said hello.

"It turned out to be Mr. Yang, please come over."

The man dressed as a farmer smiled at Yang Du, and then with a flick of his whip, drove the cattle to the side of the road, and made way for the "iron mule" car to move on.

Yang Du looked back at the man dressed as a farmer who was gradually moving away, and couldn't help but smile, the reason was very simple, because he knew that the person was fine, that person was not a farmer at all, but an armed guard, responsible for monitoring the road up the mountain, and it was the first sentry

This name is naturally Zhao Bei's idea, as for where he came from, Yang Du is not clear, but there is one thing that Yang Du is very clear, that is, those armed guards are one in a hundred sharpshooters, and their bags are either pistols or submachine guns, and even grenades and incendiary bombs.

Although Zhao Bei went into the wilderness, there was still a battalion of guards around him, and the Ministry of Finance was responsible for the funds. After all, he has been the president, and the safety after this field must also be considered, although Yang Du has not seen it with his own eyes, but Zhao Bei has indeed told him that his guard battalion even has a few armored vehicles, this kind of firepower, not to mention that the bandits urinate a small group of regular army troops do not dare to fight the idea here.

Although Zhao Bei is somewhat exaggerated, but Yang Du also understands his caution, as a politician, especially an enterprising politician, it is impossible to have no political enemies, and political enemies cannot all be upright gentlemen, political assassinations are not uncommon in this era, especially in this economic crisis, those who do not want to see Zhao Bei's resurgence will definitely not pin their hopes on the presidential election and the congressional struggle, Yang Du has been involved in politics for many years, of course, he also knows the mystery here, compared to the immaturity when he first stepped into the officialdom, Now Yang Du has a deeper understanding of politics.

It is also in this kind of caution that a special guard post is set up on this road up the mountain, perhaps out of the mentality of integrating the beautiful scenery of this paradise, or perhaps it is just the influence of the mentality of the madman who plays the world, Zhao Bei came up with this strange idea of "scum cultivation and reading", but this is just Yang Du's speculation, as for the truth, he can't guess it anyway.

Soon, Yang Du's car passed through the last guard post, and when his car passed, the guard who was sitting in the gazebo reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and dressed as a young student immediately dialed the guard room to inform him of Yang Du's arrival.

When Yang Du's car stopped in the parking lot, the guard room had already sent someone to wait there, and the person who came was none other than Qin Sihu, the captain of the guard, who was now also a man of forty, but his walking action was still one by one, so that he could not see that he had already retired.

"Mr. Yang, the commander-in-chief is in the garden now, you can rush to see him immediately."

Seeing Yang Du's face, Qin Sihu smiled first, then raised his hand and pointed to the right. Now Zhao Bei is already a cloth cloth, but the guards still call him "Commander-in-Chief", and others really can't grab it, not to mention anything else, when those officers of the National Defense Forces come to visit Zhao Bei, a "commander-in-chief" is always indispensable.

Yang Du followed Qin Sihu to the garden, and before he stepped into the garden, he heard a burst of laughter

"Haha! Not bad, not bad. After so many years of painstaking research, you have finally come to the bitter end. ”

can make such a hearty laugh, no need to ask, it is naturally Zhao Bei, the former president of the Republic of China.

When Yang Du saw Zhao Bei, Zhao Bei was fiddling with a machine, and there were several people standing beside him, most of them Chinese, but there was a foreigner, and Yang Du also knew that it was the "Frankenstein" Nikola Tesla invited from the United States.

"Tetsuko, you came just in time, it opened your eyes."

Seeing Yang Du arrive, Zhao Bei called him to his side and pointed out the machine in his hand to Yang Du.

"What is this?"

Yang Du looked at the machine carefully, it looked a little like a movie camera, Jiang Erjia didn't see the place where the film was loaded, and there were a few wires connected to his head, and the other end of the Jia Enemy River extended a few meters away, where a larger machine was set up.

This is called a "camera" and is used to shoot moving footage, and it is possible to broadcast the picture in real time compared to a camera, without the need for the development process of film film. You look over there, there's some machines there, that's the broadcast equipment, and if you look at the machine on the table, that's the CRT TV. We've demonstrated it before you come, and if you're interested, I'll ask them to reconnect the power supply, the engine. ”

"I wonder how much this thing sells for? In the future, if it goes on sale, I will buy a set. ”

Yang Du really didn't have much interest in this machine now, and he didn't know what this thing could do other than use it to see the scenery.

"You don't have to buy this set of equipment, you just need to buy a TV."

Zhao Bei saw that Yang Du was not interested, so he was not reluctant and asked someone to put away the machine.

"What the hell is this thing for?"

Yang Du still couldn't help but ask, in his opinion, Zhao Bei has put too much effort into these electronic technologies, and it seems that he is a little "plaything" and he still wants to persuade and persuade.

Zhao Bei also understood what Yang Du wanted to say, so he said: "Don't you have this kind of machine, this kind of machine can be used for entertainment in addition to military use, but the final research work has not been completed yet, maybe you will understand in the future." Besides, isn't this an economic crisis? What is most needed is the stimulus of new technologies, which alone can save the world economy. ”

Yang Du nodded resignedly, and was about to ask again, but was interrupted by Tesla.

"Commander-in-Chief, when will you be able to allocate funds for my project? I hope to be able to see long-range wireless transmission technology come to life while I'm alive. I don't know how long I'll live, so I hope you'll give me the money as soon as possible to go to Central Asia for further experiments, where the hydropower plant is now complete and we have enough power to do it. ”

Tesla has been in China for many years, but he has been immersed in research work and has no time to be distracted from other things, so this Chinese language is not very neat, and when he talks to Zhao Bei, he can only use a translator, and when he relays his words, Zhao Bei nodded.

"I'll do my best to help you through the trial. But before that, I would like you to further improve this TV broadcasting system, on the one hand, reliability, on the other hand, miniaturization, the best if it can be installed on an airplane. ”

Seeing Zhao Bei say this, Yang Du was a little strange, looked back at the broadcast equipment, and found that the equipment was very large, and it was not easy to fit it into the plane, he didn't know why Zhao Bei wanted to ask for this.

Of course, Yang Du was not interested in technical topics, and while Zhao Bei and Tesla were discussing technical issues, he pulled Qin Sihu aside and asked in a low voice.

"Didn't you say that the old man was going to be a birthday in a few days? Why is this house so quiet and pretty? Is it also a treat in a hotel? ”

Qin Sihu smiled and said, "The commander-in-chief said it. This feast should be set up a little more specially. So, not in the hotel, just hold a banquet at the bottom of the mountain. Eat buffets, dance ballroom dances, and set up a colorful shed singing hall to connect this Chinese and Western culture. ”

"Huh? This, "Aren't you afraid that the old man will be angry?" ”

Yang Du was speechless for a moment, he knew the temper of the old man in Zhao Bei, it was a real traditional Chinese literati, who was born in Xiucai, and the most important thing was this etiquette.

"Don't be angry. Just last month, the old man was baptized in the church and became a churchman, and people don't pay attention to the old set of etiquette now. ”

"Huh? This "even the old man has also joined the church? But the brother-in-law pulled it in? ”

"yes."

Yang Du was even more surprised, he knew that Zhao Bei's brother-in-law had long believed in foreign religion, but he couldn't have imagined that the brother-in-law actually dragged the old man into poison.

"The emptiness of the country's psychology can be seen from this."

Yang Du sighed, feeling more and more that his work of studying the hundred schools of thought was urgent, and he raised his eyes to see Tesla and the others packing up the machine, ready to say goodbye and leave, so he hurriedly walked to Zhao Bei.

"Commander-in-Chief, in any case, you have to allocate some more money so that we can speed up our research. Otherwise, sooner or later, the Chinese people will have to join the foreign religion. ”

"Tetsuko, whether your work is futile or not, but at least it deserves respect. However, the matter of faith is not in a hurry, and the old man joins the church. I don't approve, but I don't disagree, that's his freedom, old age, spiritual emptiness, need to find a spiritual sustenance. It's you, Tetsuko, it's a pity to spend your time on the study of your thoughts, and I'm going to tell you about it when you come here today, so you should do some meaningful work. ”

"Meaningful work? Doesn't that make sense? What makes a meaningful job? "Yang Du is even stranger.

"Meaningful work is everywhere, it's up to you to do it. Just now, I got the news that thousands of veterans came to the North Station, and they were making trouble, you came from the North Station, you should know about it, right? Zhao Bei asked.

Yang Du's heart moved, nodded, and said, "I know." The North Station was crowded with people, and even the road was blocked, so I had to take a detour. I wonder what the Commander-in-Chief wants me to do? ”

"I want you to return to Congress immediately and make a speech. Tell the congressman that as a Chinese, you don't want to see the soldiers who were loyal to the country fall under the gun, especially if the muzzle is still your own. ”

Listening to Zhao Bei like this, Yang Du is a spirit, this matter is indeed very meaningful, and at the same time the risk is also very large, but it is worth taking a risk, because the backer is in front of you, and no one dares to push the backer of this "mansion master".

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