Human nature? Morality? Talking about humanity and morality in war? These are undoubtedly ridiculous and absurd, but people just like to talk about them - even though most people know that war, the mass activity that has made up a large part of human history, is inherently imhumane and immoral. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Lang thinks he knows why: Westerners are so keen to talk about humanity and morality in war purely to make themselves appear more civilized and noble than the "barbarians" they despise and ridicule, just as they always like to flaunt their justice and benevolence. In fact, however, if we talk about brutality, evil, barbarism and despicability, there are few nations and nations in human history that can compare with the "civilized" Western world.

Of course, Qin Lang doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, whether it's the military conquest of Westerners or their flaunting of their humanity, morality, justice and benevolence - the former is the law of survival in this miserable world, and the latter is the rules of the game of human society, and no individual, collective, or country can violate them.

So there's nothing wrong with that.

It's just that Qin Lang doesn't like to be cocooned and self-bound. If someone gave up a powerful means on their own because of some illusory humanity and morality that no one really cared about, then there was undoubtedly a serious problem in his head, and Qin Lang felt that he was normal.

"Of course we're going to use mustard gas in war, Rachel." He said, "Since we produce it, of course we use it, otherwise why would we waste time and money doing this?" And mustard gas is currently the most powerful weapon in the world, and it would be an unwise mistake to abandon it. ”

"But the use of such an inhumane weapon would expose us to strong condemnation from public opinion." Rachel said worriedly.

"It's better to be in the mood for public opinion than for us to fail in our mission or to pay a heavy loss in human life." Qin Lang said casually, "And we won't necessarily be condemned." ”

"I doubt it."

"There's nothing doubtful about that. To put it simply, how many people do you think would care about the lives and deaths of strangers 10,000 miles away who have nothing to do with them and don't even know each other? Of course, I don't deny that there are people who really care about them, it's just that there are very few people like that compared to the total number of Americans. ”

"In fact, the only thing we want to avoid is the use of mustard gas on a certain European country." Elizabeth made a supplement to Qin Lang's speech.

"Elizabeth!" Rachel didn't understand why she would echo Qin Lang's opinion on such an issue. Elizabeth, however, was a pure chemist, who cared only about the effects of her research, even if it made her creepy, not the least concerned about the effects it had, and certainly not with the human and moral requirements of using it.

Even her warning against the use of mustard gas against European countries was purely for technical reasons and had nothing to do with human nature or morality.

"I would say that European countries have enough capacity to produce mustard gas or other kinds of poison gas in retaliation, and the use of mustard gas against them will cause us huge losses that cannot be recovered...... Rachel," Elizabeth sighed, "you have to understand that you don't have the power to stop mustard gas from being put into practical use. ”

"Even if we don't use it, as soon as Washington knows that such a weapon exists, it will immediately start producing it and putting it on the battlefield." Qin Lang also said, "Of course, the same is true for European countries. ”

"It's a Pandora's box, and maybe we shouldn't have opened it." Rachel was already dazed and felt like he was going to listen.

"At least it's better than letting our enemies turn it on. And it is important to use mustard gas when necessary to effectively reduce the cost of our tasks. Qin Lang threw out the last straw that broke the camel's back. He knew Rachel, a pure, mercenary businessman who would immediately put humanity and morality aside when financial interests were involved.

"All right," Rachel was finally convinced—but not quite. She glanced at the dead rabbits in the room again, and added, "But its use must be restricted, I don't want this world to be full of dead people like these dead rabbits." She lowered her voice, "It's disgusting." ”

"Of course, at least I won't let the soldiers use it on every mission." Qin Lang promised, but he still didn't forget to add "at least", but Rachel didn't hear it.

They began to walk back, but the conversation continued.

"How are you going to produce and store mustard gas, Qin? Also, how much money do we need to invest in this? Once freed from the "humanity and morality of war," Rachel quickly reverted to his true nature as a professional businessman. Then, she immediately became acutely aware that the production and storage of mustard gas would be a complex and costly project.

This "weapon of mass destruction" is at least a thousand times more dangerous than any known weapon, and she already anticipates how devastating it can be if something goes wrong.

They can't afford to take such a heavy responsibility now, and certainly not for a long time to come, so the production and storage of mustard gas must be as safe as possible, and this requires a lot of investment.

Rachel wanted to know an approximate number.

It's just that Qin Lang doesn't have any numbers to tell her now, because he doesn't plan to produce mustard gas for the time being.

In his plan, unless a British contract could be obtained in 1896 to cooperate with the British attack on the Mahdi forces in Sudan, the next combat mission of the mercenary unit would be to go to Indochina to assist the French army there in clearing the anti-French guerrillas, but according to the current situation, the company could only get the contract after the French army was defeated by the anti-French forces again.

That would have to wait until at least 1897.

Therefore, until then, the company did not need to send troops to carry out combat missions, and naturally, there was no need to produce mustard gas weapons in advance. It is, after all, a poison gas and not ordinary ammunition, extremely dangerous, and unfortunately no one has experience in managing a poison gas warehouse yet, so there is a huge risk in producing and storing it.

Qin Lang felt that this risk should be avoided, he thought that he should start producing mustard gas after making all preparations, and he also had plenty of time to do that.

"I'm not ready to produce it anytime soon." "We won't be using mustard gas until at least 1897," he said, "so there is plenty of time to think about the details of production and storage." ”

Qin Lang's answer made Rachel a little more relaxed, but there was another problem that had not been resolved. "Where are you going to build factories and warehouses?" She thought for a moment, "Personally, I think it should be a very remote area. ”

"I think ......"

"I think District 51 is a good fit. It's remote and large, making it ideal for the production and storage of hazardous chemicals. Elizabeth suddenly interjected, and expressed her opinion in an expert-like tone.

Her suggestion coincided with Qin Lang's thoughts. The real purpose of his purchase of the Bridegroom Lake Desert was to transform it into a secret weapons production base, and it was purely his own bad taste: Area 51 and the adjacent Nellis Air Range were supposed to be the most important weapons testing sites for the U.S. military, but now they belonged to him.

Qin Lang thought it was interesting; It's as interesting as he named the mercenary company Umbrella and built the company's new headquarters into a small Pentagon.

But Rachel didn't like the suggestion at all. "District 51? Elizabeth, while the Bridegroom Lake Desert is indeed a good place to produce and store toxic substances, the infrastructure there is terrible. "We had to invest a lot of money to build all kinds of facilities there." ”

"But we have the money to do that, don't we?" Qin Lang smiled.

"Yes, we have the money to do that, but it's not necessary." Rachel looked at him solemnly, "Qin, you know what plan I have now, I want to get rid of those five consortia and banks as soon as possible - of course this is also your plan. That being the case, there is no need to spend money on unnecessary projects. ”

"Trust me, it's a necessary project." Mustard gas was just the beginning, and in Qin Lang's plan, he was also preparing to produce other types of poison gas, and even other weapons of mass destruction. These works must be kept strictly confidential, so a well-equipped and large Area 51 will be a necessary construction project.

As for the funds of the consortium, before he made a request to Morgan and others to buy shares, Qin Lang had already thought of a way to return them. "By 1899, we could have gotten rid of the other five people on the board."

He acted as confident as ever, and of course Rachel knew he could always find a way and never make a mistake, so it only took a moment for her to be completely convinced. "In that case, Qin, everything will be left to you." "I have only one request," she said. ”

"What is it?"

"Elizabeth must not be allowed to go to District 51."

"Rachel!" Elizabeth cried out. Forbid her to travel to District 51? This is absolutely not possible, and if she is not personally involved, how can the production of mustard gas go smoothly? She must go......

But before she could protest more strongly, Qin Lang had already accepted Rachel's request. "This time, I fully agree with your suggestion, Rachel."

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