Updated: 202-07-0

At the beginning of September '54, a clipper ship from North America crossed the Atlantic Ocean and sailed into the port of Liverpool. For the captain of the ship sailing in the harbor, he was greeted by a slender oriental woman, dressed in a simple and simple military uniform like a knife, with a white ribbon tied around her head. That's worth more than 0 guineas (Guinean gold coins, Victorian gold coins, a silver coin more expensive than standard pounds) but, damn black leather gloves cover the slender hands that should be leaking out, why not the lady's lace gloves but the damn men's gloves?

Shin-chen stood on the slipway, Sneek beside her, and behind him was Sinside, who was her attendant. Wearing a short-brimmed gray-black captain's hat, Sneck was a Victorian captain, and if he wore a beard and a black double-breasted gown, he would be a competent captain.

Liverpool, the most prosperous port in the world in the 19th century! Sneike pretended to be reserved, and secretly looked left and right with his spare eyes. Although there was someone else in the captain's position, and the gray captain's hat on his head and the white blue sea soul shirt were a little out of harmony, far less harmonious than a modern captain's hat with white and black trim, his mood was very high.

After being accepted by the Crossing Regiment, Lando was tasked with continuing to tinker with the weapons needed by the Crossing Regiment, and Sneik was assigned to serve as Shen Chen's bodyguard and establish a liaison station for the Crossing Team in London. Shen Chen, Sneike and Sinside first traveled to 19th-century North America and then arrived in Liverpool aboard the clippers of Huafu for transoceanic trade.

Huafu has a trading office in Liverpool, and several British Taipan are on the docks to welcome the arrival of clippers.

"The armor is still there." Successfully landed, Shen Chen, who stepped onto the Liverpool dock, shouted. Despite her efforts to make herself look heroic, it is clear that she cannot escape the fate of the female voice.

The Port of Liverpool was the world's largest port at that time, anchored by merchant ships from all over the world, and gathered people of all colors and races. Merchant, broker, porter, and sailor walked through the three of them, each going about his own business; Many merchant ships are still busy in the harbor.

Shen Chen's voice seemed to be a stick on the water, and almost no one on the dock paid attention to it. Sneike didn't know what it meant when he heard it, and the only one who cheered was Sinside, who came with a sentence of "Jiangnan, where is it now".

The three of them passed through customs and just got out of the dock. "Sinside!" In the distance, a young man with an oriental face greeted them.

Sinside immediately recognized it as Judrow, and they had worked together at the Executive Committee's headquarters.

Ju Zhuo is a 9-year-old Cantonese student majoring in computer science and speaks fluent English. Because of the lack of manpower in the North American rudder, the Oriental Laboratory in charge of Zhou Weisen has continuously released results since its establishment, which has aroused great repercussions in the European scientific community, and in mid-August, Oxford University specially invited Zhou Weisen to give a lecture. Although Ju Zhuo has always been an otaku and has no practical work experience, his English ability in the executive committee sent him to Zhou Weisen as an assistant to exercise his ability.

"Miss Shenchen, I'm Ju Zhuo. Knowing that you are on this ship, we have been waiting for you. Judra greeted him warmly, and a coachman with an Irish accent put the three men's luggage in the back of the carriage.

"Okay, you're a bad kid. One person fights here. Sinside gave Judra a punch.

Ju Zhuo shook his head, "I'm not fighting alone, we're a team. ”

After the greetings, all four got into the carriage, which sped along the avenue.

Shen Chen sat down a little and asked Ju Zhuo directly: "Where are we going now?" ”

"Go to the train station and in an hour there will be a train to Oxford."

Shen Chen frowned, "Why go to Oxford, I have to rush to London as soon as possible, there is no one waiting there in Crimea." ”

"I am on command, and you are staying in Oxford tonight. Oxford is an hour's train from the Forum, and you'll be in London tomorrow morning. ”

For about half an hour, the carriage stopped in front of the iron fence of the railway station.

On the square of the railway station, the newsboy shouted: "Good news, Russia is defeated, withdraw from the Danube countries." ”

"Russia refuses peace, and coalition forces will land in Crimea."

"Big news, American professor gave a speech at Oxford University 'Man is a monkey change'."

The newsboy was crowded with the British people cheering for victory, and they were even more curious about the topic of "man is a monkey".

Listening to the newsboy's shouting, Ju Zhuo smiled and said to Shen Chen, "Yesterday Zhou Weisen gave a lecture on the origin of mankind at Oxford University. ”

Shen Chen's eyes widened suddenly, "Darwin hasn't been born yet?" ”

"Darwin was born, but his Origin of Species wouldn't be published until five years later."

Shen Chen shook his head, "He doesn't have a chance now." ”

As soon as the carriage came to a stop, the coachman jumped down and ran towards the ticket window at Liverpool train station. Ju Zhuo glanced at the bell of the train station, "It's a little early, it's still too late for this train." ”

As he spoke, Sinside ran out into the street, shoved a copper coin into the hand of a newspaper seller, and handed the newspaper to Shen Chen when he returned.

Shen Chen flipped through it hastily, closed the newspaper, and scolded angrily, "These stupid people, the approximate time and place of landing are all written in the newspaper." ”

Sneck laughed, "The British have always been gentlemen. ”

Ju Zhuo was very unimpressed, "Gentlemen are just appearances, they are still robbers in essence. "The British Navy started as pirates. , so many people support this war, they have been robbing other people's things, grabbing addiction. ”

The servants at the station helped them carry their luggage onto the train. Soon the doors of the train cars were shut, and black smoke was rising from the engine. A station worker raised a small flag and blew the whistle, and the train let out a loud roar and slowly rumbled out of Liverpool station.

In the middle of the night, in a makeshift apartment at the University of Oxford, Chow sent the last visitors out the door. After a busy day of theoretical discussions, although he was already very tired, the task given to him by Qian Shuiting still had to be completed.

Looking at the starry sky, Zhou Weisen gently rubbed his temples, and asked Ju Zhuo beside him tiredly, "Hasn't Shenchen rested yet?" ”

"No, she wants to rush to London, and she doesn't have the heart to rest."

Zhou Weisen smiled, "It's very stubborn." ”

"People who are not stubborn will not be able to engage in commercial finance. I think I had been grinding with a customer for more than a week in order to promote financial products......" Zhou Weisen's voice came from behind him.

"Business Finance!"

Shen Chen followed Zhou Weisen's pace, walked into the living room, and sat on the sofa, "Don't look down on commercial finance, we make money from money, and I think only finance can penetrate into Europe, military, political, trade, etc. are very difficult." ”

Zhou Weisen nodded, "You are engaged in finance, and you naturally believe in finance to win the world, I think your plan is insignificant to the crossing group." ”

"Insignificant!" Shen Chen sneered.

"Of course. Sitting on the big killer of the space-time gate, we are not short of money, nor lack of technology, what we lack is people, what we lack is time, and we need the time to train hundreds of thousands of industrial workers. ”

"My European financial plan can win diplomatic support at home, but it can also buy time at home." Shen Chen was very unconvinced.

"Is it that complicated?" Zhou Weisen glanced at Shen Chen, "Wang Tiezhu, they are from a military background, and they like to use war to win peace and win time. If you follow my idea, the direct use of biological weapons, the first smallpox, the second cholera, the third typhoid fever, multi-level multi-gradient mixture, reduce the population density of Europe and eliminate their threat. ”

Shen Chen was taken aback, "How can this be!" ”

"Why not, this technique is not difficult at all, the strains are ready-made." "I am a Ph.D. in biology from MIT, specializing in microbial research. ”

"You want to leave Europe in ruins, it's inhumane." Shen Chen was a little incoherent, "And it is impossible to guarantee that it will not be infected, with the current national conditions of China, we cannot immunize the people." ”

Zhou Weisen was very disapproving, "How much humanity is there in the contest between countries?" To be humane, our Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse will become the sun never sets in China? ”

Soon he changed his voice again, "Of course, our purpose is to reduce the population density of Europe, destroy the European economy, and affect their scientific and technological development, and it is only used within Europe, not China."

First of all, there are smallpox, cholera and typhoid fever in China, which have always existed since ancient times, and we Chinese have always been fighting against epidemics; Secondly, the population flow in this time and space is not large, smallpox is an incubation period of about 0 days, cholera and typhoid fever are intestinal infections, and it is difficult for them to spread to China; Besides, we can do geo-blockade, and with China's huge population base, even if it is infected, it will not be a big problem. ”

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhou Weisen said leisurely: "Even if one-third of the Chinese can survive, it will be a victory, and they are all the essence of natural selection." ”

Shen Chen's face turned pale, "If you want to mess around like this, then my European financial empire will still be messy!" ”

"Huh!" Zhou Weisen laughed dryly, "So, we have to have the idea of a game of chess." You don't have to think about your little ninety-nine all day long, whether it's your financial empire plan or my biological warfare, you have to obey the arrangement of the whole team, and you have to do your own thing. ”

Shen Chen's face was very difficult, she stood up from the sofa, "You were making fun of me just now, the so-called biological warfare plan is fake?!" ”

"You are engaged in finance, and you envision the creation of a European financial empire; As a doctor of biology, I can naturally come up with a biological weapons program, which is a normal thing. Zhou Weisen turned around and pointed at Ju Zhuo, "For example, Ju Zhuo, he also has his plan, he wants to build an airplane and build a strong air force." It's normal for each of us to have our own plans, but all plans must be in line with the team's master plan, approved by the team, and implemented under the team's unified schedule. If you can't, I'm sorry, but please go back to the plane. ”

Shen Chen was speechless, and she sat down.

After taking a sip of water, Zhou Weisen told Shen Chen that although the American Huafu Company had established a trading office in Liverpool and London, it was full of hired employees, and the whole of Europe was his and Ju Zhuo's two real people.

"I'm going back to America soon, Ju Zhuo's ambition is to get airplanes, and he will return to China after all." Zhou Weisen's eyes were blazing at Shen Chen, "You tell me, can I leave all this to you?" Can you really put me at ease? ”

Shen Chen's heart was a little pantothenic, I just wanted to do something. She grinned, "Am I so unsettling?!" ”

Zhou Weisen said bluntly: "You are a person with strong independent thinking ability, and it is difficult to accept other people's suggestions. But we are a combat team, comrades in arms with each other, comrades in arms who live and die together on the battlefield of this time and space.

Whether it is engaged in science and technology, finance, or military politics, whether it is in Europe, North America, or China, everyone must work together. I know that some people in China have doubts about us in North America and are worried that we will become independent; There are also people in North America who are not at ease at home and are afraid of encroaching on North American interests. It's normal for so many people to come together and have doubts one or two, but we are all people in the same boat, comrades in the same trench, and we have to cooperate closely with each other. If we engage in mountaineering now, calculate the success or failure of each other, and cannot hand over our backs to our comrades-in-arms with confidence, then our crossing can only end in failure. Just like in a war, some troops have to be sent out to lure the enemy, some troops have to be released to block the enemy, and some troops have to be death squads, and the whole team can win a game of chess. ”

Sinside, who was sitting on the side, secretly admired that the doctor was out of the horse, one top two, Bai Baoxiang and Qian Shuiting couldn't convince people to finally let Zhou Weisen submit.