The highest power center of the southwest political axe, in the secret room of Zhang Shusheng's office building.

"Salute! Report to the Dean on the 172nd!! ”

A young man dressed in a strange black military uniform with an unknown armband, with an abrupt scar on his face, hung diagonally on the left side of his face, which did not affect his whole momentum in the slightest, but instead set him off like a bloodthirsty wolf king full of murderous aura.

This is a murderous man who does not blink, an extremely dangerous person, but at this time, there is no bloodthirsty cruelty on his face, but a kind of family-like exhilaration.

It's been ten years, Zhang Shusheng looked at this man who called himself 172, squinted at him slightly, and finally found a lot of shadows of the past. It's been ten years, and a little guy who grabbed leftovers and steamed buns with wild dogs on the street has now transformed into a Zheng Zheng man.

I still remember that his hearty laughter was better than that of other children, and his surname of not admitting defeat even attracted the fear of his classmates. Every time he sees himself, he doesn't surround himself excitedly like other children, as if he is their only support in this world. He is the only one who is accustomed to looking at himself from afar, like a child looking at his returning father. Maybe he wasn't the best, but No. 172 was definitely the most withdrawn member of the first two orphanages that year. The arrogance and unruliness of the wolf king made Zhang Shusheng admire.

Even in the current secret orphanage, there is no child as withdrawn and arrogant as him.

"You've grown up!"

After a long time, Zhang Shusheng said this sentence slowly, but a simple sentence made No. 172 cry. Silently, tears rolled down the cheeks of the iron-blooded man.

Yes, I grew up, in a place that was very close to the motherland, the nation, and my "father", but I couldn't come back once for six years. It was in that place that I grew up. He can't remember how he grew up, in the moment after leaving the orphanage? Is it when you kill an enemy with your own hands? Is it when you kill an unfaithful henchman with your own hands? Or, the moment you come back here and see your "father", you suddenly grow up?

It is not clear, and even in his opinion, the education he received from the orphanage, the education about the nation and the motherland actually had no effect on him. Because these are not what he values and chases, like many people in the orphanage, only the person in front of him is what they value the most. Then, it is the so-called nation, the so-called mission.

In fact, how much he wanted to call his father in his heart, even if it was his godfather, but he couldn't call it out, even if the other partners could call his father indulgently the moment they left the orphanage, he didn't call it out, not because he didn't want to, but because he took it too seriously.

"Dean, this is ......"

I saw Zhang Shusheng handing him a photo frame, on which was a group photo of three people, two beautiful women I didn't know, and Zhang Shusheng in the middle, this was a group photo of marriage.

"I specially brought it for you to meet the two sisters." Zhang Shusheng was a little choked, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would treat every child in the orphanage as a child, or even a godchild, but many people in it did have a very deep relationship with him, and the 172 in front of him was one of them. I owe these children too much, they regard themselves as their fathers, but they can't even let them see their godmother, only this way, I can't help choking slightly, and try my best to hide it, "When you come back later, I will let you give tea to the two masters." ”

"Dean ......" 172 couldn't hold back any longer, and knelt down with his legs bent, there were too many things in his heart, and the 'father' was still the same to himself. He also heard that the 'father' had unified the southwest as he wished, and he would soon march to Sichuan, and he also knew what the 'father' had done for the tens of millions of fathers and villagers in the three provinces. Such a 'father' makes him proud and proud.

"You've grown up, and although you've not traveled far, it's rare to come back once. Today is the twenty-ninth day of the new year, and the dean will accompany you to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. ”

Zhang Shusheng took 172 to the next secret room, which was already full of meals, including the famous Sichuan cuisine and Hunan cuisine, as well as Tujia cuisine and home-cooked cuisine, "Come, eat." It's all made by your two masters, and speaking of which, they also asked me what I was doing, thinking that I wanted to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with which of your secret masters. Haha......"

Seeing that 172 was a little nervous, Zhang Shusheng said a few words casually, and the effect was good.

"Uh-huh, delicious, so delicious." 172, who didn't taste anything at all, ate very well at this time, and although he didn't dare to pick up vegetables for his 'father', his 'father' kept picking up vegetables for himself. It's been six years, six whole years, and I'm happy after all, compared to other brothers who are far away in the world, I can actually come back to see my 'father' halfway, it's really happy. "Dean, we have a good harvest there this year......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted.

"Eat an early Chinese New Year's Eve dinner first, and other things, after eating."

Soon, both of them finally stopped their chopsticks and walked back to the secret room just now.

"Last autumn had a good harvest and that crop was perfect for local cultivation. The factory will be built in the spring of this year, and it will be ready for refining in the autumn. 172 briefly reported his business, "In terms of the armed forces, I have recruited a group of natives from the local area who are not afraid of death, and they are very good to them and the families they brought to the mountains. There's absolutely no problem with loyalty either. The British once thought we were bandits, and once they suppressed the bandits, but were repelled by the terrain of more than 200 of our armed men. The British, seeing that we were only occupying the depths of the mountains, did not bother us anymore after suffering a small loss. ”

"It seems that the momentum of development is good, you have to pay more attention to some local clans, maybe they are weak now, and they are not at all the opponents of the guerrillas you are armed with modern weapons, but if you want to gain a foothold for a long time, you can't kill everything. When you are benevolent, you are benevolent, and when you are ruthless, you are ruthless. ”

"Thank you dean for your teachings, the students have written it down." 172 nodded and said solemnly, "This time the student came back, there was nothing to bring, I brought a few treated stones to the dean, and the dean, the dean can also make some good bracelets for the two teachers." ”

"Well, I'll take it. Take your time in everything, and develop well in the past few years. ”

"The dean is reassured that the students know how to do it."

Of course, No. 172 understands that all he needs to do is to plant this kind of thing and develop himself, and as for the rest, it will naturally be taken away by those 'Western classmates' who will never recognize each other unless they finally complete their mission, and may even fight each other, and bring them to the West, and in exchange for countless amounts of gold...... Speaking of which, he had some thoughts about the white-skinned playmates, who had been educated longer than he had been educated because of their ethnicity, most of them more than four years, perhaps many years, before they could qualify for graduation from that mysterious orphanage.

As for what he should do, he knows everything well, from planting to follow-up, he is too clear.

He didn't know how long this task would last, he only knew that maybe when this nation took back some interest from those nephews and gained real living space, this task would be completed. Compared with their old empires, the nation that the deans will unify is too far behind, and it is impossible to win without surprise moves.

When No. 172 left the secret room, he was pleasantly surprised to hear the dean's voice from behind, and the dean still didn't forget to call his real name, "Hua Zhong, be careful in everything......

When Zhang Shusheng brought home two pieces of preliminarily polished jadeite rough, He Ning and Lu Yunyan were stunned, such a big jadeite rough stone, and what kind of glass from the old pit, this head thing, if you ask a craftsman to create some jewelry, it is a woman's favorite thing.

"Someone else sent it, go back and find a master with good craftsmanship to polish a few rings and bracelets, I usually don't have time to buy jewelry for you Zhang Luo."

Zhang Shusheng didn't mind that they brought expensive jewelry, after all, it would be a bastard if they didn't spend the money they made, not to mention that the two women were not from poor families, and they had seen a lot of gold, silver and jade, but it was just the first time they had encountered this kind of good material. If Hua Zhong is right, these two stones will be put in the future generations, and they will be the old pit glass green jadeite that can only be bought at a sky-high price.

The two women hadn't eaten dinner yet, and the time for ** was not yet, so Zhang Shusheng closed the door of the study, entered the personal characteristic password, and opened the secret room that only he could enter.

"Dreamer, you look good today."

Zhang Shusheng turned on the dream machine, and in the virtual screen, the little boy of the Dreamer was lying on a rocking chair, which was the house he built in the virtual world.

"Dear boss, I have good news for you." The Dreamer seemed to never grow up, and shook his head and reported: "The provincial and municipal systems have reached the opening conditions, and I have been waiting for the boss for a long time." ”

"What? The provincial and municipal systems have finally reached the opening conditions?? ”

Zhang Shusheng was shocked, he didn't expect the long-awaited provincial and municipal system to open at this time, you must know that you unified the southwest a few years ago, although everything is low-key, but the sphere of influence is not mixed with water.

"Dear boss, currency reform is the last condition for the upgrading of the provincial and municipal systems, congratulations to the boss." The Dreamer shook her head.

"Why didn't you say it earlier? It's good to say it early. ”

"Dear boss, your most loyal little kid can't tell you the conditions for your upgrade in advance."

“……”

"You still talk about the benefits of the opening of the provincial and municipal systems, I want to hear what surprises there are."

The little kid took out the small notebook in his chest pocket and read in a milky voice: "There are 25 kinds of items that the boss can exchange exclusively, in addition to some scientific and technological civilizations, there are also some products with special civilizations, and the boss can be exchanged, but they just need energy." It is recommended that the boss exchange a set of dream armor, with the weapons and equipment of this era, the boss can greatly improve the safety factor......"

"Is there anything that has a lower energy and is very practical, and I have to exchange it? Dreamer, here's a question I've given you, and you have to answer it. Zhang Shusheng was annoyed, a lot of good things, gritted his teeth and could be exchanged, but he felt that it was a waste of energy to exchange any of them, not to mention anything else, the southwest needed some high-precision instruments or parts, these things are not much, but in general, they are more cost-effective.

The Dreamer encountered a problem, pushed the big black-rimmed glasses, picked up the pen and wrote in the notebook for a long time, before looking up, "Dear boss, after the analysis of your loyal servant, the highest exchange value at present is a limited exchange of one thing." Two primary-level server-level computers. ”

"What? Computer!!! Zhang Shusheng was surprised, he didn't expect that after the opening of the provincial and municipal systems, he received such a big surprise, although other things are good, if he is alone, he doesn't mind redeeming one to play and enjoy, but only the limited exchange of the computer, the temptation for him is too great.

Only he understood what computers meant to the current Southwest.

"How many units can I redeem?"

"One!"

“……”

Zhang Shusheng was stunned for a moment, just a server-level computer, is it better to say that it is too little, or is it too precious?

"It is recommended that the boss redeem, with this computer, the boss's most important scientific and technological research and technological practical progress will be accelerated by at least 20%."

Zhang Shusheng naturally understands that a computer is indeed too few, but it is definitely useful. After a while, he figured out what the computer was for. It is mainly used for military and scientific purposes.

Disguise them in the form of electronic products, and then have people born in orphanages be responsible for entering computer terminals disguised with current outdated technology, and set up a computing center for scientific research. It is basically used for scientific research, data analysis, complex calculations, etc.

Speaking of which, he felt tired every time he saw Tesla come back to life tired with a hand-cranked computer. There are more and more scientific research activities in the southwest, civilian, military, Shusheng company, and all aspects of scientific research activities have made Zhang Shusheng breathless.

In the past, some slightly complicated things needed Zhang Shusheng's help, and he used a dream machine to calculate, which was a bit like a cannon to fight mosquitoes. Now it is good that some of the calculations of the current era, such as materials science, ships, and aviation, can be completed in the strategic computing center that will be formed.

Time waits for no one, and I will speed up the pace of scientific transformation in an alternative way, and use science and technology to improve the scientific research efficiency of some key projects, such as the projects in charge of Albert Einstein and Tesla.

"Can I exchange it for the look I want?" Zhang Shusheng asked.

"Any look will do."

"If it's a tube computer disguised?"

"No problem at all. All in order to realize the boss's dream, this is the vocation of the dream machine. ”

Half a month later, a secret Southwest Computing Center was established, with a core building occupying an area of nearly 100 square meters. Heads of several key research units, including the Tesla-Edison Laboratory, the Wind Tunnel Laboratory, the Aerospace Research Institute, the Ship Research Institute, and the Army Advanced Weapons Research Institute, were gathered to visit the brand-new supercomputing center, which is heavily guarded.

When I saw a data that usually requires a dozen researchers to be concentrated and calculated for a week with a hand-cranked computer, and in the business reception room of the supercomputer center, the correct calculation results appeared on the display screen invented by Mr. Tesla in less than half a minute.

Everyone was stunned.

Everything looks so ordinary, whether it's the tube, the panel, the wiring, the display, it's all familiar to them. For example, although the display screen and television have not yet been popularized, they have begun to be used in scientific research units, and the radar of the army has also begun to use them. Everyone is sighing, how many unknown Einsteins are in the southwest, how many unknown Teslas, perhaps, those yellow-skinned or white-skinned people that I occasionally meet in Pingyueli, this is the case, maybe this computing center is the work of those geniuses, and only Mr. Zhang can search for so many talents.

On the same day, Zhang Shusheng came to Tesla's office and talked to him about the further development of computers, this genius, actually just went to the computing center to take a look, and even guessed the principle of the computer...... "Zhang, I have lost interest in color television, I officially apply to you, I want to work in the computing center, even if it is cleaning, or you let me be a data entry clerk." ”

The 70-year-old Tesla, whose spirit is not ordinarily good, is always a Frankenstein who can always get infinite inspiration from Zhang Shusheng, while constantly improving his theories, he has also begun to be fascinated by things that are one or a few steps beyond the current technology, and wants to invent them.

And the so-called TV is just a small piece of work he has done in the past few years, and it is purely for him to have fun. The color TV set he invented and renovated has even reached a very high level, so to speak, as long as Zhang Shusheng orders the construction of a television station, then, after the TV is turned on, color TV can be played after FM...... "Mr. Tesla, you must know that like other things that are one step ahead of the times, they were all brought back by my agents from the cutting-edge laboratories in Europe and the United States, and many people were sacrificed. Because of the efforts of other scientists, I was able to barely get it running, and once you took it apart and studied it, I guess even with your participation, with the current strength of the southwest, it may be difficult to recover it. You've also seen how much the Southwest needs it. ”

Tesla nodded, damn capitalist countries, it is true that there is a lot of money to squander, such as Edison, but now, how can Edison compare to himself, he will complete almost all the scientific ideas he is interested in, "Damn Yankees, Germans, British Frenchmen, they always have so much money to put into the laboratory." I have to say that the technology in some laboratories is indeed many years older than it is now. ”

Geniuses such as Tesla also have to admit the superiority of the West in science and technology, and after so many years of accumulation of scientific and technological revolution, the scientific and technological reserves in the laboratory are extremely strong. So he believed what Zhang Shusheng said very much.

And he occasionally found that Zhang Shusheng's subordinates always had one or two scientific talents that surprised him. Some are Westerners, but they are unknown in their home countries, while others, even yellows, are young and young, but they have a skill in scientific research. He was convinced that they would be able to assemble important components stolen from foreign countries into a computing center.

Of course, Zhang Shusheng also knows that thinking about the Germans, at the end of World War II, the blowout of high-tech, jet fighters, missiles, nuclear programs, computer programs...... Westerners do not lack advanced technologies compared to the current vintage, but only how to smoothly put them from the laboratory to actual production.

"Mr. Tesla, my agent has also obtained a copy of the computer technology with the surname of the Frontier, I think it will be helpful to you. Because maybe you've noticed a problem too. Zhang Shusheng stopped and said, staring at the shrewd Tesla.

"This computer is so big, we need to make it smaller, even bigger in many years." Tesla smiled wisely and pointed to a display in the room, "Smaller tubes, smaller core parts, and color displays, God Zhang, you bless me, I will no longer be lonely in the next ten years." Rather than having a TV in every household and watch pre-made programs that were destined to be pretentious, I think a smaller computer would make more sense. ”

"Of course, good luck, Mr. Tesla." Zhang Shusheng finally got what he wanted, yes, he has a computer, but he doesn't have a second one. And this one is destined to only be used for auxiliary computing, and it cannot promote the progress of science and technology in the southwest. It's the scientific research that really helps.

Induce Tesla to enter computer research, and maybe ten years later, he will not get a computer of a few hundred square meters like the Americans. Even if Tesla can't break through the huge barriers in electronics, with supporting scientific researchers and enough investment, at least what it will get in ten years will be a computer that can be barely accepted in terms of size, energy consumption, surname energy, etc.

Practical computer research, from the fifteenth day of the first month of 1928, was officially established, and the next step will be a computer research battle that will last for nearly ten years.

Of course, Einstein was not far behind, he dominated the whole day alone, and he did not finish calculating his desperately large nuclear physics data...... "Zhang, maybe I can calculate my theory in its entirety." ”

When Einstein told Zhang Shusheng so excitedly, Zhang Shusheng was suddenly depressed. I have spent so much money and selected so many outstanding graduates from the Department of Physics of Southwest University to work under your old man, if you run every day to calculate and prove that the theory of relativity is correct, then you will lose a lot.

Although he has nuclear weapons information, but it is by no means a hundred or ten people, it takes a few years to break through, thinking about the crazy investment in nuclear physics between the United States and Germany in history, Zhang Shusheng does not dare to slack off in the slightest. Investment will only increase, and there will be more and more talents, and what is needed, of course, is you, a theorist, as a guide.

"Monsieur Einstein, with all due respect, if you want to prove that you are right about this, then you are already doubting its correct surname. In this way, it can be understood that you think it is possible to be wrong. Zhang Shusheng said with a smile.

"No, never, it must be correct, I've done the calculations." Einstein just wanted to go further, after all, the advent of the computing center gave him hope that maybe he could prove the theory of relativity in another way, and then discover other greater theories. "I'm just looking for another way to prove it."

"Mr. Einstein, have you forgotten? The one project you're responsible for is the best proof once it's completed. I support you in doing more scientific research, but I would like to see the project come to fruition sooner rather than later. You should know that I'm almost using money as paper to burn this project. ”

"Zhang, thank you for the reminder, I think I understand." Albert Einstein laughed, he was so obsessed with scientific theories that he was almost lost, "I'll do my other research while I'm fully committed to that project, and Tesla's approach seems to be good." ”

Zhang Shusheng nodded, it was the next 10 years in a blink of an eye, and if he was one step slower, he would not be able to catch up with those crazy Western countries. You know, when the time comes, they will be catalyzed by war, and the speed of scientific progress will usher in a blowout period. The southwest seems to have its own high-tech and advanced technology in individual categories, but it will take quite a while for it to be transformed into practical use. On the whole, in the southwest and even in China, the scientific development is starting from scratch, and the southwest is slightly better, but it is only a leapfrog development, and it is necessary to wait for the overall scientific and technological level to rise to a height sufficient to confront the Western powers. What I have to do is to take precautions, lay the foundation 20 years in advance, and lay out 10 years in advance.

It's not that he is alarmist, especially some complex technologies, even if he desperately gives the most detailed information to technicians, he can only train a few scientific workers, and there is no benefit to the transformation of technology. For example, an advanced machine, installed with all its might, breaks down one day, maybe there is no one who can repair it.

Thinking about the current science and technology in some laboratories in Western countries, Zhang Shusheng is also surprised, some of the actual technology that can only be applied in the 50s has been successful in the laboratory at this time. With the current situation in China, it is not a little worse, but too much worse. The southwest is better, and it has only caught up with or surpassed in some fields, but when it comes to most scientific fields, there is still room for improvement.

The exciting pace of technological development is what Zhang Shusheng tries his best to maintain in the next decade. The worrying gap in overall scientific proficiency is something he wants to close or even eliminate in the next 10-year plan.

"Maybe when the national system is opened, I will get a bigger surprise, I'm really looking forward to it."

He silently looked forward to every big level of the dream machine, the more advanced, the greater the surprise, just imagine what kind of super dream reward he will get if he completes the reunification of the country, realizes the rejuvenation of the nation, and the personal pursuit and the interests of the nation are reflected?

(To be continued)