After visiting Wang Mingyang's laboratory and listening to Wang Mingyang's high-spirited introduction to his absolutely the most advanced scientific research achievements in the world today, Zheng Dazhang can only describe Zheng Dazhang's impression with shock.

In particular, this master of chemical engineering who studied in the UK actually called Song Zhewu, a soldier, a teacher, and Wang Mingyang said that his scientific research achievements were completed under the guidance of Song Zhewu, and Li Minghua told him that the latest refrigerant used in his refrigerator was developed by Song Zhewu and Wang Mingyang in a few days, which made Zheng Dazhang almost faint in shock!

The weapons research institute is secret, Zheng Dazhang can't go to see it, but in addition to the secret of one laboratory in the medical research institute, he has gone to see the development of Chinese and Western medicines, although the equipment is still a little simple, but the scientific research results are very rich, and many Western medicines can already be imitated, just because the patent rights of some drugs have not expired, they cannot produce them casually. However, the development of Chinese patent medicine with completely independent intellectual property rights has opened Zheng Dazhang's eyes.

According to Wang Mingyang, Li Minghua, and others, Song Zhewu assured them that they would be able to build their factories this year and carry out large-scale production of their research and development results. Zheng Dazhang was excited at the thought of these most advanced things being produced by the Chinese and pushed to the market, and the Westerners, who had always looked down on the Chinese, would rush to grab them.

But there is also one thing that makes Zheng Dazhang a little uneasy, that is, he thinks that Song Zhewu's favorite research seems to be things that can eventually form a commodity, and his theoretical research cannot bring practical benefits to Song Zhewu, but will only cost a lot of money, and he doesn't know what Song Zhewu's attitude will be?

When Zheng Dazhang said his uneasiness, Song Zhewu couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Song Zhewu said seriously to Zheng Dazhang, who was a little inexplicable: "Let's talk about making money first." Although as you said, whether it is an air conditioner or a refrigerator, as well as the polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, and freon that we have developed, as well as the medicine, pesticides, fertilizers, synthetic dyes, flavors, synthetic detergents, printing inks and their additives, adhesives, photosensitive materials, magnetic materials, textile printing and dyeing agents and finishing agents, food additives, new cement rotary kilns, cement additives, synthetic lubricants and aromatic deodorants, etc., these are all commodities. ”

"They can all be used to make money, and that's true. But making money wasn't my only purpose. ”

"For example, I think you must have seen the gasoline and diesel extracted from the coal chemical industry of our chemical plant, right? Although the cost of refining oil from coal is very high, several times higher than that we import from abroad, I still want them to persist in research, although with the development of technology and the expansion of production scale, the cost of production will be greatly reduced, but I think it will not be cheaper than gasoline and diesel refined from oil for decades. Still, I'm going to keep doing it. ”

Song Zhewu's demeanor gradually became serious: "Speaking of theoretical research problems, without systematic scientific theories, it is impossible to have a systematic inheritance of science and technology, and there can be no great development of applied science. Since the Yin Shang Dynasty in China, until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, for more than 3,000 years, our technological level has far surpassed that of the West. ”

However, since the Renaissance in the West in the 14th century, there has been a great leap forward in Western science and technology, and Galileo discovered the three laws of free fall, throwing objects and oscillation through many experiments, which gave people a new understanding of the universe; His pupil Torricelli experimentally proved air pressure and invented the mercury column barometer; French scientist Pascal discovered the law of propagation of pressure in liquids and gases; British scientist Boyle discovered the law of gas pressure; Descartes used his coordinate geometry to engage in optical research, and for the first time put forward a theoretical deduction of the law of refraction in "Refractive Optics", and he also explicitly proposed the law of conservation of momentum for the first time: the total amount of matter and motion remains the same forever; Descartes's preliminary work on collisions and centrifugal forces set the stage for Huygens's success. It only took them more than 500 years to catch up and far surpass us in science and technology. What is the reason for all this? ”

"All this is caused by the fact that our ancestors never delved into the principles and did not have systematic theoretical research." Song Zhewu said categorically.

"This is because our ancestors only knew how to develop technology, but did not pay attention to the scientific principles that produced these technologies, which is why I just said that we surpassed the West in technology before the Ming Dynasty instead of in science, and that ancient Greece was at the forefront of the world in ancient times in science. Diophantus, known as the originator of algebra; Apollonius, A Study of Conic Curves; Euclid, author of Geometry Primitives, laid the foundation of later European mathematics; the Pythagoreans, who discovered several theorems, including the Pythagorean theorem, and discovered irrational numbers; Archimedes, the originator of modern calculus, discovered the principle of buoyancy and laid the foundation for modern physics. ”

"As for us, not only do we not exhaustively pursue the scientific principles that produced the technology, but we also call it KitKat silver, which greatly hinders their development. It is precisely because there is no systematic scientific theory that many technologies have not been handed down, let alone carried forward. ”

Song Zhewu said bitterly: "How can we not lag behind in science and technology? ”

Therefore, if we want to catch up with the West in science and technology, it will not work to develop technology alone, and we must vigorously develop scientific and theoretical research. So, your theoretical research is very, very important. ”

"Speaking of your radiochemistry, although there are still very few practical applications, since 1895, the German physicist Wilm . Conrad. Röntgenium's discovery of X-rays soon led to the emergence of a new diagnostic tool used by doctors, the X-ray machine, which allowed humans to observe the inside of the human body without an incision to examine lesions. ”

"There are also rays emitted by radioactive elements that are now known to have very strong energy, they are high-energy rays composed of particles or photons, and bombarding atoms with them can produce nuclear reactions, which have been demonstrated in 1919 when Rutherford and others discovered that protons are released when bombarding nitrogen nuclei with α rays, and the first artificial nuclear reaction was realized."

Song Zhewu paused and inadvertently observed Zheng Dazhang's reaction.

"Since bombarding atoms with rays can produce nuclear reactions, does irradiating a plant's seeds cause a mutation in the plant's genes? Mendel, the founder of genetics, published the "Plant Hybridization Experiment" in 1886 and the "Theory of Genes" published by the American scientist Morgan in 1926, both of which have proved that all the special surnames of various plants are determined by their genes. The seeds cultivated by this technique may be able to grow a single green pepper weighing up to a pound, a cucumber half a meter high, and seven cobs of corn.

After Song Zhewu came out of Zheng Dazhang, he went to several other research institutes to visit the new experts and scholars, and everywhere he went, he had to take a good look at the cold and ask for warmth, and he also had to listen to the work reports of these research institutes, and he did not return to the headquarters until midnight.

Although he was tired enough, early the next morning, Song Zhewu set off for Taiyuan. Because, this trip to Taiyuan is very important to him. This will determine whether the Central Plains War will unfold according to its original trajectory and whether it is possible for him to capture Shanxi.

It turned out that after Yan Xishan ran back to Taiyuan in a hurry, he immediately gathered his confidants and aides to discuss how to deal with Chiang Kai-shek. In the end, everyone unanimously agreed that Chiang Kai-shek now wanted to devote himself to Yan Xishan's death, and there was no room for maneuver between Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan, and Yan Xishan was left and right between Chiang Kai-shek and various local forces, and it was no longer possible to work more with Chiang Kai-shek to gain benefits.

They also believe that in the past few years, Yan Xishan has used the forces of various factions in exchange for benefits with Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek has even used Yan Xishan to help him stabilize the north, so that the various anti-Chiang factions cannot form an alliance, so that he can divide and disintegrate each faction. Chiang Kai-shek's ultimate goal was to completely eliminate all local powerful factions.

He has already solved the Gui system, disabled the Northwest Army, and successfully killed Tang Shengzhi's Fifth Route Army, and now he is going to take action against the Jin Sui Army. Because as long as the Jin Sui army is eliminated again, there will be no local powerful faction in the Guannai that has the strength to confront Chiang Kai-shek, and all forces will finally obediently hand over their arms under the pressure of Chiang Kai-shek's force, and let Chiang Kai-shek slaughter. Because no powerful faction would be stupid enough to think that they had more strength than the Gui family, the Northwest Army, and the Jin Sui Army.

Although Yan Xishan secretly blamed these "hindsight" people for not saying this a long time ago, he still agreed with the analysis of his staff members very much, which he had already thought about on the way back to Shanxi.

Li Zongren because he had been operating in Guangxi for many years, although he once ran to Hong Kong, but the hundred-legged insect died without stiffening, and took the opportunity of Li Mingrui to defect to GCD, and nominally reconciled with Chiang Kai-shek, and returned to Guangxi in a grand manner.

However, the Gui family has been greatly injured, and if you want to regain the courage of the past, it is impossible to do it without five to ten years. As long as Chiang Kai-shek was willing now, he did not even have to use the Central Army, but only the troops in Guangdong and the men and horses of He Jian in Hunan and Longyun in Yunnan to drive Li Zongren out of Guangxi again.

The Northwest Army fled in Han Fuyu and Shi Yousan, the two absolute main forces, as well as Zheng Dazhang, Yang Hucheng, Ma Hongkui and several other miscellaneous generals who defected to Jiang, as well as the last time and the Central Army led by Tang Shengzhi and Yang Hucheng and other miscellaneous armies were defeated. If it weren't for Tang Shengzhi's opposition to Chiang, the remnants of the Northwest Army, which was short of food and ammunition, would have been wiped out long ago.

After solving the Gui system and the Northwest Army, Chiang Kai-shek's third target must be his Jin Sui Army, according to his original assumption, as long as the Northwest Army still exists, Feng Yuxiang is still in his hands Yan Xishan, Chiang Kai-shek will not dare to do anything with him Yan Xishan, now it seems that he is very wrong, Chiang Kai-shek has no longer put the Northwest Army in Shaanxi in his eyes, has aimed at him Yan Xishan.

Thinking of this, Yan Xishan didn't feel a little afraid, he really had to thank Tang Shengzhi, an ungrateful villain, if it weren't for him Tang Shengzhi to oppose Chiang Kai-shek in advance, he Yan Xishan would have been fortunate to become the third person to be defeated by Chiang Kai-shek. This also gave him Yan Xishan time to prepare for the defeat of Jiang.

But how easy is it to pour Jiang? First of all, it is necessary to gather all the powerful local anti-Chiang factions together and form a joint force to make it possible to oust Chiang Kai-shek, who is already full-fledged. If the anti-Chiang war goes well, it will be fine, but once the situation is slightly unfavorable, there will immediately be a situation in which the trees will fall and scatter, and the father and mother will marry each other.

Moreover, if you want to oppose Chiang, someone must stand up and provoke the banner of anti-Chiang, Yan Xishan has always believed that the rafters that come out of the country are rotten first, which is also his consistent principle for more than ten years. He is not willing to show this head, if someone can come forward, he is willing to be an entourage, if he really wants to oust Chiang Kai-shek, he is also confident that he will win over some powerful factions to push himself to the top; If the anti-Chiang campaign fails, he can jump out of this muddy water at any time, and even fight back to seek glory from Chiang Kai-shek to protect himself. But the problem is that now apart from him Yan Xishan, there is no such person.

Originally, Li Zongren was the most suitable to do this job, but after internal and external blows, Li Zongren not only does not have this strength now, but he also has no such prestige; Feng Yuxiang is even worse, it can't even catch up with Tang Shengzhi. Not only is his Northwest Army a sick cat, but even his own prestige is also because of his frequent change, alliance and destruction of alliances in many camps such as Duan Qirui, Wu Peifu, Soviet Russia and GCD, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, etc., and even his most trusted subordinates have taken refuge in Chiang Kai-shek. If Feng Yuxiang is asked to provoke the anti-Chiang banner, and without Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army to fight, it is estimated that those powerful factions will take the initiative to defect to Chiang Kai-shek and strike first, in case they are sold by Feng Yuxiang in the future.

There are still two people left who theoretically have this power, that is, Zhang Xueliang and Song Zhewu.

These two people are both strong soldiers, Zhang Xueliang not only has the vast northeast as the rear, but also has a stronger economic strength than his Yan Xishan. However, these two people have a common irreparable shortcoming, that is, they are still too young, and they have no appeal at all in front of these powerful factions who have dominated one side since the Republic of China.

After thinking about it, Yan Xishan sadly found that the only one who could be qualified and powerful to provoke this anti-Chiang banner was Yan Xishan, whether he wanted to or not, if he wanted to avoid Chiang Kai-shek's "knife" cut at him, there was only one way, that is, to gather powerful factions from various places to oppose Chiang, and this person was him Yan Xishan.

To say that he Yan Xishan still has strength, among the various local forces, he dare not say that he is the strongest, even compared with Zhang Xueliang, after the secret expansion of the army in the past six months, his Jin Sui army now has more than 300,000 people. He also has money and grain support from Shanxi, Hebei, Suiyuan, and Chahar provinces, and his Taiyuan Arsenal is not inferior to Zhang Xueliang's Shenyang Arsenal, and it can provide sufficient ammunition guarantees.

But the problem is that although Yan Xishan is very confident in his own strength, the most critical problem is that he must have the support of Li Zongren, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Xueliang and Song Zhewu, otherwise it is a fool's dream to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek first used Tang Shengzhi to expel Bai Chongxi, and then bribed Li Mingrui and Yang Tenghui to turn out of the Gui faction, forcing Hu Zongduo, Xia Wei and other Gui generals to hand over the main force of the Gui faction to the wilderness, so that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's old troops who had worked hard for more than ten years were almost all wiped out, and Li Zongren was once forced by Chiang Kai-shek to give up his hometown and run to Hong Kong. This revenge Li Zongren is thinking about how to repay it all the time, although he doesn't have this strength now, but as long as he Yan Xishan stands up, Li Zongren will definitely follow closely.

Feng Yuxiang will have some trouble there. Because of his resentment of him, Yan Xishan fell into the ground, and took the opportunity to put Feng Yuxiang under de facto house arrest in Shanxi, and now Feng Yuxiang and his generals hate him Yan Xishan to the bone, and even wanted to attack Shanxi by force for a time in order to save Feng Yuxiang.

But these are not problems, Yan Xishan thinks that the lesser of two evils, he Yan Xishan just miscalculated Chiang Kai-shek, and wanted to use Feng Yuxiang as a hostage to blackmail the Northwest Army in Shaanxi, and ask for more benefits from Chiang Kai-shek. And it won't take him Feng Yuxiang like that.

But Chiang Kai-shek is different, Chiang Kai-shek's purpose is to defeat all kinds of local forces, the Northwest Army was once China's largest, and even once the strongest military force, plus Feng Yuxiang, a leader with a backbone in the back of his head, they are Chiang Kai-shek must get rid of quickly. If the Northwest Army is not completely dismembered and reorganized, and Feng Yuxiang does not hand over his military power to the Central Committee, Chiang Kai-shek will not let him and his Northwest Army go. Yan Xishan believes that not only Feng Yuxiang understands this, but also most of the generals of the Northwest Army are also clear in their hearts.

Now, what Yan Xishan is most worried about is the attitude of Song Zhewu and Zhang Xueliang, both of whom have the strength to make Yan Xishan fail against Chiang.

Zhang Xueliang is good to say that although he is strong, and even surpasses him in some aspects, his Northeast Army has always been regarded as a different force from Guannai, even if he has changed banners.

and Zhang Xueliang, the leader of the Northeast Army, is also a little special. Zhao Daiwen once commented, 'Zhang Xueliang is young and vigorous, and every unexpected move is done impulsively, and the hurry to change the banner is like this, which is due to the surname. ’

(To be continued)