"The explosives used in modern times are hundreds of times more powerful than the black powder of ancient times; Modern fuses use an explosive charge that controls the explosion with extreme precision; Modern paints, better anti-corrosion, these are brought to us by the chemical industry, there are medicines, greatly reducing casualties on the battlefield, the British do not pay attention to these basic areas, it is ridiculous. ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "We definitely can't let their 'Golden Fleece Plan' succeed, I have already thought of countermeasures, and we will get all their scientists to us." ”

Shen Wanqing asked in surprise, "What?" All of them came to us? In Europe today, there must be tens of thousands of people engaged in science and technology, so how can we get them all? ”

Lin Yuanha smiled and said: "I didn't make it clear, these scientists don't need to be here, we just need to get some scientists, although according to the dialectical materialist view of history, history is created by the masses of the people, even if Newton didn't discover gravity, there will be Marton, Houton will discover gravity." ”

"But having said that, in the process of the development of science and technology, the personal qualities of these genius scientists do play a role that cannot be ignored, if we get these scientists over, the original technology discovery process will be greatly affected, at least the time spent will increase a lot."

Shen Wanqing asked, "Then we need to get those scientists?" ”

Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "Let's talk about it one discipline at a time, first of all, mathematics, the development of mathematics in this era, how to say, between the two climaxes, the famous mathematicians of the previous stage, such as Gauss, Euler, Abel, and Galois have all passed away, and the famous mathematicians of the twentieth century are still too young, so there is only one person I have my eye on, and that is Hilbert." ”

"In 1900, Hilbert gave a speech at the Mathematics Conference in Paris, and put forward the twenty-three unsolved problems in the development of mathematics, known as 'Hilbert's Twenty-three Questions', which undoubtedly promoted the development of modern mathematics, and the development of modern mathematics laid the foundation for modern military technology, such as the prime number problem mentioned in Hilbert's Twenty-three Questions."

Lin Yuan looked at Shen Wanqing when he said this, and said, "You shouldn't be a stranger to prime numbers, right?" You agents must be very kind to see primes, right? ”

Shen Wanqing asked helplessly, "What do you mean by that?" Why should you like primes as an agent? ”

Lin Yuan said: "You have to be an agent to often involve the problem of cryptography, modern encryption systems are based on the theory of prime numbers, in Hilbert's prime number problems, such as the Riemann twin prime, Goldbach conjecture, etc., have had a profound impact on cryptography in later generations." ”

"Another major application of mathematics is computer algorithms, algorithms are the basis of computer programs, each program is only solving mathematical problems at its best, missiles, satellites, global navigation systems, and even a small intelligent fuze, their working process can be abstracted into mathematical models."

Shen Wanqing nodded lightly, and Lin Yuan continued: "There is also physics, in this era, the edifice of classical physics has been established, classical mechanics represented by Newton and Galileo, which is the basis for artillery ballistics and satellite launches; thermodynamics, represented by Carnot, Kelvin, which is the basis of all military engines; There is also electromagnetism represented by Maxwell, which is the basis of radar and communication equipment in the future. ”

"In this era, there are three most important advances in physics, one is the general theory of relativity and the special theory of relativity proposed by Einstein, and the other is quantum mechanics, represented by Bohn, Bohr, Heisenberg, etc., without the progress of the basic theory of quantum mechanics, there will be no leap forward in electronic technology; The most important is nuclear physics, with Pierre? Curie, Marie? Curie is a representative that if there were no nuclear physics, there would be no atomic bomb, and there would be no nuclear power machinery on the Beijing ship. ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "But there are so many people, how are you going to get them over?" You're not going to kidnap them, are you? ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and smiled: "I want them to return to China with me willingly!" ”

Shen Wanqing looked at Lin Yuan, her eyes were full of admiration, and said, "You just said so much, you don't know all those disciplines, right?" ”

Lin Yuanha smiled and said, "Picking out any of those disciplines is enough for a person to learn for a lifetime, how can I understand them all?" We have several specialists on board, and I took them with me. ”

Shen Wanqing said in surprise: "What? Do we still have specialists in basic disciplines on board? I didn't know about it, and the leaders of the National Security Bureau never talked to me about it! ”

Lin Yuan said: "Because their mission on the ship is top secret, only me and Political Commissar Han know about this matter on the entire Beijing ship, because this involves a top secret plan of our country." ”

Shen Wanqing asked curiously, "What top-secret plan?" ”

Lin Yuan hesitated for a moment, Shen Wanqing snorted disdainfully, and said coquettishly: "We have all reached this era, what else can you not say, I have told you the secret of my knowledge!" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, I'll tell you this secret, the name of this plan is called 'Scientific Commanding Heights', our country's original scientific and technological development overemphasizes practicality, which is also a matter of no way, who made our country poor, but later, when our country became strong, the country proposed to take a leading position in basic scientific theories." ”

"Only by occupying the commanding heights in basic science and technology can we really make our country invincible, and will cause great changes in the international situation, such as: low-temperature nuclear fusion, once this technology is successful, it will enable us to have a large amount of power resources, will save a lot of oil and gas for chemical production, and then our country will not need to import oil."

Shen Wanqing asked, "Then what mission are the experts going to perform on the Beijing ship this time?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Their mission this time is mainly to detect some elementary particles, such as neutrinos, because the huge body of water in the Pacific Ocean can slow down these elementary particles, so they hope to carry out a detection in the Pacific Ocean; There are also things like magnetic monopoles and so on, which I don't know very much about. ”

Shen Wanqing said: "Okay, let's make a list and invite these people one by one." ”

Lin Yuan shook his head lightly and said: "There are a total of six such experts, five of them are already old, they will inevitably be unable to bear such a long-distance trip, and there is another one, which may not be easy to invite." ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "What's wrong with that person?" ”

Lin Yuan hesitated and said, "It's hard to say, why don't you go with me to meet him?" ”

Shen Wanqing smiled: "What's wrong with him?" Why do you mention that he looks embarrassed, is there anything unpleasant about him? ”