It's just that no matter how great the difficulties he will face, Duke will not be able to refuse this request from Billem.

And before Duke can come up with a suitable reason, Duke must also start to prepare most of the conventional components that can be produced with existing technology and processes, especially the various equipment of the nuclear power plant of more than 2 million kilowatts that need to be built.

Billem's matter this time is very urgent, he can meet his old acquaintance in the vast interstellar land, and he also encounters danger, Duke can also understand Billem's anxiety at the moment, he can only do his best to build this super interstellar communication device in Billem.

It's just that in this way, Duke's movement can't help but be a little bigger.

Although Duke communicated with Cai Siqiang and a few of them in advance about these actions, in fact, there was no communication, and the things that Duke said were simply fantastical in the ears of Cai Siqiang, Dong Feng and others, which made Cai Siqiang and others have an extremely strange feeling.

"Duke, I've only heard that top scientists will have a skeptical mind when they reach old age, just like Leonardo da Vinci, Newton, Einstein, these great scientists across ages and time, when they reach old age, they all begin to turn to theology, Duke, I don't know what the reason for this is, but I don't think you have reached this age yet, there are still a lot of technologies, such as super fighters, super energy batteries, nuclear fusion and so on, these interesting things have not yet been studied, Duke, I think you should spend your time researching these promising and lucrative things. The universe is still a little too ethereal for us. ”

Although Dong Feng can understand every word Duke says, he can't understand what Duke wants to do at all, explore the universe? In Dong Feng's view, this is similar to studying theology. He didn't have any politeness with Duke, so he bluntly objected to Duke's new idea.

In Dong Feng's opinion, the thing of cosmic exploration is too illusory, and if Duke falls into it, he will become a chattering person like those great scientists before, and start studying who I am all day long? Where did it come from? What is the situation outside the universe, Dong Feng feels that it is really a pity.

Because in the hundreds of years since the Enlightenment of the Age of Technology, even the greatest scientists have not been able to study anything from theology, it is clear that this thing is a technological dead end.

"Crazy, where did you go, I studied aerospace technology and not some metaphysics. I now think that in the near future, we will enter an age of spaceflight, where people may be able to do interstellar travel in the same way that we do intercontinental travel now, so I hope to be able to plan ahead and do some technical preparation. Duke really didn't know how to explain it to his brothers, it was too quick to say anything, and Duke had to do it.

Seeing that everyone looked incredulous, Duke also knew that his reason was too far-fetched and almost not convincing.

"Okay, Bosses, I know you're going to have suspicions about anything I'm going to have in my head. But I'm really normal, you just think these things are one of my hobbies, okay, I really want to see things in the depths of the universe right now? Faced with the skeptical eyes of these old friends, Duke had only one trick left.

Obviously, this trick is more effective than any other explanation. "But, Duke, your hobby is too ......" Cai Siqiang didn't know what adjectives to use, because Duke's simple explanation not only said that this thing was expensive, but also needed to build a large nuclear power plant to drive it, which is not an ordinary hobby that can be explained.

"It's so weird, it's nothing to spend a lot of money, but where are you going to build such a huge project? Can the state agree to you doing such a thing? What about your own affairs now? "Cai Siqiang finally came up with a word that raised a series of questions about Duke's new idea." It's okay to have an electric telescope, but you can't build something like a nuclear power plant privately without state approval. ”

Duke listened to Cai Siqiang's questions, he hadn't thought about it so much now, so he smiled bitterly and couldn't speak, money, and other things are easy to say, but nuclear power plants, no matter where they are built, they need approval, of course Duke knows, but Duke's current strategy is to take a step by step, and first do the preparatory work that can be done.

Seeing Duke's appearance, Cai Siqiang knew that this thing was indeed Duke's whim.

"Okay, Duke, are you sure you have to build this space exploration center?" Cai Siqiang asked.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure I've prepared for most of the research, but the technology is relatively mature, and according to my estimates, the stars within 10,000 light-years are within the search range of the Shè Electric Telescope at this exploration center." "Actually, I've been preparing for 2 or 3 years, and we might be able to get some inspiration for new ultra-long-range communication technologies from exploring the universe." ”

Duke reveals a little bit about what Billem has offered, as if it were something he has already studied. Cai Siqiang has no doubt about this, after all, now Cai Siqiang has almost reached the point of blind obedience to Duke in terms of technology, and they can unconditionally believe in Duke's creation and choice in technology, although they don't understand it now.

Hearing Duke say so surely, even Dong Feng, who originally held an opposing attitude, stopped talking. "Okay, Duke, you can take care of the technical things, and I'll take care of the rest." Cai Siqiang said that not understanding now does not mean that he will oppose Duke's approach, as long as Duke is determined to do it, Cai Siqiang can only support him.

To be able to settle the gang of brothers around him, Duke relied on the tacit understanding formed between several brothers over the years.

But when the news reached the ears of the military commission, Duke's new move immediately caused an uproar.

"What? Duke wants to build a space exploration center and turn to space exploration technology in the future? Old man Liu almost fainted when he heard the report from below, the Shenlong plan is now at a critical moment, and various achievements appear like a blowout, which makes the bigwigs of the Military Commission who are not complacent and begin to have more military ideas.

At this time, Duke actually showed signs of picking on his son and leaving, which was very likely to make the Shenlong plan fall short, how could Old Man Liu not be in a hurry and not take such a playful person.

"Let Qin Tairan go and ask, what's going on?" Old Man Liu finally had a deep concentration, and soon grasped that the key to the problem was Duke, and before he figured out the situation, he couldn't move blindly even if he was in a hurry. For this young man, Mr. Liu can see it relatively clearly when he asks himself, he is a genius who concentrates on technology, and his contribution to the military industry so far is almost immeasurable.

Such a genius can't let him put his mind on some research that has no practical value, it's too wasteful. If Old Man Liu can't figure out what Duke is thinking, I'm afraid he won't be able to sleep in the future.

Qin Tairan flew to Rongcheng urgently with such an important mission.

Seeing Qin Tairan appear in front of his eyes, Duke knew that the most difficult level had finally come.

"Brother Qin, why do you have to bother your brother to run a trip personally." Duke greeted with a smile. "Our brothers communicate the same on the phone."

Qin Tairan smiled bitterly at Duke's knowingly question, not that he personally had any opinions on Duke's new move, but that this thing was too important, and he was also very anxious. How many units are involved in a Shenlong plan, how many key models of equipment are involved, and he, the administrative leader, is also under a lot of pressure, and Duke is now clearly showing some of the meaning of fading, Qin Tairan is not in a hurry.

"Duke, I've heard that you're now interested in starting a major project to explore the universe. Ready to fund a space exploration center yourself? Qin Tairan asked straight to the point, he had dealt with Duke a lot, and he knew that this was the most effective, and there was no need to beat around the bush to talk about things with Duke.

"That's right, this is something I've been working on in my free time, involving some new technologies, and now it's a matter of course, and I'm almost technically ready to start construction." In the face of Qin Tairan, a representative of the official opinion, it is impossible for Duke to mix it up in a tricky way, he can only find some reason for this thing from the technical aspect.

"According to the results of my current research, in the future, this space exploration center will not only be for space exploration, but also have some new breakthroughs in interstellar and aerospace communication technology, and I need to do some on-the-ground verification work. Through the construction of the Space Exploration Center, it is possible to develop a set of things to explore stars within tens of thousands of light years and conduct rapid interstellar communication. "For the official, Duke might as well describe some of the by-products of this thing in a better way.

"Some technologies are also very valuable for ultra-long-distance communication on the earth, and it is also possible to use them in communication satellites or long-range intercontinental missiles and strategic nuclear submarine communications in the future."

When Qin Tairan heard Duke say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, he dared to love that there was really a lot of article in this.

"Since this thing is so strategically valuable, it is not appropriate for private funding research," Qin Tairan said with a smile, "If you like it, I think you can do it with the aerospace department." "If Duke's matter can be included in the official sequence, Qin Tairan believes that this controllable xìng will be much stronger, and it will save him from worrying.

"I originally planned to do so, but as soon as I calculated the investment," Duke's mind flashed through one reason after another, and finally found the most suitable one, "It's almost tens of billions of dollars, such a large investment is still in the primary research stage, I'm really embarrassed to let the country burden so much, and now the country has invested enough in the military industry." Brother Qin, you know that I am somewhat wealthy now, so I will do it myself first. ”

As soon as he heard the investment figures that came out of Duke's mouth, Qin Tairan's nerves couldn't help but be a little sluggish, one by one tens of billions of dollars, what does Duke, the space exploration center, want to do?