"Whoa~"

In the bathroom, Cheng Nuo closed his eyes, letting the water slide across his cheeks, silently combing through what had happened in the past few days.

After more than a month of planning, Cheng Nuo successfully used the chemical weapons he consigned + the aero engine technology that will be eliminated in a few years, and successfully exchanged it for pesticide production technology, artillery production technology, steelmaking and steel plate production technology.

The Deutsche mark given to him by Haber in the middle was also spent by Cheng Nuo, in exchange for all kinds of machine tools, small ones were directly packed, and large ones were dismantled, so as to ensure that every machine tool purchased could be transported back to China by ships from different neutral countries.

And all the above measures, Cheng Nuo completed as Watanabe Kazuno, during which he has been dressed up in disguise and treated people with Japanese etiquette, and even the foreign languages he usually speaks will be mixed with some Japanese accents intentionally or unintentionally.

Everyone, including Haber and Gustav, always believed that a Japanese from Osaka, Japan, with a government background, was trading with them, and never doubted whether the identity of the person they traded with was real.

However, because the transaction movement is really not small, even if Cheng Nuo tried his best to avoid the public's attention, it still attracted the attention of some people.

Among them, there are hostile forces such as Germany and Germany, that is, Britain, France, etc.

Fortunately, Cheng Nuo can still cope with it in Germany.

But Cheng Nuo outside Germany is not easy to deal with, he is fine alone, but he has to smuggle so many things behind his back, if there are some mistakes during the period, then he will make a wedding dress for others.

After all, this is in essence a violation of the British treaty of blockade of German shipping, and it is a killer business, and the slightest mistake may cause a catastrophe.

And there is more than one person who covets this kind of thing, especially the German-style giant machine tool that Cheng Nuo has in mind.

Historically, the United States smuggled a giant drilling machine, which was also disassembled and shipped back to China for reassembly, which directly filled the gap in the American machinery industry and became the pride of American machine tool manufacturers, and was later used to manufacture 16-inch naval guns on American battleships such as New Jersey and Missouri, that is, 406mm caliber.

This caliber is already the standard for large naval guns, and it is the largest caliber naval gun limited by the naval treaty at that time, which is enough to prove the importance of machine tools for national industry and even military and other aspects.

Under all kinds of considerations, Cheng Nuo decided to accept it as soon as he saw it, temporarily give up the follow-up transaction, and finish digesting the current situation first, so as not to accumulate food.

"Crunch~"

Cheng Nuo turned off the faucet, wiped the water stains, and came back to the mirror.

After a slight adjustment, Cheng Nuo completely cleaned up his previous makeup, shaved his beard clean, and burned all the original clothes, leaving only two or three clothes that outsiders had never seen before to change clothes.

Looking at himself in the mirror, the original Japanese-style coldness disappeared completely, and was replaced by a warm and jade-like color, with sharp edges and corners, and he couldn't find the shadow of Watanabe Kazuno at all, so he nodded with satisfaction.

"Goodbye, Watanabe."

"Hello, Cheng Nuo."

After making sure that nothing was missed, Cheng Nuo took off his hat from the hanger and put it on, put it on and prepared to leave.

I didn't expect to leave the house not far before I ran into Haber again.

It's just that he is far from being as high-spirited as he was at the beginning, his hair is messy like a bird's nest, and his lips are dry and bleeding, and he is in a hurry.

The two missed from the trail, and there was nothing unusual during the period.

Just as Cheng Nuo was secretly glad that he was not discovered, proving that his previous makeup was relatively successful, a shout suddenly came from behind, which directly shocked Cheng Nuo into a cold sweat.

"Wait, young man, have we met somewhere? How do you feel so familiar with each other? ”

As he spoke, Haber slowly stepped forward, came to Cheng Nuo's side, and stared at Cheng Nuo's eyes from bottom to top.

"You're a lot like an old friend of mine, both East Asian."

"Really? It seems that we have a lot of fate between us! Cheng Nuo calmed down and took off his hat and saluted: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Haber, you left a deep impression on me at the last academic conference, I don't know who the friend you are talking about is, maybe it's me." ”

"Please call me Captain Haber......" After hesitating for a moment, Haber pursed his lips: "Forget it, don't mention the past again, let's call me Professor Haber, the person I'm talking about is called Watanabe Kazuno, it seems to be a Japanese, I don't know if you've seen it?" ”

To Cheng Nuo's surprise, Haber didn't correct Cheng Nuo's tone this time.

At first, Cheng Nuo thought that it was just Haber's official addiction, so he specifically emphasized the captain instead of the professor.

However, when I came into contact with German society, I gradually learned that in Germany at this time, the Kaiser and his servants were extremely short-sighted politically, and the idea of militarism permeated the whole society and was successfully instilled.

Both the Kaiser himself and his officials wore uniforms on official occasions, and the schools were militarized, and even those who worked in decent civilian occupations, such as traders or university teachers, were truly socially acceptable only to those who had served in the army.

Because of Germany's scientific and technological achievements, the potential threat posed by this aggressive militarism was ignored or ignored.

It's no wonder that Haber cares so much after receiving a military title.

But the premise of all this had to be based on Germany's victory in the First World War, and now that the whole of Germany was losing the external battlefield step by step, the internal social situation was full of contradictions, and what was originally popular began to smell.

Combined with the historical background, Cheng Nuo, who wanted to understand the reason, became calm: "Professor Haber, the Watanabe Kazuno you mentioned is indeed my friend, but he is Japanese and I am Chinese. ”

Haber looked up and down and asked curiously, "What is your name?" ”

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "My name is Cheng Nuo." ”

Haber nodded, pondered for a while, and then suddenly asked, "You must have come here this time to find Watanabe Kazuno, I haven't seen him for a while, I don't know if he's in the hotel now?" ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head, with regret and confusion on his face: "I'm sorry, Professor Haber, although we are good friends, and we came here to look for him this time, but I don't know why, he is not in the hotel now." ”

"What, it's not in the hotel?!" As soon as the words came out, Haber felt a little out of shape and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I was rude just now, do you know where he is now?" ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head again: "I don't know where he went, but I learned from the attendant that Watanabe Kazuno has been out for a while, and he hasn't come back since then." ”

Hearing this, Haber was a little frustrated: "Well, it seems that this time I did useless work. ”

Cheng Nuo knew that if he said too much, he would lose it, so he put his hat back on: "If there is nothing else to do, Professor Haber still has some things on my side, so I will go over and get busy first." ”

"Then you go, thank you for the news." Haber was a little depressed.

Cheng Nuo nodded, re-carrying his things and preparing to leave.

Unexpectedly, before he could go two sentences, he was actually stopped by Haber again, but the difference from the first time was that Haber did not catch up this time, but stood in place.

After seeing Cheng Nuo turn around, he said seriously with an inexplicable expression on his face: "Actually, I came here this time for one thing, that is, to tell Watanabe Kazuno that I am ready to step down from the post of director of the research institute and prepare to go to neutral Switzerland to live an early retirement, and I will not do chemical weapons-related work in the future."

At the same time, it is not recommended that he continue to stay in Germany and engage in this kind of trading, and I heard from foreign friends that the British have noticed him, and there is still the idea of listing him as a war criminal, for the sake of his personal safety, it is better to return to China as soon as possible. ”

Cheng Nuo was taken aback, and his intuition told him that the other party had discovered his identity, so he fully explained the purpose of coming this time.

However, since the identity has not been directly revealed, there must be other concerns.

Cheng Nuo was silent for a moment, and then said, "Okay, Professor Haber, if I can meet Watanabe Kazuno, I will relay the news to him." But I don't know one thing, and that is that do you think Germany is going to lose? ”

Haber smiled and shook his head: "Young man, this is what you said, not what I said, but I'm old, and it's time to abdicate and make way for Xian." ”

Cheng Nuo scolded secretly, but he is really an old fox, it is not unreasonable to live for so long.

The real reason is that Haber has a close relationship with the army, can get more news on the battlefield from the special channel, and has more things in hand, and it is easy to get the result of the decline of the German battlefield from cross-analysis, and it is getting closer and closer to the white flag.

As the father of chemical warfare, Haber led the research and development of German chemical weapons, and he participated in almost every use of chemical weapons, and the Allies hated him for a long time.

Coupled with the use of a powerful enhanced version of chemical weapons provided by Cheng Nuo, it made a few more ruthless additions to the "credit book".

He could have escaped the post-war trial, but as long as he remained in Germany, he would not have escaped sanctions.

Therefore, for the sake of his life, Haber had to run as far as possible until he escaped beyond the control of the Entente.

Thinking that the other party had his own credit for escaping, Cheng Nuo almost couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I understand what Professor Haber meant, but in addition to neutral abroad, there is another place that can be recommended to you, and there is definitely a place for you to go." ”

Haber's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said cautiously, "What place?" Japan, certainly not, I will not go to a country that is still imprisoning our citizens of the German Empire. ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head with a smile, took the initiative to walk up to Haber, and whispered into his ear: "Of course it's not Japan, I'm talking about China." ”

Haber was surprised: "What? China? ”

Cheng Nuo said seriously: "Of course, it is China, there is a local academy of sciences, which specializes in recruiting international scholars who have never met talents, and you will definitely be able to get the corresponding treatment by virtue of your identity, and you will also cover up your identity and guarantee that you will not be subject to any sanctions." ”

"Is that good? But why have I never heard of it? Haber was moved, but also had some doubts: "Although the country is larger than Switzerland, the strength of natural science seems to be somewhat insufficient. ”

Wang Po sells melons and boasts.

The reason why the other side helped Germany to research chemical weapons in the front was also doing things for his own country, which was also blameless in nature.

What's more, he is also a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, and Cheng Nuo is extremely cautious.

"If it was before, it might have been like this, but now and in the future, it may be a different story." Cheng Nuo smiled, exuding confidence from the inside out: "Do you know Mr. Nikola Tesla?" He is now working in the college, with a large amount of experimental financial support, and has made great achievements in the industry.

I believe that with Professor Haber's ability, as long as there is enough funding, the results will not be bad. ”

But I'm afraid that chasing too closely will scare people away.

After introducing the Academy of Sciences in three or two sentences, Cheng Nuo did not let the other party express whether he wanted to join on the spot, but only said that he was welcome to go over for an interview, which Haber agreed.

"Okay, I'll consider your suggestion carefully, if that academy is really like you said, I'll gladly join in, but it's all based on my past investigations, and then I will make a decision."

Looking at the other party's distant back, Cheng Nuo tidied up his clothes, and his heart began to darken.

Since he was reluctant to go for the time being, it was because he could hide in neutral Switzerland.

If Cheng Nuo told Britain or France the news, it would probably be unstable.

A neutral country is not neutral if you want to be neutral, it must be strong enough for other countries to be willing.

And Cheng Nuo's purpose in all this is to force Haber to China, so that he can use it.

Of course, if necessary, Cheng Nuo doesn't mind performing a heroic drama of saving scholars.

In this way, after Cheng Nuo finalized the direction of things, he began to turn around and go straight to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

Germany has done a very good job in the application of science and technology, upgrading the technical university (TH), which was previously in a lower position, to a technical university (TÜ) on an equal footing with a comprehensive university, with the right to award doctoral degrees.

At the same time, scientists and technologists are contributing to making new discoveries and technologies more accessible to the general public through the popularization of science.

Planck is a case in point. In the second half of his life, he was actively involved in science popularization, writing articles for daily newspapers and popular science magazines, giving interviews, and giving radio speeches. The enthusiasm of the masses for science has been greatly mobilized.

After Helmholtz's death, Planck became Berlin's most famous physicist.

At present, Planck is the secretary of the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the Academy of Sciences, and together with three other secretaries of the Academy, he is also a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

However, unlike the situation in our country, the Academician of the Prussian Academy of Sciences is basically an honorary title, without any actual welfare subsidies.

But even so, Planck continues to enjoy a good reputation in Germany and continues to discover young power through his own strength.

Hence Einstein's fame and his election as a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, in which Planck played a major role.

Now he is discussing the future of German science with Albert Einstein and others.