Beiyang reactionaries

But Yan Shichao's opinion cannot be ignored.

At present, China's infrastructure construction in border areas, Mongolia and Tannu Wulianghai are the top priorities.However, the government mainly invests in the construction of trunk lines and several major arteries.Most of the branch line construction is handed over to the local government.

But where does the local government have money?

Or even if they have money, they don't want to use too much.So what methods do local governments use?In fact, it is the use of ancient corvee labor. Every year, there will be half a month to twenty days of free labor.It is no different from the ancient corvee.In the past ten years, 60% to 70% of the roads built in China were constructed by these local governments mobilizing corvee workers.That's hundreds of thousands of miles.

Yan Shichao had the same idea.

This time I went to the Northern Bureau to take up the post, and the requirements of the cabinet were there.Once there is a war in the northern region, logistics needs to be smooth.It is impossible to fully meet the needs of the frontline only by relying on the main artery built by the government.Therefore, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Tangnu Wulianghai must build a large number of feeder roads to cooperate with the main arteries invested and constructed by the central government.And the Northern Bureau has no money, and it is already stretched to buy all kinds of mechanical equipment and materials.So the best thing to do is to use a lot of free workers, thus requiring a lot of population.But the current situation is that the Construction Corps occupies too much arable land, and it is still annexing it.This leaves too little arable land for local governments to use land policies to attract more Han people from the interior.Originally, the Mongolian region was able to attract Han people because of its land policy.

"Yes."

"If it's really serious, I'll talk to the Construction Corps. What else?"

"Finally, it is about trade. Prime Minister, I know that the relationship between our country and the Soviet Union is currently tense, but I hope that normal border trade will not be interfered with."

"trading?"

Duan Xun said directly: "As for this issue, as long as the two countries are not at war, as long as the government does not order the border to be closed, then there is no need to worry about it. If the Northern Bureau can increase trade volume and develop the economy, that is your achievement."

"Is it really a fission phenomenon?"

"It should be. In yesterday's experiment, the neutrons we selected bombarded the uranium nucleus, and suddenly there was a very strong reaction, and there was a very rapid change, and there was a high energy in the process. After the end, we will start again During the test, it was found that the uranium nucleus split into some lighter material components with a much smaller atomic number, and the weight was reduced a lot. Professor Wang and I did a simple calculation overnight. If the results of this experiment are followed, a fission nucleus can release The energy will exceed [-] million electron volts. This is the most conservative estimate, because we have not performed rigorous calculations, but only rough calculations, and many data are taken as the most conservative."

It was relatively calm at the end of 1936.

First of all, the Nanyang issue has been resolved. After the Second Far East Conference, the Republic of Indonesia declared that Sulawesi Island is the territory of the Republic of Indonesia.And Japan quickly signed an agreement with the Republic of Indonesia, that is, the Republic of Indonesia leased Sulawesi Island to Japan for 25 years.

Although Japan's behavior is despised by many people, Japan has justifiably controlled Sulawesi.After all, the Republic of Indonesia was supported by Japan.Although Sukarno is a nationalist, he is now dependent on the Japanese, so he held his nose and leased Sulawesi to Japan.The current Sulawesi Island is said to be the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, but in fact it has been completely occupied by Japan, and all aspects are controlled by Japan.But in any case, the problems of Japan and the Netherlands have been resolved.The Netherlands can only go home in despair, and there is no longer a foothold in the Far East.Nanyang can be regarded as settled down.

And China is the same.

After signing a cooperation agreement with the United Kingdom, the Hong Kong issue was resolved smoothly.Although it left a lot of tails and gave the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries great preferential conditions, Hong Kong's sovereignty must be returned to China anyway.

The Far East Conference was held and a cooperation agreement was reached with China, which made Alexander Cadogan widely praised.Many media even praised Alexander Cadogan as the peace envoy of the Far East and made great contributions to the peace of the Far East.He himself left Asia happily with this "credit".

As for the northern region, although the confrontation between China and the Soviet Union is serious, neither side is actually ready. Therefore, it is relatively calm at present, and they just keep increasing their troops.So at the end of the year, the whole of China is relatively quiet.Including the Far East region is much more stable.

At this time, Zhao Zhongyao, the Chinese director of the China Institute of Atomic Physics, found Duan Xun and told Duan Xun an amazing news.

Lise Meitner's research team discovered the phenomenon of nuclear fission in experiments.

"What did Professor Meitner say?"

"Professor Meitner can't confirm the situation of the experiment yet, and can't judge whether it is an accidental phenomenon. So she needs to do a few more experiments to confirm whether it is nuclear fission. As for the energy problem in this process, the professor has not yet Pay attention to energy. If the Prime Minister hadn’t mentioned the energy issue at the time, Professor Wang and I would not have thought about it in the first place.”

"Ah."

Duan Xun nodded.

Duan Xun knew the power of nuclear fission, so he mentioned it to Zhao Zhongyao and Wang Ganchang.However, although Lise Meitner is an excellent nuclear physicist, she has only just completed an experiment and discovered a nuclear fission phenomenon.Or it should be said that Lise Meitner is still not sure whether what he discovered is nuclear fission, and he must do a few more experiments to verify it.

And this is just the beginning.

In terms of scientific research, this is only the most preliminary step, because it is just a discovery.Lise Meitner still needs to do a few more experiments, then analyze the situation of this experiment from a theoretical point of view, and finally use theory to deduce this experiment.Lise Meitner's research on nuclear fission had preliminary results only after the theoretical verification was completed.This process is not a day or two, a month or two months.It will take a year for Lise Meitner to solve everything.

And this is China.

When Lise Meitner was in Europe, he was surrounded by a group of excellent nuclear physicists.She can discuss with them and everyone can exchange opinions.However, there is no nuclear physicist of the same level in China who can discuss this issue with her, and she herself is the most authoritative nuclear physicist in China.Therefore, it may take longer for her to fully deduce this discovery.This is why those scientists are all running to powerful countries, and the scientific atmosphere and scientific foundation are completely different.If it weren't for the oppression of the Nazis, it would be impossible for a nuclear physicist of Lieser Meitner's level to come to China.

"Then let Professor Meitner think about energy. And Professor Meitner's research progress must be reported every day from now on. I want to keep abreast of Professor Meitner's research."

Even if Lise Meitner really discovered the phenomenon of nuclear fission, and even deduced the theory, Duan Xun would not allow her to announce the research results so quickly.It is only the end of 1036. If such a research occurs at this time, Duan Xun really can't guarantee whether nuclear weapons will be released in advance during World War II.If nuclear weapons appeared at this time in 1942 and 1943, the direction of the world war would be completely unpredictable.

Nuclear weapons can only appear at the last moment, so that Duan Xun can grasp the direction of the war.

"This one……"

Zhao Zhongyao really admired Duan Xun.

A Prime Minister of the Republic of China who was born in Qiuba was able to bring the chaotic China to where it is now.The society is stable and the national strength is enhanced. Although the Chinese people are still poor, at least the problem of food can be solved.And he even knows some physics knowledge, and he can remind nuclear physicists like himself and Wang Ganchang.It's truly amazing.

It's just that Zhao Zhongyao doesn't understand why Duan Xun attaches so much importance to the phenomenon of nuclear fission.He even asked himself to report on the research progress every day.

Is it just for resources?

That's what Duan Xun said at the beginning.Duan Xun stated that the energy produced by nuclear fission may replace coal and oil in the future.He didn't have much doubt about this, because they didn't know the specific situation of nuclear fission at that time, and there was no question of whether to doubt it or not.Now that nuclear fission has been discovered in their laboratory, he and Wang Ganchang did preliminary calculations and found that this process is indeed accompanied by high energy.

But this is just what the lab has just discovered.

If Duan Xun really attaches great importance to this energy, he should support Lise Meitner more vigorously so that this research can be accelerated.But Duan Xun didn't look like he was in a hurry.Instead, it is the same as monitoring Lise Meitner's experiment.

Zhao Zhongyao really didn't understand what Duan Xun meant.Does Duan Xun pay attention to this matter, or does he not pay attention to this matter?Seeing Zhao Zhongyao like this, Duan Xun slowly became serious.

Because now that nuclear fission has been discovered, although the situation of nuclear fission has not been theoretically summarized, Duan Xun knows that this time will not be too far away.According to Lise Meitner's strength, when she entered 1938, she should be able to fully deduce the situation of nuclear fission.

It is impossible for Duan Xun to prevent Lise Meitner from publishing his research results.If Duan Xun secretly detains her, or detains her research results, and other actions, then Duan Xun himself will not say that the reputation of the Chinese government will be stink.Once such a thing happens, how will the Chinese government win the trust of the world's scientific community in the future.So Duan Xun would at most do some small tricks to delay Lise Meitner's announcement of his research results.

And the time in between is the time left for China.China's foundation is weak, so it must move faster than others.Before others know about it, China must start research in this area.

So Duan Xun immediately became very serious.

"Professor Zhao, every word I tell you from now on is a state secret. If one word is leaked, it is a state secret. I want to ask you, if you listen to me, will you regret it?" ?If you think you're going to regret it, then forget what I just said and get back to your job and get on with it. Act like I never talked to you about that stuff."

Zhao Zhongyao was taken aback for a moment.

He was just an academic, a nuclear physicist.Since the establishment of the Institute of Atomic Sciences in China, his work is mainly to cooperate with Lise Meitner and support Lise Meitner's research.In addition to this, the other is to train more nuclear physicists for China.Most of the younger generation of nuclear physicists in China in recent years are the students of Zhao Zhongyao and Wang Ganchang.

That's it.

Now suddenly, what Duan Xun said was so serious, and what state secrets were involved in it, Zhao Zhongyao didn't know how to answer.But Zhao Zhongyao quickly said: "Prime Minister, I want to hear."

Curiosity, Zhao Zhongyao also has great curiosity.

He wanted to hear what state secret Duan Xun was talking about.And he believes that this state secret should be related to the current research.Duan Xun stared at Zhao Zhongyao and said, "Professor Zhao, haven't you been wondering why I attach so much importance to nuclear fission?"

"Yes."

Zhao Zhongyao nodded.

This is no secret.Duan Xun is the prime minister of a country and a political strongman in China. There are countless big things to do every day.But it is really abnormal for such a big man to attach so much importance to a physics experiment.

Experiments on neutron bombardment of atoms are actually very common in Europe.Many laboratories of European nuclear physicists are doing experiments in this area, and they mainly want to find some new elements.In the nuclear physics community in Europe, this laboratory is common, and no one cares much about this matter.So Duan Xun paid so much attention to this experiment, it is indeed very confusing.

"Then let me tell you the truth. Professor Zhao, in 1934, before the cabinet formulated the third five-year plan, the prime minister's office meeting was held. At the prime minister's office meeting, everyone judged that the world would soon break out into war, and it was World war. The development of the world situation in the past two years is exactly as predicted at our prime minister's office meeting. In other words, a world war will definitely break out."

Zhao Zhongyao turned pale with shock.