Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

After receiving the blueprint, the old leader did not open it to look at it immediately. Instead, he looked at Li Tianyi with a fixed gaze. "Xiao Li, this is not a joke. You must think it through before you speak. If I hand this blueprint over to him, what will be the consequences? I think you can guess a little bit, right?"

Li Tianyi looked at the old leader's worried eyes and said without hesitation: "Thank you for your reminder, sir. Actually, before making this decision, I knew what I would face, but I still did it in the end."

"Besides, even if the country restricts my freedom, so what? My scientific research is all in my mind. As long as I don't want to, no one can force me. And I have to be on guard against my escape at all times. If I escape, then Xinhua will face my crazy revenge."

"Old Chief, please convey my words to the elders as they are. I believe those who have other ideas will think about it carefully."

The old leader remained silent this time. He felt that what Li Tianyi said made sense. With Li Tianyi's ability, he might really do everything he said.

"Okay, then you wait here. I'll go to the lake now and discuss it with the others." The old leader stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he looked back at Li Tianyi and said, "Don't go anywhere. I'll send someone to guard the door."

"And I won't touch the things in your car for now. I'll send someone to watch over them."

It is impossible for the old leader to take this weapon with him when he goes to the lake, so it is safe to put it here.

"Chief, don't let anyone get close to my car. I've already given Xiao Qian an order that he will shoot anyone who gets close to the car without me leading the way."

The old leader paused, said nothing, and then left the room. After coming out, the old leader went directly to the next room, picked up the phone on the table, and called the security squad.

Soon two armed sentries came upstairs and stood motionless at the door of the old leader's office.

Downstairs, not far from Li Tianyi's car, there was a team of sentries surrounding it. Xiao Qian was sitting in the car with the safety of his pistol off. As long as someone approached, he would shoot without hesitation.

After arranging all this, the old leader drove out of the compound. In Haizili, the original meeting time had long passed. The elders attending the meeting didn't know what had happened that made the old leader, who was always punctual, late. When they called the old leader, he didn't say much, but just asked them to wait for him as he had important things to deal with.

Although they were a little dissatisfied with the old leader's approach, there was nothing they could do and they could only sit here and wait.

So when the old leader came to the Haizili conference room, half an hour had passed. As soon as the old leader entered the conference room, someone began to attack the old leader. The old leader did not say anything, but looked around, and then saw the great elder sitting in the first seat, "Leader, I need to ask the irrelevant people to leave first."

The great elder did not hesitate, but just waved his hand, and all the scientists attending the meeting stood up and left.

After everyone had left, the old leader stood in front of the conference room and said in a deep voice, "I know that some of us have had different political views over the years, but this is only an internal conflict. When facing the enemy outside, we are still comrades who can trust our lives. So today I hope that the conversations in this conference room will not be spread outside, and don't let your own selfish desires come out, because it will affect the fortunes of the country."

The elders in the meeting room were puzzled as to why the old leader would say such a thing, but the great elder said, "Don't worry, nothing that happens in this room will be leaked."

The old leader nodded, then handed the blueprint to the great elder. The great elder didn't understand, but still took the blueprint. He saw a few simple words "Laser Cannon Blueprint" written on the cover.

The Great Elder flipped it open and took a look. Although he didn't understand it, he knew that it was an incredible weapon.

The old leader said at this time: "We don't need to investigate the source of the red light anymore. This is why I was late just now."

After saying that, the old leader repeated the reason that Li Tianyi told him. The people in the room gasped and looked at the great elder.

The Great Elder also had a heavy expression on his face. He did not expect such a result. Afterwards, the old leader repeated what he had asked Li Tianyi about the consequences, and also repeated Li Tianyi's answer.

This forced those who had some thoughts to give up their thoughts, and the Great Elder also stated: "Li Tianyi is a meritorious official of our country. No one has the right to restrict his freedom or even force him to do anything."

At this time they all knew that Li Tianyi had the country in his heart, so he was the treasure of the country. If Li Tianyi really fell out with the country, then Xinhua would face a terrible enemy.

At this time, they could only win over and appease Li Tianyi. No one would be stupid enough to push Li Tianyi abroad.

They have reason to believe that as long as Country M knows about this weapon and knows that Li Tianyi is the manufacturer of this weapon, and if Li Tianyi intends to go abroad, Country M will definitely put aside past grudges and even welcome Li Tianyi.

However, how to win over Li Tianyi is a problem now. Country M has been investigating the source of the red light. Since it was emitted by Xinhua Country, the Council of Elders must divert Country M's attention away.

The last question was, they also wanted to see the power of the laser cannon, so everyone started asking where the laser cannon was?

The old leader told the location of the laser cannon, and the great elder decided to go to the military test site outside the city for testing tomorrow. During this time, Li Tianyi would stay in the Military Commission compound, and he would go home after the matter was over.

The old leader's task was to return to the Military Commission compound to appease Li Tianyi, tell him the country's intentions, and let him not have any psychological burden.

As for the blueprints, the Great Elder did not give them to anyone and simply walked out of the meeting room with them.

The old leader was sitting in the car, feeling relieved for Li Tianyi. He also didn't want Li Tianyi to have a falling out with the country, as that would only result in both sides suffering and allowing foreign countries to take advantage.

Back to the Military Commission, the old leader returned to his office. Li Tianyi was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed. Hearing the door opening, Li Tianyi opened his eyes and saw the old leader walked in.

Li Tianyi was about to stand up when the old leader waved his hand and told him not to move. Then the old leader sat opposite him and told Li Tianyi the decision of today's meeting.

Although it was expected, Li Tianyi still breathed a sigh of relief at this time. As for living in the Military Commission compound, Li Tianyi did not care about it.