Chapter 208 Military and Civilian Use

Author: Zhe Lei

Chapter 208 Military and Civilian Use

After finalizing the subsequent development plan, preparations related to the poison gas war began to advance steadily.

After finding a remote place in the mountains, Cheng Nuo decided to set up a chemical weapons research institute there and officially changed the name of the project to the "Qiongqi" project.

The area of ​​this place is not large, but it is not small either. It is located in a small valley, is remote and has inconvenient transportation. Without a local guide to guide the way, outsiders cannot get in.

Originally, several families once lived in the area, and they usually made a living by hunting.

Later, when Cheng Nuo fell in love with this place, he invested money to buy it. To be on the safe side, he asked all the villagers to move out of the valley.

On the one hand, the place is relatively remote. After all the villagers are relocated, even if an accident occurs at the poison gas research institute, only the internal personnel of the School of Chemistry and the "Qiongqi" project will be affected, and it will not spread to innocent people.

On the other hand, it is also based on the principle of confidentiality. After all, if one more person knows, there is more risk of leakage. And confidentiality also has a cost. The lower the cost, the higher the possibility that the enemy will know.

What's more, the intelligence agency of the Little Devil is too powerful. Although the traces of activities in the southwest are not obvious, now that the Academy of Sciences has settled in, Cheng Nuo himself is the target of the other party's focus. Maybe one day in the future, this area will become

This is the area where the little devils’ spies will focus their investigation.

After completing all the work arrangements, Cheng Nuo felt uneasy and shouted directly to the exploration team: "Lifu, Lifu, come here, I have something to tell you."

Unfortunately, after calling for a long time, no one from the entire terrain exploration team responded.

Fan Xudong couldn't stand it anymore, so he came over with a hiking stick and gasped: "Zhiyuan, have you forgotten? You sent Lifu to Beijing. Calculating the time, I guess he just arrived. I think it will be long before he comes back."

a period of time."

In fact, Cheng Nuo reacted as soon as he finished speaking, but it was too late to take it back.

It’s not that he has a bad memory, but as time goes by and the time points of major events in history are getting closer and closer, the atmosphere of the times is blowing against his face, putting more and more pressure on him, almost overwhelming him.

It was so overwhelming that I couldn't breathe, but no one could tell me.

He was afraid that his small attempt would lead to even worse consequences.

He couldn't afford it, and the dilapidated home beneath his feet couldn't withstand this more severe destruction.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot." Cheng Nuo took a deep breath and managed to regain some color on his face: "So, Lao Fan, have you been busy lately? I want to ask you to do something for me.

Do you think it will work?"

"It's our responsibility to help or not. It's up to you. Don't try too hard." Fan Xudong waved his hands repeatedly and sighed: "Although people are born free, they are in shackles everywhere, but obviously you

The self-imposed shackles are too heavy and I am almost out of breath. It is not a long-term solution!"

Cheng Nuo did not answer directly, but turned his head away, overlooking the entire valley from the mountainside, with a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery: "It is said that Chongqing does not have the 'Fragrant Spring Breeze' of 'Forty Miles of Splendid', and it cannot attract the flowers."

The poet sang "Cut flowers and leaves", even Du Fu didn't come here to build a thatched cottage.

Compared with Chengdu, it can be said that it is "slightly less literary", which is a pity. If I have the opportunity, I really want to visit Chengdu and see the scenery of the imperial city."

Although Fan Xudong didn't quite understand why Cheng Nuo suddenly said such a sentence, he thought that the dean had his own considerations and made a gesture to the comrades behind him to let him rest where he was.

He pinched his waist and followed Cheng Nuo to look into the distance: "Actually, I didn't understand it at the beginning. The climate in Chongqing is sweltering and unbearable, and the sky can't be seen all year round, but Chengdu is refreshing and pleasant, with high sky and clear clouds. From the perspective of terrain,

, Chongqing is full of mountain roads, although the winding paths are winding and secluded, it is difficult to walk, while Chengdu is a flat plain.

If you are dealing with the locals, what should you say, that is, "Chongqing boys are tough, but Chengdu boys are cunning", especially if they like the bitter and astringent Tuocha, what's the point?

But looking at it now, Chongqing cannot compare to Chengdu in terms of opening up a port. Materials from Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other provinces have been transported by water and land. It is much more convenient to buy any foreign goods. Although I don’t want to admit it, there are foreigners here.

In such a place, those warlords who are strong on the outside but on the inside don’t dare to do anything.”

Withdrawing his gaze from the distance and shifting it to Cheng Nuo's face, Fan Xudong said solemnly: "Maybe we can't understand why you want to do this right now, but I believe you must have a reason for doing this. Time will test all truths. There are people behind you.

We comrades, don’t have too much psychological burden..."

Even Cheng Nuo, a tough guy like Cheng Nuo, was a little moved by the sincerity and opened his mouth to tell these people everything he knew.

But he opened his mouth, and finally shook his head and chuckled: "It's okay, I haven't been busy lately, so I didn't sleep well at night.

Let's get back to the topic now. I called you here just now because I thought that our preliminary work was not good enough. In this way, I know that you have some friends here in the public house. You can discuss it with Mr. Ren Gong later and find a way to put it together.

The valley was wiped off the map, making it less noticeable."

Fan Xudong hesitated to speak, but after seeing that Cheng Nuo was still unwilling to tell the truth, he had to sigh: "Oh, don't worry, this matter is all on us. It just so happened that the officials in this county wanted to have a drink with me. When I go back

I will contact him."

Cheng Nuo nodded and patted Fan Xudong on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work."

After saying this, Cheng Nuo's face immediately filled with a smile to prevent the remaining comrades from worrying about him.

While walking towards the comrades who were resting in place, Cheng Nuo distributed the food he had brought.

"Come on, come on, this is a pastry sent to me from Beijing. I heard it was a century-old brand. When the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were still there, it was specially supplied to the palace. It's a shame it died, otherwise we wouldn't have the appetite.

Le."

"Thank you, Dean. When I was in Beijing, I thought this stuff was so sweet that it would stick to my throat. But now that I can't eat it for so long, I miss it." Comrade A wiped the corner of his mouth and said

The non-existent saliva looked very excited.

"Is it so good? Then I have to try it, thank you, dean." Comrade B is a native of Sichuan and Chongqing. He has never eaten Beijing-style pastries. The atmosphere around him made him curious about these things.

But as they were eating, they suddenly noticed that Cheng Nuo was holding a small box of pastries and giggling.

I quietly looked over and saw that the style was very different from theirs.

But it's not better, but worse. People can tell at a glance that what they are eating is made by the master chef, while what Cheng Nuo is holding is the work of an apprentice.

An impatient comrade saw it and immediately asked, exchanging his cakes with Cheng Nuo's.

Unfortunately, before he could even take two steps forward, he was stopped by an attentive comrade who pointed at Cheng Nuo's actions. He was currently holding an envelope and was a bit at a loss.

Several people looked at each other with curiosity on their faces, exchanged glances with each other, and then tiptoed behind Cheng Nuo to find out.

Cheng Nuo on the other side hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but open the envelope.

Unexpectedly, what was poured out first was not a letter, but a photo of a beautiful woman with long hair shawl. The photo was taken of the moment when she looked back and smiled.

Even though it was not a real person, Cheng Nuo's heart still jumped when he saw the photo.

"The words above add to the meal, and the words below add to the memories."

——Wen Yin”

Before Cheng Nuo had time to take a closer look, the comrades watching the excitement immediately started to cheer:

"Oh, oh, dean, this is the dean's wife. The food is delicious. Please thank the dean's wife for us..."

"Dean, my heart hurts so much. Didn't you say that you can't have a good career or start a family? Dean, you betrayed our team..."

"Dean, dean, when will the dean's wife come to Chongqing? Do you want us guys to help you greet her..."

"..."

Under all the chatter, Cheng Nuoye couldn't help but blush.

I quickly wanted to stuff the photo back into the envelope, but I didn't expect that I was too hasty and stuffed it several times without putting it in.

More and more people were watching the fun, and in desperation, Cheng Nuo stuffed the envelope and photos into his arms.

This time it was better, the noise became even louder.

"Dean, don't be blushing. We are all experienced here. You don't have to be shy if you are a rough guy."

"That's right, the dean shouldn't be the first person to talk to, right?"

"Dean..."

Still thick-skinned enough, Cheng Nuo hid the letter and photos and said directly: "My fair lady, a gentleman is so timid. As long as everyone knows about it, there is no need to spread it everywhere in the future that I have a habit of Longyang. If you continue to spread rumors,

You must prove it for me in time.

But having said that, you can’t just be busy with your own careers, you should start a family, and I have set an example for you..."

In fact, Cheng Nuo knew from the beginning that this pastry was sent by Wen Yin from Beijing. This time he went out to explore just to share this good mood.

When the "apprentice" cake was assigned to him, he had a vague suspicion in his mind and left the stuff in advance.

But I didn't expect that there was a letter inside, and there was a photo of the other party in the letter, so that's how the scene just happened.

"Well, I owe more and more things to others now. Let's finish this period of work first and take the time to take her and Lao Li over together."

After this episode passed, the "Qiongqi" plan officially and steadily advanced.

First, we asked internal staff from the Academy of Sciences to plan the valley, design architectural drawings, and quickly construct the building according to the drawings.

For the need of air defense behind, Cheng Nuo even specially recruited a group of workers, called mining, to excavate the inside of the mountain. In fact, it relied on the mountain to build an air defense factory. When an air raid really came, they could quickly hide in the facility.

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At the same time, Cheng Nuo was also leading the team to develop chemical weapons.

In order to deceive people, different chemical weapons were named Red 1, Orange 1, Yellow 1, etc. Those that were further studied were called Red 2, and so on.

Because of the accumulation of alkali production and ammonia synthesis technology, some simple chemical weapons can be produced, such as phenyl bromide, diphenylcyanoarsine, diphenylchloroarsine and other chemical weapons.

As for the famous mustard gas, although it was also within the scope of Cheng Nuo's plan, its priority was not high. On the battlefield, diphenylcyanoarsine was more effective.
To be continued...