Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2533 This may be the last chance!

It was late at night and Yang Xiaotao drove towards the courtyard.

In the back seat of the car, Mr. Ye and the Taoist priest sat aside in silence.

The Taoist priest heard about this later, so it was already a foregone conclusion by then and there was no point in saying anything.

But he also knew that even if he went, he could not change the decision made by Yang Xiaotao.

I can only say that this incident happened so suddenly that it caught us off guard.

Mr. Ye sat aside with his hands in his sleeves, his eyes full of anxiety.

Yang Xiaotao is like family to him.

The years of wandering had already hardened his heart and made him extremely sensitive.

But he did not feel any disgust or disdain towards Yang Xiaotao.

Even the wives and children of the Yang family called him grandpa and treated him as a relative.

But Yang Xiaotao only gets respect, and even some pity.

But this is exactly what he could not get in the second half of his life.

He also told the Taoist priest about his feelings, but neither of them gave an answer and just smiled at each other.

But both of them know clearly in their hearts that people look for people of the same kind.

Yang Xiaotao is the kind of person who can influence the people around him.

Therefore, he cherishes his current life and cares more about everything about Yang Xiaotao.

But right now, this matter is too risky!
The headlights of the car were on and no one in the car spoke.

When they were close to the entrance of the alley, Yang Xiaotao suddenly laughed and said, "Master, please don't go to find Uncle Master Chen Fang."

“It’s not easy for him either!”

After hearing this, Mr. Ye turned his head away and sighed deeply.

The old Taoist was smoking in the car. He looked at Mr. Ye and then at Yang Xiaotao.

"Wulian Tianzun! I have calculated for you with my fingers..."

"You can do it this time, kid!"

Yang Xiaotao's hands were shaking as he drove, "Old Taoist priest, stop pretending to be a charlatan!"

"You're counting with your fingers. Why don't you throw in a few coins? Look at your palm?"

The old Taoist said, "Those are just tricks, they are just lies!"

"You talk like you're not!"

"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"

The old Taoist said sincerely again, and then said, "I look at people with sincerity."

"If your heart is sincere, then the infinite heavenly master will bless you!"

"I don't believe you, and I'm still blessing you! If you are so powerful, then you can calculate what I will do next?"

Yang Xiaotao looked unconvinced, but was he sincere?
Do you really think I'm easy to fool?

"You wait!"

After saying this, the old Taoist began to pinch his fingers, muttering "Taishang Laojun"...

"Hurry up, this Wuliang Tianzun has called several times..."

"Be sincere!"

As the Taoist priest was speaking, he suddenly shouted, "Hey! Turn right!"

As he finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao just turned right into the path.

Yang Xiaotao was stunned.

The old Taoist stroked his beard proudly.

"Fuck, you're cheating!"

"Just tell me whether you have figured it out or not."

"Too lazy to tell you."

Yang Xiaotao shook his head. Although this old Taoist priest is old, he becomes more and more skilled as time goes by!

Seeing the Taoist priest's smug look, Mr. Ye raised his eyebrows, but in the end, he said nothing.
The car stopped outside the Siheyuan alley and the three of them got out and walked towards the courtyard.

It was cold, and most people in the yard had gone to bed. After the three of them passed through the gate, Yang Xiaotao turned around and closed the door before walking into the house.

After returning home, Ran Qiuye got up and put on her clothes. "You haven't eaten yet, I'll heat it up in the pot for you."

Yang Xiaotao stepped forward and hugged Ran Qiuye, "It's okay, I can do it myself."

"Go back to your room and sleep!"

"Okay, there are salted duck eggs in the cupboard!"

"I know, go to sleep, I'll come back to see you later!"

Ran Qiuye nodded and went back to the house to rest.
Yang Xiaotao came to the kitchen, picked up two or three lunch boxes, and then carried a few steamed buns in a net bag and walked to the backyard.

When we arrived at the old Taoist's house, the room was warm and water was boiling on the stove.

The grandfather was smoking a cigarette on the side, while Old Ye was talking about the affairs of the Nine Departments.

"Two sips?"

The old Taoist took out a clay jar from the cupboard and smiled at Yang Xiaotao.

Yang Xiaotao rolled his eyes and said, "No, keep it for yourself."

But he thought to himself, if he didn't drink it, his wife wouldn't be able to bear it. If he drank it...

"It's a pity!"

The old Taoist laughed and changed the bottle.

Yang Xiaotao ignored them, opened the lunch box, and the three of them gathered in front of the stove to eat.

"You have to think about this carefully! Don't act on impulse!"

The old man was smoking his pipe, looking calm.

Yang Xiaotao took a bite of the steamed bun, nodded vaguely and said, "I know, but this may be the last chance."

After saying that, he picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

After hearing this, the grandfather didn't say much, he just smoked his cigarette.

next door.

Qin Jingru, who was lying on the bed, sniffed and turned her head towards the window without opening her eyes. Then she opened her eyes and suddenly there was more saliva in her mouth.

"Scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried cabbage with meat, and one more, is it chicken? Or roast duck?"

He muttered for a while, then looked disappointed.

"This old man is not as good as Yi Zhonghai!"

"Don't you miss women?"

After saying that, he sighed and buried his head in the quilt.

He muttered, "There are still seven years to go..."

After dinner, Yang Xiaotao returned home to rest.

The next morning, Yang Xiaotao got up early and drove to Jiubu.

When I walked into the research institute, I found that someone had already arrived.

"Teacher Shu!"

Yang Xiaotao saw Shu Xingbei adjusting the machine and went up to say hello.

Shu Xingbei looked particularly haggard today, with thick dark circles around his eyes.

"Yang Department!"

Shu Xingbei still had a normal expression, but when he saw Yang Xiaotao, he felt more admiration in his heart.

"You come so early, please take care of yourself."

"When you get older, you sleep less. If you can't sleep, you'll come earlier!"

"have you eaten?"

"Not yet! I'll adjust the machine first so that we can start the experiment sooner!"

Shu Xingbei adjusted the equipment while talking.

"According to the original plan, each project needs to be tested repeatedly at least ten times, and the impact of the external environment must be simulated."

"But now, not even one-third of the work has been completed. For the rest, I either have to do it again, or some simple tasks can only be done based on theory!"

"Such a product is too risky!"

Teacher Shu was persuading him, and Yang Xiaotao just nodded and listened.

At this point, whether you stick your head out or hide your head, you will be killed.

Might as well seize this opportunity and take a gamble.

Anyway, I have calculated it and this thing can be accomplished.

While the two were talking, people came over one after another, greeted each other and entered the research institute.

"Uncle Han, you're here so early too!"

Seeing Han Sanfeng coming over with a cigarette in hand early in the morning, Yang Xiaotao greeted him.

Han Sanfeng yawned, "I slept a little late last night while studying the blueprints, and my wife woke me up this morning!"

"Haha, Auntie is pretty awesome!"

Han Sanfeng threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray. "When she heard that I was going to be busy, she was more enthusiastic than me. She almost said, 'Don't worry, I'm at home!'"

As he spoke, everyone around him burst into laughter.

"Then we must give Auntie the Best Foreign Aid Award!"

Yang Xiaotao joked and everyone laughed again.

Then, amidst the laughter, we quickly got into work mode.

Yang Xiaotao looked for a while and then walked out.

When Yang Xiaotao came back again, there were three kitchen helpers from the cafeteria, bringing a bag of egg fried dough sticks and a bucket of soy milk.

"Comrades, man is made of iron and rice is made of steel. Let's eat first and then work!"

Yang Xiaotao walked to the research institute and shouted, and everyone listened and came out to eat.

Yang Xiaotao took two fried dough sticks and an enamel jar filled with soy milk in his right hand. He soaked some soy milk in it and took a bite.

The main point is, living off others!
"Old Han, what do you think of the reception panel?" Shu Xingbei asked Han Sanfeng while eating fried dough sticks.

Han Sanfeng was peeling an egg and did not hesitate when she heard the question. "I checked it last night. The circuit design should be fine. As long as the manufacturing process is correct, it will most likely work."

Hearing this, Shu Xingbei breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I think it's better to try it out so I can have a better idea."

Han Sanfeng suggested again.

Shu Xingbei frowned, "We have also done a lot of experiments, and the results are pretty good!"

"How are you going to test it?"

Han Sanfeng took a small bite of the egg and suggested, "Connect it with a wire first and see if we can communicate."

"We've done this before. Three thousand meters is no problem. But you can try it again!"

"If that's the case, then let's set up a platform and directly transmit the signal source to see if we can receive the signal!"

Shu Xingbei was a little surprised, "Will this work?"

Han Sanfeng shrugged, "Who knows?"

"But I checked the information and found that the alliance has also been developing regional communications in recent years. Although there is a delay, it is developing well."

"Let's try our best to save the dying horse!"

Shu Xingbei nodded silently after hearing this, "Then let's give it a try!"

"We have four telephones now, in the storage room."

"But that thing is quite big, even bigger than your head! Be careful not to break it!"

Shu Xingbei stuffed the fried dough stick into his mouth, then picked up the soy milk and gulped it down. He even wiped the oil off his hands twice, then clapped his hands and walked towards the research institute.

Han Sanfeng also quickly finished eating the eggs and walked into the next room.

Yang Xiaotao put down the jar and stood up to follow.

He listened to what the two people said just now. He had also seen satellite phones. This was the final test, but because the relay switch had not been made, there had been no formal experiment.

This is also the reason why we have to wait until the New Year.

The two came to the storage room and immediately saw four pieces of gold neatly placed on the table.

Although it was said to be a turn, Yang Xiaotao felt that it looked more like tiles used to build houses in the countryside.

Each one is so big, bigger than the big cell phones I have in mind.

And each one is connected to a battery by wire.

Yang Xiaotao understood that portable batteries had not yet been developed.

However, this project will be launched after next year.

"Director Yang, let's connect first!"

Han Sanfeng said this and picked them up and walked out.

Yang Xiaotao also wrapped one up and went out, and soon someone came to help.

Soon the two phones were connected stably with telephone lines, and after some debugging, they began to connect.

Soon the two began talking on the phone.

Each phone has a telephone number. After dialing the number, Yang Xiaotao heard Han Sanfeng's voice from the other end.

"Hello, I'm Han Sanfeng!"

"Uncle Han, I'm Xiao Tao. Have you eaten?"

They both laughed on the phone.

After a while, the two hung up Han Sanfeng and went to prepare the signal source. Yang Xiaotao followed them to take a look.

In the afternoon, according to Han Sanfeng's guess and under the guidance of Mr. Ye, after a series of failures - adjustments - failures again - adjustments again, Yang Xiaotao called Han Sanfeng again.

"Hello, I'm Han Sanfeng!"

"Ah, Uncle Han, have you had lunch?"

……

By the evening, the satellite phone had been tested many times and proved to be working properly on the ground.

But who knows what will happen once we go to heaven?

The satellite phone was progressing smoothly, but Shu Xingbei was having difficulty.

At the end of the day, the progress was not even half of the original amount.

Shu Xingbei has made up his mind to work overtime tonight to complete today's tasks.

Everyone readily agreed.

The next day, Yang Xiaotao had been sitting in the research institute for a while when he saw Lou Xiaoe running over, "Minister Yang, Minister Qian is here!"

Yang Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Which front part?"

"Yes, it's the one from the Seventh Machine Department!"

After saying that, Yang Xiaotao was seen running out.

At the entrance of the research institute, Yang Xiaotao saw Mr. Qian.

"Teacher, why are you here?"

Old Qian looked at Yang Xiaotao. If he was this age in the past, he would definitely be his last disciple!

"I heard about your situation from Lao Wang. I happened to have nothing to do today, so I came to see if I could help."

Yang Xiaotao paused and nodded in thanks, "Yes, of course I can. You will definitely be able to help."

As the two walked inside, Mr. Qian suddenly slowed down his pace and said, "I heard about the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Don't take it to heart."

"Teacher, I understand. Don't worry."

Mr. Qian nodded and then came to the research institute.

"Master Ye!"

Old Qian came to Old Ye and bowed respectfully. Old Ye stood up and patted Old Qian on the arm, "You came to help this time? Thank you for your hard work!"

"It's okay, just come out to change the mood."

Mr. Qian smiled, then met Mr. Shu, and the two started chatting immediately.

"Teacher Qian, this is the switch we are going to make. Its main function is to transmit the signal..."

After Teacher Shu finished his introduction, Mr. Qian began to think seriously.

Yang Xiaotao didn't dare to disturb them and just watched from the side.

"What's the progress now?"

"A little more than one third."

"Send it the day after tomorrow?"

"Correct."

Yang Xiaotao explained, "We've told the Chinese Academy of Sciences the dimensions of this thing, and they need to set aside time for installation!"

"Ok!"

"one third!"

Mr. Qian held his chin with his hand and thought for a moment, "How many phones can this switch handle?"

"When we designed it, there were 20,000 signal processing exchanges, but later the task became urgent, so it was reduced by half!"

"Now after discussion, it's six thousand!"

"Six thousand? That's too much."

When Old Qian spoke, Yang Xiaotao and Han Sanfeng looked at each other and thought, six thousand is still not enough!
Mr. Qian said confidently, "This time, we are not looking at how many people use it or how many phones can be handed over, but to prove that this method works."

“That’s the purpose!”

After Qian Lao finished speaking, everyone suddenly understood. Yang Xiaotao immediately asked, "Teacher, how much do you think is appropriate to keep?"

"Three thousand, that'll be faster!"

"Okay, then three thousand."

Yang Xiaotao clapped his hands and cheered, and at the same time looked at Shu Xingbei, who was surprised and then immediately reacted and agreed.

With Mr. Qian coming over to give guidance and help, and with the amount reduced by half, there were indirectly fewer steps that needed to be tested, and the speed increased dramatically.

In the afternoon, Chen Fang brought a group of people, met with Mr. Ye, and immediately got to work.

Helping is a favor, not helping is a duty, Yang Xiaotao has no right to say anything about them.

But now, Yang Xiaotao only feels grateful and touched.

By the evening of the fourth day, the testing of the switch had been preliminarily completed. Although some parts and functions were only tested once, the results were encouraging and there were no accidents.

It's just that this was completed a day later than scheduled.

Fortunately, it was not too late, it just took up the time for the installation and debugging of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Immediately, Yang Xiaotao asked the Security Department to send someone to accompany him to deliver the finished programmable switch and Chen Fang and others who came to help to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Afterwards, Yang Xiaotao personally brought several master chefs to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to help.

Mr. Song also came out this time, looking at the switch installed at the reserved position and kept asking questions.

Yang Xiaotao said he didn't know, so he pulled Shu Xingbei over to help.

Then I heard the confrontation between Shu Xingbei and Mr. Song.

At midnight on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the gates of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building were opened, and the security departments around were alert to any disturbance.

Not long after, an Optimus Prime slowly drove out, towing a rocket.

Then I ran for more than an hour and arrived at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Yang Xiaotao was yawning, with Song Lao and others standing beside him, waiting together.

At daybreak, the satellite and rocket were successfully combined, and after inspection, no problems were found, and they were then disassembled.

After going back and forth, it was already noon.

The rocket and satellite were then loaded onto trucks and quickly left the gate heading west.

"Mr. Song, let's go!"

Mr. Song nodded, "Good luck on your journey, and you will definitely succeed!"

"It will definitely succeed!"

Yang Xiaotao replied, then got in the car and rushed to the airport.

In addition to Wang Hao, Yang Xiaotao also left with the satellite phone he brought with him this time.

This time, Yang Xiaotao wanted to call back from the northwest to tell everyone that satellite phones were out!