the world is at stake

"The person behind the manipulation has a big plan!"

Chapter 38 Is there such a thing?

Seeing the list sent by Zhou Qingfeng, Yu Jishi was relieved instead of sighing.He stayed in New York for half a month, trying his best to find clues everywhere. The US police and FBI were also helping, but nothing was found.

Those who knew a little about the situation either ran to Europe, or refused to speak.Even Chen Lifu, a party-state elite who had served as Chiang Kai-shek’s confidential secretary and the secretary-general of the Kuomintang, stayed far away.

In the past two weeks, every few hours, the Taiwan side will send telegrams to inquire about the situation.Yu Jishi was unable to perfunctorily return the report, which resulted in no progress in the investigation, and spent most of his energy on how to coax Chiang Kai-shek.

But after half a month of coaxing, there was still no result, and Lao Jiang's patience was about to run out.

At that time, when Yu Jishi was asked to return to Taiwan to report on his work, he would sit on the wax immediately - Gu Weijun, who was asked to return to Taiwan to report on his work before, had already run away without a trace.

Now that he got the list proposed by the kidnappers, Yu Jishi felt like he had found a treasure, and hurriedly sent a report to Taiwan.At this moment, Lao Jiang is also angry, fidgeting, and urgently needs to settle the situation and stabilize the situation.

Hearing that the kidnappers were important people, Lao Jiang only knew that they were scholars in physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics, and let Xiao Jiang arrange them with a wave of his hand.

Scholars are nothing more than courtiers of the emperor, similar to the Hanlin Academy in the past.It is a great honor for them to have the opportunity to return to their motherland, and they should be grateful.

Xiao Jiang took a look at the list, and found that a group of people in Taiwan were easy to deal with, whether they agreed or not, they just tied them up and sent them over.But some of them in the United States are very troublesome.

For example, Wu Jianxiong and his wife are at Columbia University in New York, and they were just hired as fellows of the American Physical Society two years ago.

Hmm... also in New York?

Isn't it just for Yu Jishi to take care of it? Find a way to please or cheat, anyway, let's get the person first.

Five days later, there was a phone call to Yu Jishi, asking if the replacement of Song Meiling had been arranged?

Yu said that it has not been figured out for the time being, especially since several of them in the United States have participated in many major projects.For example, Wu Jianxiong participated in the process of enriching uranium and was strictly controlled by the Americans.

Zhou Qingfeng was on the other end of the phone, thinking: "I just want to test whether you have the ability to get Wu Jianxiong out. Only after Wu Jianxiong can be out can you rescue Qian Xuesen who is under strict surveillance."

"Hurry up. Your mother-in-law is shedding tears day and night, life is worse than death. I will send a picture of her reading the newspaper to the New York embassy. Give you some confidence and pressure."

The phone hung up after less than 2 minutes, and there was no way to trace the source.

Two days later, Yu Jishi really received an [-]mm movie film, which was shot with a hand-held camera.

The old Soong Meiling looked like a dementia, holding an English newspaper on New Year's Day and reading New Year's greetings, crying while reading.

Abandoned, Abandoned, Song Meiling has been abolished.The third son of the Song family has been rich and honored all his life, and he has never suffered this kind of suffering, which is clearly the result of being tortured.

There are too many political prisoners who have been tortured to the point of mental breakdown in the slag cave of the Bai Mansion in Chongqing. They will live or die.Yu Jishi was no stranger at all.Seeing Soong Meiling's miserable state, he felt terrified and complicated.

The kidnappers were ruthless and didn't treat Song Meiling as a human being at all.

Film reels could not be sent to Taipei, but Yu Jishi sent Lao Jiang a detailed report of his contact with the kidnappers.Soong Meiling's torture was briefly mentioned, and I had to write about it, but I couldn't explain it in detail.

Lao Jiang only asked for his face to be restored as soon as possible, and he didn't care about anything else.

But how to make Wu Jianxiong and his wife obedient and obedient, this will give Yu Ji a headache.He could only use his current acting ambassador status to hold an expatriate gathering in New York and try to invite Wu Jianxiong and his wife to attend.

Sure enough, Wu Jianxiong and his wife declined on the grounds of busy work.

After being rejected, Yu Jishi had an idea instead.He came to visit in person again, on the pretext that he wanted to invite the couple back to Taiwan to teach and train talents for the party and state.

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Yu Jishi also brought Lao Jiang out, saying that this was the president's earnest request, and that he was willing to invest in the construction of a special nuclear physics laboratory for the husband and wife.

The couple are still not happy.

After all, everyone knows who Lao Jiang is.The Kuomintang has always been short-sighted. It only wants to make money to marry its concubine. When will it spend money on education?

Yu Jishi failed at one plan, and made another plan.He ran to follow the government line and went to Washington to lobby, hoping that the United States could help Taiwan build a world-class university and allow Chinese scholars in the United States to teach.

Before Zhao Zhongyao and more than 100 Chinese scientists returned to the mainland, they were forcibly detained by American intelligence agents when they stopped in Yokohama, Japan. The request was to either return to the United States, go to Taiwan, or be sentenced.

For the United States, it is acceptable for Chinese scientists to go to Taiwan.

In addition, Yu Jishi also served as Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguard at any rate, and there were many intrigues.He could probably guess that Wu Jianxiong was not the ultimate target of the kidnappers, but just a temptation.

But this tentative goal must be similar to the real goal.

The Korean War is raging, and the U.S. Congress is debating whether to help defend Taiwan.It is not impossible for Americans to consider Yu Jishi's request to build a university as an acting minister.

Zhou Qingfeng is in Washington, always paying attention to Yu Jishi's every move.He admired this man's cleverness, after all, it is better to let Americans nod than to let Wu Jianxiong nod.

It's like finding the right key to unlock a lock.As long as the U.S. Congress approves, Wu Jianxiong has to agree if he doesn't agree. It will definitely not be so easy for Zhou Qingfeng.

Sure enough, wait until the end of January 51.After the consent of the US Congress, Columbia University decided to let Wu Jianxiong and his wife return to Taiwan to teach for a period of time.

Knowing the news, Zhou Qingfeng immediately made a request to Yu Jishi—to add Qian Xuesen, who is under house arrest in San Francisco, to the list of going to Taiwan, and to bring all his research materials with him.

It was only when Qian Xuesen's name appeared that Yu Jishi suddenly realized that what the kidnappers really wanted was von Karman's proud disciple, a rocket expert, someone who could unleash the true power of the atomic bomb.

Wu Jianxiong will be naturalized in the United States in a few years. She is used to living in the Western world, and she will definitely not go back to the poor and white mainland to suffer.

Qian Xuesen was the one who heard that the founding of the new China would pack his bags and go home. He had to serve the country even after suffering, and he was determined.Faced with high-ranking officials, generous salaries and threats and temptations, he refused to give in after five years of suffering.

It is clear which is more important and which is more important.

Well, what else can I say?

As long as the mother of the country is sent back, so what if a rocket expert is added?It's okay to add ten.

So Qianlao's family, who were still under surveillance in San Francisco, were arrested again in a daze.But this time when he was arrested, all his research materials were not only confiscated, but even those confiscated before were returned.

After finally getting all the people together, Yu Jishi was waiting for the final battle of wits and courage with Zhou Qingfeng, how to bring Song Meiling back safely.

But Zhou Qingfeng called and asked: "Only people? Are you greedy for the teaching materials and teaching aids that the Americans promised to aid? Mr. Qian Xuesen studies rockets, shouldn't he send a big rocket?"

What……?

Yu Jishi was confused by this kind of divergent thinking.

Zhou Qingfeng has a lot of demands, "Even if there is no rocket, there should be a rocket engine. Even if there is no rocket engine, the factory and equipment for making the engine should provide some support.

Rockets also need gyroscopes, fuel, and ballistic computers. Shouldn't the Americans ask for these things?For specific projects, you can ask Mr. Qian, he is an expert in this field. "

You you you... I've never seen such a brazen... kidnapper!

Yu Jishi ran back and forth in the United States, and lost more than 20 catties from exhaustion. He thought that the kidnapper would continue to make demands—good guy, the kidnapper really dared to speak.

It's not enough to get people away, but I need to bring some souvenirs!

Rocket?Fuck your mother rocket.

Can this thing be obtained casually?

Why don't you just ask for an atomic bomb?

Needless to say, after asking for the rocket, Zhou Qingfeng said that since Wu Jianxiong is here, why not just ask for a nuclear reactor?If there is no real product, just make a model!

It would be even better if we could get a model of the atomic bomb.

Even if there is no model, it is always possible to get a batch of centrifuges for the production of enriched uranium, right?If you can't get a centrifuge, you can get a particle accelerator.

As far as I know, the United States is a big local tyrant.Taiwan is a good dog, and the owner is not stingy.

Tell me honestly, have you taken the benefits from the United States into your pocket?You KMT have always liked to drift away, I know your nature too well.

Yu Jishi was about to be blown out of anger, thinking: "I'm begging the kidnappers to bring the president's wife back now, how could I be corrupt? At the critical moment, can I make fun of my own future?"

But Zhou Qingfeng is serious. Regarding nuclear physics, he is just a major of the Ministry of National Defense who neither understands nor can handle it.

And the equipment required by a university is too broad.Physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geography, medicine, and science and engineering are particularly detailed and full of thieves.

Zhou Qingfeng didn't understand either, so he pushed the matter to Yu Jishi, "Ask Mr. Qian Xuesen, he must know. If you need anything, you can ask the Americans. They are asking Taiwan now."

Yu was also unlucky, similar to those officials in later generations who knelt down and licked foreigners for official titles, and had no bargaining power in front of Zhou Qingfeng.He asked the FBI to airlift Qian Xuesen's family to New York and have a secret conversation in the embassy.

Qian was always extremely angry about being hijacked and persecuted by the Kuomintang, but when he met Yu Ji at the embassy, ​​he found that this high-ranking official of the Kuomintang looked even harder than him.

"Mr. Qian, I need your help now." Yu could only lower his posture and seek cooperation.

In the secret room, Old Qian raised his eyebrows and remained silent.

Yu continued: "Mr. Qian, does Mr. Qian know that Kong Xiangxi's family disappeared in New York after November last year?"

"Is there such a thing?" Mr. Qian still knew about Kong Xiangxi, a corrupt official, and he was a little curious. "I have been under residential surveillance in San Francisco and have never heard of it."

"Mr. Qian knows that not only Kong Xiangxi and his family are missing, Song Ziwen and many Chinese celebrities in New York have all been kidnapped."

"Is there such a thing?" Mr. Qian was even more surprised, and became happy in his heart. "This is the best news I've heard in months. How are these people doing?"

"I don't know where to go, they should all have been torn up by the kidnappers." Yu Jishi sighed as he said that.

"Is there such a thing?" Mr. Qian couldn't help grinning, "This matter should be cleared up. Then?"

Yu Jishi sighed even more, "The kidnappers blocked the news and said that Song Ailing was seriously ill, so they tricked Madam Jiang to New York and kidnapped her."

"Is there such a thing?" Qian Lao laughed happily, "Is that Mrs. Jiang?"

"How many Madam Chiangs are there in this world? President Jiang's wife."

Hahaha……

"Is there such a thing?" Qian Lao smiled happily, "Okay, that's great. Mr. Yu, are you trying to lie to me? I will definitely not go to Taiwan."

Yu Jishi looked downcast, "Mr. Qian, I really want to take you to Taiwan, are you resisting? In the refrigerator of my embassy, ​​there is still a severed finger of Mrs. Jiang cut off by the kidnappers. Would you like to have a look at it? "

"Is there such a thing?" Mr. Qian seemed to hear anecdotes from ancient and modern times, his eyes lit up, "It's fine to cut off your finger, it's nothing to look at. What does this have to do with you bringing me here?"

Yu Jishi revealed the answer, "The kidnappers tried their best to exchange you for Mrs. Jiang by name. I had no choice but to take you from the Americans under the pretext of forcing you to Taiwan."

Hahaha... What else?

This kidnapper is a genius!

Chapter 39

Coming out of the secret room of the embassy, ​​Qian Xuesen was escorted back to the room under house arrest in a symbolic manner.His wife, Ms. Jiang, was in a daze in the house with her two young children, and she was overjoyed when she saw her husband come back.

"what happened?"

"There was a big turning point when we returned home."

Mr. Qian talked about the "kidnapping of Song Meiling", including the annihilation of Kong and Song's family.Ms. Jiang was amazed as if listening to the "Arabian Nights".

In the past, the four major families were like overlords in the country, and no one dared to provoke them.A mere Miss Kong Er can turn Chongqing in the rear into a mess.

Now that New China has been established, these bastards immediately lost their momentum.It's just that they escaped to the United States and still lived a good life of debauchery, and now the retribution finally came, and the Kong and Song families were basically wiped out.

Very happy!

"Who could have done it?"

"It should be from the mainland. Those who can do this have great perseverance and great ingenuity. In the United States, it is really amazing to make the impossible possible."

The husband and wife sighed for a while, and the bad luck in Mr. Qian's heart disappeared.He found a pen and paper and listed the scientific research equipment he needed to return to China.

It is impossible for scientists to build castles in the air out of nothing, and rocket research is an all-round test of the industrial system.

The United States is the well-deserved global hegemon today, and its industrial foundation is quite solid. It is of great benefit to be able to move more equipment back home, which can immediately reduce the time it takes for the country to climb the technology tree.

All Zhou Qingfeng could think of was to get a real rocket to go back, but Qian Lao made the list from the basic perspectives of aerodynamics, engineering thermodynamics, and aerospace propulsion principles.

Right next to Mr. Qian, Wu Jianxiong and his wife, who were also forcibly pulled in, also made a list with a sigh - neutron radiation source, electrostatic accelerator, mass spectrometer and magnetic spectrometer and other instruments.

The couple was also forced to 'return to Taiwan'. Although Columbia University promised to help them retain their teaching positions for two years, they were still not very happy.

"Do you want to bring so many documents back?" Yuan Jialiu saw that his wife not only listed the equipment, but also wanted to copy a bunch of scientific and technological documents from Columbia University.

The literature seems to be simple, but in fact it is vast.In the era without computers, going to the library to search for literature is an essential skill for every scientific researcher.

It even became a discipline.

Whether a country does a good job in scientific research depends on how much literature it has accumulated.

And most of the so-called 'papers' are actually waste paper, worthless.Documents that can be screened into the library are verified scientific records, saving future generations from the work of 'reinventing the wheel'.

Compared with equipment, basic literature is the real gold mine, and it is the golden finger that teaches people to mine.

Wu Jianxiong has a special status. Compared with Qian Xuesen, who has made up his mind to return to China, she is recognized as one of her own by American scientific research institutions, and she retains quite high authority.

Because Columbia University is ordered by Congress, it is equivalent to a semi-mandatory requirement for Wu Jianxiong to "return to Taiwan".In order to calm her emotions, she was allowed to photocopy a batch of scientific and technological documents from the library of 'Columbia University', so that 'Taiwan' could build a university.

Wu Jianxiong simply used his authority, which was almost equivalent to moving in the library of Columbia University. Anyway, it was consumption of public funds, not in vain.

In fact, Qian Xuesen, who was next door to her, was doing the same thing, but this rocket scientist moved to the Caltech library.The rocket is second, and the documents and data for making the rocket are more important.

While these Chinese scientists were busy in the United States, Xiao Jinlang, who was far away in the imperial capital, received a transoceanic encrypted telegram sent by Zhou Qingfeng through the Soviet embassy.

The telegram is a series of numbers, the encryption method is very low-level, and it depends on the two people agreeing to use a certain dictionary to decode.This method is stupid, there is no public key, but unless the two reveal the secret themselves, it is basically impossible for outsiders to decipher it.

According to the four-digit number at the beginning of the telegram, Xiao Jinlang found a copy of "The Scholars".Press the numbers to start translating Zhou Qingfeng's call.The translation efficiency of this stupid method is extremely low, and it took Lao Xiao a long time to complete the translation.

But halfway through the translation, Xiao Jinlang was shocked by what Zhou Qingfeng did.Although they have been partners for many years, Zhou Qingfeng can always come up with some weird ways to solve problems.