the world is at stake

Liu Fuyang came out of the machinery factory on a bicycle, found a simple roadside shop near the factory, and greeted the proprietress, "Here are three fried pancakes and fried meat. One is eaten now, and two are packed."

The store is very small, just a husband and wife stall, with a liquefied gas stove and two stoves.The boss is buried in the back of the stall, and the proprietress greets the guests, clears the table, and collects money to settle accounts.

When the business came, the proprietress served tea and chatted and laughed a few times.In front of the table is the stove with a strong flame. On the chopping board are shredded pork, chopped mung bean sprouts and cabbage.

When the boss heard "rouchao", he put a spoon, poured some oil on the pan, and when the oil was hot, he grabbed a handful of shredded pork and threw it in.There was a crackling sound in the oil pan, and then put bean sprouts and cabbage, and drizzled with soy sauce.

The fire was heated up, and the aroma rose from the pot.At this time, put the shredded pancakes, stir fry with a spoon, turn to a low heat, pour half a spoonful of soup on it, and then cover the pot to keep it stuffy for a while.

Taking advantage of Guo's boredom, the boss wiped his sweat with a towel and asked Liu Fuyang, "Mr. Liu, I heard that you have raised your wages. How much do you earn a month now?"

Liu Fuyang is only in his early forties, a few years younger than the boss.He shook his head with a wry smile, "I don't have much money, but now I spend a lot, it's better to deliver food."

But the boss envied: "I'm tired of delivering food. It's no better than your state-owned enterprise's guarantee of income. My husband and I get up early and work late, and we still can't earn your income alone. Worry!"

The pot was stuffy for about two or three minutes, and the boss yelled and divided the pan of fried cakes into three even portions.The proprietress brought one and packed two more.

Sheep oil is added to the fried cakes, which has a faint smell of mutton.

Liu Fuyang smelled the aroma, his appetite was whetted, he kept chopsticks in his hand, and cleaned up the dishes for a while.After eating and paying the bill, I took two packs and rode home.

When leaving, Liu Fuyang looked back at the middle-aged couple selling fried pancakes, feeling a lot of emotion.He and that couple are considered the second generation of laid-off workers. In the 90s, their parents lost their jobs, the whole society was in chaos, and everyone's way out became bleak.

I still remember that 20 years ago, the husband and wife team were also young people, and they opened a small shop noisy and noisy, which turned out to be the oldest shop on this street.In contrast, the surrounding shops open and close, and they don't last long.

Liu Fuyang graduated from technical secondary school 20 years ago. He didn't want to work in a machinery factory at all, but was forced by his parents to go to work.

Back then, Lengtouqing started as an apprentice, went through factory internships, domestic research, and further studies abroad. Now he has become the technical backbone of the factory. He has won the National Skills Competition Award and has rich theoretical and practical experience.

But if you want to talk about income, you can only say that's it.

When he got home, Liu Fuyang put two servings of fried pancakes on the dining table, and was surprised to find that his wife had returned early, and there were guests at home—these were brought by the community police station, and the ID was from the Municipal Light Industry Bureau.

"Is there something wrong?" Liu Fuyang asked in a daze.The lover stabbed him, and introduced: "The comrades in the city just talked to me, and they came to express condolences to you, a young labor model, and also have a job to find out."

Liu Fuyang has won several honors as a "model worker".As for "finding the bottom line" and so on, he has a clean background and pure politics, and he has nothing to say except that he is excellent in business.

Comrades from the Light Industry Bureau said, "The higher-ups have a special overseas mission. Let us select a group of young and middle-aged comrades who are politically reliable, outstanding in ability, and in good health."

Hearing 'overseas mission', Liu Fuyang frowned, not willing to go.But his lover stabbed him again, and said in a low voice: "The leader said that there is 500 million yuan for relocation."

What... 500 million?Also settle down?

Liu Fuyang immediately tightened his face, "This... what kind of mission pays so much money?"

"It's just a primary election, and you may not be selected." A comrade from the Light Industry Bureau flipped through a list in his hand, "Comrade Liu Fuyang, there are a few questions that you need to answer in person in a serious manner."

Liu Fuyang moved a stool and finished it, serious and earnest.

"Have you ever worked as a fitter? How is your current level?"

"Beginning as an apprentice, I have worked as a fitter for seven or eight years with the master master back then, and obtained the technician qualification certificate. In recent years, I have not done much by myself, and I am a bit unfamiliar, but I will definitely regain my feeling after practicing."

"You still do woodworking, don't you?"

"I have been in a wood processing factory for three years, responsible for equipment installation and commissioning, and my business ability is not bad."

"What about carpentry?"

"Pure carpentry? I really haven't done this. But I have a background in fitters, and dry carpentry is not too bad."

"How is your physical condition? Are there any chronic diseases that require long-term medication? Such as diabetes."

"No, I'm in good health. I'm in good spirits, too."

"Do you have experience in wilderness survival?"

"Ah...? This really doesn't exist."

"How long do you want to run five kilometers cross-country?"

"Oh, I'm usually busy with work, so I really lack exercise. I'm afraid I won't be able to run a five-kilometer cross-country."

"Would you be willing to take a job overseas with some risk?"

"Is this...how dangerous?"

"For example, working in a war-torn area in Africa, the language barrier, poor living conditions, poor working environment, lack of supplies and backup, and even the labor tools need to be solved by yourself, and you may die at any time."

Ah...the danger is too high.

The 500 million yuan settling fee is not easy to earn. Even Liu Fuyang's lover was stunned.

The people from the Light Industry Bureau didn't say that they must go, they only said that there would be a paid training camp, and suggested that Liu Fuyang try it--the selection of candidates is nationwide, and the quota is limited.

In fact, there are quite a lot of qualified people in China. If you want to participate, you must be an outstanding comrade with an "innocent family background, strong thinking, strong skills, and the courage to dedicate and even sacrifice".

After the investigation was over, people from the Bureau of Light Industry left a phone call, saying that if Liu Fuyang was interested, he could contact him within a day.You don't need to fight after the time, because the task is very urgent.

Liu Fuyang and his wife suffered from insomnia that night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep like pancakes.The next day, he still called to express his willingness to participate in the training camp—the organization said he would participate voluntarily, and generally speaking, he was really voluntary.

On the phone, the comrades from the Bureau of Light Industry asked Liu Fuyang to pack his luggage immediately. Half an hour later, a car took him to the airport, where he got a plane ticket to the imperial capital.

When he arrived in the imperial capital, Liu Fuyang was dragged to the suburbs of Changping.After he came, he confirmed that the comrades in the city had not lied to him—within 24 hours, two to three thousand outstanding comrades across the country were mobilized to participate in the training camp.

They are all backbones in their thirties and forties, young and vigorous, full of energy.The sources of personnel are also diverse.For example, the Bailai from the field troops are all elites selected from the regiment, battalion and company levels.

For soldiers, it is easy to fight, capture prisoners and investigate. What is more important is to have brains, be able to train soldiers and fight wars, and be able to lead hundreds of people in long-distance field operations without backup.

Another example is the city-level secretary-general from the civil affairs department, all promoted from the county and township grassroots, to serve as the big housekeeper for the two teams in the city. His specialty is handling all kinds of trivial government affairs, patient and careful.

After this group of people came, they were locked up in a small dark room, and it was only later that they learned that their topic during the training camp was how to establish a base behind an unfamiliar enemy—this weird question made the civil affairs elite feel like a big headache.

There are also those who come from the hospital, who are good at dealing with various difficult and miscellaneous diseases, especially dealing with some infectious diseases that can only be found in poor sanitation environments. Those who have experience in foreign aid in Africa will be more suitable.

Because medical staff are in an unfamiliar environment where surgical instruments and drugs are scarce by default.

Some come from pharmaceutical factories and medical research institutes. The research topic is how to cultivate and produce drugs such as antibiotics from scratch. It is necessary to design a drug production, purification and storage plan that meets the needs of the team under simple conditions.

There are also those who engage in agricultural technology and water conservancy, thinking about how to preserve germplasm resources without pesticides and fertilizers—there are too many prerequisites for high grain yields, but these people cannot choose high-quality seeds. Seed, don't pick the fat.

Liu Fuyang is in the technical group.

But technical groups are also divided into categories.

There are people who specialize in wood processing. They need to produce hydraulic machinery with the simplest tools. They must be able to manually produce bearing gears, restore waterwheels, mills, sawmills, and even build hundreds of tons of ships.

Some people specialize in iron and steelmaking, but they can't use the local method of steelmaking with unstable performance. At least they must have the ability to build a simple blast furnace, and they must break through the crucible steelmaking—the condition is to start from scratch and start the process manually.

There is also the construction of porcelain kilns, dry distillation kilns, and simple chemical engineering. Even the glass has to be considered how to blow it by itself, otherwise the pharmaceutical team will be unable to move forward, and the optical team will be helpless.

The first task of the chemistry group and the electronics group is how to make a voltaic battery with a water tank, as well as an electric spark transmitter and an ore radio-it's too bad, and there are no materials.

Things like acid, alkali and silver lead have to be obtained from the ore themselves.

As for Liu Fuyang, he belongs to the versatile fitter group, and he is thinking about how to use the simplest tools to provide equipment and equipment to other groups.His initial tools were actually only his own two hands.

The key point is that in all these jobs, the only materials that can be supplied openly are wood and stone. Metal materials are listed as scarce, and even glass is also a valuable item.

During the two-day training camp, everyone complained that the organization wanted to throw themselves into the primitive society?Now this world is the poorest and most miserable place, so there is no need for a few pieces of steel!

Two days later, all industrial paths were set, and the various groups began to downsize their personnel. More than 2000 people were chopped down to five or six hundred, and the people who left were all inexplicable. The organization didn't say anything, only asking for secrecy.

The rest were allowed to practice the industrial path of their own design with the most rudimentary tools.For example, if you want to build machinery, the organization provides a batch of teak wood, and requires simple tools to turn them into balls of different specifications and produce bearings.

Liu Fuyang got hammers, rulers, saws, files, bench drills, vises and other tools.Each tool is as multi-functional as possible and has various specifications, but it must be used by hand. It is a dream to want an electronic one.

After a week of rehearsal, there were only 500 of the [-] people left.In another five days, there were only a hundred or so left.In the early [-]s, there are two groups of main players and substitutes.

Everyone has to receive field production training, practice survival in war-torn areas, and engage in night training, as well as how to save themselves after falling behind.

The soldiers in the team were arranged to go on a "staff trip" between the white mountains and black waters in the northeast, especially inspecting various ancient battlefields, especially the locations and routes of several battles in the late Ming Dynasty.

Some places have disappeared after a hundred years. For example, the Dahuofang Reservoir flooded the famous Tiebei Mountain, the main point of the Saerhu Battle.

The team did not miss these key points, and asked the local government to find out the map before the reservoir was built and interpret it carefully.

In addition, there are certain roads, which have now been repaired.However, the team must find the mountain roads in the past, and pay special attention to the changes in nature during the 400 years of evolution.

For about two weeks, Liu Fuyang lived a full life every day - he only slept for four or five hours a day, and the rest was endless training.

Many middle-aged backbones can't bear this hardship and can only quit.When they left, they often wanted to ask what the training camp was for, but they couldn't get an answer.

In fact, many people who come to the class for training do not know what this team is going to do and what is its purpose?

While the 'Holy Light' team was preparing for the battle of Saarhu in the late Ming Dynasty, members of the 'New Chinese Alliance' in the United States also gathered together.

The leader is a so-called "dissident" who escaped from the mainland. Others call him Guo Hai, but his real name is unknown.The entire organization is just such a selected person, and the followers are men and women, all of whom are recruited anti-communist and anti-China personnel.

This group of people frowned at the moment, gathering at a table to look through the materials they could collect at the end of the Ming Dynasty.But they have been looking at it for about half a month, but they are still at a loss.

The 'Brotherhood' sent a guy to assist the little group.But so far, Guo Hai and others have only conducted some military training and field survival training, and have no clear plan for how to complete the task.

In the team, a woman named Yan Li whispered: "Don't think too much, the only chance for us to win is to gain Nurhachi's trust and mobilize the entire tribe for my use.

Jurchens are still in a state of ignorance, believe in primitive shamans, and are very backward in technology and culture.We should show them miracles, provide them with predictive guidance, and become the real masters of the Jianzhou Jurchen. "

It is not difficult to use scientific knowledge to demonstrate miracles. According to historical records, the Jianzhou Jurchen at that time was also very eager to acquire the civilization of the Han Dynasty.But it is hard to predict whether Nurhachi will be influenced by a group of outsiders, and how deep the influence will be.

"Maybe you should present colorful glass balls to the barbarian leader." The advisor sent by the 'Brotherhood' said with a smile.He didn't care about the life and death of these miscellaneous fish in front of him at all, talking nonsense.

Presenting colorful glass balls is also a way, but Guo Hai and others don't think that this will make Nurhachi do what they say - as the leader of the Jurchen tribe, 'Wild Boar Skin' is definitely not an idiot.

"You can also present women to Nurhachi." The consultant continued: "Believe me, Nurhachi will feel as beautiful as a fairy when he sees the women among you."

In ancient times, living conditions were poor, and being ugly was the norm.

Even if you are a king or queen, don't even think about having a good appearance or a good figure-for example, the famous Queen Victoria, who is only 1.5 meters tall when she is an adult, looks like a village girl.

However, for barbarians like Jurchen, the status of women is extremely low.The few women in Nurhachi didn't have any good results. It's wishful thinking to gain an advantage by blowing pillow wind.

Guo Hai did not resist these proposals, but he was very aware of the advantages and disadvantages his team was facing. Looking at the records in his hand, he fixed his eyes on an inconspicuous one.

"Carrying plague, smallpox, cholera, measles, typhoid fever, tetanus, diphtheria, pneumonia, dysentery, influenza, whooping cough and other vicious infectious diseases were released at the end of Ming Dynasty, destroying the entire Central Plains."

Jack London in the West has written many novels, using biological warfare to destroy inferior Chinese.

In Guo Hai's view, as long as everyone is killed, the battle of Saerhu will naturally win.As for whether Nurhachi is still alive or whether the Jurchens still exist, it doesn't matter.

"But what should we do? The plague knows no difference." Some of the followers objected.

"We can vaccinate." Guo Hai whispered.

"Not all vaccines are effective for life." Objections still exist.

"Then we have to choose the time and place to release the plague." Guo Hai still insisted, "Have you ever played the game 'Plague Inc.'? What we have to do is to play it well."

Chapter 05 Departure, to the end of Ming Dynasty

When the opponent's strength was limited, they resorted to the "biochemical warfare" trick, and the "Holy Light" team supported by the entire country was discussing the same issue in more detail and in depth.

In the new team, Zhou Qingfeng is still the leader, and his second-level ring can bring four companions into missions.But the 'Holy Light' team has only two candidates with first-level rings, Xiao Jinlang and Qin Qing.

So even after adding a batch of zero-level selectees, the total number of 'Holy Light' team is only nine selectees and ninety followers.In addition to Yilan and Sun Luoji, four people including Chief Master Yang got their own space-time rings.

What is more special is that those who 'engage in the party and government' have withdrawn from the team.He is too old to need the care of a dedicated medical team.It was fine in early 2000, but the environment in the late Ming Dynasty was not suitable for him.

Among the additional candidates, in addition to Mr. Yang, who is engaged in aircraft design, one person was added for smelting, materials, and medicine.The person in charge of medicine is an academician in her fifties, female, surnamed Li, who specializes in infectious diseases.

Leaving aside the surprise and perplexity of joining the space-time team, when it comes to professional issues, Academician Li can give the 'Holy Light' team considerable advice.Especially the epidemic problem after crossing.

First of all, Qin Qing gave a research report done in 2003, "There will be no items that we carry that are beyond the times. For example, in the era of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, we could not carry transistors, so we had to develop them ourselves.

Similarly, viruses and bacteria that have been mutated by modern antibiotics are not allowed to carry.But unmutated strains do exist.

In the same way, even if we are vaccinated, it will not work, and the antibody will not be able to go to the era when it did not exist.

In other words, if we or our opponents carry certain 'ancient' viruses, they can be released at the end of the Ming Dynasty and cause huge casualties. "

For this possibility, the 'Holy Light' team had to guard against.

Zhou Qingfeng and others have deduced it. They think that the opponent wants to win, or they will not interfere in any way, let Jianzhou Jurchen develop on their own, and automatically initiate the battle of Saarhu.

If you want to intervene, the efficiency of influencing Nurhachi is very poor-a group of people with completely different speech, behavior, clothing and living habits suddenly appear, and anyone with a brain will be vigilant against them.

After much deliberation, the cheapest and easiest way is to release the plague.

But Academician Li nodded and shook his head at this point of view, "According to the ancient classics and the laws of epidemiology, we will find that there are often records of 'big epidemics' and 'epidemics' in Chinese history.

Due to the poor sanitation conditions in ancient times, the cultural level was low.Once a plague occurs, the population of the entire area will often be drastically reduced or even emptied.

A modern plague that infects tens of thousands and kills thousands will turn into a disaster hyped by the media.In ancient times, if only so few people died, the magistrate dealt with it properly and would be rewarded by the emperor. "

The hygienic habits of drinking hot water and washing hands frequently were cultivated after the founding of the People's Republic of China.Before the founding of the nation, fuel to boil water and clean water were at a premium.

In ancient life, "firewood" was the first for firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.It's not that the ancients didn't know the benefits of drinking hot water, but they couldn't do it.

"The ancients were no strangers to the plague. Although they lacked scientific knowledge, their fear of the plague caused their awareness of epidemic prevention to be quite high, but the means of epidemic prevention were limited.