Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

After watching his elder brother leave, Song Weiguo regained his previous composure and looked at Zhou Tian and said, "Director Zhou, no, I will call you Director from now on!"

Zhou Tian nodded. Although he was not used to being called the director, he did not object.

"Director, the Ministry of Industry applied to the military to set up this weapons research institute. After careful consideration by the military and the Ministry of Industry, they decided to build it inside the steel mill and call it a special workshop!"

"The personnel will include many military weapons experts and experienced masters. In addition, this workshop will have extremely strict confidentiality measures. Without the permission of our superiors, we must not disclose the existence of this workshop to anyone. Director, you must be extremely cautious about this!"

Perhaps considering the relationship between his elder brother and Zhou Tian, ​​Song Weiguo spoke in a serious tone and emphasized it deliberately.

"Well, that's natural!" Zhou Tian nodded and responded, "But I have a question. Now that I have become the director of the Weapons Research Institute, will this conflict with my research on machine tools and industrial equipment?"

He must understand this clearly. After all, he also shoulders the responsibilities of the director of the technical department. If there is a conflict between the two, he must make a choice.

Although he was extremely reluctant to do so, if the higher-ups had already made a decision, he would have no choice but to make a choice.

"No, the commander specifically told me when I came here that you can be confident and bold in your research. Whether it's industrial equipment, machine tools, or weapons, as long as you succeed in your research, the military will do its best to support you!"

"Really?" Zhou Tian was so excited that he could hardly control himself and asked in disbelief.

"Absolutely true! These are the original words of the old leader!" Zheng Weiguo looked solemn and nodded heavily.

"Good! Good! Good!" Zhou Tian shouted excitedly three times in a row, his voice full of excitement. You know, with the help of the virtual space in his mind, he is not incapable of developing more and better weapons and industrial equipment, but he has always been worried about the Big Brother experts who will arrive next year.

If he had not been afraid of making things difficult for others, he would have let go long ago. Now that he has the military to back him up, all the worries in his heart are naturally swept away!

Not only was he no longer afraid or worried, but he also felt a heroic urge to give it a go.

"Weiguo, do you know when this research institute will be completed?" Zhou Tian asked Zheng Weiguo with his eyes full of eager anticipation.

"Director, the weapons research institute not only has to take confidentiality into consideration, but also has to take its concealment into consideration, so the construction may take a long time. I'm afraid it will take until March next year at the earliest!"

"March next year?" Zhou Tian murmured to himself, "It's already November, which means it will take at least five months. Well, I can still accept it!" As he spoke, the surging excitement in his heart gradually subsided.

After calming down, he suddenly thought of another problem, that is, the accommodation arrangements for Zheng Weiguo and other military personnel. But on second thought, he felt that he might be worrying too much. After all, since the military was able to deploy these people here, the accommodation problem should be properly solved.

Next, Zhou Tian and Zheng Weiguo talked about a lot of things related to the research institute, and also discussed some of the situations on the peninsula battlefield. The two of them got along better and better, and when it was time for lunch, they even went to the cafeteria together.

It was not until the end of the afternoon when the two of them ended their conversation with a sense of unfulfilled desire.

After work, Zhou Tian rode his bicycle to Union Hospital to pick up Shen Yulin as usual. Just after leaving the hospital, on the way back, Zhou Tian suddenly caught a glimpse of a Chinese medicine store and remembered his plan to grow herbs in space.

He immediately stopped the car and took Shen Yulin into the store.

"Hello, two guests. Are you here to get medicine or see a doctor?" As the two men stepped into the store, an old man with a white beard came to greet them. The old man was wearing a long gown, and he exuded an otherworldly and immortal aura.

"Old man, I want to buy some medicinal seeds. Do you have any for sale?" The moment Zhou Tian saw the old man, he felt a strong sense of threat in his heart. He became alert and asked politely.

The old man first glanced at Shen Yulin, then stared deeply at Zhou Tian, ​​and said meaningfully: "Of course we have medicinal seeds. I don't know which seeds you want, but different seeds have very strict requirements for the growing environment. If you want to grow all of them, it may be difficult!"

"Old man, I want some ginseng seeds, as well as seeds of precious herbs such as Ganoderma lucidum, Gastrodia elata, Saffron, Polygonum multiflorum, Dendrobium candidum, etc. I wonder if you have any? As for whether they can be grown, please don't worry about it!" Zhou Tian noticed the old man's gaze and knew that the old man must have seen that he was proficient in traditional Chinese martial arts. He became more alert and more cautious in his words.

"I have all the seeds of these herbs here. How many would you like?" The old man smiled slightly, obviously not caring about Zhou Tian's vigilance, and asked with a smile on his face.

"Give me ten of each!"

"Okay, please wait a moment, sir! I'll prepare it for you right away!" As he said that, the old man turned around, lifted the partition, walked into the medicine cabinet and began to look for medicinal seeds.

Not long after, the old man handed a small bag to Zhou Tian and said, "This is the seed you need. Just give me 100,000!"

"One hundred thousand? So expensive?" Zhou Tian was about to take out the money when he heard Shen Yulin beside him couldn't help but exclaim.

"Miss, these are all precious Chinese medicinal seeds. Most of them are hard to come by, so it is reasonable that they are more expensive. I dare to assert that even if this customer goes to other pharmacies to look for them, it will probably be difficult to get all these seeds!" The old man explained with a smile.

Zhou Tian had no doubt about this. After all, he had visited many pharmacies to inquire in his spare time. However, for various reasons, many pharmacies either had only a few types of seeds or did not sell seeds at all, so he never bought any.

But today, he had finally gathered all the seeds in this pharmacy, and he no longer cared whether one hundred thousand was expensive or cheap. So he nodded to the old man, handed him the one hundred thousand yuan, and then turned around and walked out of the pharmacy with Shen Yulin.

As soon as he stepped out of the pharmacy, Zhou Tian couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. It was really because the old man in the pharmacy just now brought him too much pressure.

That feeling was like a kitten encountering a sleeping tiger. He knew that he might have met a master today.

"Brother Zhou, what's wrong with you?" Shen Yulin asked puzzledly, looking at Zhou Tian's relieved expression, her pretty face full of worry.

"It's okay, it's just that the old man just now gave me an extremely dangerous feeling!" Zhou Tian did not hide anything from Shen Yulin and said directly.

"Dangerous? No way, Brother Zhou, did you see it wrong? The old man just now looked very kind!" Shen Yulin was stunned by Zhou Tian's words. He looked confused and didn't understand what was going on.

"This is the mutual induction between martial arts masters. It's normal that you can't feel it, Yulin! Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go quickly. If we delay any longer, it will be dark!"

After hearing what Shen Yulin said, Zhou Tian stopped dwelling on the topic of the old man, got back on his bike, and rode Shen Yulin towards Mianhua Hutong.

"Brother Zhou, what are you buying these medicinal seeds for? Do you want to grow them yourself?"

Sitting in the back seat, Shen Yulin leaned on his back, her pretty face full of confusion, not understanding why Zhou Tian spent such a high price to buy these seeds.

You know, she was interning at Union Hospital and her monthly salary was only 230,000 yuan, which means that the money she spent on buying seeds today was almost equivalent to more than a week's salary. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.