I really just want to be a scholar

"I don't have any needs at the moment. If you really want me to mention it, I have some ideas that I would like to share with my two uncles." Qin Ke thought for a while and then said seriously:

"I know that after I proposed to gradually share the advanced technology of the 'intelligent manufacturing factory' with all member states within a few years, many seniors and academicians in the scientific research community of Xia State were quite critical of this. They thought that it is now rare for Xia State to To be ahead of the world and the times in intelligent manufacturing, we should find ways to keep it confidential so that our country can maintain this leading advantage."

"These voices made me decide to invest leading high-tech technologies such as 'miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactors', 'resistant ultra-high pressure and ultra-high temperature alloy technology', 'electromagnetic multi-band composite synchronous ablation technology' into the 'planetary shield' Once it was planned and shared with member states on a limited basis, it never stopped. Uncle Yang must have withstood a lot of pressure for me."

Both Yang Chengke and Chen Jixue were silent. Science has no borders, but scientists have nationalities. It is understandable that those old academicians and scientists have repeatedly reported these problems to their superiors. After all, the country is afraid of falling behind in the field of scientific research and is also afraid of being restricted. It is not easy. With such high-tech technology that is ahead of the times, they all just want to hide it and secretly put it into application to make the country quietly stronger, so they are quite critical of Qin Ke's "prodigal" behavior.

Especially the "miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactors", this is an extremely excellent technology. Not only is the cost of power generation extremely controlled, it is also highly safe and small in size. It can even be easily installed on ship carriers and submarines. It can be called The new era of super mobile power bank is regarded by several old academicians and scientists as the future hope of Xia State to dominate the energy industry.

Now, although Qin Ke has not fully announced all the technical details, it is enough for other countries with advanced science and technology to roughly master this technology. How can he not make those old academicians and scientists sad? It’s no surprise that they objected with vehement rhetoric.

It's just that the superiors have been suppressing such voices to prevent them from reaching Qin Ke's ears.

Unexpectedly, Qin Ke still heard it.

Yang Chengke sighed softly: "Qin Ke, you don't need to pay attention to these noises. Your superiors will fully support your work as always. We all know the reasons why you made these decisions. Now our world is facing a huge crisis. You raised The proposal to share these technologies with member states is to enable all countries to share their most advanced technologies, shorten the technical research time of the 'Planet Shield' plan as much as possible, and strive to build it as soon as possible to save our planet. "

Before Qin Ke formally proposed these suggestions, he explained them to Yang Chengke and several elders and obtained their consent, so Yang Chengke knew very well.

"Moreover, these technology sharing are not unconditional. Judging from the results, we have also obtained many advanced technologies that have been urgently needed from other countries, which has enabled us to develop in many areas of shortcomings, such as semiconductors, aerospace, engine parts, and precision. Manufacturing and other fields have improved by leaps and bounds. Generally speaking, this kind of technology sharing and exchange is mutually beneficial to all countries. Our Xia country has not suffered any losses, but can actually be said to have gained."

What Yang Chengke said is a microcosm of the general trend of the times. This great alliance of scientists from all over the world is itself a reshuffle of the scientific and technological advantages of various countries. It depends on who can seize the opportunity and find a good opportunity for breakthrough.

Xia Guo did take advantage in this regard. After all, Qin Ke is the core soul of the "Planet Shield" project. No matter how reluctant other countries are, they must and can only give him a little face to let Xia, who is standing behind him, Through this opportunity, the country has made up for its shortcomings in technology, such as photolithography machine technology. Xia Guo has now acquired a full set of technologies, which is enough to drive a huge revolution and development from optical instrument technology, precision manufacturing technology to nanomaterial technology. Leap forward.

But generally speaking, the technology sharing mechanism is relatively fair. The technology of all countries has improved, but the extent of the improvement varies. No one really suffers. It is precisely because of "insisting on fairness" that this ten thousand Only through the Human Scientists Conference and the "Planet Shield" plan will they be recognized and supported by the vast majority of countries around the world.

Yang Chengke knows these details better than Qin Ke, because he personally led many negotiations on technology sharing and exchange.

He said warmly: "Qin Ke, don't take it to heart about those remarks that don't understand the general trend and don't understand the so-called meaning. The country will always be your most solid backing and greatest support. Just let go of your hands and continue to complete this task." The 'Planet Shield' plan will allow us humans to safely survive the catastrophe in three and a half years."

As he spoke, Yang Chengke reached out to pick up the teapot and refill tea for Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun himself, but Qin Ke reacted faster and picked up the teapot before him and refilled tea for everyone sitting there.

"You kid..." Seeing Qin Ke's quick and clever movements, Yang Chengke just shook his head and smiled. He did not stop him, but he sighed in his heart. From the beginning to the end, no matter how his status changed, Qin Ke was always like this in front of him. He has a close and humble attitude like a nephew, neither deliberately trying to please nor arrogant. It is really hard for people not to like him.

Qin Ke smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Yang, I don't care about the noise. I brought up this topic because I just think it's time for our country's scientific research community to change its way of thinking."

Chen Jixue asked curiously: "Change the way of thinking?"

Qin Ke nodded: "In the past, our scientific research strength was weak, and some of our outstanding results were kept to ourselves. This is understandable, but in modern times, with many high and new technologies leading the world, this continues to be the case. It is inappropriate to be conservative. There is no airtight wall in the world, and it is impossible to stay ahead forever by relying solely on absolute confidentiality. For example, the 'miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactors' is indeed twenty years ahead of the times. But as long as it is officially launched, within five years, those developed countries will be able to imitate it, unless this technology is permanently sealed and not used."

Uncle Yang, Uncle Chen and Ning Qingyun all listened to him attentively, only to hear Qin Ke say in a confident tone: "So I think that the real lead should be to focus on the future and maintain the lead when you have a lead. With an enterprising mentality, we constantly pursue breakthroughs and progress, rather than clinging to our old laurels and resting on our laurels! Even though the 'miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactors' seems very advanced, after the controllable nuclear fusion technology is developed, its value has It will drop significantly!”

Chen Jixue couldn't help but said: "What you said makes sense, but with controllable nuclear fusion technology, it will take at least fifty years to build a demonstration reactor, right?"

Nuclear fusion is a technology that uses hydrogen atoms to undergo fusion reactions under extreme temperatures and pressures to release huge energy. This technology has long been implemented in hydrogen bombs, but nuclear fusion and "controllable" nuclear fusion are completely different concepts. .

Controlled nuclear fusion is commonly known as "artificial sun" because it imitates the nuclear fusion process inside the sun. Controlled nuclear fusion technology has great prospects. The fuel required is only hydrogen isotopes, and the fusion process will not produce harmful radioactive waste. Once it is conquered, it can provide nearly eternal, clean, safe, and sustainable energy, so it is Considered the “Holy Grail” of clean energy.

In order to build reactor-level nuclear fusion devices, various countries jointly established ITER (International Thermonuclear Fusion Experimental Reactor Project). Xia Guo started early in this regard. It established the project more than 60 years ago and invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the development of controllable nuclear fusion. Research, and later joined ITER, and achieved certain results in the direction of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion. For example, the fully superconducting tokamak (EAST) has achieved a 403-second steady-state high-confinement mode plasma operation, but with Other countries, such as the United States and Europe, do not have advantages in comparison.

Of course, even the United States, which occupies a leading position in controllable nuclear fusion technology, has successfully conducted four ignition experiments at NIF, but it is still only in the state of laboratory research and is far away from application. Chen Jixue's estimate that "a demonstration reactor will be built in fifty years" is already a very optimistic time.

Let me explain here. The so-called "demonstration reactor" refers to the fusion reactor prototype used to demonstrate poly-energy power generation. It can lay the foundation for scientific theory and engineering practice for the future construction of commercial fusion reactors. It is the last step before realizing the commercial application of fusion energy. step. It can be said that once the demonstration reactor is built, it is basically possible to promote it commercially.

"Fifty years?" Qin Ke smiled slightly: "It won't take that long."

Yang Chengke stood up immediately, unable to conceal his hope and said: "Qin Ke, don't be so pretentious, are you also secretly studying the direction of controllable nuclear fusion? In this world, there should be no understanding of the nature and origin of elements. Can anyone surpass you? After all, you have solved the difficult problem of making radioactive elements harmless, so the fusion reaction of just two elements, deuterium and tritium, should not be a problem, right?"

Qin Ke laughed dumbly: "Uncle Yang, you can be considered an expert in this field, so don't try to covert my words by changing concepts. Although the fusion reaction of deuterium and tritium is very simple, middle school students can write the reaction formula (light atomic nucleus deuterium The reaction formula for combining helium with tritium to form a heavier atomic nucleus is: H-2 + H-3→ He-4 + n or D+T→He+n, which is really simple), but the real difficulty is how to solve the extreme high temperature Maintenance of the fusion reaction, stability of the fusion reaction, damage to the carrier by neutron radiation and other difficulties."

Yang Chengke was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he heard Qin Ke continue: "I have not studied controllable nuclear fusion in depth, and I don't have such time and energy, but I have a general idea. If I are given sufficient equipment, funding and Technical resources…”

He raised three fingers: "Three years, only three years, I can build the demonstration pile!"

Three years!

Yang Chengke, Chen Jixue, and Ning Qingyun who were present were all shocked. Even Ning Qingyun has never heard Qin Ke mention the idea of ​​controllable nuclear fusion. But she knows Qin Ke's character very well. Although he is a little arrogant, he never brags. If he said that he can build a demonstration reactor in three years, he is more than 99% sure that it can be done, and it may not even take three years!

Yang Chengke and Chen Jixue stood up suddenly, widened their eyes and said anxiously: "Three years? Can you really build a demonstration reactor in three years?"

"It should be possible." Qin Ke spread his hands: "But I haven't had time in the past three or four years. Now the 'Planet Shield' plan is the most important thing. And it is not a good thing to develop controllable nuclear fusion at this time."

Yang and Chen are both people who have read the world for a long time, and they understood it as soon as they heard it.

Previously, Xia Guo had come up with technologies such as "miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactors" and initiated technology sharing, which was regarded as a great sincerity. After all, this was a high-tech technology that was twenty years ahead of the times! This is why countries are willing to use their special skills to share and exchange and promote the "planetary shield" plan.

But once countries discovered that Xia State had mature technology for controlled nuclear fusion, the value of the "miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactors" would suddenly drop sharply, and it might shake the current technology sharing and mutual cooperation. Change the situation.

For example, if a person only has 10000 yuan, but a relative is short of money for major surgery, he borrows 8000 yuan at once. The relative will definitely be extremely grateful, and the people around him will also think that he has excellent character and is an affectionate person worth dating. But if it is later discovered that this person is a hidden multi-millionaire, then the gratitude and praise will definitely be greatly reduced. Maybe some people will murmur that they are so rich, but they still use "borrow" instead of directly "give" "It's too stingy - this is human nature, whether it is as small as an individual or as large as a country.

No matter what, hearing Qin Ke speak so confidently and thinking of the countless miracles he had created, both Yang Chengke and Chen Jixue were delighted, and any trace of their heartache about sharing the "miniaturized application of fast neutron breeder reactor" technology disappeared. .

Several people chatted for a long time on this issue. Qin Ke also listed a series of technologies that he believed would be "outdated soon" and technologies that Xia Guoji would need in the future, asking Uncle Yang to think of ways to communicate with others who own these technologies. Countries share and exchange technology.

This is the reason why Qin Ke threw out "controllable nuclear fusion" in front of Uncle Yang - to let Xia Guo be more heroic and share some "advanced technology" that Qin Ke soon turned into backward, in exchange for more urgently needed advanced technology. Whether it is for future controllable nuclear fusion or ultra-high-speed spacecraft in SS-level black technology knowledge, a strong industrial basic system and a high-precision technology system are needed.

If all these technologies had to be promoted and led by Qin Ke alone, the efficiency would be too low. Taking advantage of the opportunity and platform of the "Planet Shield" project to obtain the missing technical systems in advance can provide Qin Ke with a better future. Laying a good foundation for research will also enable Xia Guo to take greater steps to be at the forefront of the world in the field of science and technology in the future.

Science knows no borders, but scientists have nationalities. As a Xia national, Qin Ke not only wants to save the world, but also hopes and hopes that the motherland will become stronger and more prosperous, and the people's lives will be happier and more confident.

……

A week later, the detailed plan for the "Planet Shield" project, which brought together the wisdom of more than 12000 of the world's best scientists, was officially released, followed by a three-year and three-month implementation plan, including an 18-month The first launch tower was built inside.

The more than 170 groups originally established by the "World Conference of Ten Thousand Scientists" for exchange and discussion were not disbanded, but were each transformed into specific "key technology research groups" and "technical implementation groups."

The "Planet Shield" plan has officially entered the implementation stage.

There are only about three and a half years left before the arrival of the "super giant solar storm", a catastrophe that is predicted to lead to the destruction of the planet. (End of chapter)