Courtyard House: Starting with handing over the keys, the state helps me abuse birds.

Duan Chengyi strode out of the courtyard, clutching the three pages of paper tightly in his hand. The morning breeze on his face brought him some relief, but his heart was still pounding.

The scene he had just witnessed inside the house was still replaying in his mind.

Xie Weihong's focused writing, the professional content flowing from her pen, and her calm and composed demeanor...

All of this silently proclaims that the young man was not lying, and that his abilities are real.

As soon as Duan Chengyi stepped out of the alley, he saw Xu Zhanqing waiting anxiously there. The metallurgical expert paced back and forth, occasionally looking up in the direction of the courtyard house, his eyes behind his glasses filled with urgency and expectation.

"Old Duan!" Seeing Duan Chengyi come out, Xu Zhanqing rushed over to greet him. "How was it? There was such a commotion in the courtyard just now, was it...?"

Duan Chengyi didn't say anything, but handed over the three neatly folded sheets of paper in his hand.

Xu Zhanqing was taken aback, took the paper, and subconsciously unfolded it. When he saw the title, he froze.

"This is..." Xu Zhanqing's voice trembled, "This is impossible... Lao Duan, don't tell me this happened just now..."

"Just now." Duan Chengyi's voice was a little hoarse. "When Jia Zhangshi caused trouble, Xie Weihong punished her and then went back to his room to write this. I watched it from beginning to end. He was thinking and writing at the same time. The whole process took no more than half an hour."

Xu Zhanqing's hands began to tremble.

As a metallurgical expert, although not in the agricultural field, he had a basic understanding of fertilizers, a fundamental industrial product. He knew what fertilizers meant to the country: food! Production! The livelihoods of over a billion people!

"Let's go!" Xu Zhanqing suddenly turned around and almost ran towards the other end of the alley. "Quick! To the temporary base! Director Lu is waiting there!"

Duan Chengyi quickly followed.

The two walked through two streets and turned into an inconspicuous alley. Deep in the alley was a small, detached house. Two young men in plain clothes stood at the door. When they saw Xu Zhanqing and Duan Chengyi, they nodded and stepped aside.

This is the temporary base that Lu Zhaoting ordered to be built—less than 500 meters from the courtyard house, which is convenient for monitoring and allows for rapid response.

Pushing open the door, one could see that the courtyard had undergone some simple renovations. The former storage room had been cleared out and furnished with tables, chairs, filing cabinets, and even a hand-cranked telephone. Several staff members were busy at work, but they all stopped what they were doing when they saw Xu Zhanqing enter.

"Where is Director Lu?" Xu Zhanqing asked.

"In the inner room," a young man replied.

Xu Zhanqing walked straight to the main room and pushed open the door.

The house was even more cramped than the courtyard. A floor plan of the courtyard, a map of the surrounding streets, and several enlarged black-and-white photographs—close-ups of the faces of Xie Weihong, Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi, and others—hanged on the walls. The table was piled high with documents and file folders, and there was even a military-grade radio in the corner.

Lu Zhaoting sat in the main seat, surrounded by five or six people, including cadres in Zhongshan suits and technicians in white coats. They were discussing something in hushed tones, but their conversation stopped abruptly when Xu Zhanqing entered.

"Director Lu!" Xu Zhanqing's voice trembled with excitement, "There...there's new information!"

Lu Zhaoting stood up, his gaze falling on the paper in Xu Zhanqing's hand: "Engineer Xu, what is this?"

"Xie Weihong just wrote it down." Xu Zhanqing took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. "He said it's a new technology he obtained after punishing Jia Zhangshi—a highly efficient compound fertilizer production process!"

The room fell silent instantly.

All eyes were on those three pages.

Lu Zhaoting strode over, took the paper, and quickly scanned it. At first, his expression was calm, but when he saw the second page, his brows gradually furrowed, and he turned the pages more and more slowly.

"This data..." Lu Zhaoting looked up at Xu Zhanqing, "Have you verified it?"

"Not yet, but I've taken a quick look." Xu Zhanqing pushed up his glasses, his voice still excited. "Director Lu, I'm in metallurgy, so I'm not particularly proficient in fertilizer processes. But the basic principles are the same. The process routes, equipment parameters, and operational points in this document are logically sound and form a complete system. It's definitely not something an outsider could have fabricated!"

A middle-aged man wearing glasses nearby couldn't help but say, "Could I take a look? I work at the Chemical Engineering Research Institute."

Lu Zhaoting handed over the paper.

The middle-aged man took it and quickly flipped through it. His expression changed in less than a minute.

"This...this is impossible..." he muttered to himself, his hands trembling as he turned the pages. "This ammonia synthesis process...this granulation parameters...and this drying temperature control curve..."

He abruptly looked up at Lu Zhaoting, his voice sharp with excitement: "Director Lu! If this information is true, its value... is immeasurable!"

The room erupted in chaos.

"Old Chen, are you sure?"

"Fertilizer production technology? How long has it been? Xie Weihong just started..."

"Could it have been prepared beforehand?"

Questions, exclamations, and discussions were all mixed together.

Everyone understood what Engineer Chen meant. This was not ordinary technical data; it was a complete technical system that was enough to change the landscape of the domestic fertilizer industry!

Lu Zhaoting was silent for a few seconds, then looked at Duan Chengyi: "Director Duan, were you present the whole time?"

"Yes." Duan Chengyi nodded. "I was there from the time Jia Zhangshi caused trouble until Xie Weihong went back to his room to write this report. I can guarantee that he wrote this report on the spot; there was absolutely no possibility that it was prepared in advance."

"How was he feeling when he wrote it?"

"It was very calm," Duan Chengyi recalled. "It was like copying something I had already memorized. There were no pauses or corrections, it was all done in one go."

Lu Zhaoting closed his eyes, seemingly processing the information.

Everyone in the room looked at him, waiting for the director of the Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry to make a decision.

After a long silence, Lu Zhaoting opened his eyes, his gaze sharp: "Engineer Chen, if this technical data is entirely accurate, what are the expected results after implementation?"

Without hesitation, Engineer Chen said, "Within three years, my country's annual fertilizer production can double! Grain production can increase by more than 20%! And production costs can be reduced by 20%!"

He paused, then added, "Director Lu, this is no longer a technical issue; it's a national strategic issue. Food security is of paramount importance, and this technology... is priceless!"

Lu Zhaoting nodded and turned to Xu Zhanqing: "Engineer Xu, how's the verification progress of the steelmaking technology?"

"The small-scale laboratory test started yesterday, and the preliminary data is very promising," Xu Zhanqing replied. "If everything goes smoothly, the first-phase report will be available within three days."

"Okay." Lu Zhaoting made the decision. "Engineer Chen, you immediately organize an expert group to verify this fertilizer technology data. Engineer Xu, the verification process for the steelmaking technology needs to be accelerated. I need to get conclusive results as soon as possible."

He then looked at the others in the room: "From now on, the security level of the temporary base will be increased. All personnel entering and leaving must be strictly screened, and all data must be encrypted and stored."

Finally, he looked at Duan Chengyi: "Director Duan, your mission remains the same—continue to provide close protection for Comrade Xie Weihong, while observing and recording any abnormalities in him. Report any new discoveries immediately."

"yes!"

Duan Chengyi straightened his back.

Lu Zhaoting walked to the window, looked in the direction of the courtyard house, and remained silent for a long time.

No one in the room dared to disturb him; they could only wait quietly.

Finally, Lu Zhaoting turned around, a complex expression on his face: "If both of these technologies pass verification... then Comrade Xie Weihong's value will exceed all of our imaginations."

He paused, then slowly said, "Comrades, we may be witnessing a... miracle."

Silence fell in the room once again.

But this silence was filled with shock, anticipation, and a hint of unbelievable excitement.

Xu Zhanqing looked at the three pages in his hand and suddenly remembered that last night he thought Xie Weihong might be a pitiful child who had been overly traumatized.

Now it seems...

That child is hardly a pitiful child.

That's a treasure trove of mobile technology!

Engineer Chen couldn't wait any longer and started making phone calls: "Hello, is this the research institute? Immediately notify all personnel in the fertilizer research lab to assemble at the temporary base! Yes, now! There's an urgent mission!"

The other staff members also got busy.

Duan Chengyi stood at the door, looking at the scene before him, and a feeling he couldn't quite describe welled up inside him.

Twenty-four hours ago, he thought Xie Weihong might be making up a story.

Right now, the nation's top expert team is going crazy over the few pages that young man casually wrote.

This world has truly changed.

And he stands at the center of this transformation.

Lu Zhaoting walked to his side and whispered, "Old Duan, go back and tell Comrade Xie Weihong that the country is grateful for his contributions. We will give him a formal reply once the verification results are available."

"Yes." Duan Chengyi nodded.

"In addition," Lu Zhaoting paused, "if he has any other needs, as long as they do not violate principles, they can be appropriately met."

The words were spoken subtly, but Duan Chengyi understood: as long as Xie Weihong could continue to provide technology, the state was willing to support his "punishment" to a certain extent.

"I understand," Duan Chengyi said solemnly.

In that unassuming little courtyard, the lights were on, people were moving about, and the telephones rang incessantly.

A technical verification process centered around Xie Weihong is underway.

And the source of all this lies with that seemingly ordinary young man in the courtyard.