Doctor, I'm really strong!

Sunlight streamed through the window, mingling with the children's laughter, creating a picture of happiness.

Section 295: Snow Pheasant Chief

(Update delivered, ?(^?^))

Terra People's Community, Kharkiv Institute, Director's Office.

"Director, this is the latest information."

"Just leave it there."

"Director, the new experimental data is in."

"Understood, put it in section seven."

"Director, the research and development funding report for the new project is here."

"Let me see."

In the office, Xuezhi was busy handling official business. She was now the director of a research and development department who could independently take charge of it.

Ever since being discovered by Liu Jiuli, Xuezhi has been serving the organization, from the Red Guard era to the Community era. She is a standard veteran, and from that day on, Xuezhi has never worried about funding.

Once you can prove your abilities, you'll soon witness Liu Jiuli's lavish spending.

Snow Pheasant is not only capable but also very responsible, so Liu Jiuli is very supportive of her work. Scientific research is all about spending money and organizing and allocating various resources. In this regard, the community dares to say that it is second to none, and there is no country on the Terra continent that dares to say that it is first.

The sheer volume of research results from the Snow Pheasant demonstrates just how terrifyingly efficient research can be without any worries.

Her area of ​​responsibility is mainly practical technology, so whether it is military or civilian, all scientific research results must be screened by the department under Xuezhi's charge and undergo strict benefit evaluation. Xuezhi is impartial in this regard, and nothing outside of data can influence her judgment. It is precisely because of this that the entire practical technology research and development department is so efficient and accurate.

However, a person's childhood habit of saluting can influence their behavior in adulthood. As a country girl who was terrified of poverty since childhood, Xuezhi's frugality after starting work has reached an astonishing level.

Snowfowl would think of ways to recycle and reuse experimental materials that others would consider discarding.

Normally, research samples are consumables, but Snowsnake has found a way to reuse them multiple times without affecting the experimental data. This alone has saved tens of millions of research funds. This is based on Labor Currency. Converting it to Lungmen Currency... well, there's no need to convert anymore. Now that Lungmen has merged into the Community, it has been boycotted by other countries and has completely withdrawn from the national trade settlement system. Now, all countries use a floating exchange rate system for international trade settlement.

However, the most stable and popular currency is of course the Labor Coin, because it is a gold standard currency and can be exchanged for precious metals or used to buy things from the Community. In addition, the strength and stability of the Community ensures that the value of the currency is very secure.

Rather than relying on inflation to exploit the poor, Liu Jiuli prefers a wealth tax and an exit tax. In any case, within the community, wealthy people who have made money and want to invest or do something overseas have to pay a deposit to leave the country, at a ratio of 10 to 1.

In other words, if a private company in the community wants to invest overseas, it must leave ten dollars in the country as a deposit for every dollar invested abroad; otherwise, it is illegal, and the Cheka will come knocking on its door.

Can I change my nationality?

Sure, you can look into the expatriate tax. It's not much; you just need to keep 90% of your liquid assets and all your fixed assets.

Of course, the rich will definitely try to avoid taxes, but it doesn't matter. Liu Jiuli still has the Ministry of Internal Affairs' review section. Although it is nominally a review, it actually has the power of life and death over the rich who leave the community. If they don't pay enough taxes, or if they find that someone is evading taxes, they will directly hunt them down. This kind of hunt is not just targeting you, but your family, including illegitimate children. No one will be spared, so that you will have money but no life to enjoy it. The deadline for collection is indefinite.

Don't expect foreign capitalists to protect them. Even if they do, they are a very small minority. In most cases, foreign capitalists will help report them and then enjoy the spoils after all these people are dead.

The wealthy within the community must be seething with resentment over such a policy.

No, no, no, there are no so-called "people's billionaires" within the community now. The richest man's assets are only tens of millions, including fixed assets. These petty bourgeois are nothing compared to the real bourgeoisie. They also know very well that without the community, they are nothing.

Compared to large capitalists, small capitalists are obviously more dependent on the state and more loyal in terms of interests. With the right ideological propaganda and guidance, the opposition within the community is even quieter than a mosquito's buzz, because objectively there is no need for it, and subjectively there is no such thought. Desire expands with the growth of strength, which in turn gives rise to ambition. When Ma only had a few million, would he dare to challenge the state?

If we can control this degree, we can make society much more harmonious. To put it bluntly, if the state doesn't allow it, would these monsters and demons be able to jump out? Wouldn't that just be opening a loophole for people to exploit?

Liu Jiuli didn't want to see the image of 996 being a blessing. Anyone who dared to say that, he would immediately arrange for the streetlights to be removed.

Of course, a benevolent community will allow them to choose a street lamp before hanging it up for them.

In this environment, Xuezhi's scientific research abilities were well stimulated. However, at times, she was excessively frugal. After all, a monthly salary of 10,000 labor coins, plus a bunch of research directors rummaging through trash cans for almost all of the patent profits, was really...

Although Xuezhi earned a lot, her life did not change significantly. She always wore the same few outfits, and even the uniform she wore when attending national awards ceremonies was bought for her by Liu Jiuli. In fact, she didn't save much of her money; she donated it all to various projects, such as the "Brightness Project," the "Hope Project," and the "Three Connections Project in Every Village."

"I eat well, live well, dress well, and have no shortage of research funding. I am very satisfied."

This is Xuezhi's answer: in the past, she desperately saved money because she lacked a sense of security; now, she donates money everywhere because she hopes that more people can have the same sense of security as she does.

In the community, she can focus wholeheartedly on her work, strive, and do what she wants. Those who are single-mindedly focused on scientific research often neglect many personal enjoyments. For them, exploration and discovery are the greatest enjoyment in the world.

That's why researchers like Snow Pheasant are a cause for concern; they need a dedicated medical assistant to take good care of them, otherwise they'll inevitably end up in the hospital, with tests revealing malnutrition. It would be a dark joke if an academician of the community were hospitalized due to malnutrition; the country couldn't afford that kind of embarrassment.

However, Xuezhi still influenced many people with her frugal lifestyle. There are basically no leftovers in the canteen here. If you can't finish your food, you can take it home. After all, "every grain is hard-earned", and the fruits of the laborers' labor must be cherished.

This is not because the community cannot afford to waste resources, but because it is better to do it this way.

The widespread occurrence of such wasteful behavior also proves from another perspective that people's living standards are improving, and the problem of survival is being replaced by the goal of how to live better.

Just like in the past, when we cooked at home, we would eat even large pieces of ginger. But now, unless it's a dish specifically made with large ginger, it's just a condiment to be thrown away. Why not just eat the vegetables instead of gnawing on large pieces of ginger? People with that kind of hobby are a different story.

After verifying all the information, Xuezhi stretched. It was already 4:30 pm, and she had half an hour left before she could leave work.

Time flies.

"Yeah, so you didn't eat lunch properly again."

Seeing the resentful medical assistant, Xuezhi quickly apologized: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I had too much to do today and I didn't notice. How about... next time you process lunch into a paste and put it in a teacup, and I'll consider it my meal when I drink water."

"You..." The assistant shook his head with a wry smile, his expression full of helplessness.

Suddenly, a piercing alarm blared throughout the entire research institute, followed by an emergency call.

"Director, an explosion of unknown cause has occurred in storage warehouse No. 39. Surveillance footage shows that something rushed out after the explosion. The security department is moving towards the incident area."

"I understand. Seal off the surrounding area immediately."

After ending the call, Xuezhi walked out while opening the operation interface to retrieve the surveillance footage and check what was stored in Warehouse No. 39.

Chapter 296: The Aurora is Completed

(Second update delivered, where are everyone's rewards? (?ω?))

April 30, 1105, was an ordinary day at the time, but it will later be celebrated as a holiday.

On this day, the Aurora landship slowly sailed out of the engineering dock. This beautiful landship was about to be presented to the Ursus Empire as a symbol of friendship between the Community and the Ursus Empire.

Upon learning this news, the Ursus Empire has already dispatched an envoy, and it could even be said that they are impatient to come.

After Yan Kingdom was overwhelmed by the steel torrent of the Community, the world now acknowledges that the Community's land-based ship technology, especially in mass production, has a huge advantage that other countries do not have. Therefore, even if the Ursus Empire only brings this land-based ship back for research, it can learn a lot. After all, the land-based ship is the crystallization of a country's industry and represents a country's comprehensive national strength. Through it, one can see many things.

Liu Jiuli was inspecting the Aurora at the moment. Although he had given this land-based ship a distinctive name, it did not mean that he really expected the Aurora to destroy the Ursus Empire with a single cannon shot.

The salvo of the October Revolution was merely a symbol; it did not mean that the salvo physically destroyed Tsarist Russia.

It can be seen as a remembrance of the past and a tribute to those heroes.

Two other people accompanied her, one of whom was Kroos, who mainly introduced the Aurora. As a ship built according to the Community's standards, the Aurora is actually a medium-sized land-going ship among traditional land-going ships. However, it does use a lot of good stuff, such as the triple 410mm caliber main guns with two forward and one aft configuration. Although they are not electromagnetic guns and their range has been reduced, they can still launch a one-ton shell to a distance of twenty kilometers.

My friend, the range of the Community's 105mm light howitzer exceeds 30 kilometers. This range is ridiculously short. Basically, it is stronger than other standard land-based ships, but lower than the Community's technical standards.

Even so, this newly created land-based ship has redefined the existing standards for land-based ships.

Specifically, land-based warships have evolved from dreadnoughts to dreadnoughts and even super-dreadnoughts, and standardized main guns will become the hallmark of the new era of land-based warships.

Since it is a work of exquisite craftsmanship, the Aurora is not actually capable of mass production. In fact, the community also had the idea of ​​having the Ursus Empire help them test weapons, so at least one-third of the new technology was used on it, as well as a lot of data collection devices embedded in the equipment. If it can be used without problems by the Ursus Empire's rough handling, then the new technology can be used on the subsequent Type 59 land-based ships.

There are now thirteen variants of the Type 59. If we include the transport ships and engineering ships that were built on the same platform, the number and variety are even greater, truly a branching out of the original.

The only pity is that it's not a five-wheeled wheel (sad).

Wake up! Given the size of a land-based warship, if you equip it with five pairs of road wheels, how big would those road wheels be? Let's come up with a more practical design, shall we?

However, this Aurora was also the masterpiece of another engineer, whose name was Stranger.

That's right, it's the engraver... cough cough cough, it's Master Ke, where's Brother Kao (smiles).

The Stranger's identity is very special. He met Kal'tsit in Sargon and Kal'tsit even saved his life. He is very accomplished in the field of Originium Arts engineering technology. He likes to take a precision approach when designing things. In contrast, Kroos has a simple, tough and reliable industrial style.

After all, if such a large thing as a land-based warship were as reliable as the German Tiger tank, Liu Jiuli would definitely shoot the designer on the spot, then hand the design team over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for severe torture, questioning whether they were spies from the capitalist world trying to exhaust the Qin Dynasty.

It is well known that the heroes of the anti-German campaign were in the German design department (this is for sure).

How to turn German sympathizers into German haters? Introduce them to a tank repair simulator.

Precision design is necessary, but you must control the failure rate. Otherwise, given the number of parts on the land-based ship, and based on the failure standards of the Tiger tank, it will break down after only a short distance. It's possible that a repair ship modified from the same chassis will also break down when it's towed, ultimately leaving the entire armored unit stranded.

That's a truly dark joke that sends your blood pressure soaring.

This is why Liu Jiuli developed the Type 59 and its improved models to their current state—because it is robust and durable.

In fact, the other party had previously participated in the bidding for the new main gun of the land-based ship. As a result, the design that others completed with 759 parts was completed with a total of 2188 parts. The firing accuracy was indeed second to none, but in order to pursue that little bit of accuracy, not only did the production capacity drop by two-thirds, but it also had a failure rate that was more than ten times that of the competing products, as well as a complexity that could drive the logistics crazy when repairing it.

It's true that Yike is a talented person, but Liu Jiuli didn't want him to be killed by the logistics department before he achieved success, so he transferred him to the design department and had him work with Kroos. Kroos's job was to subtract from the design drawings after Yike finished them.

For example, the main gun designed by the alien was eventually selected as one of the standard main guns of the Type 59 after being reduced by Kroos. With 755 parts, it slightly exceeded the precision of its competitors, as well as being easier to maintain and mass-produce.

This is the correct way to use the alien; German designers should take note.

If you were fighting against the German devils, then disregard what I said and give you a thumbs up, you great unsung heroes of the anti-fascist struggle.

Just then, an urgent communication came in; it was an order. Liu Jiuli swiped to open the projection interface, and the screen unfolded.

"what happened?"

"A fire broke out at the Snow Pheasant Research Institute."

Liu Jiuli immediately asked anxiously, "Are there any casualties?!"

Ling replied, "No, it's just that some supplies were burned, and some special circumstances arose. The sealed warehouse where the problem occurred contained some artifacts from a pre-civilization era, but they were all damaged and fragmented artifacts."

These types of cultural relics are not valuable for restoration or exhibition, but they are valuable for analysis, so they are generally handed over to research institutes for analysis.

Liu Jiuli breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that there were no casualties. As for the warehouse incident, investigate whether any of the staff on that day neglected their duties. If not, treat it as an emergency and just have the loss report submitted to you for signature."

Some accidents can't be avoided just because you're careful. Accidents are a matter of mathematical probability. So as long as you've done everything you should, even if something happens, you'll only bear some liability. Besides, this particular problem isn't that big. It's just a warehouse, and it didn't even burn important materials. Steel plants lose several people every year, so this is nothing.

If it weren't for the importance of the location where the fire occurred, this matter wouldn't have even reached Liu Jiuli. It could have been handled according to standard procedures, and every department should have some leeway for error.

As for the research institute, no matter how they investigated, they couldn't find anything that had escaped. In the end, they could only conclude that it was a hallucination caused by the explosion and thick smoke. The storage chamber where the No. 39 storage chamber exploded actually contained a lump of carbonized polyester, which was dug out from a pre-civilization ruin. The Originium crystals had corroded it beyond recognition. After a test, it was left unattended in the warehouse. Perhaps the Originium crystals on it exploded. However, it was safe when it was tested before.

Well, the safety factor of Originium crystals is rather random anyway, so let's just report the investigation results as they are.

But at that time, no one knew what earth-shattering events this small accident would cause in the days to come, and no one knew that the thing that escaped from the research institute was moving towards the Aurora.

Chapter 297: The King of Shapeshifters Joins the Community

(Update delivered, where are everyone's comments? (?ω?))

After touring the Aurora, Liu Jiuli returned to his office, where he was greeted by a special guest.