Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

"First meeting..."

Bode began to think about the past, and soon remembered that he first met Lin Shangzhou at the Berlin train station two years ago.

"Two years ago at the Berlin train station."

Lin Shangzhou nodded and continued, "Didn't I go to Strasbourg at that time? After I arrived in Strasbourg, Wolfgang helped me find a job in a newspaper. Then, in order to improve the situation of the newspaper, I started writing stories. Later, the stories were very popular, so I turned them into novels. I wrote two books in total. The first one was "The Story of the Nameless Man", and the second one is "The Story of Ashes" in your hand."

After hearing what Lin Shangzhou said, Bode suddenly felt it was so fucking outrageous and so fucking magical. Who would have thought that the prime minister was just an ordinary employee of a newspaper in the past?

Then he realized that it was the author of the book who had just signed his own book. This... this is simply unique in the world. The original author + the prime minister, who can enjoy this?

Bode immediately felt that the novel in his arms was much heavier. He, who had just been protecting the novel and being on guard against Lin Shangzhou, suddenly became excited.

"Mr. Hipper, I will definitely treasure this book!"

Bode said to Lin Shangzhou excitedly.

Lin Shangzhou patted Bode on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's go. I'm going to the Havok Institute."

"Yes!"

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Chapter 253

After a while, Bode slowly stopped the car in front of the gate of the Havok Institute. After he rolled down the window and identified himself to the guard, the gate was opened. He stepped on the accelerator and drove into the front yard of the institute.

When the institute was first established, it only had one building. In the following years, it gradually expanded into three buildings and two courtyards in front and back. The front yard is an ordinary open space that serves as a parking lot and makes the institute look more grand. The back yard is the activity venue for scientists to entertain themselves.

The backyard was added by Lin Shangzhou forcefully. He knew that if a good environment was created for this group of scientists, they would be eager to immerse themselves in research all day long. This is a good thing for scientific research, but a bad thing for the scientists' health.

Scientific research requires scientists to be in good health, so it is not a good thing for them to overwork themselves in scientific research. In order to give scientists a place to relax and have fun, Lin Shangzhou specifically requested this backyard and forced every scientist to spend at least half an hour to an hour in the backyard every day.

They can run, play ball, or just take a simple walk, but they must exercise for a while every day.

The three buildings now are the R&D department, the manufacturing department and the institute's staff dormitory. The institute built in the suburbs is a bit far for some employees whose homes are in the city, so Lin Shangzhou later built a dormitory building and a supporting restaurant for them. This can relieve the employees from fatigue and provide accommodation for scientists who come here from afar to work.

In the past few months, the Havok Institute has widely recruited scientific researchers from various countries of the Imperial Pact. Facing these scientific researchers, Lin Shangzhou gave them high-standard treatment. After all, scientific researchers like Havok are only a minority after all, and most scientific researchers need generous rewards to be retained.

The current institute is the leading institution in Germany for the study of ether elements. Even the Kaiser Wilhelm Society is not as good as the Havok Institute in this respect. Correspondingly, the institute's large-scale and even excessive investment in ether elements has also caused it to lag behind in other conventional scientific research.

Lin Shangzhou knew this, but he was not worried about this problem. It was both desirable and unrealistic. The Havoc Institute had made Germany a world leader in ether research, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Society was there for conventional scientific research. They could make up for Germany's shortcomings in this regard.

After getting off the car, he and Bode walked straight into the R&D building. After entering the hall, a staff member came forward to lead the way for him. After the research institute was built, Lin Shangzhou seldom came here, and every time he came here, his purpose was to find Havot.

Walking in the corridor of the research institute, Lin Shangzhou gradually discovered something that surprised him. The staff who led him did not take him to the laboratory, but were walking towards Havot's office.

"Havot is in his office today? What is he doing in his office if he's not in the research lab?"

Lin Shangzhou asked the staff member who led the way curiously. After hearing this question, the staff member turned sideways and replied, "Mr. Prime Minister, Professor Harvot is in his office thinking about the next research direction."

"New research direction... I see, thank you."

After listening to the staff's explanation, Lin Shangzhou nodded slowly and thanked the other party.

The staff member was stunned for a moment after hearing Lin Shangzhou's "thank you". Obviously, he did not expect the prime minister to thank him. Then he smiled and replied, "You're welcome. It's my honor."

Half a minute later they stopped in front of Harvot's office door. The staff member reached out and knocked on the door. A few seconds later the three heard Harvot's voice.

"Please come in."

The staff opened the door and Lin Shangzhou saw Harvot sitting behind his desk, concentrating on his work.

"Havot."

Harvot, who was working hard, heard a familiar voice. He looked up at Lin Shangzhou and said to him, "Come here, sit down first. I just want to talk to you about something."

Lin Shangzhou nodded, then gave Bode a look, who immediately understood and walked out with the staff beside him.

Lin Shangzhou sat down on the sofa, picked up the teapot on the table beside him, poured himself a cup of tea, then looked at Harvotte while holding the cup and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

"Is it because of insufficient funds? Insufficient manpower? Or lack of raw materials?"

When Harvot heard Lin Shangzhou's question, he was somewhat speechless. Instead of saying anything, he shook his head and continued to concentrate on writing the document in his hand.

Seeing that Harvot didn't answer him, Lin Shangzhou couldn't help but have a bold idea in his mind... He couldn't be missing all three things, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Shangzhou's mouth twitched a little. Even if Havot lacked all three of these, he could satisfy him, but the cost would be a bit high.

He asked tentatively, "You can't be missing all three things, right?"

After hearing Lin Shangzhou's question, Harvot looked up at him unhappily and said, "Am I just a person who asks for things in your eyes?"

Then he saw Lin Shangzhou nodded seriously.

"I…"

Harvot wanted to refute something, but the next second he remembered that every time Lin Shangzhou came over, he did ask Lin Shangzhou for something, but what he asked for the most was raw materials. But there was nothing he could do about it. The research institute had undertaken the task of manufacturing the communicator, and the raw materials were consumed very quickly.

"Forget it, I won't tell you so much. What I want to tell you is my next research plan."

Harvot curled his lips, stood up and walked towards Lin Shangzhou with his notebook.

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Chapter 254 New Research (I)

Harvot came to Lin Shangzhou and handed him his notebook. Lin Shangzhou took the notebook and looked at the contents on it.

There were densely written words on the pages of the notebook, and there were line drawings next to some paragraphs. He could understand the words made up of these German letters if they were taken out separately, but Lin Shangzhou could not understand them when they were put together.

Although he couldn't understand what was said above, Lin Shangzhou could guess from the few words and line drawings what Havot was designing, and he had been researching it for some time.

After taking a quick look, he returned the notebook to Harvot, who had sat next to him, and said, "Your notes are too technical for me to understand. Why don't you tell me what you want to design specifically?"

His performance was within Havot's expectations. After taking the notebook, Havot quickly organized his words and explained, "To put it simply, I am designing an ether weapon."

"Ether weapon? Tell me, what form does it take?"

Hearing this word, Lin Shangzhou raised his eyebrows and immediately became very interested in it.

"Before we get into that, would you like me to tell you a little bit about how the ether works?"

“If you don’t know how the ether element works, it might be difficult to understand this design.”

Harvot reminded, and then he waited for Lin Shangzhou's response.

Lin Shangzhou didn't dwell on this question for too long. After a few seconds, he replied, "That's not necessary. You know better than me whether it's feasible or not. Since you gave this design, it means it's feasible."

"I understand."

Harvotte nodded and began to explain his design to Lin Shangzhou.

"First of all, the reason why I have this idea is that close combat has long been the tradition of the Ether troops. When two Ether troops are too close, both sides will generally give up inefficient shooting and take out melee weapons to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy."

Hearing this, Lin Shangzhou recalled the battle between Cecilia and Klein a year ago. At that time, Cecilia flew into the sky with a long sword and fought with Klein. If hand-to-hand combat was the tradition of the Ether Force, then Cecilia's behavior at that time was easy to understand.

As for the name "Ether Force" mentioned by Havot, he had explained to Lin Shangzhou in the past that as a scientific researcher, he really disliked the name of the military force that was created due to religious factors in the past: the Magic Force.

"From the time the Ether Troops appeared until now, the melee weapons they used in hand-to-hand combat were all conventional cold weapons. In this case, the combat capabilities of both sides are linked to the individual's martial arts value. The victory or defeat is determined by either the weapons or the individual's ability."

"Generally speaking, there is not much difference in the strength of the Ether Troops of various countries, so I hope to make Germany's Ether Troops stronger than those of other countries in terms of weapons."

"So you have this design?"

Harvot looked into Lin Shangzhou's eyes and nodded, then continued, "I won't go into details about the profound details. Anyway, my design is a tool that uses the gathered ether elements as a lethal substance."

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Hearing this, Lin Shangzhou thought of the line drawing on his notebook. He didn't look at it carefully at the time, but now it seems a little familiar. Based on what Havok said, he can infer what his new design will look like: cylindrical (judged by the line drawing), handheld (a substitute for cold weapons).

Combining the two together, a weapon immediately popped into Lin Shangzhou's mind - a lightsaber.

The lightsaber, a melee weapon that appears in the science fiction work "Star Wars", is completely consistent with Havot's design. If he really designed it this way, then Lin Shangzhou can only say that this guy is really awesome, and he himself is really fucking lucky.

After the image of the lightsaber emerged in Lin Shangzhou's mind, he also thought of other energy weapons. In order to confirm whether his guess was correct, he described the lightsaber in his mind to Havot.

After listening to Lin Shangzhou's description, Harvot was surprised at first. He was surprised at how Lin Shangzhou came up with that kind of weapon. Then his expression became complicated. He wanted to nod in agreement, but he didn't want to nod in agreement, because what Lin Shangzhou said was right and wrong at the same time. It was difficult for him to say whether it was right or not.

"Forehead…"

"Fritts, your guess is half right and half wrong."

After struggling for more than ten seconds, Harvot came to this conclusion.

"Half right and half wrong?"

Havot's answer made Lin Shangzhou even more curious about his design. He was not surprised by this answer. On the contrary, he was eager to know what Havot's design was like. What kind of design would make him say that his guess was half right and half wrong.

His curiosity and excitement were all written on his face. Seeing his anticipation, Harvot immediately explained, "The part you guessed correctly is what I originally designed. The part you guessed wrong is that this design is not feasible. After I drew the line draft, I discussed the possibility of this design with others. After our discussion, I determined that my original design was not reasonable at all, because it is impossible to stabilize the condensed ether elements with just a handheld handle, and it is impossible to condense them together for a long time."

"Its specific manifestation is the same as the 'light sword' you just mentioned, but in this case, the stability of the ether element will decrease as the length increases. Theoretically, the ether element at the top of the lightsaber is extremely unstable and very easy to dissipate. It may be swung towards the enemy, and the blade may dissipate before it hits the enemy."

After listening to Havot's story, Lin Shangzhou nodded to indicate that he understood what he said. From this point of view, it is indeed unreasonable to make this ether weapon into the shape of a Star Wars lightsaber, but what if it is not made into a lightsaber?

The length of a lightsaber is about one meter. If it is easy to dissipate due to its length, then it should be fine to make it shorter, right?

After thinking about this, Lin Shangzhou asked Havot this question. Havot nodded and replied: "This is feasible. According to our calculations, it can stabilize the ether element weapon of the length of a dagger, but such a length is not advantageous in actual combat."

"But etheric weapons can easily cut through ordinary cold weapons, right?"

Lin Shangzhou asked back in confusion. He remembered that the lightsaber in Star Wars could cut through iron like mud. The only thing that could block a lightsaber in Star Wars was a lightsaber. If the ether element weapon was like this, then there was no need to worry about the length issue at all.

Havot shook his head, his expression turned serious. He said to Lin Shangzhou in a serious manner: "What you said does make sense, but I believe other countries have similar plans. They may be different from ours, but overall, Dafang County is the same. They are all new equipment of the Ether Force."

"More importantly, everything I just said is just reasoning on paper. It will take a long time to actually realize it. If we focus too much on the research and development of short weapons, what will we do when the enemy's ether elemental weapons are longer than ours in the future? Wouldn't we be at a disadvantage then?"

After hearing what Havot said, Lin Shangzhou suddenly realized that he was too arrogant. Because of Havot's existence, he always took it for granted that Germany was ahead of the world in the research of ether elements, but he forgot that ether elements are not only used for communication, but can also play a role in other aspects. Germany leads the world in ether communication technology because of Havot, but it may not be the case in other aspects, such as the use of ether weapons in close combat.

Similarly, Lin Shangzhou also realized that the German military and scientists from the Kaiser Wilhelm Society must have conducted research in this area. If the Harworth Institute could conduct research with them, it would be much more effective.

He didn't know whether Lin Shangzhou was in the Kaiser Wilhelm Research Society, but he was sure that the military must have relevant research plans.

So he said to Harvot, "I'll find some time to talk to General Volbeck and see if I can get the military's experts in this area to you. Wouldn't it be easier if you work together?"

"It's troublesome."

Harvot nodded. Because of the magic forces, most of the experts in ether element research in various countries were concentrated in the army. It would be great to get their help.

Lin Shangzhou was planning in his mind the time to find Forbeck. He also had some doubts in his mind, that is, why did Havot want to study ether element weapons? Logically speaking, apart from asking Havot to do the research, Lin Shangzhou couldn't think of any reason for Havot to study this aspect.

"Havot, why do you want to study ether elemental weapons? I remember that I didn't mention this before..."

Hearing Lin Shangzhou's question, Harvot chuckled, looked into his eyes and said, "You are my friend, and I want to help my friend. It's that simple."

"I don't understand politics or economics. I'm just a scientist, so I want to help my friends in my own way."

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Chapter 255 New Research (Part )

Havot's words touched Lin Shangzhou deeply. He looked into Havot's blue eyes and said sincerely, "Thank you, Havot."

"It's just a small thing. I enjoy it too."

Harvot said with a faint smile, this was indeed the case for him, while helping Lin Shangzhou he could also enjoy the fun of research.

Faced with such a friend, Lin Shangzhou also decided to say something. He could not play any role in the research, but he could help Havot in other areas, such as attracting the military's ether element experts and getting the best titanium at this stage from the military.

Both tasks were not difficult for him, except that the latter would cost a few marks.

"Then tell me what you need, and I will do my best to meet your needs."

Lin Shangzhou waved his hand and spoke to Harvot with great pride, as if he would let him have whatever he wanted.

"I don't need anything else. It's enough if you can help me get those ether element experts in the army to come to the institute. According to our calculations, it is very difficult to manufacture ether element weapons at this stage, so at least in the future it will only be a plan on paper. So I need other experts to study ether element weapons with me. Of course, the military's research may be more mature than ours."

"Only research experts..."

Lin Shangzhou repeated Havot's words in a low voice. What he said made sense. From the time they started this topic until now, Havot had been saying "theoretically", "calculated"... These words fully demonstrated that ether element weapons only exist on paper at this stage. Although it is unclear what the research of other countries or the military is like, this research at the Havok Institute is only theoretical research.

Whether it is titanium or not can wait until the future, now let’s focus on helping Havot get the person.

"I understand. I will go to the military to discuss this matter as soon as possible."

"Thank you in advance."

"You're welcome."

After saying this, Lin Shangzhou thought of another thing. Havot once said that if he was given the best titanium at this stage, he could connect the communicator from East Prussia to Alsace Lorraine, across the entire Germany.