On the edge of Jinling High-tech Park, the Space Shuttle Assembly Center.

The factory, which is manned by the troops, is arguably the most secure and confidential place in the entire park.

From Xiangrui to Queqiao, ninety percent of spacecraft traveling to and from the Earth-Moon system were finally assembled from here and sent to the space launch center not far from here for low-earth orbit.

If Jinling has gradually become the heart of China's space industry because of the existence of star technology and the entry of a series of aerospace companies such as Hangke Aerospace Group, then it is the bone marrow of hematopoiesis.

Standing at the door of the No. 1 plant of the assembly center, two engineers wearing hard hats looked at the unloading workers and machinery and equipment not far away, chatting with each other.

"There are a lot of big tigers that have fallen recently, I listened to Lao Wang and their braggings at dinner yesterday, and it is said that even the deputy head of the Jinling High-tech Industrial Park Development Zone has been investigated."

"That District Chief Sun?"

"It's not, it's not who else he is, it is said that when the criminal police took someone to his house, they found two suitcases of gold bars."

The slightly younger engineer smashed his tongue in a bit unimaginable.

How much gold can two suitcases hold?

Anyway, if you change it to RMB, this is already a number that he can't earn in his whole life in the post.

"My day, a district chief can catch so much."

"This was only found at home, and it is said that his case is still a bit serious, and it is not an ordinary bribe. bribery, but also related to foreign forces. ”

As he spoke, the old engineer sighed and shook his head.

"Who would have thought there would be this one? It's also thanks to the timely discovery of the problem, which would have been possible if he had climbed to the position of the district chief. ”

As he spoke, the cargo on the car had been unloaded. With the help of automated logistics vehicles, reddish-brown containers were transported to the inside of the factory.

Then, not far away, another truck drove up, and the workers waiting at the unloading point continued to repeat the previous operation, sending boxes and boxes of goods to the factory.

Squinting at the trucks lining up in the garage not far away, the slightly younger engineer continued.

"You said, our original car has been coming and going a little bit frequently recently."

Old Engineer: "I don't know, but it's said to be a big project." ”

The young engineer glanced at him.

"What do you think it will be?"

The old master glanced at the young engineer and glared at him in a frightened manner.

"Why do you want to earn dollars?"

"Isn't this just curiosity......"

"Don't ask if you shouldn't know, people are panicking about this recently, talk less and do more. Hurry up and get to work, don't rub around here. ”

Patting the young man on the shoulder, the old engineer buckled the strap of his helmet and turned to walk towards the factory.

Following behind the old engineer, the young man, who was inexplicably speechless, muttered and buckled the strap of his helmet.

“…… It's really inexplicable, so I asked casually, as for the reaction, is it so big. ”

At the end of the lunch break, the engineers in the No. 1 factory have returned to work one after another.

On the other side of the building, next to a huge steel support, a group of experts wearing hard hats had been standing there since the morning, as if they had never left the vicinity.

“…… This is the latest shield machine we have produced, the main material is titanium alloy, and the total weight after assembly is only 50 tons. It is suitable for low-gravity environments, and can be excavated at depths of up to 20 meters in lunar soil, with which the Lunar Hadron Collider tunnel was dug. ”

At this moment, standing next to Lu Zhou is an old engineer about 50 years old, whose name is Chen Yongliang written on the badge, and his position is deputy manager and technical supervisor.

Judging from the overalls on his body, he does not belong to the Space Shuttle Assembly Center, but to a subsidiary of Huatie Group.

The terms aerospace and railroad may not sound like a good line, but in fact this is a matter of the last era.

Since the launch of the Lunar Hadron Collider project, Huatie Group has followed the footsteps of Star Technology from the high-speed rail and maglev orbit projects on the ground to the field of space.

The acceleration orbit with a total length of more than 100 kilometers along the inner side of the crater is the masterpiece of the joint efforts of countless engineers and researchers of Huatie Group and Hangke Aerospace Group.

And the shield machine in front of Lu Zhou at this moment can be regarded as one of the by-products of this accelerator project.

The whole body is made of lightweight titanium alloy material, and the modular design allows it to be assembled with its own power without the help of large engineering equipment such as cranes.

Generally, the shield machine built of steel materials has a weight of fifty or sixty just the cutterhead, plus the front shield, middle shield, and tail shield, which can easily cost hundreds, and the weight of this large shield machine is just in the early fifties.

It is no wonder that this Chen Gong has a proud expression on his face.

As the only company in the world capable of building orbit on the moon, in a sense, they have stood at the apex of the times.

After listening to Chen Gong's introduction, Lu Zhou finally asked the second question he was most concerned about.

"How much is the offer?"

Chen Yongliang: "Sixty million! ”

"It's a bit expensive."

Seeing that the chief designer shook his head, Chen Gong hurriedly explained.

"It's not expensive, just this titanium alloy skeleton costs tens of millions, not to mention other technologies inside."

Lu Zhou did not speak, nor did he make any indications.

He is the chief designer, and he doesn't need to worry about the procurement, whether it is expensive or not, and the person who has a quotation will evaluate it, and he just talks casually based on his feelings.

After looking at this equipment for a long time, the general manager of the subsidiary of Huatie Group, who had not spoken next to him, began to beat the drum in his heart, and hesitated to say something, Lu Zhou suddenly spoke.

"I'm going to build an electromagnetic orbit on the moon."

Chen Yongliang was slightly stunned.

“…… How long is it? ”

"It's 20 to 40 kilometers long."

"What about standards? Is the collider kind? ”

"There must be some differences with the collider, at least it is wider, and the limit of the speed it can withstand is also higher," Lu Zhou smiled, squinted at the steel skeleton in front of him, and continued, "I need it to be able to accelerate the mass of 50 tons to 2.5km/s in 2 minutes...... Can it be done? ”

Hearing Lu Zhou's request, the engineer's face showed a look of surprise, and he gasped and said.

"Shhh...... You're really giving us a problem. This is a requirement not to mention us, but I am afraid that no one in this world can do it. ”

At 2.5 kilometers per second, this is already more than the escape velocity of the Moon, is this intended to launch cargo directly into the Earth-Moon transfer orbit?

"If there were people in this world who could do it, I wouldn't have come to you," Lu Zhou continued, looking at Chen Gong's joke, "The Jinling Institute for Advanced Study plans to set up a special research team to design this lunar mass projector, with the goal of projecting minerals mined on the surface of the moon directly into low orbit, and even the entrance of the Earth-Moon transfer orbit. Whether it is processed in space or transported directly back to Earth, this is quite necessary. ”

"At present, we have applied for special funds from the state, and the initial budget is 10 billion, and if the situation is optimistic, we will continue to add it in the future. You are also considered to be the top companies in China in the fields of magnetic levitation technology and electromagnetic acceleration technology, especially at the application level, I don't know if you are interested. ”

Before Chen Gong could speak, the general manager, who had been standing next to Lu Zhou and waiting for the opportunity to interject, hurriedly took over the conversation and spoke.

"Yes! Absolutely! Haha, I'm afraid that everyone will refuse such a request, and it is our honor to be able to cooperate with Jinling Institute for Advanced Study! ”

Lu Zhou smiled and nodded slightly politely.

"It's also our pleasure."

Listening to the conversation between the two bigwigs, Chen Gong smashed his tongue.

He really guessed it.

This Academician Lu really plans to build an "electromagnetic cannon" to shoot things on the moon directly to the earth.

But is it really possible?

Although he was suspicious, he couldn't say anything. After all, what the big guy decided to do, no matter how exaggerated it sounded so far, has become a reality.

Thinking of this, Chen Yongliang couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart.

Perhaps, this is the person who stands on the shoulders of the times.

A hundred years from now, no one may remember that a certain subsidiary of Huatie Group has a technical director surnamed Chen, but they will definitely remember that big wave of the hand, turning the impossible into a possible name.

Looking at the back of being surrounded by a group of people walking towards the office, Chen Yongliang couldn't help but feel a little envious......

……

After accompanying the people of Huatie Group all morning, watching them assemble and demonstrate the latest lunar shield machine, Lu Zhou didn't even have time to eat lunch.

After returning to the office, Lu Zhou took the boxed lunch from the canteen from Wang Peng, picked up the chopsticks and shaved them clean with five by two, and did not forget to burp afterwards.

"Next time, remember to bring me a bottle of Coke, if you don't drink anything after eating, I always feel choked."

Hearing this, Wang Peng couldn't help but show a wry smile.

"Can't you just eat something healthy?"

took out a tissue and wiped his mouth calmly, Lu Zhou said indifferently.

"Throw the cigarette in your pocket and tell me that."

Wang Peng sighed and said.

“…… I also hope that you can live a healthy life for a long time. For people like us, it's enough to live to be sixty or seventy years old, and it's almost the same number whether we smoke or not. ”

"I don't like this sentence, all people are born the same."

Wang Peng shrugged his shoulders, naturally he wouldn't talk back to Lu Zhou, but he still made a noncommittal expression.

Maybe his realm has not yet reached the height and spiritual realm of Academician Lu, or in other words, it is still too cheesy, but no matter which point of view he looks at, Academician Lu's words are really too idealistic.

How can people be the same?

This kind of society is simply unimaginable......