Chapter 40, Starship Paratroopers?
No matter what era, it is not a very easy journey to escape the shackles of gravity and go from the earth to space.
Even riding on the [Space Lifeboat] that applies the black technology of the 22nd century seems to give people the same feeling.
——When it was launched into orbit, accompanied by a howling sound that broke through the sky and an increasingly louder roar, the spacecraft under its feet began to shake and slowly left the sea level. But this does not mean that it is easy and comfortable to soar in the clear sky, but because the spacecraft continues to accelerate in order to enter the orbit, an overweight condition immediately occurs - an insurmountable gravity, several times the constant, presses on everyone's bodies without warning. On his shoulders, every bone in his body seemed to be creaking.
Although the 22nd century futuristic black technology from the Doraemon world has been used in this [Space Lifeboat] to reduce the huge gravity that presses on each passenger to a minimum, Wang Qiu and others in the cabin , at that moment, I still felt as if I was buried alive in a pile of cement. Not to mention moving my fingers a little, even the most basic breathing became extremely difficult, and my whole body was covered in sweat...
After finally holding on until the small spacecraft entered the satellite orbit, the deep universe and hundreds of billions of starlight were displayed one after another outside the portholes, and the heavy burden on our shoulders was relieved... But before everyone could enjoy the weightless floating for a long time, fun and enjoy for a while the view of the earth from satellite orbit Beautiful scenery, the spacecraft once again entered the voyage back to the ground according to the preset goal - the gravity that once disappeared once again pressed heavily on the shoulders of each crew member, and the increasingly severe overweight pressed them all on It hit the floor, even more powerful than when it took off.
Then, when the spacecraft entered the dense atmosphere, accompanied by the raging fire surrounding the spacecraft and the thrilling purple-red reflection, the spacecraft itself was constantly rolling and trembling, making Wang Qiu and others feel as if they were being crushed in a grain drying field. Under the stone roller, Being crushed back and forth over and over again, I felt as if I had been stuffed into a football and was being kicked around by a group of muscular men on the green field... Fortunately, it didn't take long before the parachutes opened one after another. The uneasy rolling of the cabin finally stopped. Then, the gravity pressing on the shoulders slowly returned to normal levels. This allowed Wang Qiu and others to groan and get up from the floor, and observe the destination under their feet through the sealed portholes and surveillance screens.
Then, they saw the Japan Sea covered with drifting ice, the vast forests and snowfields, and the roofs of buildings shining in the sun - a heavy industrial city that should not appear in this era... With the help of telescopes, maybe You can also see the crowds in the city with their necks raised to watch the spectacle. Fortunately, the [Space Lifeboat] did not crash directly into the traverser base in Vladivostok. Instead, under the influence of wind and inertia, it passed through the densely built urban area and continued to fly northwest for more than ten kilometers. Finally, it was covered in a Jumping to the ground on the snowy wilderness.
After breathing for a while, after overcoming the tremors and dizziness caused by landing, Wang Qiu and others, who had experienced manned spaceflight for the first time, opened the hatch with a haggard look on their faces, and stepped out of the [Space Lifeboat] with weak feet. He got out, and then quickly held on to the bulkhead weakly, unable to even stand firmly. And the biting cold wind like a knife chilled them to their very bones - don't forget, it was a severe winter of more than 20 degrees below zero outside!
On the contrary, perhaps because of his special physique (robot), or perhaps because he was already accustomed to space travel, Doraemon, who was shamelessly pulled in by Wang Qiu and others to help, jumped out of the cabin very quickly, and was covered with thick skin. I bounced around on the thick snowy ground for a while, and then I found a relatively solid and open ground. I reluctantly took off the [fourth-dimensional bag] on my abdomen, preparing to build a dimensional passage connecting the modern world.
——When the cold "main god" of the infinite space suddenly collapsed, due to some mysterious will that seemed to come from the universe, Wang Qiu, the former reincarnation who escaped from the main god's space, accidentally took Doraemon's spare pocket. Brought back his world... As we all know, Doraemon has the four times on his belly The Yuan pocket is interconnected with the spare bags he collected - so when Wang Qiu uses the "Book of Time Travel" to lead the team into a different world that is still "linked" by the main god system, he can bring Doraemon Dream's pocket was used as a time and space gate to bring in more reinforcements and supplies from the original world.
Since about 5,000 people traveled collectively this time, and a bunch of public security and national security agents, as well as a navy mini-submarine, were unexpectedly involved, the whole incident was so earth-shattering and world-shaking that it was hard to even cover it up. It couldn't be covered up, so it attracted great attention from the central government.
Therefore, according to the dispatch of the General Staff and Director Ma's arrangements, a force has been assembled in the suburbs of Shanghai and is on standby. When Wang Qiu and others arrived in the Vladivostok area in the late Ming Dynasty in a spaceship and completed the construction of the space-time gate passage, about two battalions of Marine Corps officers and soldiers would immediately enter the world with equipment and launch a combat posture. To ensure the deterrence of force against the "Far East Company" crossing group in Vladivostok...
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At the same time, Wang Qiu was observing the surrounding snow-capped barren mountains and ridges, while chatting with Political Commissar Guo who also had a bad expression next to him. Although this old man who had been on the battlefield was quite strong, he had been there for the purpose before. Searching for his son endlessly, followed by a series of various The extreme mental stimulation of great sorrow and joy, and even because his son married a Hong Kong transgender, he had a heart attack, and finally recovered... Therefore, this old party member "made of special materials" , and became much weaker at this time, shivering in the cold wind.
"...Professor Guo, speaking of it, it makes sense to rescue those victims who accidentally traveled back. But now why on earth do we have to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this to beat and kill these guys who took the initiative to travel to the late Ming Dynasty? Although This undertaking they are passionate about is a bit strange, but at any rate They are also self-employed, which has solved the employment problem of a large number of people, and the prospects seem to be good, at least they don't look like they will go bankrupt - even if they go bankrupt, they will bring it on themselves, and they will not come back to the government to ask for relief, let alone Adding factors of social instability..."
Wang Qiu muttered in confusion, "...In my opinion, this is completely contrary to the policy spirit of the central government to encourage citizens to start their own businesses! Is it possible that the higher-ups mobilized so many troops and made such a huge exaggeration this time? In order to rescue those missing navy sailors, marines and intelligence agents, do you want to bring back the mini-espionage submarine? I think this kind of thing can be discussed carefully!"
——Speaking of which, Wang Qiu still doesn’t quite understand the vigilance and hostility of Director Ma and other leaders towards Vladivostok Far East Company. You must know that every successful time-traveling group is a gold-plated, first-class, high-quality enterprise with guaranteed employment for its employees (how can you come back to register as unemployed if you have time-traveled?) and a very impressive rate of return (will there be less income from conquering the world? ), although the modern government cannot collect any taxes from them (even the legendary US Taxation Bureau cannot collect taxes across dimensions), which may make bureaucrats a little criticized, but at least it is also reducing the burden on society!
After all, modern China is under heavy population pressure and has the lowest per capita resources in the world. Since the reform and opening up, the government has been encouraging immigrants to start businesses intentionally or unintentionally. This kind of collective initiative to travel is equivalent to self-exile to a foreign country. , on the one hand, they open up territory for their own nation, and on the other hand, they make room for others to live... It is similar to the expedition to Nanyang in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. No matter how you look at it, it should not be suppressed!
"...If they just don't want to stay on earth anymore and want to go to another world to make a living, then the country will not restrict it at all. It doesn't matter whether these time travelers die without a burial place or make a fortune. It is their own business to marry Bai Fumei, or even to claim the title of king with three thousand harems. The country will never stop them because of jealousy or envy - now. Every year, millions of Chinese go to Africa to do business and work, dreaming of making a fortune. When will the country stop them and not let them go? Of course, the same principle applies, whether you lose money or make money, or you are beaten there. Even if you die, or if you are unlucky and go to jail, you still need to take care of it yourself. The country is not your nanny, and I am afraid it will not take care of you in small things..."
Professor Guo sighed and said this, but then suddenly changed the subject, "...but the real problem is...you know these guys who come to other worlds to pursue their dreams, the starting capital before time travel, or in other words Where did the so-called 'first pot of gold' come from? ”
——Normally speaking, those who would voluntarily choose to bid farewell to modern society and seek development in a risky and unpredictable world are usually either overly curious dreamers who only daydream all day long; Unfortunately, there are fringe people who are full of ambitions; there may be a small number of successful people who think that daily life is too empty and lonely, and want to seek excitement...but these are definitely a very small minority among the very few.
As a former reincarnation person who has struggled to escape from the danger of death, Wang Qiu knows very well that what most modern people encounter after suddenly traveling to a strange and different world is usually not a fairy tale romance, but only... Horror movie thrills. Even if there isn't a talisman-like main god system to increase the difficulty of your survival, just surviving is already very difficult. If you want to be more prosperous than the aborigines, the difficulty will have to increase exponentially. Of course, there are some Western adventurers who came to China in modern times to achieve success and fame, but there are probably even more degenerate people who have to return home with their bones.
To use another analogy, before the 20th century, whether in the East or the West, those rich girls who were locked in their boudoirs all day long and were naive to the point of stupidity, while hating their boring and empty routine, often thought of the outside world. It's wonderful - thinking about myself even though Going out without money or bodyguards, it seems that you can meet your own Prince Charming on the street, and easily hook up with him, so that you can enjoy a vigorous love and a happy life together... As for What is the real world like? Sorry, when they get to that point, they have no chance to go back and educate other girls - so the sweet dream will never have an ending, the teachings of the elders are always ignored, and the bloody lessons have become dry. From the ashes, the girls continued to rush into the cruel society ignorantly, running in circles over and over again.
In the same way, those otakus and otakus who stay in front of computers in modern metropolises and have nothing to do all day long are also enjoying the electricity, tap water, modern communications and entertainment of the modern world, as well as seemingly inconspicuous but actually extremely precious things. Safety and order, while imagining that he traveled back to ancient feudal society and bullied others with advanced technology and "far-sightedness" The ancient aboriginal people easily obtained wealth and status that were unobtainable in modern society... They never considered that they were powerless. In terms of force, they could not beat the street thieves playing with switch blades; in terms of technology, they could not burn glass like the ancients. He doesn't know how to make steel or guns; he can at most memorize a few ancient poems when it comes to essay writing, but when he talks about professional terms like "rhyme", his secrets are immediately revealed. I also didn’t consider whether even if I could successfully settle down in ancient times, my teeth would fall out because I could only eat brown rice mixed with sand, I would poop in my crotch because I couldn’t drink clean water, and I would suddenly have a sudden accident while walking on the road. A group of vicious bandits will jump out and disembowel you...
In fact, just the communication problems after time travel are daunting enough. It should be noted that the pronunciation of ancient Chinese and modern Mandarin are simply worlds apart. Let alone traveling to a foreign country - many people may have forgotten even half of the standard English taught in school, but they imagine that they can quickly adapt to the environment after traveling and master ancient Japanese and ancient Japanese that are awkward to pronounce. French, Old English, Old Latin, chatting fluently with those ladies and gentlemen... Hey, do you have Doraemon's [Translation Konjac Jelly] hidden in your house?
As far as Wang Qiu knows, many illiterate illegal immigrants have been smuggled into the United States for more than ten years, and they still speak broken English!
Of course, it is not ruled out that some people with language talents have successfully taught themselves Korean by watching Korean dramas, and then learned Japanese by watching anime. If they traveled back to ancient times and hung out for a few days, they would probably be able to learn the local language from the conversations of the ancients. Language...but the troubles listed before are still unavoidable.
Ahem, let's get back to the topic. In short, among the groups that took the initiative to travel to ancient times, except for the unlucky ones who were deceived, all the warriors who were willing to venture into other worlds on their own initiative basically did not get along well in modern society. , even to the point of desperation - otherwise, he would not have made the painful decision to bid farewell to the past and start over in a different world, so he would not have too many legal assets around him.
But in modern society, if you want to do any big thing, you need capital, and group time travel is no exception - if modern people travel to the past empty-handed, they will only deliver meat to the ancient strongmen. Except for some guys with the aura of destiny, all pragmatic time travelers must make preparations in advance and collect various technical information, industrial equipment, production tools, trade goods, fuel consumables, and even modern powerful weapons. Guns, artillery and weapons... and these require a large amount of money to purchase, which requires the Time Travel Group to try to obtain a large amount of start-up capital before departure.
Of course, since the organizers and planners of these time-traveling groups have time and space in their hands, taking advantage of the huge price difference between the two worlds to engage in cross-dimensional trade is also a way to make money - in fact, whether it is The "Crossing Company" in Lingao County, Hainan Island, or the "Far East Company" in Vladivostok , have indeed been in this business: selling antiques, gold and silver, precious Chinese medicines, high-end wood and traditional furniture from ancient times to modern times, and dumping mirrors, cosmetics, glassware, clocks and other "luxury objects" from modern times to ancient times, thereby making huge profits... …If accumulated over time, a huge amount of money can indeed be raised. But the problem is, these two families don’t seem to have that much patience, and they set off across time without doing much business...
So, how can they make up for this funding gap? The answer is...cheating!
——According to the information Professor Guo brought to Wang Qiu and others, the Vladivostok Far East Company, in addition to the landing ships illegally purchased from Russia, also abducted five 10,000-ton ships before crossing, but did not pay for them. , but were leased: three of them were leased from Japan, and two were leased from South Korea. It seems that they did not harm our compatriots. The problem is that these five ships were insured by Chinese insurance companies, and the claims cost alone exceeded 300 million... Now they held all five ships hostage until the end of the Ming Dynasty. Time and space, the insurance company in the modern world, suddenly lost money and almost cried to death. There are also all kinds of bad things like tax evasion and payment arrears, which Far East Company also does. In the end, they even broke into Yokohama Port in Tokyo Bay and robbed a Japanese cargo ship with arms. To this day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and Japan are still quarreling over the big trap brought by this group of "Chinese pirates"!
As for the crossing group in Lingao County, Hainan Island, it may seem a little "kinder". At least the freighter they traveled on was bought, not cheated. But the problem is that about 40 million of the start-up capital of Lingao Crossing Group was obtained through financial fraud. Before departure, it owed a lot of bank loans and underground loan sharks. It seems that it obviously has no intention of repaying it. . In addition, after many of the goods ordered by Lingao Crossing Group arrived at the destination, the merchants did not receive the balance payment. No matter how you look at it, they just want to get it for nothing...
In short, in addition to the damaged foreign companies and the diplomatic turmoil caused, there are at least 30 unlucky domestic companies in the country. They have suffered terribly from being cheated by these two time-traveling groups. Several small companies have been trapped by The amount of goods stolen was so large that they were almost bankrupt!
Then, Wang Qiu could only helplessly shake his head and smile bitterly at the crazy practice of the two time-traveling groups to "make a big profit before leaving" - although as a law enforcement officer, these things sounded very hateful, But if it were him, I'm afraid he would do the same thing.
As far as he knew, in Europe during the Age of Discovery, many impoverished explorers, because they could not raise funds, often used stolen or defrauded ships, sailors and supplies to complete the feat of discovering new lands in a desperate attempt - - But from the perspective of the country and the government, such behavior is obviously not worth encouraging, otherwise it will cause countless chaos. As Wang Qiu, he must sit on the official side.
"...I understand. The country does have a large amount of accounts to settle with them. At the same time, it cannot give up on the PLA brothers who were trapped there...Well, as well as the cost of sending troops this time, it is estimated that they will also have to be apportioned to them. On the head..." Wang Qiu nodded seriously.
"...Yes, we have to explain everything clearly to them and ask them to pay back everything they owe, including principal and interest!"
Professor Guo said with some annoyance, "...he acted recklessly and caused such a big mess before leaving, and then walked away, leaving a mess for us to clean up. Just the huge debt in arrears is not what we know from now on." Where is the expense... How can you tolerate such ridiculous things? ”
In this regard, Wang Qiu naturally echoed and agreed with Professor Guo, and used his flattering words like a flood, trying his best to flatter Professor Guo, which was actually quite limited. But in fact, Wang Qiu didn't care much about the fate of these time travellers. What he really cares about is that the friendship accumulated in Doraemon seems to be unable to be used forever. Asking Doraemon to work for him once will be one less time... If he always troubles him to help, Doraemon will never get tired of it. If so, it is estimated that he will soon be included in the blacklist that will cut off all contacts with others - what will he do then?
You know, Doraemon, this chubby blue cat-shaped parenting robot, is actually not as helpful as he appears...