Chapter 52 Chapter Twenty-Four

The National Science and Technology Committee is going to hold the "Tianyuan Fourth Project Celebration Conference" in Xilingxia. All those who have made contributions to this have received invitations. Xu Zhenyu and Yang Fan are no exception. They plan to visit Xiakou first. The old man set off early. Yang Fan's parents live not far from the pier.After they got off the boat, they walked along the Yanjiang Avenue.She turned her beautiful duck egg face to Xu Zhenyu, and asked worriedly: "Have you talked to your aunt about Tianyuan Four?" "Before coming to the gorge, I told her."

"Did Aunt agree with you to go?" "At first, she was silent, with a look of bewilderment on her face. Later, she agreed. She said to me: 'If you think you should do it, you should do it.'" "It would be nice if my mother was like my aunt." "Why, are you still not sure?" Yang Fan shook his head, there was a gloomy cloud in his almond eyes. As soon as he arrived at the door, Yang Jixian greeted him happily: "Sister, have you also received the invitation card? This time our whole family will go to the celebration meeting!" He Yijing was so happy that she saw her daughter and Xu Zhenyu from ear to ear.She was pouring tea, cooking, and asking questions, and she was extremely busy.

After lunch, Xu Zhenyu and Yang Guangyao's family sat around in the living room, talking about the Tianyuan four again. "I heard they still want to go back?" He Yijing asked peacefully. "Yes, we are arranging to repair their spacecraft." Xu Zhenyu said while winking at Yang Fan. Yang Fan understood that this was urging her to quickly use this topic to mobilize her mother.she says: "If this spaceship is really repaired, it won't be a problem to add another ten people to it." "We can select some astronauts from various countries and follow them to visit Eposna." He Yijing said.

"Mom, we both want to go to Eposna too, can you agree?" "Are you going too?" He Yijing was shocked, "Why didn't you send a letter in advance to discuss with us?" "Aren't we here to discuss with you?" Yang Fan said with a smile, holding his mother's hand affectionately. "If you leave, we will never see each other again!" He Yijing said, tears falling down involuntarily. "Even if we want to go, it will take ten or eight years before we leave." Yang Fan said tactfully. "When do you plan to get married?" He Yijing asked.

"We discussed it. If you can agree, we plan to receive space training first and then get married." Xu Zhenyu explained for Yang Fan. "Go, young people should venture out and see the world." Yang Guangyao supported them.He said to his wife, "Let them go, we can't keep them around forever." "You can think about it!" He Yijing said while wiping tears. Just as he was talking, Wu Yonggang came.As soon as he entered the door, he asked: "What's wrong with you guys?" After Yang Guangyao explained, Wu Yonggang smiled heartily at He Yijing:

"This is a good thing, why are you crying instead? Let these young people go far away and open up a new way of life!" He turned to Yang Guangyao, "By the way, didn't we agree to go to the original site of Han Tomb No. 7 together!" After Yang Guangyao and Wu Yonggang arrived at Xiling Gorge by car, they hurriedly walked under the transmission tower.Wu Yonggang walked under the high-voltage transmission line, trying to search for those distant memories in his mind.He inspected the Lion Peak, Crouching Niu Peak and the small mound not far to the north, and looked at the majestic Three Gorges Dam, and said to Yang Guangyao with emotion:

"That's right, we fought here more than 40 years ago. It would be great if Squad Leader Wei and those comrades could see the great achievements of the revolutionary cause they sacrificed for today!" "Yes." Yang Guangyao's heart was surging. I met Grandpa Tan head-on.After Yang Guangyao greeted him, he talked about the Tianyuan four wanting to go back. "If it weren't for my age, I would also like to follow the sky to see it." Grandpa Tan said, stroking his beard. Ren Sihong and his wife came with Ren Xiaoying.As soon as they met Yang Guangyao and others, they talked very affectionately.

"The four of Tianyuan are here!" Ren Xiaoying shouted. Sogeken, Niccolo and Pilosi stepped out of a special car. "Why are they so short?" Ren Xiaoying asked her father in a low voice. "Didn't you see that Eposner's horizon is much deeper than ours? The horizon is farther than ours, which means that the planet's radius is larger than that of the earth, so its mass and gravitational force are greater than the earth's. In order to adapt to the greater gravitational force, the best A good way is to grow shorter." Suogeken and his party imitated the appearance of the people on Earth and waved to everyone frequently.

"Father, they are four fingers!" Ren Xiaoying said in surprise. "I heard that they originally had five fingers, but during the long process of evolution, the little finger degenerated and disappeared." "Father, didn't you say that we calculated that they walked for a thousand years on the road, but for some reason they said they walked for two thousand years?" Ren Xiaoying said very seriously. "Xiaoying, what does this have to do with the four fingers?" Ren Sihong was puzzled by his daughter's question. "That's right, that's right!" Ren Xiaoying said happily, "Dad, we have ten fingers and use the decimal system; they have eight fingers and probably use the octal system. One thousand in the decimal system is 10 to the third power; "One thousand" in octal is the third power of 8, which is 512 in decimal. So "two thousand" in octal is 1024 in decimal. Two thousand years in octal is 1024 in decimal."

Nicolo is here. "Is the pocket language translator negligent?" Xu Zhenyu asked. Niccolo laughed, and said: "It's our human oversight, not the machine's." A car came to pick up the four from Tianyuan to the venue. The white-haired Yang Guangyao came over and patted Ren Xiaoying on the shoulder. "You are worthy of being the winner of the mathematics competition!" He turned his face and said excitedly to everyone, "We have seen a new generation grow up with our own eyes. There is nothing that makes me happier than this." The bulldozer driver Zhang Jie drove the bulldozer past the transmission tower under the dam. When he saw Yang Jixian, he stopped and jumped off.

Yang Jixian ran over quickly and asked: "Where are you going?" "Go to the station and take the bulldozer away." "Are you leaving here?" "The Three Gorges Project has been fully completed, and we will move to the new water conservancy project site." A jeep stopped beside them, and Deputy Commander Zhao of the Three Gorges Engineering Bureau got out of the car.His weather-beaten face was full of triumphant joy.Yang Guangyao, Ren Sihong and Xu Zhenyu all greeted him and chatted cordially with him.Ren Sihong said: "Are you going to participate in the celebration of Tianyuan Fourth Project?" "No, we have to transfer. Time is very tight, so we can't participate." Deputy Commander Zhao said regretfully. "Thank you for your support to our archaeological work." Ren Sihong said earnestly, "I don't know when we will meet again!" Deputy Commander Zhao looked at everyone with his resolute eyes, and said earnestly: "You are excavating the spirit of the nation, we are building the future of the country, and the land of the motherland connects us closely. Let us meet in the new construction!" He shook hands with everyone one by one, boarded the jeep and left.Zhang Jie also bid farewell to Yang Jixian and the people present, and left here with the bulldozer. The conference sent a bus to take Ren Sihong and others to the auditorium of the Three Gorges Dam Administration Bureau. At the entrance of the auditorium, Xu Zhenyu met Xiang Xukun. "I heard you want to go to Tianyuan Four?" Xiang Xukun asked with a smile. "I have this plan." Xu Zhenyu replied frankly. "Now that you are an authority on the study of extraterrestrial civilizations and the vice-chairman of the International Society for the Study of Extraterrestrial Civilizations, you should stay on Earth and continue to study your subject. Why bother going to Tianyuan IV!" "Wouldn't that make Mr. Ye a good dragon?" Huang Jingzhi came from behind and said to Xu Zhenyu: "You are right, I wish you the first astronomer to land on an extraterrestrial civilization!" Guo Yiping accompanied a tall American scholar to Huang Jingzhi.Guo Yiping said to Huang Jingzhi: "Hayflick, the American astronomer, would like to see you." Hayflick strode over, held Professor Huang's hand tightly and said: "How do you do? Mr. Huang." Huang Jingzhi was overjoyed and pleasantly said in fluent English: "It's been more than forty years since I left. It's a great pleasure to see you in my motherland today." “I am not suspected at all to learn that the miracle has been first discovered by China a civilized ancient country.” Guo Yiping translated for the others present: "I am not surprised that this miracle was first discovered by an ancient civilization like China." "I want to tell you good news. Using your unearthed code, I have summoned the copper ball to America." "Really! That's great. I wonder if the copper ball shot at Africa can find a clue?" Huang Jingzhi said with concern. "The four people in Tianyuan once pointed to the Sahara Desert in Africa and said that the copper ball was shot there. They also said that it was a lush green place at the beginning." Fang Yutian, who stood aside, said, "This is consistent with the historical records of human beings. The Mediterranean coast of Africa was indeed green four or five thousand years ago, when agriculture was very developed there. Later, due to excessive logging and cultivation by humans, the oasis turned into a vast desert.” They walked into the auditorium together.In the front hall, Liang Weizhou, Yue Jing, Zhang Jie and a group of foreign experts and scholars, accompanied by Yuwen Anbang, were discussing around Tianyuan. Japanese scholars expressed their willingness to develop supporting electronic control equipment for the spacecraft. Experts from the French National Space Research Center will provide supporting equipment for the Tianyuan four, and a Soviet professor will solve the technological problem of repairing the spacecraft shell for the Tianyuan four.Hearing the talk, Hayflick was not to be outdone.He immediately went up to Saugkin and said: "We at the National Center for Astronomy and Ionosphere at Cornell University will serve you with an improved radio telescope." Sogeken said with great joy: "Thank you, everyone. It would be even better if you can get in touch with the relevant authorities of the host country and coordinate all aspects of your actions." The preparatory bell for the meeting rang, and the participants stepped into the venue one after another.The venue was solemnly and solemnly arranged.The Tianyuan Four, foreign experts, scholars, and those who have made contributions to the Tianyuan Four Project were invited to sit on the rostrum.Behind them, more than a dozen pots of evergreen pines and cypresses surrounded a tall and thin platform covered with crimson velvet, on which were placed golden copper balls.Above the rostrum, a banner of "Congratulations to Tianyuan Fourth Project" was hung.The venue with more than 1,000 seats is already full. The congratulations meeting has begun. Ren Sihong first spoke at the meeting.He introduced in detail the excavation of the No. 7 Han Tomb in Xilingxia, the copper ball unearthed and the process of Tianyuan No. 4 Project, and spoke highly of the various contributions made by many scholars, experts, professors, doctors, workers, farmers and soldiers. Ke Hua, the commander-in-chief of Tianyuan No. 4 Project, then gave a report at the meeting.In his report, he deeply analyzed the great significance of the Tianyuan No. 4 Project, warmly commended the collectives and individuals who made great contributions to the Tianyuan No. 4 Project, and sincerely expressed his support for international technical cooperation. Posner contributed. Sogkin stood up excitedly.With deep eyes, he looked at those on the rostrum who had made and would make contributions to their rescue, and his heart was full of gratitude and admiration.He warmly praised the unremitting efforts of the people of this area for generations to discover their Tianyuan four.He said: "If there were no observations of the 'Explorer' by people in ancient times in your area, if there were no word of mouth passed down from generation to generation by ancient people, if there were no written records made by scholars like Wang Jia, and if there were no ancient astronomers like Lu Qian who were proficient , rigorous observation, and drawing of the map of the copper ball star, if there is not a lot of exploration work done by all of you here, then we would not be able to meet you today." Pilosi took out a stack of remote sensing photos of the earth four thousand years ago and handed it to Suogeken.Holding these precious historical photos in both hands, he solemnly dedicated them to Ke Hua.Ke Hua accepted it excitedly. He took out a rectangular box pasted with satin and dedicated it to Suogeken.Sogeken opened the box in public, took out the painting scroll contained in the box, and showed it to the audience.This is a near-real replica - an ancient star map drawn by Lu Qian in the Han Dynasty.The audience applauded thunderously, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.With rhythmic applause, Fang Yutian presented the seeds of various plants existing on the earth and the frozen fertilized eggs of many species of animals to Suogeken, asking them to take them back and re-prosper the biosphere of Eposna. Sogeken praised the ecological environment on the earth and hoped that the people on earth would learn their lessons.He said sincerely: "Our lesson is what happened 5,000 years ago, 10.9 light-years away. However, these things are not completely impossible to happen on Earth. Please remember this lesson. This is what we decided to do at the beginning. The sole purpose of sinking to the bottom of the ocean." Fang Yutian asked to speak impromptu.He first expressed his admiration and thanks for the lofty spirit of the three Tianyuan four people, and then said passionately: "Human beings are great. Since we have been able to develop step by step from the primitive age of raw hair and blood to today's atomic age and satellite age, then as long as we recognize the lessons of the four people in Tianyuan, we are capable of preventing all kinds of pollution. To prevent the destruction of the ecosystem. Our earth should never, and never be allowed to become the second Eposna!" His speech won warm applause from the audience. A United Nations official announced at the meeting that he had invited the four people from Tianyuan to visit various continents. The four people from Tianyuan happily accepted the invitation and set off for Africa after the meeting.Hearing this news, there was another round of applause in the venue. The meeting ended, and Yang Fan was waiting for Xu Zhenyu at the entrance of the venue.When he came out, Yang Fan tidied up his shoulder-hanging black hair casually, and said to him with a smile: "Let's go now?" "Where are you going?" "Why are you so forgetful? Didn't we agree to sign up with Director Ke after the victory meeting?" Xu Zhenyu smiled: "Yeah, we're going to find him now." The two of them walked forward side by side with the application for the astronaut training class.