The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 496 Sudden
Listen to the bird house.

The sounds of birds and cicadas.

Zhu Lin came over with a cup of tea and saw Liu Tao holding a pen and writing on a piece of paper:

Bai Suzhen at the foot of Mount Qingcheng

Cultivate this body in the cave for thousands of years

Diligent practice leads to enlightenment

Reborn as a human

Focus on the Tao without distractions
Taking refuge in the Three Treasures and abandoning the secular world

I hope the Bodhisattva will enlighten me.

Save me from the mortal world

Then, Liu Tao drew a line next to it and wrote "Bai Suzhen Under the Qingcheng Mountain".

Zhu Lin asked curiously, "What is this? It doesn't look like poetry?"

Poetry is often not so straightforward.

Liu Tao smiled and said, "This is a poem, a song, and also a story."

Then Liu Tao recalled the time when he was a child, watching "The Legend of White Snake" in front of the TV with his family. At that time, he didn't have to think about anything, it was the purest and happiest time.

He has forgotten many things. Time has washed away his memory and erased many things.

But some memories are deeply rooted and have not been washed away by the years. Instead, they have become purer, deeper and clearer with the baptism of time.

He hummed softly:
Qingcheng~Mountain~Bai Suzhen

In the cave ~ thousand years ~ cultivate this body

Ah~~Ah~~Ah~~
After singing, Liu Tao took a sip of tea and then slowly told the story of "The Legend of the New White Snake".

Bai Suzhen was originally a little white snake that practiced in the mountains. One day, the little white snake was captured by an old snake catcher and nearly killed. Fortunately, she was saved by a little shepherd boy. Bai Suzhen secretly vowed: I will always remember this life-saving grace.

After 1,700 years of practice, she finally shed her snake body and became a human. She wanted to go to Mount Emei to continue her practice, but after being instructed by Guanyin, she remembered that she still had a love affair in the human world. Following the instructions, she came to West Lake in Hangzhou to look for Xu Xian, her savior in her previous life...

Taking shelter from the rain in the same boat, borrowing an umbrella from a sailboat, cleverly transforming the palace, using magic to save people, realgar appearing, stealing the magical Ganoderma lucidum, intercepting the evil spirits, etc., one bizarre and wonderful plot after another slowly unfolds like a picture scroll.

Zhu Lin was fascinated by what he heard.

When he heard the end, Xu Shilin, the "Wenquxing" who had descended to the earth, studied hard and finally lived up to everyone's expectations and won the first place in the imperial examination. He returned home to Zhenjiang to visit his relatives according to the imperial decree, and then went to the West Lake to worship in front of Leifeng Pagoda. Bai Suzhen was finally able to leave the pagoda openly and see the light of day again, and reunited with Xu Shilin and his son. Xu Shilin married his cousin Li Bilian. Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing, Fahai and Xu Xian also resolved their grievances and completed their merits. The four of them ascended to heaven together as immortals. Zhu Lin couldn't help but say, "How can Fahai, who is so bad, ascend to heaven!"

Liu Tao smiled. This was also the most unpleasant thing for the audience in "The Legend of the New White Snake". How could this "bad guy" who made things difficult for the protagonist achieve a happy ending? This was really infuriating.

He didn't explain much. After all, making people angry is also a kind of success!
"I'll write this story down. You can look for a director willing to shoot it. If you encounter any problems, tell me." Liu Tao said, "Since you only want to act in one more TV series or movie, this story may be suitable."

When Zhu Lin heard this, she realized that Liu Tao created this story for her and she was deeply moved.

In the next few days, Liu Tao worked hard to write "The Legend of the New White Snake", and also wrote down those classic songs. After all, whether it was "A Thousand Years of Waiting", "Crossing Love", "Past and Present Life", "Rain and Wind in the Heart Lake", "The Sky Doesn't Understand Love", etc., they have been enduring and have influenced countless people.

Before leaving Beijing, Liu Tao made a special trip to the China Ordnance Industry Corporation. He had received news that the China Ordnance Industry Corporation would be abolished this year and merged with the China Machinery Industry Corporation (the First Ministry of Machinery Industry) to form the State Machinery Industry Commission.

This is another major move following the previous transformation of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building into a head office.

This also means that from now on, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building will completely become history.

Of course, after the reorganization, Panshan Group will still be under the management of the State Machinery Industry Commission. After all, the State Machinery Industry Commission will be responsible for the management of the weapons industry and the machinery industry.

After Liu Tao took back the foreign exchange settlement rights last time, Panshan Group has become very independent. It can even be said that it is now only under the jurisdiction of China North Industries Group Corporation in name.

After visiting several leaders' offices, Liu Tao was about to leave when he was stopped.

"What? What did you say!?" Liu Tao's eyes widened when he heard his leader's words, with an expression of disbelief, "Is the American crazy, or is Colonel Ka crazy!"

Liu Tao took a breath of cold air.

But his leader had just told him that a major event had just happened in the world. Libya used the "Eagle Strike" anti-ship missile to sink a "Perry-class" frigate that was provocative in the Mediterranean.

The Perry-class frigate is a general-purpose missile frigate with moderate performance in the U.S. Navy. It has multiple tactical uses and can undertake tasks such as air defense, anti-submarine, escort and attacking surface targets.

Although the performance of the Perry-class frigate is not as good as some high-performance frigates, it is built in large quantities due to its moderate price.

So far, the United States has built forty or fifty Perry-class frigates.

Moreover, the construction of the first Perry-class frigate did not begin until 1975, and it was not launched until 1976. Even though it was the first ship, it has only been in service for about ten years.

After ten years in service, it is still a very new warship compared to warships that are often in service for thirty to fifty years.

According to the latest construction cost of Perry-class frigates, one has exceeded $100 million.

The sinking of a Perry-class frigate, taking into account the cost of the frigate itself, plus the 180 crew members and the weapons on board, means that the United States suffered a loss of at least $ million.

More importantly, this was like being slapped hard in the face by Colonel Ka.

Considering that the relationship between the two sides has been getting worse and worse in recent years, this is simply a precursor to war, or a fuse.

"Are there any casualties?" Liu Tao asked hurriedly.

"I'm afraid that the crew of the entire frigate is unlikely to survive. According to reports, the anti-ship missile hit the frigate right in the middle and it quickly sank. The Libyan side did not carry out any rescue operations." The leader said in a deep voice.

Liu Tao took a deep breath. He could already foresee that the Americans would not give up.

He didn't even know what the madness was on both sides.

The United States has not had a good time in recent years. Even though it continues to issue bonds, inflation still plagues the United States, as evidenced by the inflation rate of up to 10%. Moreover, the U.S. national debt now exceeds 2.6 trillion U.S. dollars, and the total amount of foreign debt exceeds that of domestic debt. The United States has also transformed from the world's largest creditor country to the world's largest debtor country.

Not only that, the US economic policies in recent years have also widened the gap between the rich and the poor.

The economic crisis has always plagued the United States, and in the past decade or so, the United States has always been weak in terms of economy. Even though the situation of the Soviet Union is not very good now, the pattern of the Soviet Union attacking and the United States defending has not changed.

He didn't understand why the Americans would provoke Colonel Kamagra under such circumstances.

One dares to provoke, the other dares to fight back, and they are just hoping for chaos in the world!

(End of this chapter)