A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Chapter 689 Now that we have a sword, let's use it! Let's find a target and strike once!

The discussion inside continued, with countless obscure technical terms raining down from the teachers' heated debate into the hallway outside.

Washing, neutralization, dehydration, adsorption... these cold process terms gradually came to life amidst heated debate, and a preliminary plan was taking shape.

Jiang Xia, however, remained expressionless in the corner, staring blankly at the seam in the floor.

After a long pause, he finally raised his head again: "Do you know about Misono-sensei's situation?"

"Uh, what's going on? His resume? He's actually your senior. Right after Liberation, he was a teaching assistant at Wudaokou Vocational and Technical College. Later, he said he felt a bit bored with just teaching, so he submitted a report to transfer to a research institution..."

"Finally, he was sent abroad to study..."

Secretary Liu pulled out a metal-cased notebook from somewhere and began reading from it verbatim.

Jiang Xia waved his hand, interrupting the rambling narrative: "It's not about these old stories. I'm asking why his research findings weren't further developed? And why... why he even lost control of the project?"

Secretary Liu was somewhat speechless, "This... I don't know... it must be their institute's plan..."

Old Wang squeezed his head between the two of them: "Want to investigate?" The long-lost cold smile reappeared on Old Wang's face.

Upon hearing those three words, Secretary Liu jumped up like a calico cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Don't you dare do anything reckless! The strictest of the three major tasks and one prohibition is this 'prohibition'!"

"What are you not allowed to do?"

Jiang Xia was a little stunned. Old Wang pushed aside Secretary Liu and sat down next to Jiang Xia, putting his arm around her to bring her closer, and lowered his voice.

"The three major tasks are intelligence gathering, punishing traitors, and carrying out various special missions. The one prohibition is that internal spying is not allowed."

"Oh! So that's what it is!" Jiang Xia nodded. "Our elders really have foresight. Those few words carry immense weight. Haven't you seen what happened to the Cheka after the Alliance's 'mentor' left? The lessons our ancestors learned from the Eastern and Western Depots are all written in history books..."

"but……"

Old Wang abruptly changed the subject, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes. His hand casually reached into Jiang Xia's pocket, pulling out the heavy, red-headed document. His fingertip pointed to the authorization clause within. "You're an exception! Don't forget, this document grants you auditing authority with extremely broad coverage. And,"

A meaningful smile played on his lips. "Those three people's projects were submitted by you as a key sub-project of the '03 Defense System Construction'! Investigating their project history, funding, and ownership of results is perfectly legitimate! This is a 'necessary investigation' within the scope of auditing responsibilities, and it's completely different from 'internal reconnaissance'!"

As he spoke, Old Wang gave Secretary Liu a provocative look, as if to say: Rules are rigid, but people are flexible!

Secretary Liu was silent for a moment, then gave Lao Wang a thumbs up: "As expected of the field team, they exploited this loophole with such confidence."

Then he broke into a big smile: "I forgot about that... Looks like this is really great news..."

"Hmm! For some people, it's not so 'good'..." The two, whose identities could not be revealed, exchanged a smile, tinged with coldness.

Jiang Xia felt a surge of satisfaction. After all, during his rationalization process that morning, he had finally pieced together the extraordinary qualities of these two teachers from the fragmentary records he had read in his later life.

Needless to say, Teacher Xinghan's contribution alone, regardless of how future generations evaluate him, is enough to make the people of those three provinces, who suffered greatly from the epidemic, remember his kindness. Those people in those three provinces who enjoyed the "free shipping" treatment should all kowtow to him.

Looking back on Ms. Misono's achievements, it was mainly because of that "thallium." Seeing that "thallium" reminded Jiang Xia of that poor girl.

Aside from the hospital's strenuous efforts to save him, the drug developed from the vicinal dithiol compound that Professor Yuyuan was researching also played a crucial role.

If his research hadn't been interrupted, if it had been pursued more deeply… perhaps the tragedies of later generations could have had a more secure and effective solution!

Moreover, an intermediate product developed during this expert's research, called dimercaptosuccinic acid, was later used to avert a series of horrific heavy metal poisoning incidents after in-depth research by relevant personnel.

To give a recent example, there was a large-scale poisoning incident at a vocational college in the 1990s.

Yes! It contained arsenic!

More than 700 teachers and students in the school were severely poisoned. After being treated with the drug, not only did no one die, but miraculously no sequelae were left.

Following this, the drug was officially approved by the FDA as a legally recognized treatment for heavy metal poisoning, making it the first Chinese drug to be copied by a foreign company.

Such merits should not be buried. Such grievances should not be left unaddressed. Now that there is an opportunity to help Teacher Yuyuan get revenge and find out the truth of what happened back then, Jiang Xia feels that not only is there nothing wrong with it, but it is simply a matter of justice!

He took the resume from Secretary Liu and quickly flipped through it to check: the time, location, project name... all matched, confirming it was indeed Teacher Yuyuan. His fingers continued flipping through the pages, and a slightly rough mimeographed form tucked between the pages caught his attention.

The table header prominently reads: "Brief List of Imported Pharmaceuticals (Recent)".

Jiang Xia's gaze swept quickly across the list, and when it landed on the "medicinal nitroglycerin" section, his pupils suddenly contracted. The number in that section was a glaring, stark "0"!

Looking back at previous import volumes, it was still around several tens of kilograms...

He looked up abruptly, his voice filled with doubt: "Is this for real? Nitroglycerin... and they even import it. There must be a lot of it piled up at this base, right?"

"Pah! What are you thinking! You really want someone to chew on explosives? Didn't you see they said it was medical nitroglycerin!"

"Our military factories did consider making medical-grade products, but for some reason, after a batch was given to people to eat, the patients' heart pain subsided, but their head pain became so severe they wanted to bang their heads against the wall! Nobody dared to use them, so we had to stop production!"

When Lao Wang heard Jiang Xia ask such a question, he quickly showed off his superior intelligence.

"Hey, how do you know so much about this..." Jiang Xia pressed.

"That's what my dad said. That damn medicine was actually sent by my dad's old comrade-in-arms out of 'kindness'..." Old Wang's tone was complicated.

"Your dad's comrades are such a jerk..."

"No... my dad volunteered. He said the old man has to go first in these kinds of things..."

Jiang Xia sighed and patted Old Wang on the shoulder: "Go back and tell your godfather that next time there's a 'good thing' like this 'drug testing,' you should participate! He hasn't even had a grandson yet, don't torture yourself like this..."

Old Wang chuckled and replied, "Okay!" But his smile froze for a moment after he finished speaking.

Hmm? Something feels off...

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