The matter of Li Tai converting to the Daoist sect was merely spoken by Yuan Tiangang. Unless Li Shimin personally agreed, neither of them had the final say.
From this day forward, Yuan Tiangang frequently appeared in the optical stone battery project group, contributing his efforts to the project's progress. He was always very interested in matters related to explosions. For instance, after he arrived, the explosion rate of the optical stone batteries directly increased tenfold...
"Yuan Tiangang, get out of here, you son of a bitch!"
Finally, Li Tai could no longer tolerate it. He pointed at the project group's door and cursed at Yuan Tiangang. Yuan Tiangang, however, paid no mind. Instead, he took a booklet from his怀 and handed it over.
"Well... Prince Wei, please don't misunderstand. This humble Taoist has already found 99 reasons for the explosions of the optical stone batteries!"
"As long as we avoid all these 99 possibilities next time, the optical stone batteries will absolutely not explode again!"
Li Tai: ???
He grabbed the booklet and flipped through the data recorded within. The process of each explosion and the reasons behind it were all clearly written.
"Damn it!"
He had turned a battery into a bomb, it was utterly absurd!
He gathered the project group members and passed the booklet down, to research how to improve it next. The fact was just as Yuan Tiangang said, he didn't understand batteries, but he could find the reasons for the explosions. This was because, throughout Australia, and even the entire Great Tang, his divine sense strength was only second to Fang Er and Xi Tong, ranking third! Moreover, his utilization of divine sense even surpassed Fang Er's!
Fang Er wasn't dedicating too much energy to the optical stone batteries, only checking in from time to time. The gold mining endeavor at the Temporal Administration Bureau was still ongoing, and the system warehouse was now approaching four million tons of gold bricks.
Until the day Xi Tong came looking for him!
[Bastard, it's done!]
Half a year had passed, and Fang Er, not reacting immediately, subconsciously asked, "What's done?"
[Nonsense, of course, it's the device to open the world barrier!] Xi Tong rolled her eyes at him.
"Then what needs to be done next?"
[We need photon generators, many of them!]
"How many is 'many'?"
[At least ten thousand units!]
"Holy crap!"
Fang Er was stunned. Ten thousand photon generators, this would take who knows how long to accomplish! He suddenly stared at Xi Tong for a good while.
"Can't you just discharge electricity?"
[My discharging electricity also consumes gold!]
Fang Er:...........
Damn it!
Fine!
In the research institute, all projects were urgently halted by him, and all efforts were poured into producing photon generators. Similarly, two of the gold mining teams were also called back. Only five regiments were left to continue mining, and the other two space channels were specifically used to collect gold mining ships. This time, they weren't looking for people, only ships! This was because the crystal magnets required for the photon generators could currently only be obtained by dismantling them from the gold mining ships. Although it seemed wasteful, there was no other way. To return to the main world, any price was worth paying.
The technology for the photon generators was already mature, and ninety percent of their components were ordered by Fang Er from Huang Ta Gu. The research institute was only responsible for the final assembly.
...
Summer of the seventh year of Zhenguan.
In the vast desert of southwestern Australia, it was unusually lively. In a temporarily erected command center, Fang Er and Xi Tong sat side-by-side, watching the footage transmitted from the monitors. The thirty thousand laborers he had brought back from the Seventh Construction Bureau were all busy outside. The people from the research institute were divided into a thousand groups, working with these laborers as assistants to assemble the photon generators.
Reports came from the walkie-talkie next to Fang Er from time to time.
"Photon generator No. 9998 installation complete!"
"Photon generator No. 9999 installation complete!"
"Photon generator No. 10000 installation complete!"
"All generators installed, ready for debugging!"
"Begin debugging!"
"Number one normal!"
"Number two normal!"
"..........."
"Number 182 has a malfunction, under investigation!"
"........."
"Number 669 normal!"
"Number 770 normal!"
".............."
It was a tedious wait, but at this point, Fang Er had no mind for anything else. He hadn't even spent time with his wife at home for a long time.
"Ahn............"
A dragon's roar came from outside. Fang Er walked to the window and saw that it was Li Xiuning. She was walking towards them carrying a thermal lunch box.
"Come, come, it's time to eat. Don't just busy yourself, you have to take care of yourself no matter how busy you are." She looked at her son-in-law with some concern. "Look at you, why put all these things in the desert? You've been tanned into a darkie!"
Fang Er rubbed his nose and chuckled, "The desert has abundant sunshine, the conditions are more suitable."
"Mother," Xi Tong stepped forward and took the lunch box. Opening it, she revealed some home-cooked meals, still steaming. Braised Lion's Head. Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce. Husband and Wife Lung Slices. Tiger Skin Peppers. Stir-fried Vermicelli with Minced Pork. Squirrel Mandarin Fish. All very homey dishes... However, there was one difference, these dishes lived up to their names. For example, Braised Lion's Head was an entire lion's head! Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce was shredded crocodile meat... Husband and Wife Lung Slices also had a husband and wife, but it was a pair of donkey couples...
............
"Mother, I've told you, you don't need to deliver meals every day. I have enough to eat here," Fang Er said somewhat conflictedly as Xi Tong took out dishes from the thermal lunch box.
"Having food doesn't mean you're eating well!" Li Xiuning glared at him with mock anger.
Fine.
Fang Er had no way with this mother-in-law...
However... The ants in the Stir-fried Vermicelli with Minced Pork were as big as peanuts. Can this stuff really be eaten?? After looking for a long time, he tentatively reached his chopsticks towards the Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce. It seemed only this dish conformed to his dining standards... Lion, tiger, squirrel... These were protected animals in later generations... He dared not touch them! He would be cursed to death by netizens, wouldn't he...