1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 73 Cambridge Lectures (2)

The lecture venue is located in an auditorium in Cambridge, which is probably not too big and can accommodate more than 300 people. In fact, in an era without speakers, a place that is too large will have limited meaning unless the acoustic design is extremely reasonable. It is said that some generals who are born with loud voices can give pre-war speeches to tens of thousands of troops in the wilderness, and they can be heard by everyone. But this kind of high-power human flesh speakers are innate. At least, Scrooge does not have such high-end equipment, and most scholars who give lectures do not have such equipment.

In addition, compared with the agitating lectures before the war, the lectures lasted a long time, often lasting a few hours (with a break in the middle), and there was basically no teacher-student interaction in the middle. Basically, the lecturing scholar said in one word, this way, if you are still in the wilderness, facing tens of thousands of people, even if you call those guys who are born with high-power human speakers, and this way lasts for several hours, It is estimated that it is unsustainable.

But today, the auditorium, which could only accommodate 300 people, has at least squeezed in more than 600 people. Not only the chairs are full of people, but the aisles are also full. In order to avoid heatstroke, all the large French windows decorated with stained glass and all the doors in the auditorium were also open. As a result, the outside of the windows and the doors were also crowded with people. Among these people, there is really “Some Ideas for the Hospital of the Future” that Scrooge will do (Scrooge is a slacker, since Prince Albert asked him to help develop a standardized hospital structure, he would Just use this directly as the content of lectures in Cambridge.) The lectures are very interesting; some are just interested in visiting the zoo to see what the so-called genius looks like; some are planning to find an opportunity to give this annoying The United States guy had a problem, stumped him, and became famous for it.

Roy came to the auditorium very early, not only him, but also his father, Mr. Odder. Mr. Odder didn’t know much about science, but when he knew that today’s speech might include how to avoid and overcome puerperal fever, as well as infectious diseases such as scarlet fever, the old gentleman couldn’t sit still. NS. You know, Mr. Odder’s wife, Roy and Dorothea’s mother, died of puerperal fever after giving birth to Dorothea’s Little Brother. Dorothea’s Little Brother also died of scarlet fever within two months after her mother died. Therefore, the old gentleman couldn’t sit still when he heard such a topic.

Cambridge is a university city, the town of Cambridge is the University of Cambridge, and the University of Cambridge is also the town of Cambridge. Therefore, there are shops and hotels in Cambridge University. There are theaters and even jiyuan. The university does not have a wall, so local residents and even foreign tourists mix in to participate in some activities of the university. No one will care about this. So the old man came with his son, and they couldn’t leave Dorothea, who was still a child, alone in the hotel, but, well, sexism in Cambridge is still very serious. In such activities as lectures, No one would care about outsiders mixing in to listen, but women would be considered intolerable at that time. So Roy had the idea to dress Dorothea as a boy. Anyway, Dorothea was so cute, she was still young, and her secondary sexual characteristics hadn’t been shown yet, and she was not so easy to see by pretending to be a boy.

So Roy bought Dorothea a set of boy’s clothes in the clothing store and let her wear it. What? You mean Dorothea’s hair is hanging down to her waist, her long hair shining like gold in the sun, and smooth and silky like a waterfall? There are many ways to cover up this. For example… nonsense! How can I cut it off? How could you come up with such an idea? You must be jealous! Don’t waste your time, even if you cut off Dorothea’s hair, the mirror in your house won’t say that you are the cutest little Loli! The solution to the problem is very simple, first tie Dorothea’s hair, and then buckle a tall top hat on it.

“Big Brother, can I dress like this?” Dorothea asked timidly, who had changed into a men’s suit. Wearing trousers for the first time made her feel uncomfortable.

“Well, yes, so cute, it looks like a boy!” Seeing his daughter dressed up as a little boy, old Mr. Odder also laughed, “Dorothea, I didn’t expect you to be so cute dressed as a boy. …Oh, yes, now we can no longer call Dorothea Dorothea, we are going to give her a boy’s name, um, what’s the name…””Just call Toto.” Roy interrupted.

“You bad Big Brother!” Dorothea jumped up and raised her small fist to Roy, because “Toto” was the name of a border collie in their family.

Because of the early arrival, the Roy family could still find a few chairs in the front row to sit down. After they sat down, after a while, people gradually got up. After a while, the surrounding seats were full, and the aisle next to them began to be filled with people. Roy sat in a chair against the aisle, and his father sat a little bit over there, sandwiching Dorothea in the middle.

They waited for a long time. The noisy noise around and the heat caused by many people crowded here made Dorothea feel like she was about to pass out. Fortunately, at this moment, a man in a black dress walked up. On the podium, I took a small hammer and knocked on the small bell hanging next to the podium.

As the bell rang, the entire auditorium quickly became quiet. At that time, the quality of etiquette of Cambridge University students was quite high. Well, at least, there won’t be any casual throwing leather shoes.

“This person is not Scrooge’s Big Brother?” Dorothea’s beautiful eyes widened.

“Now, let us welcome our guests with applause, the discoverer of bacterial disease and the conqueror of disease. Mr. Scrooge McDonald will give us a speech entitled “Some Ideas for the Hospital of the Future”.” After the man in the black dress had finished saying this, he stepped back to the side, took the lead and clapped, and the audience also clapped.

Dorothea saw that in the applause, her Scrooge Big Brother came out of the backstage and walked all the way to the podium. He nodded to everyone, then stretched out his hands and pressed it down, so the applause stopped quickly.

“Scrooge’s Big Brother looks so handsome now! Even Big Brother seems to be inferior to him, the others are even more…” Little Loli thought like this, not feeling a little hot on his face, and wanted to have a couple. Cheeks must be red. So she looked around with a guilty conscience, but fortunately everyone was staring at Scrooge’s Big Brother, and no one noticed her. But little Loli lowered his head shyly. It took a while before he looked up.

Although he lowered his head, little Loli was still listening to Scrooge’s Big Brother as seriously as possible. However, it was like when Scrooge Big Brother taught those math problems to Big Brother when she was on the boat, she still couldn’t understand anything. Strictly speaking, there is still a difference. While on the boat, Scrooge and Roy talked about those things. Little Loli couldn’t understand a single word, but here, most of the words Scrooge said, She can understand all kinds of high temperature, increased pressure, fixed procedures, strict disinfection, nursing, and so on, but she doesn’t understand at all when these words are connected together. But this does not prevent little Loli from thinking proudly in her heart, “Scrooge’s Big Brother is great”, nor does it prevent one after another from the small stars from constantly flashing out of her big eyes looking up at Scrooge.

The whole lecture lasted for nearly three hours. Dorothea didn’t understand. Faced with such a lengthy lecture, she couldn’t even understand what she said, but she could still listen to it with great interest. No dozing off, or feeling impatient. Last time Dad took himself to listen to the opera, there were still people singing on the stage, but I only insisted on it for less than an hour, and I slept like a pig.

After the speech, as usual, about half an hour was left for the audience to ask questions. The originally quiet auditorium suddenly became lively. Some people kept whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about; others started to raise their hands high.

“This speech is thoughtful and meticulous about the construction of the future hospital. As far as this speech is concerned, it can be regarded as very good.” At this time, little Loli heard that several people were whispering in the front row of own. Discussed in a low voice.

“Well, it seems that everyone thinks Scrooge’s Big Brother is great.” Little Loli thought happily, and at the same time felt that the guys in the front row who had been blocking his sight just now seemed to be less annoying. However, she heard a few more words like this:

“Yeah, if only he was an Englishman, but unfortunately he is a vulgar United States guy!”

“Or, let’s just ask him about the rumors in the tabloids?” The guy who ignored Loli’s “Eye of Death” attack continued.

“Isn’t this bad? It’s too dignified,” the other guy replied.

However, at this time, when several consecutive questioners were not able to hold back Scrooge, someone really took out the rumors in the tabloids.

“Excuse me, Mr. MacDonald, there is a newspaper saying that you used black slaves to conduct human experiments. Is this true? And what do you think of the backward and barbaric slavery in United States?”

“You are behind the barbarians!” Little Loli was very angry.

“This is completely nonsense.” Scrooge replied, “I have always opposed slavery, thinking that it is indeed a barbaric and backward system. Although this system is a legacy of history in United States, it is indeed United States. The shame of States. But I believe that the people of United States will awaken, and they will consciously abandon this inhumane system. In addition, we believe that slavery is brutal and cruel. It is a comparison between the situation of slaves and our workers. The conclusion reached. As we all know, the situation of our workers in United States is much better than that of Europe. In my company, they even start to enjoy the 8-hour work system. Compared with them, the situation of the slaves is sure. People are heartbroken. There is indeed no slavery in Europe, but those men, women, and even children in sweatshops who bear the work that they can’t afford, are they not modern slaves to freedom? That kind of let workers Every day, we are spinning around the machine like a donkey for 16 hours or more, so that these men, women and children eat worse than slaves, sleep less than slaves, and die earlier than slaves. Isn’t it a modern, but actually more brutal and cruel slavery?”

Scrooge’s answer silenced everyone present, but Dorothea, whose eyes were full of small stars, couldn’t help but slapped her hands desperately, and shouted: “Scrooge Big Brother, good point! “Then the whole auditorium also became lively, some people were shouting: “Damn the scarlet!” Others were shouting: “Well said! You are really a good businessman with a conscience!”

Scrooge also heard the initial shout of support, he forgot to go there, but he saw nothing. Because many people have stood up excitedly, the petite Dorothea has been completely blocked by them. Moreover, little Loli is in a bad mood right now, she sits in the own chair blankly, with her head down, her face pale.

“Scrooge Big Brother said that he is most opposed to slavery! He said that slavery is inhumane, barbaric and cruel, but… Dorothea’s house also seems to have many black slaves. !”

At this moment, a hand stretched out and took Dorothea’s trembling little hand. Dorothea raised her head and saw the loving face of her father.

“My child, what Scrooge Big Brother said is correct, and he is indeed qualified to accuse slavery. In fact, your father and your Big Brother have long thought of giving our slaves freedom, but they are just worried about other neighbors’ comments. I have decided that when we return from Europe this time, we will give all slaves freedom.”

“Is this true?” Little Loli looked at his father and then at Big Brother.

Roy smiled at her and nodded.