A Man of Science and Engineering in Troubled Times Wandering in the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 152
The wave of enrollment in Chengcheng has temporarily come to an end, and Tokyo Imperial University has arranged a speech for Li Yu.

This time it was indeed much more normal than last time, and no one interrupted after Li Yu finished speaking.

Of course, it may also be because the principal Kenjiro Yamakawa and others were all present.

There were many Chinese people in the audience, Zhang Taiyan naturally also came.

In addition, many students from Hongwen College also came to support them. After all, Li Yu had left a deep impression on them at Hongwen College.

After the speech, Masataka Ogawa also invited Li Yu to visit Northeastern University.

In fact, to be precise, the current Tohoku University in Japan should be called the Sendai Medical College, which is the school that Lu Xun attended later.

But, this school is currently only a technical secondary school, so Lu Xun’s education is actually a technical secondary school...

However, the ambition of this school is not small. There are many subjects in it, and subjects related to mathematics, physics and chemistry have been covered early in order to be promoted to a university.

Of course, in 1907, not long after, it really came true.

It is said that since Brother Xun became famous, there is still a sculpture of Lu Xun in Northeastern University.

Masataka Ogawa, like Hantaro Nagaoka, also came back from studying in the UK, so of course he knew Li Yu's name in the Royal Academy of Sciences.

The direction of his research is chemistry, to be precise, the direction of elements.

Masataka Ogawa said to Li Yu: "I once saw a new periodic table of elements in a journal, which was published by the famous Russian chemist Mr. Mendeleev, and he also mentioned Mr. Li Yu in his signature. I really didn't expect Mr. Such a high achievement in chemistry."

Li Yu said with a smile: "I really don't have a deep understanding of chemistry, let alone make achievements."

Masataka Ogawa said: "The nature of elements is the most cutting-edge theory in chemistry today. If you say that you don't go deep, then I am too ashamed."

"Professor Mendeleev has done the main credit, and I just made a little addition." Li Yu said frankly.

"The icing on the cake is also worthy of appreciation," said Masataka Ogawa. "I really don't know if Mr. has dabbled in other fields? For example, medicine? Because when I checked Mr.'s information during this period, I found that you even wrote about disinfection. article."

I have to say that it is really easy for the Japanese to obtain news about China now, and the spies all over the country have really done a lot.

Even later, many wartime maps were drawn by the Japanese, and Japan's wolfish ambitions can also be seen from the side.

In turn, it is much more difficult for China to obtain information from Japan.

Li Yu spread his hands and said, "I just know a little common sense about medicine."

During the conversation, Li Yu saw a very familiar figure, and hurriedly said to Masataka Ogawa next to him, "Is that one Mr. Fujino?"

Ogawa Masataka asked in surprise, "How did you know our school's teachers?"

Mr. Fujino's appearance was exactly the same as in the textbook, so of course Li Yu knew him. Later, Mr. Lu Xun kept hanging his portrait in his house.

All the students in China have read Lu Xun's articles, including of course "Mr. Fujino" in "Crossing Blossoms in the Evening".

And his mustache is so recognizable.

Masataka Ogawa said: "Mr. Fujino is an excellent lecturer in anatomy. Could it be that Mr. is also interested in anatomy? It just so happens that our school has a course on cadaver anatomy. You can visit it."

Li Yu shook his head quickly: "That's unnecessary!"

Speaking of which, Li Yu has actually seen anatomy. Among his high school classmates are medical students. Li Yu once saw a real partial dissection when he asked him to play.

At that time, his classmate found him a white coat, wearing a hat and a mask anyway, the teacher couldn't recognize him, so he sneaked in quietly.

There were four long metal coffins in the room. After the teacher finished the general explanation, the male students shook up four corpses, all of which were donated.

Since it was a partial dissection, that is, a part was selected, Li Yu was very impressed. They were dissected thighs that day.

But Li Yu stayed at least one meter away from the corpse the whole time, and didn't dare to approach it at all—it was too scary!
On the contrary, the female students in the class were holding their textbooks and getting close together, saying from time to time:

"Oh, look, this is the artery!"

"I found the lateral skeletal muscles."

"I also found the rectus skeletal muscle."

……

Li Yu was watching from the side, almost dumbfounded.

Then his classmate pulled him closer and said to him: "Don't you know what a nerve looks like? Let me show you. Here, do you see it? This is the sciatic nerve. It's quite thick, isn't it?" ?”

Li Yu almost vomited when he saw a yellow nerve that he picked up with tweezers, it was really terrifying!

From this day on, for three consecutive days, Li Yu felt like throwing up when he saw the meat...

The key point was that that classmate ordered a table of meat dishes for him very "kindly" that night, and Li Yu didn't want to eat any chopsticks anyway.

And after watching horror movies for a long time, I don't feel so scary anymore!
I have to say that although Li Yu is very interested in science and engineering, he really dares not touch medicine, and spends his days studying biology.

Medicine really tests the psychological quality!
Seeing a dead body is so frightening, I can't imagine how long it takes a surgeon to practice before he can actually perform the operation.

After returning to Tokyo, Liang Qichao and one person found Li Yu again.

Liang Qichao introduced: "This is Mr. Mai Menghua, named Rubo, the son-in-law of Master Kang."

Li Yu said: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Mai Menghua can also be regarded as an important role in Kangmenli, almost second only to Liang Qichao's capable man, and now he is also in Tokyo.

Mai Menghua said: "I met Mr. Kang this time to bring Master Kang's greetings, as well as a letter he wrote earlier, which drifted across the sea and just arrived."

Li Yu took the letter written by Kang Youwei and opened it with apprehension, not knowing what the sage Kang would say.

The letter reads:

"I recently heard that Li Yu's little friend is also proficient in various subjects of Western learning, and has become an emperor's teacher. It is really not easy! It is a meritorious service to teach Western learning for the long live of the dynasty. I wrote Ling Rubo and Zhuo Ru (in the words of Liang Qichao) and Sir, do more communication. If you can present the latest research results of our royalist party to Long Live during the teaching break, it will be more important to Long Live's future success as an emperor...

"It is true that if you can join us, it will also be beneficial to assist the emperor and protect the emperor and amend the constitution. I heard from the newspaper that you have a profound knowledge of Western learning. If you join us, you will be able to rank among the best!

"Hopefully. Tianyou transforms people in Canada, thousands of miles away."

Kang Youwei sometimes claims to be a "Tianyouhuaren", which feels quite strange.

However, Li Yu found it even more strange after reading this letter. He really didn't expect that Kang Youwei would want Li Yu to take some private goods from the royalist faction with him when he was teaching Guangxu.

He even wanted Li Yu to join their royalist faction, what a beautiful idea!

Li Yu said: "Thank you Master Kang for your kind words, but the contents of my lectures to the emperor have to be reviewed by the empress dowager, I'm afraid your ideas won't be included."

Of course they knew Cixi's attitude towards Kang.

Mai Menghua said regretfully: "The queen mother is really a disaster for the country. If all kinds of progressive ideas can't be passed on, what a good thing!"

Li Yu scratched his head and said, "Actually, I think there are still quite a few translations of Western studies in Yingtai, and the emperor is also reading them."

What Li Yu meant was that you don't have to worry about it, the decision-making power is not in Guangxu's hands at all.

And as far as Kang Youwei learned from Naxi, listening to him is really not as good as reading the original.

Anyway, Liang Qichao has already empathized with this point.

Mai Menghua said: "Perhaps Mr. can pass it on the sidelines."

Li Yu felt that they just wanted to kill him. He had no relationship with him before, so how could he have asked Li Yu to do such a dangerous thing, so he politely refused, "During the lecture, Eunuch Cui, the eunuch under the Empress Dowager, was always outside the door. Listen."

Liang Qichao had already heard Li Yu's meaning, and said, "It's really too difficult, it's better not to make things difficult for Mr."

Mai Menghua thought about it too, so he said: "Then, do you have any ideas about joining our royalists?"

Li Yu shook his head and said firmly, "I am who I am, and I will not join any party."

Mai Menghua said in surprise: "Sir, do you have the strength to turn things around? Now the only one who has the most hope of changing the situation is Master Kang. It is wise to follow Master Kang."

Li Yu, a time traveler a hundred years later, how could he guide the development of the situation.And I really don't know where Kang Youwei's people have such great self-confidence.

Li Yu said with a smile: "Let's talk about when Master Kang can return to China."

Seeing that Li Yu couldn't be persuaded, Mai Menghua had no choice but to say: "I have written down the contact information of the husband, and I will keep in touch with the husband at any time in the future."

Li Yu has black lines all over his head, he really won't stop until he kills someone!

Li Yu didn't want to get involved in these political events at all, he just wanted to be a bystander.Besides, if there is no morning and evening, the royalists can only draw water from a bamboo basket in vain.

Liang Qichao also felt that Mai Menghua's request was a little too much, so he smoothed things over and said, "Don't worry, sir, we will not take the initiative to contact you unless the matter is urgent."

Li Yu nodded, Liang Qichao was still sensible, and said gratefully, "Thank you for your understanding."

After bidding farewell to Mai Menghua and Liang Qichao, Li Yu stayed in Japan for another day or two, and learned that Zhang Jian, Gong Wang, and Zai Zhen would continue to visit Japan for a period of time, and Li Yu really didn't have much time to spend.

In a short time, there will be a mid-term exam in Beijing Normal University. Li Yu has already missed countless classes. According to his agreement with Martin, he must not miss the exam.

Fan Xiren, Feng Zuxun and other students are also planning to return to China. Anyway, they will have the opportunity to study abroad in the future, and now the simple inspection task is meaningless to them.

Ferries between China and Japan are more frequent and not as protracted as going to Europe.

Li Yu first took the train to Yokohama to join Fan Xiren and the others, and then went to sea by ship.

The ship stopped for half a day at Pusan ​​Port, currently the largest port on the Korean peninsula, and departed for Tianjin again.

After the Sino-Japanese War, North Korea was also annexed by Japan, and Busan Port was already controlled by the Japanese.And their ambitions are growing.

After arriving in Beijing by train again at Tanggu Port in Tianjin, Li Yu bid farewell to Fan Xiren and others and returned home first.

Li Yu originally wanted to send a telegram home, but suddenly remembered that none of Wang Bo, Zhao Qian, and Feng Ling knew how to send and receive telegrams, so he had to give up.

As soon as they got home, Uncle Wang and the others warmly welcomed Li Yu in. The biggest luggage was a few typewriters.

Uncle Wang looked at these new gadgets and said, "Sir, you bring some foreign gadgets with you every time you come back."

Li Yu said with a smile: "They are all useful things, and you should learn them too."

Zhao Qian touched the typewriter: "I can't even understand the messy symbols on it, and I don't know how to use it."

Thinking about it, Zhao Qian and Wang Bo's cultural level is not high, it seems that Fengling can only rely on her, after all, she has received a lot of cultural education in the brothel.

Feng Ling also volunteered and said: "Sir, please teach me, they are two big and three rough, they don't know a lot of big characters, and I should do something for the family anyway."

Indeed, I can only rely on her, Li Yu said: "It's best if you say so, and I will learn to give you a raise in the future!"

Feng Ling became more motivated when she heard it, and asked, "Should I first think about the few foreign machines you just bought?"

Li Yu said: "Leave these for now. The most important thing now is to know how to use the telegraph. It happens that the telegraph is equipped with a Morse code table. You should practice hard during this time. Don't worry, it's not difficult! Just a skilled person." Work, as the old saying goes, is nothing but familiarity with hands and ears!"

Feng Ling said confidently, "Leave it on me! I've been interested in it for a long time."

Li Yu explained the basic operation process of the telegraph to Feng Ling, and then gave her the code comparison table.

Feng Ling looked at the code meter, and after listening to the explanation, she felt that it was really not that difficult, and it would not take long to get started, but as for the proficiency in the operation, it would take a while to practice.

"By the way, I almost forgot something," Feng Ling said, "Two days ago, a lady came to see Mr. and said that she wanted to give you a strange manuscript called "Star Wars."

Li Yu didn't expect Lu Bicheng to be quite fast, so he nodded and said, "I see."

He came to find Lu Bicheng the next day.

Seeing Li Yu, Lu Bicheng asked directly, "You are back, is Japan fun?"

"It's nothing more than that, if you have a chance to look at it in the future, you will know," Li Yu said, "I heard that you have already written the manuscript?"

Lu Bicheng took out a thick stack of manuscript paper: "It's really tiring. I revised it three or four times before I finished the draft. The story you wrote is too bizarre. I read it several times before I understood it. I didn't dare to delete it at will. I can polish my words and sentences a little more."

Li Yu saw the neat and beautiful small script on the manuscript paper. It was really not easy to write so many characters, and said, "Thank you, Miss Lu! By the way, there is one more thing to tell you. One word."

Lu Bicheng said: "If you don't tell me, I'm still wondering, you don't even have a word, I thought you weren't an adult! Come on, what is your word?"

Li Yu said: "Sparse talents."

Lu Bicheng opened his eyes wide: "The name and characters you chose are really interesting."

Li Yu asked, "What's so interesting? Isn't it normal?"

Lu Bicheng pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Your name originally had the homonym of 'carp', but now it also sounds like 'vegetable'. Carp and vegetables really match well."

"Ah, this..." If Lu Bicheng hadn't said it, Li Yu wouldn't have realized that there was even a homonym!
Lu Bicheng hastily said seriously, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make fun of you."

Li Yu smiled: "I know."

Back home, Li Yu carefully read the manuscript of "Star Wars".The storyline itself is already very full, but now that the writing skills have been improved, it is even better. This is like a mature science fiction work.

But the matter is not over yet. In addition to contacting the publishing house, Li Yu also needs to translate it into a foreign language and publish it through multiple channels.

As for the translator, there happened to be Yu Deling right now, and she was proficient in multiple languages, which couldn't be more convenient.

If a multilingual translation is done by one person, the reducibility will indeed be better.If it is translated into English, and other languages ​​are translated from English, it is inevitable that there will be "distortion".

Moreover, Yu Deling happened to have seen many Verne's works, and he was no stranger to science fiction themes, so it was indeed very suitable.

When Li Yu was complacent about his idea, Feng Ling was also very quick to practice the telegraph over there. Unexpectedly, the women around him all played a big role.

As soon as she thought of this, Feng Ling suddenly shouted: "Sir, sir, I received my first telegram today!"

Feng Ling excitedly came over with a telegram: "I don't know foreign language, but I have checked it against the code table many times, and I am sure there will be no mistakes."

The telegram was sent in English. Li Yu accepted the telegram and said happily, "You have really accomplished something great!"

Feng Ling was also very happy to be praised, "It's a pity that I'm still too slow. It's not a problem if I don't know foreign language. I plan to learn foreign language in the future, so I can't hold you back!"

Li Yu gave a thumbs up: "I support you!"

Then his eyes drifted to the telegram, his eyeballs almost popped out, and Li Yu shouted: "Love, love, love, Einstein?!"

(End of this chapter)