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

After returning home, Li Yu received a telegram from the United States.

Zou Zhou reported on the recent progress. The production of the electronic ignition system in the Detroit factory is relatively smooth, but the production speed has not been improved. On the one hand, it is small in scale and manpower, and on the other hand, it is still lacking in management.

But overall it is positive.

As for radio devices, there are also many wealthy people who are ready to order, and initially have a little production capacity.

It’s just that Tesla puts a little less energy on it. After all, he still misses his old lover “wireless power transmission” and often goes to Wardenclyffe Tower. He is also planning to light up the night sky in New York with artificial lightning.

Li Yu replied the telegram, asking Zou Zhou to participate in the production of wireless receiving devices as much as possible, and to make them as soon as possible and send ten to twenty units to China.

Although there is not much domestic demand for this aspect at present, the initial stage is a good stage for word-of-mouth and market expansion. With orders, it is good to invest to further increase production capacity.

Li Yu also asked Zou Zhou to go to Hongmen tycoon Situ Meitang to recruit 20 more Chinese who had signed up in Chinatown in Manhattan, New York, to study in the laboratory on Fifth Avenue first, and then enter factory.

Li Yu plans to find a production base in the country, and then bring back a group of experienced and skilled workers to serve as the technical backbone.

This is also a time-consuming process, and a group of good blue-collar workers is very valuable.

It's a pity that the factory's acceptance capacity is still limited, because a large number of Chinese want to enter.

Zou Zhou is a person who is very enthusiastic about work, and regards the factory as his life's work.

During this period of time, when Li Yu was free in his mansion in the capital, he studied some mechanical devices and continued to write mathematical papers.

Considering that he will go to Europe in a while, Li Yu really wants to sort out the hidden things in his brain as soon as possible.

In terms of mechanical devices, Li Yu is currently preparing several automobile patents. Now that the electronic ignition system has been developed, the car lights can be born by taking advantage of the situation.

Add up to be the prototype of the car's electrical system.

And with headlights, cars can drive at night, which can take advantage of the competition from traditional horse-drawn carriages.

Car lights are also not complicated patents, but there is currently no laboratory, and manual manufacturing is a bit troublesome.

So Li Yu sent a telegram to Zhong Guanguang of the Shanghai Instrument Museum, asking him to help him buy some equipment.

There are some electrical equipment in the instrument hall, but Zhong Guangguan has only a half-knowledge of the terms of some physical experiment equipment mentioned by Li Yu.

Li Yu had no choice but to send a telegram to Tokyo himself, and he sent it to Liang Qichao first, but the newspaper where Liang Qichao worked sent back a message saying that he had already left for the United States.

I have no choice but to find Brother Xun.

When Lu Xun in Tokyo received Li Yu's telegram, he was stunned: "What is written on it!?"

At this time, Lu Xun was in the office of the newly founded magazine "Zhejiang Chao".

"Brother Treeman, your "Soul of Sparta" is very good, and it can be published in the next issue."

The one who spoke was Jiang Baili, the founder of the "Zhejiang Tide" magazine, which is very popular among those studying in Japan.

This well-known military tycoon in later generations is now a student studying in Japan. He is 20 years old, one year younger than Lu Xun. He is studying at the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, which is the school where Lao Jiang even dreamed of getting a diploma when he spread rumors.

One more thing, although Jiang Baili and Lao Jiang both have the surname Jiang, and later they were also key leaders of the Nationalist Party, but the two have no relationship at all.

— Unless you say 500 years ago.

Since the publication of "Zhejiang Chao" magazine, Lu Xun liked it very much, and even wrote and contributed articles himself.

It's just that his writing style is far less sharp than it will be in the future.

This "Soul of Sparta" is not a very insightful work. It mainly encourages the domestic anti-Russian movement by telling the attitude of Sparta, a small country in Western history, that is still not afraid of Persia.

The key point is that this article is written in classical Chinese, and it is even more unable to display the demeanor of our Brother Xun.

After hearing Jiang Baili's words, Lu Xun did not respond for a while, but looked at the telegram and was frowning.

Jiang Baili asked again: "Brother Shuren, why are you in a daze? Who sent the telegram?"

Lu Xun came back to his senses and said, "It's from China, and the sender is Li Yu."

"Li Yu?" Jiang Baili was taken aback, "That scientific genius?"

Lu Xun nodded: "That's him."

Jiang Baili was surprised: "You actually know this fairy-like person!"

Lu Xun said with a smile: "I met him when he came to Japan before. In fact, we are not too different in age."

Jiang Baili said: "You don't write letters from thousands of miles to ask him questions, do you?"

Lu Xun shook his head: "It was the 'immortal' who gave me a difficult problem."

Jiang Baili asked: "What problem?"

Lu Xun put out a telegram, "He asked me to help him buy some physics experiment equipment."

Jiang Baili said: "Your Hongwen College has always offered physics courses. What's the difficulty?"

Lu Xun said: "The things he mentioned can't be bought casually, at least you have to go through a university. He asked me to go to Tokyo Imperial University to find a professor of physics named Hantaro Nagaoka, and said that just mention his name. .”

Jiang Baili asked, "Why didn't he send a telegram to that professor directly?"

"It seems to be because it's inconvenient or I haven't been in touch." Lu Xun said.

Jiang Baili said: "I'm afraid that things will not be done well. After all, Mr. Li Yu has requests, and we can't make mistakes."

Lu Xun said: "Buy the things first, and when you send them, they will be in good condition."

When the two came to Tokyo Imperial University, Nagaoka Hantaro was very enthusiastic after learning about their intentions. He was also quite surprised when he saw Li Yu's telegram: "Li Yujun's thinking is so advanced, and he is already doing cutting-edge physics experiments."

Lu Xun asked: "What is the interferometer mentioned in it?"

Nagaoka Hantaro said: "This is an instrument for measuring the properties of waves. But Yang's double-slit interference experiment has long been concluded, and after that it is a thought experiment. I don't know what Li Yujun is going to do? Is it just used as a teaching instrument? But with Li Yujun's level, it has to make people think too much."

Nagaoka Hantaro was talking to himself there, Lu Xun and Jiang Baili were even more confused and didn't know how to answer.

The two waited for a long time before Nagaoka Hantaro came out of his mind: "Sorry, this Li Yujun's ability is really amazing. His every move may be the top achievement in the physics world. I have to think more about him. Thinking ahead of ordinary people.”

Jiang Baili asked: "Mr. Li Yu is really so powerful?"

To be honest, he doesn't know much about physics either.

Nagaoka Hantaro praised: "He is the god of physics."

Lu Xun looked at Jiang Baili and said, "Now even the physics professors of the top universities in Japan call him a god."

Jiang Baili said with a smile: "He is a god, it seems that I was right just now."

Nagaoka Hantaro said to them again: "I will help Li Yujun arrange the experimental equipment as soon as possible. Although these devices are not difficult to obtain, they are a bit tricky to transport. I am afraid that the freight will be very high."

Jiang Baili said: "As long as you can do good things for Mr. Li Yu, there is nothing wrong with spending some money."

These students who can stay in Japan are not short of money, and the key point is that Li Yu will not let them spend money.

Nagaoka Hantaro said: "You can contact the freight company, and I will arrange the experimental equipment within a day or two."

Now Tokyo Imperial University is highly valued by Japan, and the funds given are very high, and the experimental equipment is indeed very abundant.

After the two left Tokyo Imperial University, Jiang Baili was still a little bit emotional: "It's a pity, I really should have come to see Mr. Li Yu last time."

Lu Xun said: "That time he walked too fast and didn't stay for long. If you saw him, you would find that he always seemed to be in a very busy state."

Jiang Baili said: "It must be that he has always wanted to develop our scientific cause in his heart. As a leader, I am afraid he will always be so busy."

Lu Xun said leisurely: "It's okay to be tired, I really want to be a leader in education."

Jiang Baili said with a smile: "What's the rush, there are things we have to do in the future."

Jiang Baili is still an anti-Russian movement at the moment, but since then he has been a very critical overall planner of the war against Japan during the Anti-Japanese War.

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In China, due to the lack of experimental equipment, Li Yu still focuses on theoretical research in mathematics and physics. After being busy for a while, Xie Yuxi found him and set off for Guangzhou and Hong Kong as soon as possible, and also set up a school there.

The areas that foreigners have the best impression of in China are Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The modernization process in these areas was indeed earlier in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

It's just that Li Yu has no connection with Hong Kong now, and the whole of Hong Kong is a concession, so it's better to go to Guangzhou, which is nearby, anyway, they are very close.

Guangdong has always had a tradition of commerce long before the opening of the port, so even if there is no concession, the degree of acceptance of the West is not much worse.

However, due to the early development time, the port of Guangzhou is now full of gangs, without a local guide, it is really not easy to settle down.

Li Yu tried to contact the first person who appeared in his mind after thinking of Guangzhou: Huang Feihong.

Unexpectedly, he actually received a reply. When Huang Feihong heard that Li Yu was coming to Guangzhou, he was very happy.

They took the ferry, crossed the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea, and then went northward from the Pearl River to the port of Guangzhou.

In addition to Huang Feihong and his disciple Liang Kuan, Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Banner Army, also came to welcome him.

Li Yu and Xie Yuxi are still easy to identify, one has cut hair, and the other is an American. Huang Feihong and the others quickly spotted them: "Mr. Emperor! I am Huang Feihong, and I have admired them for a long time!"

Huang Feihong is almost 50 years old, but Li Yu can't get rid of Jet Li's appearance in his mind.

Li Yu cupped his fists and said, "Master Huang is good!"

Huang Feihong smiled and said: "You are the master, the emperor! I am just a stick master. I didn't expect you to know me. I am really relieved."

Li Yu thought to himself, your image in the future is well known in the movies, and everyone has gone to Hollywood, so why don't you know.

Li Yu said: "Master Huang has abundant martial arts virtues and sincere medical ethics, of course he knows."

Huang Feihong introduced to him again: "This is Commander Liu of the Black Banner Army."

Li Yu said, "Hello, General!"

Liu Yongfu said: "I haven't read books for a few days, but I know that you scholars are amazing, especially those like you who are proficient in foreign knowledge."

Li Yu said: "It's not enough for me alone to understand, so I came to Guangzhou this time at the request of Ms. Xie Yuxi's foundation to establish a primary and secondary school in Guangzhou to train talents of Western learning."

Huang Feihong said: "Running a school? A good thing, a good thing, we will definitely help each other!"

When a few people came to Huang Feihong's Po Chi Lam, they could smell alcohol as soon as they entered.

Huang Feihong said: "Since using your alcohol, the recovery effect of the patients' trauma is really very good. It has saved me a lot of trouble, but I can't figure out the reason."

Li Yu smiled and said, "It's very simple. If Master Huang buys a microscope, he will know why."

Huang Feihong asked: "Microscope? What is that?"

Li Yu explained: "It is a device that can see tiny creatures. There are countless bacteria around us, and they are all tiny creatures invisible to the naked eye. It is they that inflame the wound."

Liang Kuan said, "How could it be? My eyesight is very good. How could it be possible that I can't see?"

Huang Feihong said: "Don't interrupt, let the emperor finish."

Li Yu said: "There should be a foreign firm in Guangzhou, and they will sell these equipment, and you will know it at a glance."

Huang Feihong said: "I have seen it before, but it seems to be used to watch the starry sky at night."

"The principle is not the same. The lens can see very far, but also can see very close." Li Yu said.

I couldn’t explain the principles of imaging to him in detail, but I could only talk about what they were interested in: “Many extremely small things can be seen. In Western medicine hospitals, microscopes are indispensable instruments.”

Liang Kuan didn't take it seriously: "It's foreign doctors who have been making trouble for a long time. How can their skills compare to the master's!"

Huang Feihong scolded him: "Liang Kuan! I said to respect Western learning, otherwise how could they be so powerful."

Liang Kuan pouted and whispered, "It's just not as good as Master."

Huang Feihong said: "Including alcohol, isn't it also used in foreign hospitals? Of course we have to learn a lot of things. Don't make trouble here, go and get a few pieces of watermelon for Master Di to relieve the heat."

From the display layout of Baozhilin, Li Yu could see that it mainly focuses on trauma treatment. After thinking for a while, he said, "There is another kind of disinfectant liquid that is better than alcohol. When I return to the laboratory and build it, maybe it can be used." Do it for you."

Huang Feihong asked, "Is there anything better?"

Li Yu nodded: "It's just that it's still a bit difficult to prepare. If it can be made, Master Huang will be notified as soon as possible."

What Li Yu thought of was iodophor, but it did involve some chemical content, so I don't know if it can be made in a short time.

Huang Feihong clasped his fists again and said, "Emperor also has a heart of benevolence."

Li Yu talked about the business and asked, "If I want to build a primary and secondary school in Guangzhou City, what advice does Master Huang have?"

Huang Feihong asked, "Is it the new school?"

"Yes." Li Yu nodded.

Huang Feihong rubbed his palms, thought for a while and said: "A few years ago, there was a Wanmu Thatched Cottage, which was very prosperous for a while, but it is a pity that it has been almost abandoned after Kang and Liang went east to foreign countries."

Li Yu laughed and said, "It's better not to use it here."

Wanmu Thatched Cottage was the place where Kang Youwei lectured at the beginning, and it was also the headquarters of Kang’s family. It was indeed quite popular during the Restoration period.

Huang Feihong thought for a while: "By the way, according to your introduction, Ms. Xie is from the United States. It just so happens that there is a preparatory class for students studying in the United States in Guangzhou. It has not been used much these years. You can take down that site."

Li Yu and Xie Yuxi were indeed interested when they heard that, the place where the young children studying in the United States once studied and stayed was really a good fit.