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

Chapter 286 Kawashima
When Li Yu returned home, Uncle Wang immediately came up and said, "Sir, Mr. Xu from the Ministry of Commerce sent someone to look for you earlier, saying that the factory area in the suburbs has been settled and the company's procedures have been completed. I'm just waiting for you to name it. Draw a bet."

Xu Shichang was really efficient in his work, which is unbelievable under such a court situation in the late Qing Dynasty.

Li Yu then rode on his Sanhe horse and rushed to the Ministry of Commerce.

Since the Ministry of Commerce is a newly established department, the government offices are relatively simple and there are not many buildings.

Li Yu bumped into Xu Shichang as soon as he entered the door.

"Master Xu!" Li Yu greeted him.

Xu Shichang said: "You came quite quickly. It just so happens that Master Bei is here today. Come to the room to get the documents."

Xu Shichang said "just in time" because Zai Zhen didn't work here often, and would slip away at every turn. Most of the work was actually left to his subordinates Xu Shichang, Wu Tingfang, and Tang Wenzhi.

Zai Zhen is just playing the role of a leader.

It's not surprising, that's how it was in the late Qing Dynasty. The Aixinjueluos were still leading the situation in name, and their actual power had long been emptied.

The key point is that no capable people will be born. If Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and Dorgon are revived, they will probably die of anger again.

— After all, even for a living person, lying down is much more comfortable than standing up.

Since we have known each other for a long time, Zai Zhen still has a very good attitude towards Li Yu, and said to him: "Master Emperor, long time no see! Xu Zuocheng mentioned that you want to start a company, it is really great! I just saw the documents he submitted. Your name is immediately promised to be stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Commerce."

Of course Li Yu knew in his heart that he was unwilling to do things because he wanted convenience, but he still said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Bei."

Zai Zhen waved his hand: "Which one of us is with whom! Don't talk about starting a company, even if you start a hundred companies, I will stamp you!"

Li Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this is not what a minister of the Ministry of Commerce should say, it's just a matter of human relations.

Xu Shichang was much more reliable in his work. He handed the document to Li Yu: "All the procedures are all right, but you still need to sign the company name on it."

Zai Zhen suddenly said: "Why don't we call it Dishi Company, how domineering!"

Li Yu had black lines all over his face, so he could only say, "It's too ostentatious."

Zai Zhen went on to say, "Then it's called Daqing Academician Company."

Li Yu: "..."

No, I have to come up with a name quickly, Zai Zhen really wants to pick a name.

Li Yu thought about it.Said: "Let's call Ling Yu."

The name of his company in the United States is very simple, it is LY, and the initials of "Lingyu" happen to be LY as well.

Xu Shichang hurriedly said: "Good name, please sign it, sir."

Li Yu wrote the company name and signed his own name in quadruplicate. According to the current tradition, a fingerprint is also required.

It's just that there is no fingerprint recognition technology now, so I don't know what the purpose of fingerprints is.

Xu Shichang gave him two copies: "Sir, you still need to go to the Industrial Inspection Bureau in person and prepare a report for them, and everything will be ready."

The Industrial Inspection Bureau was the organization that managed the construction and public security of the streets of the capital in the late Qing Dynasty. If you want to have a store in the capital in the future, the Industrial Inspection Bureau will also manage it, and the power is not small.

If Li Yu were to set up laboratories and schools in the capital, it would be much more convenient to have the permission of the Industrial Inspection Bureau.

Zai Zhen said: "The Industrial Inspection Bureau is under the rule of Prince Su. With my seal, he will definitely let it go without even looking at it."

Xu Shichang said to Li Yu: "Master Bei Zi is right, but you still have to show your face in person."

They managed it pretty well.

Li Yu cupped his fists and said, "I'm sorry!"

When Prince Su Shanqi was in charge of the Industrial Inspection Bureau, his greatest achievement should be the repair of Wangfujing Street and Dong'an Market, making Beijing the earliest commercial center.

(The fact that her biological daughter is Yoshiko Kawashima also adds to her popularity.)
On the whole, Prince Su was relatively better among the princes in the late Qing Dynasty.

Li Yu once met Prince Su in a teahouse, and later, when he went to Japan to participate in the Encouragement Expo, he also traveled with Prince Su's son Charter.

Now that Li Yu is well-known in Europe and the United States, even in terms of science, Prince Su and others do not understand it, which does not prevent them from praising Li Yu.

When he came to the Industrial Inspection Bureau, Prince Su even walked out of the hall to greet him personally, "Master Emperor!"

Li Yu cupped his hands and said, "Prince Su. I am here because I have documents that need to be stamped by the Industrial Inspection Bureau."

"Hey!" Prince Su said with a smile, "Let's put it aside for now. It's not easy for me to come here. No matter what, I should do my best to be a landlord and sit in the room."

When Li Yu entered the door, he saw Kawashima Naniwa, Kawashima Yoshiko's adoptive father.

Prince Su introduced him: "This is Mr. Ronin Kawashima Naniwa from Japan, and now he is the Prime Minister of the Jingshi Police Department."

Naniwa Kawashima served as the supervisor of the Forbidden City during the Eight-Power Allied Forces invasion of China. It was through this position that he had the opportunity to get acquainted with the nobles of the clan in the late Qing Dynasty——Prince Qing Yikuang and Prince Su Shanqi, and became famous in the capital. A celebrity that Fang Du relies heavily on.

Naniwa Kawashima first suggested to Yikuang that he should refer to the Japanese Police Agency and establish a police system in the capital. Yikuang agreed and appointed him as the supervisor of the Beijing Police Academy, which is equivalent to the principal of the police academy.

Later, Prince Su seconded him and became the boss of the newly established Jingshi Police Department.

Naniwa Kawashima made many suggestions for this, such as classifying the police, administrative police, traffic police, health police, water police, wind speed police, international police, etc.

It even mentioned the need to guard against integrity issues in the police force very early on.

It can be described as quite comprehensive.

But don't think that the imperial powers are doing it for our own good.

The Japanese had already calculated carefully. If they could control the capital police, it would not be too convenient to spy on intelligence in the future.

International relations are not as good as they are for no reason at all.

Naniwa Kawashima said: "Mr. Li Yu, I have long admired Mr.'s name."

His understanding of Li Yu was actually much deeper than that of Prince Su, Prince Qing and Zai Zhen, so he didn't need an introduction at all.

"Mr. Chuan Dao." Li Yu didn't need Prince Su's introduction.

Naniwa Kawashima said: "Sir, indeed, he has an extraordinary appearance and possesses such high intelligence. It really grows my ambition as an East Asian."

Of course, Kawashima was influenced by the "Xingya Society" and had the idea of ​​the so-called co-prosperity sphere in his heart.

Members of the Xingyahui include many Japanese celebrities, such as the chairman of Mitsubishi Iwasaki Yanosuke, the general manager of the Mitsui Zaibatsu Hikojiro Nakagamigawa, the Japanese royal family also joined, and there are also many generals of the navy and army.

Later, it was merged into the East Asia Tongwen Association, which was the predecessor of the East Asia Tongwen Academy.

From its origin, we can see the terrible background of Donga Tongwen Academy.

Li Yu said lightly: "Wisdom is a common characteristic of all human beings. Anyone in any place may have excellent wisdom and advanced knowledge."

"No!" Said Naniwa Kawashima, "Some places are just stupid and ignorant, unable to change, or not enlightened. In today's world, the smartest people are still white people, but we Japanese will be able to surpass white people in a short time and become Representative of the Far East."

This guy's tone is really not small.

Li Yu glanced at Prince Su, and said, "Mr. Kawashima means that Japan will represent or even rule the Far East in the future?"

Li Yu had already made it very straightforward, but Prince Su didn't catch the meaning of what he said.

Kawashima Naniwa was startled, and quickly said: "No, but it's not bad to be a vanguard."

Li Yu smiled contemptuously in his heart, without saying yes or no.

Kawashima Naniwa didn't expect Li Yu's eyes to be so vicious, and wanted to change the subject quickly, so he took out a newspaper on the table and said: "The criticism of the Germans in the newspaper these two days has caused an uproar in the world. I specially emailed the article When it was reported back to Japan, it is reported that many scholars in our country are also full of praise for Mr. Dare to confront Westerners head-on, Mr. really impresses me."

Li Yu said casually, "It's just arguing with reason."

Naniwa Kawashima pointed to the newspaper and said, "But Mr. Detriline doesn't seem to be ready to let it go. He wrote another article. Although I don't understand it, it can be generally seen that it is aimed at the second law of thermodynamics that Mr. previously published. Content."

The newspaper is the Beijing-Tianjin Times, and the articles are written in English.

Li Yu flipped through the newspaper and felt that this Detriline was really tricky, but the ax he brought this time was indeed a bit big. The newspaper wrote:

"Mr. Li Yu originally used the extension of the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy increase, to move the world, but Clausius, the originator of the second law of thermodynamics, once proposed that according to the law of entropy increase, the world will go to death, which is the so-called heat death.

"But another great thinker, Engels, clearly opposed this conclusion, because according to the theory of heat death, the initial hot state as the starting point of cooling would be unexplainable or even incomprehensible. Therefore, it is necessary to imagine the existence of God. Newton's first The promotion became the first blazing. He also believes that this will be another repeat of history, Clausius slipped from metaphysics to idealism just like Newton.

"As for Mr. Li Yu himself, he still insists on the theory of entropy increase. Isn't he also moving toward idealism? How can he raise the banner of science?"

Engels did explicitly oppose the heat death theory, and wrote to Marx himself to discuss it.

All of these people, including Hegel mentioned in Detriline's previous article, are all Germans.

Although Detriline doesn't study science, she seems to have a good understanding of Germany's achievements in science and ideology. After all, it is also a capital for showing off and bragging.

Naniwa Kawashima said to Li Yu, "I think it's a problem."

Li Yu said with a smile: "No, Mr. De Trilin obviously still wants to use his scientific level of half a bottle of vinegar to discuss it with me. If I didn't read his publication in the newspaper, I wouldn't even bother to reply."

"So, the emperor saw the mistake at a glance?" Prince Su asked.

Li Yu said: "Yes, and he can't be called full of loopholes, it's not like a donkey's lip is right."

Prince Su said: "You are worthy of being the emperor! Now the whole country relies on you for science. Why don't the emperor reply as soon as possible, countless people are still waiting for you to defeat the Germans."

Well, so there are so many people watching the show.

But it can indeed boost national confidence.

(End of this chapter)