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

When Konoe Zhaoxue returned, he deliberately bought some steamed buns instead of rice balls.

It happened that Li Yu was sending Iwasaki Koyata and the others back, so he revealed what he bought intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course Li Yu noticed these little moves.

But he still became suspicious, let's observe for now.

At last the ship was about to set sail for San Francisco.

After they left, Yoshio Takahashi posted the interview with Li Yu on "Current Affairs News".

Today, the sales volume of the newspaper founded by Fukuzawa Yukichi is still good.

The repercussions caused are naturally not small.

Originally, the theory of evolution is subversive enough, but Li Yu directly said that the similarity between humans and gorillas is as high as 98%, which is even more surprising.

It's not just Yoshio Takahashi, most people can't accept it.

In the understanding of many people, it is simply not the theory of evolution. Could it be that evolution has evolved by 2% in so many years?

Many people then raised it to an ethical point of view: the public feels that the gap between human beings alone is big enough, and they are even divided into grades, but what are orangutans and monkeys?Or can orangutan monkeys continue to evolve into humans?

If Li Yu saw these comments, he would definitely want to write another script for "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

But it is estimated that it will be scolded to death...

There must be conservatives in Japan. The number of people who believe in the theory of relativity is limited. Now many people directly refute it.

It's just that biology has not yet entered the microscopic field, and Li Yu really has no good way to fight back.

Fortunately, the article was only published in Japan and did not cause too much noise.

However, some supporters of Li Yu obviously still believe in Li Yu's judgment as a top-notch scientist. For example, Natsume Soseki wrote excitedly: "It's amazing! The gap between humans and animals is so small, it can be called evolution. In our society, there are often subtle differences that can cause a big difference in the situation! I think everyone should think more deeply about the philosophical meaning behind it.”

Well, Natsume Soseki directly rose to the philosophical point of view.

But Li Yu knew that the real development of biology was half a century later, and this thing was really too cutting-edge.

After all, life is the most delicate structure in the universe, and its hidden secrets are far from being discovered.

Lu Xun also supported Li Yu, and pointed to the newspaper and said to Jiang Baili: "It turns out that the gap is so small. I said that some high officials in the court are so stupid that they are not as good as a monkey."

Jiang Baili said: "Don't talk nonsense when you return to China."

Lu Xun said: "There is no literary inquisition now."

Jiang Baili said: "I'm afraid that someone who cares will miss it."

Of course, Brother Xun can explode his critical talent, and he really has to wait until the Qing Dynasty is gone.

The same subversive things in Western science also influenced his creation to a certain extent.

And when gene sequencing appeared decades later, everyone discovered that Li Yu, a top scientist, had made an assertion early on.People even more praised its advanced vision and profound scientific outlook.

He is worthy of his reputation among the top scientists in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Sailing for more than ten days is somewhat boring, and Li Yu is going to make a few more patents.

If I want to become an automotive supply chain and intellectual property giant like Bosch, I must have enough strong patents in my hand.

Li Yu quickly drew a design sketch of the rearview mirror and seat belt on the car.

Yes, cars at this time did not have this extremely critical part.

The reason? Naturally, there is no carriage.

At the beginning of the birth of the car, many ideas inevitably cannot be separated from people's long-term impression of horse-drawn carriages.

But in later generations, everyone knows that the most important thing about transportation is safety.

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Lu Bicheng took a super-long boat ride after taking a long train ride last time, and really experienced the most advanced travel mode today.

"It turns out that this is life going to the world." Lu Bicheng was very excited.

Li Yu said with a smile: "Trains and ships, now there is only one gap between sea, land and air."

"The air travel you mentioned is really possible?" Lu Bicheng still felt a little unbelievable.

"Why, did I miss what I said?" Li Yu said.

"No, it's not, but I really don't know how to realize it." Lu Bicheng said.

"The actual operation is indeed not that simple, but the principle behind it is not that complicated. In fact, it is Bernoulli's principle, which uses the pressure difference of the air." Li Yu said.

"Poor pressure?" A few students came over. Li Yu used to give them science lectures at home, and everyone liked it very much.

"Yes, with the pressure difference, you can float." Li Yu said.

Konoe Zhaoxue said, "Floating? Wouldn't that be the same as a ship?"

"If you have to say it, you can understand it this way," Li Yu said, "but the specific experimental process is very difficult. After all, humans have known Bernoulli's principle nearly 200 years ago, and until now they have not been able to realize their dream of going to heaven."

Li Yu couldn't tell them too deeply, because fluid mechanics is notoriously difficult in various fields of classical mechanics (such as theoretical mechanics, elastic mechanics, structural mechanics, material mechanics, soil mechanics, etc.).

Many differential equations that could not be solved until Li Yu crossed came from fluid mechanics, such as the Navier-Stokes equation that challenged the limits of human beings.

Many people may not have heard of this thing, but Wei Dongyi and Wei Shen should all know it. What he studies is this equation.

You don't need to try to understand what it is specifically, you only need to know a branch of fluid mechanics, and then it is difficult, something that is not something ordinary people can get their hands on.

The rest is the domain of God.

In other words, why the aircraft can actually fly, a completely accurate answer cannot be given at present.

However, the existing theoretical knowledge, wind tunnel model, and huge test data are sufficient to support its safe and stable flight.

Konoe Zhaoxue pondered for a while and asked: "So, if you can easily go up to the sky, wouldn't the various commanding heights lose their meaning? I mean that in some books about history, it is often mentioned that the commanding heights can overlook the battle situation."

Hu Jiayan immediately agreed: "Zhaoxue is right, I have seen such examples many times in books."

"You guys forgot another sentence, the Tao is one foot tall and the devil is ten feet tall," Li Yu said, "At that time, human beings will have cannons that can be fired into the sky."

Konoe Zhaoxue clenched his fingers: "Is this going to happen?"

"Trust me, it will," Li Yu said.

Lu Bicheng said: "This is still a head? Will everyone continue to fight?"

She is really a cosmopolitan, and she is in the anti-war ranks.

Konoe Zhaoxue has read Li Yu's game theory, although he didn't fully understand it, but at this moment he felt something interesting: "Is it a long-term game?"

Li Yu said meaningfully: "Yes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes."

"Jianghu?" Konoe Zhaoxue didn't understand this word.

Li Yu thought that there is no martial arts come out now, and indeed no one can understand the reconciliation of the "jianghu" he said.

I have to say: "Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps. The sea has evolved for hundreds of millions of years, and it has not changed."

"Hundreds of millions of years? Isn't it a Buddhist concept?" Lu Bicheng asked.

"It's literally hundreds of millions of years. Life on Earth has existed for an extremely long time, and there used to be extremely terrifying creatures." Li Yu said.

Hu Jiayan felt that the more he talked, the more mysterious he asked, "Scary creature?"

"Tens of millions of years ago, there was a terrible reptile on the earth. It was huge and ferocious. Westerners called it a dinosaur." Li Yu said.

Konoe Zhaoxue asked in surprise, "Are you telling a science fiction story or a horror story?"

"Of course not," Li Yu said, "If you have a chance in the future, you can go to Europe to see their terrifying fossils."

Fortunately, 80 years ago, dinosaur fossils were discovered, but the research on them is still ongoing. The key is that there is no technology like carbon fourteen to determine the age.

When Jin Wei Zhaoxue returned to the room, he wrote down everything Li Yu said in his notebook, and at the end he couldn't help but sigh: "What kind of head does he have? I really want to go in and have a look. I know, but I have to say it so swearingly!"

After arriving in the United States, several people took a train across the continental United States and arrived in Detroit first.

David Buick and Zou Zhou received the news early and cleaned up the factory.

Although it hasn't been long, the production process is clearly on the right track.

David Buick's talent has been brought into play here. He is a technical madman, obsessed with the research and development of automobile technology, especially in the field of engines.

What Li Yu wants to engage in is precisely the high-tech direction, where David Buick can fully unleash his talents.

Zou Zhou and David Buick led Li Yu and others to visit the factory building, and told him about the latest progress: "Boss, although it is slower than expected, the production of the electronic ignition system is now very smooth, and we can smoothly deliver it to you." Mr. Leland's Cadillac has delivered."

"Very good! The quality of the product must be guaranteed, and there must be no problem with the yield rate. If there is a quality problem with the product, we must unconditionally repair or even replace the product." Li Yu said.

David Buick said: "Actually, most people who buy cars will carry out simple maintenance of the car to a certain extent. As long as the function is satisfactory, I think even if it breaks occasionally, there will be no problems."

Li Yu shook his head: "Quality and reliability must be guaranteed, and we must win word of mouth at the same time."

As a traveler, he understands why Toyota can become the world's number one in sales in later generations.

Anyone who knows cars should know that the biggest trump card of Toyota's fame is reliability.

There are even a lot of jokes on the Internet.

However, reliability can be achieved through technological innovation and strict management. The gap between Toyota and other car companies is actually shrinking.

Before Li Yu's time travel, reliability has basically become the consensus of the entire industry.

Especially in the field of family cars.

Because family cars and performance cars are aimed at different consumer groups, the original design intentions are also quite different.

Buyers of performance cars or luxury cars are wealthy people who don't care about fuel efficiency or reliability.

But family car buyers want to drive reliably for many years while saving fuel.

This is why a car with a price of around [-] yuan may have fewer problems than a luxury car with hundreds of thousands of dollars after it is more than ten years old.

It's not that the luxury cars are bad, it's just that the original design and production concepts are different.

After all, performance improvements often come at the expense of a certain degree of reliability.

It's just that I don't know why the reliability of luxury cars in China is crazy. Needless to say, everyone knows that it is a mine car.

It's not that Lei Che is not good, but that many people really have a problem with the direction they are blowing.

Moreover, domestic minecars and American minecarts are not the same thing.

Most of the Thunder cars sold in China are small-displacement self-priming models with weak horsepower, while in the United States they are large-displacement models. The actual feeling of driving is not a car at all.

Although I don't like Japanese cars very much, I have to say that Japanese cars have promoted the progress of the entire automobile industry in some aspects.

So after all, many advantages of the rise of the Japanese must be learned.

Besides, quality is a key point.

David Buick said: "From a production point of view, if the yield rate is excessively pursued, it will lead to a serious decline in profit margins."

Li Yu said: "When the product is really rolled out, these are minor problems, and our profit margin is not small. Moreover, there will be more innovative products that no one else has on the production line in the future. Definitely getting bigger."

"Any new products?" David Buick asked.

Li Yu took out his design drawings: "These two things will definitely be standard equipment in the future."

After a while, David Buick understood what Li Yu was drawing: "I once saw in a newspaper that a racing driver used a belt to fix himself on the seat. In a car accident, he was the only one who survived."

"This is the source of design inspiration," Li Yu said. "We must plan ahead. These patents will definitely be vigorously promoted and even legislated in the future."

David Buick gave a thumbs up: "Boss, you really have a unique vision. I wonder how you did it. Don't tell me there are many cars in China?"

Li Yu said with a smile: "Not now, but I can have it in my mind, and it will be indispensable to all countries in the future."

"I have no doubts about it," said David Buick.

Li Yu said to Zou Zhou: "Also, I want to ask some skilled workers to return to China."

"Go back to China to build a factory?" Zou Zhou asked.

Li Yu nodded: "That's right."

Zou Zhou said: "Of course there is no problem with the people on my side of the car, but we need to continue to train new workers; but on Mr. Tesla's side, the personnel may be a little nervous."

Li Yu sighed: "This old man!"

Many Chinese workers still want to return to their roots. The Chinese are like this. Many people cannot give up their traditions.

This is also why some countries don't like Chinatowns.

Because many Chinese people consider themselves Chinese from beginning to end even if they join their nationality.

Um, I didn't say anything absolutely.

But it did for at least the first half of the twentieth century.

Li Yu took them on a tour of the factory.

At this time, the United States has become the world's industrial hegemony, and Detroit has not become a city of decline like later generations. Now its terrible production capacity has greatly shocked everyone.

Even though Hu Jiayan came from a top official and business family in the country, facing such a terrible production capacity, he couldn't help but marvel: "So this is the strength of the great powers. If Britain and France are the same, how can they win?"

At this time, he suddenly understood why the previous wars could not be won. The dignified monk led the most heroic [-] elite Mongolian cavalry, facing the [-] troops of a modern country, it was still like hitting a stone with an egg.

And the reason why Li Hongzhang still dared not go to war with the outside world while holding a powerful navy in his hands.

Konoe Akiyuki, who grew up among the generations of Japan’s expansion, was equally ashamed to see the real industrial power, but after hearing Hu Jiayan’s words, he said: “Since ancient times, the weak have defeated the strong.”

Hu Jiayan was choked up, and after thinking about it, he really lost his prestige, stuck out his tongue: "It's because my knowledge is limited."

Li Yu didn't have to worry about the Chinese workers' reluctance to return to China, everyone was really enthusiastic.

After returning, they can become a proper technical backbone, but it will be more difficult than Detroit.

After reading this, of course Li Yu has to urge Lao Te.

According to the news from the telegram, he is already working on lighting up the night sky in New York again through artificial lightning.

Li Yu knew that he couldn't stop him, so he could only go and watch this outstanding performance, treating it as the most splendid firework show.