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

Chapter 319
Li Yu's telegrams are getting longer and longer, but fortunately he can afford the cost.

The telegram was sent out by Feng Ling, and the revised manuscript was put in an envelope and sent by Zhao Qian to the post office.

Postage is still 10 silver dollars.

It is not cheap to send express to Europe in future generations.Some of Li Yu's classmates were studying in the UK.

He is still a gluttonous cat and likes to eat snacks, so his mother bought all kinds of Weilong spicy sticks in China and sent them, and even instant noodles.The things add up to 400 yuan, but the postage costs more than 700 yuan.

Later, when I returned to China, I used a suitcase full of various seasonings when I set off again, and there was only a big bucket of cumin noodles. When I said that, I would eat kebabs by myself...

It's really amazing, Britain is a country that gave birth to a modern civilized society, why can't it be so good at eating!
It will take more than half a month for later generations to send a courier to the UK, but now it takes at least a month or even longer to travel across the ocean.

After all, there are many Japanese warships in Bohai Bay.

Therefore, being a "pen pal" with Einstein is not only expensive, but also the sense of distance in time and space is not low.

Reading Einstein's papers was really exhausting, so Li Yu stretched hard.

Not long after, Konoe Zhaoxue walked in with a cup of hot coffee.

"Sir, try the coffee I ground myself."

She has real eyesight.

It is not easy to drink coffee in the capital now.

Li Yu asked in surprise, "You know how to do this?"

Konoe Akiyuki said: "When I was in Shanghai, I went to a foreigner's coffee shop. It felt rather strange, so I bought some coffee powder from the shop and brought it."

Li Yu took a sip, "Did you add a lot of sugar?"

Konoe Zhaoxue asked, "Sir, do you like bitter coffee?"

Li Yu said, "That's not true. But if you add milk foam, it will definitely be better."

But certainly no cappuccino now.

Konoe Akiyuki said, "Mr. really understands life in the West."

Li Yu said casually: "It's hard to say whether you understand it or not, and if you really want to talk about it, tea is much more complicated than coffee."

Konoe Zhaoxue said, "If sir likes it, I will learn how to froth milk."

Li Yu said, "I'm afraid it will be more troublesome."

Konoe Zhaoxue immediately said: "No trouble, no trouble! I am happy to do these things for my husband, as long as you like it."

Just as Li Yu was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of a figure passing by the door out of the corner of his eye. He ignored Konoe Zhaoxue and hurriedly got up and chased him out.

"Miss Bicheng, why did you leave as soon as you got to the door?" Li Yu stopped Lu Bicheng and asked.

Lu Bicheng said flatly, "I'm afraid of disturbing your work."

Li Yu smiled and said, "The work has been completed."

Lu Bicheng snorted softly: "I don't know."

Seeing that she was holding a newspaper in her hand, Li Yu asked, "Did you bring me today's news?"

Lu Bicheng raised his hand and put the newspaper in his hand, "That's right, you can read it yourself."

Li Yu picked up the newspaper, and saw the headline read: "Sixty old man is alive and well, it turns out that's like this..."

Looking further down, it turned out to be an advertisement for selling medicine.

Let me go, it turns out that as early as the beginning of the [-]th century, there were headline parties, and they were comparable to those of later generations.

Li Yu smiled and said, "I don't think I need it..."

"No need for anything?" Lu Bicheng asked.

Li Yu said, "Dali Wan."

"Dali Wan?" Lu Bicheng glanced at the newspaper, blushed, and said angrily, "Who told you to read this!"

Li Yu wondered, "You let me see it."

Lu Bicheng flipped through the newspaper, pointed to it and said, "This is the article I asked you to read."

Li Yu looked again, and it turned out to be an article written by a Japanese about race differences.

Li Yu chuckled: "I'll just say it!"

But when I saw this article, I was a little angry.The content inside is basically nonsense. For example, the difference in race is not only reflected in the skin, but also in intelligence.However, due to the inheritance of Amaterasu and the special environment, the Yamato nation is the only one who can match the Westerners in terms of intelligence.

Li Yu said: "It's completely made up! All kinds of words are vague, just made up!"

Lu Bicheng said: "But when it is published in a newspaper, it is still a Japanese newspaper, so it is hard to say."

Li Yu found the cover of the newspaper, which turned out to be the Japanese "Tianjin Daily News".

This newspaper was relatively well-known before, it was called "Guo Wen Bao", and the core editor was Yan Fu.In the beginning, "Guowenbao" was the position of the reformers, and it was most famous for publishing Yan Fu's "Tianyanlun" and other articles.

However, after the failure of the Reform Movement of [-], the "Guo Wen Bao" was banned by the Qing government, sold to the Japanese, and renamed "Tianjin Daily News", which has since become a tool of public opinion for Japan's invasion of China.

The current chief writer is Fang Yaoyu, a big traitor, and has been a traitor for nearly half a century!It is rare for a traitor to be a traitor for so long.

When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China in 1900, the Japanese disguised themselves as Chinese people and sneaked into the old city of Tianjin to check whether there were gaps in the city.It was this Fang Yaoyu who taught the Japanese.

On a dark and windy night, Fang Yaoyu led the Japanese to invade from the four major puddles in Tianjin, the Hulu Pit in the southeast corner.Because at that time, the water in the gourd pit in the southeast corner was very shallow at night, and you could wade through it.

Fang Yaoyu made a great contribution to the Japanese, and the Japanese gave him a medal and began to reuse him.

Before that, Fang Yaoyu was an editor of "Guowenbao". After the Japanese took over the newspaper and changed its name to "Tianjin Daily News", Fang Yaoyu was directly made the editor-in-chief.

Not only that, the Japanese also handed over a large piece of land in the concession to him for development, probably in the area of ​​Duolun Road in Heping District, Tianjin today.

In fact, the location of the Japanese Concession in Tianjin has not been very good. In the past, it was a swamp. When Britain and France opened up the concession in Tianjin in the 1860s, they even avoided this difficult-to-develop area.

The Japanese designated it as the Japanese Concession, and after development it became the entertainment and business district of Tianjin.

But the Japanese are really inferior, only the Japanese Concession can continue to sell opium, and even legalize it.There are nearly a thousand tobacco dens in the Japanese Concession!
Not only that, the Japanese opened hundreds of brothels in the Japanese Concession, and there are thousands of licensed fireworks girls alone.

Internationally, there was an uproar.

It is not surprising that such nonsense articles are published in this newspaper.

But the problem is that Chinese people now worship foreign countries more blindly than later generations, even if a Japanese god stick comes, they will believe everything they say.

Li Yu directly laughed angrily: "In the past, "National News" published "Tianyan Lun", how advanced it was, how did it come down to this now? Is it a small advertisement on the street or a rumour?"

Lu Bicheng said: "Originally I disdain to read this kind of newspaper, but the editor of Ta Kung Pao showed it to me."

Li Yu said: "Wolf ambition, you must guard against it! I will write an article to refute it!"

Lu Bicheng said: "The master said that now you are the person who knows the most about Western learning, and the things you write can compete with foreigners."

"Since Mr. Yan Fu said so, I will do my part," Li Yu said, and then said to Lu Bicheng, "You have been with me for so long, and you still understand a lot of science. You can see the mistakes in the article, which is not bad."

Lu Bicheng turned his face sideways: "Who, who has been with you for so long? You, you still have such a beautiful girl by your side... Forget it, I won't talk about it!"

Lu Bicheng ran away after speaking.

The voice behind her was getting smaller and smaller, and Li Yu couldn't even hear her clearly.

He had no choice but to return to the study with the newspaper, read it carefully again, and became even angrier.

Konoe Zhaoxue asked, "Why are you so angry, sir?"

Li Yu put the newspaper on the table, and said angrily: "These little Japanese, each of whom is short in stature, are they talking about racial advantages? How can they write this stuff without blushing and heartbeat?"

"Little, little Japan?" Konoe Zhao Xue said.

Li Yu said: "Yeah, look at what kind of bullshit these little Japanese wrote!"

Konoe Zhaoxue saw at a glance that Kenjiro Hayashide, who signed the name, was an alumnus of his at Toa Dobun Academy.

Konoe Zhaoyuki said, "Is it about the theory of evolution?"

"What bullshit theory of evolution is simply an insult to Darwin, and his old man's coffin probably won't be able to hold it down!" Li Yu said.

Among these great modern scientists, Darwin is probably the most controversial and famous at present.

Because his theory is very explosive, and secondly, it is relatively easy for the public to understand.

Then there are a lot of people rubbing Darwin's traffic, and they always come up with his theories and talk nonsense.

The Japanese and Germans played the most in this regard, and it was also where militarism flourished the most.

Of course, they are all distorting Darwin's theory of evolution, not Darwin's intention.

The more Li Yu thought about it, the more angry he became: "The Japanese are really hateful, they are too ambitious, and they will not give up until they swallow China and North Korea, but they don't even think about whether they have such a good mouth! Snakes and elephants will only burst their stomachs!"

Konoe Zhaoxue asked in surprise, "Sir, do you hate the Japanese so much?"

Li Yu opened his mouth and said, "Of course, in the future, uh, what they did is truly outrageous!"

Konoe Zhaoxue said: "But in the coalition forces back then, there were not only Japanese, but also the Russians who cut off the most land."

Li Yu said, "None of them are good things!"

Konoe Zhaoxue said: "Sir, do you want to write an article and then refute it?"

Li Yu said: "Of course, what is the name of this Jiro, dare to scold all Asians except the Japanese, which is tolerable. You go back first, I will not rest for the time being, I will continue to sit at the desk Work."

Konoe Zhaoxue could only say, "Sir, take care of yourself."

Jinwei Zhaoxue exited Li Yu's room, silently remembering what he said.

It is too simple for Li Yu to write this kind of article. Although he is not a troll, but someone who has experienced the Internet age knows how to troll back.

Especially in his opinion, the level of Kenjiro Hayashide's articles is simply not up to standard.

Li Yu quickly wrote the article, and found Lu Bicheng to show it to her: "Publish it on "Ta Kung Pao."

Lu Bicheng quickly scanned, and then said: "You are really sharp in writing this kind of article."

After "Ta Kung Pao" was issued, newspapers such as "Shen Bao" quickly reprinted it.

Li Yu's name is still very famous.

"Extraordinary! Extraordinary! The emperor's teacher Li Yu tried to refute Japanese scholars based on reason, arguing that the wisdom of the Chinese people is second to none in the world!"

"Give me two."

It was Tang Shaoyi who spoke.

The newsboy took out the newspaper and handed it over: "Master, it's 20 Wen in total."

Tang Shaoyi touched his body and found that he didn't bring any change, so he threw him a silver dollar directly: "I will reward you."

When the newsboy saw it, tears were about to fall: "Master, there are too many! I..."

Tang Shaoyi picked up the newspaper: "What nonsense? Just take it if you tell me, let's go!"

The newsboy wiped his nose: "Master, you are a good person, I will kowtow to you."

The newsboy really knelt down and kowtowed three times.

But Tang Shaoyi picked up the newspaper and turned away, not paying attention to the little newsboy's actions.

Tang Shaoyi handed the newspaper to Yuan Shikai who was standing not far away: "It's Li Yu again who made the platform."

This time, they return to Beijing to report on their work routinely at the beginning of each year, and their positions are extremely important.

Yuan Shikai took the newspaper and looked at it: "This Li Yu, to say that he is extremely talented is to underestimate him. The ancients know astronomy above the cloud and geography at the bottom. I think he is the only one who can be called that."

Tang Shaoyi said: "In terms of the study of Western learning, in today's world, I am afraid that he is really No. 1."

Yuan Shikai nodded, deeply impressed by Tang Shaoyi's words, then turned his head and said to the two people behind him: "Ke Ding, Ke Wen, you should learn more from the emperor Li Yu in the future."

Yuan Shikai brought his two sons, Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen.

Yuan Keding is the eldest son of Yuan Shikai and the only child of his wife Yu.

But Yuan Shikai had a bad relationship with his wife, and what he really loved was Tai Shen, the former aunt of a famous prostitute in Suzhou.

It is said that the Shen family supported Yuan Shikai when he was down and down, and Yuan Shikai promised that he would never forget her.After he became a governor, he really accepted Mrs. Shen, and made her the first among many concubines.

Yuan Shikai had one regular wife, nine concubines, and about thirty children.In the "harem" of the Yuan family, the Shen family has the highest status, even above the main wife.

Even Yuan Shikai asked all the children to call her "mother".

In fact, Shen was infertile.So Yuan Shikai adopted Yuan Kewen to her knee.

However, although Yuan Shikai was at odds with his first wife, he was really kind to his eldest son, Yuan Keding, because of his special age.

Yuan Keding was born very early, 12 years older than his second son Yuan Kewen.

Yuan Shikai has always trained him a lot, and took him with him when he was training at the small station, when he was the governor of Shandong, and when he was the governor of Zhili.

Yuan Keding said: "I know Li Yu, many newspapers have reported it. And he also dismantled foreign liars."

Yuan Shikai said: "Yes, I have met him several times. This man's mind is rare in the world. If you learn some Western knowledge from him, you can't go wrong."

The youngest son, Yuan Kewen, is only 14 years old now, and said, "Then we are classmates with the emperor."

Yuan Shikai scolded with a smile: "You are quite courageous, you dare to be equal to the emperor."

Yuan Kewen said: "Why don't you dare, the current emperor is not the real emperor..."

Yuan Shikai quickly covered his mouth: "What did you teach me as a father? Misfortune comes from your mouth. Don't talk nonsense outside!"

Yuan Kewen stuck out his tongue: "My child knows."

Yuan Shikai asked Tang Shaoyi, "Where does Li Yu live now?"

Tang Shaoyi said: "It's not far from where we're staying, just outside the Eastern Imperial City. You've been there before."

"I have been there?" Yuan Shikai asked.

Tang Shaoyi said: "That's right, the mansion that used to be Rong Lurong Zhongtang has become Li Yu's mansion."

Tang Shaoyi was quite cautious in her speech, and she was very careful about "fu" and "zhai".

Yuan Shikai said in surprise: "So it's in Dongchang Hutong, and we happened to be on the way not far."

Officials generally enter the imperial city through the Dong'an Gate on the east side of the imperial city, and then enter the Forbidden City.

Last year, Prince Su Shanqi (the father of Yoshiko Kawashima) and Natong, the "three talents under his banner" who inscribed the three characters "Tsinghua Garden", jointly wrote a letter to decide to build Dong'an Market, in order to improve the way for officials to go to court.

In the past, Dong'anmen Street and Jinyu Hutong in the outer extension were full of small vendors. Li Yu first ate noodles at the noodle stalls in Dingde Mountain, which were roadside stalls.

Tang Shaoyi said: "The Empress Dowager will summon you tomorrow, but we are fine today."

Yuan Shikai said: "It happens that my two dogs are apprenticed to the teacher. It is more appropriate for this kind of thing to come to the house."

(End of this chapter)