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

Chapter 321 Conspiracy
After Zai Tao left, Lu Bicheng and Qiu Jin came to the main hall together.

Sure enough, they brought the latest "Daily News", Lu Bicheng walked in and said, "Look, the Japanese are still not convinced."

Li Yu said: "It's normal to be unconvinced. The Japanese are very fanatical now, and they will be even more fanatical in a year's time."

That is, after the victory of the Russo-Japanese War.

Qiu Jin asked, "What are you going to do?"

Li Yu said: "It's simple, just hold a public competition."

Lu Bicheng asked: "Are you sure?"

Li Yudao: "Whether it's physical fitness or mental strength, it doesn't matter."

Qiu Jin had great confidence in Li Yu's mind: "With you here, everyone will believe that the Chinese are no more stupid than the Japanese."

Li Yu said: "Pure physical fitness is more appropriate. Even the Japanese are so small that I am afraid that they are bullying them."

The height of Japan in the early days was indeed not high, so the Northeast was the first to call it "Little Japan", and it soon became popular all over the country.

It was not until after World War II that they raised their per capita height through nutritional improvement, such as vigorously promoting milk and other measures.

Qiu Jin said: "If there is a women's competition, we sisters can also participate!"

Li Yu said with a smile: "It is indeed qualified."

During the chat, Yang Xiaolou found him again. He came to deliver theater tickets to Li Yu.

"Brother Li Yu, there is a performance in the teahouse today, and I specially left some tickets for you."

Li Yu said gratefully, "Thank you Brother Yang."

Yang Xiaolou said: "It's just a little thought, who told you to embarrass us again and again."

He should have read the latest news as well.

Qiu Jin suddenly asked: "Are you... Yang Xiaolou, a popular and famous actor?"

Yang Xiaolou said, "It's me."

Qiu Jin asked again: "Are you going to be on stage today?"

Yang Xiaolou nodded: "Of course."

Qiu Jin said happily: "Great, I'm your movie fan!"

Li Yu said: "It's easy to say, then you also go to the theater together."

Lu Bicheng asked, "Does this teahouse allow female guests?"

Yang Xiaolou scratched his head and said, "It doesn't seem to work."

Qiu Jin didn't take it seriously: "If there's anything wrong, we can just go!"

At present, except for a few teahouses in the capital, most theaters do not sell tickets for female customers.Generally, women listen to the "congregation" at home, and rarely show their faces to the theater.

But who is Qiu Jin? She doesn't care about this, and just swaggers and sits in a four-wheeled carriage to listen to the opera, which can be regarded as a pioneering move in the capital.

Of course Li Yu knew about this, so he said, "Let's go together, this time drive!"

The car is even more cool.

Lu Bicheng was surprised and said, "This... is it okay?"

Li Yuman didn't care: "What's wrong!"

Yang Xiaolou said: "I'll go back and prepare first, and wait for everyone to come."

Qiu Jin had never seen a car before, and when Li Yu drove out, she was quite surprised: "What is this?"

Lu Bicheng explained to her: "I bought it from a foreigner. It's called a car. I heard that the Queen Mother also has one in the palace."

Qiu Jin said: "Then our treatment is the same as that of the Queen Mother."

Lu Bicheng shook his head: "I have been to the United States and Europe, and I have seen that many of them drive cars, not only the royal family can drive."

Qiu Jin said enviously, "I really want to go abroad and have a look."

Today's road pavement ratio is very small. Fortunately, Li Yu's car has a four-wheel drive system, so it can be used as a small off-road vehicle.

It's just that because there is no map, Li Yu is not as familiar with the roads of the capital as Zhao Qian, so he took a detour to reach the theater.

After entering the theater, Li Yu saw Prince Su Shanqi and his sworn brother Naniwa Kawashima again.

Naniwa Kawashima naturally also noticed Li Yu, and gave him a meaningful look before sitting down with Prince Su.

Naniwa Kawashima and Prince Su are on the second floor, which is a private seat, while the three of Li Yu are on the first floor.

Li Yu asked for refreshments and melon seeds, then knocked them together.But he was the only one eating sunflower seeds, Lu Bicheng and Qiu Jin didn't eat them.

At this time, it is not elegant for women to eat melon seeds and spit melon seeds in public. It is not easy for them to enter the theater, and they can't do other things.

Li Yu had no choice but to eat melon seeds on his own.

At any rate, he had already listened to the drama quite a few times, and he could more or less hear the taste of Beijing opera.

When Yang Xiaolou appeared on the stage, there was still endless applause.

Almost from the Guangxu Dynasty, or from Cixi, the status of actors began to rise.

In the past, especially in the Ming Dynasty and before, the status of actors was quite low, really low class.

Perhaps there was a little change during the Yongzheng period. He abolished the Lehu policy. After the inner court actors were no longer classified as untouchables or sinners, their status was higher than that of ordinary eunuchs.

Later, the last chief eunuch, Xiao Dezhang, was born in the Nanfu opera troupe of the imperial palace.

The status of folk actors has also been greatly improved. Cixi has several favorite famous actors, the typical one is Tan Xinpei, the master of the old generation.

Because of Cixi's love and trust, many people call him Tan Tianwang.

——The "king of heaven" in the late Qing Dynasty.

Because of Cixi, many high-ranking officials and nobles are proud to invite Tan Xinpei to assist in singing at the hall, and some princes and ministers even call him brothers and sisters in order to curry favor with Cixi.

Li Yu was able to understand some libretto at this time, but his understanding of Beijing opera was still too rudimentary.

Prince Su upstairs is a big fan, and Naniwa Kawashima on the side even knows better than Li Yu.

But when Naniwa Kawashima was listening to a play, he would lower his gaze to look at Li Yu from time to time.

After watching the play, the three of Li Yu returned by car.

Qiu Jin pushed Lu Bicheng with his elbow in the car, and then pouted at her.

Lu Bicheng bit her lip and lowered her head.

Qiu Jin smiled slightly, and then said to Li Yu who was driving: "Young Master Li Yu, it's almost the first month of the lunar year, and all major schools such as Jingshi University are going back to school."

Li Yu said: "It seems so, but I am no longer in the Imperial University."

Qiu Jin said: "I know, but because of you, Miss Bicheng has no place to live."

Li Yu asked in surprise, "My reason?"

Qiu Jin said: "That's right, it's because you are so famous that the source of students in the Imperial University is so good that even the lecturers are full."

Li Yu said, "Sounds like a good thing."

Qiu Jin continued: "However, there are too many students, and the dormitories in the Jingshi University Hall are not enough. The previously unused houses in Dong 44 were requisitioned by the University Hall."

Lu Bicheng lived in one of them.

Li Yu said: "It's so hot! It's fair to say that Miss Bicheng will live in my house from now on, and now there are plenty of rooms."

Qiu Jin elbowed Lu Bicheng again.

Lu Bicheng muttered: "Thank you, thank you..."

Li Yu laughed and said, "You're welcome, I also hope that... ah, anyway, everyone is having fun together!"

Qiu Jin smiled and said, "That's right, that's right!"

Although Lu Bicheng's eyes were full of smiles, he bit his lip but didn't dare to make a sound.

Qiu Jin found it really interesting.

I couldn't help feeling in my heart: "Free love is still enviable."

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After Li Yu returned home, Qiu Jin took Lu Bicheng to Dong 44 to pack her luggage in advance.

Li Yu originally wanted to drive there, but Lu Bicheng told him to wait until he was packed, since they belonged to his daughter's family after all.

Li Yu had no choice but to give up.

After entering the courtyard, Feng Ling immediately brought him a telegram: "Sir, they came from Switzerland again."

Needless to say, it was Einstein.

Li Yu unfolded the telegram:

"Mr. Li Yu of the East,

"Your telegram inspired me like the sun at dawn! I am so excited! You are indeed an excellent physicist who understands the truth of the universe, and you don't have the arrogance of the old academicians of the Academy of Sciences. Treat me a little The thesis of the temporary third-level patent officer is so concerned.

"Now I believe more and more that Orientals have better virtues!
"I can't wait to see the letter and finish my thesis."

After reading it, Li Yu felt that he could send a telegram to Planck after the letter was sent to Switzerland, asking him to be in charge of the final review of the paper.

For papers involving quantum, he is definitely the most qualified to review and sign before publication.

And with the signature of an academician of the German Academy of Sciences like Planck, the paper can be published in top scientific journals smoothly.

Li Yu went back to his study and put the telegram on the table.

Not long after, the attentive Konoe Zhaoxue came to the door: "Sir, this is a bowl of Japanese-style matcha. Drinking a cup can warm you up in cold weather."

Li Yu said, "You don't have to be so polite, in fact, I'll just drink ordinary tea."

Konoe Zhaoxue said: "I heard that matcha was the favorite of literati and bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty, and it matches your identity better."

Li Yu took the tea bowl: "Being obedient is worse than being respectful."

Li Yu picked up the tea bowl and drank it. The taste was indeed much stronger than the brewed tea.

Jinwei Zhaoxue glanced at the telegram on the table while Li Yu was drinking tea.

Now back in the capital, the task of sending and receiving the telegrams naturally returned to Fengling. Jinwei Zhaoxue couldn't get the information immediately, so he found a reason to approach Li Yu immediately after observing Fengling's translation of the telegram.

Konoe Zhaoyuki said, "It looks like it's from a top physicist again."

Li Yu said casually, "It will definitely be the top in the future."

Konoe Zhaoxue asked intentionally or unintentionally: "What field are you talking about, sir?"

Li Yu said: "About cutting-edge quantum theory, this content is too difficult for you to get in touch with."

Konoe Akiyuki didn't want to end this topic, so he said, "I think it's better to learn from the cutting-edge? I'm passionate about science. Who doesn't know that foreigners are so powerful because of their powerful technology."

"It's okay to get to know it." Li Yu could only say.

Konoe Zhaoxue said: "But this one is called... Ein, I have never heard of Einstein."

Li Yu said with a smile: "In the future, you will hear your ears callous."

After Einstein became famous, his fame was so great that all countries in the world were proud to invite him to visit.

Konoe Zhaoxue asked, "What outstanding achievements has he had?"

Li Yu said, "There will be soon."

Konoe Zhaoxue said, "Mister seems to be very optimistic about him."

Li Yu said: "Of course, because those formulas that can freeze time come from him."

Konoe Zhaoxue repeated silently: "The formula to freeze time!"

Li Yu was thinking about time slowing down, but he definitely couldn't explain it to Konoe Zhaoxue.

But hearing Konoe Zhao Xue's ears felt extremely mysterious.

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At night, Konoe Zhaoyuki secretly came to the secret place of Uchida Yasuya and Kawashima Naniwa, the Japanese ambassadors to the Qing Dynasty.

"Minister Uchida, Lord Kawashima." Konoe Zhaoyuki saluted respectfully after entering the door.

Uchida Yasuya asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Konoe Zhaoxue said: "Master Minister, in my conversation with Li Yu earlier, I found that he seems to have a deep hostility towards our Great Japanese Empire."

Uchida Yasuya said: "A deep hostility?"

Konoe Zhaoyuki said, "Yes."

Uchida Koya asked: "Is he really on the side of the Russians?"

Konoe Zhaoxue shook his head: "It's hard to say, he seems to be very hostile to Russia. But overall, he seems to have a subconscious hostility to the Great Japanese Empire. In addition, Yuan Shikai, Governor of Zhili in the Qing Dynasty and The British and French embassy counselors and Belgian ministers all came to see him."

Uchida Yasuya asked, "Do you want radio equipment?"

Konoe Zhaoyuki said, "Yes, and the price is the same as that of the Russians."

Uchida Yasuya said: "So he is really just a regular scientific research scholar and business owner, so it is easier to win over."

Naniwa Kawashima said: "And according to my observation, he is a womanizer, and he is a bold womanizer. Today he even took two women to the theater."

Uchida Yasuya said: "It's best to have weaknesses."

Konoe Zhaoyuki said: "Also, after communicating with a Swiss physicist today, he said that 'the formula for freezing time can be found in the future', which seems to have a deeper meaning."

Several people don't understand advanced physics, and can't understand why: "Time? Freeze?"

Kawashima Naniwa glanced at the clock: "What is it? Repair the clock?"

Jinwei Zhaoxue said, "I don't know what that means yet."

Uchida Yasuya said: "You continue to follow Li Yu, especially when it comes to radio-related technologies, you must pay special attention. Although I can't tell you the details, I can tell you clearly that this technology is related to whether you can win the battle with the Russians." War is about the rise and fall of the empire."

Jinwei Zhaoxue said solemnly: "This subordinate understands!"

They worked so hard to win over Li Yu, they must have a purpose.

Uchida Yasuya said again: "The young man you brought is also very talented, he is simply a genius of espionage."

Little Zuo Xiang on the side said: "Thank you for your praise, sir."

Uchida Yasuya said: "He came up with a brilliant idea to include a postman surnamed Cui from the Daqing Post Office into our team."

Xiao Zuoxiang said with a smile: "In the face of interests, they have no choice but to succumb."

Konoe Zhaoxue asked, "So easy?"

Little Zuo Xiang proudly said: "It can be said that it is a piece of cake, a cotton jacket and a pair of gloves can easily take him down, how cheap!"

Several people laughed together after hearing this.

After Konoe Zhaoxue asked Xiao Zuoxiang about the arrangement of the postman at the post office, he said, "It seems that there is still a lack of internal response, do you need me to take action?"

Little Zuoxiang said confidently: "It's not worth letting senior sister take risks for such a trivial matter. I have already found an excellent breakthrough point. Just wait and see."

(End of this chapter)