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

Chapter 344 IQ
Zhang Boling also wanted to see the situation in Japan, so he followed Li Yu and set off for Yokohama, Japan ahead of schedule.

This way of going abroad is the best way at present. Taking the Japanese ship to Japan first can avoid a lot of trouble, because now the Bohai Strait is almost controlled by the Japanese.

Then change to an American ship in Japan and go to California.

Sure enough, Zhang Boling brought a few athletes. It seems that Zhang Boling really cares about the Olympic Games.

Zhang Boling sighed: "Four years ago, I saw the Olympic Games in the newspaper. At that time, Paris sent an invitation, but it was a pity that it was the Gengzi Incident, and the Holy Majesty could not send a representative."

The Paris Olympic Games in 1900 can also be regarded as an affiliated sub-venue of the World Expo, with a long duration.

Before that, Li Hongzhang had seen the predecessor of the Olympic Games in France, and when he returned home, he told Guangxu what "track and field" was for a long time.

However, although it was not possible to go there in 1900, some newspapers did report about it. It is estimated that Zhang Boling has paid more attention to it since then.

Li Yu asked, "What kind of contestants did you bring?"

Zhang Boling said: "Things happened in a hurry, so I can only choose track and field athletes, 100 meters, long jump and the rumored marathon."

Li Yu said with emotion: "Okay, let's take it as a practice."

Zhang Boling said: "Experience and experience? No chance of winning an award at all?"

Li Yu asked, "How long can you run 100 meters?"

Zhang Boling turned around and asked, and then said: "According to the standards of foreigners, eleven or twelve seconds."

Li Yu said, "Okay."

Although it was the beginning of the twentieth century, the sprint performance had already steadily entered 11 seconds, a little more than 10 seconds.

Seeing Li Yu's expression, Zhang Boling asked, "Not enough?"

Li Yu said frankly: "There's a lot of difference. Although one or two seconds doesn't sound like much, a tenth of a second or even a tenth of a second can determine the winner."

Zhang Boling was not discouraged: "Anyway, it's just a temporary grassroots team. The purpose is to go and see first, to know what the foreigner's sports will be like."

Li Yu smiled and said, "Your mentality is right."

The ship set sail from Tanggu Port. Unlike the previous few times, there were not many people.

From time to time, there were patrolling Japanese naval soldiers on board. They were so exhausted that they were panicking.

The ship sailed out from the southern end of the Bohai Strait, and Li Yu was filled with emotion. One side was Liaoning Province, and the other side was Shandong Province. It's a pity that there were no Liaoning and Shandong ships.

Zhang Boling looked at Li Yu and sighed, and said: "Don't worry about the emperor, we are also working hard, just like Japan, it will not take many years to have such warships."

Li Yu said helplessly: "It's difficult, there used to be Beiyang."

Li Yu stopped discussing such sad topics with him, and returned to the cabin to read newspapers and books. He was conceiving a few experiments.

The overall idea is there, but the trouble is that the current equipment is relatively difficult to assemble, and many of them even have to be manufactured by themselves, and the accuracy is much worse than that of later generations.

It's a bit of a headache. Sure enough, for me, the experiment is more difficult than the theory: there are too many things to worry about outside the experiment.

Five days later, the ship arrived in Yokohama.

Li Yu first brought Qiu Jin to the International Student Hall.

Representatives of outstanding international students Ma Junwu, Jiang Baili, Lu Xun and others came to welcome her together.

Ma Junwu said happily: "My sister's arrival is like a spring breeze, blowing away the haze in the east."

Qiu Jin said generously, "I'm here to study, and I need your seniors to teach me a lot in the future."

Lu Xun said: "I can't talk about teaching. I think you will enter the girls' school. We will meet here at the International Student Hall at a fixed time."

Jiang Baili said: "I heard that my sister is already married and has a child, and she still has the courage to come to Japan to study alone, which is really admirable."

Qiu Jin said: "Don't be an official's wife, but be Tan Sitong."

As soon as this sentence was said, the other people present were also in awe.

Lu Xun looked around and said, "Don't say this name casually."

Qiu Jin said, "I'm already in Japan, can't I mention it?"

Lu Xun said: "Something just happened..."

The incident he was talking about was naturally the previous Chengwu School incident and Ma Junwu's talk about rowing in front of Zaize, the royal family of the Qing Dynasty, in the foreign student hall.

Ma Junwu said carelessly: "Don't worry, if we don't seek improvement, why should we stay here to learn?"

Qiu Jin also agreed with his words: "It feels really good to study abroad, and you don't have to be so restrained."

Lu Xun still reminded: "The primary purpose of studying abroad is to study. Others may or may not be available. You must finish reading first, otherwise you will not be able to understand right from wrong."

Lu Xun's concerns were not without reason.

Qiu Jin said: "Brother Zhou's words are reasonable. I must study hard and not lose face to my daughter's family."

Ma Junwu took out a few books he was translating: "Just show it to my sister, this is the "Principles of Freedom" I just translated."

Ma Junwu was a person with good translation skills in the early days, and even Liang Qichao wrote a preface for him himself, praising his translation as "the second best translation in our country" after Yan Fu's "Tianyanlun".

Qiu Jin said: "This name is good, I will definitely read it carefully."

Ma Junwu took out another one: "There is this one, I think you like it better."

Qiu Jin was very excited when she saw the title of the second book: "Women's Rights, is it also a book by foreigners?"

Ma Junwu said: "That's right, it's from the UK, and it's full of women's liberation and equal rights for men and women."

Qiu Jin really liked it very much: "I had many such thoughts in my dreams, and finally I can see a real translation."

Ma Junwu said: "Women's liberation is to awaken the soft souls of the [-] million corrupt women in China, and can completely eradicate the backward monarchy. Women should not wait for men to give up power, but must fight for it themselves!"

Qiu Jin recited silently: "I like this sentence, I want to embroider it on my clothes."

Qiu Jin couldn't stop talking with them. She felt that she had finally found a confidant in life, and she only wished she hadn't gone abroad to study earlier.

The next day, Hantaro Nagaoka, a professor of physics at Tokyo Imperial University, came to invite Li Yu, "I haven't seen you for a year, and it's really embarrassing that Mr. has become a foreign academician of the Royal Society."

Li Yu thought to himself that there will be more things to shock you in the future, so he said, "It's just a false name."

Nagaoka Hantaro said: "Your fame is the dream of countless people! We are now collecting your papers everywhere, including every issue of "Science" magazine in the United States. We even published an album of your papers, which are widely circulated in the Department of Science. Of course. , we are only circulating internally, so we have not received your approval."

Anyway, it has been published publicly, Li Yu said: "It's normal to study."

Nagaoka Hantaro said: "Sir, please come with me to Tokyo Imperial University. The president and a group of professors are waiting for you to give another speech."

Li Yu asked, "Speech? Is there another theme?"

Nagaoka Hantaro said: "Actually, we hope that sir can talk about the differences of races. I'm sorry, I was wrong. It should be said that there is no difference in races. That is to say, people of yellow race are not worse than people of white race, because we think you He is the most typical representative."

Li Yu had guessed that this would happen before, because the Japanese and Russian fronts came back with good news, and the Japanese army defeated the Russian "Dongman Detachment" in Dandong.

This was the first land battle between the two sides. The Japanese army won and opened the door to attack Lushun.

Now all the media in Japan are frantically reporting this matter, as if victory has been achieved, and the enthusiasm for conscription has been completely ignited.

The academic circle hopes to refute the racial antagonism advocated by the Russians.

Li Yu didn't want to be their tool, so he said, "This kind of thing can only achieve results through facts. What I say is empty words. I think it's better to simply talk about the science I am good at."

Nagaoka Hantaro thought for a while and said: "That's fine, anyway, as long as you can stand here, it already shows that East Asians are no worse than Westerners."

When the two came to Tokyo Imperial University, the president Kenjiro Yamakawa greeted him personally outside the gate. He stepped forward to welcome him and said, "Mr. Li Yu, thank you for coming again. We have received news from Europe that you have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics." Scientist, at that time, I am afraid it will not be easy to invite you again."

Li Yu is now regarded as a model for people of the yellow race in Japan. Li Yu understands Japanese, and even saw Japanese students unfurl a banner: "The peak of wisdom in East Asia!"

Li Yu shook hands with principal Kenjiro Yamakawa: "Thank you for the reception."

Today's podium is placed in the auditorium of the whole school, which is larger than the previous auditorium of the Department of Science.

Kenjiro Yamakawa spoke impassionedly about Li Yu's deeds. In fact, most people already know that Li Yu came to Tokyo Imperial University, and some unpleasant things happened last time.

Kenjiro Yamakawa finally said: "Welcome Mr. Li Yu, Fellow of the Royal Society, to bring us a top-level academic report."

Li Yu took Zeppelin's technical documents to the stage and said:
"It is a great honor to be at the University of Tokyo again.

Professor Nagaoka once said to me that I hope I can introduce the advantages and disadvantages of East Asians and Westerners.

But I told him that this matter does not need to be demonstrated in words, because facts speak louder than words, and everyone in the world has judgments. "

The students in the audience applauded and agreed after listening:

"What's so great about foreigners, isn't it just that we started 200 years ahead of schedule, and we can catch up in 40 years!"

"In another 40 years, we will be better than foreigners!"

Li Yu was ashamed. Fortunately, he did not agree to Nagaoka Hantaro's request. Even a relatively objective and rational place like the University of Tokyo is still a bit too much in this regard.

It's not that enthusiasm is bad at all, but that it's too much.Since it is a university, one must maintain rationality when engaging in learning, which is an absolute basic condition.

Li Yu flipped through the technical documents of the airship, and continued after calming down a bit: "If you really want to surpass foreigners, you should learn some cutting-edge knowledge that foreigners are studying. This is a technical route that represents the future. Because he can take people into the sky, and can even transport people in the air like a ship."

The students exclaimed: "Crossing the ocean?"

Li Yu nodded: "Of course."

Li Yu drew a diagram of the airship on the blackboard, and then listed some equations and the required design conditions: "Nowadays even foreigners are studying its manufacture, but many technologies are kept secret by foreigners. If they can be conquered, it will be a Great achievement."

Li Yu wrote and drew on the blackboard, but deliberately left out some key details.

Even so, the people below also heard their blood surging.

Li Yu finally said: "I am a physicist, not an engineer, so I just gave a general outline of the technology, and there are still many places that need to be filled."

The students were very excited: "With this technology, we can see the Russians from the sky!"

"Just thinking about it makes me feel hopeful!"

"We must conquer it!"

Historically, Japan did research airships, but compared with Germany, it was really far behind.

Seeing their appearance, Li Yu was somewhat in a daze.

This is only the first step to bring the Japanese technology tree to a crooked level.

The game of top IQ is super brain-intensive, and there are still many things to do in the future.

Unexpectedly, he became a "tech spy".

In addition, Li Yu also had his own selfishness to some extent, so he could use the help of the Japanese to help him.

The development of airplanes still needs many years, but the airship has been relatively perfect. Even if it is slower than airplanes, it is much faster than ships. It only takes three weeks to travel around the earth.

At that time, I can make myself less tired...

From East Asia to the United States, it takes at most a week, or even shorter, saving the old nose time.

The price of the airship ride is very expensive, but Li Yu is not short of money, what he needs is time.

And I know at least a few major airship accidents, which can be completely avoided.

Professor Nagaoka was very excited. After the speech, he said to Li Yu: "Mr. Li Yu really surprised me. You have dabbled in all fields of science and technology today, and you have not only dabbled in it, which makes me ashamed. I have studied physics all my life. , not even a fraction of yours."

Li Yu said with a smile: "I actually didn't do anything. The formulas on the blackboard can't be solved casually, and some flight tests will be involved in the follow-up."

"Science and technology" is often regarded as a word, but in fact there is a big gap between science and technology.

Technology research and development is really time-consuming and costly.

However, Li Yu gave the Japanese a lot of hope, and they were determined to do it.

President Kenjiro Yamakawa invited Li Yu to the conference room. All the professors from the University of Tokyo and celebrities from the Japanese academic circle were present.

Principal Shan Chuan said: "Mr. Li Yu, you really lived up to expectations and once again proved the wisdom of East Asians. But I wonder if this is a kind of wisdom buried in the hearts of all East Asians?"

Li Yu sighed inwardly, but still couldn't get rid of this topic.

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "If the principal has such a deep obsession with wisdom, I have a way to solve your doubts from a relatively scientific perspective."

President Shanchuan, Professor Nagaoka and everyone present asked almost simultaneously: "How to do it?!"

Li Yu was taken aback by their uniform behavior, paused and said, "We can work with psychology professors in Europe and the United States to conduct an intelligence test to determine the level of something called IQ."

The concept of "intelligence quotient" has not yet been proposed, and everyone does not know it.

Principal Shan Chuan asked, "IQ?"

Li Yu said: "Yes, it's called IQ, which is the level of intelligence that you are very concerned about. Moreover, we have combined psychologists from Europe and the United States, and the results are all the same. They can't say anything."

Principal Yamakawa agreed with this proposal very much: "We will unite the whole school, no, psychologists and academic groups from all over Japan to cooperate with this intelligence test!"

Li Yu feels that the enthusiasm of the Japanese is too high now, which is really worrying, because if the enthusiasm is too high, reason will be suppressed by emotion, and the right-wing government will be able to manipulate the people.

But Li Yu has no objection to IQ, because it is a relatively convenient intelligence test, and he can take it back to the country to bring confidence to the students in his school.

(End of this chapter)