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

Chapter 66
Bei Yan bowed slightly to Li Yu, "In Lower Harmsworth, the founder of "Daily Mail" and "Daily Telegraph."

Li Yu also shook hands with him, "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Bei Yan smiled to the editor-in-chief of The Times: "I believe you have not obtained the exclusive right to report Mr. Li Yu's discovery."

Buckle shrugged, "Of course not."

In fact, he really wanted to grab a starter, but he never expected that Beiyan was so well informed and could rush to Greenwich so soon.Ordinarily, Lord Kelvin went directly to the newspaper office to find him, and there was no time to inform other newspaper offices, unless there was an informant from Beiyan in his own newspaper office.

It really made him guess right!
Northern Rock even bought The Times 6 years later in 1908...

If he is as ruthless as Shi Liangcai, if I think you guys can't handle it well, I'll buy it and do it myself!See how you still talk nonsense to me!

Bei Yan smiled and said, "That's good."

Buckle didn't panic, because he still had a trump card in his hand, after all, behind him was the majestic "The Times".

So under negotiation, both newspapers got the right to first report on the discovery of new planets.They didn't have time to ask Li Yu too many questions in detail, so after hastily recording, they took the negatives and went back to the newspaper office to rush to print the newspaper!
Britons of the day will find that today's newspapers arrive later than usual.

——Because the two major newspapers are desperately trying to catch up with the draft and revise the printed front page!
When the freshly-baked papers got around, everyone realized why it was a little late: because it was a blizzard!

All together watching this news that they can understand:

"Shock shock! Incredible new planet!"

"The ninth planet in the solar system has been discovered! Another mysterious force from the east!"

Yes, Li Yu made headlines again!

Why do you say again!
And this time, it made the headlines of three newspapers at once, which is really a big scene.

The newspaper's introduction to Li Yu was also much more objective, and the words "sick man of East Asia" did not appear.

It seems that respect is earned by oneself!
The newspaper quickly spread throughout the entire British Isle, and the eyeballs of the special envoy almost popped out when they saw the report.

"My God! No way!"

"We were on the front page just two days ago, why is Li Yu on the front page again!"

Zai Zhen was a little confused, so: "Is this very powerful? Isn't it just finding a new star? There are so many in the sky, so you can find one at random."

Huang Kaijia knew the advantages and disadvantages, so he told him about the composition of the solar system, "In short, the new planet is the brother planet of the earth under our feet. Can you be unhappy to find a brother?"

After he explained it like this, Zai Zhen suddenly realized: "It is indeed worth being happy, but just don't be an illegitimate child!"

Huang Kaijia fainted immediately!
In addition to the United Kingdom, the European continent also received news that day, and many media also quickly published the news at the same time.

It was Barker, editor-in-chief of The Times, who did this!

"The Times" has a lot of money and has just bought long-distance radio communication equipment not long ago, which can quickly distribute news over long distances. This is a new technology that costs the newspaper a lot of money.

Not only that, but they also established a radio receiving station far away in the United States, that is to say, The Times has already received a lot of reprint fees outside the UK, earning a lot of money.

Buckle was complacent in the office with a pipe in his mouth, and all the reports that the whole of Europe and the United States read now were from him.

So it didn't take long before Europe and the United States were all aware of the discovery of the new planet!The people were naturally ecstatic, and observatories all over the country quickly started sky survey observations.

The one who is most excited may be Rowell from the United States, who has been searching hard for eight years.

When he saw Pluto according to Li Yu's direction, he burst into tears with excitement, "Eight years, I have been looking for you for eight years! Do you know how I spent these eight years!"

Without Li Yu, until his death in 1916, he would not have been able to see the discovery of Pluto with his own eyes, and his relatives might only be able to tell him in heaven through church services.

But now it's all right, you can see Pluto while you're alive, can't you be happy!
Many years later, people even saw in his diary what Rowell wrote when he was excited: A legendary Chinese made my wish come true in my lifetime, and perhaps the most grateful person in my life besides my wife It is him, I will always remember his name: Li Yu!
France is also excited, but France has always competed with the UK for the top spot. Seeing that they have been in the limelight recently, I have mixed feelings in my heart.

In the Qing Dynasty's embassy in France, Minister Yu Geng's family was also reading the newspaper.

"Look quickly! Li Yu, who was on the front page a few days ago, is on the front page again today!"

Yu Deling took the newspaper, read it for a while and said, "In just a few days, he has become the most famous Chinese in Europe."

The Yu family has lived overseas all year round and understands the significance of this discovery, and looking at the name, it is obvious that Li Yu, like them, is also a Han.

Minister Yu Geng said: "A few days ago, I received a letter from the imperial court, mentioning that the Empress Dowager wanted to find some new Western gadgets, and specifically mentioned the telescope, which seems to be influenced by this Li Yu."

Brother Yu Xunling said: "It turns out that he is so powerful that even the Queen Mother knows him."

Yu Geng said: "It's not just amazing, now I've seen it, he's really a blockbuster, and he shocked the whole West at once."

As a special envoy, Yugeng has also met many foreign students, but it was the first one who was outstanding like this. After all, European science at that time was really too strong.

"I really want to meet this 'Oriental favorite'."

The youngest, Yu Rongling, looked at the newspaper and said: "It also said that the new star is extremely cold, and it is floating so far away, like being in a lonely seabed."

Because of Yu Rongling's love for art, his mind is also more emotional.

Elder sister De Ling smiled and said, "Later Li Yu also initiated a name-calling invitation, why don't you try to pick a name too?"

Yu Rongling thought for a while and said: "It's so far away, so cold, and it takes us more than 240 years a year. It's like the underworld. I think it's called Pluto!"

In fact, she misunderstood the meaning of year. She only knew that it takes one year for the earth to revolve around the sun. When she read in the newspaper that this planet would take more than 240 years to revolve, she mistakenly thought that its year was faster than that of the earth. It's almost a year on the sun and the earth.

However, it can be regarded as a false hit... In history, the name of Pluto was really given by a ten-year-old British girl.

De Ling said: "It is very artistic, but since it is in Europe, we still have to give it an English name."

Rong Ling thought for a while: "In the underworld, let's use Pluto, the god of the underworld."

De Ling nodded: "Hurry up and write a letter with Li Yu's address on it."

(End of this chapter)