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

Chapter 67 Undercurrent
Rong Ling ran to the desk, unfolded the manuscript paper and took out a pen, but she had just written a few lines before being interrupted by De Ling: "I think it would be better if you don't write in English."

Rong Ling raised his face and asked, "Why?"

Sister De Ling thought quickly: "Think about it, there must be many people writing letters to Li Yu now, I think most of them must be in English, French, German or Italian and other European languages, if he suddenly sees a letter written in A letter written in Chinese, guess what will happen?"

"I understand!" Rong Ling immediately understood, she changed a piece of clean white manuscript paper, and re-wrote the elegant Chinese lowercase.

Hals Hill Observatory, suburb of London.

Li Yu has recently received hundreds of letters and telegrams, all of which want to name the new planet. He really can't imagine that people are so enthusiastic about the new planet.

In the era without the Internet, a little thing can stir up waves, and everyone really doesn't have much to do.

He couldn't read so many letters by himself, so he brought the editor of "Proceedings of Natural Science" Jolson over, and the two of them read the letters piled up into a hill together.

There are all kinds of names in it, such as Zeus, Percival, Constance, Cronus.

In fact, Li Yu himself thought about naming it directly, but he still followed the suggestions of President Huggins and Lord Kelvin, and in accordance with the gentleman tradition at that time, he organized a naming activity, which could also arouse everyone's enthusiasm even more.

Jorsen was very satisfied with those names, but Li Yu still had a chance and didn't make a decision.

"Hey! This letter is a bit strange." Jorsen said.

Li Yu had read too many "strange" letters, so he didn't take it for granted, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The letter turned out to be written in Chinese."

"Chinese?"

Li Yu was startled, and immediately took the letter. In addition to the address in English, there was also a mailing address in Chinese on the envelope: Yu Rongling, Embassy of the Qing Dynasty in Paris.

After Zhanxin read the content, Li Yu immediately excitedly said: "Great, that's it!"

Jorsen didn't understand, so he asked, "What is it?"

"Just take the name from this letter: Pluto, Pluto!"

I didn't expect that someone could think of this name, and it turned out to be a Chinese!

The three characters "Pluto" are naturally Chinese names, while "Pluto" is an English name.

Although the name still seems to have not changed, but now there is a Chinese name first, and then translated into an English name, so there are still substantial differences.

After all, Chinese and English must be translated into each other no matter what, the word order is very important.

It's really fat and water doesn't flow to outsiders' fields...

Newspapers quickly picked up the news, as the world waited for the name of the new planet.

People were discussing: "Pluto! What a great name, who came up with it?"

"I heard it's a Chinese girl in Paris."

"Chinese girl?"

If it was before, public opinion would definitely be crazy against Chinese girls naming important discoveries, but since the discoverers are all Chinese, they have nothing to say, and Li Yu has the right to decide on naming.

In fact, even if Yu Rongling didn't think of the name "Pluto", someone else would think of it soon.Because Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are three brothers by name.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Among the letters still on the way, there are several letters with the same name.

After the Yu family saw the report, Yu Rongling was so excited that she took off her shoes and happily danced in the hall. After dancing, she said happily: "Sister, I have decided. From now on, this is the coldest Pluto is my friend, and Li Yu is also my friend!"

Yu Deling smiled and said, "Didn't you say last time that he might be ugly and that he was still an old pedant?"

Rong Ling said: "Daddy said, he is not an old pedant, and...even if he is ugly, he is still my friend!"

Minister Yu Geng never expected that his daughter would name a planet and it would be adopted!It's so dreamy!

Now not only Li Yu, but most of Europe know that the namer of the new planet is a little girl from China. I think I have been a special envoy for seven or eight years and have never made headlines. How can even a girl’s film be featured when I get involved with Li Yu? !
Yu Geng felt a little regretful, he would have let his children learn more from the West if he knew it earlier.

It's a good thing no matter what, Yu Geng has a great affection for Li Yu in his heart, and when he comes to France, he should thank him no matter what.

In addition to name letters, many postcards expressing praise also poured in. I have to say that the academic atmosphere in Europe was really good at that time, and people were too enthusiastic about science. After all, it was thanks to science that they were so powerful.

Europeans have always had unique hobbies, such as sports. In addition to the well-known football, track and field and cycling, which are rarely watched by people, are also favorites of Europeans.

Most people may feel that these things are boring, and they don't know why Europeans can like them so much.

Boltzmann didn't know much about astronomy, but he still wrote a letter and sent it to London, expressing his congratulations to this young confidant who had never met:

"I am very pleased to read about your achievements in the newspaper. If I am not ill, I must go to London to meet you in person."

Li Yu was very surprised when he saw the letter from the big brother, and he immediately wrote back the letter cautiously: "I am really terrified to receive the professor's handwritten letter! I am only a junior in the academic world, how dare I let the professor go personally, and I will go to the University of Vienna to meet you in person. consult."

When Boltzmann saw the reply, his eyes were full of smiles, and he replied: "I have heard an old saying in your country, which is that once a word is spoken, it is hard to follow."

Li Yu looked at the crooked Chinese characters on the letter, even missing a dot in the word "horse", and laughed. Although the writing was wrong, it can be seen that this boss really put his heart into it!

"I promise to live up to my promise!" Li Yu also wrote the eight words in Chinese at the end of his reply, "Once a word is said, it is hard to follow". Although his brush calligraphy is not good enough, he can still pass the hard pen calligraphy.

Not only ordinary readers and academic leaders, the discovery of Pluto has also set off a small trend among some young people.

A middle school in Illinois, USA.

The 14-year-old Hubble was ecstatic when he read the newspaper. It turns out that astronomy can be so interesting!

The young Hubble was a child prodigy in mathematics and a great athlete. He won the high jump championship in Illinois and set a record. Even the sports coach once hoped that he would become a professional athlete.

But in a very ordinary class session, when the teacher asked everyone about their dreams, Hubble resolutely said: "I want to be an astronomer!"

Invisibly, Li Yu actually planted the seeds of astronomy again, which is unexpected!But it will take many years to flower and germinate.

Half a month has passed in the UK, and the special mission is about to leave the UK for France.Originally, Lord Kelvin wanted to invite Li Yu to give a speech, but it was too late.

But Lord Kelvin was still very powerful. Through his own connections, Li Yu got the right to use the telegraph station set up by The Times in Beijing.This was the fastest way of communication at the time, and it saved a lot of telegraph fees.

Back then, the distance between Shanghai and Suzhou was so short, and the price of telegrams had reached an astonishing 7 characters per silver dollar!That is, ten words cost [-] renminbi, and ordinary people really can't afford it!

　First, why didn't the book friends leave a message with a name like "Li Yuxing"? I changed the name because I was afraid of causing misunderstandings and making it impossible to substitute;
　　And in fact, this discovery is not qualified enough to be called "Li Yuxing", and there are even more powerful ones behind.Using the protagonist's name too early will not be able to highlight the power of the subsequent protagonist's name.

　　Second, regarding the heroine, I actually didn't think about it.

　　In the future, it is very likely that we will hold a poll to let everyone choose the most popular one.

　　So I try to write out the female characters one by one as early as possible.

　　I also don't really want to engage in a harem or multiple heroines.

　　But the single heroine faces a difficult choice.

　　Anyway, the hero can’t be changed, you can only vote for a heroine, hahaha!
　　
　
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