Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 244 Completion of Particle Accelerator
When his daughter was born, Dr. Chen gave an invention as a gift.

Out of love for his daughter and gratitude to Chen Muwu, the Duke of York thought this matter was very interesting at first.

But the more he listened, the more he felt that what Chen Muwu said was a bit boring.

This is not to say that because he is a nobleman of noble blood, his family does not allow the Duke of York to touch the dangerous sport of drag racing, so he thinks that things like seat belts are dispensable.

On the contrary, he may have to pay attention to his own image when he is outside, so as not to tarnish the identity of the royal family.

But in the Imperial Palace Forbidden Garden, if he wanted to do something, would anyone dare to stop him?

But the reason why drag racing, which was popular at Cambridge University, failed to become popular here at the Duke of York, was not because the speed of the car was too fast, but because the speed of the car was too slow.

An iconic parameter used by later generations to test the driving performance of a car is called [-]-kilometer acceleration, which refers to the time it takes for a car to increase its speed from zero to [-] kilometers per hour after it is started.

But this parameter doesn't make much sense for cars in the 20s.

This is because for most of today's cars, neither the performance of the vehicle nor the road conditions support their ability to soar to more than [-] kilometers per hour.

So for most cars, their acceleration time from [-] kilometers is infinite.

If you haven't experienced faster speeds, driving a car at this time can be considered a pleasure.

But the Duke of York was from the Royal Air Force. Not only did he personally fight in World War I, but he also took the pilot's license test.

After experiencing the feeling of flying unrestrained and extremely fast in the sky, it is of course not interesting to him to step on the gas pedal weakly on the ground.

Chen Muwu told him before that cars could never pose a threat to members of the British royal family.

But airplanes are different. Whether you are a prince or grandson or a commoner, if an air crash says it will kill you, it will kill you, and there is no room for bargaining.

Even if the aircraft industry develops for another 20 years, in 1942, the fourth brother of the Duke of York, who was George VI at that time, Prince George, Duke of Kent, died in a plane crash.

As for another member of the royal family that Chen Muwu knew, the Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustav VI, who will also become king in the future, suffered even more tragically than the Duke of York.

More than four years after George VI's younger brother, the Duke of Kent, died in an air crash, the eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweden, also named Gustav.

He is the second in line heir to the Swedish throne. If he hadn't died, he would take over as the crown prince after the old crown prince ascended the throne and become Gustav VI. If there were no accidents in the future, he would also become the king of Sweden.

Fortunately, a year before his death, a child was born, so it would not be possible for him to become extinct.

And most of his brothers, because they chose true love and married the daughters of commoners, automatically gave up the prince, the duke title and the right to inherit the throne, so that they could not threaten his child to inherit the throne in the future.

Compared with Zhu Yunqi, Karl XVI is really lucky, he doesn't have an Uncle Yan.

Although Chen Muwu knew about these air crashes, just like he couldn't tell the Duke of York that you would become a great treasure and inherit the throne in the future, he couldn't tell about the air crashes in advance.

Preventing others from getting on the plane, saying that something will happen as soon as they get on the plane, the other party will definitely think he is a fool if he directly tells this matter.

After demonstrating the structure and theory of the car seat belt ratchet to the Duke of York, out of politeness, the Duke of York agreed to contact several British car manufacturers for Chen Muwu and help them connect.

As for the success of the matter, it all depends on the follow-up negotiations between the two parties.

The Duke of York only feels that he is acting as an introducer, but he does not know that his introduction is more useful than anything else. Even if others spend tens of thousands of pounds, they may not be able to invite the Duke of York, the big Buddha, to give him a gold medal. mouth.

At today's dinner, Chen Muwu had taken up too much of the Duke of York's time, the goal had been achieved, and the other party was also very impatient.

So he chose to accept it as soon as he saw it. After thanking him, he considered going to the banquet to find some food to fill his stomach.

Unlike his suave and suave single brother, the Duke of York is already married and has a child, so the members who come to the banquet are basically family members, and there are not so many ulterior motives, trying to succeed by hooking up with the Prince of Wales "Socialite".

Although he had attended a similar gathering before, Chen Muwu didn't know many people.

Moreover, everyone is a member of the upper class, and they are naturally on the opposite side of the strikers. In their eyes, Chen Muwu, who supports the strike, is very unpleasant.

He just didn't want to refute the Duke of York's face, so he didn't attack at the scene, but he didn't show any kindness to Chen Muwu.

Chen Muwu didn't have the hobby of putting hot faces on other people's cold asses, and he also didn't want to mix with these celebrities who couldn't afford to support him in academic research. Everyone was not the same.

Fortunately, besides the Duke of York, he had another acquaintance at the scene.

After looking around, Chen Muwu appeared beside Huxley.

This person should be a die-hard elder brother, otherwise why would Chen Muwu see him every time he was at the Duke of York's house?
The intersection between the two people, in addition to being friends of the Duke of York, also met in David Faraday's laboratory. Huxley himself was a witness to the mistake of the Chen effect of superconductors.

Seeing Chen Muwu sitting over, he first made a friendly gesture, "Dr. Chen, long time no see."

"Professor Huxley, hello. Glad you don't hate me for the strike like they do."

"Why would I do that? There is indeed a contradiction between capitalists and workers, just like the moon, even if you blindfold yourself and force yourself to be invisible, the moon is there.

"The Duke of York often goes to the front line of industrial production to inspect the conditions of the workers. He is also very worried about this. It's a pity that he speaks lightly. Even though he has made various appeals, no one always pays attention to his opinions.

"Among the few princes, people always prefer the one who likes to show off, but turn a blind eye to the down-to-earth one. It's a pity that the country will still be handed over to that kind of person in the future. I really don't know what to do when the time comes."

I have to say that Huxley's associative ability is really rich.

He can turn from the strike to the complaint about the Prince of Wales, either because he has a very good relationship with the Duke of York, or because he hates the Duke of York's eldest brother very much.

"Professor Huxley, please don't be so pessimistic. A hundred years after the current king of England, the Prince of Wales will be on the throne. But who can say that this king, the Prince of Wales, cannot be the Duke of York?"

"Dr. Chen, what do you mean? I don't understand. Is this also the result of quantum mechanics and parallel universes?"

Chen Muwu was once invited by Sir Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes series, to give a lecture at the Ghost Club in London. At that time, he talked about the parallel universe theory he proposed at the Royal Society of London in order to fool Einstein.

Huxley, himself a member of the Ghost Club, attended that lecture and has vivid memories of this parallel universe.

Now that Chen Muwu suddenly said these prophetic words to him, Huxley inevitably thought in that direction.

Chen Muwu also wanted to continue fooling around, saying something like "watching the stars at night".

But he also felt that that kind of behavior was a bit too arrogant, so he could only analyze it seriously.

"This has nothing to do with parallel universes, Professor Huxley, it's just my own analysis.

"The Prince of Wales is one year older than His Royal Highness, but until now, he has not married, let alone a child. Judging by his personality and the lace news published in the tabloids, I am not optimistic about it." The Prince of Wales is able to settle down in a stable marriage.

"If he dies alone, then His Royal Highness the Duke will always be the high-ranking heir to the throne. Even if His Highness himself may not be able to inherit due to some factors, then the little princess he just got can also inherit the British throne. "

Chen Muwu's words did not persuade Huxley to raise his brows.

He was still worried: "What if one day the Prince of Wales suddenly changes his gender and wants to get married?"

Chen Muwu said in his heart, that would be even worse. He didn’t love the country and love beautiful women. He had been king for more than 300 days and abdicated because he wanted to marry an American celebrity who had been divorced twice. It was such a big joke.

Baldwin, the senior of his Trinity College, was really unlucky. Churchill was such a thorn in his subordinates, and it was his turn to be such an unreliable king.

Although for Huxley, this is great news.

Having passed the dinner at the Duke of York's house without any risk, Chen Muwu was not in a hurry to return to Cambridge University.

Now that he was in London, he felt that he had to go to the Chinese legation in the UK to pay his respects to the pier no matter what.

At the beginning of this year, Zhu Zhaoxin, the ambassador to Italy who had been in London for a year, finally set off for Rome, where he presented his credentials to Baldy Mo, who was in power.

The embassy in the UK has a new spokesperson, Chen Weicheng. Since he took office until now, the two have never met each other.

After procrastinating for so long, it is really inappropriate not to visit again, maybe there will be more people to ask for in the future.

Chen Weicheng is a newcomer who came to the UK from China. It is normal for him not to know Chen Muwu.

But the other staff members in the embassy are very familiar with Chen Muwu.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the legation, many people came to greet him.

When he was doing experiments in the David Faraday laboratory, Zhu Zhaoxin sent a driver to drive the car of the embassy for a long time to pick him up and down between the embassy and the Royal Research Institute.

The car driver also saw Chen Muwu. He stood in the corner and whispered hello: "Dr. Chen, Dr. Chen!"

Looking at the meaning, the other party seemed to have something to say to him.

Chen Muwu walked towards the driver, and then heard some words that made him dumbfounded.

The driver asked him if he needed a driver. The embassy couldn't pay his salary for several months, and he couldn't live on.

He can only vaguely deal with it and say that he will think about it later, after all, he doesn't even have a decent car now.

In the office, Chen Muwu finally met his family member Chen Weicheng.

After greeting each other, the new chargé d'affaires did the same thing as the driver just now, that is, crying poor.

Not only is the salary of the staff unable to be paid, but the food expenses of the legation have been reduced a lot in recent months.

The accountant in charge of procurement has even informed him that if the domestic Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not transfer the money, based on the current expenditure calculation, in another ten and a half months, the legation may have to eat only one meal a day to barely It was maintained until the end of the year, and finally closed down.

The fundamental reason why the embassy could not uncover the pot was caused by various messy things of the Beiyang government in China.

Cao Kun fell for more than a year, and Duan Qirui also fell.

Zhang Dashuai took the train from Fengtian and entered Beijing with unlimited scenery.

At the same time, the Nationalist Government in the south resumed the Northern Expedition after the death of Prime Minister Xian.

Under such circumstances, the various embassies and embassies stationed abroad who are far away from their homeland and drifting overseas have become abandoned children who are not loved by grandma and uncle.

Chen Weicheng complained, but Chen Muwu had no intention of lending money to the embassy.

With the victory of the Northern Expedition, the Beiyang government was about to fall.

When the new Beijing government takes over the embassy in the UK, his shrewd and stingy fellow Jiang will not even pay the annual annuity for his two medals, and he will certainly not admit to this muddled account.

As long as this money is borrowed, it is doomed to go to waste. Chen Muwu is not that stupid.

Not here to eat and drink like before, this is his last tenderness.

If the cook at the legation came out to apply for a job, then maybe Chen Muwu could really bring people back to Cambridge.

He had gained a lot at the Duke of York's house, and almost lost money at the embassy. His trip to London should still be called a worthwhile trip.

As soon as he returned to Cambridge University, Cockcroft excitedly approached the door again.

He told Chen Muwu that the new charge conveyor belt he ordered not long ago will be delivered to his door soon.

Although this is the second time he has cried wolf, but now everything is ready, as long as the conveyor belt is installed and the generator can run perfectly, the particle accelerator will be considered a successful development.

After Chen Muwu told the teacher about it, even Rutherford was very excited.

On the day when he went to Cambridge Railway Station to pick up the goods, he even personally escorted the car with Chen Muwu, welcoming the hard-won conveyor belt from the railway station back to the hut outside Cambridgeshire like the ancient way of welcoming the imperial decree.

Success or failure depended on one move, and Rutherford even struck the match three times before finally igniting the match in his hand.

(End of this chapter)