Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 262 01 Manchuria station scene

A few months later, Chen Muwu once again stood on the platform of the Manzhouli Railway Station, waiting in line to be inspected by Sulian customs and border guards.

He was accompanied by Oppenheimer, who was completely localized in appearance and dress.

It is different from the previous time when I entered Sulian from Europe and had to change trains due to inconsistent track gauges when going through customs.

In Manzhouli, Chen Muwu only needs to wait to pass the inspection. He does not need to carry his luggage and change to an additional broad-gauge train.

Because the Middle East Railway next to me has the same gauge as that in Sulian, both of which are Russian-made 1524 mm wide gauge.

Not to mention the Manchuria Railway Station next to it, even the entire Middle Eastern Railway leading to Harbin and Suifenhe is the legacy of Tsarist Russia.

Even the place name Manchuria is a transliteration from Russian, which means the first stop to enter Manchuria.

In order to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, linking Mosco and Vladivostok, Tsarist Russia decided to borrow a route from the northeast of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, when the Qing government sent Li Hongzhang to the coronation ceremony of Tsar Nicholas II in Mosko, he coerced and lured him to sign a treaty allowing the construction of railways in the northeast.

Mr. Zhongtang couldn't bear to be a traitor himself. In the capital of a foreign country, he was not afraid of the opponent's large numbers of people, argued hard with reason, and even used threats.

Li Zhongtang won the final victory and successfully convinced the Russians to give up the idea of ​​naming the railway "Manchuria Railway". In the end, he followed his old man's wishes and called the railway the Qing Eastern Provincial Railway, or the Eastern Qing Railway for short. , this railway artery for Russia’s invasion of Northeast China was finally built.

After the Qing Dynasty disappeared, the Dongqing Railway was renamed the Middle East Railway.

In the future, a war will break out between the two countries over the right of way of this railway, and the result will be a disastrous defeat.

At this time, the gauge of most railways in China used the standard gauge of 1435 feet [-] and [-]/[-] inches, that is, [-] mm.

This standard was formulated by George Stephenson, a British engineer and inventor of the world's first train, the Voyager.

The United Kingdom is the number one industrial power in the world and has many overseas colonies, so it has pushed this rail gauge standard to all parts of the world.

Although the Qing Dynasty at that time was not a British colony, it was still a semi-colonial and semi-feudal state. A lot of British capital poured into the country and frantically plundered money and resources.

The Tangxu Railway, the first railway officially organized by the Qing government, hired British engineer Jinda, so the track gauge naturally adopted standard gauge.

And the Jingfeng Railway, which was continuously extended from the Tangxu Railway to both ends, is naturally also a standard gauge.

Later Jinpu Railway, Zhengtai Railway, Jingzhang Railway, etc. also adopted this gauge.

Although there are also many small private railways, due to price reasons, they choose to build narrow-gauge railways that cost less to build.

However, after overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and entering the Republic of China, the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of China unified the gauge of the whole country into a standard gauge of 1435 mm.

So now, Chen Muwu takes a train from Sihai to the north, passes through Jinpu Road to Tianli, then transfers to Jingfeng Road to Fengtian, and finally gets on the train of the South Manchuria Railway. The trains along this way are all running on standard gauge railways. .

Until I arrived at the terminal station of the Nanman Railway, Qichun.

The South Manchuria Railway was originally a branch line of the Middle East Railway built by Tsarist Russia.

After obtaining the natural ice-free port of Vladivostok through various unequal treaties, Nicholas II, who had just ascended the throne, had a long way to go. He also wanted to get another ice-free port in the Pacific Ocean in the hinterland of China, so he set his sights on Successfully obtained Port Arthur and Darien from the Qing government.

In order to better control this seaport, the Russians, while building a railway from Manchuria to Suifen River, also branched off an additional branch line from Harbin, passing through Qianchun and Fengtian, directly to Luda.

Not long after the construction of the Middle East Railway, I proposed with good intentions that the Russian monsters could not be allowed to do evil in the land of the friendly neighbor Qing Dynasty, and I was willing to send troops to help drive the Russians out of the Northeast. This led to the outbreak of Lu Xun's "Mr. Fujino" Describing the Russo-Japanese War where the film was shown after mycology class.

This war not only failed to drive the Russians away, but also introduced the hungry wolf of myself to the Northeast.

It's hard to say who wins and who loses, anyway, I won the right of way on the branch line of the Middle East Railway south of Qichun.

Because it is located in southern Manchuria, it was renamed the South Manchuria Railway, and the track gauge was changed from the 1524 mm wide gauge to the 1435 mm standard gauge consistent with the Beijing-Fengcheng Railway.

The abbreviation of South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. is "Manchuria Railway", which is the vanguard of Japan's invasion of China.

A few years ago, Chen Muwu's first trip abroad was when he boarded the steamer Enri Horidou of the French Merchant Line at the Manchurian Railway Huangpu Pier in Shanghai.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that this time Chen Muwu took Oppenheimer to Europe from China again, and unexpectedly got in touch with Manchurian Railway again.

The standard gauge train took them all the way from Sihai to Qichun, and then the two of them transferred to Kuanchengzi Railway Station. From here they boarded the wide gauge train, first to Harbin and then to the border with Manchuria.

So it's not that they didn't change to broad-gauge trains when they entered the Soviet Union this time, but they moved forward the procedure of changing trains from the border to their own country.

——Just because there is such a humiliating history behind it.

In the early autumn of the Northland, the air has begun to be somewhat cool.

The cool wind woke up Chen Muwu, who was familiar with all this but could not change the status quo, and let him temporarily come out of the humiliation and grief, and began to recall the time in China for more than a month.

After leaving Mosko, Chen Muwu followed the Crown Prince of Sweden and boarded his special train again, heading towards the far east.

Although every time I go to a big station to add coal, water and food for the train, I can always go down to the platform, or go for a walk around the station, and I have also seen the origin of Chen Muwu's name, the "Beihai" where Su Wu herded sheep, Lake Baikal .

But overall, the journey of more than ten days was still boring.

In addition to eating and sleeping, and occasionally chatting with the Crown Prince of Sweden about the school's school philosophy in Stockholm in the future, or introducing him to the domestic situation and the attractions and delicacies in various cities, Chen Muwu spent most of his time in the turbulence. in a daze on the train.

Others even organized mahjong-playing entertainment. Chen Muwu only participated in one night before he was kicked out of the mahjong room because his poker skills were too good.

Fortunately, there was a lover, Oppenheimer, who stood up for his unsatisfactory teacher. Relying on his ingenuity and the Jewish natural calculation brain, during the few days on the train, the two of them were separated. Basically all the travel expenses of the trip were won back.

Taking advantage of this extremely free time, Chen Muwu initially wanted to write a physics textbook for future Stockholm schools, or write another paper on quantum field theory.

But firstly, the train running on the railroad tracks was too bumpy, and secondly, he was afraid that he would have to travel around after returning to China, and the manuscript in his luggage might be lost, so Chen Muwu did not write in the end.

It's definitely not because he's lazy.

When it arrived, the train entered Manchuria, and the Beiyang government, like Su Lian, sent a high-level delegation to greet them on the platform of the current train station. Cai Tingqian, who was acting as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at this time, also arrived at the scene.But the biggest official among them was not the acting foreign minister, but Zhang Marshal's son, Marshal Zhang.

Everyone else came to welcome the Swedish crown prince who was visiting China, and the young marshal's ostensible mission was the same.

But the real thought in his heart is to meet the author of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

In order to earn money for traveling to Europe, Chen Muwu wore the vest of Yao Fulan and wrote the book "Shooting the Condor". Since it was serialized in Tianyi's "Yi Shi Bao", it has become popular all over the country in a short period of time.

Zhang Shaoshuai, the head of the four sons of the Republic of China, was also a young man at that time.

He learned of this novel by accident, and was soon attracted by the story of happy grievances and enmity.

Especially the author's name, Yao Fulan, looks like a chivalrous woman like Lu Siniang who assassinated Yongzheng.

"My fair lady, a gentleman is so good", Mr. Zhang immediately became interested in Miss Yao, wanting to see her beauty.

So he sent someone to send himself directly to the headquarters of "Yi Shi Bao" in Tianyi, and personally asked the editor-in-chief of the supplement "Yi Zhi Zong" who this Miss Yao Fulan was and where her home was.

Although Chen Muwu had told the "Yi Shi Bao" agency not to reveal his true situation before, it still depends on who he is with.

Mr. Zhang came to the door in person, even if he borrowed their eight heads, they dare not tell the truth.

Knowing that Ms. Yao is not a woman, but a gentleman, Mr. Zhang's interest was cut by half at once.

Fortunately, the story of "Shooting the Condors" was attractive enough, which made him continue to read it.

Winter goes to spring, cold comes and summer goes.

Chen Muwu has become more and more famous abroad, and he has also become a benchmark in academic circles at home.

Mr. Zhang naturally heard his name again. He didn't expect the author to write novels as a side job, but his main job was to be a world-renowned scientist.

Chen Muwu was growing up, and Young Master Zhang was growing up under his father's shadow.

In addition to being the eldest son of the Feng clan and the future successor of the commander-in-chief, he also has other identities.

One of them is the largest investor of the newly established Northeastern University.

It may be that he is jealous of the bald head in the south as the principal, and Mr. Zhang also wants to be the principal.

Therefore, he was very attentive to Northeastern University. When he heard that Chen Muwu was going back to China with the Crown Prince of Sweden who was visiting China, he had the idea of ​​going to the scene to greet him.

After politely welcoming the visiting Crown Prince of Sweden, Mr. Zhang set his sights on the only young man of his own age among the accompanying team.

The first time he saw Chen Muwu, Mr. Zhang felt that he was a good fit.

In particular, the two of them have similar surnames, one is Hanqing and the other is Hanchen, both are loyal ministers who are dedicated to supporting the Han Dynasty.

Mr. Zhang felt that this was destined in the dark, so he was very close to Chen Muwu, and he praised Chen Muwu's masterpiece "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

As much as Mr. Zhang was enthusiastic about the matter of horse falling, Chen Muwu was embarrassed.

After finally coping with it, Mr. Zhang proposed another serious matter. He wanted to invite Chen Muwu to work at the newly established Northeastern University to help organize the physics education of the school. select.

It doesn't matter whether the position is good or not, Chen Muwu is very excited about the condition of having enough funds.

Although he can also find money in the UK and Sweden, he has to pay a lot of extra conditions for it, and sell a lot of patents that can obviously make a lot of money.

Some people said that they could provide funds unconditionally, and Chen Muwu was very moved.

If there had not been the subsequent war and the turmoil in the Northeast, Chen Muwu would have really wanted to take root here and start making nuclear bombs from the gas diffusion plant and the uranium enrichment plant.

But if there is no if, everything will happen according to the original process.

Chen Muwu couldn't tell Mr. Zhang, who was devoted to learning, to tell his father-in-law right now that he would have bad luck in two years' time after returning home, especially in June, so he should never take the train.

As long as he said this, Mr. Zhang would treat him as a psychopath at least, or as a spy at worst, and arrest him and put him in Xiaohe's room for interrogation.

An old warlord with a bandit background, it doesn't matter whether Chen Muwu is a world-renowned scientist or not.

Even if in the best case, Zhang Dashuai's fate is changed, who can guarantee that the crazy person himself will not adopt other methods?
Therefore, Chen Muwu still rejected Mr. Zhang's invitation to teach, which he was very excited about, but he couldn't bear to see such a big financial backer slip away in front of him, so he revealed to Mr. Zhang that he planned to run a school in Sweden.

Han Chen returned to China with the Crown Prince of Sweden this time just to prepare a way to select international students. If Mr. Zhang is interested, the two parties can cooperate on this matter.

Until the winter of 1936, Mr. Zhang was very influential in the country, and he had plenty of money but was not greedy for money. Using him would also provide a lot of convenience for future selection work in the country.

Although Chen Muwu could not be kept in Northeastern University, Mr. Zhang also showed interest in this matter.

But it is unclear whether he really wants to send students to Europe to learn advanced knowledge, or whether he wants to build a good relationship with Chen Muwu.

At the beginning, Mr. Zhang wanted to set the exam location at Northeastern University. After learning that Chen Muwu said he wanted to do it in Guhai, he proposed that he could contribute a sum of money every year to subsidize the selected students from Northeast China to go to Europe. travel expenses.

Chen Muwu, who had lost the watermelon, finally picked up a sesame seed from the ground.

In a good mood, he gave Mr. Zhang another gift, rushed ahead of Ms. Lin, and drew the design idea of ​​Northeastern University Baishan Heishui school emblem on paper.

After talking about the academic matters, Mr. Zhang raised the question again, asking when this "Miss Yao" can continue to write the sequel of the martial arts novel. Countless readers are eagerly looking forward to it.

Facing the big donor's request to press the manuscript, Chen Muwu could only laugh and say "it will be next time" and perfunctory it.

There were shouts in Russian on the platform, and a Chinese translator said that everyone's luggage and documents had been checked and they should board the train quickly to cross the border.

Chen Muwu temporarily put away his thoughts of memories, patted Oppenheimer who was holding a piece of roasted sweet potato beside him, and motioned for him to follow behind him, and walked to the carriage where the two were before.

(End of this chapter)