On this day, Li Yu came to the Capital University to talk to Ding Yaoliang about recent events. When he came out, he happened to meet Fan Xiren, Ouyang Mouyuan and others.
"Brother Li!" Fan Xiren hasn't seen Li Yu for a while, "You have been in a lot of limelight recently."
Li Yu said: "Brother Fan, long time no see! Is get out of class over now?"
"Yes, the courses in our official school are much easier than those in the normal school. Are you interested in drinking tea and playing cards together?" Fan Xiren asked.
"What cards are you playing?" Li Yu asked back.
Fan Xiren said: "Mahjong, what else could it be?"
Li Yu spread his hands and said, "I'm not very good at playing mahjong."
"That's so boring," said Ouyang Mouyuan on the side, "Brother Li, what entertainment do you have?"
His question reminded Li Yu that in this era of scarce material resources, there are no computers, no mobile phones, and no Internet. It seems that there are really few things to play with.
Li Yu thought for a while and said, "I know something fun."
Fan Xiren was a little scared: "Brother Li, you must consider our acceptance level..."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's just a game that multiple people can play together. It's not only fun, but also educational."
"Sounds like it is quite suitable for our current status as university students," Fan Xiren became interested, "What is so fun?"
Li Yu said: "It's a strategy game. Let's call a few more people. It's not easy to get started. It just tests everyone's IQ!"
"Hey!" Fan Xiren got excited when he heard this, "It's a test of IQ, right? Just don't test knowledge. Who can beat you in this! I'll see if everyone else is smarter than you!"
Li Yu smiled and said: "Then shake people!"
Li Yu found Feng Zuxun and He Yujie and said, "Stop studying now, let's go play games."
The two of them were studying math problems attentively. When they heard Li Yu's greeting, they asked: "I'm afraid it's not good to play games. I don't even play cards now."
"We can't be rigid science and engineering men," Li Yu said, "We have to balance work and rest! We can't study every day. Besides, how can I harm you? I'm leading you to play a game that tests your IQ."
Feng Zuxun and He Yujie also became interested upon hearing this, "Let's listen to brother Li Yu!"
When the three of them found Fan Xiren, he had already found eight people. As expected, the people from the Shixueguan were rich and free, and they wanted to get involved in anything fun.
Among them was a tall and thin man whom Li Yu had never seen before. Fan Xiren pointed at him and said: "This is Mr. Li Guojie and Mr. Li, whose ancestors are the deceased Mr. Li Hongzhang and Mr. Li Zhongtang."
Li Guojie cupped his hands and said, "I have admired you for a long time. Brother Li Yu's name is now very famous in the capital."
Li Yu replied casually: "Nice to meet you."
Li Guojie is the eldest grandson of Li Hongzhang. One hundred days after Li Hongzhang's death, his father Li Jingshu also died, so Li Guojie inherited Li Hongzhang's title of Marquis Suyi.
However, Li Guojie later had a very bad reputation. When he became the chairman of the Steamship Merchants Company, he actually wanted to sell it to an American businessman. They even arranged for people to assassinate high-level officials of the Republic of China government, which made Chiang Kai-shek angry, and finally arranged for military reunification agents to kill him.
It's just that he is only 22 years old now and is in the "Ding You" period, so he has no actual official position for the time being.
Fan Xiren said: "Master Hou is now coming to our official school to be a lecturer and learn some Western knowledge."
This situation is normal in official schools. Because many court officials do not have time to go to school full-time, they will choose to be "attendants" and come to the university to attend classes. This is somewhat similar to the on-the-job training methods of later generations such as Night University and TV University.
Anyway, there are a lot of people now, so it doesn't matter if there is more of him or less of him. Li Yu mainly wants to entertain these university students.
They came to Watsons Bar together and found a large private room.
Li Yu wrote twelve pieces of paper and introduced them to them: "The game we are going to play is called 'Werewolf', which will test everyone's reasoning ability, analysis and judgment ability, and eloquence." Everyone draws cards to choose their own identity, and the basis of all analysis lies in everyone's speech in turn..."
The game threshold for Werewolf is actually relatively high, but the advantage is that the props are simple and you can play it if you have a venue. It is very suitable for college life in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China when there were no after-school entertainment activities.
Li Yu explained the rules of the game several times after distributing identity cards to them. Today was almost spent in teaching, and it was not until the last game that everyone finally understood the game.
Once you get started, it's really addictive!
Because it’s fun! In the 21st century, board games can survive among all the computer games, and their appeal cannot be overemphasized.
Of course, in the result of the game, Li Yu still won because of his rich experience, and he happened to be a werewolf, so he almost killed everyone in the game.
But Fan Xiren and the others were not convinced at all and shouted that they would continue the next day.
Although Li Yu didn't have that much time, he still tried his best to have fun with them. After all, he felt that there was too little to play now. To be honest, no one can stand doing scientific research every day, so some normal recreational activities are needed. In my previous life, I could watch movies, play games, and exercise, but now I really have nothing.
He plans to make the Three Kingdoms game later, and the standard package will be enough for them to play for several years.
It was also because of Li Yu's "contribution" that he greatly enriched the extracurricular life of the students at the Capital University. Later, as these students studied in Japan, they also brought the board game culture abroad.
Then it slowly spread to European and American countries, and universities around the world competed to carry out various "killings." From then on, everyone knows that board game culture originated in the Imperial Academy.
College students all over the world privately respect Li Yu as the ancestor of board games. Since Li Yu was the first to design Werewolf and Three Kingdoms, everyone prefers to call him: "The Ancestor of Killing."
While they were having a great time, Britain also received the papers sent by Li Yu.
After reading it, Lord Kelvin said to Huggins, President of the Royal Society: "Interesting! We had guessed that Li Yu was a supporter of atomic theory before, but this time he finally stopped hiding it and used atomic theory to explain the principle of magnetism. , the angle is very novel.”
After reading it, President Huggins also said: "The arguments are sound and reasonable, and no flaws can be found. However, I estimate that many people will still question it if it is published."
Lord Kelvin didn't care at all: "What are you afraid of? Let them quarrel. The scientific community should be as lively as boiling water, so that new discoveries can be made. Otherwise, why would everyone do research if they are lifeless? Now Li Yu has added a fire to the fire. , it depends on the effect.”
Huggins said: "Since the old president has said it, let's send it out without changing the original text. He, Li Yu, is also happy and free. Even if the big guys have doubts, he can't bother him. I see that the complaint letter is blocked. Fill our mailbox.”
President Huggins was very prescient. Once the manuscript was published, it immediately attracted the attention of many people.
The newspapers did not "let go" of Li Yu. They once again paid attention to scientific progress and reported Li Yu's paper.
Who is Li Yu? Now he is famous for his book "Fractals and Chaos". The article he wrote this time starts from the most common phenomena in life. Even ordinary readers who cannot understand the subsequent physical derivation can easily read it. Understand the problem.
Suddenly, people started talking about magnets in the streets again, and all the magnets in the stores were sold out.
But now there are many people who don’t believe in atomic theory. As expected, many letters of complaint have been sent to the Royal Society:
"What nonsense! What nonsense! You just accept that atoms are microscopic existences, but you use them to explain macroscopic phenomena? How can small atoms be so powerful? Are all the Royal Society primary school students?"
"According to the article, the magnetic field is generated by electric current, so doesn't it mean that there is electricity in the magnet? I have bought three magnets, and none of them have shocked me! Where is the electricity?! Huh?! Explain to me, electricity where?!"
This is somewhat understandable. Some people started talking seriously: "Everyone knows that the world is composed of the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth. This was pointed out by the Greek sages! Even if it is a magnetic field, I think it is It’s made up of the four elements with a certain effect.”
Some even said: "Disband the Royal Society! Everything is God's will. Don't try to guess God's ways. God laughs when humans think!"
Huggins looked at these letters and was so angry that his beard was blowing: "Why do some clowns want to talk about science?"
Lord Kelvin puffed his cigar and said happily: "This is so lively."
After hearing what he said, President Huggins couldn't laugh or cry: "Mr. Lord, I asked you to read the letter but you didn't read it. Now you can smoke cigars in your leisure time."
Lord Kelvin smiled and said: "I won't read it! Don't worry, there will always be someone who understands."
Of course there are people who understand, and the one who understands most is Thomson, the discoverer of electronics.
After reading the paper, Thomson felt as if he had received an electric shock, and his mind became brighter and brighter: "Electronic motion, electron motion, yes, this is the right explanation!"
Thomson immediately started writing an article: "We assume that inside an atom, there are several particles moving in a sphere with evenly distributed positive charges. The questions we need to answer are, first, the details of the internal structure of the atom, In other words, how do particles arrange themselves in a sphere? Secondly, what properties does this structure give to atoms? We can imagine such a model..."
This is the so-called "jujube cake model" (also called the plum pudding model), and it is also the earliest detailed model of atomic structure.
Thomson believed that positive charges are evenly distributed in atoms, while negatively charged electrons are embedded in atoms, making the whole body electrically neutral.
Although everyone now knows that the "bad model" is full of loopholes and mistakes, it finally made people realize that atoms also have further structures.
Therefore, the "Jujube Cake Model" is not "bad" at all.
Historically, Thomson indeed proposed this model in 1903.
From then on, the research on atomic models officially kicked off, and good things happened one after another.
With the study of atomic models, the behemoth of quantum mechanics has slowly emerged as the tip of the iceberg.
