The few of them were studying in full swing, but they didn't realize that Kawashima Naniwa had already noticed Li Yu from the moment he entered the door.
Kawashima Naniwa is a professional spy who is very sensitive to the dynamics of the people around him. Moreover, Japan is so ambitious now that its understanding of China is many times greater than that of the Qing court itself.
Various dignitaries and celebrities in the capital have all conducted detailed investigations. If they wanted to, they could track the life trajectories of important people, and even deduce from various details what time they squatted in the pit, what time they ate, and even whether they had a rest at night.
Japan's careful attention to the Qing Dynasty is almost like a couple in love. ——Of course this is not love.
Li Yu is very famous now, even in the West. Kawashima Naniwa has naturally noticed him a long time ago.
If Li Yu hadn't had a certain God's perspective as a time traveler, he wouldn't have noticed Kawashima Naniwa at all, let alone realized that Kawashima Naniwa was paying attention to him, and he would have been completely kept in the dark.
After listening to the play, Kawashima Naniwa immediately came to a secret base. He knocked on the door rhythmically a few times, and after a while the door opened.
Kawashima Naniwa said: "Black Dragon Club, Kawashima Naniwa." The man who opened the door bowed to him and extended his hand inward: "Mr. Kawashima, please come in." This is the first generation of Japanese espionage chief, Aoki, the military attache stationed in the Qing Dynasty. The infamous espionage agency established by Xuan Chun - Aoki Mansion.
The well-known Kenji Doihara is the third generation spy chief, and Nobujun Aoki can be regarded as his
"Master". Kawashima Naniwa entered a secret room and bowed to everyone in turn: "Minister Uchida, General Aoki." Japanese Minister to the Qing Dynasty Yasuya Uchida said: "Why didn't Uchida Ryohei and Toyama Mitsuru come?" Kawashima Naniwa said: "Chief Uchida Advisor Yotoyama is busy with Russian espionage work, and now he cannot escape from Vladivostok." Nobuzumi Aoki nodded: "It's enough to have you representing the Black Dragon Society, sit down." Uchida Yasuya asked: "What new information have been acquired recently? Intelligence?" Kawashima Naniwa said: "I have done some in-depth investigations about Li Yu, who is concerned about Mr. Minister." Nobuzumi Aoki is a military attache. He is mainly concerned about the political and business circles and does not know much about academia. So he asked: "Li Yu?" Minister Yasuya Uchida explained: "He is a very amazing genius in science who has suddenly appeared in the past year. Even Western newspapers have praised him highly."
"Science?" Nobuzumi Aoki asked again,
"What kind of science?" Uchida Yasuya said: "Judging from the papers he published, it should be basic mathematical sciences." Nobuzumi Aoki said: "Mathematics and physics? I have studied some. Is it possible that he Did the Qing Dynasty make powerful machinery or weapons?"
"It shouldn't be possible for the time being." Uchida Yasuya said.
"Should it? That said, I'm still not sure." Nobuzumi Aoki said. Uchida Yasuya nodded: "Unfortunately, no one in our intelligence department or the embassy can understand Li Yu's articles and papers. It is only speculated from the reaction of the Western scientific community that it should be very advanced. But there is indeed nothing about machinery and weapons in the paper. Theory and design content." Nobuzumi Aoki asked again: "In this case, is this person a big threat?" Uchida Yasuya said: "It's hard to say. After all, mathematical sciences are the basis of many other sciences. Maybe this person may be a threat in the future. A huge burst of energy.”
"Oh?" Nobuzumi Aoki felt a little familiar with this routine,
"Isn't it similar to the rise of our Great Japanese Empire?" Uchida Yasuya nodded and said: "If we take time, we really can't say for sure. Mathematical science is the foundation of modern industry after all."
"It seems that our intelligence department really needs to pay attention to this person." Nobuzumi Aoki said.
"I think so too," Uchida Yasuya said.
"Ms. Kane Takeda, the wife of Mr. Said, the British Minister to the Qing Dynasty, once mentioned Li Yu to me. At that time, he had just emerged. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, he was already well-known in the entire scientific community." Uchida Yasuya told Sichuan again. Shima Naniwa said: "Tell me about Li Yu's situation." Kawashima Naniwa took over and said: "I really don't understand what Li Yu wrote, and I can't evaluate his specific strength. But I have contacted him secretly. I joined the Kyoto University to teach Hattori Unoyoshi. Hattori-kun once told me that Li Yu’s knowledge is so horrifying that even our professors at Tokyo Imperial University are inferior to him." Nobujun Aoki said in disbelief: "Great Japan Are the top professors in the empire not as good as him?"
"Yes! Hattori-kun told me so definitely at that time," Kawashima Naniwa said,
"Not only that, he also said that this person's knowledge is still bottomless and cannot be seen through at all." Nobuzumi Aoki touched his chin and said: "It's so unusual." Kawashima Naniwa added: "Fortunately now The Qing court didn't seem to pay enough attention to him, and he didn't hold an official position in the Qing court. I think we can find an opportunity to get close to him, and then test his attitude." Uchida Yasuya agreed: "It can be done. It's just that I heard that he had been to St. Petersburg before. I wonder if he has any connection with Russia?" Naniwa Kawashima said: "The Black Dragon Society has investigated this matter and found that Li Yu only went to the Royal University of St. Petersburg. Neither the Tsar nor the top Russian officials Contact him." Uchida Yasuya nodded and said: "This matter must be confirmed clearly, in case he has private contact with Russian high-level officials, and then enters our internal affairs, becomes a double agent, and leaks the top secrets of the Japanese Empire to Russia Something is wrong with people.”
"I understand," Kawashima Naniwa said,
"I will try my best to win over him while ensuring his loyalty. It is best to let him come to our side wholeheartedly and become a pro-Japanese faction, so that we can support him. If he is on the hostile side, huh, we will see when the time comes. Done!"
"I agree with Mr. Kawashima. For the sake of the great cause of the Japanese Empire, we must be cautious." Nobuzumi Aoki said.
Uchida Yasuya said: "Anyway, we should pay more attention to this person now, but right now we have more urgent things to do. I have recently been contacting Gongsan Norbu, the king of the Karaqin Right Banner in Mongolia, which is close to Manchuria, and I have already obtained A certain amount of trust. Kawashima-kun, is your work progressing smoothly?" Kawashima Naniwa said: "It's going very well. Now Prince Su has established a very good personal relationship with me, and his sister is the princess of Prince Gong." Uchida Yasuya said: "Very good! If we can win over them, it will be extremely beneficial to our future confrontation with Russia. I have promised King Gong to arrange for him to participate in the Great Japanese Empire's Industry Expo that will be held soon. We will exhibit at the exhibition If the strong industrial strength can shock him, I believe that King Gong will unswervingly become a pro-Japanese faction." Nobuzumi Aoki said: "Mr. Uchida is very thoughtful, working step by step, and completing the infiltration task in a subtle way. It is really profound. I admire you deeply for knowing the essence of espionage." Uchida Yasuya said: "We are all striving for the great cause of the empire. If we cooperate sincerely, we will definitely achieve great things." Then Uchida Yasuya looked at Kawashima Naniwa again,
"Kawashima-kun, our arrangements have been very thorough. You must also instruct the Black Dragon Association to advance the follow-up intelligence on Russia as soon as possible."
"Hi!" Kawashima Naniwa said,
"I will inform Chief Uchida and Advisor Touyama as soon as possible to fulfill the mission." When the Japanese intelligence officers over there were studying him, Li Yu didn't know. In fact, he didn't care too much. At least he was safe now. In other words, the greater the reputation, the safer it is.
At this time, Li Yugang gave several popular science stories to Shenbao reporter Shi Liangcai, and then he was imagining science fiction.
To be honest, Li Yu is not good at this, but fortunately
He understood the word "science fiction" very well. Especially for people at the beginning of the 20th century, even Li Yu's daily life in his previous life would already seem like science fiction to the present 100 years after the rapid changes.
So Li Yu wasn't too worried about the story, but felt that there were too many and couldn't find where to start.
As long as the story is well written, even if the writing is not good, it can be polished, and even Lu Bicheng can do the job.
In short, the key question is what science fiction story to write. Although Li Yu has read many works on science fiction themes, it is impossible for him to retell it completely. Moreover, considering the current background of the times, it is unrealistic to write something that is too advanced or too far ahead of the current technological level for ordinary readers. If you can't understand, it's useless.
After thinking about it, Li Yu felt that he should start with science fiction movies that cater to a wider audience, especially those with great influence.
When talking about science fiction movies, many immediately came to mind, and Li Yu finally decided to start with "Star Wars" first.
Li Yu has watched the Star Wars series many times. Although he cannot cover all the details, he knows the overall plot well.
The Star Wars series was produced in the 1970s and did not involve too much in the super-era computer field. People today still have no problem understanding it.
Moreover, this series belongs to soft science fiction, and even has settings similar to cold weapons such as lightsabers. There are also many humanistic plots in the story, which is relatively acceptable to the general public.
The story of the struggle between the Galactic Empire and the protagonists told in the first part of the Star Wars series is also relatively consistent with the current situation. It is a kind of weak defeating the strong.
When writing the storyline, Li Yu made slight adjustments to the backgrounds of the characters, and the names of the characters also blended Eastern and Western elements.
Li Yu didn't need to write in very detail. He only needed to write out the outline and let Lu Bicheng polish it.
Lu Bicheng happened to also understand English and could translate everything along the way. After all, I am now following Yan Fu, the general manager of the Translation Center of the Capital University, so it is relatively convenient to translate something.
However, Li Yu found that even if he wrote a detailed outline, there were still a lot of words. Today's fountain pens are not very comfortable to hold, and there is not much consideration for ergonomics. The key is that they are much heavier than later generations of fountain pens. It is really hard to write a lot.
My middle finger is sore and painful, and it would be nice to have a keyboard. Li Yu knew that typewriters had already been invented, but they were definitely not available in Beijing.
Fortunately, things seem to be turning around again. Although the Qing royal family didn't even know that there was an espionage organization in the Qingmu Mansion under the Imperial City, and even the princes didn't know that they were getting along with spies, they were laughed at and applauded.
But there are still people who understand. Tang Shaoyi is at the Tianjin Customs Road and is relatively well-informed. He vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the Japanese, but unfortunately he had no one available and could not form a counter-espionage network. Standing in the open, he could not detect the specific movements of the Japanese in dark corners.
Fortunately, the people in Beiyang have slowly dispersed. Zhou Chunfang, a former graduate of the Beiyang Military Preparation Crash Course, is now a military instructor in the palace of Prince Gong of Karaqin Right Banner in Mongolia.
He sent a message back to Beiyang from Prince Gong's palace. Now Prince Gong has contact with Japan and decided to cross the sea to participate in Japan's fifth Quanye Expo.
King Gong's purpose was actually very simple. He wanted to find a foreigner to teach the prince's children so that they would not fall behind others.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese side took advantage of the opportunity. After learning this message, they immediately contacted King Gong, and then hoped to show their strong strength and arrange their own people.
If you look at the map, you will know that the area under the jurisdiction of King Gong is in today's Chifeng, close to the northeast, and is a strategic location.
Although Tang Shaoyi knew the Japanese's intentions, it was not easy to find someone who understood Western learning. Tang Shaoyi had no choice but to find Li Yu again.
Li Yugang didn't stay long in the Capital University before he was called to the office of the Minister of Management.
"We meet again, brother Xiao Li." Tang Shaoyi said.
"Tang Daotai, why are you here again?" Li Yu asked in surprise. Tang Shaoyi smiled and said: "Your word 'again' is a bit unexpected." Li Yu also laughed and said: "It's not that I'm surprised, I feel a bit surprised."
"It's really unexpected. I really need to trouble you with something." Tang Shaoyi said. Li Yu had already guessed it, so he said, "Tang Daotai, please tell me." Tang Shaoyi took a puff of cigar, spit it out slowly, and then told Li Yu about the situation about King Gong.
After listening to this, Li Yu said: "What does Daotai mean by asking me to go to Japan and participate in this industry exposition?"
"Exactly," Tang Shaoyi said,
"Now the imperial court has changed its attitude. It originally did not want to participate in the expo. However, after Zai Zhenbeizi wrote a letter, the imperial court changed its attitude and ordered each province to select products to participate in the expo. It even decided that Zai Zhenbeizi and Minister of the Interior Na Tong and others would form a delegation to travel to the expo. Go to Japan.”
"There are many people who say so." Li Yu said. Tang Shaoyi said: "That's right, now we have eight or nine hundred people to go, but we didn't mention that the Mongolian princes were going as well. But for some reason, Prince Su's crown prince suddenly pulled Prince Gong to want to go to Japan. Originally, it was impossible for people of their level to go to Japan casually, but suddenly they were invited by Uchida Yasuya, the Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty, and the court had to agree." Li Yu said in surprise: "What a coincidence, and the position of King Gong is so Obviously, couldn't the court see it? Why would Zai Zhen Beizi and Na Tong agree?" Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe they didn't notice it." Tang Shaoyi was trying to save face for the Qing court and didn't say anything unpleasant.
Li Yu understood in his heart and knew that these Manchu clan clans could not be counted on at all, so he said: "Well, since Tang Daotai is here in person, of course I have to agree."
"This is the best!" Tang Shaoyi said,
"I'm afraid that the Japanese will use some industrial products to pay tribute to the king and not understand. Now you are the only one who understands Western learning best, especially industrial products with scientific and technological components, so you can avoid being deceived." Li Yu said: "I understand Daotai It's a lot of hard work." I didn't expect that not long after I returned to the capital, my buttocks were still hot, and I had to go to a foreign country again.
Fortunately, Japan is not far away, so we don’t have to wander on the sea for months like going to Europe. Tang Shaoyi added: "Now various places are also preparing to send students to participate in the expo to increase their knowledge. Zhili, Hubei, and Shuntian prefectures have selected more than 30 students from craft schools and agricultural schools to go to Japan, and each person is given 150 taels of silver as travel expenses. This I came to the Capital University to explain this matter to the school, and the school has agreed." Craft schools are generally affiliated with local manufacturing bureaus, and they mainly offer courses in foreign languages, mechanical technology and chemical technology.
Li Yu said: "Tang Daotai has been arranged, so I can't go if I don't go." Tang Shaoyi smiled and said: "It's really not possible. You don't have to be too anxious. I will tell you in advance when to board the ship. The Capital University should be back A few people will be arranged to go together.”
