Li Yu did the math and found that he now had a net worth of almost thirty thousand taels. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, he was definitely a very good person.
"Rich households". Zhao Qian staggered and drove Li Yu to Zhengyangmen East Railway Station in a carriage. He originally wanted to buy a second-class seat, but it was already sold out, so he had to spend another 15 silver yuan to buy a first-class seat.
After arriving in Tianjin, Li Yu first gave Zhang Boling an introductory lecture on mathematics and physics, and then went to Tanggu to buy a ticket to Shanghai.
The ship is a passenger ship of China Merchants Group. I have to say that the price of ferry tickets is really high. What Li Yu bought was not the most luxurious cabin, but the ticket price was already as high as 120 silver yuan, which was simply terrifying.
It can only be said that things are more valuable when they are scarce, and the logistics and transportation capabilities of Qing Dynasty are really limited now. As for ordinary people, how can they take a cruise ship? Even if they really want to take a cruise, they usually use their own small fishing boats, or find ways to squeeze onto a cargo ship and starve for a few days to sneak across.
After arriving in Shanghai, Li Yu found that someone else came to pick up the ship. "Shenbao" reporter Shi Liangcai knew him. After seeing Li Yu from a distance, he said to the person next to him: "Yes, that's Mr. Li Yu, the most dazzling figure in the scientific world today." Then he came over and said: "Li Yu Sir, I've finally waited for you." Li Yu asked in surprise: "How did you know that I would come to Shanghai?" Shi Liangcai said proudly: "Sir, have you forgotten what I do? I am a reporter. If I can't get this little information, How can we make the most advanced news report if we know it in advance?" Li Yu smiled and said: "You are really qualified." Shi Liangcai pointed to the person next to him and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is the chief writer of "Su Bao" Zhang Shizhao." Well, here comes another big shot.
Zhang Shizhao shook hands with him and said: "I have admired Mr. Mister's name for a long time, and I finally meet you today. How lucky you are!" Li Yu said: "Thank you for coming to greet me." Shi Liangcai said: "Just greeting him is nothing. Cai of Nanyang Public School The teacher and several students have already made reservations at Huizhong Hotel and are waiting for you, sir." Li Yu asked, "Teacher Cai, is he referring to Cai Yuanpei?" Zhang Shizhao nodded: "It's Professor Cai, who told me the news about your husband's arrival. After that, I immediately told Professor Cai. He originally wanted to come to the port to greet me, but he still had school affairs to attend to, so he had to go to the hotel first after finishing his work." Li Yu said, "You are too solemn."
"Alas!" Shi Liangcai shook his hand and corrected,
"You don't know how famous you are in Shanghai, how can this be considered grand!" Zhang Shizhao also said: "Yes, Shanghai is the headquarters of "Shen Shen", with a very large circulation. How many people have read "Shen Shen" now? I don’t know that our country has produced an incredible Li Yu, who is so famous in the West that even foreigners feel inferior to him.” Well, Li Yu really forgot about this incident. In the past six months, Shenbao’s reporting on Li Yu was really No matter how many words he writes, he has been on the front page countless times. Now he is also a top-level presence in Shanghai.
After all, the news media at this time was newspapers, and being on the headlines of newspapers was equivalent to being a hot search in future generations.
Shi Liangcai called three rickshaws and went to Huizhong Hotel together. On the way, Zhang Shizhao said to Li Yu: "Mr. Taiyan, who was in Japan a few days ago, sent back an article to be published in "Su Bao". Mr. Li Yu was also mentioned in the attached letter." Li Yu said: " I did have a meeting with Mr. Taiyan in Japan." Zhang Shizhao said: "Mr. Taiyan praised you very much. I know Mr. Taiyan. He rarely praises others. We even thought that those who were not scolded by him were great. character. Now he praises people for the first time, which is rare in the world." Li Yu said with a smile: "Even if Mr. Taiyan scolds him, it is not a shameful thing." Zhang Taiyan really dared to scold anyone. The royal family in the late Qing Dynasty Needless to say, I have already been scolded to death.
Later, Zhang Taiyan worked with Mr. Zhongshan in the revolution. He had personal conflicts over trivial matters, so he often scolded Mr. Zhongshan.
However, Zhang Taiyan was very clear-headed. He believed that the conflict between the two was just private and did not oppose Mr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas.
One time, a person next to him also cursed a few words when Zhang Taiyan scolded Mr. Zhongshan. Unexpectedly, Zhang Taiyan turned around and gave him a big slap in the face, and then angrily yelled: "Who do you think you are! The Prime Minister is the first-class great man in China, except for me. , who dares to scold him?" Well, maybe this is another kind of love... But Zhang Taiyan will be arrested this year. The reason naturally has a lot to do with the "Su Bao". After all, it has published too many reactionary articles.
Li Yu asked: "Has the imperial court been eyeing your newspaper?" Zhang Shizhao said: "It has been eyeing you for a long time, but there is nothing to be afraid of." Li Yu praised: "Well done! You have courage!" Zhang Shizhao added: "Mr. It’s time to read Mr. Taiyan’s article this time, it’s so brilliant! It’s called “Refutation of Kang Youwei’s Theory of Revolution.” Hey, I still respected Mr. Kang at the beginning, but I didn’t expect it to be like this now,” Li Yu said. : "Perhaps that's the way it is." Zhang Shizhao said: "Mr. Taiyan's words are really sharp. He not only refuted Kang Youwei's argument that "constitution can only be implemented but not revolution", he even scolded the current Emperor Guangxu in a contemptuous tone as "a clown without distinction". Shumai', haha! He also said that there is no difference between him and the Empress Dowager Cixi. They are both 'public enemies of the Han people'. It's really fun to watch!" Yes, "Su Bao" was closed down because of Zhang Taiyan's article.
However, Li Yu saw that Zhang Shizhao was full of energy and confidence, so he knew that he had to log it out. Besides, he also knew that the Qing government could not really do anything to them, so he just logged it out.
Li Yu said: "I will definitely read it after it is published." Shi Liangcai was also a newspaperman, but now the owner of "Shenbao" is still British, so he would definitely not publish these articles, so he said: "Brother Xingyan, I think you should pay more attention , I have also read this article, I am afraid it will cause quite a stir.”
"What we need is a strong response, otherwise what's the use of climbing on it?" Zhang Shizhao said. Shi Liangcai smiled and said: "If sir is arrested for this, I will definitely give you food." Zhang Shizhao also joked: "I love the food at Huizhong Restaurant the most." Shi Liangcai touched his head: "No! You want to Eat me like a pauper." While they were talking, they had already arrived at Huizhong Hotel.
Not many people may know this name, but when it comes to its later name, it is so famous: Peace Hotel!
The British built this hotel 50 years ago in 1854, but its original name was
"Central Hotel". This year Yingshanghui Zhongyang Company just bought the property rights of the Central Hotel and renamed it now
"Huizhong Hotel". It would not be named until 1956
"peace restaurant". This hotel is the first modernist building in Shanghai’s modern architectural history and is known as
"The tallest building in the Far East". Li Yu was in Shanghai more than a hundred years ago and had already begun to take shape.
"Magic City" style. It is said that Big Shanghai, Little Hong Kong, today's Shanghai has gradually become the economic and financial center of the East, and is one of the most open and civilized cities in China.
The location of Peace Hotel is very advantageous. It is in the core of the Bund and across the river is the Oriental Pearl Tower.
After Li Yu got out of the car, he looked to the other side. Of course there was no Oriental Pearl Tower, let alone Lujiazui. The entire Pudong was basically a wilderness.
Who dares to imagine what earth-shaking changes this place will be like in a hundred years. When Li Yu was looking at the other side of the river in trance, Shi Liangcai said: "Sir, what's wrong with you?" Li Yu came back to his senses: "It's nothing, I just think the scenery is beautiful." Shi Liangcai pointed behind Li Yu and smiled: "It's beautiful. Here, you'd better come and take a look at night. When the lights turn on, it's like a dream. It's hard to imagine that modern technology can create a fairyland-like scenery." Li Yu said: "I still think the other side is more beautiful." Shi Liangcai said: "What's there to see over there? Oh, I know, you think the scenery of the Huangpu River is good, yes, it is indeed good." Li Yu knew it and couldn't explain it, so he smiled: "Let's go in. "The three of them came to a room. Cai Yuanpei and several students welcomed him: "It's Mr. Li Yu, just like what the newspaper said, he is really young and promising. Let me introduce myself, I am Cai Yuanpei, courtesy name Heqing, Mr. Jiu Yang. Great name." Li Yu shook hands with him and said: "Master Cai was admitted as a scholar at the age of twenty-five. He is also young and promising." Cai Yuanpei said with a smile: "It's just old learning, why bother." Then he pointed to a few people around him and said: "These They are all my students in the Special Economics Department at Nanyang Public School. I admire you sir and came here to visit you. This is Huang Yanpei, also known as Renzhi; this is Xie Wuliang, also known as Dacheng; this is Shao Wentai, also known as Zhonghui; this is Shao Wentai, also known as Zhonghui; The name is Li Shutong, and the courtesy name is Xishuang." My dear, I really met a lot of famous people today.
Huang Yanpei later became the Minister of Light Industry; Xie Wuliang was a great master in poetry, calligraphy and literature, and later became the deputy director of the Central Museum of Literature and History.
And Shao Wentai’s other name is more familiar to everyone: Shao Lizi. As for Li Shutong, let alone, probably everyone has heard of his "Farewell".
Several people are currently students of Cai Yuanpei, and they raised their hands together and said, "I have met you, sir!" Li Yu also said in return: "Nice to meet you, and by the way, I also have a calligraphy now. It was taken by Mr. Taiyan to recruit talents. "Zhang Shizhao said in surprise: "It was Mr. Taiyan who took it." This group of students in front of him is really incredible.
Of course, Nanyang Public School has been very powerful since its development. Needless to say, there are many more. It is enough to name its names in later generations: Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
The Qing Dynasty and Northern China resumed diplomatic relations and were on the list. Cai Yuanpei said: "Sir studies the science that Chinese people least understand, but he is much better than us literati." Li Yu said: "The education you do is also related to the lifeline of the country." Shi Liangcai was also a die-hard supporter of Li Yu. Said: "There are few people who understand foreign knowledge nowadays, so I spare no effort to report. Although I am stupid and cannot understand Mr. Li Yu's works, but just looking at the reaction of Western newspapers, I know that it is definitely not trivial! I think Mr. Li will also have opportunities in the future Why do you want to win that Nobel Prize?" Several people said yes, and Cai Yuanpei sighed: "We are really short of talents in this area! If China also has millions of scientific and technological talents, why worry about the country not being strong!"
