Markov has already booked a boat ticket for Li Yu, and Li Yu wants to take a trip to Sweden to see his island.
He won't stay too long in Sweden, because Markov also showed him a letter from Denmark.
Li Yu looked at the cover. It was sent by the Carlsberg Foundation in Denmark and the University of Copenhagen. Many people may know that Carlsberg is one of the top brewers in the world, but this company also has a long history of sponsoring science foundations.
The most typical one is the famous Copenhagen School of Quantum Mechanics. For Li Yu, going to Denmark is a convenient way. St. Petersburg goes west to Stockholm, Sweden, and then goes southwest to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Anyway, they are all on the Baltic Sea.
As for the University of Copenhagen, it is not easy. After all, it has awarded a whopping 39 Nobel Prizes! The University of Copenhagen has always been enthusiastic about natural sciences and has had many famous figures in its history.
Li Yu's achievements in mathematics and physics are already very impressive. He happens to be in St. Petersburg again, so he has to find him this time.
Carlsberg heard about Siemens' invitation to Li Yu. Nowadays, Europe's respect for science and technology is really high. Even some humanities disciplines other than natural sciences want to learn from the brilliant model of the development of natural sciences.
Humanities disciplines such as history have begun to engage in the study of scientific methods, and they are actually also called humanities until now.
At present, Russia has even placed the Ministry of Literature in the Academy of Sciences... Of course, this approach seems a little unreasonable.
Anyway, you can tell,
The power of the word "science" is already very powerful. Otherwise the New Culture Movement would not have been launched
"Democracy" and
The two major banners of "science".
"Democracy" represents the political and legal line,
“Science” naturally refers to the scientific and technological route. Democracy is difficult to judge and is too general. Different countries have different national conditions and are very complicated.
After all, it involves the management of people, which is super troublesome, because people are the most difficult to manage. Democracy itself is a double-edged sword, and it is very difficult to master. If you use it incorrectly, you will fall into a trap, just like populism like ** or the endless internal friction of our neighbor to the south, India.
But science is much easier to talk about, because this is an explanation of nature. No matter how humans think about it, it is placed here quietly. It has many benefits. Apart from the problems of the user itself, it can be said that it has almost no harm.
There was no need for Li Yu to refuse, because Denmark was a neighboring country to Germany and very close, and he could see someone he really wanted to see in Denmark along the way.
The meeting was always short. Markov wanted to write to the Tsar and ask him to award Li Yu the position of honorary academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. No, no need to say anything.
"Honour" means just being a formal academician. But it is a pity that Tsar Nicholas II is very busy with the Japan-Russia issue. The large railway has spent so much money, and it is bound to stabilize Port Arthur, a year-round ice-free port, and then get involved in the Northeast.
Other issues can only be put aside for the time being. Markov and Lyapunov once again went to the dock to personally deliver their luggage to them.
Li Yu said with a smile: "When I return to China in a while, I will pass through St. Petersburg and we can meet again." The two Markovs were also very polite: "We will definitely help you apply for the right to use the railway." Li Yu said with fists in his hands. : "Thank you both!" The next time we meet will definitely be very different.
Li Yu sent a telegram in advance to Levler, the royal mathematical advisor in Sweden, who was already waiting on the island.
"Dear Mr. Li Yu, I'm so happy to see you!" Levler was very enthusiastic. Li Yu said: "You are well." Levler said: "Your recent "Game Theory" is really wonderful. I think this year's mathematics award will still be in your hands." Li Yu said: "That will be mine. It's an honor." The Swedish royal family is relatively wealthy now.
Levler asked: "Do you want to go to Stockholm to see the king again?" Li Yu said: "Not yet, I have received requests from Denmark and Germany." Li Yu took out the telegrams from Siemens and Carlsberg.
Levler said: "You are a very famous person now. You always bring big news to everyone every time you come here. Now every newspaper is paying close attention to you."
"Try not to disappoint everyone," Li Yu looked inside the island again.
"There shouldn't be any difficulties in the current construction, right?" Levler said: "The foundation has just been processed, and the construction of the above-ground buildings will be much simpler." According to the cost, the foundation accounts for about 20-30%.
Li Yu said: "It just so happens that "Fractals and Chaos" is published by you. If you need the funds, you can continue to use royalties." Currently, there are still almost 4,000 taels of silver, which is close to 30,000 kroner, which has not been given to Li Yu. Simply The construction does not require so much, about ten thousand kronor is enough, but if you add decoration and equipment purchase, it will cost a lot of money.
Levler said: "This is the best, it saves on round-trip taxes and fees." Li Yu took Lu Bicheng to stroll around the island, which was not very big anyway.
Lu Bicheng was very surprised again: "You can actually buy an island in Europe!" Li Yu said casually: "What's so surprising?" Lu Bicheng said: "I can't imagine that Chinese people can buy European land." Li Yu said Said: "They are still eager to sell it to me. Maybe it won't be long before they will beg me to buy another island." Lu Bicheng couldn't believe it: "Isn't this just bragging? Why is there such a thing?" Li Yu Mysterious said: "Just wait and see." Lu Bicheng asked: "Do you still want to buy an island in Sweden?" Li Yu said: "It doesn't have to be in Sweden, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the United Kingdom are all fine." Lu Bicheng's eyes widened. He was greatly surprised: "It's unbelievable! So being a scientist has such a high status in Europe?" Li Yu wrote lightly: "I'm not greedy for pleasure, everything is useful." In the eyes of the Chinese people, Europeans were superior. How could Lu Bicheng believe that Li Yu, a Chinese, was so happy in Europe?
There are no ground buildings on the island and there is nothing to see, so the two soon took a ship again to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
Li Yu asked: "Denmark is a country of fairy tales. Have you heard of it before?" Lu Bicheng said: "Of course I know. Although I haven't read it, I also know Andersen." Li Yu said: "What I am thinking is, you can definitely Translating Andersen's fairy tales into China are all relatively interesting stories." Li Yu told her some of the most famous Andersen fairy tales on the ship, such as
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
"The Little Match Girl",
"The ugly duckling"
"The Little Mermaid"
"Thumbelina" and so on. Lu Bicheng was very fascinated and couldn't help but praise: "It's really a charming story."
"That's why I said they are very suitable for translation into China," Li Yu said.
"It can be used as reading material in new primary and secondary schools. Firstly, it can expose students to Western literature and broaden their horizons; secondly, the story itself also has a certain moral meaning and can inspire students' thinking." It will be almost ten years later in history that Liu Bannong , Zhou Zuoren and others began to translate and introduce Andersen's fairy tales.
They highly praised Andersen's fairy tales. When Zhou Zuoren promoted Andersen's fairy tales, he borrowed the comments of a Norwegian critic: "His fairy tales observe all things with the eyes of a child and write them with the pen of a poet, so they are beautiful and natural. , it can be called a divine product. It has never been seen before and will never come after." Lu Bicheng nodded and said: "Such a good thing should indeed be introduced." Li Yu said: "In addition, since it is for school students, it is also Western literature. It is best to translate works into vernacular." After all, children are more malleable, and they will be more receptive to vernacular when they are raised from an early age.
When Liang Qichao wrote "Young China" three years ago, he also wanted to use children as a breakthrough point, and
"Regard children as the hope for national salvation." Li Yu now also sees that most of these Confucian scholars who have achieved academic status or have not achieved academic status but are already older are really
"A child cannot be taught." It is said that the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1898 and the Gengzi National Disaster can be awakened.
"Our country has been dreaming for more than four thousand years," but many Confucian scholars obviously still want to be like an ostrich with their heads buried in the sand.
Basically, it was not until the New Culture Movement and the May 4th Movement that Chinese society was completely
"Comprehensive doubts about the basic value of Confucianism" have caused Chinese society to welcome and learn from Western science and culture with unprecedented enthusiasm.
Lu Bicheng felt that it made sense and that children could easily understand the vernacular, so he said, "I have read Zhiguai before, but I have never seen storybooks like this for children." Li Yu said, "That's right, it's true. Therefore, the effect of introducing this kind of fairy tales into primary schools will be very good. Most of our classics focus on writing to convey morals. Although there are legends and fairy tales, they are not specially created for children. Andersen's non-binding fairy tales are written for children. The story written from the perspective is a supplement, and it is much more interesting to read." Lu Bicheng said: "Of course it is interesting, I like it very much myself. If I were a child, I would definitely read this instead of memorizing obscure articles." Li Yu said with a smile: "This is also the teaching model that new schools should have. We cannot blindly emphasize the principles of sages and sages like private schools. Children do not understand them after all. It is still a bit irresponsible and inefficient to just throw out a sentence and read it a hundred times to see its meaning. Too low." Lu Bicheng said: "Now I understand why you dare to set up a school. You know a lot." Li Yu thought to himself, it is indeed useful to go to school and learn so many things. If you look at the map, you can find Denmark. The capital, Copenhagen, is not on the Jutland Peninsula, but on the island of Zealand, east of the Jutland Peninsula.
This is because Denmark originated from the ocean and has a natural ocean complex. Moreover, Copenhagen is located between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, guarding the Oresund Strait and controlling the ancient route from Western Europe to the Baltic Sea. This geographical location is very conducive to Denmark's economic development.
It's just that after the Iron-blooded Prime Minister defeated Denmark, he completely drove Denmark to the Jutland Peninsula. Then Germany felt that its coastline was divided by Denmark. Denmark was on good terms with Britain at the time, and Germany was definitely going to challenge the world's hegemons, Britain and France, so it dug the famous Kiel Canal in Jutland.
Now the Kiel Canal is an extremely important waterway on the Baltic Sea. In later generations, NATO and Russia fought fiercely. Because the Oresund Strait next to Copenhagen is an international waterway, the Russian Baltic Navy can still make a fuss, but the Kiel Canal cannot be used.
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that there is no strategic space for building the capital on an island. However, since losing to Germany and Sweden, Denmark has remained strategically neutral, although it was still captured by Mustache during World War II.
