Columbia University President Seth Low suddenly poked his head out from the second floor: "General Carpentier, you forgot to bring your top hat... Wait, is that Mr. Li Yu? Oh my god, it's really you! "Seth Low quickly went downstairs.
Ding Long and General Carpentier downstairs were still a little stunned: "Li Yu?" Seth Luo flashed past the two of them and came to Li Yu: "Oh my God, I didn't expect you to appear here, the great East. A master of science!" Li Yu didn't recognize him and asked, "Who are you?"
"I am Seth Low, president of Columbia University."
"Mr. Principal, nice to meet you!" Li Yu hurriedly shook hands with him. Seth Low said: "It's not easy to meet you. I have been reading several astronomy articles you wrote these days. They are really wonderful. The combination of mathematical derivation and astronomy is quite like Sir Isaac Newton." Li Yu Said: "The relationship between astronomy and mathematics will become closer and closer in the future. I just used the most conventional way." Seth Low said: "Really? But for such an organized article like yours, I have read I don’t really mean much. I remember the great mathematician Gauss once said that mathematics is the queen of science. Only through your articles did I realize time and time again that mathematics can be used to explain physics and astronomy so perfectly. You He is the strongest person in the world today who combines mathematics and physics." Li Yu said with a smile: "Thank you principal for the praise." There is no need to be modest about this, after all, this is how the physics departments of later generations were trained.
Mathematics in the physics department is generally not bad, because if you are not good at mathematics, you will not be able to handle high-end physics content.
Ding Long came over and asked, "Are you really the emperor's master?" Li Yu said, "It's true."
"You are the most famous Chinese in the world today!" Ding Long said excitedly,
"Can the Emperor give a special lecture for our lecture? We are eager to improve the reputation of the lecture." Carpentier also said: "Yes, Mr. Li Yu, the most famous Chinese in the United States now is you. "Li Yu said: "Your lecture is about Sinology, and my level of Chinese studies is so bad. If I really show up, I will only make people laugh." I am afraid that the most suitable person for this kind of speech is Gu Hongming, who is a die-hard supporter of Chinese studies. Even in this Even in the most foreign-oriented era, one can still speak eloquently.
Ding Long didn't want to let Li Yu go: "Sir, you can make whatever price you want, and we will definitely pay it in full."
"It's not a matter of money. If it's a science lecture, I can still handle it. If I only know a little bit about Sinology, isn't it enough if I talk about Star Wars?" Li Yu said,
"By the way, Liang Qichao will return to New York in a few days. I'll just call him over then." Liang Qichao's name is still famous enough. Ding Long said: "That's great, but you must also make a special one." Lecture." Principal Seth Low invited from the side: "Mr. Li Yu, if what you want is a scientific lecture, we can completely satisfy it." Even Langmuir Owen echoed: "The God of Science and the Star of Wenqu, It feels great to think about it together." Several people could not refuse the kindness, so Li Yu had to accept: "Okay, when Liang Qichao arrives, we will come to Columbia together." Seth Luo said: "We will do everything possible. Prepare for the reception." Franklin Roosevelt had completed the contract template at this time and took it to look for Li Yu, only to find him with the principal.
"Mr. Li Yu, I have written your contract." Li Yu took it and said, "Thank you very much. I will need your legal assistance in the future." Upon seeing this, Principal Seth Luo smiled and said, "Our students have already given If you have done your job, then you have to come and give a lecture." When Li Yu left Columbia, Ding Long was still with him.
"Mr. Li Yu, I don't know much about academics, but people say you are a great person." Li Yu was also curious about his lecture career and asked: "Is there anyone else who needs my help? Donations are not available. problem." Ding Long said: "We no longer lack funds. What we lack are outstanding scholars to build momentum for the lectures. That's why we are so eager for your arrival." Li Yu said: "I understand, what you are doing It’s not easy, I will do my best.” After all, it is called the Sinology Department or Ding Long Lecture. The students who come here want to study Chinese culture and need a lecturer to give certain lectures.
It's just that the teaching format of this kind of lectures is, as we all know, relatively fragmented and not systematic enough. But it is not easy to start something from scratch.
In fact, since then, many American universities have opened sinology departments and Chinese libraries, mostly based on the model of Columbia University.
——In San Francisco at this time, the current leader of Hongmen, Huang Sande, found Liang Qichao,
"Mr. Liang, I came from New York to get the news. Li Yu wants you to visit his laboratory and factories." Liang Qichao actually didn't know that Li Yu had arrived in the United States. The news was so lagging. There was no Weibo or WeChat Moments. .
"That's what I meant," Liang Qichao said, and then asked: "The leader came to see me in person, aren't you afraid that the teacher will have objections?" In fact, it was the previous meeting with Mr. Zhongshan that aroused Kang Youwei's dissatisfaction.
Huang Sande said: "Mr. Liang, I received a letter from Mr. Zhongshan before. He mentioned that you are a pillar of the people. There is nothing wrong with me coming to see you in person. Even if Mr. Nanhai has opinions, I think he will understand." Liang Qichao smiled bitterly. After a while: "Teacher is a very determined person, and it is difficult to understand each other on some things." Then he asked: "You said Mr. Zhongshan wrote a letter, right?" Huang Sande said: "Mr. Zhongshan has decided to join Hongmen in Honolulu. "In fact, the Honolulu Hongmen branch originally refused, but it was Huang Sande who personally gave instructions to accept Mr. Zhongshan.
This proved to be a wise decision. Liang Qichao said: "That's the case, I already understand Hongmen's attitude." Huang Sande said: "The general trend is, I hope sir..." Liang Qichao raised his hand to interrupt him: "I don't want to talk about this now, even if I want to talk about it, it should be in the newspaper See the real chapter." It is not easy to surpass Liang Qichao in writing. Seeing that Huang Sande couldn't persuade him, he had to clasp his fists and say: "Mr. Liang, have a good trip." - When Liang Qichao arrived in New York, Li Yu had already come to greet him at the station. he.
"Brother Liang has worked hard all the way." Liang Qichao said: "It's not hard to take the train. I only hope that there will be so many railways in the country." The railways in the United States are indeed growing wildly. Over the past half century, they have been built About 270,000 kilometers.
This is a very scary number. As of 2022, the total length of global railways will be only 1.1 million kilometers, of which my country’s total railway mileage will be 150,000 kilometers.
It can be said that the United States basically achieved its industrial rise by relying on infrastructure, and became the number one in the world in 1900.
The railway infrastructure in Laos and the United States was basically completed this year. Liang Qichao was extremely jealous of so many railways, not only him, but also Mr. Zhongshan was even more jealous.
Because if you do a little research, you will know how important the railway is. Li Yu said: "Of course there will be in the future." Liang Qichao sighed: "I don't know when it will be possible, let alone how the Americans can do it? Hundreds of thousands of miles of railways require a huge amount of funds. Is the United States really so rich? ?" Li Yu said: "Actually, this is thanks to Wall Street."
"Wall Street?" Liang Qichao asked.
"It's the capital market," Li Yu briefly talked about the so-called stock market financing, and then said,
"Brother Zhuo Ru should have read Mr. Marx's book. He once said that without a capital market, there would be no railways." Liang Qichao should be the first person to introduce Marx.
In 1902, he
The pen name of "China's New People" was mentioned in "Xinmin Congbao",
"In Germany today, there are two most powerful ideas, one is the socialism of McCulloch, and the other is Nizier's individualism." McCulloch is Marx.
Liang Qichao said: "I have read about it, but I can't imagine that the capital market has such great power." Li Yu said: "The power of capital or finance is indeed great. Without them, France would not have been able to recover so quickly from the Franco-Prussian War." France's compensation was 5 billion francs, equivalent to 1.2 billion taels of silver, which exceeded the total compensation of the Qing Dynasty.
But France can raise enough money through the financial market with just a few issuances of national bonds. Liang Qichao had not thought deeply about it from an economic perspective, so he said, "Can we do the same? Wouldn't the people suffer a lot?" Li Yu shook his head: "No, finance is a high-level tool, and the court has no ability to control it." Liang Qichao Sighing: "So now I am really confused about whether it is reform or revolution. The court..." Li Yu waved his hand: "Don't mention it. It's just noon, let's have lunch together." Liang Qichao didn't want to talk about state affairs either. , so he said: "It's best to eat some Chinese food. I have been in the United States for nearly a year and have eaten enough Western food! It's not as good as the Japanese food I ate in Japan." Liang Qichao pointed to his body shape: "Look, I have lost weight. Quite a few." Li Yu said: "If you want to eat Chinese food, you have to go to Chinatown." Liang Qichao said: "As long as you can eat Chinese food, anything is fine." Li Yu pointed to the Buick car he drove: "I'll bring You go." Liang Qichao said in surprise: "You know how to drive this kind of machine?"
"Of course," Li Yu said with a smile, then opened the car door.
"Please." Liang Qichao sat in the passenger seat, and Li Yu started the car and drove towards Chinatown. Liang Qichao sighed: "The teacher doesn't like cars, so I have never experienced them." Kang Youwei still couldn't accept cars when he went overseas.
In a book I wrote last year, it was mentioned that cars exist
"The Pain of Collision". to car
"Driving fast and moving forward without hesitation", if you are not careful, you will be
"The whole car was shattered, the characters were flying, heads and arms were smashed, and blood and flesh were in a mess." I felt extremely worried. He didn't like cars and wouldn't allow anyone to drive one.
When we arrived in Chinatown, what we saw were all the same
"Li Hongzhang Restaurant", there
“Li Hongzhang Noodle Soup”
"Li Hongzhang fried rice" and so on, the most popular ones are
"Li Hongzhang offal". Of course, I am not scolding Li Hongzhang. This name is entirely based on the allusion left by Li Hongzhang when he visited New York two years ago.
When Li Zhongtang visited the United States, he wanted to eat Chinese food, so he ordered a restaurant in Chinatown to select the ingredients and cook it, and also hosted a banquet for Americans.
Chinese food, compared with American food, is definitely a dimensionality reduction blow, so Americans feel that it tastes very delicious after eating it. Then the Americans asked Li Zhongtang the name of the dish in front of him. Li Hongzhang did not think of it for a moment, so he casually said
It is called "offal". unexpectedly,
"From then on, the reputation of offal became famous."
“In New York alone, there are three to four hundred chop suey restaurants,” and there are endless dishes named after Li Hongzhang.
After the two of them entered the restaurant, they ordered a few dishes
"Li Hongzhang's dish," Liang Qichao said with a smile, "Hefei has suffered!" The restaurant owner suddenly recognized Li Yu: "You are a great benefactor! My child has just entered your training class, and everyone is looking forward to him continuing to enter the factory." Li Yu said: "It's an honor, but don't relax. The assessment will be more stringent in the future." The restaurant owner was very confident and said: "This kid is really promising. In your factory, he makes more money in one month than I do in half a year." More. Maybe I can put down this hotel in the future and take care of my old age." Li Yu said: "If I can really become a formal employee, I think boss you can really take a rest." The restaurant owner said happily: "Big Benefactor, you are the benefactor of the whole Chinatown. You don’t have to pay for today’s meal.” Li Yu smiled and said: “It’s not necessary.” The restaurant owner insisted: “If you refuse, I will be very sad.” Li Yu stopped. Refusing: "Thank you." The restaurant owner continued: "By the way, we just served a dish named after you." Li Yu asked in surprise: "Named after me?" The restaurant owner pointed to the menu: "It's called Carp Leap. Longmen, didn’t you put forward a great theory called the carp effect? Just because of the good meaning of jumping over the dragon gate, this dish is very popular now. You two don’t have to worry about the taste, we specially found a chef from Shandong Developed." Liang Qichao became interested: "It must be added! I have to try it!" The restaurant owner said: "Wait a minute!" In later generations, carp flooded the United States.
But carp were actually introduced to the United States as early as the 1870s. And because of its scarcity, it was once favored by wealthy Americans.
At that time, there were very few fish in the Mississippi River, and carp were introduced to fill the fishery gap. But soon, the carp’s powerful reproductive ability made it onto the dining table of ordinary people.
Prices fell from $1 a pound to 3 cents a pound in 1900. But once every household can afford it, the rich will no longer like it.
Another factor is that Americans really don’t know how to cook fish. Carp itself has an earthy flavor, and its meat quality is not superior to that of southern fish. It requires excellent cooking skills, which is obviously beyond the capabilities of Americans.
Moreover, the level of carp breeding in the United States is also not good. It is basically amateur farming and there is no formal selective breeding.
After the food was served, the two of them took a few bites and felt that although the taste was a bit lacking, it was much better than eating Western food every day.
After eating, Li Yu took him to see his laboratory and showed some results. Liang Qichao saw the radio facilities and car parts and sighed: "Brother Shucai, I know that the route you are taking is right, and you are not part of any faction. I believe it won't be long before you become the target of all forces competing to win over you. Object. Perhaps, you are the wisest." Li Yu, as a
"People who have been there" certainly know how to do it most correctly.
