The concession in Tianjin is different from that in Shanghai and is more complicated. The concessions in Shanghai actually developed into only public concessions and French concessions.
But Tianjin claims
The "Nine Concessions" include: British Concession, French Concession, American Concession, Belgian Concession, Austro-Hungarian Concession, Italian Concession, German Concession, Japanese Concession and Russian Concession.
However, the United States and Belgium have basically not developed much. The real development is mainly in the British and French concessions.
The theater where Li Yu and others listened to cross talk and watched the opera was located in the French Concession. Now that the Haihe River is being dredged, the French Concession is almost the place with the most active commercial activities.
Li Yu asked curiously: "Master Huo, the business of the bodyguard bureaus in various places is booming now, why didn't you inherit the family business?" Huo Yuanjia said: "Ever since I saw the train and the post office, I know that the bodyguard bureaus cannot compete with foreigners. In addition, I couldn't get used to the tyranny of foreigners, so I came out to make a living. And..." Huo Yuanjia took a sip of wine and continued: "And since the fifth brother passed away, I don't want to do this business anymore." Li Yu said: "Master Huo Could it be that the mentioned fifth brother is the Fifth Sword King?" Huo Yuanjia seemed to be infinitely sentimental and said, "That's right. At that time, the fifth brother and the reformist Tan Sitong in the capital were considered brothers and served as his security guard. After Tan Sitong died, , Fifth Brother risked his life to collect his body and send it back to his hometown in Hunan. Later, Fifth Brother participated in the Boxing Movement, and the Shunyuan Escort Agency he founded was besieged, outnumbered, arrested, and eventually shot." Huo Yuanjia clenched his wine glass: "Hateful The foreigners killed Fifth Brother, cut off his head, and hung it on the city gate to show the public. So I sneaked in at night and took off the head so that Fifth Brother could have a whole body." Huo Yuanjia took another sip of wine.
"The Escort Agency... Sigh, the Escort Agency has no future. We can protect the bodyguards, but we can't protect our brothers and the country." Li Yu remembered that he had watched "Fang Shiyu" played by Jet Li, and there was a scene in which Fang Shiyu's friend refused to betray him, and then was killed by the Qing soldiers. Beaten to death, hung in the city gate, and then Fang Shiyu went to collect the body, a high-octane scene.
It is quite similar to Wang Wu's collection of Tan Sitong's corpse and Huo Yuanjia's collection of Wang Wu's corpse. Also, after Qiu Jin died, her friend Wu Zhiying risked her life to collect the body.
In fact, the Escort Bureau appeared in the Qing Dynasty, but it did not exist before. And it should have only begun to flourish during the Qianlong period.
Because in turbulent times, the escort agency is completely helpless. "Dream of Red Mansions", as an encyclopedia of feudal society, has not yet recorded the escort agency.
The Ming Dynasty's "Jin Ping Mei" is also not mentioned. Huo Yuanjia was much closer than Huang Feihong. Li Yu said: "In the future, I might have the opportunity to learn two moves from Master Huo." Huo Yuanjia said: "I am just a martial artist. The emperor's master has the talent to manage the world and help the country. Why is it necessary to learn these things? You are responsible for outperforming foreigners mentally, and a rough guy like me can do the physical things." Nong Jinsun said: "That's right, and times have changed. We saw a lot of kung fu back then. A good Boxing Brother, but under the guns of foreigners, there is no way to be invulnerable." Nong Jinsun studied in Japan in his early years and was a staunch supporter of Mr. Sun Yat-sen. Later he joined the Tongmenghui, and his pharmacy in Tianjin was also Mr. Nakayama's secret liaison office.
So Nong Jinsun looks at things more rationally. Li Yu said: "Sir, you understand thoroughly, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with strengthening the body." Nong Jinsun agreed: "Opium has been poisoning for many years, so we should strengthen the body." Now opium has not been completely banned, and will continue to cause harm for many years, and even Zhang Xueliang was addicted to opium.
Li Yu said: "Master Huo only needs to teach you a few moves to defend yourself." Li Yu has now mastered pistol training. Although he knows it is enough, when he sees famous figures like Huo Yuanjia and Huang Feihong, his hands are itchy. , I always want to learn.
Where can I find a martial arts teacher of this level? Huo Yuanjia said: "That's easy to say. If the emperor's master comes to Tianjin again, I will definitely teach him with all my money." Li Yu said with a smile: "Master Huo is here to help." In fact, Huo Yuanjia is indeed very leisurely now and doesn't have much to do.
Unlike Huang Feihong, he still has to take care of Bao Zhilin. ——Patent Office, Bern, Switzerland. Einstein stared at his watch. When the second hand jumped to 12, he immediately got up to get off work, but as soon as he got up, he was stopped by the director.
"Einstein, there is an urgent matter that needs your attention. It is the patent on signal transmission and switching." Einstein said: "Director, I have read the application document, and I think it has room for improvement. ." The director said: "You are a patent reviewer. Whether improvements can be made is not something you have to consider. If it can be realized, it should be approved." Einstein looked at his watch again: "Okay, director, I will We will take care of it." Einstein wanted to run out, but was stopped by the director again: "Einstein, you have to complete it today, because the customer has already complained to me." Einstein was quite helpless: "Director, I actually made an appointment with Professor Kleiner of the University of Bern today." The director asked: "Is it about physics?" Einstein said frankly: "Yes, director." The director said: "If I It's you, you will definitely do the job at hand first, because this is your responsibility, and it also allows you to support yourself and your family. As for your spare time, you should do it after you finish your work." Einstein had no choice, after all, the director usually It's good for you, so you can only do what he said first.
Two hours later, Einstein rushed to a coffee shop and said to a professor: "Professor Kleiner, I'm sorry, I just got off work." Kleiner was helpless and said, "If it weren't for the courtesy of a gentleman, , I have left. It is good to see you now, but I have to tell you that one hour and seven minutes have passed since the meeting time." Einstein said: "In fact, Professor Kleiner, mentioned the time , I also think a lot about time.”
"Time?" Professor Kleiner asked,
"Are you saying that you want to discuss engineering and how to make clocks again? This is in line with the Swiss style. But it is a pity that if you are not punctual, you will not be able to make clocks." Einstein said quickly: "Sorry, Professor, I I admit it was my mistake, but please take a good look at my paper. You know, it is difficult to publish it in a regular academic journal without the signature of your supervisor or professor." Professor Kleiner said angrily: "If you When the promise comes, I will definitely watch it, but you have already wasted an extra hour and oh, oh, an hour and 8 minutes. Sorry, I have to leave!" Einstein begged: "Please give me a minute. , I will explain the proposal of the thesis to you soon."
"One minute?" said Professor Kleiner.
"Okay, I'll just listen to what you can say for a minute." Einstein sorted out his thoughts and said quickly: "Mr. Professor, everyone thinks that light is a wave, right? But I can prove that when light passes from any direction, When propagating everywhere, it is composed of a limited number of energy quanta. What is more interesting is that these energy quanta can only be produced or absorbed in their entirety." Einstein finished speaking in one breath, then took a breath and smiled: "Professor, look , I took less than a minute." Professor Kleiner thought for a moment and asked: "What exactly do you want to say?" Einstein said: "Do you remember Mr. Philip Lenard's article on the photoelectric effect? Paper? He discovered the photoelectric effect. Although he guessed that sometimes light may not be a wave, he could not explain why this was the case." Philippe Lenard is an interesting experimental physicist. He actually has the opportunity to become a lot of important physicists. The first inventor of discovery, but he was always a little slow.
He missed the discovery of cathode rays, which are electrons, missed the discovery of x-rays, and missed the atomic model.
In other words, Lenard himself discovered that cathode rays are negatively charged; he built an instrument and almost took an Space is relatively empty.
These all sound like super awesome discoveries, but... the final discovery of electrons fell to Thomson; the discovery of x-rays made Roentgen a leading figure in physics in Germany; Rutherford proposed the future through a particle scattering experiments. The generally accepted nuclear model of the atom!
All are Nobel Prizes! By the way, when Lenard was studying the emission of light, he also correctly speculated that the emission of light is related to the release and return of electrons, but it is a pity that he did not continue the research further.
What happened next? It’s the energy level orbit proposed by Bohr, the great master of quantum mechanics! Or a Nobel Prize!
And all of them are the most valuable physics prizes among the Nobel Prizes! Two years ago, he discovered the correct nature of the photoelectric effect through experiments: the photoelectric effect is only related to the frequency of light and has nothing to do with brightness.
But Lenard's experiment confirmed that if the frequency is not enough, no matter how strong the light intensity is, the photoelectric effect will not occur.
And if the frequency is reached, even a very weak light intensity can produce a photoelectric effect. This is completely contrary to common sense.
In other words, it completely deviates from the wave theory of light. Professor Kleiner from the University of Bern in front of him had naturally read Philip Lenard's thesis. He touched his beard and said to Einstein: "You continue to talk." Einstein said: "This is the content of my thesis. Come on. Nader can't explain it, guess who can explain it?" Professor Kleiner looked at Einstein and asked: "You?"
"Yes!" Einstein said. After a moment, he felt that it was inappropriate to say so, and then added,
"No! It should be Professor Planck! I think I can use his Planck constant to explain the photoelectric effect and prove that light actually has duality." After Einstein finished speaking, he handed the paper to Clay Professor Na then looked at him with joy.
Professor Kleiner adjusted his glasses, looked at the beginning of Einstein's paper, and said: "Duality?" Einstein quickly said: "Yes, to put it another way, light is not just a wave. At the same time, it is also a particle." After hearing this, Professor Kleiner immediately returned the paper to Einstein, and then said: "I am not just talking in my sleep, am I? You want to use a paper to prove that the basic laws of physics since 1678 are actually wrong. ? That’s two hundred... two hundred..." Einstein continued: "226 years." Professor Kleiner said: "Yes, you want to refute the firm laws of physics that have been established since 226 years! Are you kidding me? You'd better come to me if you want to understand. You young people always think that having an idea can shock the world and become a great man like Newton. In fact, it's far from it." After hearing Professor Kleiner's words, Einstein's heart immediately It was half cold, as if I had eaten an ice pimple in the cold winter, but I finally got an appointment with a professor and I had to fight for it.
"Professor Kleiner, you should still remember the magical genius of Eastern science Li Yu. He has used rigorous mathematics to prove that Professor Planck's formula is correct and is not pieced together. So, I think Mr. Planck That's right." Professor Kleiner picked up his hat from the table and put it on, and then said: "You mean, Planck also believed that light is a particle? I have never heard this at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. thing."
"But, Professor Kleiner, if you read my paper in full, you might find that I am right..." Einstein argued.
Professor Kleiner didn't want to do this. He turned around and said, "I'm not the editor of a small magazine. I don't have time to read messy and ridiculous papers. What's more, you are not even a professional physics researcher." Einstein It was quite sad to see Professor Kleiner leaving.
His original wish was to become a university lecturer after graduation. However, when he was studying at the ETH Zurich, he had a bad relationship with a professor due to a moment of anger. As a result, he was unwilling to write a recommendation letter, so he had no chance to enter the university as a physics student. Study professor.
Einstein returned home listlessly on his bicycle. His wife Mileva asked curiously: "Aren't you happy at work today?" Einstein sat down slumped: "No." Mileva asked again: "Then why are you like this?" Einstein took out his own Thesis: "I finally made an appointment with a physics professor at the University of Bern today, but he just listened to my proposal report and expressed that he was not interested at all." Mileva knew that Einstein's dream had always been to engage in physics. Research, encouraged him: "If you think it is correct, you can publish the paper." Einstein said: "Without the signature of the supervisor or professor, those formal academic journals are not willing to review the manuscript at all." Mileva said : "Is it necessary to review the manuscript?" Einstein said: "Of course, otherwise if there are errors in the publication, it will be even more difficult to turn around. But now no one believes in my theory at all." Mileva After thinking for a while, he said, "You can find the Chinese Li Yu from before." Einstein's eyes lit up: "That's right, I can send him the article to read first!" Einstein came immediately. In front of the desk, he copied the paper and sent it to the capital according to Li Yuliu's address.
He even thought it was not fast enough and planned to send a telegram to tell him about it in advance. Unfortunately, the Director of the Patent Office has not left in the past few days. As a result, he is unable to use the telegraph machine of the Patent Office and can only send telegrams at his own expense at the Telegraph Office.
The speed of the telegraph was just as fast. When Li Yu returned to his residence in the capital, he immediately saw Einstein's telegram.
"Dear Eastern friend Mr. Li Yu, I recently completed a paper on explaining the photoelectric effect. As discussed with you before, I boldly used Planck's quantum theory, which I think can perfectly explain the photoelectric effect. But But no one around me can understand or even accept it, and the professors are even less willing to discuss physics with a temporary third-level patent officer like me. So I thought of you. I always remember the weekend when I had a hearty talk about physics with you, which made me think I have told you a legend about bosom friends in China. I hope you can carefully review my paper, which is on its way to be mailed. In addition, it will be better to communicate by telegraph by then." Fengling said to Li Yu: "Sir, this The Germans seem to be very rich. It is rare to send such a long private telegram." Fengling counted the numbers: "According to the current price of 1.2 cents per word, this private telegram cost more than 20 silver dollars. ." Li Yu said with a smile: "Whether you have money or not is another matter, but he is very talented." Einstein's income at the Patent Office in Bern, Switzerland, is about 4,000 Swiss francs a year, which is definitely a high-income group.
Swiss francs correspond to French francs one-to-one. The current income of ordinary French people is around 300-800 francs.
If converted into U.S. dollars, Einstein's annual income of 800 U.S. dollars is indeed good, and it can help his family live at least a middle-class life in Bern.
When he got a temporary job at the Patent Office in Bern, Switzerland, he immediately wrote to his wife Mileva: "We will become very rich soon." Of course, the requirements for this position are not low. To be precise, it is not anything.
"Small clerk" should be said to be an engineer. The job advertisement clearly states: It is required to have received higher education in mechanical technology or physics, and to master German, French, and Italian.
This requirement alone can wipe out a large number of so-called
The pseudo-public intellectuals who "are in the United States and just got off the plane." Not to mention the early twentieth century when university penetration was very low.
