The telegrams Li Yu sends are getting longer and longer, but fortunately he can afford the expenses. The telegram was sent out by Fengling, and the revised manuscript was put into an envelope and sent to the post office by Zhao Qian.
The postage is still 10 silver dollars. It is said that sending express delivery to Europe in future generations is not cheap. Li Yu’s classmates are studying in the UK.
He is still a greedy cat and loves snacks, so his mother bought various Weilong spicy strips and other things from China and sent them there, and even instant noodles.
The total cost of the items is only three to four hundred yuan, but the postage costs more than seven hundred. Later, when I returned to China, I packed a suitcase full of various condiments and a big bucket of cumin noodles. I said that I would eat kebabs by myself when the time comes... It's really amazing. Britain is the country that gave birth to modern civilized society. Why don’t you know how to eat?
In later generations, it would take more than half a month to send an express to the UK. Now it takes at least a month to cross the ocean, or even longer.
After all, there are many Japanese warships in the Bohai Bay. So do it with Einstein
Not only is the cost of being a "pen pal" high, but the sense of distance in time and space is also high. Reading Einstein's papers was really taxing, so Li Yu stretched hard.
Not long after, Konoe Akiyuki walked in with a cup of hot coffee.
"Sir, try the coffee I ground myself." She is really discerning. It's not easy to get coffee in Beijing these days.
Li Yu asked in surprise: "Do you know how to do this?" Konoe Akiyuki said: "I went to a foreign cafe when I was in Shanghai. It felt strange, so I bought some coffee powder from the store and brought it with me." Li Yu tasted Take a sip,
"You added a lot of sugar, right?" Konoe Aki asked, "Sir, you like to drink bitter coffee?" Li Yu said, "That's not true. But it would definitely be better if you add milk foam." But there is definitely no jam now. Puccino.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Sir, you really understand Western life." Li Yu said casually: "It's hard to say whether you understand or not, and if you really want to talk about it, tea is much more complicated than coffee." Konoe Akiyuki said: "Sir, if you like it, I will learn how to froth milk." Li Yu said: "I'm afraid it will be more troublesome." Konoe Akihiki immediately said: "No trouble, no trouble! I am happy to do these things for you, sir, as long as you like it." Li Yugang As he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of a figure floating past the door from the corner of his eye. He ignored Konoe Akiyuki and quickly got up and chased him out.
"Miss Bicheng, why did you leave as soon as you arrived at the door?" Li Yu stopped Lu Bicheng and asked. Lu Bicheng said nonchalantly: "I'm afraid of disturbing your work." Li Yu smiled and said: "The work has been completed." Lu Bicheng snorted softly: "I didn't know." Li Yu saw the hand in her hand He was holding a newspaper and asked: "Are you bringing me today's news?" Lu Bicheng raised his hand and put the newspaper in his hand.
"That's right, take a look for yourself." Li Yu picked up the newspaper and saw the title above: "Sixty-year-old man is full of life, so it turns out that he is like this..." Looking further down, it turned out to be an advertisement for selling medicine.
I found out that as early as the beginning of the 20th century, there was a clickbait party, and it was on par with later generations. Li Yu smiled and said: "I don't think I need it..."
"No need for anything?" Lu Bicheng asked. Li Yu said: "Daliwan."
"Dali Pill?" Lu Bicheng glanced at the newspaper, his face turned red, and he said angrily,
"Who asked you to read this!" Li Yu wondered: "You asked me to read it." Lu Bicheng turned over the newspaper, pointed at it and said, "This is the article I asked you to read." Li Yu said again Look, it turned out to be an article written by a Japanese about the differences between races.
Li Yu chuckled: "I'll just say it!" But when he read this article, he became a little angry. The content inside is basically nonsense. For example, the differences between races are not only reflected in skin, but also in intelligence.
Due to the inheritance of Amaterasu and the special environment, the Yamato nation is the only one that can match Westerners in terms of intelligence.
Li Yu said: "It's completely made up! It's all made up with unclear words!" Lu Bicheng said: "But it's published in a newspaper, and it's a Japanese newspaper, so it's hard to say." Li Yu found the cover of the newspaper. , turned out to be the Japanese "Tianjin Daily News".
This newspaper was relatively famous before, called "Guowen Bao", and its core writer was Yan Fu. In the beginning, "Guo Wen Bao" was a stronghold of the reformists, and it was most famous for publishing articles such as Yan Fu's "Tian Yan Lun".
However, after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, "Guowen News" was banned by the Qing government, sold to the Japanese, and renamed "Tianjin Daily News". Since then, it has become a public opinion tool for Japan's invasion of China.
The current main writer is called Fang Yaoyu, he is a big traitor, and he has been a traitor for nearly half a century! It is rare for a traitor to remain a traitor for such a long time.
When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China in 1900, the Japanese disguised themselves as Chinese people and sneaked into the old city of Tianjin to inspect and check whether there were any gaps in the city.
This is what Fang Yaoyu taught the Japanese. On a dark and windy night for a month, Fang Yaoyu led the Japanese invasion from the Hulukeng in the southeast corner of Tianjin's four major waterholes.
Because at that time, the water in the gourd pit in the southeast corner was very shallow at night, so you could wade through it. Fang Yaoyu made a great contribution to the Japanese. The Japanese gave him a medal and began to reuse him.
Previously, Fang Yaoyu was an editor of "Guowen News". After the Japanese took over the newspaper and renamed it "Tianjin Daily News", they directly made Fang Yaoyu the editor-in-chief.
Not only that, the Japanese also gave him a large piece of land in the concession for development, probably in the area of Duolun Road in Heping District, Tianjin today.
In fact, the location of the Japanese Concession in Tianjin has never been very good. It used to be a swamp. When the British and French opened the concession in Tianjin in the 1860s, they even avoided this area that was not easy to develop.
The Japanese classified it as a Japanese concession and developed it into Tianjin's entertainment and business district. However, the Japanese are really inferior, and only in the Japanese Concession can they continue to sell opium, or even legalize it.
There are nearly a thousand opium dens in the Japanese Concession! Not only that, the Japanese opened hundreds of brothels in the Japanese Concession, and there were thousands of licensed fireworks women alone.
It was a surprise and an uproar internationally. It’s not surprising that such nonsense articles appeared in this newspaper.
But the problem is that Chinese people now blindly worship foreign countries even more than later generations. Even if there is a Japanese magician, they will believe everything they say.
Li Yu laughed angrily: "In the past, "Guo Wen Bao" published "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution", which was such a progress. How did it end up like this now? It's either a small advertisement on the street or just spreading rumors?" Lu Bicheng said: "Originally, I didn't bother to read this. It was the editor of Ta Kung Pao who showed it to me." Li Yu said, "Beware of ambition! I will write an article to refute it!" Lu Bicheng said, "Master said, now you know the most about Western learning. Only what you write can compete with foreigners."
"Since Mr. Yan Fu said so, I will do my part," Li Yu said, and then said to Lu Bicheng,
"You have followed me for so long, and you still understand a lot of science. You can see the errors in the article, which is good." Lu Bicheng turned his face and said: "Who, who has been with you for so long? You, you have such a person around you. Beautiful girl...forget it, I won't say anything!" Lu Bicheng ran away after saying that.
Her voice became quieter and quieter, and Li Yu didn't even hear her clearly. He had no choice but to return to the study with the newspaper, read it carefully again, and became even more angry.
Konoe Aki asked: "Why are you so angry, sir?" Li Yu put the newspaper on the table and said angrily: "These little Japanese, all of them are short in stature, talking about racial superiority? How can they still write this thing? Your face doesn’t turn red and your heart doesn’t beat?”
"Little, little Japan?" Konoe Akiyuki said. Li Yu said: "Yeah, look at the bullshit written by these little Japanese people!" Konoe Akihiro saw at a glance that the signature Kenjiro Hayade was his alumnus from Toa Doubun Academy.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Is it about the theory of evolution?"
"That bullshit theory of evolution is simply insulting Darwin. I'm afraid the coffin board of his old man will not be able to hold it down!" Li Yu said.
Among these great scientists in modern times, the most controversial and famous one is probably Darwin. Because his theory is very explosive, and secondly, it is relatively easy for the public to understand.
Then there were a lot of people who took advantage of Darwin's traffic and often took out his theories and talked about them. The Japanese and Germans are the worst at playing this game, and they are also where militarism flourishes the most.
Of course, they are all distorting Darwin's theory of evolution, not Darwin's intention. The more Li Yu thought about it, the angrier he became: "The Japanese are really hateful. They are too ambitious. They will not give up until they engulf China and North Korea, but they don't even think about whether they have such good teeth! A snake swallowing an elephant will only burst its belly!" Konoe Akiyuki was surprised. He said: "Sir, do you hate the Japanese so much?" Li Yu opened his mouth and said: "Of course, in the future, uh, what they did will be outrageous to both humans and gods!" Konoe Akihitsu said: "But the coalition forces back then were not only Japanese, but also cut off The ones with the most land are the Russians." Li Yu said: "They are not good things!" Konoe Aki said: "Sir, you want to write an article and then refute it?" Li Yu said: "Of course, what is this Jiro called? I dare you. It is unbearable to scold all Asians except the Japanese. You can go back first, I will not rest for the time being and continue to work." Konoe Akiyuki could only say: "Sir, take care of yourself." Konoe Akiyuki exited Li Yu's room and silently recorded what he said in her heart.
It is too easy for Li Yu to write this kind of article. Although he is not a troll, people who have experienced the Internet era know how to spray back.
Especially in his opinion, the level of Hayade Kenjiro's writing was simply substandard. Li Yu quickly wrote the article and found Lu Bicheng and gave it to her: "Publish it in Ta Kung Pao." Lu Bicheng scanned it quickly and said, "You are really sharp in writing this kind of article." After "Ta Kung Pao" was published, " Newspapers such as Shenbao quickly reprinted it.
Li Yu's name is still very famous.
"Extraordinary! Extraordinary! Imperial Master Li Yu strives to refute Japanese scholars and prove that the wisdom of the Chinese people is second to none in the world!"
"Give me two copies." It was Tang Shaoyi who spoke. The newsboy took out the newspaper and handed it over: "Master, there are 20 coins in total." Tang Shaoyi touched his body and found that he didn't bring any change, so he threw him a silver dollar directly: "I've given it to you." When the newsboy saw it, he almost burst into tears. He came down: "Master, there are too many! I..." Tang Shaoyi picked up the newspaper: "What nonsense are you talking about? Just take it if I let you take it, let's go!" The newsboy wiped his nose: "Master, you are a good man, I I’ll kowtow to you.” The newsboy knelt down and kowtowed three times.
But Tang Shaoyi picked up the newspaper and turned around and left, not paying attention to the little newsboy's actions. Tang Shaoyi took the newspaper to Yuan Shikai, who was standing not far away: "It's Li Yu who makes the newspaper again." This time they returned to Beijing as a routine report at the beginning of each year, and both of them held extremely important positions.
Yuan Shikai took the newspaper and read it: "This Li Yu, everyone underestimates him when they say he is very talented. The ancients knew astronomy from above and geography from below. I think he is the only one who can be called that." Tang Shaoyi said: "On Western Studies I'm afraid he is really the number one person in research in today's world." Yuan Shikai nodded, deeply impressed by what Tang Shaoyi said, and then turned to the two people behind him and said: "Ke Ding, Ke Wen, you should pay more attention to Imperial Master Li in the future. Order to learn Western learning." Yuan Shikai brought his two sons, Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen.
Yuan Keding is the eldest son of Yuan Shikai and the only child of his wife Yu. However, Yuan Shikai had a bad relationship with his wife. What he really loved was his aunt Shen, who was once a famous prostitute in Suzhou.
It is said that Shen helped Yuan Shikai when he was in decline, and Yuan Shikai promised that he would never forget her. After he became the governor of one side, he really accepted Mrs. Shen and made her the first among his many concubines.
Yuan Shikai had one main wife, nine concubines, and about thirty children. In the Yuan family
In the "harem", the Shen family has the highest status, even above the head wife. Yuan Shikai even asked all the children to call her
"Mom". In fact, Shen was unable to have children. So Yuan Shikai adopted Yuan Kewen into her lap.
However, although Yuan Shikai was not on harmony with his wife, he was really very kind to his eldest son Yuan Keding because his age was very special.
Yuan Keding was born very early, a full 12 years older than his second son Yuan Kewen. Yuan Shikai has always trained him more, taking him with him when training troops at the small station, patrolling Shandong, and governor-general Zhili.
Yuan Keding said: "I know Li Yu. Many newspapers have reported on him. Moreover, he also exposed foreign liars." Yuan Shikai said: "Yes, I have met him several times. This man's mind is rarely seen in the world. You and him You can't go wrong with learning some Western knowledge." His youngest son Yuan Kewen, who is only 14 years old now, said: "Then we are classmates with the emperor." Yuan Shikai laughed and scolded: "You are very courageous, you dare to be the same generation as the emperor." Yuan Kewen Said: "Why don't you dare to do this? The current emperor is not the real emperor..." Yuan Shikai quickly covered his mouth: "What did my father teach you? Trouble comes from the mouth, don't talk nonsense outside!" Yuan Kewen spat Sticking out his tongue: "I know, kid." Yuan Shikai asked Tang Shaoyi: "Where does Li Yu live now?" Tang Shaoyi said: "It's not far from where we stay, just outside Donghuang City. You have been there before. .”
"Have I been there?" Yuan Shikai asked. Tang Shaoyi said: "Yes, the former residence of Rong Lu and Rong Zhongtang has become Li Yu's residence." Tang Shaoyi was quite cautious in speaking.
"Fu" and
"Zhai" is very measured. Yuan Shikai was surprised and said: "It turns out to be in Dongchang Hutong, and we happened to be not far along the way." Officials usually enter the imperial city through Dong'an Gate on the east side of the imperial city, and then enter the Forbidden City.
Last year, Prince Su Shanqi and
"Three talented men under his banner", inscribed
Na Tong, who was named "Tsinghua Garden", wrote a letter together to decide to build Dong'an Market in order to improve the way for officials to go to court.
In the past, Dong'anmen Street and the extended Jinyu Hutong were full of small vendors. Li Yu first ate noodles at Ding Deshan's noodle stall, which was a roadside stall.
Tang Shaoyi said: "The Queen Mother will not be summoned until tomorrow, but we have nothing to do today." Yuan Shikai said: "It happens that my two dogs are going to be apprentices. It is more appropriate to come to the door for this kind of thing."
