In Beijing, Li Yu's leg injury is now feeling good and he feels that it won't be long before he can resume the habit of exercising.
In the morning, Lu Bicheng went out shopping with Konoe Zhaoxue and Fengling.
After buying vegetables at Dong'an Market, Zhao Qian drove them to the foreign store in Dongjiao Minxiang to buy some things.
On the way, Fengling kept scolding Zhao Qian for forgetting to refuel and almost killing Li Yu.
Zhao Qian said awkwardly: "Okay, okay, you have told me eight hundred times. Ever since I taught me to use a straw to refuel, I now have to check the oil level every day, and it is always full. You don't know, At first, when I used the straw, I sucked a lot of gasoline into my mouth, which was so unpleasant to drink!”
"You deserve it!" Fengling said.
"Okay, you deserve it!" Zhao Qian stuck out his tongue, but he couldn't defeat Fengling.
The car arrived at Dongjiaomin Lane and attracted the attention of many people.
"It turns out there are cars in Beijing too."
“It still looks like it’s made in Germany and tastes good.”
"I wonder if it's inconvenient to refuel in Beijing? I also want to buy one."
"Depending on the road conditions, you have to buy something with better performance."
"..."
The chassis of Li Yu's car is actually not low. It is definitely at the level of an off-road vehicle in later generations, with a ground clearance of more than 20 centimeters.
The downside is that it's a bit bumpy to drive, but it's still much better than a horse-drawn carriage.
Walking into Qi Luofu Foreign Trade Co., Ltd., the dazzling array of Western products attracts women's attention.
Lu Bicheng pointed to a small clock and said, "Look at the introduction. This one can set time?"
The owner of the foreign company said: "Madam, you have a good eye. The product we just imported from the United States is called an alarm clock. As long as you set the time, it will wake you up at the specified time."
Lu Bicheng said: "That's it. I want it. How much does it cost?"
The boss of the foreign bank said: "100 silver dollars."
Lu Bicheng was surprised: "So expensive?"
The owner of a foreign company said: "A pocket watch costs more than one hundred silver dollars. This alarm clock is so big that it is not expensive anymore."
Lu Bicheng said: "Okay..."
Before Lu Bicheng could finish speaking, Fengling interrupted her and said, "Boss, you may not know that our master is Li Yu! He knows everything there is to know. How can there be any truth that the bigger the money, the more expensive it is? How about 60 silver dollars? ?”
The boss was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It turns out they are Mr. Li Yu's family members, easy to talk to! Then I'll do as you said, 60 silver dollars. Just take care of the business more in the future."
Lu Bicheng whispered in her ear: "Thank you for being able to bargain."
Fengling said: "You, don't be polite to foreigners when you see them. The master told us that foreigners are actually very bad. They think of ways to make money from us, and the prices they set are very generous, so we have to bargain more. !”
Lu Bicheng suddenly realized: "So that's it."
"Isn't that right!" Fengling said, "And foreigners used to like to pay on credit. I saw them when I was still in Bada Hui, and they dared to go to the brothels without giving them money! Later, the boss got angry and charged them a higher price than the Chinese. It’s two or three times higher, and there’s no credit.”
Fengling's words made Lu Bicheng feel a little embarrassed, "It's really... bad."
Fengling said: "Anyway, just come to the foreign bank to bargain. In the future, if you stay with me for a long time, you will know more!"
Lu Bicheng was surprised: "Li Yu has been to Yao... Bada Hutong?"
Fengling said, "I've been there before."
"Ah!" Lu Bicheng said in shock, "Has he really been there?"
Feng Ling burst out laughing: "He went there to save me and Zhao Qian's brother. Otherwise, why would we follow the master so wholeheartedly?"
Lu Bicheng exhaled: "It scared me."
Fengling asked: "What are you afraid of?"
"I..." Lu Bicheng was momentarily paused by the question, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I'm afraid of missing his official career."
Feng Ling suppressed her laughter: "I understand, I understand!" Then she asked: "Foreigners are also strange, why do they come up with such a thing as an alarm clock?"
"Maybe it's more difficult for foreigners to get up," Lu Bicheng said.
Fengling asked: "Is it difficult for me to get up too?"
Lu Bicheng said "Yes": "I changed his dressing recently, and I found that he got up very late. He was asleep when I went to his bedroom in the morning and knocked on the door."
The sequelae of modern people...
Fengling said: "Maybe I can only wait for Miss Bicheng to change it for him later."
Lu Bicheng chose some more items:
"Li Yu definitely needs these tools for cleaning suits. He said suits cannot be washed by hand; there is also this dumbbell. Li Yu said it is not convenient for running now, so he should use it to exercise upper body strength; and this ink, his pen is just right. It works..."
On the side, Konoe Akira looked a little ashamed. She understood that Lu Bicheng really pretended to be Li Yu in her heart; but she got in touch with him through a mission, so the feeling of estrangement was difficult to eliminate, and she decided to judge.
She picked up a product with style: "Is this the latest toothpaste?"
The boss of the foreign company said: "Yes, it comes from Austria. It uses the latest technology to turn the toothpaste powder into a solid-liquid mixture and puts it into a metal hose. It is very convenient to use every time."
Konoe Aki nodded: "I met him in Tokyo, and I think Mr. Li Yu will like it."
Lu Bicheng and Fengling had never used toothpaste. After all, the tube-shaped toothpaste in the modern sense had only been around for ten years.
Lu Bicheng asked: "How do they clean their teeth?"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Squeeze out the toothpaste inside and you can brush your teeth."
"It sounds very convenient." Lu Bicheng said.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "I almost forgot, I need to buy a toothbrush."
She was secretly happy, after all, I know something that you don’t!
——
While several women were shopping, Shi Liangcai, a reporter from Shenbao, found Li Yu.
When the two came to the house, Shi Liangcai asked, "How about you, sir, who has not been raped by the Japanese before?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "So many people are worried about me! I'll be fine!"
"That's good!" Shi Liangcai said, "I have something else I need to ask you about this time."
Li Yu said: "But it doesn't hurt to talk."
Shi Liangcai said: "Sir, you must have heard of a Swede named Nabo, right?"
"Nabo?" Li Yu was confused.
Shi Liangcai said: "Shanghai's "Global Gazette" has previously reported on this person. It is said that he was a chemist who invented explosives and made a lot of profits. After his death, he made a will and set up a huge award for the purpose. To reward talent.”
Only then did Li Yu understand: "You should be talking about Nobel. There is indeed such a person."
Li Yu did not expect that there would be reports about Nobel in China so early, and asked curiously: "What did the Gazette of All Nations say?"
By the way, there are two "Global Gazettes of All Nations", one was founded by American Lin Lezhi;
One was founded by the reformist Kang Liang.
The Nobel report was published by the American Lin Lezhi's "Universal Gazette", a newspaper based in Shanghai. It was founded for a long time, from 1868 to Lin Lezhi's death in 1907.
During this period, people such as Timothy Richard and Ding Yuliang participated in the compilation of this newspaper.
Shi Liangcai said: "In October of the year before last (1902), the Gazette of All Nations published an article called 'Big Money Rewards', which mentioned Lundgen who discovered Eggers' lightning, the German physician Bai Lin, and the founder of the Cross Society. of Dunaid, sharing hundreds of thousands of Swedish kronor together.”
The early translation was indeed a bit strange, "Lundgen" was of course Röntgen who won the physics prize;
German physician Bai Lin is also the German Bai Lin who won the Physiology or Medicine Prize;
Dunaid was the later translator of Dunant, and he won the Peace Prize.
Li Yu said: "There are still two people missing, namely Fantov who won the chemistry prize and Prudhomme who won the literature prize."
Shi Liangcai said: "Unfortunately, as a journalist, I don't know much about such a big event. Thank you sir for reminding me."
Li Yu said: "This matter really deserves more attention. It is definitely a big news every year."
Shi Liangcai said: "Back then, the Gazette of All Nations mainly reported on Dunaid, and a lot of space was devoted to the Red Cross Society he founded. By the way, I heard that the Red Cross Society will be established in Shanghai this year."
Li Yu said: "Mr. Dunan really deserves this peace prize."
The Peace Prize has always been very controversial, but it was definitely deserved when it was awarded to Dunant in the first year.
As for the peace prize in future generations, let’s not mention it...
This report in the "Global Gazette" can be regarded as the earliest report on the Nobel Prize in China. Although there are many mistakes and the time is delayed by more than half a year, it is still better than nothing.
Unfortunately, other domestic newspapers did not follow up on the Nobel Prize coverage at that time, so its influence was very small.
And since then, there has been no domestic report on the 1902 Nobel Prize.
Shi Liangcai said: “I had heard about last year’s Naples event from a friend in The Times. Oh, the Nobel Prize had been awarded, so I wanted to make a report. Unfortunately, I didn’t know much about the situation, especially when it came to There is a lot of Western learning content, so I came to ask sir for advice."
Historically, domestic coverage of the 1903 Nobel Prize did not appear until October 1904.
Li Yu was happy to help and agreed: "It's a small matter. I will write you the winners of each award and the general situation."
Shi Liangcai said happily: "I knew that your husband would be able to write about it after he traveled to the West."
Li Yu said: "I wrote very poorly, and you will have to make certain revisions later. There is someone who deserves special mention this year, and that is Marie Curie, who won the physics prize."
"Madam?" Shi Liangcai was really interested, "Is she a woman?"
Li Yu said: "Yes! And you may not know that the most important Nobel Prize is the Physics Prize. This year, a total of three people won the Nobel Prize in Physics, Becquerel and the Curies. But in terms of achievements, , Marie Curie is definitely the most central among the three. Unfortunately, even in Europe, the media and academia only regard her as an assistant."
Shi Liangcai asked: "What is an assistant's assistant?"
Li Yu said: "The Western media thinks that Pierre Curie was just Becquerel's assistant. And Madame Curie was her husband Pierre's assistant. But in fact, the order is completely reversed, and Becquerel was nothing more than It was just the discovery of natural radioactivity. It was the Curies who truly revealed the principle of radioactivity, and Mrs. Curie did the most work in it."
The discrimination against women in the West is really serious at this time, and Westerners also believe that women can only exist as accessories.
Becquerel even made such a discriminatory statement against women: "Mrs. Curie's contribution was to serve as a good assistant to Mr. Pierre Curie. This gives us reason to believe that God created women to cooperate with men." The best assistant."
But everyone who understands knows that if Marie Curie had not discovered the elements polonium and radium at that time, and extracted the compound of radium element radium chloride, would Becquerel be the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics this time?
Absolutely not!
Merely discovering the emissivity of matter is not enough to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
It is because of Marie Curie's contribution that the theory and concept of radioactivity were formally established, and the result of this Nobel Prize was achieved.
It can be said that Becquerel was influenced by Madame Curie, and he said so plausibly.
Everyone in later generations knows Madame Curie, but how many still remember Becquerel?
But this is the current situation, and even Marie Curie's award has caused huge controversy.
Einstein had great respect for Marie Curie, and he later famously said: "Of all the world's celebrities, Marie Curie is the only one who has not been spoiled by fame."
The reason why he said this was actually because Marie Curie had never been favored by fame.
Over the past century, very few women have won Nobel Prizes in the field of natural sciences. The next one would be Marie Curie’s daughter more than 30 years later.
Excluding the Marie Curie family, the next woman to win a Nobel Prize in the field of natural sciences was Gertie Theresa Corey, who won the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Shi Liangcai didn't know anything about radioactivity, but from Li Yu's statement, it seemed that the most crucial person in winning the third Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 was a woman.
"It's really great news!" Shi Liangcai said.
Li Yu said: "I hope you can report this matter fairly in Shenbao."
Shi Liangcai patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir, I definitely understand what it means to be a qualified reporter."
This year’s Nobel Prize is really interesting.
It vaguely hints at the rise of many women’s rights.
Not only did the heavyweight physics prize go to a woman, but the literature prize was awarded to Norwegian Björnsson.
This person is also not well-known in later generations. After all, the Nobel Prize in Literature is usually awarded to serious literature or poetry, and the audience is indeed quite small.
Forget about him, if you look at the Nobel Prize for Literature over the past 100 years and look at the list, you will find that not many people know about it...
Even if Björnsson won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, in terms of literature alone, Li Yu, who has not written the Star Wars series, is as well-known...
Well, this is all due to market factors, and of course it is not to belittle Björnsson.
He won the award this year for a very controversial script called "The Glove of Challenge". You don't need to know the content, you only need to know the general outline: it is about the heroine of the play who throws the glove at her fiancé when she hears that he is not as chaste as she is. Throw it away to express dissatisfaction.
His award was highly controversial in Europe anyway, triggering a heated debate about sexual morality that lasted for several years.
Because in the play the fiancé requires the heroine to be perfect, the heroine and the author Björnsson himself raise a question: If women are required to do so, should they also require men to have no sexual behavior before marriage?
A work with this point of view was released so early in 1903, and it was still in Europe, which is really a bit shocking.
Therefore, the third Nobel Prize is still very interesting, at least the news media will like these conflicts.
(End of chapter)
