Chapter 6 The "Old Nine Gate" in the Late Qing Dynasty

Li Yu has been to Donglaishun Restaurant several times. The mutton produced by the classic copper pot makes people feel aftertaste, and the sauce level he makes is also unique. Whether it is the sesame sauce and leek flower stream in the north or the dry sauce and sesame oil stream in the south, it can create a very good taste.

He personally acted as a "perfumer" when having dinner with his classmates, which can be said to have effectively alleviated the conflict between the north and the south!

Unfortunately, in the fields of sweet tofu brain and salted tofu brain, he still cannot make effective checks and balances.

After everyone else in front of the stall sat down, Li Yu went over and asked, "Boss Ding, why didn't you see mutton hotpot?"

Ding Deshan wiped his sweat with a towel: "You are so joking, look at my small stall where can I do that!"

"You can!" Li Yu said, but said in his heart: "Because I'm still waiting for something."

Ding Deshan was asked by him: "Why... eat a bowl of noodles first?"

"Ding Ding!"

Li Yu threw down eight copper plates, "A bowl of mutton noodles, I will also try Boss Ding's skills."

Ding Deshan was full of confidence: "Don't worry, in the east half of the city, I can't eat my good mutton noodles!"

Ding Deshan's craftsmanship was a big deal. After drinking a bowl of noodles, Li Yu felt his stomach full.

While it was still early, Li Yu walked around the street again. The things sold at stalls on the street were not expensive, and they were concentrated between a few cents and a dozen cents, but the varieties were not large.

Ordinary people who eat and buy food are also very simple. For example, Ding Deshan sells a bowl of noodles for four cents. Many people still have to compare and often hesitate between the four cents noodles and the three cents buns for a long time. After all, for them, it is enough to have enough food to fill them!

Most of the people in the late Qing Dynasty lived on the line of food and clothing, and their daily expenses were basically no more than 20 cents. Now, it would be almost four or five yuan.

But those powerful people are different, and spending a lot of money is no problem. Therefore, the society in the late Qing Dynasty was definitely a stinky and stinky family!

Just as he was about to walk back, Li Yu saw a foreigner walking out of a door. The foreigner was not young, about sixty or seventy years old, but in good spirits.

The person inside bowed to him, the foreigner also bowed back, then put on his hat and walked away indifferently.

At this time, I saw a foreigner who was quite rare, and Li Yu followed him.

The foreigner walked a few steps and stopped beside an old beggar in rags. He squatted down and said, "Old man, why are you begging in the capital?"

This foreigner speaks very well in Chinese.

The old beggar didn't expect that the foreigner would take the initiative to talk to him. He was stunned for a long time before replying: "Master Foreigner, you must not understand our business. We can only get enough dry food in the city!"

The foreigner nodded, feeling that this sentence was indeed a bit unnecessary, so he took out a silver dollar from his pocket and threw it to him.

The old beggar was stunned when he heard the crisp sound in the bowl, and he kept holding the silver dollar and was grateful: "Thank you, Lord Yang, I wish you a hundred years of life! No, it's long live!"

The foreigner said: "What you said is wrong. Your 'long live' is for the emperor and the empress dowager."

The old beggar seemed to care about that and asked directly: "Why didn't you foreigners destroy the Qing Dynasty?"

The foreigner did not answer and asked back: "Do you think we can destroy it?"

"Of course!" The old beggar pointed to a wire in the distance, "The person who invented that wire can overthrow the Qing Dynasty!"

The foreigner smiled bitterly, stood up and walked away without comment.

Even a beggar can say such words. It seems that the people of the Qing Dynasty are almost unable to control them!

Li Yu remembered Fan Xiren's invitation yesterday and immediately returned to the Tongwenguan Library and found that he had read yesterday's mathematics textbook again.

"Brother Fan came very early!" Li Yu said.

Fan Xiren put away his book and said, "Hello, Brother Li!"

Li Yu said: "How is the research done?"

Fan Xiren smiled bitterly and said, "It's really unfathomable, too many can't be understood!"

It is indeed quite difficult to understand calculus for a while, so Li Yu had to use the method of the math teacher back then: "I'll draw a few more pictures for you, maybe it will help you."

"That's great. Today I happened to bring a good piece of ink." Fan Xiren has seen many mathematical graphics in his book, but he still has only a few understandings. He has learned the Cartesian coordinate system, but it is limited to elementary algebra.

Fan Xiren took out a small box from his arms, which read "Yi Pin Hui Mo".

Li Yu practiced soft-brush calligraphy when he was young, and he could read it well. However, compared with the Qing juren, it was more than a little bit worse than others, so he would not ruin other people's good things! He said: "There should be a classroom here, why don't we find a blackboard?"

Fan Xiren suddenly said, "What a wonderful thing! Only then can I feel like teaching."

Fan Xiren is also very familiar with the interior of Tongwenguan, and the two walked to the teaching area in the front yard together.

Li Yu asked, "By the way, Brother Fan, I heard that there will be exams in the Tongwenguan in the near future, so I don't know what they are taking?"

Fan Xiren said: "It is not the exam in the Tongwenguan, but the Peking University will resume school, and an admissions exam will be conducted in a few months."

Beijing University Church!

Li Yu was shocked, his alma mater!

As early as 1898, during the Reform Movement of 1898, the Beijing University of the People's Republic of China was founded, but it only took two years to run and encountered the Eight-Nation Alliance, and then it was suspended for two years.

The Reform of 1898 was definitely a pain in the heart of Empress Dowager Cixi, because in her opinion, it was Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others who bewitched Emperor Guangxu, which led to the disagreement between mother and son now.

Most of the measures in the reform were also abolished, but the University survived.

Fan Xiren continued: "This enrollment meeting is relatively strict, and students will have the opportunity to send them to study in the West in the future. Everyone wants to learn Western things, and they also want to go to the West to see how powerful they are!"

"So, you have to take advantage of these few months to review and prepare for the exam." Li Yu thought to himself, this seemed no different from his previous exam.

Fan Xiren nodded and said, "Yes, the content of the exam is very complicated. In Western studies, subjects such as English, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, zoology, botany, history, etc. will be involved."

Good guy, it turns out that the "Lao Jiumen" started to torture the candidates more than a hundred years ago!

Li Yu said: "Then you really have to prepare well."

"Of course! I must be admitted to the Peking University! Then go to Western countries. If I can continue to study with them for a few years, it would be best. When I return from my studies, I will make the Qing Dynasty stronger and I will never defeat the war again!"

Fan Xiren became more and more excited as he spoke, and an inexplicable sense of perseverance appeared in his eyes.

There is no shortage of such passionate young people in any era!

He was in a sharp contrast with the old beggar he met today. This was a very normal situation in the late Qing Dynasty. The building was about to collapse, and thousands of people in the country had too many different views.

The original intentions of everyone were good, but the darkness before dawn was indeed so dark that everyone at that time could not see the direction clearly.

While talking, the two walked outside the classroom, where two foreigners were doing calculations on the blackboard. When they walked in, they saw that one of them was the very old foreigner Li Yu saw.

Fan Xiren next to him said in surprise: "This...is Mr. Ding Weiliang, the former head teacher!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!