The few of them were busy studying, but they didn't realize that Kawashima Naniwa had already noticed Li Yu from the moment he entered the door.
Kawashima Naniwa is a professional spy and is very sensitive to the dynamics of the people around him. Moreover, Japan is now extremely ambitious, and its understanding of China is many times greater than that of the Qing court itself.
All the dignitaries and celebrities in the capital have made detailed investigations. If they wanted to, they could trace the life trajectories of important people, and even deduce from various details what time they squatted in the latrine, what time they ate, and even what night they had.
Is there any hey hey hey?
Japan's attention to the Qing Dynasty was almost like a couple in love.
——Of course this is not love.
Li Yu is very famous now, even in the West, so Kawashima Naniwa has naturally noticed him a long time ago.
If Li Yu didn't have a certain God's perspective as a time traveler, he wouldn't have noticed Kawashima Naniwa at all, let alone realized that Kawashima Naniwa was paying attention to him, and he would have been completely kept in the dark.
After listening to the play, Kawashima Naniwa immediately came to a secret base.
He knocked on the door rhythmically a few times, and after a while the door opened.
The person who opened the door bowed to him and extended his hand inward: "Mr. Kawashima, please come in."
This is the notorious intelligence agency - Aoki Mansion - established by Japan's first generation spy chief, Nobujun Aoki, the military attache stationed in the Qing Dynasty.
The well-known Kenji Doihara is the third generation spy chief, and Nobujun Aoki can be regarded as his "grandfather".
Kawashima Naniwa entered a secret room and bowed to everyone in turn: "Minister Uchida, General Aoki."
Uchida Yasuya, the Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty, said: "Why didn't Uchida Ryohei and Toyama Mitsuru come?"
Kawashima Naniwa said: "Chief Uchida and Advisor Touyama are busy with espionage work against Russia, and now they are in Vladivostok and cannot escape."
Aoki Xuanzhun nodded: "It's enough for you to represent the Black Dragon Association. Sit down."
Uchida Yasuya asked: "What new information has been obtained recently?"
Kawashima Naniwa said: "I have already done some in-depth investigations regarding Li Yu who is concerned about Mr. Minister."
Nobuzumi Aoki was a military attache, and his focus was mainly on politics and business. He didn’t know much about academia, so he asked: "Li Yu?"
Minister Yasuya Uchida explained: "In the past year, a very amazing genius in science has suddenly appeared. Even Western newspapers have praised him highly."
"Science?" Nobuzumi Aoki asked again, "What kind of science?"
Uchida Yasuya said: "Judging from the papers he published, they should be in the basic mathematical sciences."
Nobuzumi Aoki said: "Mathematics and physics? I have learned some. Is it possible for him to make powerful machinery or weapons for the Qing Dynasty?"
"It should be unlikely for the time being." Uchida Yasuya said.
"Should it? That said, I'm still not sure." Nobuzumi Aoki said.
Uchida Yasuya nodded: "Unfortunately, no one in our intelligence department or the embassy can understand Li Yu's articles and papers. It is only speculated from the reaction of the Western scientific community that it should be very advanced. But there is indeed nothing about machinery and weapons in the paper.
Theory and design content.”
Nobuzumi Aoki asked again: "In this case, is this person a big threat?"
Uchida Yasuya said: "It's hard to say. After all, mathematical science is the basis of many other sciences. Maybe this person may burst out with great energy in the future."
"Oh?" Nobuzumi Aoki felt a little familiar with this routine, "Isn't it similar to the rise of our Great Japanese Empire?"
Uchida Yasuya nodded and said: "If we take time, we can't say for sure. Mathematical science is the foundation of modern industry after all."
"It seems that our intelligence department really needs to pay attention to this person." Nobuzumi Aoki said.
"I think so too," Uchida Yasuya said. "Ms. Takeda Kane, the wife of Mr. Said, the British Minister to the Qing Dynasty, once mentioned Li Yu to me. At that time, he had just emerged. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, he had already become famous.
Filling the entire scientific community.”
Uchida Yasuya said to Kawashima Naniwa again: "Tell me about Li Yu's situation."
Kawashima Naniwa took over and said: "I really don't understand what Li Yu wrote, and I can't evaluate his specific strength. However, I have secretly contacted Hattori Unokichi, the professor at the Kyoto University. Hattori-kun once told me that Li
Yu's knowledge is so horrifying that even our professors at Tokyo Imperial University are inferior to him."
Nobuzumi Aoki said in disbelief: "The top professors in the Japanese Empire are not as good as him?"
"Yes! Hattori-kun told me so definitely at that time," Kawashima Naniwa said. "Not only that, he also said that this person's knowledge is still bottomless, and it is impossible to see through it."
Aoki Xuanzhun touched his chin and said: "It's so unusual."
Kawashima Naniwa added: "Fortunately, the Qing government does not seem to pay enough attention to him now, and he does not hold an official position in the Qing government. I think we can find an opportunity to get close to him, and then test his attitude."
Uchida Yasuya agreed: "You can do it. But I heard that he had been to St. Petersburg before. I wonder if there is any connection with Russia?"
Kawashima Naniwa said: "The Black Dragon Society has conducted an investigation into this matter and found that Li Yu only went to the Royal University of St. Petersburg. Neither the Tsar nor senior Russian officials had any contact with him."
Uchida Yasuya nodded and said: "This matter must be confirmed clearly. If he has private contact with the Russian high-level officials, enters our internal affairs, becomes a double agent, and leaks the top secrets of the Japanese Empire to the Russians, something serious will happen."
."
"I understand," Kawashima Naniwa said, "I will try my best to win over him while ensuring his loyalty. It is best to make him wholeheartedly come to our side and become a pro-Japanese faction, so that we can support him. If he stands
In front of the enemy, huh, it will be decided when the time comes!"
"I agree with Mr. Kawashima. For the sake of the great cause of the Japanese Empire, we must be cautious." Nobuzumi Aoki said.
Uchida Yasuya said: "Anyway, we should pay more attention to this person now, but right now we have more urgent things to do. I have recently been contacting Gongsan Norbu, the king of the Karaqin Right Banner in Mongolia, which is close to Manchuria, and have already obtained
A certain amount of trust. Kawashima-kun, is your work going well?"
Kawashima Naniwa said: "It went very well. Now Prince Su has established a very good personal relationship with me, and his sister is the princess of Prince Gong."
Uchida Yasuya said: "Very good! If we can win over them, it will be extremely beneficial to our future confrontation with Russia. I have promised King Gong and arranged for him to participate in the Great Japan Empire Expo to be held soon. Our products will be exhibited at the expo.
If the strong industrial strength can shock him, I believe King Gong will unswervingly become a pro-Japanese faction."
Nobuyumi Aoki said: "Mr. Uchida is very thoughtful, works step by step, and completes the infiltration mission in a subtle way. He really understands the essence of espionage, and I admire him very much."
Uchida Yasuya said: "We are all striving for the great cause of the empire. If we cooperate sincerely, we will definitely achieve great things."
Then Uchida Yasuya looked at Kawashima Naniwa again, "Kawashima-kun, our arrangements have been very careful. You will also instruct the Black Dragon Association to advance the follow-up intelligence on Russia as soon as possible."
"Hi!" Kawashima Naniwa said, "I will inform Chief Uchida and Advisor Touyama as soon as possible to fulfill our mission."
When the Japanese intelligence officers over there were studying him, Li Yu didn't know. In fact, he didn't care too much. At least he was safe now, or the more famous he was, the safer he was.
At this time, Li Yugang gave several popular science stories to Shenbao reporter Shi Liangcai, and then he was imagining science fiction novels.
To be honest, Li Yu is not good at this, but fortunately he understands the word "science fiction" well. Especially for people in the early twentieth century, even Li Yu's daily life in his previous life has changed rapidly 100 years later.
It’s already very sci-fi now.
So Li Yu wasn't too worried about the story, but felt that there were too many and couldn't find where to start.
As long as the story is well written, even if the writing is not good, it can still be polished, and even Lu Bicheng can do it.
In short, the key question is what science fiction story to write.
Although Li Yu has read many works on science fiction themes, it is impossible for him to retell it completely. Moreover, considering the current background of the times, it is unrealistic to write something that is too advanced or too far ahead of the current technological level for ordinary readers.
If you can't understand, it's useless to be blind.
After thinking about it, Li Yu felt that he should start with science fiction movies that cater to a wider audience, especially those with great influence.
When talking about science fiction movies, many immediately came to mind, and Li Yu finally decided to start with "Star Wars" first.
Li Yu has watched the Star Wars series many times. Although he cannot cover every detail, he understands the overall plot very well.
The Star Wars series was produced in the 1970s and did not involve too much in the super-era computer field. People today still have no problem understanding it.
Moreover, this series belongs to soft science fiction, and even has settings similar to cold weapons such as lightsabers. There are also many humanistic plots in the story, which is highly acceptable to the general public.
The story of the struggle between the Galactic Empire and the protagonists told in the first part of the Star Wars series is also relatively consistent with the current situation, and it is a kind of weak defeating the strong.
When writing the storyline, Li Yu slightly adjusted the backgrounds of the characters, and the names of the characters also blended the East and the West.
Li Yu didn't need to write in great detail, he just needed to write out the outline and then let Lu Bicheng polish it.
Lu Bicheng happened to also understand English and could translate everything along the way.
After all, I am now following Yan Fu, the general manager of the Translation Institute of the Capital University, so it is quite convenient to translate something.
However, Li Yu found that even when writing detailed outlines, the number of words was still very large. Today's fountain pens are not very comfortable to hold, and there is not much consideration for ergonomics. The key is that they are much heavier than later generations of fountain pens. It is really hard to write a lot. Middle finger
It's sore and painful. It would be better if there was a keyboard.
Li Yu knew that typewriters had already been invented, but they were definitely not available in the capital.
Fortunately, things seem to be turning around again.
Although the Qing royal family didn't even know that there was an intelligence organization in the Qingmu Mansion under the Imperial City, and even the princes didn't know that they were getting along with spies, they were confused and applauded.
But there are still people who understand.
Tang Shaoyi was at the Tianjin Customs Road and was relatively well-informed. He had a vague sense that something was wrong with the Japanese, but unfortunately he had no one under his command to set up a counter-espionage network. Standing in the open, he could not find out what the Japanese were doing in dark corners.
specific trends.
Fortunately, the people in Beiyang have slowly dispersed. Zhou Chunfang, a former graduate of the Beiyang Military Preparation Crash Course, is now a military instructor in the palace of Prince Gong of Karaqin Right Banner in Mongolia.
He sent a message back to Beiyang from Prince Gong's palace. Now Prince Gong had contact with Japan and decided to cross the sea to participate in Japan's fifth Quanye Expo.
The purpose of King Gong was actually very simple. He wanted to find a foreigner to teach the prince's children so that they would not fall behind others.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese side took advantage of the opportunity. After learning this message, they immediately contacted King Gong, and then hoped to show their strong strength and arrange their own people.
If you look at the map, you will know that the area under the jurisdiction of King Gong is in today's Chifeng, close to the northeast, and is a strategically important place.
Although Tang Shaoyi knew the Japanese's intentions, it was not easy to find someone who understood Western learning. Tang Shaoyi had no choice but to find Li Yu again.
Li Yugang didn't stay long in the Capital University before he was called to the office of the Minister of Management.
"Tang Daotai, why are you here again?" Li Yu asked in surprise.
Tang Shaoyi smiled and said: "Your word 'again' is a bit strange."
Li Yu also smiled and said: "It's not that I'm surprised, I just feel a little surprised."
"It's really unexpected. I really need to trouble you with something," Tang Shaoyi said.
Li Yu had guessed it a long time ago, so he said: "Tang Daotai, please speak."
Tang Shaoyi took a puff of his cigar, spit it out slowly, and then told Li Yu about the situation about Prince Gong.
After listening to this, Li Yu said: "What does Daotai mean by asking me to go to Japan and participate in this industry exposition?"
"Exactly," Tang Shaoyi said, "now the imperial court has changed its attitude. It originally did not want to participate in the expo, but later after Zai Zhenbeizi submitted a letter, the court's attitude changed dramatically and ordered each province to select products to participate in the expo. It was even decided that Zai Zhenbeizi and the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Minister Na Tong and others organized a group to go to Japan."
"There are a lot of people who say so," Li Yu said.
Tang Shaoyi said: "That's right, now we have eight or nine hundred people to go, but we didn't mention that the Mongolian princes were going as well. I just don't know why, Prince Su's Crown Prince Charter suddenly pulled Prince Gong to want to go to Japan.
Originally, it was impossible for people of their level to go to Japan casually, but suddenly they received an invitation from Uchida Yasuya, the Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty, and the court had no choice but to agree."
Li Yu said in surprise: "What a coincidence, and the position of Prince Gong is so obvious, couldn't the court see it? Why did Zai Zhen Beizi and Na Tong agree?"
Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe they didn't notice it."
Tang Shaoyi was trying to save face for the Qing court and did not say anything unpleasant.
Li Yu understood in his heart and knew that these Manchu clan clans could not be counted on at all, so he said: "Well, since Tang Daotai is here in person, of course I have to agree."
"This is the best!" Tang Shaoyi said, "I am afraid that the Japanese will use some industrial products to fool King Gong. Now you are the only one who knows Western learning best, especially industrial products with scientific and technological components, so you can avoid being deceived."
Li Yu said: "I understand Daotai's painstaking efforts."
Unexpectedly, not long after I returned to the capital, my buttocks were not even hot, and I had to go to a foreign country again. Fortunately, Japan is not far away, and I don’t have to wander on the sea for a long time like going to Europe.
Tang Shaoyi added: "Now various places are also preparing to send students to participate in the expo to increase their knowledge. Zhili, Hubei, and Shuntian prefectures have selected more than 30 students from the craft school and the agricultural school to go to Japan, and each person was given 150 taels of silver as travel expenses. This
The first time I came to the Capital University was to explain this matter to the school, and the school has agreed."
Craft schools are generally affiliated with local manufacturing bureaus and offer mainly foreign language, mechanical technology and chemical technology courses.
Li Yu said: "Tang Daotai has been arranged, so I can't go if I don't go."
Tang Shaoyi smiled and said: "It's really not possible. You don't have to be too anxious. I will tell you in advance when to board the ship, and the Capital University should arrange a few people to go with you."