Shimada Han was still not convinced, but he knew that this kind of thing would take a long time to follow and would not happen overnight.
Li Yu doesn't want to pay attention to him, so let him continue to pay attention.
Many commercial projects in later generations actually took a long time to be followed before they were completed, and it was not uncommon for them to be followed for several years in a row. Today's Japanese are very stubborn, and they cannot be persuaded to do something they are sure of.
One more thing, Han Shimada was discovered more than ten years later for stealing and selling Japanese national treasures, and he committed suicide out of fear of guilt.
Although it is not a pity to die, when you think about the degree of protection of Japan's national treasures and the current Qing government, the comparison between the two is simply speechless.
In short, Lu Shufan still couldn't bear to sell the collection of books immediately, so he held on for a while, which also gave Li Yu and others some buffer time.
Even if it is 250,000 silver yuan, it is close to 180,000 taels of silver. This is not a small number.
Li Yu was actually very interested in these books.
If schools such as universities can be established in the future, book collection will be an absolute good thing.
Song version of the book is a national treasure and very rare.
By the 21st century, there were only six to seven thousand copies of Song editions in the country.
Moreover, there are basically no local libraries. If you have one or two volumes, it will be a big deal. For example, the Shandong Library, which has a history of hundreds of years, only has 5 Song Dynasty editions; the Hunan Library has a little more, with 27 volumes, and is estimated to be worth more than 100 million yuan.
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The Song Dynasty Tower has nearly 200 Song editions. If counted in volumes, there are more than 2,700 volumes!
You can imagine how precious it is!
Moreover, in addition to the 200 books printed in the Song Dynasty, the Lu family also has more than 100 books from the Yuan Dynasty, and the largest number is over 100,000 volumes printed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
This is the result of the lifelong efforts of the previous head of the Lu family, Lu Xinyuan, who gathered together several other libraries.
Historically, in 1906, Zhang Yuanji also approached Rong Qing, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Education, who was one of the so-called "three talented men under his banner", hoping that the imperial court could allocate funds to purchase the books in the Song Dynasty Tower as the basis of the library of the Capital University, and then
The suggestion was ultimately not adopted.
Looking at the current situation, Lu Shufan definitely cannot hold on to these collections of books. They are all national treasures. In any case, they are much better than falling into the hands of the Japanese.
After Shimada Han left, Lu Shufan hosted a banquet for several people.
Zhang Yuanji introduced Li Yu to Shimada Han, and then Lu Shufan realized that Li Yu was such a powerful character.
Lu Shufan raised his glass and said: "It turns out that he is the emperor's master, disrespectful and disrespectful!"
Well, in his eyes, the most important thing was his status as the emperor's master, not Li Yu's scientific research achievements.
Then Lu Shufan asked again: "Sir, you have been overseas. What is the difference between them and us? Why don't you want the Japanese to get involved?"
Of course Li Yu wants to say that there will be a bloody feud with Japan in the future. But for now, it is just a Sino-Japanese War, and the war is basically at sea. Although the Port Arthur tragedy occurred, Japan is very bad, and Uchida Yasuya has long been bribed
Reporters from all walks of life were interviewed, and except for a few large media outlets in the United Kingdom and the United States, most other newspapers basically did not report it, and Japan has been covering up this matter in every possible way. It was almost not until around 1935 that Sun Baotian risked his life to investigate and learn about this matter.
At present, everyone is mainly angry because they ceded land and paid large compensation after losing a war, and the main body of resentment is mainly directed at the incompetent Qing court.
After all, with a little research, you can find that this war should not have been lost in the first place. The Japanese navy was really not that strong at that time.
Lu Shufan definitely didn't know what happened later, and he himself passed away in 1926, so he couldn't see how evil the Japanese would be later.
Li Yu had no choice but to say: "The relationship between Japan and Russia is tense now. The obvious reason is that both sides covet the Northeast. If Japan wins, their appetite will become bigger and bigger, and they may even want to swallow up the whole country."
Lu Shufan didn't believe it at all: "Although I have never been to Tsarist Russia, I know that they are a Western power. How can Japan, an Eastern country, win?"
Li Yu said: "First of all, not all Western countries are strong; secondly, Northeast China is too close to Japan and too far from St. Petersburg and Moscow. From this point alone, Japan's advantage is very obvious."
Zhang Yuanji was also surprised: "Sir, do you think the Japanese will win?"
Li Yu nodded, but after all, it was a pre-analysis, so he had to tactfully say: "It's very possible."
After hearing this, several people had mixed feelings in their hearts. A once small Japanese country has now risen to such an extent.
Li Shutong said: "If I have the opportunity, I will go abroad to see why it is like this."
After the meal, in order to show their sincerity and financial resources, Li Yu, Zhang Yuanji, and Li Shutong put together another 10,000 taels of silver as a deposit and signed the contract.
If Lu Shufan decides to sell it at that time, he will sell it for a total of 250,000 silver dollars; if the business improves and he no longer sells it, the deposit will be returned.
Lu Shufan was very satisfied with this treatment, which gave him some time and room for maneuver.
Li Yu and the others were not worried about the deposit, because Lu Shufan was still a civil servant anyway, and the Lu family still had such a large property in Huzhou.
Lu Shufan sighed: "I am unworthy and cannot preserve what my late father collected. If possible, I really don't want them to be lost overseas."
The Lu family later received various criticisms from all walks of life because of the sale of the Song Building to the Japanese. They knew they were in the wrong and never spoke back.
Li Yu said: "If you stay in the country, it will be transferred to other libraries or libraries. If you want to see it, you can still go and have a look."
Lu Shufan said: "Maybe that is the best result."
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After the incident in Huzhou, Li Yu continued to Wuchang, while Zhang Yuanji and Li Shutong returned to Shanghai.
Li Yu took a ship along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to the Yangtze River, and then went up the river.
Fortunately, the ships of the Neijiang Shipping Company are all steamships with sufficient power, otherwise it would be difficult to drive up.
Hankou opened as a port as early as 1861, and concessions from various countries have been established. The main way to communicate with the outside world is inland waterway shipping.
It would take several days along the way, so Li Yu took the time to get out the introductory biology lectures. The content was satisfactory, but it was a pity that there were no good photos for illustrations.
The Huguang Governor's Office was located in Wuchang, right on the edge of the Yangtze River, where the Wuchang Shipyard is today.
The pier is also very close, and not far across the river is the Hankou Concession area.
Li Yu got off the boat and went directly to the Governor's Mansion, which was not far away.
Of course not just anyone can enter the Governor's Palace.
Two soldiers guarded the door and stopped when they saw Li Yu.
"Who?" the soldier asked.
Li Yu said: "I, Li Yu, have been asked by Master Zhang to come here to visit me."
Li Yu took out the letter written by Zhang Zhidong and handed it over, "Look."
Unfortunately, the soldier was illiterate, so it was a bit difficult to hold the letter, and he didn't know whether it was true or false. Fortunately, someone came over at this time.
The soldier said: "Master Hua, you are here."
It was Hua Shifang who came over, and he asked: "Is Xiangshuai at home?"
The soldier said: "Master Zhang is here, I will inform you."
Li Yu quickly stopped the soldier: "Hey, hey, hey, please inform me as well. My name is Li Yu, don't forget!"
Hua Shifang was surprised: "Which Li Yu are you?"
Li Yu spread his hands: "Is this name very common?"
Hua Shifang actually took out a first edition of "Fractals and Chaos" and asked, "Is this Li Yu?"
Li Yu was surprised: "How come you have this book? I wrote it. I didn't expect that there would be a first edition in China. I remember that there were not many copies."
"Oh my God," Hua Shifang looked Li Yu up and down, "Is this really you?"
Li Yu asked: "May I ask your surname?"
Hua Shifang said: "I am Hua Shifang, whose courtesy name is Ruoxi. I used to teach mathematics at Ziqiang College."
"It turns out to be Mr. Hua, whom I have admired for a long time. I am Li Yu, courtesy name Shucai." Li Yu also introduced himself.
Hua Shifang is the younger brother of Hua Hengfang and is also a mathematician. His research area is mainly continued fractions in mathematics. This is a hot topic in mathematics research. Later, the famous mathematician Ramanujan, the son of India, played the most
Six is also a continued fraction.
I don’t know why there are so many modern mathematicians with the surname Hua. Later Hua Luogeng was more famous, and they were quite close to each other: Hua Hengfang was from Wuxi, Jiangsu, and Hua Luogeng was from Changzhou, Jiangsu. The two cities are right next to each other.
Hua Hengfang passed away last year, and another chemist, Mr. Xu Shou, who worked with him on scientific research under Zhang Zhidong in the early years, also passed away.
"I didn't expect to see you here," Hua Shifang then said to the soldiers. "Tell Xiang Shuai that Li Yu from the capital is here to visit. It's genuine!"
The soldiers then agreed and left.
Hua Shifang smiled and said: "Sir, don't be offended. Xiangshuai always likes people who understand Western science, and the treatment he gives is very high. Many fake people come here to pretend to be fake."
Li Yu also smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. It's normal to be cautious. After all, it is the Governor's Mansion."
Zhang Zhidong is the kind of person who is not greedy, and he is one of the few people in the late Qing Dynasty who did not give a penny to Prince Qing Yikuang to celebrate his birthday. I have seen another person who does not give gifts, and he is the current president of the Capital University.
The Minister of Education Zhang Baixi.
However, the cost of maintaining officialdom is still very high, and Zhang Zhidong's annual income is estimated to be only about 20,000 taels.
For comparison, the annual income of a county magistrate is 20,000 taels. This is the type of magistrate that is relatively honest and praised by the people.
Three years to clear the prefecture, and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver are really not in vain.
Because the Qing government was really corrupt to the core. A county magistrate's normal income was about 1,500 taels, including the support of honest silver, but it was not enough. Because he had to support a large family every year, with various masters, and the most important thing was to manage relationships.
, treating guests and giving gifts will cost one to twenty thousand taels.
As for where the money comes from, of course it can only come from the poor, extremely poor people.
Zhang Zhidong and Zuo Zongtang were very incorruptible. As feudal officials, they were many levels higher than a county magistrate. Their incomes were actually the same, which shows that they basically only relied on normal money and annual salary, and there was basically no corruption.
Hua Shifang said to Li Yu: "I really admire him beyond words. I have long wanted to meet him. It was also my suggestion to Xiangshuai that he write a letter asking him to come to Wuchang."
Then he picked up the book "Fractals and Chaos" again: "After getting the news from the newspaper, I asked someone to go through a lot of effort to get a copy. I have read this book countless times. It is simply amazing.
People were amazed."
Li Yu said: "It is indeed not easy to do it, but there are some vocabulary words in this English version that are newly created by me, which may seem a bit difficult."
Hua Shifang nodded: "Yes, I studied many places several times before I could understand them, just because of vocabulary issues."
Li Yu said: "I will entrust the Commercial Press to publish a batch of Chinese versions in the future. If you are interested, you can take a look."
Hua Shifang said happily: "That's great! It's so rare to have a mathematics book now."