Xi Zhengfu coughed a few more times, and Xi Ligong immediately went over to give his father a pat on the back.
After calming down, Xi Zhengfu said: "If the imperial master's school needs to purchase equipment from abroad in the future, as long as it is HSBC or a bank that I can control, I will not charge a penny for the handling fee. Even if I am old, I will not charge you a cent."
Let’s do our best to contribute to the great cause of education.”
Li Yu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, General Manager Xi."
Xi Zhengfu waved his hand: "You don't need to thank me. I have worked in foreign banks for most of my life. Although I am respected by others, I still don't dare to show any disobedience when facing foreigners. Now that I see your rise, I feel in my heart
I am very grateful. It turns out that we can also achieve the level of foreigners. As the old saying goes, it is enough to die in the morning and die in the morning. When I see an outstanding young man like you in my twilight years, it will be considered that these many years have not been in vain.
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Li Yu said: "General Manager Xi should take good care of his health and pay attention to his health."
Xi Zhengfu said: "I haven't done many good things in my life. I only care about making a name for myself in the circle of wealth and earning money through horse racing. Looking back, I still have a lot of regrets. I can only leave it to you."
Xi Zhengfu will pass away next year, and his son Xi Ligong will take over the Xi family property.
After Xi Zhengfu finished speaking, he coughed even more violently. He had no choice but to thank the guest.
Li Yu walked into Xi's house, and soon Xi Ligong ran out and handed him a land deed: "This is the land deed for the land on Dongping Road. My father said that the emperor can build a mansion here. Although the area is not large,
We can’t build a courtyard, but there’s no problem with the two-story western-style building.”
Li Yu took the land deed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xi."
Yang Sisheng had been waiting outside the door. When he saw Li Yu coming out with a land deed, he immediately came over and asked, "Why did Master Emperor come out so quickly?"
"Manager Xi is ill," Li Yu said, and then showed him the land deed, "Do you think you can build a small western-style building on this land?"
Yang Sisheng was an expert in architecture. He took a few glances and said, "What a great place! What style does the emperor want to build? Nowadays, everyone loves French-style buildings."
Li Yu said: "Just watch and make the best use of the location."
Yang Sisheng smiled and said: "Master Imperial Master is so open-minded. Leave such a big matter to me directly."
Li Yu spread his hands: "I don't have that much time. Besides, I believe in your ability. It doesn't matter whether you design it or not. I don't think a small western-style building will trouble you."
Yang Sisheng was in awe: "Master Emperor thinks highly of me, I will never let you down!"
Li Yu only added: "As many green plants as possible."
400 square meters is definitely enough. It won’t be a big problem if you have a small garden.
After bidding farewell to Yang Sisheng, Li Yu still needs to find a partner-Shanghai sauce industry giant Zhang Yiyun.
Historically, Wu Yunchu partnered with him twenty years later to produce MSG and break Japan's monopoly.
Zhang Yiyun is still very young now, only in his thirties, and he passed the imperial examination at the age of 22, but did not pass the Jinshi examination.
Now the Zhang family has many soy sauce gardens and is very popular in the food industry.
But before looking for him, Li Yu still needed to come up with some physical objects.
So he came to the Scientific Instruments Museum located on Wuma Road, Zhong Guanguang and Yu Heqin again.
Zhong Guanguang looked at the large cart of kelp and wheat bran pulled by a rickshaw behind Li Yu, and was very surprised: "Sir, are you delivering food to us?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "These are not food, I want to borrow your laboratory and instruments."
"Doing experiments?" Zhong Guanguang asked.
"Yes, a little chemistry experiment." Li Yu said.
Yu Heqin was engaged in chemistry, and when he heard this, he immediately became interested and said, "I'll help you sir!"
Li Yu smiled and said, "I'll do it for you."
The early extraction of monosodium glutamate was not complicated. Kelp was used at first, but the content in kelp was very low. Only 0.2 grams could be extracted from ten kilograms, making it impossible to commercialize it.
Among common foods, the most rich in monosodium glutamate are wheat bran and beans.
Moreover, wheat and kelp are cheaper than soybeans.
The method at this time was relatively primitive, using chemical extraction.
——As for future generations, microorganisms have already been used, which are highly efficient and pollution-free.
But currently Li Yu and the others can only use stupid methods.
If there is a purpose and it is a reliable purpose, purification is not difficult for chemists.
After all, we are not studying the chemical composition of MSG.
Within a few days, they came up with the results. Although the purity was very average, there was no problem if they added a little more.
It is just a temporary test product now, not the final product, so it will take some time.
Yu Heqin cooked a table of vegetables, and after eating the dishes with sodium glutamate, Yu Heqin and Zhong Guanguang's eyes instantly lit up: "It turns out my cooking is so delicious!"
Li Yu smiled and said: "There is still a lot left, and it still needs to be purified."
Yu Heqin's previous experiments were basically done by himself. He has not yet gone to Japan for further study, so his chemical knowledge is still very low.
But after Li Yu explained the experimental process to him several times, he immediately understood the truth. After several days of joint research, he learned a lot of modern chemistry knowledge, and immediately said that he would devote his time to the purification of sodium glutamate during this period.
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Li Yuxian took the test product to the sauce industry king Zhang Yiyun.
When he heard that Li Yu could purify and create a very "fresh" thing, he was very difficult to understand: "Master Imperial Master, I know that you understand the most advanced foreign scientific theories, but the 'fresh' you are talking about,
I really can’t figure out what it smells like.”
Li Yu took out a pack of sodium glutamate and said, "Boss Zhang, you can try it with today's lunch."
Li Yu's reputation was so great that Zhang Yiyun had to take it seriously and gave the bag of MSG to the chef.
After today's lunch dish was cooked, the guys really praised it after eating it.
Zhang Yiyun took a few bites and found that it had a unique and good taste.
"What is this? It's so magical. Does it belong to foreigners? I thought foreigners didn't know how to cook. It seems that I am ignorant." Zhang Yiyun said.
Li Yu smiled and said: "There are no foreigners now. Are you interested in producing it together in the future?"
"It's worth it!" Zhang Yiyun was originally in the food business and understood the market potential of this thing. "But I still have some questions. How much does it cost?"
The prices of the sauces produced by Zhangjia are not low.
Li Yu said: "My purpose is to make it at a low price so that more people can experience the deliciousness of the food. Because there are too many poor people in our country, many people don't have enough to eat, and those who can have food can't.
The food is tasteless."
Zhang Yiyun praised: "As expected of the Emperor's Master! This is truly a noble act!"
Li Yu said: "Frankly speaking, I will not seek any profit from domestic operations."
Seeing that Zhang Yiyun was a little hesitant, Li Yu immediately added: "But this product can be sold overseas, such as Japan, and can generate very considerable profits."
Zhang Yiyun's brows immediately widened: "The Imperial Master is a good strategist! If you can make money from the Japanese, I will really admire you. For this reason, I must cooperate!"
Li Yu said: "It won't take long for the product to be developed. In the future, I will set up factories in Beijing and Tianjin, and there will also be a branch factory in Shanghai. I will try my best to build a good reputation first."
Zhang Yiyun is much more familiar with doing business: "Master Emperor, don't worry, our Zhang Family Sauce Garden will spare no effort to promote it."
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At this moment, things are almost completed. Li Yushang still needs to build a school in Wuchang.
According to the plan, it is impossible for the central region to have no schools.
But before he could leave, Zhang Yuanji from the Commercial Press came to see him again.
"Sir, my printing company is planning to launch a magazine called "Oriental Magazine". I happened to hear that you will publish the prequel of the Star Wars series. I wonder if it can be serialized by then?"
"Oriental Magazine" was the leading large-scale comprehensive magazine in China during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. It faithfully recorded the historical changes of nearly half a century and was also a place for celebrities to publish their works.
Liang Qichao, Cai Yuanpei, Yan Fu, Lu Xun, Chen Duxiu and other famous thinkers and writers have published articles in this journal.
"Of course it can, but it's not finished yet." Li Yu said.
Zhang Yuanji is not in a hurry: "The magazine is also preparing for the issue now. I finally heard that you came to Shanghai, so I hurried over to make an appointment first."
Li Yu smiled and said: "From now on, just send a telegram."
Speaking of manuscripts, it's time for Li Yu to write a manuscript for "Science" in the United States.
It just so happened that the Star Wars series in Europe and the United States has become very popular recently, and readers are very interested in space-related content, so Li Yu wrote a paper that was easier to understand.
That is to say, the three major cosmic velocities are calculated in sequence.
Obviously it's not a very difficult problem, but no one dares to think about it yet, so no one does the math.
Because the speed of the third universe is about to leave the sun, everyone thought it was a fantasy before. After all, there are not even airplanes anywhere, so how can we go to space!
However, this article can let Star Wars fans know that it is possible to enter outer space.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Many readers of the Star Wars series even came to buy the professional "Science" magazine, causing the magazine to be out of stock again.
The Association for the Advancement of Science was really convinced. Whenever Li Yu published an article, it was bound to be a best-seller, and it became a golden brand.
Except for Star Wars fans, such a concise and hearty derivation directly attracted the attention of Einstein.
Because the derivation process used the kinetic energy formula and integrals, Einstein's mind was not very fast. He immediately drew analogies and started the derivation on the paper.
After using it all morning, he was shocked to see an unbelievable result: E=mc2.
This is the famous kinetic energy formula.
Of course, Lorentz transformations, integrals by parts, etc. will be used in the process. It is generally advanced mathematics content that science majors will learn. It is actually not difficult. Majors such as economics and management should also learn this part.
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But for Einstein, the results were truly inexplicable.
The formula only contains energy, speed, and mass. In the eyes of today's physics community, this is not shocking at all, but simply "nonsense"!
Einstein was a little overwhelmed, and he immediately thought of Li Yu, who was also proficient in Lorentz transformation and physics.
He immediately wrote a letter and sent it to the East.