Although both Yan Fengsheng and Yan Shi had a great change in their opinion of Li Yu, Lu Bicheng was very embarrassed, standing there not knowing how to talk to Li Yu.
She felt like the air around her was frozen, and her thoughts seemed to have turned into a pile of mush and couldn't function.
Fortunately, Qiu Jin came over at this time and shouted: "Bicheng."
Lu Bicheng was still in a daze and didn't hear it.
Qiu Jin shouted again: "Bicheng!"
"Ah? I, I haven't made a decision yet." Lu Bicheng said randomly.
"What are you talking about?" Qiu Jin was confused.
Only then did Lu Bicheng realize that it was Qiu Jin in front of her, and quickly asked: "Sister, why are you here?"
Qiu Jin said: "Of course I'm here to see you off. If Fanzi hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known you were going to Japan."
Lu Bicheng shook his head: "I am not going to Japan, but to the United States."
"America?" Qiu Jin asked in surprise, "Is it?"
Lu Bicheng quickly pointed to the distance: "Li Yu is going to take a few students to the United States for study and study."
Qiu Jin saw the figure of Konoe Akiyuki and another beautiful figure, so she asked: "Who is that again?"
"She is the head of the American Education Foundation." Lu Bicheng said.
Qiu Jin said: "Good sister, you really need to be more careful and careful. You have to know that there are far fewer good men than good women in the world."
"I understand," Lu Bicheng said, and then asked, "Sister, do you want to go with us?"
Qiu Jin smiled and said, "Do you need me as a military advisor?"
Lu Bicheng: "I..."
Qiu Jin smiled: "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore," then looked at the sea and sighed, "Why don't I want to cross this sea and see what the outside world is like."
"Are you the heroine Qiu Jin?" Li Yu came over and asked.
Li Yu felt a bit familiar when he saw her just now, but he didn't dare to recognize her for a while.
The most famous photo of Qiu Jin is the one in a textbook, wearing leather gloves, with her hair in a bun and holding a sharp knife.
Very chic.
Qiu Jin said: "Yes, Mr. Li Yu."
Li Yu said happily: "Do you recognize me?"
Qiu Jin glanced at Lu Bicheng and said, "Of course I know you, my ears almost get calluses when I hear it."
Li Yu said: "I recognize you too."
"How do you know me?" Qiu Jin was a little confused and turned to look at Lu Bicheng, "Oh, I know!"
Lu Bicheng waved her hands quickly: "It's not me."
Qiu Jin said: "Silly sister, don't deny it."
Lu Bicheng continued to shake his head: "It's really not me!"
Li Yu said: "I still know your saying 'Autumn wind, autumn rain and autumn bring harm to people'!"
Qiu Jin opened his mouth: "It's a good sentence, but is it too chilling?"
Li Yu suddenly remembered that these were Qiu Jin's last words, so he said: "It is indeed too murderous. I hope it is just a poem."
He didn't want to watch Qiu Jin die in vain.
Lu Bicheng said: "Autumn winds, autumn rains and autumn are terrible. The three words "autumn" match my sister very well."
Qiu Jin said: "Thinking about it carefully, I really like these heroic words. You are indeed a talented person. I will accept it without mercy. Thank you!"
Li Yu smiled and said, "That's what you said."
Qiu Jin was a little confused about what Li Yu meant, but she didn't have time to ask.
Hattori Unokichi and his wife Hattori Shigeko came over. Hattori Shigeko said: "Qiu Jin, if you really want to promote women's rights and build a women's school, you can know what it's like by going out and taking a look."
In fact, how good can women's rights in Japan be? It's better than those in the late Qing Dynasty.
Qiu Jin's eyes were full of longing, "I want it too."
Li Yu said: "Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. The world today has changed too much."
Qiu Jin knew that Li Yu was a master of Western learning and said, "I will consider it carefully."
Qiu Jin suddenly thought that Li Yu had cut his hair, so he asked, "You should be able to follow some Western rules, right?"
Li Yu didn't know why: "What Western rules are you talking about?"
Qiu Jin said: "I heard that even a king in the West can only have one wife and no concubines."
This was common sense to Li Yu. Bigamy was a crime in the era before he time traveled, so he casually said: "Monogamy is a matter of course."
Qiu Jin nodded: "Very good."
Li Yu always felt that her "very good" sentence had a profound meaning.
As one of the earliest advocates of women's rights, Qiu Jin certainly strongly supported monogamy and believed that keeping concubines was a bad rule.
It's just that even after the establishment of the Republic of China, many wealthy people still kept concubines, and many women even took it for granted. As long as a man was talented, rich, or powerful, marrying more concubines was a symbol of status.
A woman's biggest requirement is to be a head wife, thinking that this is the greatest respect for herself, and then she can calmly accept her man's concubinage.
It can only be said that women’s rights also have a long way to go, and changes in thinking and culture cannot be achieved in a short time.
After waiting for a long time, Zhang Baixi, Yan Fu, Gu Hongming and others finally finished their speeches, and then Hattori Unokichi led 39 students to board the ship and rush to Tokyo, Japan.
Li Yu and others also boarded the boat.
The whistle blew, and the ship slowly sailed away from Tanggu Port, Tianjin.
But Qiu Jin stood on the shore, unable to let go for a long time.
After a while, she leaned over and picked up a handful of cold water, looking thoughtfully at the direction of the ship.
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On the ship, except for a few students who had followed Li Yu to Japan before, everyone was extremely excited.
Even in later societies where the Internet is highly developed, everyone has long known what it’s like to go abroad through videos, but going abroad is something worth posting on WeChat Moments for several days.
Not to mention that opportunities to go abroad are extremely rare these days.
Everyone was jumping lively on the deck. Ouyang Mouyuan said: "Look, we have left so far and can no longer see the port."
Li Yu said with a smile: "Actually, human vision can theoretically see infinite distances."
When many students heard Li Yu's words, they objected: "How is that possible?"
Li Yu pointed to the sky: "Otherwise, how could you see the distant stars? Their distance is beyond everyone's imagination."
But I couldn't explain the concept of light years to them. Many stars in the sky are thousands of light years away from the earth.
Eta Carinae, the farthest star that humans can see with the naked eye, is seven to eight thousand light-years away.
Even the brightest star Sirius is eight or nine light years away from the earth.
The distance unit of light year is really terrible.
Fan Xiren touched his chin: "Yes, why didn't I think of this problem?"
Li Yu asked: "Why do you think it is?"
Fan Xiren shook his head: "I don't know."
Li Yu said to He Yujie: "Yujie, tell him."
He Yujie smiled and said, "Because the earth is round."
"What?" Fan Xiren felt incredible, "Does this prove that the earth is round?!"
Li Yu said: "In fact, this is almost the earliest evidence. Have you ever heard of Aristotle?"
The students said: "Of course we know that he lived more than 2,000 years ago and was a contemporary of the most holy teacher Confucius."
Li Yu said: "Very good, ancient Greece is the root of Western civilization. The reason why Aristotle dared to assert that the earth is spherical was because he discovered that when a ship leaves the coast, the first thing to disappear is the hull, followed by the mast;
It's just the opposite when the ship docks."
As if a word awakened someone from a dream, the students suddenly realized: "That's it."
He Yujie said: "You are really more suitable for teaching."
Li Yu said: "I am not good at education, I just know a little bit of truth."
He Yujie is a physics major, and he understands Li Yu's purpose in giving this example, which is to show that very profound truths can be derived through keen observation and a thinking mind.
It's a pity that only a few people can understand Li Yu's profound meaning.
Hattori Unoyoshi came over and said: "But the real proof that the earth is spherical was not completed until Magellan's voyage nearly two thousand years later."
Li Yu said: "This is the power of science. It can obtain many correct understandings ahead of time. People two thousand years ago were even able to measure the radius and circumference of the earth."
Hattori Unokichi admired Li Yu's insight more and more, "If you are willing, I think even the University of Tokyo would be willing to hire you as a professor."
When the students heard Hattori Unoyoshi praising Li Yu so much, they felt proud: "Li Yu, you should be a professor at the University of Tokyo, how distinguished you are!"
But soon other students said: "Are you kidding? He is already an academician of the Royal Society, no, he should be an academician of many countries."
Hattori Unokichi felt that what the students said was reasonable, and said to Li Yu: "But after all, academicians from various countries also have positions in certain universities."
Li Yu smiled slightly and declined: "I have my own plan in mind."
Of course he knows that the level of Tokyo University is not high yet.
Speaking of which, the quality of European and American universities is much higher than that of Japan.
Students studying in Europe and the United States also have higher standards.
Therefore, Li Yucai spared no effort to open up channels for domestic students to study in the United States.
Historically, since the Boxer Indemnity began to be refunded, foreign students were accepted in Europe and the United States, which lasted for many years.
Unfortunately, in 1930, due to the Nationalist Government raising the review standards and the exhaustion of the Boxer Indemnity for students studying abroad, the number of students studying in Europe and the United States plummeted.
Ordinary families simply cannot afford the expensive tuition fees at European and American universities, so most Chinese students have no choice but to study in Japan.
After the 1930s, there were few masters among overseas students.
Of course, not everyone studied in Europe and the United States after the 1930s. The Nationalist Government briefly restarted the government-sponsored study abroad program, and the boss Qian Xuesen caught up with this good opportunity.
However, the window only opened for three years and was closed again by the National Government.
It has to be said that education is also worth every penny.
Although during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, Japanese universities were still better than domestic universities, but compared with the top universities in Europe and the United States, they were not at all comparable.
Li Yu felt that Song Jiashu was really visionary. All his children were sent to the United States to study. Facts have proved that the effect is indeed outstanding.
After five days of sailing, the ship docked at the Port of Tokyo, Japan.
Students will live in a dedicated international student hall.
Many Chinese people have already received the news and came to pick up the ship.
Among them was Lu Xun. At this time, Brother Xun was still a passionate young man who wanted to study medicine.
Lu Xun saw Li Yu in the crowd. His hairstyle was so recognizable that he came up to greet him: "Sir, why are you here too?"
Li Yu said: "I am just stopping by and going to the United States."
Lu Xun asked again: "There shouldn't be anything wrong with what we did for you last time, right?"
Li Yu smiled and said: "Very good. Without your help, my experiment in Germany would not have gone so smoothly."
Although communications are extremely backward now, the country is paying too much attention to Li Yu, and various reports are rushing back to the country.
Lu Xun pointed to the person next to him: "Not only me, but Brother Baili also provided a lot of help."
"Baili keeps his promise?"
Jiang Baili came over and said: "Imperial Master, I am Jiang Fangzhen, whose nickname is Baili. The two words 'keeping the promise' behind the Emperor's Master are the name of Pei Xingjian, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Yu laughed and said, "My brain is really fast!"
——Trying desperately to hide that it was just blurting out.
Jiang Baili said: "I dare not compare myself to General Pei Xingjian, who shook up the Tang Dynasty, regained the Western Regions, and defeated the Turks."
Li Yushun said: "Since you are determined to join the army, I think Pei Xingjian is certainly a role model worthy of admiration."
Jiang Baili immediately thought that the Qing government had lost power and humiliated the country and lost countless lands, so he said: "The emperor's teachings are that soldiers should take it as their own duty to recover rivers and mountains."
Lu Xun also laughed and said: "Brother Baili, you are the second Zuo Zongtang, and your name can be changed to 'Baili Keeping the Promise Ji Gao'."
Ji Gao is Zuo Zongtang's character.
Jiang Baili couldn't help but laugh: "I think the four-character name is still nice. The name you chose is not as good as the name of the emperor."
The meeting between them was relatively short, as Lu Xun and Jiang Baili had to help settle the international students.
The ship needed repairs before it could continue its journey to San Francisco, USA the next day, so Li Yu and others stayed in a hotel.
Xie Yuxi, Lu Bicheng, and Konoe Aki shared a large room, the remaining four male students shared a large room, and Li Yu had a small room by himself.
Hu Jiayan moved quickly and came to the door first, but was stunned on the spot, "Where is the door handle?"
Several other students asked in surprise: "Door handle?"
They came over and found nothing, "Hey! That's weird!"
Li Yu stepped forward: "Push to one side."
And with his peripheral vision, he noticed that at the end of the corridor, Konoe Aki opened the door naturally.
The next day, when everyone had breakfast together, Hu Jiayan even rubbed his waist: "The Japanese sleep is so weird. They don't even have a bed, they have to sleep directly on the ground."
Another student, Cao Yuan, said: "What are you talking about, your feet are too smelly! It's really uneasy to sleep so close."
Hu Jiayan gave him an egg: "This is as compensation."
Cao Yuan shouted, "Why is it raw!?"
At the table next to him, Konoe Akiyuki skillfully cracked the eggs into the small bowl next to him and drank it in one gulp.
Li Yu was a little horrified. Of course he knew that Japanese people like to eat raw eggs. A classmate once studied in Japan and told him that Japanese university cafeterias would have very small cups. Japanese students would break raw eggs into them in the morning and drink them up.
But even so, before he traveled through time, many Chinese students studying in Japan could not accept this way of eating, and they would go out of their way to make rice with raw eggs.
Li Yu frowned, it was so natural!
Why is she so familiar with life in Japan?
After the meal, Li Yu called Lu Bicheng aside and asked, "How did you sleep last night?"
Lu Bicheng blushed, "Why do you ask this?"
Li Yu had no choice but to say: "I'm just asking casually, because Hu Jiayan and the others have always felt uncomfortable."
Lu Bicheng said: "I'm really not used to it, and I've never seen it before. If Zhaoxue hadn't demonstrated it to us, Miss Xie and I wouldn't have known that the bed should be laid directly on the ground."
Li Yu was already 70% sure that even if Wei Zhaoxue was not Japanese, he had at least lived in Japan for a long time.
Spies tend to hide themselves deeply, but they cannot change the details they reveal inadvertently, because this is a habit they have developed since childhood and has long been subtly ingrained.