The telegrams Li Yu sends are getting longer and longer now, but fortunately they can afford the expenses.
The telegram was sent out by Fengling, and the revised manuscript was put into an envelope and sent to the post office by Zhao Qian.
Postage is still 10 silver dollars.
It is said that it is not cheap to send express delivery to Europe in later generations. Some of Li Yu's classmates are studying in the UK.
He is still a greedy cat and loves to eat snacks, so his mother bought various Weilong spicy strips and other things from China and sent them there, and even instant noodles. The total cost of the items was only three to four hundred yuan, but the postage cost 700 yuan.
many.
Later, when I returned to China, I packed a suitcase full of various condiments, including a big bucket of cumin noodles, so I could eat the kebabs myself...
It’s really amazing. The UK is the country that gave birth to modern civilized society, but why does it know how to eat?
In later generations, it would take more than half a month to send an express to the UK. Now it takes at least a month to cross the ocean, or even longer.
After all, there are many Japanese warships in the Bohai Bay.
Therefore, being a "pen pal" with Einstein is not only expensive, but the sense of distance in time and space is also not low.
Reading Einstein's papers was really taxing, so Li Yu stretched hard.
Not long after, Konoe Akiyuki walked in with a cup of hot coffee.
"Sir, try the coffee I ground myself."
She is really discerning.
It's not easy to get coffee in Beijing these days.
Li Yu was surprised: "You can do this?"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "When I was in Shanghai, I went to a foreign cafe and found it quite strange, so I bought some coffee powder from the shop and brought it with me."
Li Yu took a bite and said, "Did you add a lot of sugar?"
Konoe Akiyuki asked: "Sir, do you like to drink bitter coffee?"
Li Yu said: "That's not true. But if you add milk foam, it will definitely be better."
But there is definitely no cappuccino now.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Sir, you really understand Western life."
Li Yu said casually: "It's hard to say whether you understand it or not, and if you really want to talk about it, tea is much more complicated than coffee."
Konoe Akiyuki said: "If sir likes it, I will learn how to froth milk."
Li Yu said: "I'm afraid it will be more troublesome."
Konoe Aki immediately said: "No trouble, no trouble! I am happy to do these things for you, sir, as long as you like it."
Just as Li Yu was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of a figure passing by the door from the corner of his eye. He ignored Konoe Zhaoxue and quickly got up and chased him out.
"Miss Bicheng, why did you leave as soon as you arrived at the door?" Li Yu stopped Lu Bicheng and asked.
Lu Bicheng said calmly: "I'm afraid of disturbing your work."
Li Yu smiled and said: "The work has been completed."
Lu Bicheng snorted softly: "I didn't know."
Li Yu saw that she was holding a newspaper in her hand and asked, "Are you giving me today's news?"
Lu Bicheng raised her hand and put the newspaper in his hand, "Yes, you can read it yourself."
Li Yu picked up the newspaper and saw the title above: "The sixty-year-old man is full of life, it turns out that he is like this..."
Looking further down, it turns out to be an advertisement for selling medicine.
I went and found out that as early as the beginning of the 20th century, clickbaitism existed, and it was on par with later generations.
Li Yu smiled and said: "I don't think I need it..."
"No need for anything?" Lu Bicheng asked.
Li Yu said: "Daliwan."
"Daliwan?" Lu Bicheng glanced at the newspaper, his face turned red, and he said angrily, "Who told you to read this!"
Li Yu wondered: "You asked me to see it."
Lu Bicheng turned over the newspaper, pointed at it and said, "This is the article I want you to read."
Li Yu looked again and found that it was an article written by a Japanese about the differences between races.
Li Yu chuckled: "I'll just say it!"
But when I read this article, I got a little angry. The content in it is basically nonsense. For example, it is said that the differences between human races are not only reflected in skin, but also in intelligence. The Yamato nation is due to the inheritance of Amaterasu and special characteristics.
Due to the environment, he is the only one who can match Westerners intellectually.
Li Yu said: "It's completely made up! It's all made up with unclear words!"
Lu Bicheng said: "But if it is published in a newspaper, it is still a Japanese newspaper, so it is hard to tell."
Li Yu found the newspaper cover, which turned out to be the Japanese "Tianjin Daily News".
This newspaper was relatively famous before, called "Guo Wen Bao", and its core writer was Yan Fu. In the beginning, "Guo Wen Bao" was a position of the reformists, and it was most famous for publishing Yan Fu's "Tian Yan Lun" and other articles.
However, after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, "Guowen News" was banned by the Qing government, sold to the Japanese, and renamed "Tianjin Daily News". Since then, it has become a public opinion tool for Japan's invasion of China.
The current main writer is called Fang Yaoyu, he is a big traitor, and he has been a traitor for nearly half a century! It is rare for a traitor to be a traitor for such a long time.
In 1900, when the Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded China, the Japanese disguised themselves as Chinese people and sneaked into the old city of Tianjin to inspect and see if there were any gaps in the city. This was what Fang Yaoyu taught the Japanese.
On a dark and windy night for a month, Fang Yaoyu led the Japanese invasion from the four largest waterholes in Tianjin - Hulukeng in the southeast corner. Because at that time, the water in Hulukeng in the southeast corner was very shallow at night, so you could wade through it.
Fang Yaoyu made a great contribution to the Japanese. The Japanese gave him a medal and began to reuse him.
Previously, Fang Yaoyu was an editor of "Guowen News". After the Japanese took over the newspaper and renamed it "Tianjin Daily News", they directly made Fang Yaoyu the editor-in-chief.
Not only that, the Japanese also gave him a large piece of land in the concession for development, probably around Duolun Road in Heping District, Tianjin.
In fact, the location of the Japanese Concession in Tianjin has never been very good. It used to be a swamp. When the British and French opened the concession in Tianjin in the 1860s, they even avoided this area that was not easy to develop.
The Japanese classified it as a Japanese concession and developed it into Tianjin's entertainment and business district.
However, the Japanese are really inferior. Only the Japanese Concession can continue to sell opium, and even legalize it. There are nearly a thousand opium dens in the Japanese Concession!
Not only that, the Japanese opened hundreds of brothels in the Japanese Concession, and there were thousands of licensed fireworks women alone.
It was a surprise and an uproar internationally.
It's not surprising that such nonsense articles were published in this newspaper.
But the problem is that Chinese people now blindly worship foreign countries even more than later generations. Even if there is a Japanese magician, they will believe everything they say.
Li Yu laughed angrily: "In the past, "Guo Wen Bao" published "Tian Yan Lun", which was such a progress. How did it end up like this now? Is it either a small advertisement on the street or just spreading rumors?"
Lu Bicheng said: "I originally disdained reading this kind of newspaper, but the editor of Ta Kung Pao showed it to me."
Li Yu said: "You must guard against ambition! I will write an article to refute it!"
Lu Bicheng said: "Master said that now you are the person who knows the most about Western learning, and only what you write can compete with foreigners."
"Since Mr. Yan Fu said so, I will do my part," Li Yu said, and then said to Lu Bicheng, "You have followed me for so long, and you still understand a lot of science. You can see the errors in the article, which is good."
Lu Bicheng turned her face sideways: "Who, who has been with you for so long? You, you have such a beautiful girl by your side... Forget it, I won't say it anymore!"
Lu Bicheng ran away after saying that.
Her voice became quieter and quieter behind her, and Li Yu didn't even hear her clearly.
He had no choice but to return to the study with the newspaper, read it carefully again, and became even more angry.
Konoe Akiyuki asked: "Why are you so angry, sir?"
Li Yu put the newspaper on the table and said angrily: "These little Japanese, all of them are short and short in stature, how can they talk about racial superiority? How can they write about this without blushing or heartbeat?"
"Small, small Japan?" Konoe Akiyuki said.
Li Yu said: "Yes, look at the bullshit written by these little Japanese!"
Ayuki Konoe saw at a glance that the signed Kenjiro Hayade was his alumnus from Toa Doubun Academy.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Is it about the theory of evolution?"
"That bullshit theory of evolution is simply an insult to Darwin. I'm afraid the coffin board of his old man will not be able to hold it down!" Li Yu said.
Among these great scientists in modern times, the most controversial and famous one is probably Darwin.
Because his theory is very explosive on the one hand, and relatively easy for the public to understand on the other.
Then there were many people who took advantage of Darwin's traffic and often took out his theories and talked about them.
The Japanese and Germans are the most playful in this regard, and this is where militarism flourishes the most.
Of course, they are all distorting Darwin's theory of evolution, not Darwin's intention.
The more Li Yu thought about it, the angrier he became: "The Japanese are really hateful. They are too ambitious and will not give up until they engulf China and North Korea. But I don't want to think about whether I have such good teeth! If a snake swallows an elephant, it will only burst its belly!"
Konoe Akiyuki was surprised: "Sir, do you hate the Japanese so much?"
Li Yu opened his mouth and said: "Of course, in the future, uh, what they do will be outrageous to both humans and gods!"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "But the coalition forces back then included not only the Japanese, but the ones who cut off the most land were the Russians."
Li Yu said: "They are not good things!"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Sir, you want to write an article and then refute it?"
Li Yu said: "Of course, this guy named Jiro, he dared to scold all Asians except the Japanese, which is intolerable. You go back first, I won't rest for the time being, and I have to continue working at my desk.
Work."
Konoe Akiyuki could only say: "Sir, take care of yourself."
Konoe Akiyuki exited Li Yu's room, silently recording what he said in her heart.
It is too easy for Li Yu to write this kind of article. Although he is not a troll, people who have experienced the Internet era know how to troll back.
Especially in his opinion, the level of Kenjiro Hayade's writing was simply inferior to substandard.
Li Yu quickly wrote the article and found Lu Bicheng and gave it to her: "Publish it in Ta Kung Pao."
Lu Bicheng scanned it quickly and said, "You are really sharp in writing this kind of article."
After the "Ta Kung Pao" was issued, newspapers such as "Shenbao" quickly reprinted it.
Li Yu's name is still very famous.
"Extraordinary! Extraordinary! Imperial Master Li Yu strives to refute Japanese scholars based on his reasoning, proving that the wisdom of the Chinese people is second to none in the world!"
"Give me two."
The speaker was Tang Shaoyi.
The newsboy took out the newspaper and handed it over: "Sir, it's 20 cents in total."
Tang Shaoyi touched his body and found that he didn't have any change, so he threw him a silver dollar: "I've given it all to you."
When the newsboy saw it, he almost burst into tears: "Master, there are too many! I..."
Tang Shaoyi picked up the newspaper: "What nonsense are you talking about? Just take it if I tell you to, and let's go!"
The newsboy wiped his nose and said, "Sir, you are a good man, I will kowtow to you."
The newsboy actually knelt down and kowtowed three times.
But Tang Shaoyi picked up the newspaper and turned around and left, not paying attention to the little newsboy's actions.
Tang Shaoyi took the newspaper to Yuan Shikai, who was standing not far away: "It's Li Yu who makes the newspaper again."
This time they routinely return to Beijing to report on their work at the beginning of each year, and both of them hold extremely important positions.
Yuan Shikai took the newspaper and read it: "This Li Yu, everyone underestimates him when he is said to be very talented. The ancients knew astronomy from above and geography from below. I think he is the only one who can be called that."
Tang Shaoyi said: "In terms of the study of Western learning, he is probably the number one person in today's world."
Yuan Shikai nodded, deeply impressed by what Tang Shaoyi said, and then turned to the two people behind him and said: "Ke Ding, Ke Wen, you should learn more about Western learning from Emperor Shi Li Yu in the future."
Yuan Shikai brought his two sons, Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen.
Yuan Keding is the eldest son of Yuan Shikai and the only child of his wife Yu.
However, Yuan Shikai had a bad relationship with his wife, and what he really loved was Mrs. Shen, the former famous prostitute in Suzhou.
It is said that Shen helped Yuan Shikai when he was in decline, and Yuan Shikai promised that he would never forget her. After he became governor of one side, he actually accepted Shen and made her the first among his many concubines.
Yuan Shikai had one head wife, nine concubines, and about thirty children. In the Yuan family's "harem", the highest status was the Shen family, even above his head wife.
Yuan Shikai even asked all his children to call her "real mother".
In fact, Shen was unable to have children, so Yuan Shikai adopted Yuan Kewen into her lap.
However, although Yuan Shikai was not on harmony with his wife, he was really very kind to his eldest son Yuan Keding because his age was very special.
Yuan Keding was born very early, a full 12 years older than his second son Yuan Kewen.
Yuan Shikai has been training him more, training troops at small stations, patrolling Shandong, and taking him with him when he was governor-general of Zhili.
Yuan Keding said: "I know Li Yu. Many newspapers have reported on him. Moreover, he also exposed foreign liars."
Yuan Shikai said: "Yes, I have met him several times. This man's mind is rare in the world. You can't go wrong if you learn some Western knowledge from him."
The youngest son Yuan Kewen is only 14 years old now and said: "Then we are classmates with the emperor."
Yuan Shikai laughed and scolded: "You are very brave, you dare to be the equal of the emperor."
Yuan Kewen said: "Why don't you dare to do this? The current emperor is not the real emperor..."
Yuan Shikai quickly covered his mouth: "What did my father teach you? Trouble comes from your mouth. Don't talk nonsense outside!"
Yuan Kewen stuck out his tongue: "I know, kid."
Yuan Shikai asked Tang Shaoyi: "Where does Li Yu live now?"
Tang Shaoyi said: "It's not far from where we stay, just outside Donghuang City. You have been there before."
"Have I been there?" Yuan Shikai asked.
Tang Shaoyi said: "Yes, the former residence of Rong Lu and Rong Zhongtang has become Li Yu's residence."
Tang Shaoyi was quite cautious in what she said, and she knew "fu" and "house" very well.
Yuan Shikai was surprised and said: "It turns out it's in Dongchang Hutong, and we happen to be not far along the way."
Officials generally enter the Imperial City through Dong'an Gate on the east side of the Imperial City, and then enter the Forbidden City.
Last year, Prince Su, Shanqi (the biological father of Kawashima Yoshiko) and Na Tong, one of the "Three Talents under his banner" who inscribed the words "Tsinghua Garden", jointly submitted a letter to decide to build Dong'an Market in order to improve the way for officials to go to court.
In the past, Dong'anmen Street and the extended Jinyu Alley were full of small vendors. Li Yu first ate noodles at Ding Deshan's noodle stall, which was a roadside stall.
Tang Shaoyi said: "The Queen Mother will not be summoned until tomorrow, but we have nothing to do today."
Yuan Shikai said: "It just so happens that my two dogs are apprenticed to me. It would be more appropriate to come to my house for this kind of thing."