After Zai Tao left, Lu Bicheng and Qiu Jin came to the main hall together.
Sure enough, they brought the latest "Daily News". When Lu Bicheng came in, she said: "Look, the Japanese are still not convinced."
Li Yu said: "It's normal to be unconvinced. The Japanese are very fanatical now and they will be even more fanatical in a year."
That is, after the victory of the Russo-Japanese War.
Qiu Jin asked: "What are you going to do?"
Li Yu said: "It's simple, just hold a public competition."
Lu Bicheng asked: "Are you sure?"
Li Yu said: "Whether it's physical fitness or mental strength, it doesn't matter."
Qiu Jin was quite confident in Li Yu's brain: "With you here, everyone will believe that the Chinese will not be stupider than the Japanese."
Li Yu said: "In terms of pure physical fitness, I am better at it. Even with the small height of the Japanese, I am afraid that I will bully them."
In the early days of Japan, people were indeed not very tall, so the Northeast was the first to call it "Little Japan", and it soon became popular across the country.
It was not until after World War II that they improved the average height per capita through nutritional improvements, such as vigorously promoting milk and other measures.
Qiu Jin said: "If there is a women's competition, we sisters can also participate!"
Li Yu smiled and said: "It is indeed qualified."
While chatting, Yang Xiaolou came over again. He came to give Li Yu theater tickets.
"Brother Li Yu, there is a performance in the teahouse today, and I specially left some theater tickets for you."
Li Yu said gratefully: "Thank you so much, Brother Yang."
Yang Xiaolou said: "It's just a little thought, who asked you to fight for our face again and again."
He should also have read the recent news.
Qiu Jin suddenly asked: "Are you... the famous actor Yang Xiaolou?"
Yang Xiaolou said: "It's me."
Qiu Jin asked again: "You will also be on stage today?"
Yang Xiaolou nodded: "Of course."
Qiu Jin said happily: "Great, I am your theater fan!"
Li Yu said, "That's easy. Then you can go to the theater together."
Lu Bicheng asked, "Does this teahouse allow female customers to enter?"
Yang Xiaolou scratched his head and said, "It doesn't seem possible."
Qiu Jin didn't take it seriously: "If there's anything we can't do, it doesn't matter if we go!"
At present, except for a few teahouses in Beijing, most theaters do not sell tickets to women. Women generally attend "tang meetings" at home and rarely go to theaters in public.
But who is Qiu Jin? She doesn't care about this. She goes directly to the theater in a four-wheeled carriage, which is considered a pioneering move in the capital.
Of course Li Yu knew about this, so he said: "Let's go together and drive a car this time!"
The car is even more attractive.
Lu Bicheng was surprised: "Is this...good?"
Li Yu didn't care: "What's wrong!"
Yang Xiaolou said: "I will go back and prepare first and wait for everyone to come."
Qiu Jin had never seen a car before. When Li Yu drove out, he was quite surprised: "What is this?"
Lu Bicheng explained to her: "I bought it from a foreigner. It's called a car. I heard that the Queen Mother also has one in the palace."
Qiu Jin said: "Then our treatment is the same as that of the Queen Mother."
Lu Bicheng shook his head: "I have been to the United States and Europe and saw that many of them drive cars. It is not just the clan and royal family that can drive."
Qiu Jin said with envy: "I really want to go abroad and see it."
Today's road paving ratio is very small. Fortunately, Li Yu's car has a four-wheel drive system, so it can be used as a small off-road vehicle.
However, since there was no map and Li Yu was not as familiar with the roads in the capital as Zhao Qian, he took a detour to reach the theater.
After entering the theater, Li Yu saw Prince Su Shanqi and his sworn brother Kawashima Naniwa.
Kawashima Naniwa naturally noticed Li Yu and gave him a meaningful look before sitting down with Prince Su.
Kawashima Naniwa and Prince Su were in the private seats on the second floor, while Li Yu and the others were on the first floor.
Li Yu asked for tea and melon seeds, and then started cracking them. However, he was the only one eating melon seeds, and Lu Bicheng and Qiu Jin did not eat them.
At this time, it is not a graceful behavior for women to eat melon seeds and spit out melon seed peels in public places. It is already very difficult for them to enter the theater and they cannot do other things.
Li Yu had no choice but to eat melon seeds by himself.
After all, he had listened to the opera many times, and he could somewhat recognize the flavor of Peking opera.
When Yang Xiaolou appeared on the stage, there were still cheers.
Almost starting from the Guangxu Dynasty, or from Cixi, the status of actors began to rise.
In the past, especially in the Ming Dynasty and before, the status of actors was quite low, and they were really low-class.
There may have been some changes during the Yongzheng period. He abolished the Lehu policy. After the inner court actors were no longer untouchables or sinners, they had a higher status than ordinary eunuchs.
Later on, the last chief eunuch, Xiao De Zhang, came from the Nanfu Opera Troupe in the imperial palace.
The status of folk actors has also been greatly improved. Cixi has several famous actors she likes, a typical example is Tan Xinpei, a great master of Laosheng industry.
Because he was loved and trusted by Cixi, many people called him Tan Tianwang.
——The "Heavenly King" in the late Qing Dynasty.
Because of Cixi, many high-ranking officials and nobles were proud to invite Tan Xinpei to sing at the hall. Some princes and ministers even called her brother and sister in order to curry favor with Cixi.
At this time, Li Yu could already understand some lyrics, but his understanding of Peking Opera was still too basic.
Prince Su upstairs is a big fan, and Kawashima Naniwa next to him is even more knowledgeable than Li Yu.
But when Kawashima Naniwa was listening to the play, he would lower his gaze and look at Li Yu from time to time.
After watching the play, Li Yu and the others returned by car.
Qiu Jin pushed Lu Bicheng with her elbow in the car, and then nuzzled at her.
Lu Bicheng bit her lip and lowered her head.
Qiu Jin smiled slightly, and then said to Li Yu who was driving: "Master Li Yu, it is almost the first month of the year, and major schools such as the Capital University Hall are also returning to school."
Li Yu said: "It seems so, but I am no longer in the Capital University."
Qiu Jin said: "I know, but because of you, Miss Bicheng has no place to live."
Li Yu was surprised: "My reason?"
Qiu Jin said: "Yes, just because you are so famous now, the number of students in the Capital University is so good that even the lecturers are fully booked."
Li Yu said: "It sounds like a good thing."
Qiu Jin continued: "However, as there are more students, the dormitories of the Capital University Hall are not enough. The previously idle house in Dongsisijiu was requisitioned by the University Hall."
Lu Bicheng lives in one of these apartments.
Li Yu said: "It's so popular! It's easy to say that Miss Bicheng will live in my house from now on. There are plenty of rooms now."
Qiu Jin elbowed Lu Bicheng again.
Lu Bicheng murmured: "Thank you, thank you..."
Li Yu laughed and said: "You're welcome, I also hope...ah, we are all having fun together anyway!"
Qiu Jin smiled and said, "That's right!"
Although Lu Bicheng's eyes were full of smiles, she bit her lips and did not dare to make any more noise.
Qiu Jin found it really interesting.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "Free love is still enviable."
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After Li Yu returned home, Qiu Jin took Lu Bicheng to East 44th Street to pack her luggage in advance.
Li Yu originally wanted to drive there, but Lu Bicheng asked him to wait until he had packed up. After all, it was all his daughter's belongings.
Li Yu had no choice but to give up.
After entering the courtyard, Fengling immediately brought him a telegram: "Sir, he came from Switzerland again."
Needless to say, I knew it was Einstein.
Li Yu unfolded the telegram:
"Mr. Li Yu from the East,
"Your telegram inspired me like the dawn sun! I was so excited! You are indeed an outstanding physicist who has insight into the truth of the universe, and you don't have the arrogance of the old academicians of the Academy of Sciences.
I care so much about the papers of the temporary third-level patent officer.
"Now I believe more and more that Easterners have better moral character!
"I can't wait to see the letters and complete my thesis."
After Li Yu read it, he felt that after the letter was sent to Switzerland, he would send a telegram to Planck and ask him to be responsible for the final review of the paper.
For papers involving quantum, he is definitely the most qualified to review and sign off before publication.
And with the signature of an academician of the German Academy of Sciences like Planck, the paper can be published in top scientific journals smoothly.
Li Yu returned to the study and put the telegram on the table.
Not long after, the attentive Akiyuki Konoe came to the door and said, "Sir, this is a bowl of Japanese matcha. A cup of it can warm you up on a cold day."
Li Yu said: "You don't have to be so polite. In fact, I just drink ordinary tea."
Konoe Akiyuki said: "I heard that matcha was the favorite of scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty, which is more suitable for your status."
Li Yu took the tea bowl: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful."
Li Yu picked up the tea bowl and drank it. The taste was indeed much stronger than the brewed tea.
Konoe Akiyuki glanced at the telegram on the table while Li Yu was drinking tea.
Now back in the capital, the task of sending and receiving telegrams naturally returned to Fengling. Konoe Aoxue was unable to obtain information immediately, so after observing Fengling interpreting the telegram, she immediately found a reason to approach Li Yu.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "It looks like it was sent by a top physicist again."
Li Yu said casually: "It will definitely be the best in the future."
Konoe Akiyuki asked intentionally or unintentionally: "What field are you discussing, sir?"
Li Yu said: "As for the cutting-edge quantum theory, this content is too difficult and you haven't been able to access it yet."
Konoe Akiyuki didn't want to end this topic, so she said: "I don't think it's better to study the most cutting-edge. I am passionate about science. Who doesn't know that foreigners are so powerful because of their powerful technology."
"It doesn't hurt to get to know him," Li Yu could only say.
Konoe Akiyuki said: "But this person named...Ein, Einstein has never been heard of."
Li Yu smiled and said, "You will hear your ears ringing in the future."
After Einstein became famous, his fame was so great that countries all over the world were proud to invite him to visit.
Konoe Akiyuki asked: "What outstanding achievements has he made?"
Li Yu said: "It will be there soon."
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Mr. seems to be very optimistic about him."
Li Yu said: "Of course, because those formulas that can freeze time are from his hand."
Konoe Akiyuki silently repeated: "The formula to freeze time!"
Li Yu was thinking about something like time slowing down, but he definitely couldn't explain it to Konoe Akiyuki.
But when I heard Konoe Akiyuki, I felt it was extremely mysterious.
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Konoe Akiyuki secretly came to the secret place of Uchida Yasuya and Kawashima Naniwa, the Japanese minister to the Qing Dynasty, at night.
"Mr. Uchida, Lord Kawashima." Konoe Akiyuki bowed respectfully after entering.
Uchida Yasuya asked: "Is there anything going on?"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Back to the Minister, during my previous conversation with Li Yu, I found that he seems to have deep hostility towards our Empire of Japan."
Uchida Yasuya said: "Deep hostility?"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Yes."
Uchida Yasuya asked: "Is he really on the side of the Russians?"
Konoe Aki shook his head: "I can't tell, but he seems to be very hostile to Russia. But overall, he seems to have a subconscious hostility to the Japanese Empire. In addition, recently, Yuan Shikai, the Zhili Governor-General of the Qing Dynasty, and
The counselors of the British and French embassies, and the Belgian minister all came to see him."
Uchida Yasuya asked: "Do you want wireless equipment?"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "Yes, and the price is the same as the Russians."
Uchida Yasuya said: "So he is really just a regular scientific researcher and business owner, so he is easier to win over."
Kawashima Naniwa said: "And according to my observation, he is a womanizer, and a bold womanizer. He even took two women to the theater today."
Uchida Yasuya said: "It's best to have weaknesses."
Akiyuki Konoe said: "Also, after communicating with a Swiss physicist today, he said that 'the formula for freezing time will be discovered in the future,' which seemed to have a profound meaning."
Several people do not understand advanced physics and cannot understand the reason: "Time? Freeze?"
Kawashima Naniwa glanced at the clock: "What is this? Repairing the clock?"
Konoe Akiyuki said: "I don't know what it means yet."
Uchida Yasuya said: "If you continue to follow Li Yu, especially when it comes to radio-related technology, you must pay special attention. Although I can't tell you the details, I can tell you clearly that this technology is related to whether you can win the war with the Russians.
War is related to the rise and fall of an empire."
Konoe Akiyuki said solemnly: "I understand!"
They tried so hard to win over Li Yu, and they must have a purpose.
Uchida Yasuya added: "The young man you brought here is also very talented. He is simply a genius in espionage."
Little Zuo Xiang on the side said: "Thank you for the compliment, sir."
Uchida Yasuya said: "He came up with a brilliant idea to include a postman named Cui from Daqing Post Office into our team."
Xiao Zuoxiang said with a smile: "In the face of interests, they have to give in."
Konoe Akiyuki asked: "So easy?"
Little Zuo Xiang said proudly: "It can be said that it is easy. He can be easily taken down with a cotton-padded jacket and a pair of gloves. How cheap!"
After hearing this, several people laughed together.
After Konoe Akiyuki asked Xiao Zuoxiang about the arrangements for the post office postman, he said: "It seems that there is still a lack of internal support. Do I need to take action?"
Little Zuo Xiang said confidently: "You don't need to let me take risks on such a trivial matter. I have already found an excellent breakthrough point. Just wait and see."