281, Go to Tianjin to Make Alkali (Seek Full Order)

After saying goodbye to Professor James, Bai Gui went to the villa area rented in New Haven and said goodbye to Mitsuko Yamada. Google search reading

The graduate students at Yale University are two-year programs. Mitsuko Yamada obtained a master's degree last year and is now studying for a doctorate at Yale University.

"If you want to leave Ameiken, can you... take me with you?"

"I came to Ameiken because of you, but now you're gone. It's still a long way off for me to study for a doctorate. I don't want my time to be wasted in Ameiken..."

Just after washing up, Mitsuko Yamada said with red eyes.

"It's really not easy to get a doctorate."

"You've only studied for a year now..."

Bai Gui nodded.

Doctoral students in Ameiken generally need five years. If you get a two-year master's degree that is more research-oriented in Ameiken, it will take three years to continue applying for a doctorate.

But a doctorate is not so easy to achieve.

For example, Dr. Hu, who returned to China last year and was employed by the Imperial University of Peking, has not yet obtained a doctoral degree. He has only passed the defense in the philosophy department of Columbia University. Dr. Hu's name is not on the doctoral list in Columbia University's records in 1917. Later, in 1927, Dr. Hu went to Columbia University to take a make-up exam, and Columbia University issued a degree certificate and recorded it in the archives of Columbia University.

Dr. Hu had such a hard time getting a doctoral degree, and it was Mitsuko Yamada's turn... Yale's Faculty of Arts is not easier than Columbia University's Faculty of Philosophy to apply for a doctorate. With Mitsuko Yamada's ability, it is really not easy to get it.

Not to mention that Mitsuko Yamada's master's thesis, he helped her with it.

"Pack up..."

"I'll take you back to Japan."

Bai Gui sighed.

It was really inhumane for him to leave Mitsuko Yamada now, and it was not good for Mitsuko Yamada to be left alone at Yale University.

"What about Qin Gaoguanan?"

Mitsuko Yamada looked at Bai Gui in a daze. Just when she was about to ask, her throat was hoarse and she couldn't say anything.

She knew that Bai Gui was practicing Taoist internal energy, the magical Taoist internal energy, and at several gatherings in the past few years, she also saw Bai Xiuzhu practicing Taoist internal energy together.

The changes in Taoist internal energy are obvious when it is successfully practiced.

This cannot be hidden from people around her.

She knew that she was from Japan, just as when Bai Gui was in high school, the Kendo Club and the Judo Club were prejudiced against each other, such as the Taoist internal energy of China would obviously not be passed on to her, a Japanese.

For example, when she and Bai Gui were in Jingwumen before, if Jingwumen was not concerned about Bai Gui's identity, she would not even be able to see the practice of ordinary disciples and would be politely asked to leave, let alone this kind of profound internal energy...

Bai Gui always kept his promises, and she would not think of making Bai Gui embarrassed.

"Japan... Japan may have something similar to this."

"It's good for me to return to Japan, so I can find a similar inheritance to Taoist internal energy..."

Yamada Mitsuko bit her lips.

...

Mid-month of next month, Shanghai Stock Exchange.

At seven or eight in the morning, Bai Gui and his party got off the steamer.

Accompanying them were Xunzi and Xiao Qianyo.

This time, Mitsuko Yamada politely declined Bai Gui's invitation and chose to stay in Japan.

Although Bai Xiuzhu didn't want Xunzi to return home with her at the beginning, and Bai Gui also said that he would not take Xunzi home, Bai Xiuzhu thought that she had practiced Taoist internal skills and was like a couple of gods like Bai Gui. They were the same kind of people.

Even if she couldn't get immortality, she could outlive Xunzi.

Xunzi... was just a little concern in the secular world.

So she was generous for once.

Xiao Qianyo was Bai Gui's adopted sister, and she couldn't stay in Japan forever.

"Newspapers for sale! Newspapers for sale!"

"On May 15, Lu Yucai published "Diary of a Madman" in "Jingnian" magazine, revealing the cannibalistic nature of feudal ethics."

"The first exchange founded by Chinese people, the 'Yenjing Stock Exchange', was established and began operations."

"..."

The newspaper boy along the street shouted at the top of his voice.

"Stop."

Bai Gui paused and stopped the newspaper boy.

"Give me a copy of the Youth Magazine in May and the latest Times."

"This is the money for buying newspapers."

"No need to change, give me one copy of each newspaper, and the rest is your change."

He took out the money from his pocket, looked at his wallet, and found that there was no change, so he gave the little newspaper boy one US dollar.

I just came back from Amei Ken Country and didn't have time to change money at the foreign bank.

The newsboy was in Shanghai and was well-informed. He had specially occupied a place at the port and shouted to sell newspapers. When he saw Bai Gui and the ladies beside him, he knew that they were not small people. One dollar could not be fake, so he picked out some from a pile of newspapers and magazines and handed it to Bai Gui.

One dollar is roughly equivalent to 2.4 silver dollars.

It was a big profit.

"Brother Yucai is very good at scolding people. Fortunately, I once made friends with him. Otherwise... Look at this sharp text. Whoever offends him will definitely suffer a lot."

Bai Gui sat on the rickshaw, spread out the youth magazine, and turned to the first chapter of the Diary of a Madman. The Diary of a Madman is a short story with not many words, only more than 4,000 words, so he only read it for a while and finished it.

He gave the magazine to Bai Xiuzhu and smiled.

"Given my husband's reputation and friendship with him, even if Lu Yucai is a lunatic, he won't scold you."

"But he does write well. My brother recently wrote me back, saying that the group of professors at the Imperial University of Peking are always looking for things to do for them, and he is too busy to handle it."

Bai Xiuzhu flipped through a few pages, but there was nothing serious about it. She returned the magazine to Bai Gui and said.

"Brother Xiongqi is normal to be busy. Being busy is good. Once he is not busy, it will not be a good thing for him."

"Forget it. You and I didn't go to Jingwu Sect to visit Huo Yuanjia last time. Now we're in Shanghai. We're not in a hurry to go back. I heard that Master Huo...will compete with Akutagawa Ryuichi recently."

"Let's go and see. The Japanese people will still give me some face and make Master Huo safer."

Bai Gui pondered for a while and then said.

He had close contacts with the Fist of Fury Sect and knew the plot of the Fist of Fury Sect. He thought that the plot of the Fist of Fury Sect would end when Chen Zhen was still studying in Japan, but he did not expect that it would continue until now.

But this is not necessarily the plot of Fist of Fury. After all... Huo Yuanjia is still a boxer and has many competitions. He might just bump into Ryuichi Akutagawa.

Akutagawa Ryuichi had a certain reputation in Shanghai and opened the Hongkou Dojo.

Many Japanese people who stayed in Shanghai practiced martial arts with him.

In addition, the news of his marriage to Bai Xiuzhu has spread throughout the country. He is a celebrity, and Bai Xiuzhu is not unknown. Huo Ting'en must have known about this matter. Now when he goes to Jingwu Sect, Huo Ting'en will not mention that he has ever done anything, no matter how ignorant he is. Going to Zuixing Tower.

"It's been a tiring journey all the way to Yanjing and Chang'an. I still have to hurry, so I might as well stay in Shanghai for a while."

"Anyway, I listen to you, husband, in everything..."

Bai Xiuzhu nodded lightly and said.

"Go to Jingwu Sect."

Hearing this, Bai Gui didn't hesitate and shouted directly to the coachman.

When he first went to Jingwu Sect, his reputation was not yet prominent, so he used the identity of Director Zhang of the Commercial Press to go to Jingwu Sect. Now, his relationship with Jingwu Sect is pretty good, and he has become famous, even if it is just Taking an ordinary rickshaw to the Jingwu Sect, the Jingwu Sect's hospitality to him would not be easily ignored.

After a while, we arrived at Jingwumen in the British Concession.

Walk in.

Huo Yuanjia asked Xiaohui to prepare a private room for Bai Gui and his wife to stay.

Xiaohui is the maid who specializes in serving Huo Yuanjia's food and daily life. Since Uncle Gen returned to Lu Province, she has been appointed as the housekeeper of Jingwu Sect.

"Akutagawa Ryuichi? I didn't expect that Miwa and you would know about the competition between me and Akutagawa Ryuichi."

"Although I have never competed with Akutagawa Ryuichi before, I still know a little bit about his methods. I won't make any mistakes in the competition. Not to mention winning, it is more than enough to protect myself."

At the wine table, Huo Yuanjia chuckled and shook his head.

He competed more often.

Although Akutagawa Ryuichi's reputation was widely known, how could he pay any attention to it?

"I don't know Ryuichi Akutagawa, but I know someone named Ryuunosuke Akutagawa, both of whom have the surname Akutagawa, so I got a little interested."

"Well, Ryunosuke Akutagawa is my junior fellow student, and he is now a famous writer in Japan."

Bai Gui said smoothly.

If Huo Yuanjia competed with others, he might not pay any attention to it, but if he competed with Ryuichi Akutagawa, the person who triggered the plot, he would inevitably pay some attention to it.

If Japanese people don’t talk about martial ethics.

He also wanted to stand up for Huo Yuanjia both emotionally and rationally.

Anyway, it only takes a little time.

"OK!"

Huo Yuanjia was all smiles.

If you have a disciple like this, what else can you ask for?

It's just that Bai Gui is only half of his disciple, which makes him very regretful.

The wine table leaves.

"I originally planned to fight for Master and compete with Akutagawa Ryuichi, but Master rejected my request and said that since I have gone on the right path and taught chemistry in the university hall, I should not ruin my reputation..."

"The master has something to do, and the disciple will do his duty. But the master asked me not to push forward."

When Huo Yuanjia went to the backyard to rest, Chen Zhen sighed sadly.

"Your master is right. Winning a martial arts contest proves nothing. Ever since your master defeated the strong men of the five countries, it has been proved that we, the Chinese, are not weaker than other countries."

"It's gratifying to repeat this kind of thing now, but..."

Bai Gui shook his head.

The competition can only boost people's hearts for a while, and winning again has no big meaning. Only education and scientific research are the foundation of a strong country. Huo Yuanjia saw it clearly, so he funded Chen Zhen to study abroad in Japan.

Just like kickball, it is rare for a powerful country to play well. Because people in a strong country can transcend social classes by studying, but people in a weak country do not and cannot receive adequate education, so they can only play Cuju to make a leap in life...

Now that Chen Zhen has graduated from Kyoto University, Huo Yuanjia naturally refuses to let Chen Zhen follow his own path.

If Chen Zhen follows Huo Yuanjia's old path, it will really be a waste of all Huo Yuanjia's hard work.

"Mr. Bai, you are right, I understand this too."

Chen Zhen nodded seriously.

Bai Gui is a famous scholar who wrote about the rise of great powers. His views are definitely much more important than his random thoughts.

Don't persuade others with soft words.

And Bai Gui's rise as a great country has reached the stage where he is mature enough to seek a country. If you give him some pointers, he will definitely learn from them.

"In the past few years, due to the outbreak of Occupy, our domestic alkali imports have been interrupted. Our country's alkali is imported from abroad. In modern industry, the alkali production industry is indispensable. It is used in metallurgy, textiles, glass, machinery, etc. It plays an important role in other fields..."

"I'm in Shanghai, and I've seen many factories close down in the past few years, all because of the cutoff in the supply of alkaline alkali. A few days ago, news came from Tianmen that Mr. Fan and others are planning to build our country's own alkali production plant in Tianjin. , so I plan to resign and go to Tianjin to help them.”

Chen Zhen expressed his inner thoughts.

With the guidance of Huo Yuanjia and Bai Gui, he also believed that scientific research was more important than martial arts at the moment. He could not live up to Huo Yuanjia's trust, nor the chemistry knowledge he had learned at Kyoto University in Japan for so long.

"Well, after Master Huo finishes the competition, we will go to Jinmen together."

"When I was in Amei-Ken, I happened to learn some science and engineering knowledge. Amei-Ken's current scientific research is no less than that of Europa..."

Bai Gui was surprised and said.

He has already written the "Book of Shang Jun" mentioned by Lin Shu and others for the country. Now he has achieved a little bit of his intention, and he is worthy of being born in this era. No matter how much he writes, he cannot do it with his own strength alone. arrive.

But along the way, he can still give Chen Zhen, a chemist, a little more ideological enlightenment for later generations.

There are no direct railways or flights from Shanghai to Yanjing. Taking the waterway, you cannot avoid going to Tianjin.

"Mr. Bai...has also studied science and engineering?"

"I thought you were just a historian..."

Chen Zhen was stunned.

Is this genius?

He is obviously about the same age as him. Not only has he become a famous scholar in the field of history, but he has also dabbled in science and engineering.

"I only understand a little bit, a little bit..."

"Only a little bit."

Bai Gui smiled.

In fact, he dabbled in some science and engineering knowledge in the courses of the First High School and the University of Tokyo, but just like the high schools of later generations, he only dabbled briefly and did not go in depth. But after he went to Yale, he went to the library every day to read materials, When it comes to reading, he has a photographic memory. Not only has he read most of the Yale University books, but he has also learned a lot about cutting-edge knowledge.

"So that's it."

Chen Zhen suddenly realized.

Japan's cutting-edge knowledge is undoubtedly lagging behind that of Amei-Ken. After graduating from Kyoto University, his knowledge is not very advanced compared to the world. However, Bai Gui has just returned from studying in Amei-Ken and knows more cutting-edge knowledge. He may not know everything, but some chemistry knowledge is better than that of a chemistry major like him, so of course.

"Then Mr. Bai and I will leave together."

Chen Zhen readily agreed.

Even if the cutting-edge knowledge Bai Gui talks about is not very cutting-edge by then, it is not a big deal. The fact that he can go to Jinmen with Bai Gui means that Bai Gui values ​​him. After all, he is only an undergraduate student at Kyoto University, and Bai Gui has already Is a Ph.D. from Yale.

A person who can get a doctorate from Yale cannot be bought for one price with gold in China at this moment.