At the end of 1898, the United States, which had won over Spain, was in a state of boiling. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Meanwhile, New York's John? Mr. Huntelaar was also excited. But he was excited not about the victory and imminent rise of the United States, or even because of the huge gains in the Spanish-American War, but because of another scientist who had rushed from Cambridge to New York.

Only this time, it's Cambridge from the UK.

Remember the physicist John who came to London a few years ago to give a lecture? Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory, a bull who later won the Nobel Prize. At that time, John threw out three papers that completely changed the history of physics at the end of the 19th century, but because his own accumulation in physics was really insufficient, he did not dare to face the physicists of this era, and Mr. Thomson was among the people who refused.

At that meeting, Professor Thomson had a closed door.

But for John himself, he quickly forgot about it, and for Thomson himself, even if he wanted to, it was not impossible to take it to heart soon—just six years later, John? Huntelaar has become a peak in the world of physics!

X-ray, radioactivity, electrons.

After countless physicists have gone through the process of questioning, verifying, and admitting, the mainstream academic community has now completely recognized these three discoveries, that is, the three major discoveries of physics at the end of the 19th century in history! John has naturally achieved his original goal, and no physician has dared to abuse X-rays, saving tens of thousands of lives in the dark. And countless physicists who have benefited have naturally pushed John to the top of the mountain.

So when word spread that Huntelaar University was recruiting university teachers, Thomson immediately recommended his students.

Rutherford, who was supposed to teach at McGill University in Canada in 1898, was recommended by Thomson to New York because this brilliant student was studying John's theory of electrons. After meeting Thomson's student, John did not hesitate to hire him as a professor of physics, and immediately approved a research grant that made his heart beat faster......

Of course he had heard of the name Rutherford, so naturally it was impossible to let go of this big bull!

And John also knows that Rutherford, a big cow, not only won the Nobel Prize in the future, but also a Nobel Prize manufacturing machine, his laboratory is known as the Nobel Prize winner's kindergarten, and eight or nine students have won the Nobel Prize, which is much better than Koch, so he can intercept Hu from McGill University in Canada, which makes John very happy.

What made John even happier was, of course, a lot of money.

In the second half of 1899, just as John had predicted, the Second Boer War broke out as scheduled. Almost exactly the same timeline as the historical timeline, a large number of British troops came to the treasure land of South Africa, ready to give these Boers a little color, and then soon ......

The blood of the British, almost stained this corner of Africa red!

God knows why, outside of the intelligence of the British, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State Republic suddenly had a large number of weapons and ample ammunition. And the origin of these weapons is very complex, for example, among the rifles are the American Browning rifles, which shined in last year's Spanish-American War, and there are also a large number of Mauser rifles, and the army weapons of the Germans have always been excellent. With advanced weapons and ample ammunition, the Boers came up and gave the British a hard blow!

Compared to history, the losses of the British in the first three months have at least doubled!

But that wasn't the end of the story, and when the time came early 1900, when hundreds of thousands of British reinforcements arrived in South Africa from the mainland, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada to begin their assault on the Boers, a firing line deal took place in the Orange area. Under tremendous pressure from the British, the Boers did not hesitate to swallow 100,000 second-hand rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition, as well as some other small artillery, for nothing more than one of the least needed things in South Africa - gold!

Five times the normal trading price, which made the Boers bleed hard.

However, even though they knew that the other side was taking advantage of the fire, when the British bayonets were about to pierce the chest, the Boers had no choice. Then this vast wealth of gold was quickly removed from Africa, and disappeared without a trace after a spin in the Far East. When the British wanted to track down after the victory, they had no clue......

What's more, the British did not win so easily this time.

Compared to the Boers from another world, they were much luckier this time. When the British began to blockade ships from all over Europe, a mysterious figure had already prepared for them. 100,000 rifles and tens of millions of rounds of ammunition were provided in one go. This is definitely not a handiwork that can be prepared in a short period of time, and it is impossible to do this without a long period of planning.

With well-prepared munitions, the Boers inflicted heavy losses on the British.

Needless to say, the impact of the Boer War, which was caused by greed, put the whole world on the opposite side of Britain. Heavy casualties and huge military expenditures overstretched the British, and during the war, France, Germany, Russia and other countries even united for a time, which made the British shocked, and hurriedly used the land to win over the Germans, and used the canals in Central America to win over the Americans, and at the same time had to give up the policy of glorious isolation to unite France and Russia......

The rule of the empire on which the sun never sets began to gradually collapse.

And using his foresight and careful advance arrangement, John made a lot of money in the Boer War, and then quickly withdrew without waiting for the war to end. And then ...... Before his subordinates could catch their breath, John quickly turned his gaze to the far east, the ancient country that was undergoing great changes!

In May 1900, when the news of the discovery of the cave in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang broke, a telegram was immediately transmitted to New York. And after locking himself in his study for a day and a night, a haggard John replied with a telegram to the other side of the Pacific, and then, driven by money, many people moved openly or secretly.

At the same time, the war of aggression against China by the Eight-Nation Coalition also began.

On May 28, when the Qing government was forced to agree to the Eight Nations to transfer troops into Beijing in the name of defending the embassy, it was like sending a signal that some people in Tianjin, Hebei, and even Beijing secretly gathered and began to receive rifles and boxes of ammunition!

Next, war broke out.

No one could have guessed the course of the war, the Qing government did not expect that its capital would be breached by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the Eight-Nation Alliance did not expect that in this extremely backward country, Nie Shicheng and other Chinese generals suddenly received a large number of sophisticated ordnance, especially dozens of artillery pieces and tens of thousands of shells appeared in front of them like magic-although it was a little old, but it could still be used!

The course of the war began to become tragic.

After all, the rolling wheel of history is irresistible, and no rifle or cannon can bring about fundamental changes. So, as in history, the Eight-Nation Coalition finally poured into the city of Beijing. It's just that unlike history, this process was forcibly prolonged by a large number of arms for more than three months! The Eight-Nation Coalition suffered heavy losses, especially the Japanese, who acted as the vanguard, and almost half of them were killed or wounded under heavy artillery fire!

At the end of 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition finally invaded Beijing!

In the intervening months, a lot has changed. In the course of three months, rumors were rampant in the capital, and many explosions and robberies occurred, so many people fled the city; In addition, there is also a group of people who wander around the city of Beijing, taking advantage of the panic of the soldiers to buy antiques. As long as these people are good, as long as they are sure that they are genuine, they will let go of the purchase, and in just three months, they have spent millions of taels of silver - you know, in the face of the threat of the armies of the eight countries, antiques at this time are the most worthless things. At the urging of the war, this huge amount of antiques quietly left the imperial city.

Three months later, the Eight-Nation Coalition captured the city of Beijing.

However, when the armies of various countries desperately ran into the city of Beijing, ready to rob it, they were shocked to find that the capital was far less prosperous than imagined, and a large number of merchants and civilians had already fled in the past three months. And the most important targets, such as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Households, were also preempted by a group of mysterious people - countless gold and silver were looted!

Then, of course, there was chaos!

A large number of targets have been looted, much to the displeasure of the armies, as they have gained much less than expected. But at this time, an American suddenly jumped out and openly declared that he was willing to use gold and silver to buy Chinese cultural relics in the hands of the soldiers! He has an appraisal team composed of Chinese and can give a satisfactory price!

The words of this American made many soldiers moved.

In the eyes of most foreigners, Chinese cultural relics are not worth much money these days, especially during the war, and sometimes a silver ingot can be exchanged for a sack. Moreover, the European and American soldiers in these years have no culture, and it is impossible to understand the true value of antiques, = it would be better if they could be exchanged for real money.

So, with the tacit approval of the officers, the soldiers of various countries began to search for all kinds of things that looked a little old.

However, what made the soldiers a little unhappy, and I don't know if they were stupid or what, the American also put forward a condition, allowing soldiers from other countries to rob and plunder, and they can also fight back when they resist, but they are absolutely not allowed to kill civilians at will, otherwise they will refuse to buy their things. Although there was some dissatisfaction, for the sake of money, the soldiers of various countries still restrained a lot when they robbed...... (To be continued.) )