[I stayed up too late last night, and my state is very bad today, so I have to write it now, so I have to wait for a long time. 】

"Here we are."

With the sound of the coachman, the carriage stopped.

On the other side of the glass window, there is a huge mansion, just come all the way, the last section is walking along the wall of this mansion, Li Ying estimated that it is almost more than half a mile, half a mile, one mile on one side, if there is a mile on all sides, it is almost the scale of a small county town.

Li Ying's companions had already jumped off the shelf of the people standing behind them and took their luggage off the roof of the car.

Helping Wei Pu get out of the car, Li Ying and Zhang Hui understood the scale of this mansion more clearly.

The main entrance is two feet wide, and the high walls on both sides extend outward, and you can't see the end at a glance.

Climb the seven steps of white marble, and the square is the main entrance. The vermilion main entrance is inlaid with rows of copper nails, and the cornices above the lintel are high and protruding.

Even if you don't see the situation inside the house, only from the outside, it is clear that it is a mansion of a high-ranking official and dignitary.

Didn't you make a mistake?

But when he raised his eyes and saw the four big characters on the door, this thought immediately disappeared.

Thinking of the price of the land in Jingshi that the coachman said, and then look at the deep mansion compound in front of him

The rest is just emotion, which is worthy of being the natural society of the three Zaifu and the four councils.

The wide main entrance was opened, and only two subordinates in the attire of the family were guarding. Several people went in and out, but they were not questioned, as if they could enter and exit freely, but on the doorpost of the main entrance, there was a sign on the registration office, and the arrow at the bottom pointed to the small door of the gatehouse on the side.

Help put down all the luggage, and the coachman was about to leave, "Thank you to the three officials for listening to the villain's nagging all the way, the villain will go back, the three officials should report early." There are more officials in the past few days, and if it is a little later, there will be one less good place to live. ”

Li Ying smiled casually, "There are so many colleagues, even if you don't have a bed, you can talk at night." ”

Turning around, Li Ying said to Wei Pu, "Mr. Gongshi, we have arrived, there is a registration office in front, shall we go here." ”

Wei Pu was old, and he was tired of driving all the way, so he nodded, "Just listen to Li Gongzi, the little old man follows the two sons." ”

The three of them were about to leave when someone greeted them.

The person who came looked a little fierce, but like all the acquaintances, he put his figure very low, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the villain just had something to go in and snub the officials." Nodding his head and bowing a few times, the acquaintance asked, "Everyone, are you here to report?" ”

Wei, Zhang, and Li all took out the invitation.

The person who came glanced at the cover, and skillfully bowed his waist and invited the person inside.

"The three officials came late, so I can't see many people, a few days ago, people came in and out here, all of them came to attend the conference." Led the three of them into the porter, "and ask the three officials to come and sign their names,"

handed the invitation card at the registration desk, Wei Pu, Li Ying, and Zhang Hui were all taken by Zhike and sat down in the corner of the room.

The servants came up like flowing water, handed over hand towels soaked in cold water and wrung out to wipe their sweat, and served sweets and tea soup.

Li Ying and Zhang Hui had cold soup in front of them to relieve the heat, while Wei Pu, who was old and couldn't stand the cold stuff, got special care, and it was a cup of warm drink.

In addition to the tea soup, there is also a plate of watermelon, which is carefully cut into small cubes, and you can eat it in one bite with a toothpick on the side, so you don't have to worry about getting your hands dirty. The other few plates of small sweets, all exquisite and exquisite, are all new goods that cannot be seen in the place.

Zhang Hui cautiously ate a piece of watermelon, took another sip of cold soup, and looked at the room while listening to the words of the acquaintance.

Even the porter room was spacious and bright, wider than the house in Zhang's home, and even the glass windows were inscribed.

A door was open at the back, and a larger room was visible, which was supposed to be a resting place for the guests' servants. If it's Zaisuke's mansion, it's a place for all kinds of people who come to see him.

Li Ying was also looking indoors and outdoors, and when he saw Li Ying and Zhang Hui's actions, Zhike smiled and said, "This place is borrowed from the Yongqin Chamber of Commerce, and it will be used as the venue for this conference for the time being." ”

Zhang Hui blushed a little and retracted his gaze, but Li Ying was more concerned about Zhike's words: "For the time being? ”

Zhike smiled, "In a few years, when the conference is held again, there will be a clubhouse for the society." ”

"Clubhouse?"

"In fact, the three officials came over, and they all passed by the predetermined location. Just two miles before here. First, it is closer to the station, and secondly, the terrain is more suitable for building buildings. Several ministers planned to use reinforced concrete to build the building, a five-story building. ”

"Five stories high?"

Only the pagoda will be built layer by layer, and it is usually enough to boast of a three-story building.

Zhang Hui and Li Ying still wanted to ask carefully, but a voice came from the registration office, "The three officials have been registered, please sign them." ”

As he spoke, one of them came over with a booklet as thick as a stone slab, and the other with three small cloth bags.

The three men followed the instructions of the staff and signed their names on the inside of the thick and large booklet. Wei Pu was blind, and under the guidance of the staff, he left his name in the blank space.

After signing the name, the staff handed over a cloth bag to each person.

There was a name tag on the small cloth bag, and according to the name, it was handed to Zhang Hui, Li Ying and Wei Pu.

Zhang Hui opened the bag, and inside was a booklet, along with a brass badge.

The palm-sized booklet is covered with a tanned sheepskin.

On the cover, there are gilt words on the membership card of the Natural Society, which is still concave and convex lines, which should be pressed by a special steel seal.

On the first page of the inside, Zhang Hui's name, place of origin, and year of age are written, as well as a brief description of his appearance. The next few pages are a column of squares, the first of which has been changed to a seal, just a simple year, month and day, which is today.

Zhike introduced: "This is the membership card of the officials, and it is the certificate of the officials as members of the society, please keep it carefully, and it will be stamped and reviewed every year in the future." ”

The booklet of the membership card is very exquisite, and Li Ying sighed, "It's almost the same as telling yourself!" ”

"It was commissioned to be built by the workshop of the overseer, and it was separated from the workshop of the original by a wall. Originally, I wanted to directly learn from the style of confession, but later in order to avoid suspicion, I still used the current form. ”

Zhang Hui put down the booklet and picked up the badge again. The badge is small, but made of brass. The diameter is only about one inch, which is about the same as a large dollar of twenty yuan.

The golden color of the badge is tinged with a little red, and Zhang Hui thinks that it should be a relatively high content of refined copper.

On the front of the badge is a longitudinal and weft-patterned mulberry leaf, the symbol now used by Nature magazine. On the reverse side of the badge, a thin chain with a hook at the end is welded, and in the blank space, Zhang Hui saw his name, as well as a string of sketch numbers, which corresponded to the inexplicable numbers on the membership card. Etching so many words on the top of brass is much more time-consuming than coinage.

The thought that thousands of members have such a badge made Zhang Hui have a deeper understanding of the strength of the society.

"Please put it on your chest," replied to Zhang, gesturing to his own chest, where he also carried a badge of similar size, but not of bronze, but of iron. He gestured how to wear it, and said, "These days have been based on entering and leaving the school, as well as dining. In the future, chapters around the country can also use this badge to identify themselves. ”

After listening to the precautions for a while, the check-in was finally over.

The acquaintance who had just gone out was rushing in at this time, "The residences of the three officials in the past few days have been arranged, if you have a companion, you can choose one person to enter and accompany you." The rest of the people's residences have also been arranged, and someone will bring them over in a while. Officials who move in can enter and exit freely with their badges or membership cards, but they cannot enter other people's residences at will, while accompanying companions cannot move around at will, and must follow the owner's near side. ”

"It's already been said." Li Ying said anxiously, "You can go in first, right?" ”

Zhike smiled and turned around, "Please come with me." ”

Following Zhike, a group of people walked into this courtyard from the inside of the gatehouse.

Li Ying was eager to try, while Zhang Hui lowered his head and fiddled with the badge, "The members are really different." ”

In his opinion, the badge is simply exquisite. After returning to his hometown, he wore this badge on his body, and then showed his membership card, I don't know how many people I want to envy.

"In the future, there will be more and more people who want to participate in the society."

"I hope the conditions for membership are not lowered."

Zhang Hui sighed from the bottom of his heart, with what he saw today, the power and wealth of the society were unimaginable before.

He is proud to be a part of such an organization.

Although he was a little selfish, he couldn't let those who only knew half of it write papers, and finally ruined the reputation of the society.

"Probably not. The ministers should be able to hold it firmly. ”

There are two ways to become a full member of the Nature Society.

One is to publish a paper in Nature, and the other is to be a sponsor of a paper – as a sponsor, you can be listed on a paper – as long as three of the funded papers are successfully published, you can become a member.

Such conditions used to be relatively simple, but now they are difficult.

The two were whispering this, and a group of people were greeted in front of them.

All of them are dressed in ordinary clothes, even if the two leaders look extraordinary, but they are still simple to wear.

"It's Shen Shumi and You Baowen!" Zhike passed the sound.

Shen Kuo! You Shixiong!

Zhang Hui and Li Ying were stunned.

The three Zaifu and the four discuss politics are just the high-level forces of the society, which makes the world staggered.

In the past, they only knew each other on paper, but now, when they saw the world's top privy deputy envoys and councilors, Zhang Hui and Li Ying immediately felt that they were almost out of breath.

Shen Kuo was far away, and then said excitedly: "Brother Gongshi, has you always been good?" ”

Wei Pu, who has always been a humble old man, stood still, smiled calmly on crutches: "The blessing of the middle brother is still healthy." ”