After Zurich had laid the foundations for ruling the Malay Peninsula, Downing had to rush to London to carry out his plan of "seizing power", and Lionel had already sent him several telegrams to avoid long nights. Downing didn't have time to say goodbye to Sissi before he set out on his way home from London.

On New Year's Day 1854, Queen Victoria will be knighted on the new lords, and the Earl of Cambridge is just in time. As the leader of the Anglican Church, the queen loved and hated this devil ambassador, and patted the Earl of Cambridge on the shoulder with her sword at the knighthood ceremony, and whispered: "If you have the ability, you will be upgraded to the knighthood again next year!" ”

I don't know why, although the queen is not a beauty, but her expression is sincere, even cute, I was happy to see her Tang Ning, and when I heard this, I couldn't help but feel alive in my heart, how can I let the old guys in the cabinet be stimulated again and then add him to the knighthood? He's an official fan now, and it's best to be promoted to a duke, at the same level as Sissi, hehe.

The position of the Duke is very noble, and in history, King Edward VIII of England abdicated because of the government's opposition to his marriage to a mistress, and was made Duke of Windsor by his brother George VI after abdicating the throne. It can be seen that this title is only one step away from the king. In 1814, Arthur? After defeating the French and exiled Napoleon to the island of Elba, Wellesley was made Duke of Wellington. Want to know how hard it is to be a duke? Just look at these two.

The Duke of Buckingham owed more than 1 million pounds in debt, and no one arrested him, which shows the privilege of the high nobility.

What else is the point of aristocrats? The British parliament is divided into the House of Lords and the House of Commons, the House of Commons is the House of Commoners, and the House of Lords is the House of Nobles. There was a key event in the power struggle between the House of Lords and the House of Commons, when the constituencies were not properly divided, and there were pitifully few seats in large cities like Manchester, so the House of Commons submitted a reform bill, which was repeatedly rejected by the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, which had more power, finally became angry and threatened to enthrone 70 pro-reform nobles at once, which frightened the House of Lords.

However, the conservative British have always placed the supreme jurisdiction of the judiciary in the House of Lords, which is not entirely a vase.

The high-ranking nobles also have royal allowances, but this thing is dispensable for Tangning. He casually donated it to the University of Cambridge as an Earl of Cambridge Scholarship, and doubled the money.

One of the reasons for the Queen's love-hate "love" for him was that Downing's invention of analgesics solved her long-tormented menstrual cramps, which is not easy to say, but Downing was surprised to find that the Queen invited him to a family dinner, and his old friend Prince Albert had not seen each other for a long time.

On the way to Windsor Castle with the Queen, the Queen suddenly asked, "Your name, Downing?" Windsor, is it a real name? ”

Oops, was discovered? Downing: "What's the matter?" Any questions? ”

Queen: "Sounds fake, why is it so coincidental?" It's Downing again, it's Windsor again......" She glanced up at Windsor Castle, which was not far away.

Downing smiled but said nothing.

After a while, the queen finally said, "Sue you, and Albert will sue you later." Before this knighthood, the Prime Minister ordered a serious investigation into the city where you were born, and no one knew about you, or your father. No one has ever heard of the surname Windsor. The Prime Minister came to me and asked me if there would be a problem with this. Presumably he is already guessing if you are an illegal citizen of England. ”

The Queen's big eyes were already wide to see someone's reaction.

Tang Ning frowned, pretended to think deeply for a while, and said, "Really? Could it be that my father lied to me? Could he be...... Fugitives and the like......"

The queen gave a blank look: "Still pretending!" To be clear, your pass is a fake, and there is no record of you in the relevant authorities in the UK, except after you came to London in February '51. ”

Tang Ning smiled bitterly: "Could it be that Her Majesty the Queen is going to announce the revocation of my title tomorrow?" ”

Queen Victoria regained her serious expression and said softly: "I thought you wouldn't come back when you arrived in Switzerland, but since you're back, then ...... It shows that you still have England in mind. Between a genius scientist and a little lie, I just made the right choice. In the future, if you are asked this kind of question by anyone, you will say that I know your father, and I believe that no one will force me to tell me what your father looks like. ”

What a good man, what a wise king, my queen!

Tang Ning gave her a deep look and said thank you.

Is this a secret between him and Queen Victoria? Hey.

"Look, who's back! I'm sorry, I'm supposed to go to your knighthood ceremony, but I'm sorry that the temporary kids have something to do! "Prince Albert was very genuinely enthusiastic about the little earl, and he hugged and kissed him embarrassingly, but fortunately the prince was handsome, well, so be it.

This embarrassment had to be brought back, and Downing hugged the princes, the princesses, and kissed them, especially the increasingly beautiful elf Princess Louise, his favorite, kissed him twice.

"Hello, Professor Windsor, I miss you so much!" The eldest princess Victoria used this special title to greet this great scientist who loves to mix with academics. She thought he'd like it, didn't she? Another mixed with the title of rector of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Taking advantage of the moment when the queen was a little away, the prince whispered: "Little Vicky and I agree with your theory of evolution the most, don't let Big Vicky know!" ”

Haha, worthy of being the principal of Cambridge, dare to accept new ideas.

Downing smiled: "Really? It's an honor! Tomorrow, our three devil apostles will meet, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of sparks of thought, and you two can come and listen. ”

The prince was excited for a while, and then a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Da Weiqi has a lot of criticism for us, we have to find a good reason to ...... first."

While everyone was chatting together, the prince suddenly thought of an idea and said to little Victoria, "Don't you want to worship Professor Windsor as a teacher?" The teacher is here, and I will help you mention it, that is, the professor is very busy, and I don't know if he is free to teach you. ”

Tang Ning heard the song and knew the elegant meaning, and immediately said that he was waiting for the princes and princesses at any time, the class was too long, and it was still okay to answer some scientific questions.

Her Majesty said indifferently: "Just don't teach the theory of evolution......"

Downing sneered, as long as he thought that she was the head of the Anglican Church, he did not want to debate or anything with her, it was obvious that religion had a more special meaning to the queen, and it was not rational to explain.

Princess Louise, an elf who was not yet five years old, said: "Uncle Downing, if you are wrong, you will go to hell, are you afraid?" ”

Downing's scientism was wrong again, and he casually said, "I'm afraid." The average radius of the earth is more than 6,000 kilometers, and every kilometer deeper, the pressure will be greater and hotter, and at about 33 kilometers, it is so hot that the hard surface of the entire earth can move on the soft soil, which is the secret of continental drift. At about 3,000 kilometers, there is another big change, where it is so hot that it melts all the iron. Does Louise remember that little blast furnace for steelmaking? How hot it must be! Such a terrible place, of course the uncle was afraid. Oh, and there is molten iron flowing in the center of the earth, which is why the whole earth is surrounded by a magnetic field, without which we would be in trouble sailing. ”

On the surface, Downing was explaining to little Louise what hell was like, but Princess Victoria and Prince Victoria were fascinated by it, and this teacher was really amazing.

Principal Albert exclaimed, "It's amazing! It is really interesting to explain the global magnetic field in this way, molten iron core! Whose theory is this? Why haven't I heard of it? Well, where did the numbers of 33 kilometers and 3000 kilometers come from? ”

Downing: "When I was in the United States, one day, I suddenly wanted to know what was inside the earth, and I began to guess, and went to places where earthquakes are frequent and used instruments to test the number of seismic waves, seismic waves are divided into longitudinal waves and transverse waves, and their speeds are different in different media, so that you can roughly know what the underground looks like. Through the change in the velocity of seismic waves, I found that the earth has these two interfaces. ”

Principal Albert exclaimed: "Interesting! It's so much fun! ”

Little Louise couldn't hear what this meant, and worried for Uncle Downing: "It's so terrible...... Then you dare to challenge God? ”

Downing looked lovingly at the lovely little princess, as if he were telling her a fairy tale alone: "I haven't said what heaven is above the earth. The higher you go, the thinner the air becomes, which is why I get out of breath when I exercise a little bit in the Himalayas, the highest altitude in the world, because the air is thin and there is less oxygen to support strenuous exercise. For example, in the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range at an altitude of 8,000 meters, the vast majority of birds will die within minutes if they dare to fly over such peaks. The demoiselle crane, one of the most capable birds flying at high altitudes, does not dare, and it often migrates along valleys and valleys around the Himalayas to reach India. There is only one bird in the world, the bar-headed goose, whose blood has a strong ability to store oxygen, and they can fly over the Himalayas. The higher you go, the colder it gets, which is why many of the tall peaks are covered with snow overhead.

Do you know how far away from Earth these weather conditions such as clouds, rain, fog, and snow can occur? Hehe, it's not difficult, lightning and thunder don't happen at the same time, you know? Because lightning is the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers per second, it is too fast to be regarded as an instant, and the sound of thunder is 300 meters per second. As long as the time difference between lightning and thunder is recorded through guò, you will know where the farthest lightning is. The more records you have, the more reliable you are. According to my count, this distance will not be more than 30 kilometers. It is in this short 30 kilometers that there is air convection that we are familiar with.

Further up, the air is so thin that there are no celestial phenomena, of course, people can't survive in that kind of place, either die of lack of oxygen, or freeze to death, on average, the temperature of the troposphere decreases with altitude, and for every 100 meters of ascent, the temperature drops by about 0. (http：／／.）。 6c, to the point of 30 km, that is...... At least more than 100 degrees below zero, you can feel it. It's only 30 kilometers, the environment is already so bad that the radius of the earth is limited, and the sky is infinite, what will there be in outer space? Only getting colder and colder, the air is zero. So, heaven is hell and hell is heaven. In a way, heaven is more terrible than hell. ”

When Princess Louise heard this terrible strange talk, she was so frightened that she almost cried, and hurried to find her mother's arms.

The Prince and Princess Victoria looked at each other in silence, knowing that what Downing said was probably the truth and truth, but they were also shocked by the assertion that "heaven is hell, and hell is heaven".

Downing summed up the statement: "So, cherish our current life, under heaven, above hell, that is the most perfect place, the most suitable place for human survival, and the most merciful thing about God is to give us this spherical space, not more, not less, the temperature is just right." With the development of science now, I can tell you that the delusion of heaven is actually a challenge to God's gift to us, and it is even more nonsense to pin our hopes on heaven after death. Death, like a drop of water disappearing into a lake. There is no hell to torment the undead, and there is no heaven to bless the undead. We don't know where we come from, because then our sense of self has not yet been formed, and we don't know where we belong, because then our consciousness has returned to nature. It's as if we've been here, and it's as if we've never been there. We seem to have left something behind, and we seem to have nothing left. I've already said that, believe it or not, I believe it will trigger deep thinking. ”