After this encounter, Scrooge didn't have much bad luck. Anyway, I ate and vomited every day, vomited and ate, vomited and vomited, well, slowly stopped vomiting. But at this time, it is not far from England.

Before Scrooge left, he wrote a letter to Carol three days in advance. However, I didn't expect it, and I don't know what it was, anyway, Scrooge ran faster than his letter. In this way, there is naturally no one on the dock ready to welcome them. Scrooge, who had been vomiting for more than ten days, climbed ashore with the help of several bodyguards, then called a public carriage and headed for London train station.

Scrooge bought a villa in a small town on the outskirts of London that served as the MacDonald's stronghold in Europe. The reason why I chose to be in a relatively remote town is to avoid the terrible pollution of London. In fact, most of the rich live in similar places. Who wants to stay in the smog of London for a long time unless they have to.

This town is one such place where the rich live. It's about 40 kilometers from central London. It only takes more than an hour to get there by train, which can be said to be quite convenient.

When Scrooge arrives at Carol's residence, he discovers that Carroll is not there. According to the servants, Carol went out with Miss Catherine in the morning.

Carol went out with a young lady, which was good news, but Scrooge was tired of the case, so he just casually asked about Miss Catherine, and then told the servant to wake him up when Carol returned. Then he went straight to the guest room, found a bed and lay down and fell asleep.

This sleep was the most restful sleep Scrooge had in so many days, and it was not until the next morning that Scrooge woke up. He stood up and waved his arms and kicked, and took another deep breath, feeling the full life force return to his body.

"Scrooge, are you awake?" At this time, Carol walked in, he looked at Scrooge, who was continuing to do chest expansion exercises, and smiled, "Yesterday I saw that you were too tired, so I didn't let them bother you." Well, breakfast is ready, go freshen up and come down to eat. When explaining these details of life to Scrooge, Carlo felt that he was like Scrooge's brother again.

"Okay, Kroll, I'll get down right away. By the way, what's the matter with that Miss Catherine? ”

"I'll talk about that later." Carol said with a smile.

……

"To hear you say that, this Miss Catherine is such an interesting person." Scrooge said, "Carol, you need to be careful. ”

"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Carol asked.

"No, that's not what I meant." Scrooge hurriedly explained, "I mean, Carol, you have to be careful not to let her completely dominate the course of your life later on. Because from your description, this Miss Catherine is very intelligent, and in later life, if you are not careful, you may lose your dominance. Of course, for our family, a capable daughter-in-law can be very useful. ”

"Well," Carol replied in a low voice, and then asked, "Scrooge, did you suddenly come to England, is there anything wrong?" ”

"I'm going to set up a university in the United States, and I'm going to come here to poach two professors and go back." "A university is very important to our entire consortium. And Carol, you weren't strong enough in the natural sciences to convince those guys, so I had to make my own trip. ”

"When are you going to visit those professors?"

"Don't be busy yet. I was in a hurry, and I was thinking about completing a plan on the ship to win them over. It's a pity that as soon as I got on the boat, I was dizzy and spent all my time vomiting, so I didn't have time to make these plans. I'll slowly put my plans together before I go. Oh, by the way, don't get the news out of me just yet. I don't want anyone to rob me. ”

……

Impress a master to be willing to leave his homeland and go to a wild place thousands of miles away to engage in his research. It's not easy. Scrooge decided to approach it from four angles.

The first is the hardware condition, that is, the building. Scrooge knew that the masters of science could not do without the real yàn, and the real yàn cost money. For the current Scrooge, the problem that can be solved with throwing money is not a problem. Scrooge had already prepared a high-end and high-grade design plan for the real yàn room, and he believed that such a real yàn room would definitely bring great attraction to Maxwell in combination with the insights of his later generations.

The second is the salary, which is not a problem. Scrooge believed that no school in Britain could compare to Maxwell's salary.

The next step is to use new academic ideas to catch other people's fish. There is a bit of a contradiction between what Maxwell proposed and Newton's view of this kind of thing. Newton's position in the British scientific community is almost similar to that of Jesus in the church. The English generally felt that everything that Newton said was true; Whatever Newton insisted on must be the truth; What we understand, we have to follow, and what we don't understand, we have to follow. Deepen your understanding in the process. This makes it difficult for him to be understood in the scientific community, and there are even fewer staunch supporters and collaborators. Scrooge, who is also a scientist, only needs to come up with attractive new ideas that can inspire him. It is likely to impress him.

The last resort is to start with his family.

Mr. Maxwell had a wife who was seven years older than him (she was also named Catherine), a lady whom Maxwell respected. If you can impress this lady, then things are more certain. So how can you impress her?

Although Scrooge did not know what his hobbies were for Catherine, who had only been married at the age of 34, he estimated that the things used to impress the average woman might not be effective for her. Well, maybe London's damn smog is a good helper. All I need to do is find a chart of the proportion of babies in London who die of respiratory diseases, and it should be enough to impress this woman.

After completing these preparations, Scrooge took two men and left Carroll's residence in a carriage to visit the true master at King's College London.

……

Arriving in London, Scrooge did not go directly to King's College London. Instead, he went straight to Maxwell's house. At this time, Maxwell should not be home for a while. Just in time to have a conversation with Mrs. Maxwell.

Maxwell had a nice residence in the city center, but a new factory had recently opened nearby, and this factory emitted a special smell from time to time, in addition to the black smoke emitting from the black chimney day and night, like other factories. So you can see that in this area, all the buildings, the windows on the factory side are closed.

At this time, a gust of wind was blowing from the direction of the factory, and Scrooge quickly held his breath and took out his white handkerchief to cover his nose. Then he walked up the steps in front of Maxwell's house and started knocking.

"Who?" Mrs. Maxwell's voice came from inside.

"Ah, Mrs. Maxwell, it's me, Scrooge, Scrooge 61 MacDonald. Do you remember me? Scrooge replied.

"Ah, it's Mr. MacDonald. Please come in. The door opened, and Mrs. Maxwell appeared before Scrooge. Compared to the last time she saw her, Mrs. Maxwell had lost a lot of weight, and her face was a little yellow.

"Mr. MacDonald, are you in England again? James mentioned you a while ago. He said that the last conversation you had with her gave him a lot of inspiration, and he said two days ago that there were some issues that would be nice to discuss with you. When Scrooge entered the house, Mrs. Maxwell said this as she poured Scrooge coffee.

"Hasn't Mr. Maxwell come back yet? Ah, what a ...... smell here Damn, how can such a plant be built here! Scrooge said.

"Isn't it? The factory didn't know what it was producing, and the smell was really uncomfortable. James said that when he smelled that smell, his mathematical ability would drop by at least 30 percent. Mrs. Maxwell complained.

Scrooge, of course, knew what the factory was producing. This factory is the chemical plant of the pharmaceutical company led by His Royal Highness Prince Albert, in which he has a stake. Scrooge himself runs such a factory, how could he not be able to distinguish the smell of this factory.

Scrooge stood up, bowed to Mrs. Maxwell, and said apologetically, "Speaking of which, I should apologize to Mr. Maxwell and you." This factory is for the production of sulfonamides that I invented along with some other drugs. It's just that I didn't expect that they would build a factory in such a place. ”

"Mr. MacDonald, it's not your fault. You don't have to apologize. In fact, factories are built everywhere, and that's one of London's specialties. Mrs. Maxwell replied with a wry smile.

"Madame, things are not as simple as you think." "Although sulfonamides and other drugs are life-saving drugs, in the process of producing them, they also produce a lot of toxic wastewater and exhaust gases. These gases can have a toxic effect on people. So, my factories in Cleveland and New York are deliberately built on the edge of the city, but downwind of the city. Workers working in my factory also need to wear thick, activated carbon masks to work. We have carried out animal realizations on these gases. As a result, these gases can increase the risk of infertility, miscarriage, and cancer by several orders of magnitude in mice. So...... Madame, haven't you and Mr. Maxwell ever considered moving? ”

When Scrooge uttered the words "infertility, miscarriage, cancer," he noticed that Mrs. Maxwell's face turned white. Mrs. Maxwell's voice, which had always been down-to-earth and generous, trembled: "Oh my God, it's so strict, what can I do?" ”

"What should I do?" Scrooge thought, "Let your husband come with me to Cleveland, and it'll be all over in one go." ”