A few days later, Mr. Sun Jianai really sent someone to send an inscription, and each word was one foot square. Sun Yuanqi was overjoyed and hurriedly arranged to find someone to engrave the name of the school. In this way, the school's "eight" character was finally written. As for the "pinching", it is Sun Yuanqi's most head-scratching teacher problem.

Sun Yuanqi knew that in the newly built school, he was only suitable to be a lecturer, and being a professor was exalted. Being a principal? It was all sorghum stalks for the beams – not the same material at all. In Sun Yuanqi's mind, the best candidate for the principal should be the famous educator Mr. Cai Yuanpei. But I don't know where Mr. Cai is now. A few days ago, Shi Yunyu came to visit, and I learned during the conversation that just a few days ago, Cai Yuanpei was appointed as the chief teacher of the special class of Nanyang College. After Sun Yuanqi found out, his intestines were repentant! When Shi Yunyu returned to Shanghai, Sun Yuan asked him to help him bring a letter to Cai Yuanpei, and the solicitation in the letter was quite explicit! I don't know if Cai Yuanpei has the idea of changing the owner.

The boss absolutely counts! In addition to the inscriptions, there were also several unsealed letters, one of which was for himself, which was opened and read. I saw that it read:

Baixi my grandson, the plaque with the previous inscription has been written. Yu Bu is not good at making big characters, and he is declining, trying his best to catch the pen, and the charm is gone, and the glyphs are scattered. If it doesn't work, you don't need it. I also learned the lessons of scripture and history, and thought about them for a few days. Today, Shuoru in the sea, when pushing Deqing Yu Quyuan, Xiangyin Wang Renqiu, Changsha Wang Yiwu. Qu Yuan is eighty years old, lives in Suzhou, and is afraid that he is reluctant to move. Renqiu, Zeng Wenzheng, was known as a fool, but he was a famous man, and he was rich in thousands of volumes. The essence of Yiwu's knowledge, now he is at home, and he is a person who is happy to educate talents. None of these three people are easy to do, but you can send the letter to Yu Suocao, hoping that it will be in case. If you can come, it is enough to be the glory of the school and the good teacher of all beings. Even if it is not available, it does not lose the meaning of seeking the virtuous and worshiping the saints. Middle-aged generation, Ruian Sun Zhongrong is the most prominent, liberal arts, if respectful, you can come. Shanhua Pilumen is also knowledgeable, and Jingyan Liao Jiping is more new. External such as Ke Shaoxian, Wu Rulun, Ye Dehui, Miao Quansun, Cui Shi, Yan Fu, Chen Yan, Yang Shoujing, Shen Zengzhi, are all temporary choices. Thou shalt choose thyself. Zu Nai.

As a science student, except for Yan Fu's translation of "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution", Sun Yuanqi did not know any of these people. But if you can be solemnly recommended as a university scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, it must not be far behind, right?

Sun Yuanqi still has 30,000 or 40,000 US dollars in hand, which is converted into more than 40,000 taels of silver, in addition to the daily expenses and scholarships for students, plus the architectural design firm in the United States is coming soon, it is estimated that there will not even be 10,000 taels of silver left at the end of the year. 10,000 taels of silver, if Sun Yuanqi is allowed to eat and drink alone, then ten or twenty years will be enough; But for a huge school, it may only be enough for one or two months.

Gritting his teeth, he is reluctant to let the child not catch the wolf, and he is reluctant to let the daughter-in-law catch the hooligan! It seems that the reluctant silver can't invite the cow. Therefore, when writing letters to these old gentlemen, according to the grades recommended by the old man, a huge bonus will be awarded: the best Deqing Yu Quyuan, Xiangyin Wang Renqiu, and Changsha Wang Yiwu, as long as they come to teach, each will be paid 4,000 taels per year; Ryan Sun Zhongrong, three thousand taels per year; Shanhua Pilumen, Jingyan Liao Jiping, 2,500 taels per year; Ke Shaoxian, Wu Rulun, Ye Dehui, Miao Quansun, Cui Shi, Yan Fu, Chen Yan, Yang Shoujing, Shen Zengzhi, two thousand taels per year. I think that back then, as a returnee from a famous school and the nephew of Sun University, the Jingshi University Hall only offered an annual salary of 600 taels. This time, I can definitely call it a bloody capital. If all these people come, before the Chinese New Year, the school should be in debt!

Sun Yuanqi sent out the admission list and recruitment letters, and returned to the outside of the city. Stay at the new campus every day, supervise construction, compile teaching materials, and wait for the start of school. I don't even care about the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty" between China and the Eight-Nation Alliance—even if I do, I can't do anything about it, so I might as well save some money and do something else.

On this day, Sun Yuanqi was urging the workers to speed up the progress on the construction site, when he saw Lao Zheng running in panting on a horse. Sun Yuanqi estimated that he was looking for himself, so he put the matter aside and greeted him. But I saw Lao Zheng holding a telegraph in his hand, which was written in English: "We will arrive at Beijing Railway Station on September 14, please pick up the station." ”

Who's the caller? The lower corner of the letter writer was densely packed, which had been soaked in Lao Zheng's sweat and blurred, and after careful examination for a long time, he didn't see the clue. No matter what, it must be someone from an American architectural design firm. I just don't know exactly when it will be the 14th, so I might have to spend a day at the train station.

Come to think of it, today is September 11th. If Americans come, there is a place to stay, and the corresponding hygiene products and bedding must be prepared in advance. At the moment, arrange for a few students and Lao Zheng to go back to the city first to deal with these odd things. I will take a few more students back to the city tomorrow to prepare for the guests.

A day later, Sun Yuanqi took Lao Zheng, Han Yu, Pan Xian, and a few Lifu to Qianmen Railway Station early, and specially played an English sign "American O&C Architectural Design Office", which caused people around to look at it more.

At noon, a large group of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners finally came out of the train station, and roughly estimated, there were more than ten people. Sun Yuan was stunned: Why, all the staff of that office are here?

Sun Yuanqi quickly stabilized his mind: everyone has come to their own land, no matter what, they can't make an image that harms my etiquette state. With a smile on his face: "I am Yank Johnson, president of Jingshi University, and welcome to Beijing, the capital of China!" ”

"Thank you! I'm the deputy chief designer of O&C Architects, Inc. Bourne. The leader was a middle-aged man in his forties, full of mature charm and capable temperament, who greeted Sun Yuanqi skillfully, "It's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Me too."

"I'm the designer of the firm...... second.

"I'm ......" in third place.

"I am ......" fourth.

The fifth Sun Yuanqi felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it there: "It's a pleasure to meet you!" ”

"Me too, Professor Johnson." The young man said to Sun Yuanqi with a smile.

"Have we met somewhere?" Sun Yuanqi stared at the young man a few more times.

"Yes, I'm Alan Mueller, a PhD student at McGill University, and this is my classmate William Julian, and we've all listened to your class. Professor Rutherford sent us here, and he wants us to do some research with you! The young man named Alan said, pointing to another young man beside him.

"That's great!" The problem of teachers that Sun Yuanqi has been worried about has finally been satisfactorily solved at this moment. Look at Lao Lu, how interesting!

The next few are not only acquaintances of Sun Yuanqi, but also former colleagues: the first three are acquaintances from the Yale Element Laboratory; The last four are partners in the MIT electronics lab, and there happens to be one in each branch.

Finally, there are four others, who wear big hats and cover their faces tightly, and they don't take their hats off when they meet now. Sun Yuanqi thought to himself: Which unit are these four?

He stepped forward and asked as usual, "Hello, welcome to Beijing!" ”

One of the four people jumped up and shouted happily, "How is it?" Yanke: He welcomes us to Beijing! ”

Sun Yuanqi thought of an unbelievable answer: "You...... Are you Lilith? ”

“Bing－bong！ That's right! Lilith took off her hat proudly, and didn't forget to wink at Sun Yuanqi.

"That'...... Are you Elena? Sun Yuanqi tried hard not to let his voice change line.

"Yes, Mr. Johnson." Elena took off her hat and blushed.

"So, this pretty lady should be Miss Vera?" Sun Yuanqi was on the verge of going berserk.

Vera took off her hat very calmly and saluted Sun Yuan with great grace: "Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for the compliment!" ”

Sun Yuanqi clenched his fists and tried very hard to control his emotions: "Vera, how can you mess around with them?" ”

Vera smiled slightly, but did not speak. Lilith on the side couldn't hold back: "Sister Vera's parents are going to marry her to a nasty guy, and we just happened to see a letter that you need an assistant, so we'll help Sister Vera escape here!" ”

Sun Yuanqi has a black line: Will such a bloody plot appear in any dynasty or country?

"So, this little friend must be our very sweet Miss Nina?" Knowing that it could be the worst-case scenario, Sun Yuanqi still decided to reveal the last hole card.

"Yes, I'm Nina, Mr. Johnson." The little girl took off her hat, looked excited, and blessed Sun Yuan like Vera, "Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for the compliment!" ”

Smack! The creamed side of the cake fell heavily on the dirty floor. Sun Yuanqi was now out of anger, and shouted in a low voice to the three girls: "You are here to come, why do you still bring Nina?" ”

Elena lowered her head and said in a gnat-like voice, "Our escape plan was overheard by Nina. She said that if she didn't take her, she told our parents......"

It seems that this little Lori is not a fuel-efficient lamp either!

Sun Yuanqi put his hand on his forehead and asked after a while, "Did you tell your parents about coming to China?" ”

"Tell! Told! Lilith replied crisply, "As soon as we arrived in Shanghai, we sent a telegram to our family to reassure them. ”

Test! His baby daughter first disappeared for dozens of days, and then was told that she had fled to a foreign country thousands of miles away, which parent could still feel at ease?

"Good! You guys did a great job! Sun Yuan gritted his teeth angrily, "There are two choices before you now: A, immediately send you to the U.S. Embassy to see Mr. Conger, and then wait to be repatriated; B, come with me to the telegraph office, send a letter to your home, confirm that you have come to me, and then go back and write a letter of no less than 5,000 words, explain everything to your parents in detail, and when the O&C office is done, go back to the United States with them. Please choose! ”

Lilith was a little dissatisfied: "We originally wanted to ......"

"Now it's only A and B, beautiful lady!" Sun Yuanqi suspected that more than 90 percent of the bad idea of escaping to China came from this girl.

"I'll pick B." Vera remained calm. But the more tranquil she is, the more crazy Sun Yuanqi becomes.

Nina exclaimed, "I'll pick B too!" ”

Sun Yuanqi said angrily: "Minors have no right to vote!" ”

Nina wrinkled her beautiful little nose and raised her fist in protest.

"Protests are not effective!" Sun Yuanqi directly ignored her, "Elena, what about you?" ”

“B。”

"Okay." Sun Yuanqi beckoned to Han Yu and Pan Xian, who were carrying their luggage, and switched their language to Chinese, "You two are responsible for bringing the engineers of the O&C office and the teachers to the courtyard, and let Lao Zheng and them arrange lunch and accommodation in the evening, and I will go back a little later." ”

Han Yu and Pan Xian looked at the four flower-like girls beside Sun Yuanqi, their faces were ambiguous, and they responded happily, "Okay!" ”

Sun Yuanqi is now in a bag, so he can control them. He turned back to the four girls and said, "Let's go!" ”

"Where to go? I haven't chosen it yet! Lilith pouted.

"Four people, three have the right to vote, two vote for B, your vote is meaningless, understand?" Sun Yuanqi said angrily, "Princesses, I know you are hungry now, but our target now is the Telegraph Bureau. So, hurry up and go! ”

The telegraph office is not far from the railway station.

Coming out of the telegraph office, the girls were soon attracted by the ubiquitous exoticism, and Vera, who had always been plain, asked a lot of questions. Along the way, Sun Yuanqi's ears never stopped. Poor Sun Yuanqi hasn't been around a few times in Daqing, but this time he was pulled by a foreign girl. A Chinese young man, surrounded by four foreign girls, strolling around the street, what is the difference between this and the return rate of leading four Jurassic creatures to walk around the corner?

In desperation, Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to let them put their hats back. But Lilith and Nina's voices were so penetrating that they could probably guess that they were two ghost girls after a hundred and eighty steps. Watching them look around and walk slowly on the streets of Beijing, they seem to have escaped from marriage, obviously just after drinking afternoon tea, strolling in their backyard.

No matter! Sun Yuanqi pulled Lilith with one hand and Nina with the other, and beckoned, "Vera, Elena, you follow!" He didn't even sit in the car, and dragged them from the front door to his home in Houhai in one go, and Sun Yuanqi breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Pan Xian thief hiding behind the door. Sun Yuanqi glared at him: "What are you doing?" ”

"Didn't do anything, didn't do anything." Pan Xian obviously has no silver three hundred taels here.

Sun Yuanqi asked: "Have the guests arranged accommodation and dinner?" ”

"Don't worry, it's all arranged!" Pan Xian nodded.

"Well, that's good." Sun Yuanqi raised his steps and wanted to walk into the courtyard.

Pan Xian suddenly asked, "By the way, sir, which one is the master?" ”

Sun Yuanqi snorted, saying that he was "too lazy to pay attention to you". But I thought in my heart: If it weren't for the fact that there were foreign guests around you, and it was a woman, I would definitely fly up and kick you out of Beijing!

"Could it be...... Both? Pan Xian had an expression of "really worthy of our teacher".

"Get out!" Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but scold, it seems that these guys are not a big deal to watch the excitement, and they are still earnestly taught and cared for on weekdays.

Pan Xian smiled and slapped a thousand children at the four beauties: "Say hello to the masters!" Before Sun Yuan went into a frenzy, he ran into the backyard with a smoke. made Sun Yuan feel angry, and there was nowhere to vent. Fortunately, these girls couldn't understand Chinese, and when they asked Sun Yuanqi, they just passed by by a haha.

After walking a few steps, he saw Lao Zheng cowering and waiting for him on the side of the road.

"Lao Zheng, what's the matter?" Sun Yuanqi asked.

"Please...... Excuse me, sir, these ...... Mistress—"

"Lord-Mother ——?" Sun Yuanqi was so depressed that he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood: I am more wronged than the goose of the Dou family! I, I haven't had a bad heart for these foreign girls! "Remember, I'll call them Miss in the future!"

"Little ...... Sister? Lao Zhao's eyes were a little strange.

Following Lao Zhao's eyes, I slowly looked over, only to realize that I was still holding Lilith and Nina's hands. Hurriedly shook it off at the moment, and began to introduce one by one, pointing at Vera: "This is the eldest lady." ”

Pointing at Elena: "This is the second miss." ”

In the same way, Lilith, Miss Three; Nina, Miss Four.

"Sir, these four ...... Miss, should you arrange accommodation first, or do you eat first? Lao Zheng asked, and he didn't know if he remembered the size of these four people. It is estimated that in his eyes, the four foreign girls are all equally ugly, how can they tell the difference?

Sun Yuanqi decided to ask the ladies for their opinions first: "Dear ladies, welcome to my home in Beijing. Now you have two choices before you: A, eat first; B, take a break and wash up. Please answer! ”

Nina was the first to ask, "Mr. Johnson, are all your slaves in the yard?" ”

"No, many of them are my students." Sun Yuanqi replied very casually, "Nina, you have the right to vote now, hurry up and exercise your rights!" ”

"Is this middle-aged man also your student now?" Nina, this little Lori, is still a curious baby.

"Failure to make the right choice on two occasions is considered an automatic waiver. Dear Nina, it is a precious opportunity for you to voluntarily renounce the exercise of your rights. Below, Lilith? Sun Yuanqi couldn't bear to kill this cute little Lori, and finally replied, "You can think of him as my servant." ”

Finally, it was Lilith's turn to answer, and she immediately gave the answer for fear of losing the opportunity: "I'll choose B, rest and wash up first." ”

Nina flattened her mouth and said unwillingly: "If I choose, I will also choose B." ”

Sun Yuanqi ignored her and continued to ask, "What about Elena and Vera?" ”

“B……”

“B。”

"Okay. Voting result: B, take a break and wash up. Sun Yuanqi motioned to Lao Zheng to lead everyone to the place where they were staying first. After walking a few steps, Sun Yuanqi, who was hungry for a while, was a little strange, "You have already eaten lunch on the train?" ”

“No！” Answers in unison.

After a while, the girls were seen combing their hair in the mirror, washing their faces, or hiding in the house to change their clothes. Sun Yuanqi finally understood that even at the beginning of the twentieth century, women put dress first.

In the afternoon, Sun Yuanqi arranged for the engineers of O&C, as well as the teachers of Yale, MIT, and McGill, to take a day off. Let's go to the new campus the day after tomorrow. As for the four girls, they honestly stayed in the study and wrote letters to their families to report the specific situation.

Sun Yuanqi stole a moment of leisure, and was pacing in the front yard, thinking about the placement of these newcomers, when he heard a noise outside the door. On weekdays, Sun Yuanqi is a bunch of students in the yard, and although he and his neighbors are not "the voice of chickens and dogs, they don't get along with each other", but they just meet and say hello. Therefore, there was silence in front of the door. I don't know why it's so noisy today?

Just as he was about to go out to have a look, he saw Lao Zheng hurriedly coming in from outside the door. Sun Yuanqi asked, "Lao Zheng, what's the matter, there's a lot of noise outside the door?" ”

Lao Zheng smiled bitterly: "Sir, isn't this the number one or twenty foreigner in the courtyard, and the neighborhood is a little uneasy......

Sun Yuanqi was puzzled: "Foreigners came to our yard, what are they doing?" Didn't provoke them! ”

"Isn't this for foreigners to make trouble in Beijing......" Lao Zheng made a bitter face, "The neighbors are all weak when they see the foreigners, for fear that they will cause something and become a catastrophe......

Sun Yuanqi is helpless, he can't make trouble in the neighborhood because of this matter, right? I had to make a compromise: "Then you go out and tell them, we will move out of the city tomorrow!" ”

After speaking, he waved his sleeves and entered the inner courtyard.

On September 14, the Qing government issued an edict on the revitalization of schools, saying: "In addition to the university halls that have been set up in Beijing and should be effectively rectified, all academies in all provinces have been converted into university halls in the provincial capitals, middle school halls have been set up in all prefectures and prefectures, primary schools have been set up in all prefectures and counties, and more schools have been set up in Mengyang schools." ”

In the following year, schools have sprung up in various places, such as Shandong University Hall, Beijing Normal University Hall, Shanxi University Hall, Guizhou University Hall, Beiyang University Hall, etc., or restored, or newly built, or rebuilt, China's higher education has appeared in the first golden stage of development.

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