After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the school is about to start. Sun Yuanqi has been reading about the oracle bones of Anyang and the suicide note of Dunhuang, Dunhuang is too far from Beijing, I am afraid that I will not be able to go for a while; Anyang, Henan is not far away, but I don't know what is going on now. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking at Lao Zhao's family and Lao Zhao's fellow villagers, I am afraid that they all want to go home to see the year. Shandong and Henan are quite close to each other, so Lao Zhao can lead them back to go around, and if anyone wants to stay in Shandong, let them go. If you want to come back, come back again.

A day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sun Yuanqi called Lao Zhao. Lao Zhao followed the O&C office all over the mountain, walked over with mud, and called "sir" respectfully.

Sun Yuanqi motioned for Lao Zhao to sit down. Lao Zhao knew that Sun Yuan was kind and never paid attention to these, so he found a stool to sit down at random: "Sir, what's the matter?" ”

Sun Yuan nodded: "Lao Zhao, do you want to go back to your hometown in Shandong?" ”

Hearing Sun Yuanqi's words without a beginning or an end, Lao Zhao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Sir, I, Lao Zhao has never done anything bad and lacking morality!" You can't drive me away! …… Did the two rabbit cubs Da Mao and Er Mao make you angry? Don't worry, sir, I'll peel them off when I get back! Mr. ......"

Seeing Lao Zhao's tearful posture and kowtowing like pounding garlic, Sun Yuanqi was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Lao Zhao: "Lao Zhao, how can you listen to the wind and rain!" I'm asking, you've been in Beijing for more than two years, do you want to go home and see! ”

Now Lao Zhao understood, wiped his face with mud-stained cuffs, and wanted to cry and laugh: "I just said, Mr. is such a good person, why do you suddenly want to drive me Lao Zhao away, it turns out that I heard it." Ha ha...... When it comes to going back to Shandong, I really want to go back and see. It stands to reason that Mr. is so good to me, he eats and drinks, and he doesn't do any work, this is the same life as a fairy, and he shouldn't want to go back to that poor place. …… Hehe, but, Mr. Sun, it's not strange that you said it, when you were full of food and drink, you lay down on the hot kang, and I remembered my hometown and wanted to go back to see ......"

"Well," Sun Yuan nodded from the beginning, "Chinese, what they pay attention to is to relocate to the land, there is no big disaster and small difficulties, who wants to leave home thousands of miles away!" ”

"Yes, whoever has a stutter, who wants to go out! At that time, there was a flood, and there was no bark and grass roots to eat, so I fled all the way. Hungry, windy and rainy, walking, walking, and finally arriving at Shuntianfu...... didn't think about it, but I met Mr., a living Bodhisattva, and fell into the honey pot. It seems that this is all fate! Lao Zhao recalled the past, and he was also embarrassed.

Sun Yuanqi sighed, and then said: "If you go back, bring your Boxer fellows back to see, if you don't want to go back, forget it." If you don't want to come back when you get to Shandong, it's up to them. If you still want to come to us, please bring it back. ”

"Medium!" Lao Zhao nodded dryly, "Although they didn't raid our home, we also saved his life, and provided for them for a year with good food and drink. ”

Sun Yuanqi took out an envelope prepared from the drawer and handed it to Lao Zhao: "You will set off in a few days and go to Shandong first." I went back to Shandong, settled down and came back. Do me a favor on the way back, though. ”

"What do you mean to help? Isn't the gentleman's business my business? Lao Zhao pinched the envelope, "I don't know what Mr. commands?" ”

"You go back to Shandong as usual. When I came back, I took a detour to Anyang, Henan, where there are 'keels' for sale, you just buy a large number of them, and then bring them back, I have a lot of use! Sun Yuanqi explained, "But this matter should be done in secret, so as not to let others know." When you arrive in Anyang, you will tell your companion that you want to buy a traditional Chinese medicine. There are five thousand taels of silver in this envelope, and each of you will buy it quietly and separately, so that no one will notice it! ”

"Keel ......" Lao Zhao silently read a few times, "Since Mr. gives so much money, it must be very valuable, but ...... I don't know what that thing looks like! ”

"What does it look like?" This question turned Sun Yuanqi down, I have heard of this thing, I have seen pictures, but I have never seen the real thing, so I have to describe it according to the knowledge in the textbook: "This thing is actually a turtle plate, a cow bone, a deer bone or something, buried in the ground for a long time, and when it is dug up, it is called 'keel'." ”

"That's right." Lao Zhao understood a little, and then asked, "This thing, everywhere, right?" There are often dog bones, pig bones, and so on in the fields of our village. ”

Sun Yuanqi thought to himself: Can the bones you have there compare to Anyang's? In his mouth, he explained in detail: "The keels in Anyang have strangely shaped symbols carved by knives or something, and some have been burned by fire. The medicinal power is relatively large. ”

"Oh——, keel is a flavored medicinal material, and the one produced in Anyang is more authentic, just like the donkey skin ejiao in Dong'e, Shandong." Lao Zhao felt that he finally understood.

"Well, yes! Keel is a traditional Chinese medicine, as if produced in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, yes, it is called Xiaotun. When you arrive in Anyang, in addition to going to pharmacies and markets to find them, you also have to go to Xiaotun Village to buy them! Sun Yuanqi earnestly admonished.

"Anyang Xiaotun, Xiaotun ......" Lao Zhao silently read a few times and nodded: "On the way back, go to Anyang to collect keels, especially those in Xiaotun Village, buy them quietly, and then bring them back." Is that so, sir? ”

"Yes, that's right." Sun Yuanqi approvingly, "It seems that the keel is not very expensive, when you collect it, you should choose the one with more symbols depicted on it, the older one, and you don't have to care about the size." Of the money you have been given, in addition to your expenses back and forth, you will buy oracle bones and bring them back, and the more the better. ”

After two days, Lao Zhao left with a bunch of people, but his daughter-in-law and children were not brought. The remnants of the Boxers, Sun Yuanqi didn't have much contact, and he couldn't even name a few people. I heard that when I went back to my hometown, there were nine out of ten people who followed Lao Zhao, and there were a few, I don't know if there was an enemy or if I was alone at home, but I stayed. This has already started, and in order to comfort them, Sun Yuanqi ordered a uniform set of clothes for them and became a school worker.

said that it was the first day of school on October, but in fact, people like Han Yu, Chen Jide, and Zhou Zongwu had been staying in school every day for a long time. What we really have to wait for are the twenty new recruits.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, people kept finding Sun Yuanqi's courtyard in the capital, and everyone thought that it was the "Jingshi University" they applied for. Lao Zheng drove the carriage and personally sent these people to the mountains outside the city. At first, when I heard that the school was on a hill forty miles outside the city, the students' shocked expressions were unobstructed, and they thought that they had been deceived. It was only when I got on the concrete avenue, passed the school gate, bypassed the green space, walked on the wind and rain bridge, saw the wide and endless playground, saw the calyx-shaped lecture hall, and saw the five-story library on the top of the mountain, that I felt that I had really come to the right place.

At this time, Lao Zheng felt a sense of accomplishment, drew a big circle in the air with the horsewhip in his hand, and said proudly: "Let me tell you that the entire school has 15,000 acres!" ”

When the students heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

Chen Jide, Gu Zhilin, and Liu Bin have stopped even teaching the children at hand these days, and made a special trip to greet these new classmates and new students, arrange accommodation, familiarize themselves with the environment, and explain the school rules, and they are very busy. With the return of Han Yu, Zhou Zongwu, Zhang Chun, and Pan Xian, these Beijing students after the holiday, it is much easier.

Sun Yuanqi did not meet with these students, and arranged to send Lao Zhao away, Tong Yi carried a blanket on his back, led his wife and three children to come, just to top Lao Zhao's shortage, and was responsible for campus health and safety every day. As for the students' diet, the old Zhao family, the old Zheng family, plus the three girls Zhao Jinghui, Song Jingyao, and Zheng Jingyi, who occasionally helped, were barely enough. Now that there is Tong Yi's family, there is no need to worry about the affairs of the canteen.

Sun Yuanqi offered a high salary, and finally attracted the Golden Phoenix after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The latest letter is from Deqing Yu Quyuan, the old gentleman is old and virtuous, and his cultivation is also excellent. In the letter, I first expressed my gratitude to Sun Yuanqi for the invitation, but I am already old and frail, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to travel far, so I am sorry that I can't come. Secondly, he said that he has a young proud disciple named Zhang Binglin, who is no less knowledgeable than himself, if you think it is okay, use him.

Elder Sun Yuanqi felt that the name "Zhang Binglin" was very familiar, thought for a long time, and patted his head: Isn't it that Zhang Taiyan? Well, if he comes, he can! I sent a letter to Zhang Binglin at the moment, saying that if I came, I would pay three thousand taels a year!

In addition to this cattle man, the letter said that they could come to teach, as well as Wang Xianqian (Changsha Wang Yiwu), Sun Yirang (Ruian Sun Zhongrong), Pi Xirui (Shanhua Pilumen), Liao Ping (Jingyan Liao Jiping), Cui Shi, Yan Fu, Chen Yan, Yang Shoujing, Sun Yuanqi was so happy that he hurriedly wrote a letter to these scholars, except for Yan Fu and Yang Shoujing who hoped that they would arrive immediately, they all hoped that they could go to Beijing after the Spring Festival next year. Each letter was accompanied by a hundred taels of silver as a passage fee.

When the letter was written and sent, the excitement passed. As soon as he counted his fingers, Sun Yuan's face became bitter: not to mention anything else, as soon as a few teachers came to work, he would go out for more than 10,000 taels of silver a year. Even if it passes today, next year, with $180,000 from MIT and Yale, it will be better to pass. What about the critical year after tomorrow and the year after the big one? You can't close the door!

The day before the start of school, Shi Yunyu accompanied Xia Ruifang to school. In addition to sending teaching materials to the school, they also donated money. In order to "thank the donors for their great contributions to the school", Sun Yuanqi greeted the arrival of the Commercial Press at the school gate.

Xia Ruifang stepped down from the carriage and said in a loud voice: "Brother Baixi, I heard that your school is beautiful, rare in the world, the foolish brother is itching, I can't wait to go north to find out, you won't blame me, right?" ”

Sun Yuanqi smiled and said: "Brother Xia is coming north, it's too late for the junior brother to welcome, how can you blame!" ”

After greetings, he greeted Shi Yunyu again. The carriage dragged the textbooks and drove towards the school. Sun Yuanqi, as the host, accompanied Xia Ruifang to visit the campus, and then introduced them to the principal's office.

It's just that the principal's office has welcomed guests for the first time, and after sitting down. Xia Ruifang opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Shi went back and said how beautiful this university is, and today I know that it is better to be famous than to meet, and it is better to meet than to be famous." ”

Recognized by others, Sun Yuanqi was overjoyed, but said: "Brother Xia praised it!" ”

Xia Ruifang waved his hand: "——, don't be too humble!" Although the school is only three or four months old, it has such a scale, which shows that Brother Baixi has his own hills and ravines in his chest! Now, the imperial court has issued the "Edict of Xingxue", and the provincial universities will surely take advantage of the momentum. But when it comes to the means of building a school, it is not as good as that of my brother. ”

Sun Yuanqi thought to himself, when it comes to college, I don't know how many people I have seen at home and abroad, in my past and present lives, I have never eaten pork, and I have never seen a pig run?

Xia Ruifang said again: "I think that at the beginning, the emperor and the Empress Dowager of the West personally ordered the establishment of the Beijing Normal University Hall, and every Chinese New Year's Eve thousand taels of silver was now blown away by the rain and wind...... Alas! ”

I didn't see it, this Xia brother is still an angry young man!

After gossiping for a long time, I finally got to the point.

"Brother Baixi has traveled thousands of miles to rejuvenate the country through science and education, does not love high salaries, and has a blue road, which can be described as hard work. Naturally, we can't lag behind, so we decided to donate 10,000 taels of silver as a fund for running a school. Xia Ruifang said, took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Sun Yuanqi.

Sun Yuanqi bowed to express his gratitude, pondered for a moment, and said, "Brother Xia, our school will build a number of buildings next year, and in order to thank you for this donation, one of them will be named after you as a commendation." It's just that the name of this building is up to you. Ruifang Building? The Cuifang Building? ”

Xia Ruifang, the word is Cuifang. These Sun Yuanqi knows. What is the name of the building, you can't just give it a name like "Business Building" just because it is donated by the Commercial Press, right?

Xia Ruifang was a little moved, her fingers lightly tapped the armrest of the chair, and after a while, she said: "I am young, and it is always a little inappropriate to name it after me." I am from Chunpu, Jiangsu, so I might as well call it 'Chunpu Building'! ”

Thus, another building in the Jingshi University was born in conversation.

Sun Yuanqi calculated in his heart, and gave Lao Zhao 5,000 taels of silver to purchase oracle bones, and now he has 10,000 taels. came and went, and there were five thousand taels left. Well, let's build a few houses for those Chinese teachers first.

Send Xia Ruifang away, and then school opens.

On October 1st, the weather was fine.

The opening ceremony of Jingsei University was held in the lecture hall. In addition to Sun Yuanqi, there were nine researchers from Yale, MIT, and McGill, plus Vera. Sun Yuanqi is the only Chinese on stage. Before the arrival of Yan Fu and Yang Shoujing, this status quo will not change.

Sitting in the audience were the first batch of college students from Jingshi University, with a total of 37 undergraduate and preparatory students, 2 more than in the enrollment brochure. It's not that these people are particularly good, but that Sun Yuanqi wants to discover and cultivate more scientific and technological talents for China. There are also "Jing" character classes, "Many" character classes, and some physics students who have not been admitted to the university, but now those students who have not been admitted to the university are organized into the Affiliated Higher School of Jingshi University, the "Jing" character class is organized into the Affiliated Secondary School, and the "Many" character class is the Affiliated Higher Primary School. Lilith, Elena, and Nina also sat aggrievedly on the side, especially Lilith, who could almost hang an oil bottle on her mouth: why can Sister Vera sit on the stage, but we who came together have to sit under the stage?

Sun Yuanqi, as the only person on stage who can speak Chinese and is also the principal, must perform a one-man show from beginning to end. At the beginning, I was even a little nervous. Raising his eyes and scanning the audience, the lecture hall, which originally had a capacity of 200 people, was empty because there were only more than 60 people now. Sun Yuanqi's voice sounded in this empty lecture hall:

Students, first of all, welcome to Jingshi University.

According to the Common Era, this year is the first year of the twentieth century. Over the past 100 years, we have had both a glorious prosperity and a humiliation of being a mermaid. But in any case, this is in the past. Confucius once said: "The past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be pursued." ”

Now, as we stand at the head of the twentieth century, we look forward to the development of the world in the next 100 years, which will undoubtedly undergo earth-shaking changes. Yes, upside down! In these changes, innovation in science and technology will undoubtedly play a decisive role.

China's scientific and technological development has lagged behind the rest of the world in the past few hundred years. Therefore, in the face of the strong ships and artillery of the West, they were defeated and collapsed. If you fall behind, you will be beaten, this is a lesson of blood, an iron truth. Chinese people with lofty ideals realized this, so they began to learn from the West, such as the Westernization movement, studying in the United States, studying in Europe and Japan...... They hope to resist the invasion of the West by learning Western science and technology. But he was always knocked down again and again, why did the master always bully the students? That's because stolen punches can't kill people!

In the new twentieth century, we will face more severe challenges, because new waves of science and technology will continue to hit, which will impact and challenge the world order, and finally rebuild a new civilization with the power of science and technology, just like the development of the steam engine world in the past hundred years. If we don't work hard to learn and create, keep up with this tide, and even create this wave, we will suffer even more humiliation!

Although Jingshi University has only been established for a few months, even if it is extrapolated upwards from the Physics Institute, it has only been three years. However, since its establishment, the university has been committed to cultivating scientific and technological talents and accumulating scientific research strength. Strive to make a place in this wave of science. All of you here are interested in scientific research. Originally, there were two types of admissions: undergraduate and graduate studies, but when I saw the test papers, I found that this was not possible, because the vast majority of people were only at the level of higher secondary schools, so they could only be adjusted to undergraduate and preparatory courses. It can also be seen that China is backward in science and education.

It's not terrible to be behind! It's terrible not to realize that you are lagging behind, or to recognize that you are lagging behind and not trying to catch up! Therefore, we must face the difficulties and not be afraid of hardships and dangers. The school is grass-built, and many conditions are not available, so I hope that everyone will take learning as the core and ignore these inconveniences in life for the time being. Because the teachers in the school are all Ph.D. and master's degrees from MIT, Yale, and McGill University, I hope that you will first overcome the language barrier in your learning and be proficient in English; Secondly, to give full play to their own subjective initiative, in this school, the teaching will be in the form of self-study, Q&A, and self-study, highlighting everyone's ability to learn by themselves; Finally, we should learn to cooperate with each other, learn from each other, and help each other. Everyone is classmates and classmates, the ruler is short, the inch is long, don't let go of the doubt because of the face problem. Your learning should always be combined with practical and imparting.

The weak are nostalgic for the past, sentimental for the present, and disappointed in the future. The strong forget the past, strive for the present, and create the future. Standing at the head of the 20th century, we must be responsible for ourselves, for history and for the country.

The prosperity of the country is in our generation!

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