When his daughter was born, Dr. Chan gave him an invention as a gift.

Out of love for his daughter and gratitude to Chen Muwu, the Duke of York thought it was very interesting at first.

But the more he listened, the more he felt that what Chen Muwu said was a bit boring.

This is not to say that because he is a noble man of noble blood, his family does not allow the Duke of York to come into contact with the dangerous sport of drag racing, so he thinks that such a thing as a seat belt is dispensable.

On the contrary, he may still have to pay attention to his image and not discredit his royal status.

But in the Forbidden Palace, if he wanted to do something, could it be that anyone would dare to stop him?

But the reason why drag racing, which was popular at Cambridge University, did not become popular in the Duke of York was not because the car was too fast, but because the car was too slow.

One of the iconic parameters used to test the driving performance of a car in later generations is called 100 km/h acceleration, which refers to the time it takes for a car to increase its speed from zero to 100 km/h after it is started.

But this parameter did not make much sense for the cars of the twenties.

That's because for most of today's cars, neither the performance of the vehicle nor the condition of the road allow them to soar to speeds of more than 100 kilometers per hour.

So for most cars, their acceleration time of 100 kilometers is infinity.

If you haven't experienced faster speeds, driving a car can be considered a pleasure at this time.

But the Duke of York, who came from the Royal Air Force, not only fought in the First World War himself, but also took the pilot's license for airplanes.

After experiencing the feeling of flying unrestrained in the sky, it was certainly not interesting for him to limply step on the gas pedal on the ground.

Chen Muwu previously told him that cars could never pose a threat to British royalty.

But airplanes are different, whether you are a prince or a grandson, or an ordinary person, the plane crash says that it wants your life, you want your life, and there is no room for bargaining at all.

Even if the aircraft industry developed another year or two, in 1942, the Duke of York, who was already the fourth brother of George VI, Prince George, Duke of Kent, was killed in a plane crash.

As for another member of the royal family that Chen Muwu knows, the Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustav VI, who will also ascend the throne as king in the future, suffered even more tragically than the Duke of York.

More than four years after George VI's younger brother, the Duke of Kent, died in the crash, the eldest son of the Crown Prince of Sweden and another prince named Gustav.

He is the second-in-line heir to the Swedish throne, and if he does not die, he will take over as crown prince when the old crown prince ascends the throne and becomes Gustav VI, and if nothing else, he will become the king of Sweden in the future.

Fortunately, a year before his death, a child had already been born, and it would not be impossible for him to die.

And most of his brothers voluntarily gave up the prince and the duke's title and the inheritance of the throne because they chose true love and married the daughter of a commoner's family, so they could not threaten his child to inherit the throne in the future.

Compared with Zhu Yunwen, Karl XVI was really lucky, he did not have an uncle of King Yan.

Although Chen Muwu knew about these air crashes, just like he couldn't tell the Duke of York that you would be crowned a great treasure in the future and inherit the throne, he couldn't tell the plane crash in advance.

Hindering others from getting on the plane, saying that there will be an accident as soon as they get on the plane, the other party will definitely think he is a fool if he says it directly.

After demonstrating the structure and theory of the seat belt ratchet to the Duke of York, out of politeness, the Duke of York agreed to contact Chen Muwu with several car manufacturers in the UK to help them match.

As for whether the matter can succeed, it all depends on the follow-up negotiations between the two sides.

The Duke of York only felt that he was playing the role of an introducer, but as everyone knows, his introduction is more useful than anything else, and even if others spend thousands of pounds, they may not be able to invite the Duke of York, the big Buddha, to open the golden mouth.

At today's dinner, Chen Muwu has taken up too much of the Duke of York's time, the purpose has been achieved, and the other party is also very impatient.

So he chose to accept it when he saw it, and after thanking him, he considered going to the banquet to find some food to fill his stomach.

Unlike his suave single eldest brother, the Duke of York is married and has children, so the members who come to the banquet are basically dragged their families with their families, and there are not so many ill-intentioned "socialites" who try to succeed in ascending to the throne by hooking up with the Prince of Wales.

Although he had attended a similar gathering before, Chen Muwu didn't know many people.

Moreover, everyone is a member of the upper class, and they are born on the opposite side of the striking workers, and in their eyes, Chen Muwu, who supports the strike, is very unpleasant.

It's just that he didn't want to refute the Duke of York's face, so he didn't have a seizure at the scene, but he didn't release a little kindness to Chen Muwu.

Chen Muwu doesn't have the hobby of sticking to other people's cold butts with a hot face, and he also doesn't want to be mixed with these celebrities who can't afford to support him in academic research, everyone is not a person all the way.

Fortunately, in addition to the Duke of York, he also had another acquaintance.

After looking around, Chen Muwu appeared at Huxley's side.

This person should be a hardcore second elder brother, otherwise why could Chen Muwu see him every time he was at the Duke of York's house?

The intersection between the two men, in addition to being friends of both of the Duke of York, had also met in the laboratory of David Faraday, and Huxley himself was a witness to the mistake of the superconductor Chan effect.

Seeing Chen Muwu sitting over, he first made a gesture of goodwill and said, "Dr. Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Hello, Professor Huxley. I'm glad you're not like their gang and hate me for the strike. ”

"Why would I do that? There is indeed a contradiction between the capitalists and the workers, just like the moon, even if you are blindfolded and forced to make yourself blind, but the moon is there.

The Duke of York, who often visited the front lines of industrial production, was equally concerned about this. It's a pity that people are soft-spoken, and even though he has made various appeals, no one can always pay attention to his opinion.

"Among the princes, people always prefer the one who likes to be in the limelight, but they turn a blind eye to the down-to-earth one. It's a pity that the country will still be handed over to that kind of person in the future, and I really don't know what to do when the time comes. ”

I have to say that Huxley's associative ability is really rich.

He was able to move from the strike to complaining about the Prince of Wales, either because he had a very good relationship with the Duke of York, or because he hated the Duke of York's eldest brother.

"Professor Huxley, please do not be so pessimistic, it is inevitable that the Prince of Wales will ascend the throne a hundred years after the present King of England. But who can say that this king, the Prince of Wales, deserves it, and His Royal Highness the Duke of York deserves it? ”

"Dr. Chen, what do you mean by that? I don't understand. Could it be that this is also the result of quantum mechanics, what can be predicted in parallel universes? ”

Chen Muwu was once invited by Sir Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes series, to give a lecture at the Ghost Club in London, and at that time he proposed the theory of parallel universes at the Royal Society of London in order to fool Einstein.

Huxley, who was himself a member of the Ghost Club, attended that lecture and remembered the parallel universe vividly.

Now that Chen Muwu suddenly said these words to him, Huxley inevitably thought about it.

Chen Muwu also wanted to continue to flicker and say something about his "stargazing at night".

But he felt that that kind of behavior was too godly, so he could only analyze it seriously.

"It has nothing to do with parallel universes, Professor Huxley, just a little bit of my own analysis.

"The Prince of Wales is a year older than His Royal Highness the Duke, but until now he has not married, let alone children. Looking at his character, and the lace news published in the folk tabloids, I am not optimistic that the Prince of Wales will be able to settle down in a stable marriage.

"If he dies alone, then His Royal Highness the Duke will always be the heir to the throne, even if His Royal Highness himself may not inherit due to some factors, then the little princess he just got can also inherit the British throne."

Chen Muwu's words failed to persuade Huxley to stretch his brows.

He was still worried: "What if one day, the Prince of Wales suddenly changes his sex and wants to get married?" ”

Chen Muwu said in his heart, it was even worse, he didn't love the country and loved the beauty, he had been the king for more than 300 days, and he abdicated because he wanted to marry an American socialite who had been divorced twice.

His Trinity College senior Baldwin was really unlucky, he had such a thorn in his hand as Churchill, and it was the turn of such an unreliable king above.

Although for Huxley, this was great news.

Having spent this dinner at the Duke of York's house without danger, Chen Muwu did not rush back to Cambridge University.

Now that he was in London, he felt that he had to go to the Chinese legation in Britain to go to the docks.

At the beginning of this year, Zhu Zhaoxin, the minister to Italy who had been drowning in London for a year, finally set off for Rome and handed over his credentials to the powerful Mo bald head.

The embassy in Britain has a new spokesman, Chen Weicheng, and the two have never met since he took office.

After delaying it for so long, it's really inappropriate not to visit again, and maybe there will be people to ask for it in the future.

Chen Weicheng is a newcomer who came to the UK from China to take up a post, and it is normal for him not to know Chen Muwu.

But the other staff in the embassy are very familiar with Chen Muwu.

As soon as he stepped through the doors of the legation, he was greeted by a number of people.

When he was doing experiments in Davy Faraday's laboratory, Zhu Zhaoxin had long sent a driver to drive him back and forth between the Legation and the Royal Research Institute in the embassy's car.

The driver of the car also saw Chen Muwu, who stood in the corner and whispered, "Dr. Chen, Dr. Chen!" ”

Looking at the meaning, the other party seems to have something to say to himself.

Chen Muwu walked over to the driver, and then heard something that made him cry and laugh.

The driver asked him if he needed a driver, and the legation couldn't pay his salary for several months, and he couldn't live anymore.

He could only vaguely deal with it and say that he would think about it later, after all, he didn't even have a decent car now.

In the office, Chen Muwu finally met with his own family, Chen Weicheng.

After exchanging pleasantries, the new chargé d'affaires made the same move as the driver just now, that is, crying poor.

Not only is it not enough to pay the salaries of the staff, but in recent months, the cost of food at the legation has been cut considerably.

The accountant in charge of procurement had already informed him that if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country did not send the money back, according to the current expenditure calculation, in another ten years and a half, the legation might have to eat only one meal a day before it could barely survive until the end of the year, and finally close its doors.

The fundamental reason why the legation could not open the pot was caused by all kinds of messy things in the domestic Beiyang government.

Cao Kun fell for more than a year, and Duan Qirui also fell.

Zhang Dashuai took the train from Fengtian and entered Shaojing with infinite scenery.

At the same time, the Nationalist Government in the south, after the death of the former prime minister, resumed the battle of the Northern Expedition.

In this case, the various embassies abroad who are far away from their homeland and drift abroad have become abandoned children who are not loved by their grandmothers and uncles.

Chen Weicheng complained about this, but Chen Muwu had no intention of lending money to the legation at all.

With the victory of the Northern Expedition, the Beiyang government was about to fall.

When the new San government took over the legation in Britain, his shrewd and slashing fellow Jiang refused to even pay his two medals of annual annuity, and he would definitely not admit this foolish account.

As long as this money is lent out, it is destined to be wasted, and Chen Muwu is not stupid enough to that extent.

Not eating and drinking like before here is already his last tenderness.

If the cook of the legation came out to apply for a job for him, then maybe Chen Muwu could really bring people back to Cambridge.

He gained something at the Duke of York's house, and he almost posted it upside down in the Legation, and his trip to London should be worth it.

As soon as he returned to Cambridge University, Cowcroft came to the door again in a hurry.

He told Chen Muwu that the new charge conveyor belt he ordered not long ago would be delivered to his door soon.

Although this is the second time he has called a wolf, but now everything is ready, as long as the conveyor belt is installed, the starter can run perfectly, and the particle accelerator is considered to be successfully developed.

After Chen Muwu told the teacher about this, even Rutherford was very excited.

On the day when he went to the Cambridge railway station to pick up the goods, he even personally escorted the car with Chen Muwu, and welcomed this hard-won conveyor belt from the railway station back to the hut outside Cambridgeshire, just like the ancient holy decree of welcoming back.

Success or failure in this move, Rutherford even struck three times in a row before finally striking the match in his hand.

(End of chapter)