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Chapter 241 Cambridge Life from Zero (Part 2) (6.6K)

in the bedroom.

In fact, Xu Yun remembered what happened when he heard Thomson's words [.

That's an event that happened early in the 1665 copy.

At that time, in order to be able to gain the trust of the Mavericks.

He deliberately linked Mavericks' experience with the protagonist in the novel, and derived the term "this son". (Chapter nine)

It was also by relying on such a one-handed operation that Xu Yun officially got closer to the Mavericks.

It's just unexpected.

Such an incident was recorded in the autobiography by Mavericks, and even became a very grand ceremony at Cambridge University!

In addition, when the selection of 'this boy' was selected, everyone in the audience actually had to hold ice cubes in their mouths, and gasped?

Really gasped. (After I typed out the gasp, the words "breath of air" appeared automatically.)

Of course.

This also shows the status of the Mavericks from another aspect, and it can really be called holy in Cambridge.

But soon.

Xu Yun's attention was brought back to reality by the screaming Mai Mai.

He looked back.

I saw Mai Mai standing by the bathroom door at this time, quickly taking off her clothes, and kept saying something like 'I'm not clean'.

Xu Yun: "."

Yes.

This future electromagnetism master has just been touched by a bunch of hands that took smelly socks

Thomson took Xu Yun aside again and ordered:

"Luo Feng, although I live next door to you, I may be busy in the next few days, so I may not always stay in the dormitory."

"So Maxwell has to rely on you to pay more attention to matters in life and study."

"As for your three meals, I will explain to the cafeteria. At that time, you can have your meals in the dormitory or in the cafeteria."

Thomson's words were very serious, with an inexplicable meaning.

On the way to Cambridge University, he had roughly figured out the personalities of Mai Mai and Xu Yun.

Wheat is actually very simple.

Unsociable but kind-hearted, with a wild beauty in the innocence of his eyes, his eyes are true.

As for Xu Yun, it was a bit more complicated.

Occasionally, he would make mistakes in some details of life or knowledge that can be regarded as common sense in this era, and he seems to be trying to adapt to some habits-this is mainly reflected in the diet. Some foods that Thomson personally likes, but Xu Yun Often rejected with poor appetite.

Such as white pudding made with sheep fat, oats and pork liver and lung.

There are also haggis made with sheep's heart, liver and lungs, with onions and sheep oil, etc. Xu Yun would refuse such delicious food

I heard that those orientals like to eat animal offal, it seems that it is a bit of a misnomer.

It's a pity that Xu Yun didn't know what Thomson wanted, otherwise he would have at least thirty ellipses at the beginning.

Goodness, it's true that white pudding and haggis in the UK are offal, but the problem is.

These viscera of tmd have never been smelly.

For example, when we wash pig lungs in China, the more delicate ones will be soaked in alkali and vinegar first, and then the dirty blood will be washed repeatedly.

It is not ready to cook until the lung lobes are white.

But what about British white pudding?

Its method is to directly crush the freshly killed pork liver, and the more blood, the better - because the blood can be used to seal the edges.

It's strange that Xu Yun can eat it.

The topic is returning to its original place.

Another point that is completely different from the performance of adaptation is Xu Yun's character.

He is so mature.

Moreover, Xu Yun's maturity is not a pretentious gesture, but a maturity and stability that contains life experience. Sometimes Thomson is ashamed of himself.

Therefore.

He will hand over the wheat to Xu Yun.

Because although the things I want to do next are not life-threatening, the game inside is equally complicated and abnormal.

There was even a very short moment when a special idea popped up in Thomson's mind.

However, after hesitating again and again, he gave up the idea.

Looking at Thomson with a serious face in front of him, Xu Yun pondered for a moment and replied:

"Mr. Thomson, Maxwell is my friend. Of course there is no problem in taking care of him."

"However, may I take the liberty to ask, what are you planning to do next? You don't even have time to go back to the dormitory?"

Thomson looked up at Xu Yun for a few seconds, and said frankly:

"I plan to run for the president of the Students' Union of Cambridge University this year." (In fact, the Students' Federation of Cambridge University only has the chairman, but although this word is not a blocking word, it is said that too many chapters will be locked, so it is called the president)

Xu Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately understood.

I see.

He said how could Thomson look like a lonely person.

It turned out that he was planning to run for the president of the Student Union.

Different from other universities.

Influenced by the self-government of the college, Cambridge University also allows student self-government.

Therefore, student organizations have always had a very, very large say in Cambridge University.

Like Aveline before.

She is just the Minister of Internal Affairs, so she can decide the dormitory allocation from the first year of undergraduates to doctoral students, without the approval of the school at all.

This kind of power is actually a bit beyond the class for students, even if she is a descendant of Mavericks.

If the minister of the interior is like this, let alone the president of the student union.

Say it bluntly.

A person who can become the president of the University of Cambridge Union, no matter whether he is in the scientific research circle or the political circle in the future, can become a director of the Royal Society or a member of the House of Commons.

Today, Thomson is one of the few "angels" in the Cambridge Apostolic Society, and has completed the task of receiving wheat, and is indeed qualified to run for the president of the Student Union.

In addition, it is not difficult to see from Thomson's frequent appearances on various occasions after he changed his job to Kelvin in his previous life that this well-known physicist still has some official addictions.

So it makes perfect sense that he would run for president.

However, unlike the Minister of Internal Affairs, the president of the Cambridge Students' Union has two special features.

First of all, there are not all the presidents of the Students' Union of Cambridge University.

This is not difficult to understand. After all, it is necessary to lead the student representatives of all the colleges, so it is not so easy to have them every year.

According to the local timeline.

Tennyson was the last president of the Student Union of Cambridge University, almost 20 years ago.

Secondly.

Cambridge University has a requirement for the candidate for president:

If the election fails, you must immediately graduate and leave the college, and your resume will be in accordance with the school rules.

It is also a requirement that deters many students who would like to run for president.

Many people often regard this word as siye, but in fact it is pronounced "yi".

It's a way of saying just above dropout, and it doesn't count as respectable.

Many companies in later generations refused to accept the jobs of dropouts, let alone in 1850 today.

So for Thomson.

Running for the president of the student union is indeed a game that one cannot afford to lose.

In addition, if Xu Yun remembered correctly.

Thomson in the local timeline has not been elected as the president of the Students' Union of Cambridge University.

He went to work as a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow while studying for graduate school, so Xu Yun couldn't use the original history for reference or assistance.

After explaining these.

Thomson turned and left bedroom 302 without waiting for Mai to finish taking a shower.

I can tell.

Even a face paralyzed like Thomson, when it comes to running for the president of the student union, he also lost his composure.

After watching Thomson leave.

Xu Yun walked to his bed and began to sort and check his luggage.

Before entering the dungeon, he prepared about a dozen items, and the core technology basically covered various time periods.

In the end, there are only four small boxes left in the 1850 copy with him:

The first is the steel sword. (Before some readers said that 304 is too rubbish, because no matter how good the steel is, it exceeds the productivity level)

Next is a small box containing gold.

Before entering the dungeon, Xu Yun bought 240 grams of pure gold offline, which was much more than when he went to the dungeon of Northern Song Dynasty.

After deducting the part that was stolen in London, there are about two hundred grams left.

In 1717, Maverick or Old Bull set the price of gold at 3 pounds 17 shillings 10 pence per troy ounce.

Since then, the pound has been priced against gold,

This price continued until 1931, with only breaks between 1797-1819 and 1914-1925.

Students who have studied mathematics should know it.

1 constant balance ounce = 28.3495 grams.

And 1 troy ounce is equal to 1.0971428 constant ounces, which is equal to 31.1034768 grams.

To put it simply, 1 pound today contains about 7.32238 grams of pure gold.

In other words.

Xu Yun currently has about 27 or 28 pounds of gold on his body, which is almost equal to eight months' income of ordinary people.

The third is the flashlight, there is nothing to say.

As for the fourth one?

It is a small bottle with a height of four centimeters and a diameter of about 1.5 centimeters.

There are a few words printed on the bottle:

Nitroglycerin.

In his previous life, Xu Yun suffered from some heart problems due to years of coding, and was a little uncomfortable for a while.

In addition, several colleagues died of heart problems one after another at that time, so he prepared nitroglycerin all year round under the doctor's advice.

Before traveling this time, Xu Yun thought about the small size of this thing but it might have miraculous effects, so he brought it with him.

Nitroglycerin was invented in 1847 by Sobrello, a chemist at the University of Turin, but it was initially unusable due to its chemical instability.

This situation will continue until 1866, when the Swedish chemist Nobel will solve its stability problem.

As for its use in the treatment of heart disease, it was even later, around 1875.

So it's obvious.

This is another thing that appears because of the timeline change.

After all, Mavericks is well known for his obsession with alchemy. It is not unusual for him to discover something during the alchemy process that prompts or even directly leads to the appearance of nitroglycerin.

all in all.

The above four items were Xu Yun's entire possessions in 1850, at most he added a windbreaker and Anta shoes.

Now he still owes Avelyn a debt of 140,000 pounds. In order to prevent that bastard Halo from manifesting the debt in the form of Easter eggs, Xu Yun must consider making money to pay off the debt.

"Steel sword, flashlight, gold and nitroglycerin"

Xu Yun was playing with the flashlight he brought with him, with a serious expression on his face.

The material of the steel parts is obviously better than the weapons of this era, but nowadays, except for the frontier, the mainstream weapons are flintlock guns.

The flashlight is also a big commodity, the only selling point is that the light intensity is much higher.

As for nitroglycerin

It is actually not easy to shoot in an emergency.

Because this era is the real period of primitive accumulation, the levels and interests involved behind heart disease are enough to make many people take risks.

So at present, if there is a special situation, the most that Xu Yun can get together should be around 100 pounds.

If you are interested in knowing the goods, you can probably increase it to about 120.

This should be the maximum amount he can raise at present under the circumstances of changing the bottom line of the seller.

What can a hundred pounds do?

"It's difficult"

Just when Xu Yun was a little distressed, Mai Mai's voice suddenly came from his ear:

"Male top? What male top?"

Xu Yun turned his head and found that Mai Mai was wearing a pair of big underpants at this time, and came out of the bathroom while wiping himself.

He shook his head slightly, and said vaguely:

"It's okay, I'm thinking about class."

Mai Mai still nodded in a naive manner, and brushed her already thin blond hair:

"Huh? Where's Mr. Thomson? Has he gone?"

Xu Yunjian pondered for a moment, but decided to tell Thomson Mai Mai about running for the president of the Student Federation:

"That's right, Mr. Thomson is going to run for the President of the Students' Union of Cambridge University, so you have to be ready too."

Mai Mai was stunned for a moment, and blurted out a sentence:

"Am I ready? What does it matter to me?"

Xu Yun bent down and picked up a towel, raised his head and threw it at him:

"Go back to your Scots accent, we're good at serious novels?"

Then he paused.

Xin said that this idiot who looks somewhat similar to An Like in "School Boy" is really not politically sensitive:

"You are stupid. You were introduced to Trinity College by Mr. Thomson. From the outside, you are Mr. Thomson's direct descendant. Oh, I guess it counts."

"But compared to me, a good-for-nothing, you are the once-in-a-century fee-reduction student in Trinity School, and the nickname of Maverick Newton's second came out."

"So if something happens to you, do you think it will hurt Mr. Thomson's prestige?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the thoughtful Mai Mai again, sighed, and continued:

"Don't think that you will be invincible if you are the second fee-reduction student after Newton. At most, others dare not persecute you in terms of personal safety."

"But if someone cheats you academically, the school may not be able to help you."

After speaking, Xu Yun shook his head.

There is no need to question Mai Mai's character, but his experience is really too lacking.

It’s good to have a little heart, but it’s not good to have no heart or a lack of heart.

Follow the original historical trajectory.

Because of this too 'simple' personality, Xiaomai will have a serious turnaround.

1859.

For the first time, wheat used statistical laws to obtain Maxwell's velocity distribution law, thus finding a more accurate way to find the statistical average value from the microcosm.

One winter later, Wheat met Faraday and described his thinking in detail.

This is also the only time in their lives that the two will meet.

As a result, less than two months after Mai returned to Edinburgh, a director of the Royal Society came to the door.

He told Wheat that Faraday was in poor health and could not reply, so he could only dictate something to Wheat through the Royal Society.

"Faraday" suggested that he start with Virta's unconventional transport theory to try to solve the derivation problems of heat conduction and internal friction of gases.

Then

Mai actually believed it.

Well, no more questioning letters.

Ever since.

Before the molecular distribution function—that is, the velocity distribution function of later generations—has not been deduced, wheat jumped directly to another pit.

This pit took him two full years, and it was not until a letter with Faraday in 1862 that Wheat knew that he had been tricked.

Therefore, Wheat could only overthrow all his thinking in the past two years, reintroduce the concept of relaxation time, and only solve this problem four years later.

So Xu Yun hopes that through Thomson's incident, Mai Mai can realize the reality that there is a dark side in academia as soon as possible-no matter how bad it is, we must establish some vigilance, right?

After all, most of the courses for undergraduates and postgraduates are different. Without Xu Yun by Mai Mai's side, God knows when he would have jumped into the pit.

Of course.

Someone may ask.

That's not right, Fisherman, isn't wheat in normal history safe? (Damn hammer.)

That's right.

Wheat in normal history did not have an accident, but Thomson in normal history did not run for president, did he?

Xu Yun can guarantee that the wheat in this dungeon will definitely encounter Wu Zhi taking off his pants—an invisible target.

He dared to gamble on this with five chapters plus more!

Afterwards, Xu Yun and Mai Mai mentioned some things that should be paid attention to, and the two had dinner with the leftover bread and potatoes on the road.

Then he dragged his tired body to bed and rested.

Nothing to say all night.

Early the next morning.

Xu Yun woke up to the singing of hymns.

"ha"

He yawned lazily, rubbed his eyes and crawled out of bed.

Put on your clothes and go to the window, and look out of the window where the singing is coming from.

Trinity College, as the Divinity School of Cambridge University, organizes a choir in each grade, and sings outside the dormitory building at a fixed time every morning, which serves as an alarm clock by the way.

Back then, a filmmaker in Europe and the United States even pretended to make a small movie, which was roughly the thing that buzzed when the choir sang, but the platform was taken away by a wave that day.

Then Xu Yun glanced at Mai Mai who was sleeping like a dead pig, and decided to go to the water room to get some hot water first.

As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw Jones Bird who was also yawning—that is, the oily Snape from yesterday.

When the senior met yesterday, he was quite enthusiastic, so Xu Yun smiled and nodded to him:

"Master Jones, good morning."

However, what he didn't expect was that.

Yesterday, the senior who greeted him with a smile only gave him a faint glance when he saw him, then walked towards the other end of the corridor.

Xu Yun:

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The life of this 21st century science and technology master at Cambridge University in 1850 was just like this, with a blank eye.