Chapter 304 Discussions from all sides
"Haha, Zhou Ping has spread China's reputation overseas today. It is really worth celebrating! It's a pity that Zhou Ping and A Zhang are not in Shaoxing, otherwise we would definitely have a few drinks." Xu Xilin, who is now a teacher of classics and mathematics at Shaoxing Prefecture School, rushed into Wang Ziyu's house with a newspaper.
"Oh? Bo Sun, show me quickly, what is going on." Wang Ziyu quickly snatched the newspaper and read it quickly. After reading it, he said he was very happy. He immediately took out the wine and pulled Xu Xilin to drink.
Shou Pengfei also received the news and immediately returned to Sanwei Bookstore to tell Shou Jingwu. The old man was so happy that he couldn't help but frowned, "The foreigners already have strong ships and powerful guns, and now they spend a lot of money to encourage people to study science. On the other hand, our Qing Dynasty is still conservative. What will happen in the future?"
"Yes, 270,000 taels of silver, such a huge sum of money, who wouldn't be jealous?" Shou Pengfei also felt sympathetic, and then he admired Zhang Xingjiu even more, "Zhou Ping was able to donate all of it to run a school, which is really rare."
"I have educated countless people, and Zhou Ping is the most outstanding one. However, what he is famous for now is not the knowledge I taught him." For a moment, Shou Jingwu didn't know how to comment.
Shou Pengfei hurried to comfort him, "Although Zhou Ping has changed his studies, his principles of conduct were taught by you, father. He was able to give up 270,000 taels of silver to donate to support education, which must have been influenced by you. With such a disciple, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
Zhang has been studying at the Mining and Railway School attached to the Jiangnan Army Normal School for more than two years. According to the current progress, he will graduate in a few months. He was also very excited when he saw the news in the newspaper that Zhang Xingjiu won the Nobel Prize.
Zhang's major is mining, and mining has always been inseparable from explosives. Learning knowledge related to explosives cannot be separated from the Nobel Prize, so he has a deeper understanding of this award than others.
"Zhou Ping is really amazing!" he praised sincerely.
If it were someone else, seeing their childhood friend achieve such success, they would either be jealous or become depressed, thinking that they could never catch up with the other person. But Zhang was not like that.
He swore again in his heart that Ah Tu had made such great achievements, and he should not fall behind him. After graduating from the Mining and Railway School, he would fulfill his previous promise and go to Japan to study abroad. After returning to China, he would fight for the rise of China just like Ah Tu.
After saying that, he quickly took out the letter paper and wrote a letter to Zhang Xingjiu, praising his achievements and telling him about his plans.
After finishing writing, Xiang Xiang wrote another letter to Qian Junfu. They often exchanged future plans through letters. Qian Junfu was also very interested in studying abroad, so he agreed with him to go to Hongwen College to study Japanese together to prepare for studying abroad in the future.
In Hangzhou, Qian Junfu received the news and immediately called Li Suizhi, Jiang Baili, Shi Chengzhi and other students of Qiushi Academy, holding newspapers and loudly announcing the good news. He then expressed the same sentiment as Ah Zhang, "Mr. Zhang is about the same age as us, but he has already achieved so much. Compared with him, we are really wasting our time. So I plan to enter Hongwen Academy to learn Japanese in preparation for studying abroad in Japan in the future. Who of you wants to go with me?"
"Let's go together!" Li Suizhi, Jiang Baili, Shi Chengzhi and others responded.
In Tianjin, the Kaiping Mining Bureau, General Manager Yan Fu saw the news in the newspaper and couldn't help laughing, "Ma Xiangbo really found a good son-in-law! It's a pity that I met Zhou Ping too late, otherwise I would have competed with him for one!"
"However, it is such a pity that such a talented person like Zhou Ping only stays in Shanghai!" He has recently received many letters from the capital, saying that the court is preparing to reopen the Imperial University of Peking, and many friends have invited him to take up important positions in the Imperial University of Peking.
Yan Fu felt that if Zhang Xingjiu was invited to go north to teach science at the Imperial University of Peking, the teaching level of the Imperial University of Peking would definitely be greatly improved. So he quickly picked up paper and pen and wrote a letter to Ma Xiangbo and Zhang Xingjiu.
At Shaanxi Middle School in Xi'an, Yu Boxun saw the news in the newspaper and slammed his head in excitement. "A few days ago, I saw in the newspaper that Aurora College was recruiting students, so I wanted to go to Shanghai to sign up. However, the journey from Xi'an to Shanghai is too long, and even if I went there, it would be too late! I didn't expect to miss such a big event!"
"Why don't I just go to Shanghai now and live here for a few months while I wait for Aurora College to start recruiting students again. This way, I will definitely be able to catch up with next year's exams, and maybe even meet Mr. Zhang!"
Yu Boxun acted decisively and immediately found the teacher at school to request to drop out of school. When the teacher saw that it was him, he approved it without hesitation.
This was a very daring fellow. Last year, when Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu went on a hunting expedition to Chang'an, the school was turned into a temporary palace and classes were suspended, and students and citizens were ordered to kneel in welcome. Yu Boxun angrily wrote a letter to Shaanxi Governor Cen Chunxuan, asking him to "kill the Empress Dowager Cixi with his own hands and implement new policies again." Fortunately, he was stopped by his classmate Wang Bingling and escaped a disaster.
Although the matter was suppressed, the teachers still heard a little bit of the news. Who wouldn't be worried if such a big bomb was left around? Now he wanted to drop out of school, which was simply what he wanted. Who would stop him?
In Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha and Qingdao, many young students who were worried about the future of the country also had the same idea as Yu Boxun. They left their hometowns and went to Shanghai to prepare to apply for Aurora University.
In Tokyo, Japan, Sun Yat-sen came out of the hotel where he was staying and was about to meet his friends. As soon as he went out, he heard a newsboy on the street shouting, "Mr. Zhang Xingjiu of the Qing Dynasty won the world's highest scientific award - the Nobel Prize in Physics. Mr. Zhang is the pride of Asia."
"Give me a newspaper!" Sun Yat-sen immediately stopped the newsboy, took the newspaper and saw that it was indeed the Zhang Xingjiu he knew.
Reading the main text again, Sun Yat-sen was even happier. Zhang Xingjiu's winning the award was indeed an honor for all Chinese people, and even for all yellow people. No wonder even Japanese newspapers praised him as the light of Asia.
Reading further, Sun Yat-sen's expression became subtle, because this newspaper also truthfully reported that Zhang Xingjiu donated all of his 250,000 kronor prize money.
This made him admire him and feel a little distressed. With so much money, how great would it be if he could give even one tenth of it to support the revolution? He thought about it and went to the post office to send a telegram to Zhang Xingjiu. At the beginning, he congratulated him on the award, and only wrote the English letter C at the end.
Zhang Xingjiu did not hesitate much after receiving the telegram and remitted 30,000 silver dollars to him as promised.
I returned home, packed my things, and boarded a passenger ship bound for Europe the next day to go to Stockholm to receive the award.
(End of this chapter)
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