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Chapter 265: Put the Calf in a Grave First (7.2K)

November 10, 1850.

Saturday.

Today's UK continues to be gloomy as usual, with thick, low, gray-yellow turbid clouds all over the sky.

The cold wind was like a sharp sword, flying wantonly in the air, making a sharp whistling sound.

crunch——

The door of dormitory 302 was pushed open from the outside, and Xu Yun hurried back inside with Mai Mai.

clap clap -

As soon as the two entered the house, there was the sound of rain outside the window.

The wind clamped the rain stars, as if they were looking for something on the ground, they bumped into each other from east to west.

Within a few seconds, the rain was on the rise again.

Soon it was pouring like a waterfall, forming a waterfall.

A gust of wind blows, and the rain, which is dense like a waterfall, is blown like smoke, mist, and dust.

"Huh, it's a good thing we ran fast."

Xu Yun put a stack of notes on the table, took a breath, and said to Mai Mai:

"If we leave the library a few minutes later, we won't be able to escape the rain."

Mai also walked to the window in fear, looked up at the sky, and said:

"Yes, fortunately, Mr. Luo Feng, you took a look out of the window, otherwise you would have been drowned - it was clear that it was sunny when we set off in the afternoon."

Xu Yun took off the windbreaker and hung it on the hanger, took a sip of water from the water glass, and said nothing.

It is winter in Britain in November, and heavy snow is common, but heavy rain is really rare.

The pouring rain seemed to cast a veil on tonight's party.

Then Xu Yun glanced at Mai Mai again, and asked:

"Maxwell, you are alone in the dormitory tonight, what are you going to do?"

Mai Mai withdrew her gaze from the window, thought for a moment, and returned to her desk to pull out a thin book:

"Mr. Faraday entrusted someone to deliver this book to me yesterday, and I plan to have a rough look at it tonight."

"Try to see if you can get the knowledge started first, so as not to be unable to answer Mr. Faraday's questions next week, it will be embarrassing."

"Mr. Faraday?"

Hearing this name, Xu Yun hurriedly stepped forward and took the book from Mai Mai.

The thickness of this book is less than one centimeter, and there is a line of words written on it:

"Experimental Research in Electricity" (Volume 1)

See this situation.

Xu Yun couldn't help raising his brows, and a hint of joy appeared in his heart.

"Experimental Research in Electricity".

This is Faraday's experimental work on electromagnetism written between 1839 and 1855. There are three volumes in total.

It is currently 1850, so this volume of reports should have just come out to the second volume.

And if Xu Yun remembered it well, Faraday also made a very perfect chapter at the end of the chapter.

At that time, in order to ask Faraday to update quickly, the 72-year-old Gauss also rushed from Germany to the UK to urge the update.

However, Gauss is not the father who spends a lot of money, so he was blocked by Faraday with the sentence "I am writing, I am writing".

So things like broken chapters have been common since ancient times, so there is no need to make a fuss. (laugh)

Of course.

Xu Yun's focus is not on Faraday's broken chapters, but on

According to the normal trajectory, wheat should not see Faraday's masterpiece until 1854.

As a result, he was out of control and embarked on the road of becoming a god in electromagnetism.

Now, under the instigation of Xu Yun's flapping wings, Wheat and Faraday got on the line four years earlier!

And this so-called "connection" is not the simple communication in the previous experiment, but a teaching relationship similar to master-in-law.

Judging from Faraday's approach, wheat has clearly entered his field of vision.

This is undoubtedly a good thing.

At least in terms of changing Maimai's life trajectory, Xu Yun has achieved the initial results.

Afterwards, Xu Yun cooked the kitchen himself, made a fairly rich lunch, and ate a full meal.

The location of the interview meeting of the Apostles Society is Hyde Park, which is also the largest royal park in London, located in the center of London.

It takes about three or four hours by carriage from London to Cambridge, so Xu Yun and Lao Tang agreed on a departure time of one o'clock in the afternoon.

At the same time, considering that there is basically no chance of getting full at the dinner party, Xu Yun still pays more attention to today's lunch:

If your stomach makes hungry noises during an interview, you're really embarrassing.

After filling the stomach.

Xu Yun tidied up his appearance again, then read a book in the dormitory to pass the time.

About an hour passed.

thump thump——

There was a knock on the door outside the bedroom.

Mai Mai walked to the door nimbly, peeped out of the door with her cat's eyes, and said to Xu Yun:

"It's Mr. Thomson."

Xu Yun nodded to him and gestured to open the door.

After a while.

Lao Tang, who was dressed like Sherlock Holmes, came in from the door with a closed umbrella.

After entering the room, he first walked up to Xu Yun, looked at him, and said in a deep voice:

"How about Luo Feng, are you ready?"

Xu Yun straightened his collar, with a calm expression on his face:

"Everything is ready, Mr Thomson."

Old Tang Jian said that he patted him on the shoulder, seemed to be quite satisfied with Xu Yun's performance, and said:

"In this case, let's hurry up and set off. It's better to be early than late."

Xu Yun nodded, went to the closet and rummaged a few times.

After a while.

He returned to Lao Tang with a black umbrella, and said to Mai:

"Maxwell, then Mr. Thomson and I will set off first."

"It takes three or four hours for the school to travel to and from London, so Mr. Thomson and I will definitely live in London tonight. If you are tired, you can rest first and don't wait for me."

Mai Mai hummed, raised the book in his hand, and cheered him up:

"Come on, Mr. Luo Feng!"

After leaving the dormitory.

Holding an umbrella each, Xu Yun and Lao Tang walked along the southwest direction, and soon saw a carriage reserved by Lao Tang.

The two entered it one after another. After sitting firmly, the groom raised his whip high and slapped Sharma heavily:

"drive!"

crunch--

The carriage slowly began to move forward.

More than three hours passed.

The carriage suddenly shook slightly, and the voice of the groom came from outside the carriage:

"Gentlemen, Hyde Park has arrived."

Xu Yun and Lao Tang walked out of the carriage, and Lao Tang paid the fare.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon, and after a few hours, the pouring rain gradually stopped.

Although the sky is still gloomy and the ground is wet, the air is much fresher.

Hyde Park has a long history. Before 1066, it was a large manor of Westminster Abbey and also a hunting ground.

By the end of the 18th century, it was connected with the urban area and turned into a park.

Since the 19th century, the urban area of ​​London has expanded.

So Hyde Park, which was originally located in the western suburbs of London, has gradually become a downtown area, which is roughly similar to the People's Square in the later magic capital.

This is also the most prosperous area of ​​London in 1850, and you hardly see beggars or civilians.

Most of the pedestrians are dressed luxuriously, with full faces, and the buildings are magnificent.

Xu Yun even saw some people walking their dogs.

About ten meters away from Xu Yun.

At this time, there was a little girl in exquisite clothes, holding a piece of beef the size of a palm in her hand, and threw it in front of her pet dog.

Seeing the dog eating happily, the little girl babbled and clapped her hands.

See this situation.

Xu Yun suddenly thought of the little girl who stole some gold from him when he first arrived in London not long ago.

The two are about the same age, and the straight-line distance between their living areas may be less than five kilometers.

But the situation is one heaven and one earth.

The food the former feeds the dog may not know what it is like to the latter until death.

Some of the miniatures of 1850 are vividly reflected in these two little girls.

"What? Seven pennies for such a distance?"

Just when Xu Yun was feeling emotional, Lao Tang's surprised voice suddenly came from his ear.

Xu Yun followed the trend and looked.

At this moment, Lao Tang was holding a pound in his hand, complaining to the groom with an unhappy expression:

"Old man, a week ago the trip from Cambridge to London was only 5pence. How come it has increased so much in a few days?"

The groom is a little old man with fine wrinkles all over his face. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile wryly:

"Sir, it's not that I want to raise the price, it's because if you don't raise the price, you really can't live."

As he said that, the groom spread his left hand, and began to hold it in front of the old noodle soup:

"The price of fodder, carriage maintenance, and city entry tax have also increased. The prices of food, drink, housing and transportation in England are all increasing. My family of five depends on my income from pulling carts. If they don't increase, they will have to drink northwest wind! "

After finishing speaking, the groom sighed again, and continued:

"Sir, animal-drawn carriages are actually quite good. I heard that the oil used by trains now costs ten pennies a liter!"

Lao Tang's gaze rested on the groom's withered fingers for a few seconds, exhaled a foul breath, and stuffed the pound into the groom's hand:

"Hey, 7 pence is 7, you keep the money."

A smile appeared on the groom's face, he quickly collected the money and changed, and drove away after finishing the work.

Lao Tang walked up to Xu Yun while shaking his head, muttering:

"Ten pennies a liter of oil, are you crazy about money?"

Xu Yun was silent when he heard the words, and really wanted to say, let's look at Notting Hill in the distance, my family.

Then Lao Tang took out a pocket watch from his body, opened it to check the time:

"Four thirty came sooner than expected."

"Luo Feng, it's rare for you to come to London, why don't we go to Westminster Abbey?"

Xu Yun nodded and replied:

"Mr. Thomson, everything is at your disposal."

Westminster is the largest Gothic building in the world and the highest church in Britain, located just next door to Hyde Park.

Of course.

The reason why Westminster Abbey is famous, in addition to its religious color, is more because it is the national burial mausoleum of Britain.

The ticket price of Westminster Abbey in later generations is equivalent to about 200 yuan in Chinese currency, which is actually not very expensive in terms of cost performance.

However, it should be noted that some domestic websites also list Sunday as a visit day-but in fact Sunday is not open for visits.

Xu Yun was scammed like this once back then, and domestic ticket-buying websites were not considered standardized in 2000, so Xu Yun has not recovered the money so far.

Fortunately, Westminster Abbey in 1850 has not yet become a famous scenic spot in later generations, so tickets are not charged, but registration identity is verified.

After Xu Yun and Lao Tang showed the emblem of Trinity College, they were easily put into it.

have to say.

This early Gothic building, which was first built in the early eleventh century and took three to four hundred years to build after several twists and turns, is indeed quite visually stunning.

Entering the church, looking up, the small stone pillars that make up the large pillars spread out in an orderly manner on the top.

They meet and connect with other small pillars that spread out to form a beautiful pattern, which goes back and forth.

The meeting places of the pillars are connected with golden flowers, making the top tall, majestic and resplendent.

In the nave of the church hall, the first is the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, commemorating those soldiers who died for their country in the war.

Wait until 2022.

There are no less than 3,300 tombstones in the entire church, most of which are engraved with epitaphs, which is also one of the characteristics of Westminster Abbey.

But when it comes to the epitaph, here is another rumor.

That's right.

The long-lost "Reader" program has started again.

In an early issue of The Reader there was an article describing the epitaph of Westminster Abbey.

Even now, it is still quoted by a bunch of marketing accounts, and there are a lot of searches.

It starts like this:

[In the forest of tombstones in the basement of the world-famous Westminster Abbey in London, there is a world-famous tombstone. 】

[In fact, this is just a very ordinary tombstone, with rough granite texture and ordinary shape. It is the same as the surrounding tombstones of more than 20 former British kings, including Henry III and George II, as well as Newton, Compared with the tombstones of celebrities such as Darwin and Dickens, it seems insignificant and not worth mentioning. 】

Then there is the content of the tombstone:

[When I was young, my imagination was never limited and I dreamed of changing the world. 】

[When I matured, I found that I could not change the world, so I narrowed my sights and decided to only change my country.

[When I entered the old age, I found that I could not change my country, and my last wish was just to change my family. However, this is also impossible. 】

And as I lay on my deathbed, I suddenly realized: If I had only changed myself first, then by being an example, I would have changed my family. 】

[With the help and encouragement of my family, I may do something for the country. And who knows? I might even change the world. 】

The article stated that many world politicians and celebrities were deeply moved when they saw this inscription, and even "when the young Mandela saw this inscription, he suddenly felt enlightened, claiming that he had found a way to change South Africa and even the whole world." Golden key."

I do not know when this article was re-read in the Internet age, which caused a lot of people to lament the high spiritual level of the Western sages.

But in fact

This tombstone doesn't even exist.

Yes, it doesn't exist.

The picture on the Internet for this tombstone is a painting, and you can see most of the English content when you zoom in several times.

But the problem is that the English in 1100 AD is not like the above text:

English at that time was changing from Old English, or Anglo-Saxon, to Middle English.

The English grammar at that time was very different from later English, especially contemporary English, and even the letters were not exactly the same.

In 2017.

A friend of Xu Yun got married in London, and Xu Yun was invited to attend the wedding banquet. At that time, he went to Westminster Abbey to find the stele.

Only then did Xu Yun discover

Westminster Abbey tmd doesn't have an open basement at all.

Later, Xu Yun walked around the church and found the inscription. When checking with the staff on duty, he also said that he had never heard of the tombstone.

In addition, some people raised relevant questions on the official website of Westminster Abbey, which was directly denied by the official.

Connect to westminster-abbey.visit-london-england.com, and enter the question "Is there an inscription of 1100 AD beginning "When I was young I thought I could change the world".

Actually.

If you look at that sentence carefully, you will find that it is actually a complete translation of "cultivating oneself, regulating the family, governing the country and the world" in "The Great Learning".

It is obviously the thought of the ancestors' epiphany, but it has been covered with a layer of white skin by some people, and it has attracted a lot of people on the Internet to lament how open-minded the Western sages are, don't you think it's ridiculous?

The line of sight returns to reality.

Afterwards, Lao Tang led Xu Yun all the way through, and soon came to the south corridor of Westminster Abbey.

"This is the burial place of Geoffrey Chaucer, the oldest non-royal burial."

After reaching the corridor, Lao Tang pointed to a two-meter-high tombstone and said:

"He was the first poet to be buried in Westminster Abbey, so this area is also called Poets' Corner, where most famous poets are buried."

Xu Yun doesn't know much about English poetry. His body is either a scientific cell or a color batch cell, and there is no living space for a literary cell.

So he just went forward to pay his respects from the point of view of etiquette.

Then Lao Tang took Xu Yun all the way around, passing a series of royal tombs such as King Edward and Henry III.

Of course.

It also includes the tomb of Cromwell, who was dug into an empty grave - the protector of the country was famous in his lifetime, but his posthumous experience was not so good.

He was first buried in Westminster Abbey, but was soon dug up by Charles II, dragged through the City of London, and hanged at Tyburn Execution Ground.

After a day of public display, Cromwell's head was beheaded and paraded around on a spear.

In the end, Cromwell's head was nailed to the roof of Westminster Abbey, where he stayed for 25 years.

Until a storm blew it down into folk collections.

And it was not until 1960 that Cambridge University bought the head back and buried it next to a small church in Oxford. The soul that had been wandering for three hundred years finally found a place to live.

As for Cromwell's body.

It was thrown into the toilet as early as when it was beheaded, and it was never found again.

Really whip corpse.

After more than ten minutes.

The two of Xu Yun turned a corner and arrived at another funeral place.

As soon as he came here, Lao Tang's expression became more serious than the naked eye.

He straightened his sleeves first, wiped off the sweat on his face with a silk scarf, and carefully brought Xu Yun to a corner.

This is a rather luxuriously decorated area, about four meters high.

At the top is a golden arch, below which is a yellow and white globe with the signs of the zodiac and associated constellations drawn on it.

Below the earth lay a man reclining, leaning on a pile of books, wearing a pair of Anta sneakers on his feet.

Next to the man are two male cherubs, who seem to be laughing and playing.

at the same time.

A pair of coffins lay quietly and flatly under this carving, stable and solemn.

before this tomb.

Religious masters, old and new kings, queens in distress, and martyred saints are just like the background of the attendants, ordinary and unremarkable.

His title was given by the king, but the king who awarded him is famous for it.

He is not as powerful as an earthly king, and he only controls the movement of the stars.

He had no children in his life, but his descendants are all over the world.

Although he was buried in the Church of God, he was probably the vest of God.

Xu Yun was silent for a moment, then walked forward slowly, feeling a little emotional.

"long time no see"

"calf."