Chapter 500: Something More Amazing Than a Dog Talking Human

Chapter 500: Something More Amazing Than a Dog Talking Human

Chapter 500: Something More Amazing Than a Dog Talking Human Language

Shao Quanzhong scratched the back of his head. He knew Evan too well. This guy wanted one million taels, and he had a conscience if he could spend 100,000 taels on serious matters.

The guy who was born as a broker only cared about money. His people were suffering, but he didn't think about how to save them. Instead, he thought about selling piglets to his side to make money.

Of course, his fellow tribesmen who were sold to Daxia by him were certainly saved from suffering. Regardless of his original intention, it was finally a good deed.

Shao Quanzhong just thought about it for a moment and said, "I agree to this."

There is a saying that goes, "If you want to be the head of a family, you have to be blind." Shao Quanzhong is a perfect head of a family, so he must have the ability to turn a blind eye, otherwise he will not be qualified.

By making a list to save people, Evan must have made a lot of money by cheating others.

But from Shao Quanzhong's point of view, it depends on whether it is worth it. After seeing the abilities of Maxwell's three disciples, Shao Quanzhong's view on scientists has changed greatly.

Even if the person brought back this time is not as capable as Hertz, it is extremely cost-effective to buy an engineer or a senior technician for one thousand taels of silver. If you train yourself, it will take a long time, and a senior talent will cost more than one thousand taels of silver.

Evan has connections with Waldersee, but Waldersee doesn't recognize him. Connections are also money, and Shao Quanzhong understands this better than Evan.

"I say, Evan, I'll give you the money, you can earn as much as you want. If you can get the job done without spending a mark, one million taels will be all yours."

"But you have to get at least a thousand people here. I want someone to inspect the goods. If you pass off inferior goods as good ones, I will definitely find someone to kill you."

Evan's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone, "Don't worry about that. There are many smart and capable people in my tribe. I will definitely give all the capable ones to you out of the eight million people."

"You see, Waldersee uses these people as laborers. It doesn't matter to him whether they are educated or not. He will not let my people participate in important projects, so it is no problem for me to get experts. Send them over. If there is a fake one, I will give you my head."

Cough, cough, in just a few minutes, a population trade involving more than a thousand people was settled, and Liu Niang turned around to transfer money to Evan's account.

Shao Quanzhong is honest in doing business. He pays first and then takes the goods. But if the goods don’t arrive or the quality is not up to standard, he has the ability to beat the seller to death…

After coming out of the final assembly workshop, Shao Quanzhong attended the welcoming banquet hosted by Sichuan Governor Lu Chuanlin.

He usually doesn't engage in this kind of formalism, but this is the literature club's old territory, so he still has to deliberately appease them.

Accompanied by Lu Chuanlin, Shao Quanzhong visited Qingcheng Mountain, Dujiangyan, and Du Fu Thatched Cottage, and went to Wenshu Temple to worship the Bodhisattva before taking the train back to Hailing. It was already November 11nd when he arrived back in Hailing.

"Brother Shao, Brother Shao, come with me."

When he came back from the train station and got into the Maybach, he found Rong Hui waiting for him in the car.

"You are finally back. There are people waiting for you to present the award in person at Xiaoxiang Cliff."

Shao Quanzhong was excited, "What great invention has been made?"

Rong Hui waved her hand. "How can there be so many great inventions? The inventions to be awarded this time are not that important."

"But there is a young man from China who needs a reward. This is not easy. We finally have an inventor of our own."

Shao Quanzhong was delighted. "This makes me happier than a great invention. Let's go. Let's not go home. Let's go directly to Xiaoxiang Cliff."

The auditorium of Xiaoxiangya Science Academy was once again decorated with lights and colors, and the three inventors were wearing red and decorated with ribbons, waiting for Shao Quanzhong to come back and personally present them with bonuses and medals.

There are three inventors, two of them are foreigners and only one is Chinese, which is pretty good.

This is the first Chinese inventor to engage in modern technology besides Xu Shou. Xu Shou is a veteran scientist. He invented the napalm bomb by looking for an ancient recipe, but there was no such thing as applying for a patent in the Ming Dynasty.

The recipient of the award this time was an eighteen-year-old young man, wearing a new suit with a stand-up collar and the school emblem of Hailing University on his chest. It was quite difficult for a college student who had just entered the school to come up with an invention.

The young man was the last one, and he obviously found that the two foreigners were not as influential as him. Shao Quanzhong was not in a hurry, and he gave a bonus to the first foreigner and awarded him the ninth-class Jiahe Medal.

This foreigner was in his thirties. His name was Wilhelm Kondra Roentgen. He was a professor of physics at the University of Giessen in Germany and had just joined Xiaoxiangya.

He was awarded for inventing the X-ray machine. He held a large film in his hand with a bony claw on it and a ring on it.

He was doing well as a professor in Germany when he was called by Tesla.

Although Tesla usually doesn't communicate with others, it's because he has no common language with you. He keeps an eye on the cutting-edge of science all day long.

Roentgen looked ashamed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't deserve this award. It should have gone to Tesla. I just modified his invention to make it more practical."

Roentgen had been studying X-rays, but had made no progress. Tesla was experimenting with his electromagnetic instruments when he discovered that his assistant's skin was damaged by radiation. He found out the cause and invented X-rays.

However, he looked down on this "small" invention. People were busy developing wireless-controlled ships and airplanes. Yes, unmanned ships and drones, radio-controlled.

So he made a phone call and gave Roentgen the X-ray photos he had taken for free.

Ordinary people can't do such a thing. If an inventor can make such an invention, it will be enough to go down in history and make a living for the rest of his life.

Tesla didn't care. He had an extremely high IQ and was full of ideas. In history, he had obtained between 700 and 1,000 invention patents. Any one of them was a groundbreaking invention. He was a genius and didn't care about these trivial things.

Roentgen was not a genius, but a talent. So Tesla rushed over as soon as he received a call, took over the research on X-rays, and made the X-ray machine into a commercial product.

This was a major contribution to medicine. At least the survival rate of wounded soldiers during surgery was higher. Shao Quanzhong was still willing to pay Roentgen. Roentgen found that the treatment in Xiaoxiangya was much better than in Germany, so he immediately decided to stay...

The second foreigner was a British man who had followed Maxwell to the Cavendish Laboratory early on, but had never produced any results. After so much time, he finally came up with something. His name was John Ambrose Fleming. When he was in England, he had already developed the right-hand rule of electromagnetism, so when he came here, he became an academician and taught at Hailing University.

He is a professor, and inventing is his hobby. Hailing is producing electrical appliances in large quantities, such as electric fans, air conditioners, elevators, and electric lights. Edison has to pay patent fees for these things.

Fleming invented the vacuum diode. Shao Quanzhong didn't understand what it was used for, but it was quite useful in electrical appliances.

Finally it was the turn of the young Chinese man, Niu Shangzhou, from Jiading, a freshman at Hailing University. He worked part-time as Popov's assistant and was responsible for winding coils.

After Popov invented the wireless telegraph, Shao Quanzhong gave Popov the next research and development goal, the wireless walkie-talkie, which would be extremely useful on the battlefield.

With wireless telegraphy, it is not difficult to convert radio waves from secret codes into sounds, but the difficulty lies in miniaturization.

Wireless telegraphy requires an iron tower over 100 meters high to transmit signals, but Shao Quanzhong required that it could be carried by one person. The gap was too big. Popov's hair was almost falling out, and he still hadn't figured it out.

The walkie-talkie was not developed, but the radio was developed, but it had no practical value.

It doesn’t matter if the radio station that transmits the signal is loud, but if the receiving one is also loud, it will be unbearable.

It's a joke that ordinary people have to build a 100-meter-high iron tower just to listen to the radio.

According to general scientific principles, it is obvious that both walkie-talkies and radio stations still require the emergence of new prerequisite technologies before they can be developed, and it is not something that can be rushed.

But there are exceptions to everything. The freshman who was winding the coil for Popov suddenly had an idea and came up with a gadget that did not require any new technology and could be used as a radio - a crystal radio.

A five-meter-long antenna plus a ground wire, a capacitor, a piece of ore, and a coil are all you need.

The capacitor was invented in 1745. As the saying goes, simplicity is the best. Such a simple thing can receive the radio wave signals sent by a huge transmitter and convert them into sound without the need for power.

The only drawback is that you can't switch channels. If there are two radio stations in one place, the sound will be mixed.

This is not a big problem. It is good enough to have a radio. Daxia is about to lead the new media era...

Shao Quanzhong didn't know that Niu Shangzhou was a member of the Chinese students studying in the United States in another time and space. He graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in MIT and majored in telecommunications. There were no Chinese students studying in the United States in this time and space, but he still made a name for himself.

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Hiram College, Ohio, North America.

A classroom was packed with people; the great British writer Charles Dickens was giving a lecture there.

A middle-aged man with a serious expression came in from the back door, squeezed past a student, and sat down in a seat in the back row.

The student was bullied and pushed aside, but he dared not say anything. The one who pushed him away was the school principal Garfield, who came to listen to Dickens' class.

Dickens was shaking his head as he was explaining A Christmas Carol to his students, reading the original text from the book, "Bless his heart: it cries again!"

Suddenly, a dog in the corridor let out a series of low barks.

Oh, what a coincidence! The students burst into laughter. Dickens was so embarrassed that he couldn't continue. Seeing that the time was almost up, he announced the end of the get out of class and continued with the next one.

The principal was able to invite Dickens, a great literary figure, to give lectures, so of course he must be a celebrity and knew Dickens.

During the break, Principal Garfield came up and patted Dickens on the shoulder, "Brother, you are really good at teaching. Even the dog can understand it."

Then, the serious principal made a face at Dickens and even barked twice like a dog.

He was able to become good friends with Dickens and was a person with a pure heart. He was serious in front of students but unconventional in his interactions with old friends.

Dickens put his arm around Garfield's neck and said, "My friend, today is the day when the election results are announced. You are a presidential candidate this term. You don't care about the election. Why are you here to attend my class?"

Garfield whistled, "I am a university professor and president. I can prove the Pythagorean theorem, but how can I rule the federation?"

"I was nominated only because Hayes needed a runner-up. I am the president of a university and happen to be a congressman. I have no background and pose no threat to Hayes, so I was nominated."

"Hayes led the Federation to participate in the European War and facilitated the establishment of the League of Nations. He became famous internationally, and there were many financial sponsors behind him who helped him spend money on publicity."

"Hayes will definitely be re-elected in this election. I don't have any sponsors, I haven't spent a penny, and I've never given a speech. Who knows who I am? How can I be elected?"

"I'd rather believe that smart dog can speak human language than believe that I can be elected, so why should I worry about it?"

Suddenly there was a small riot outside. A young man ran into the classroom shouting and almost fell when he entered the door. It was Garfield's assistant principal.

"Principal, Principal——"

The assistant panted for a long time, "You-you-are elected! You become the 20th President of the Federation."

Dickens and Garfield looked at each other in astonishment. This was really more amazing than a dog being able to speak human language.

Garfield was stunned and pointed at his nose. "Me? Elected? Did all the voters this time vote with their eyes closed?"

Dickens patted Garfield on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you are going to rule the Union. Are you ready? I warn you, don't bark like a dog when you address Congress."

(End of this chapter)