Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 187 Chapter 135

The Duke of York, who didn't hear Chen Muwu's implication, always felt that Chen Muwu's words seemed to be cursing himself.

His Majesty the King is indeed busy with official duties and cannot do everything by himself.

But the Prince of Wales and his eldest brother are in front of him. He can't just fall on himself every time he watches football.

The style of early football focused on simplicity and practicality, and the rules were not perfect in many places, so in most games, the players played rough and violent.

How can British gentlemen see this?
They still prefer gentleman sports like tennis, horse riding and sailing a little more.

But today's game may be an exception.

Probably the league is not over yet, so the competition between the two teams is not too fierce, it feels like bus driver vs. bus driver.

This gave the two more time to chat.

The Duke of York didn't care about the inexplicable words Chen Muwu said just now: "Dr. Chen, why did you come to London?"

"Your Highness, I came to London to conduct experiments in a laboratory at the Royal Research Institute. I have been here for nearly three months."

"Which experiment is this about? Cambridge University can't do it, so you have to come to London? The card and Cavendish laboratory you are in? Hasn't someone already allocated the funds? Are those funds still available?" Is it not enough to support you to stay in Cambridge for experiments?"

In the view of the Duke of York, 9000 pounds a year, plus the original more than [-] pounds, these funds are enough for a small laboratory.

Unless they are studying the money-burning technology of turning gold into iron.

He thought well, the money was indeed enough.

But the premise is that the director in charge of the laboratory is willing to spend money.

Thinking of this, Chen Muwu was still a little annoyed. He remembered that when he returned to Cambridge, he must develop accelerators in the Cavendish Laboratory, so that Rutherford would be willing to watch him spend money like water.

But facing the Duke of York's question, Chen Muwu could only temporarily suppress the little flame in his heart, and answered patiently.

After all, one of the purposes of meeting this benefactor today is to help Old Prague get a sponsorship.

Chen Muwu told the Duke of York in detail how after he won the Nobel Prize, he passed through the Netherlands on his way back from Sweden to the UK and visited the low temperature physics laboratory of Leiden University.

How did you want to reproduce a low-temperature laboratory at Cambridge University, but was rejected by the teacher Rutherford, and recommended yourself to the David Faraday Laboratory of the Royal Institute of London.

Then he talked about the key points of this meeting with the Duke of York.

"Your Highness, after I arrived at the David Faraday Laboratory, I realized that the environment of this laboratory is crude, and the experimental conditions are even worse than the previous Cavendish Laboratory.

"It is true that there is a cryogenic laboratory here, but the experimental equipment inside has not been updated once in more than ten years.

"As a newcomer, I didn't know why at first, so I asked Sir Bragg, the director of the laboratory, for funds like a stupefied young man. Unexpectedly, Sir Prague also told me helplessly that the funds for the laboratory have always been insufficient. Yu reluctantly accepted the invitation of the Royal Society and was ordered to rebuild the laboratory in the Royal Institute."

Chen Muwu deliberately repeated the word Royal (Royal) many times in the last few sentences.

At the same time, he has been observing the expression on the Duke of York's face.

If he knew from the beginning that he was here to ask for money, would he agree to it?
Hearing that the Royal Research Institute had no money, the Duke of York frowned slightly as Chen Muwu imagined.

Although he is much more handsome than Quan Xiaojiang, the two of them almost made the same expression.

Damn, how did the country become like this!
The point is that the embarrassment is also thrown in front of foreigners.

Although Chen Muwu came from the weak China in the Far East, it would not cause any surprise to the allies.

But he is also a Nobel Prize winner, and he has even surpassed Einstein in the limelight in newspapers recently!
The allocation of funds must be allocated to that laboratory of the Royal Research Institute, so that Dr. Chen can see the financial strength of our empire on which the sun never sets!

Just as the Duke of York was sorting out his thoughts and considering how to respond to Chen Muwu so as to make the scene less embarrassing, Chen Muwu continued to speak.

He is such a caring person, the only purpose today is to ask for money, he can't really let the benefactor be embarrassed, right?

"His Royal Highness, there is one or one very old book in our country called "The Book of Changes". There is a saying in it that people should consider changes when they are poor. Changes will lead to mastery, and mastery will last long.  … ..."

So far, the English translation of "Book of Changes" is still "Book of Changes", not the transliterated "I Ching".

And Chen Muwu also deliberately mistranslated the poor word in the sentence "poorness leads to change, change leads to success, and success leads to long life", and changed the meaning of "end" to poverty.

What he wanted to blurt out at the beginning was actually another sentence, that is, a living person cannot be suffocated by urine.

But when the words came to his lips, Chen Muwu realized that these words were too indecent and did not suit his identity, and he was ashamed to say it directly in front of the Duke of York, who would become the king in the future.

"...Although the experimental conditions in the David Faraday Laboratory of the Royal Research Institute are indeed not enough to support my experiment, but during this period, I also found another experiment that can be done in this laboratory. And got great results.

"I brought the experimental results here today, just to show it to Your Highness."

Finally when it came time to present the treasure, Chen Muwu opened a briefcase he was carrying with him, and took out a piece of plexiglass cut into paper size.

"Your Highness, please take a look, this is a new thing I have been tinkering with in the laboratory."

Looking over through the prestige, the Duke of York thought he was playing a joke on himself when he saw the object in Chen Muwu's hand for the first time.

"Chen, Dr. Chen, is this, is this, a piece of glass?"

He said baby, but he took out a piece of glass to fool me?
Does this imply that the Royal Research Institute is really poor and empty, and other than being able to cut glass with a glass knife, no other experiments can be done?
If this is the case, then Dr. Chen's irony can at least reach the level of Mark Twain.

The Duke of York was very angry at Chen Muwu, and his language barrier was even a little bit worse than usual.

"Your Highness, yes, this is exactly a piece of glass," Chen Muwu replied with a smile, got up and left his seat, and walked towards an open space in the box with the "glass". What happens on the ground?"

"Of course it will fall apart and break into small pieces, and there will be a lot of debris that can hurt people."

Of course, the glass would shatter when thrown on the ground. The Duke of York's inherent thinking made him quickly give an answer.

But looking at the smile on Chen Muwu's face, he became a little uncertain again.

After his brain was running fast, the Duke of York quickly added: "Could it be that this piece of glass is different?"

"You are right, exactly."

"Oh!"

While speaking, Chen Muwu raised the "glass" and slammed it to the ground.

When the two came into contact, the sound was not crisp, but a muffled sound.

Then a surprising scene happened. Not only was this magical piece of "glass" unscathed, it even bounced a few centimeters visible to the naked eye.

Although nothing happened, Chen Muwu's sudden action still shocked the royal servants at the side.

Cultural differences didn't make them think of throwing a glass for a sign, but they were just afraid that he would pick up the sharpest piece from the ground after the glass broke, and then stab the king and kill the unsuspecting Duke of York.

While everyone was still immersed in surprise, Chen Muwu had already bent down and picked up the piece of "glass".

He came to the seat again, and then handed the "glass" in his hand to the Duke of York who had already stared dumbfounded: "Your Highness, please check it, I didn't lie to you, did I?"

The Duke of York, who subconsciously took what Chen Muwu handed over, carefully inspected this magical piece of glass.

He also quickly noticed that there was something wrong with this piece of "glass".

It's just that the feeling of something wrong doesn't come from the eyes, but from the hands.

"Dr. Chen, this doesn't seem to be the feel of glass, and its weight doesn't seem right either."

"That's right, Your Highness, this is indeed not a glass made of sand, but something else."

"What is it? Magic? I heard Huxley mention you recently. He admired your parallel universe theory very much, and thought that you must have some magical power in you."

What kind of magical brain circuit is this?
Please, buddy's current character design is a real physicist who believes in science.

Well, at least most of the time.

Only occasionally when I can't control my mouth, I will talk about some mysterious and mysterious things, like traveling through time and space, parallel universes.

It's obviously just a new material, so how could it involve magic!

Even if you really want to be King Arthur, I'm not Merlin!

"Hey," Chen Muwu could only use a smirk to hide his embarrassment, "Your Highness, you really know how to joke! I assure you, at least there is no magic in this piece of glass, and it is full of science. "

While speaking, he introduced other properties of plexiglass to the potential financial owner.

But what impressed the Duke of York the most was Chen Muwu's shocking fall just now.

How can the glass not be broken?
This is not a play on words like "a hammer hammering a glass will not break", but a mountain of iron evidence.

The Duke of York, who was holding the plexiglass, also stood up from his seat. He walked to the place where Chen Muwu had just dropped the glass, and stamped his feet suspiciously to confirm that the performance just now was not a pre-prepared magic trick.

"Amazing, as amazing as you are! Dr. Chen, the piece of glass you invented is really amazing!"

"Your Highness, there is still a lot of room for improvement on this piece of glass. But I am still a physicist, so I don't have much time and energy to continue investing in this research.

"You know, I was able to research such a piece of glass only because I had no money to buy equipment in David Faraday's laboratory, and I couldn't do the experiment I wanted to do, so I had to do it..."

"Stop talking, Dr. Chen!" The Duke of York interrupted him excitedly, "Just for this piece of glass, I'll send someone to allocate funds to the Royal Research Institute, the laboratory you mentioned, and make a price. How much?"

"Your Highness, please be patient, I haven't finished yet."

Chen Muwu thought, I want twenty-five thousand pounds, can you give it?
I'm still counting on this piece of glass to earn me a school!

"Last year, you already allocated a grant to the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University, and this time, nothing can make you pay again.

"I've met Commodore Dowding of the RAF before, don't know if you recognize this guy.

"But it doesn't matter. What I want to say is that Commodore Dowding inspired me. I think this new type of glass can be used in aircraft.

"I have read about you in the papers and know that you were a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force.

"Your Highness, with all due respect, I would like to ask if you can connect with the Royal Air Force. I want to transfer the patent of this new material to them, and rely on the transfer fee of the patent to help David Faraday Laboratory through the difficulties."

Chen Muwu's words were both sincere and tough, and it seemed that he refused the Duke of York's further appropriation.

But it's one thing for him to refuse, and another thing is whether the second prince, who has taken advantage of him, will give him money.

How decent is it for a dignified Royal Institute to rely on a foreigner to invent and sell patents to make money for research!

Although the Duke of York did not express his opinion immediately, he thought that after returning, he must send someone to allocate a sum of money to the Royal Academy.

"Dr. Chen, you came to me before, did you already find a place for this piece of glass?"

Chen Muwu nodded.

"Although I am a member of the Royal Air Force, I don't think the Royal Air Force should be where your piece of glass should go.

"The Royal Air Force doesn't even produce planes, but purchases from various manufacturers, so how can they produce glass like yours?

"According to what you just said, this new type of glass is manufactured by chemical means, so I think Brunnermond should be interested in the patent in your hand.

"This is the largest chemical industry company in the UK, and I recently visited the company's soda ash plant in Northwich, Cheshire, on behalf of His Majesty the King.

"Dr. Chen, why don't I help you connect with the relevant person in charge of this company, how about you sell them the patent of this new type of glass?"

As soon as the Duke of York finished speaking, cheers came from all directions of Wembley Stadium.

Sheffield United left-winger Fred Tunstall scored a goal to finally break the deadlock that lasted more than 30 minutes.

(End of this chapter)