A stone house, a shabby room, a man is playing with a bunch of weird gadgets in the room, while his youngest son is standing by and watching intently.
This man is Tang Wenwu.
The appearance of Lord Cat made Tang Wenwu see a whole new world. He knew that there is such an incredible thing as traveling through time and space in the world. This undoubtedly broadened his horizons a lot.
But what makes this scientific madman most happy is that Master Cat put a challenge in front of him, a once-in-a-lifetime commission that is unique in the world—to create a device that can increase spiritual power and direct it to qualitative change.
And Master Cat's reward is very simple, and there is no cost, that is "knowledge", all kinds of latest academic knowledge that cannot be known in this era of the Qing Dynasty, and some are even under research or have not yet been proven.
For example, X-rays, radioactivity, and electrons. A modern high school student may have some understanding of these three things, but in China in the 14th year of Guangxu, if you understood this, you would be a weirdo, or even a monster...
Speaking of this, I have to mention China's national conditions at that time. It is said that the Westernization Movement (also known as the Self-improvement Movement, which began at the end of the Xianfeng decade) has been going on for so many years, and the Qing Dynasty should have made some progress, right? It's a pity that many things cannot be inferred according to common sense...
First of all, there is a problem with the starting point of the Westernization School, which is the so-called "learning the skills of the barbarians to control the barbarians". At that point in China, you still feel that "the world" is under your feet, and your master is the "Son of Heaven", but what about others? They are all barbarians. This kind of thinking is really ridiculous.
Since 1840, the great powers have used military, diplomatic, commercial and other means to carve up the big cake in China. Basically, the unequal treaties signed in China in those years can be bound into a novel and published, and the content is quite exciting. Bizarre. If a Chinese minister was asked to write a preface to this book, he might write, "This is the account book of the barbarian foreign countries that our celestial dynasty gave to us."
Hey... It is not shameful to fail and lag behind, but it is shameful not to dare to admit it!
However, the Qing government's firm belief in swollen faces to pretend to be fat is unshakable. Even if they lose face, they still have to keep a piece of skin...
Therefore, this movement created to maintain the crumbling Qing government was actually doomed to fail at first. In those years, although many students went to learn "Western learning", it was difficult to correct the outdated ideas that had been ingrained for thousands of years over here. Of course, this idea is not useless. In fact, I think that in China in the 21st century, apart from changes in form, we are still following the old line of our ancestors, that is: everything is inferior, and only reading is high.
It's just that modern people have more knowledge to master, more ways to cheat, more corrupt morals, and more sinister human hearts. As for the essence, it's the same...
Well, let’s get further away. Having said so much, there is nothing more than one meaning. The popularity rate of Western physics knowledge, or all science knowledge, among the people in the Qing Dynasty was infinitely close to zero.
Therefore, the knowledge given by Master Cat is basically enough for Tang Wenwu to digest for ten or eight years. The other party is naturally grateful and excited. You must know that for a scientist, overcoming the challenge itself is already the best reward.
So, since the day Master Cat came to visit, Tang Wenwu conducted research all night in the stone house. As for the five-year-old Tang Xiaohu, who will be the future Xinglong Senior, he also accompanied his father in the laboratory like this. . Don't think that he was particularly interested in inventions at that time, most of the time he was saying something like: "Daddy, I'm hungry."
And Lord Cat will come to this suburban hut every two days to see Tang Wenwu's progress. Although this place is remote, it is not difficult to find. Just ask anyone within a hundred miles. Who would not know Tang Wenwu? What about the existence of the weirdo Wenwu...
The story is divided into two parts, Master Cat is preparing to return to the 21st century, while Wang Xu is fulfilling his dream of becoming a mafia boss.
The sixty-odd model citizens under him finally had an accident after ten days of silence, and it happened on New Year's Eve. One day, a congregation named Lu Quan was beaten into a fat man on the road, and three or five people carried him back to the church.
Wang Xu was surprised at the time: "What's the matter? Why did you send him here? Send him to the hospital!"
Several other people said: "He insists on coming to see you first."
Wang Xu thought to himself: This situation seems to mean that if I don't help him out, he won't die with peace, right...
Not much to say, Wang Xu simply checked his injuries, and then said: "Okay, Lao Lu, don't moan, I won't get excited if you moan again, just say what you want. Bar."
Lu Quan was lying on the bench, staring at Wang Xu with affectionate eyes, and grabbed his hand: "Bai... um... Godfather boss! You have to make the decision for me!"
"What are you doing! What are you doing!" Wang Xu shook off his hand, "I warn you, if you dare to use this kind of look and tone at me, I will slap you to death!"
Lu Quan said: "Then...then I..."
"Stop talking nonsense, turn around, and don't let me see your face."
Lu Quan had no choice but to turn his head around, and restrained his miserable tone and said, "Feng Liu from the north of the city brought a group of people and beat me up!"
Wang Xu sat there: "For no reason, and just in time for Chinese New Year, why did he beat you?"
"This..." Lu Quan hesitated: "I... I owe him a few taels of silver... He said, the debt is not more than thirty years old! I have no money, so he beat me up!"
Wang Xu snorted coldly: "I hate cheating..." He stood up with his hands in his trouser pockets, and looked back at the statue of Jesus: "This is the home of God, and lies are not welcome."
Lu Quan felt chills from Wang Xu's words, even the wounds on his body didn't seem to hurt anymore, at this moment he even had the urge to go down to the ground and run away.
"I... I... I'm telling the truth..."
Wang Xu's face suddenly appeared in front of Lu Quan, causing Lu Quan to fall to the ground in fright, "Who am I?"
Lu Quan swallowed his saliva: "Bai... Bai..."
"What?" Wang Xu raised his voice.
"Teach... godfather! You are our godfather..."
Wang Xu sneered: "Very well, as long as you lost lambs are willing to call me, my door here will always be open to you."
Lu Quan's psychological defense finally collapsed, and he stammered: "I... I... Actually, I slept with a kiln sister in Bada Hutong, she... she... is..."
"Is she Feng Liu's best friend?" Wang Xu followed his words and asked.
"Yep… "
Wang Xu said: "I see, you can go back to recuperate, I will deal with this matter, it has nothing to do with you."
Lu Quan didn't dare to have any doubts, leaving quickly was what he wanted to do most at the moment. When Wang Xu waved his hand to signal him to leave, Lu Quan ran faster than anyone else as if he had been pardoned. The guy who came here was surprised to find that Brother Lu's legs and feet are quite agile...
"Is being the boss of the underworld so enjoyable?" Master Mao came out from behind the auditorium.
Wang Xu smiled: "The taste of it can only be felt, it cannot be expressed in words..."
"Hmph... I've also paid attention to this group of people. Since they were controlled by you as good citizens, they have been bullied by hooligans from other gangs in Beijing, and even ridiculed by people from other churches. Good to be bullied' Ah, it's all thanks to you, Godfather."
Wang Xu stood up: "I've thought about this issue a long time ago. The beating of Lu Quan today is the opportunity I've been waiting for for a long time. I've been waiting for someone like Feng Liu to jump out..."
Master Cat naturally knew what he was planning: "Just have fun, it's best not to kill anyone."
Wang Xu was still laughing, "Just play? My brother has been bullied for half his life, and now he can not only bully others, but also help those bullied by me! What kind of psychological experience is this! Why don't you enjoy it? "
Master Cat sighed in a low voice: "Hey... Are you stupid to be bullied by me..."
"What did you say?"
"It's nothing... you can do whatever you like..."