William Thomson returned to the carriage carrying the washed potatoes.
At this time, Will had prepared the pots and firewood, and with Xu Yunli, he cut the potatoes into cubes and started cooking dinner.
bang bang bang
The dry and hard firewood made a crisp crackling sound in the fire, which was extremely clear in the open forest.
Will next to him was humming a song and smearing lard on the bread.
That's right.
lard.
In the minds of many people.
Westerners don't seem to like eating pork very much, and the common meat dishes on their menus are often poultry such as beef, sheep, and chicken.
how to say
This can be considered a stereotype.
For example, Spanish people like to eat ham very much, and Iberian ham is even a very famous specialty in Europe.
Germans especially like to eat pig's feet.
To what extent do they like pig's feet? Pig's feet are sold in McDonald's in Germany, and pig's feet can also be bought in football stadiums during Bundesliga matches.
So when you watch Bundesliga broadcasts, you can often see viewers holding pig feet in one hand and beer in the other.
In Germany, pig's feet are basically as national a dish as Shaxian noodles.
Romanians also like to eat pig pine meat, which is the part of meat on both sides of the pig's neck, which is the so-called "golden six taels".
At present, a considerable part of domestic garlic is exported to Romania and is used for cooking pine meat.
As for Britain?
There is a British dish called black pudding. It is a meat dish made from pig blood and beef blood plus oats. It is a very typical breakfast in northern England.
So the same.
In 19th-century Europe, lard was also a common bread ingredient.
Its name was Youli, and it was not until later that it was replaced by butter.
sizzling
The solid oil gradually turned into a viscous liquid under the high temperature of the fire, soaking the cracked bread.
The unique aroma of lard also hit his face, which reminded Xu Yun of the lard bibimbap he loved to eat when he was a child.
after awhile.
Thomson stirred the bottom of the pot with a spoon and felt that the heat was almost done, so he gave Will and Xu Yun each a bowl of potato soup:
"Will, Luo Feng, take it."
Will and Xu Yun each took the wooden bowl:
"Thanks."
After saying thank you, Xu Yun was about to drink the soup when he suddenly realized that there was obviously more salty bacon in his bowl than Will's.
Got it wrong?
See this situation.
He couldn't help but look at Thomson and said hesitantly:
"Mr. Thomson, this"
Thomson guessed what he was thinking, and still had a calm expression on his face, saying:
"Your coma is probably due to lack of nutrition, and your arm was injured. You should eat more meat."
"Since I brought you with me, I have to be responsible for you. These things are not worth much. Just don't let anything else happen to you."
When Xu Yun heard this, he couldn't help but glance at him in surprise.
In the relevant literature of later generations, Thomson has always been a very unsmiling and aloof person, and he did not have many friends.
For example, at his funeral, the total number of guests was only 15, and four tables of mahjong could not be put together.
The result was unexpected.
The seemingly cold-blooded father of thermodynamics was surprisingly kind-hearted.
But what’s going on with this two-dimensional blonde tsundere?
Then Thomson filled himself a bowl of potato soup, broke off a small piece of bread with his long fingers, and dipped into the soup while it was still hot.
This slow chewing action combined with the crunching campfire gives a vague sense of dark elegance.
A true gentleman.
As for Will on the side, he was not so elegant.
I saw this country boy snoring down a big mouthful of soup and wiping the corners of his mouth with his sleeves without any scruples:
“It smells so good!”
When Thomson saw this, he couldn't help but look at Will and said:
"Will, you need to change this habit. When you get to London, this behavior will be very rude at the dinner table."
Will laughed a few times, much like a student being called upon by the teacher in class:
"I know, Mr. Thomson."
Thomson nodded, then he thought of something again and said to Xu Yun:
"By the way, Luo Feng, Will and I only brought one tent with us this time, and it can't accommodate three people."
"So it's okay for you to sleep in the carriage tonight, right?"
The carriage Thomson and Will rode was a two-wheeled carriage, which looked ordinary and had no special features.
Two people can sit inside the car, and two people can sit in the front room outside the car, where the groom sits, for a total of four people.
The space in the carriage after deducting all kinds of packages is not very large. It is impossible to sleep. I guess I have to sit down to fall asleep.
Fortunately, Xu Yun had quite a lot of experience in business trips in his previous life. He had been to the Green Truck Youth Hostel several times, so he could barely pass the test in terms of adaptability.
Therefore, he quickly accepted the reality of sleeping in the carriage and replied:
"No problem, Mr. Thomson, I'd be very grateful if there's a place for you."
Thomson nodded slightly, picked up the package next to him and put it on his lap, rummaging through it and said:
"There are no lights outside the car at night, and there are many dead branches and stones around. If you need to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, you may have some trouble moving around."
"So let me lend you something first. You can use it for lighting. Just remember to return it to me tomorrow."
Xu Yun nodded subconsciously.
In this era, the only things that can be used for lighting between bathroom breaks are oil lamps or torches, because they are too troublesome to operate.
So if nothing unexpected happens
It should be something like a match or a fire stick?
But what surprised him was.
After a while.
Thomson took out a dark, thick and hard object from the bag placed on his crotch, held it and handed it to Xu Yun:
"found it."
Seeing that Xu Yun was a little confused, Will on the side couldn't help but explain:
"Mr. Luo Feng, the method of using this thing is very simple. Just hold it and apply force up and down."
"Well, that's it."
As he spoke, Will took the object, pressed a button, and pushed it slightly.
The next second.
A bright light immediately shot out from it and hit the tree stump on the opposite side.
Click!
Will pressed the switch again and the light disappeared.
I saw him gently tossing the thing in the air, smiling at Xu Yun and saying:
"This thing is called a flashlight. It's expensive and can't be found in most people's homes."
At this moment.
Looking at the proud Will, Xu Yun wanted to say something to this country boy:
Of course I know this is a flashlight
But the problem is
Why does it appear at this point in time????
To know.
Judging from the previous situation, the current time point should be around 1850.
At most, it can fluctuate for one year, which is between 1849 and 1851.
In later generations, there is a piece of knowledge that all primary school students know:
In 1879, Edison invented an electric light that could be used for a long time.
But Edison was only three years old at this time.
Not to mention that the flashlight would not be invented until 1938, after the advent of the light bulb, by Conrad Hubert.
In other words
The invention of the electric light in this copy is nearly a hundred years earlier than the original history!
But according to what Xu Yun did in the 1665 copy, theoretically, such consequences should not occur.
Be it binomial simplification or the elasticity formula stolen from Hooke.
Basically, they are not related to flashlights, but involve other fields.
For example, it is possible that things like refracting telescopes, spring dynamometers, and inflatable dolls will appear in this era.
The first thing a flashlight requires is electrical knowledge, and the second is the preparation of dry batteries, which is the issue of electrode plates.
This really has nothing to do with the Mavericks
As the saying goes.
The play is not nonsense, and the adaptation is not random fabrication.
The deduction must also abide by the basic logic.
Fifteen minutes later.
Everyone has finished their meal.
Thomson went to the river to wash dishes, while Xu Yun and Will stayed at the site to set up tents.
While Thomson disappeared, Xu Yun couldn't help but look at Will and asked:
"Mr. Will, do you know who invented the flashlight?"
"The inventor of the flashlight?"
Will was stunned for a moment, then immediately replied:
"His name is Greenwood McTominay, an Englishman."
Xu Yun was silent for a moment and then asked:
"What about the electric light?"
"Dylan Wilson, a French scientist."
Greenwood McTominay, Dylan Wilson.
These two are local people that Xu Yun has never heard of.
Seeing Xu Yun's expression of thoughtfulness, Will added:
"Actually, whether it's a flashlight or an electric lamp, most of the real credit goes to Lord Newton."
Xu Yun blinked and asked quickly:
"how do I say this?"
Will first propped up the tent's legs, took a small awl and knocked the nails on the ground a few times, and then explained:
"When Lord Newton was almost thirty years old, he encountered several problems that caused him some headaches, and for a time may even cause the theoretical system he established to collapse."
"So he wrote a letter to his good friend 'Fat Fish', who I asked you about from the Fengling Yueying Sect, hoping to get help."
"In that reply letter, Fat Fish not only answered Sir Newton's doubts, but also pointed out a certain idea. He handed me the stent."
After taking Xu Yun's stand, Will said again:
"Based on this, Lord Newton obtained a special spot through experiments, which is now called the 'Newton Spot'."
"Affected by the light spot, Lord Newton invested a lot of energy in optical experiments, and optical experiments naturally have requirements for light sources."
"Later, Lord Newton proposed many theories about light, including the prediction that light energy would appear when metal heats up."
"Further back, Mr. Faraday invented the disc generator, Dylan Wilson invented the electric light 31 years ago, and Greenwood McTominay invented the flashlight 17 years ago."
After hearing what Will said, Xu Yun suddenly stood on the spot, his heart beating rapidly.
I see
No wonder he felt a strange sense of disharmony in his heart from the moment he came to this world.
For example, Will's clothing, carriage decoration, pots, food, etc. were all somewhat different from what he knew about 1850.
At the same time, he also recalled another thing:
When he just crawled out of the 'grave' and took the package from Will, he once felt the gold in the package with his fingers.
In the process of touching gold, he also naturally encountered some other objects.
One of the objects has a very hard texture. Now that I think about it, isn’t that the flashlight I brought?
Follow Halo's shielding rules.
Anything that appears later than the age of the dungeon will be left in reality and cannot be brought to the dungeon.
In other words.
I should have realized at that time that there were flashlights in this era
all in all.
Now after listening to Will's explanation, everything became clear.
Why do flashlights exist? Why do I feel a sense of disobedience? That’s because
The timeline of this world is not the timeline deduced after the 1665 copy.
But on the basis of copy 1665, the world was also affected by the letter he had previously sent back to Mavericks!
Think about it.
Follow normal historical development.
Not until 1808.
It was Marius who discovered the polarization of light.
Then in 1818, Poisson's spot would be officially discovered.
The Poisson bright spot can basically be regarded as the optical cognitive limit of classical physics. At most, the mathematical definitions of Faraday and Maxwell are added later, and then the photoelectric effect 80 years later.
Now Mavericks has advanced the discovery of Poisson's spots by a full 140 years.
Although there was an interval between Thomas Young's interference experiments.
But judging from Mavericks' wisdom, there are probably other ideas that can fill this gap in knowledge.
To study light, you naturally need a light source.
Therefore, after a long period of research, Mavericks discovered that metal will glow when heated, which is almost an inevitable result.
True.
Mavericks' research focus is not on this area, it can only be regarded as a side branch.
But some of the theories or ideas he left behind can allow future generations to easily invent flashlights. It's just a matter of who is the lucky one.
In other words.
This is a world where the world's development rate has been disrupted twice, a copy of the history of science that has undergone tremendous changes.
For example, the inventor of the electric light was neither Edison nor David, but Dylan Wilson.
The inventor of the flashlight is no longer Conrad Hubert, but Greenwood McTominay.
This is true for just one electrical appliance.
What about the theoretical community?
What about the world structure?
Although Maverick is just a physicist, with Maverick's wisdom and the tips given by Xu Yun, his influence cannot be limited to the world of physics.
After all, before the emergence of microscopic physics, macrophysics and real life were almost closely related and inseparable.
Now that the Mavericks' future has been reversed twice, what kind of changes can it bring to the world?
Xu Yun really couldn't judge.
at the same time.
He suddenly thought of another thing:
If the background of the copy changes so much, will Adam Hopkins still exist?
After all, this is a purely theoretical expert.
Probably so?
Note:
There will be an update on the 15th, so there will be less time in these two days, and everyone can also draw prizes at that time.
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Wei Dongyi personally refuted the rumors, but unfortunately the popularity is not as good as before. The self-media has already eaten a lot of it. What’s funny is that the marketing account that started the topic is still pretending to apologize, saying that he asked someone to inquire about it, which is embarrassing.