He felt that Lao Tang's expression suddenly became more solemn.
How can I describe this atmosphere?
It looks like Tuogu... It's wrong, it looks like something big is about to happen.
no doubt.
What Lao Tang is going to say next is far more important than Angus Roman's gossip.
Then Lao Tang pondered for a moment, turned his head, and said to Mai on the side:
"Maxwell, go to the door and keep an eye on me. If there is any abnormality, be sure to knock on the door to notify us."
Xiaomai was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said:
"I understand, Mr. Thomson."
After the wheat goes out.
Lao Tang got up and walked to the window, closed the curtains and turned on the light.
Then he took it out from the inner chest pocket...
A letter.
Lao Tangjin put this letter on the table, pushed it in front of Xu Yun, and said:
"Luo Feng, please take it apart and take a look. Be careful not to break it."
Xu Yun nodded to him, took the letter and looked at it.
This is a standard-sized cowhide letter with a small piece of ink pad stuck to the seal and a few words written in the recipient column:
Dear classmate Luo Feng.
It is clear.
This is a letter written to Xu Yun.
Considering that he caused trouble at Cambridge University yesterday, it is reasonable for some students to write to him or even confess to him out of various psychological reasons, but the problem is...
If it was just a letter sent for the above reasons, would Lao Tang be allowed to act like an underground party contact?
And if it is not a letter sent by a student, then the available targets will be narrowed down a lot.
Think of this.
A name popped up in Xu Yun's mind:
Prince Albert.
After all, there are not many people who can make Lao Tang so serious, there are only a few inside and outside.
Faraday and William Whewell are definitely included, but if they have anything to say, they can stop themselves at the experimental site.
The only exception is Prince Albert.
Affected by his status, the uncrowned king of Great Britain is restricted in many of his actions, so it is reasonable for him to want to convey some words to himself privately.
So.....
Could it be him?
With this guess in mind, Xu Yun tore open the envelope.
After a while.
A piece of English appeared in front of Xu Yun:
The Cambridge Conversazione Society
WILL DINE AT THE
Hyde Park Place
On Saturday, 10th Nov, 1850
at 7:30 .
Reply to
Sir William Thomson.
After reading this passage, Xu Yun couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Not Prince Albert?
The content of this passage is not complicated. Xu Yun can understand its meaning even without halo translation:
Roughly speaking, a certain Cambridge society organized a party in Hyde Park. If you want to come, just reply to the old soup in front of you...
at the same time.
Xu Yun's eyes were slightly dazed.
It’s okay if it’s not a letter from Prince Albert, but a letter of invitation from a club deserves such a big fanfare from Lao Tang... Wait a minute!
Xu Yun suddenly thought of something. He raised his head and asked Lao Tang thoughtfully:
"Mr. Thomson, could this be...an invitation letter from the Cambridge Apostolic Society?"
Lao Tang looked up at him and nodded affirmatively.
I saw the tip of his index finger pacing on the table and explained:
"That's right, the Apostolic Society will hold a banquet in two days, at which time the membership qualifications of the new batch of Apostolic Society members will be voted on."
"I came to you this time just to send you this invitation letter - Congratulations, Luo Feng, you have qualified for an interview with the Cambridge Apostolic Society."
Cambridge Apostolic Society.
This mysterious group was introduced a long time ago.
This is a society jointly established in 1820 by Morris, Tennyson Hallam and others at Cambridge University.
The apostles here correspond to the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which are the twelve disciples of Jesus.
Therefore, the upper limit of the number of people in the Apostolic Society has always been 12.
In the community.
Undergraduate members are often called "apostles," while graduate students are called "angels."
Initially, the club's activities were mainly focused on debates, called the Cambridge Colloquium, which were mostly in the nature of a tea party.
The Cambridge Apostles hold meetings every Saturday night. At regular meetings, group members give speeches on a certain topic. After the speeches, members discuss freely among themselves.
However, as the earlier batches of members of the Apostolic Society entered the political arena or the business world, thoughtful people gradually realized the value of this society.
The nature of the Apostolic Society changed from this.
This is equivalent to the small groups created by some Internet writers in later generations. They may have originally just wanted to make fun of people, but gradually they became a gathering place for py...
As for how to join the Apostolic Society, is it difficult? It is simple, but it is not very simple either:
This system is called the Referee recommendation system.
That is to say.
If you want to join the Apostolic Society, you must first get to know an apostolic member - although you may not know his identity. Then this person proposes a preliminary vote, and then you will receive an invitation by email to attend a dinner at a college in Cambridge University.
.
At this banquet (shi), all previous members who can be present will attend and vote to determine whether new members are qualified to join.
New members were sworn to secrecy and listened to an incantation written by theologian Anthony Fenton.
Then Lao Tang paused and continued:
"But Luo Feng, you have to have some idea first. This invitation letter is not a formal joining letter. It's not easy to pass the interview."
"Otherwise, the Apostolic Society would have been overcrowded long ago."
Xu Yun nodded clearly.
The upper limit of the number of people in the Apostolic Society is twelve, which does not mean that it must admit this number every year.
From the decryption of some documents of the Apostolic Society in later generations, it can be found that in many years the number of members of the Apostolic Society was only seven or eight or even five or six.
Under such circumstances, even Xu Yun was not sure of entering the Apostolic Society.
But on the other hand.
If you can join this extremely mysterious Cambridge society, Xu Yun's score will definitely increase by a huge amount during settlement.
Even if it can have an impact on long-term history through associations, might there be rewards at the level of the National Games?
Think of this.
Xu Yun couldn't help but glance at Lao Tang and thanked him:
"Mr. Thomson, thank you very much this time."
As mentioned above, the model of the Apostolic Society is a standard Referee recommendation system, and there must be recommenders.
So in Xu Yun's opinion.
The fact that I was able to receive this invitation letter must be due to Lao Tang's efforts behind the scenes.
But what Xu Yun didn't expect was...
Lao Tang waved his hand towards him, shook his head and said:
"No need to thank me, I just suggested it a few minutes earlier than some others."
"Even if I don't speak, you will still receive this letter."
"some people?"
Hearing this word in Lao Tang's words, Xu Yun was stunned and asked subconsciously:
"Mr. Thomson, are there any other apostles who propose to send me an invitation letter?"
Lao Tang picked up the water to moisten his throat, put down the water glass and said:
"That's right."
When Xu Yun saw Shen Yin Shaoqing, he tentatively gave a name:
"...Classmate Aveline?"
Lao Tang smiled, and just when Xu Yun thought he had guessed correctly, he said again:
"Aveline also wrote a proposal, but she was not the second person to submit it."
Xu Yun was completely stunned now.
Aveline, as the descendant of the Aisku family who is currently closest to the Mavericks, has extremely superior results, so Xu Yun had speculated a long time ago:
If nothing else, she should be one of the active Cambridge apostles.
Therefore, after Lao Tang said that besides him, someone else had suggested that he should be included in the Apostolic Society, Xu Yun immediately thought of that smart girl.
The result was unexpected...
This answer is actually only half correct - Aveline did make a suggestion, but it was only ranked third.
That is to say, between Aveline and Lao Tang, there was another famous apostle who proposed the same idea.
This is somewhat interesting.
At this time, Xiaomai was just a freshman and had not even received an invitation letter this time, so he was not qualified to make such a suggestion.
And besides wheat…
Not to mention Xu Yun is a great person at Cambridge University, ordinary students don't even know a few of them.
True.
The experiments he conducted last night were indeed shocking, but they were still far from being recommended by a passerby.
Be it Lao Tang or Aveline.
One of them had been saved by himself, and the other was a descendant of Mavericks. He was someone who had a certain relationship with him, so it was completely reasonable for him to make suggestions.
But another person...
Xu Yun thought for half a minute, but couldn't guess who it was. (Play a game, who can guess who this person is? Chapter 50 will be added. Before the deadline for updating the next chapter, relevant clues have been left before)
Then he looked at Lao Tang and asked:
"Mr. Thomson, I wonder who the second person who proposed the idea was..."
Lao Tang waved his hand towards him again and said:
"You will understand the details when you arrive at the banquet. Don't worry, the other party has no ill intentions towards you."
After speaking, Lao Tang seemed to have thought of something, and his expression became visibly serious again.
He paused and then said:
"Luo Feng, I said before that this invitation letter is not the final letter of joining the company, it just gives you and other 'candidate apostles' an opportunity for an interview."
"So you have to be prepared in advance... Well, some people are opposed to your joining the society, so maybe..."
Lao Tang didn't finish his words, but Xu Yun understood what he meant:
Old Tang Aveline and the mysterious apostle hope to join the society, but some people hold the opposite opinion.
And if nothing else...
There are quite a few opponents of this group, otherwise Lao Tang would not have bothered to emphasize this matter deliberately.
Therefore, you may encounter some special difficulties during the interview process.
As for the reasons why these people don’t welcome me, there are many reasons:
It may be because of a bad relationship with Lao Tang, or it may be because of Oriental origin, etc...
Of course.
The most likely reason is that the experiments I conducted were replicating the achievements of 'Fat Fish'.
Some apostles may think that this has little to do with them - are you, a porter, worthy of being with us?
So it's obvious.
This ‘interview’ with the Apostolic Society may not be easy.
all in all.
After handing over the invitation letter, Lao Tang's mission today was successfully completed.
Xu Yun then cooked in person and showed off his scallion oil fish that he once wooed a girl.
The fresh river eel meat was brought out from the pot, and a spoonful of scallion oil was poured on it. The fresh fragrance immediately filled the dormitory.
After finishing the meal, Lao Tang and Xu Yun parted ways.
Xu Yun and Xiaomai rested for a while, and at about two o'clock in the afternoon, they officially welcomed...
Their first lecture at Cambridge University.
.........
Note:
I was planning to stay up all night coding, but suddenly there was a power outage. It was said that it was because of the high temperature in the past few days, everyone had turned on the air conditioner, and the nearby lines were overloaded and cracked.
Our book requires a lot of information to be consulted. The web pages are all on my computer, and there is no way to code them in the Internet cafe. I will post these for now tonight, and play a little game on the way. I originally planned to read all of this plot directly.
Chapter got it done.
I'll wait and see about the specific situation. I really can't open a hotel with some mobile phone codes. It's really difficult...