In 2022, when Xu Yun traveled back in time, the number of Gaussian disciples had exceeded 90,000.
For example, von Neumann, the father of computers, was a disciple and grandson of Gauss.
Einstein, the king of modern physics, was also a disciple and grandson of Gauss.
Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb... who is also the originator of today's world nuclear balance political structure, is still a disciple and grandson of Gauss.
Even Husserl, one of the two great founders of modern philosophy, is still a disciple and grandson of Gauss.
In the history of mathematical reality construction, Gauss is undoubtedly the absolute first person.
But on the other hand.
There are actually not many direct disciples in history who have actually been taught by Gauss.
Except for the disciples of Jacobi, Dirichlet, Riemann and Gauss.
Gauss actually taught only five disciples personally, and two of them died in their 30s.
Of course.
The concept of disciple here does not include students who teach in universities, just like the situation of university graduate students in later generations.
So let's be honest.
Ever since Xu Yun traveled to the dungeon, he had never considered becoming a master and apprentice with Gauss.
After all, the difficulty is too high, so high that it is difficult to solve it with the "Traveler" plug-in.
Moreover, Gauss is now 73 years old. In five years... no, in four years, he will pass away.
Therefore, Xu Yun's identity is not just as simple as Gauss's apprentice, he is also Gauss's close disciple!
The first disciple and the last disciple.
These two identities are of extraordinary nature in any master-disciple system in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
If Xu Yun can survive in this copy, then more than a hundred years later, there is a very high possibility that he will be hung on the wall for people to admire.
Or just like Planck, a black-and-white photo with a hair style like a chicken coop was selected by the textbook writer and attached to a certain page of the textbook.
Unfortunately......
Although these ideas are very tempting, they are always just possibilities that cannot be realized.
Xu Yun then put away all five manuscripts, said goodbye to Gauss respectfully, and left the small room.
in the coming time.
While Xu Yun was teaching Xiaomai, he would come to Gauss's residence every weekend to ask questions.
that's all.
More than a month went by in a flash.
The almanac in Xu Yun's bedroom also turned the page from December 1851 to early February 1852.
.......
One day in February.
Xu Yun still got up on time, had breakfast, and went to the classroom with Mai as usual.
However, not long after he left the dormitory, he vaguely felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere:
Usually, the corridors of the dormitory in the early morning are not only very lively, but at least there is a lively and cheerful atmosphere.
You can often see students discussing academics, literary and artistic works or food and other topics while walking, and voices like "good morning" also come and go.
But today...
Although there were still people in the corridor greeting others as usual, most of them were silent and looked solemn.
Many people even frowned, and their faces looked like they were possessed by Sun Xiaochuan.
See this situation.
Xu Yun couldn't help but bumped Xiaomai with his elbow and asked in a low voice:
"Maxwell, have you heard what happened recently?"
Xiaomai also noticed the changes in the dormitory building. Hearing this, he shook his head in confusion:
"Mr. Luo Feng, I have been assisting Professor Faraday in his research project these days, so I have not been interested in paying attention to the external situation..."
Xu Yun nodded slightly.
Wheat's answer didn't surprise him too much, because he had been in this state for the past few months.
After knowing that his time in the dungeon was limited, Xu Yun frantically harassed the big guys.
Gauss, Faraday, Riemann, Weber...
Xu Yun can be seen in the offices of these mathematical physics bosses.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this attitude of focusing on studying, but once this approach is encountered in a situation where something big seems to be happening, it will seem more confusing.
Yawenba
after awhile.
Xu Yun suddenly felt a thump in his heart, and had a bad premonition:
Could it be that a crow broke out?
After all, there seems to be no other answer to things that can put an academic mecca like Cambridge University under tension except war.
But that’s not right either…
First of all, it has only been more than a month since the meeting between Prince Albert and himself, which is obviously not enough time:
According to the original trajectory of Yi Crow, the preparation time for the war can be divided into three nodes:
On January 16, 1840, Queen Victoria arrived at Parliament to deliver a speech at the invitation of Henry John Temple.
In April, the British Parliament held a heated debate and voted on this.
The army was officially launched in June.
Not to mention that there are still a number of Eastern political forces in the UK today - in this dungeon, influenced by Fat Fish, there are many Eastern students, and a considerable number of them are engaged in business or politics.
Although it is impossible for this group of people to stop the war, it is still possible for the outbreak of a crow to last another month or two.
In other words, compared to the original history.
Even if a crow breaks out in this timeline now, its preparation time cannot be shorter than normal history.
Besides, Yi Crow is a proper Modern History 404 point. Theoretically, during the time Xu Yun was in the dungeon, it was impossible for a certain will to choose to commit suicide.
But since a crow will not break out, what is the situation on the Cambridge campus now?
Unfortunately, Xu Yun didn't meet any other acquaintances along the way, so he could only arrive at the teaching building where today's class was held with doubts and wheat.
The two of them were going to take an open class on the history of literature and art in the morning, with undergraduates and graduate students studying together, so they happened to be on the same road.
The class is still held in a large lecture theater with about three to four hundred people.
As usual, there are large water tanks placed at the four corners of the classroom, which can amplify the professor's voice during class through resonance, which is also a very primitive method of amplification.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But with the emergence of vacuum tubes, I think it will not be long before the amplifier will be available.
Xu Yun noticed.
At this time, the atmosphere in the classroom was the same as that in the dormitory corridor, solemn and depressing. Hundreds of people were buzzing without knowing what they were talking about.
Then he quickly walked to the back of the classroom with Xiaomai, and was about to find a place to sit down for communication, when a crisp voice suddenly sounded in his ears:
"Luo Feng, Maxwell."
Xu Yun and Xiaomai looked at the situation.
I saw two old acquaintances sitting about seven or eight meters behind and to their right:
Aveline and Lao Tang.
History of Literature and Art is one of the most popular courses taught in Cambridge. It covers a wide range of academic years, from freshman to junior year.
Aveline and Lao Tang are also students in the Department of Mathematics, so it is normal for them to appear here.
So Xu Yun led Xiaomai to the two of them quickly and said:
"Good morning, Mr. Thomson, classmate Aveline."
Aveline and Lao Tang also nodded to him knowingly:
"Good morning, Luo Feng, Maxwell."
After saying hello.
Xu Yun and Xiaomai pulled out their chairs and sat down next to Aveline and Lao Tang.
be honest.
He and Lao Tang Aveline haven't seen each other for a while.
Now that Lao Tang has just become the president of the Federation of Students, he has only been taking over the work for a short period of time, and the often busy Shenlong has never seen the end.
Aveline, on the other hand, was a girl and was in a different department, so she rarely interacted with Xu Yun, so she only bumped into each other at gatherings at the Gewu Club.
Therefore, this is a rare opportunity for the four friends to get together in the past month or so.
"Mr. Thomson."
After taking a seat.
Xu Yun first started talking at any time and asked Lao Tang with concern:
"Has the work of the Federation of Students been going well recently?"
Lao Tang raised his eyelids and glanced at him, sighed lightly, rubbed his temples and said:
"I haven't encountered many man-made difficulties. After all, there is support from the school, but there are just too many things to deal with."
"To tell you the truth, in the past few days, I didn't sleep for more than five hours a day."
"In the end, it just comes down to one word, tired!"
After hearing these words, Xu Yun couldn't help but observe Lao Tang carefully for a few seconds.
I found that Lao Tang's face was indeed much more haggard than some time ago.
The lips are chapped, the hair is messy, and the dark circles under the eyes are as thick as those of later authors - you know, although those pigeons like to procrastinate, their biological clocks are really in the underworld to the extreme...
But there is nothing we can do.
Who told this to be Cambridge?
Students at Cambridge University have great autonomy, and even some teaching assistants need the support of the Student Union in their daily lives - for example, Aveline can arrange the best student dormitories for Xiaomai and Xu Yun at will.
Coupled with the fact that the school is full of wealthy and powerful children, it is indeed quite a headache to deal with some things.
I don’t know if Xu Yun’s question happened to hit Lao Tang’s mailing address. Lao Tang simply took out a form from the backpack he carried with him, held a corner and raised it a few times:
"For example, this is the application form for school rangers - it is one of the job positions provided by the school to students. When we first returned to school from Scotland, we met two rangers."
"However, there are only 40 places for this position in one semester, and there are more than 200 applicants."
As he spoke, Lao Tang sighed softly again:
"This is not a list of students who can earn income without any effort, so the students who are eligible to apply for part-time jobs do not have very good family conditions."
"Some parents are low-income workers in London, some have brothers and sisters who have a lot of expenses...and there are also orphans like Tian Haosuo, whose parents have died and have no financial resources. The approval process is really confusing."
"But there are only so many places, so every applicant must go through careful comparison and discussion to decide whether they will be approved or not."
I heard the name Tian Haosuo.
Xu Yun on the side couldn't help being slightly startled, but immediately felt relieved.
Tian Haosuo's father died in a shipwreck, and his mother died of illness three years ago due to overwork. He relied on his own efforts to get into Cambridge.
No matter what secrets he has, at least one thing is certain:
He faced the dilemma of lack of money.
Although Xu Yun has already arranged some financial back-up for his compatriot, it will only take effect after he disappears. Tian Haosuo currently knows nothing about it.
Therefore, it is completely normal for him to take the initiative to apply for a job position within the school.
Think of this.
Xu Yun couldn't help but look at Lao Tang. After making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he lowered his voice and said:
"Mr. Thomson, the matter about Haosuo's classmate..."
Lao Tang immediately raised his eyebrows in understanding and looked back at him, saying nothing.
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Then Xu Yun suddenly thought of something again and asked Lao Tang:
"By the way, Mr. Thomson, speaking of that Alice... ahem, how is Senior Ellis doing?"
The Ellis Xu Yun is talking about is Frederick Agar Ellis, the biological son of Earl Ellis and a competitor for the president of the Lao Tang Academic Association.
Now that Lao Tang has successfully become the president of the Student Association, I don’t know what will happen to senior Ellis.
According to Cambridge school regulations, he must drop out of school, but after all, his father is a powerful old earl, and Xu Yun is not sure whether there are other means.
"Oh, you mean Frederick Agar Ellis."
Mention Ellis' name.
Lao Tang first waved his hands indifferently, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth still revealed his true thoughts:
"After that day, Count Ellis found many connections to keep him on campus. However, the election rules for student union president are core school rules."
"Coupled with Dean William Whewell's tough attitude, our son of an earl ended up dropping out of school."
"Originally, Earl Ellis seemed to want to send someone to send him to the University of Manchester, but recently the empire was preparing to attack the Crimean Peninsula, so Earl Ellis sent Ellis to the army to see if he could get military merit.
......."
"Wait, Mr. Thomson, what did you say?"
Before Lao Tang finished speaking, Xu Yun on the side noticed one of the words keenly, and his pupils shrank instantly:
"The Empire is preparing to attack the Crimean Peninsula?"
Lao Tang seemed a little puzzled by Xu Yun's reaction, and asked in equal surprise:
"Why, you don't know about this?"
Xu Yun quickly shook his head.
He really hadn't heard of it.
Upon seeing this, Lao Tang pondered for a moment and glanced towards the front of the classroom.
Finding that the professor had not arrived yet, he explained:
"Luo Feng, Maxwell, you should have studied modern history. Since ancient times, the conflict between the empire and the bear has been quite acute."
"The Mao Xiong does not like the Empire's colonization, and the Empire is also wary of the Mao Xiong's expansion in various places."
"Over the years, the conflicts between Mao Xiong and the Empire and several other countries have become more and more serious, until they are irreconcilable, so three days ago... the Queen signed a war mobilization order."
"The empire is preparing to join forces with Gaul and invest no less than 150,000 soldiers to launch an attack on the Crimean Peninsula."
Mention the word war.
Even someone with a somewhat paralyzed face like Lao Tang couldn't help but look a little excited at this time.
After all, he had no acquaintances in Mao Xiong, so he was not as concerned about Xu Yun's feelings as when he mentioned Eastern forms, so he naturally had some emotions.
And beside him.
Xu Yun's heart also stirred up a storm.
I see.......
In fact, in a sense, his earlier guess was not wrong:
The reason for the abnormal mood among Cambridge students today is indeed the war, but this war is not a crow, but...
The Crimean War was not supposed to break out until two years later.
That is...
The Anglo-Russian War!
This was an equally epoch-making war. In the later generations when Xu Yun traveled through time, it was even recognized as a preview of World War I!
In fact, the initial opponent in this war was not Britain and the Bear, but the Ottoman Empire and the Bear.
The cause of the war between the two was Tifa in the east, which is Jerusalem.
At that time, the woolly bears did not seek expansion in central Europe, but hoped to expand their territory to southern Europe, namely the Balkans.
Then it took the Balkan Peninsula as the starting point and continued to expand to Istanbul, a city filled with tears.
Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople, is the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and the holy city of the Orthodox Church.
The Mao Xiong claims to be the Third Rome. If it occupies Constantinople, it will gain legal and religious support.
At that time, Mao Xiong was a little too ambitious, thinking that he would not touch the core interests of the British.
But looking at Eurasia as a whole.
If the woolly bear really unifies all of Asia, then he will have the ability to flatten Europe, and Africa will also surrender to it.
So when Mao Xiong and the Ottoman Empire clashed over religious issues in Jerusalem.
Britain and France made a brilliant appearance, took the opportunity to side with the Ottomans, and launched the Crimean War.
in this war.
Mao Xiong invested more than 1.2 million troops and suffered more than 520,000 casualties.
The British and French forces invested 700,000 people and suffered 120,000 casualties, while the Ottoman Empire suffered more than 400,000 casualties.
Such horrific casualties are why it is called a rehearsal for World War I.
By the way.
It was during this war that two systems that became famous in later generations emerged:
One is Nightingale’s nurse healthcare system.
Another is a war correspondent:
At that time, various British newspapers sent a large number of reporters to the front line in order to increase sales. The reporters quickly reported the battle situation on the front line back to the British Isles.
By the end of the war.
With the laying of submarine cables completed, it would only take three days after the battle on the front line for the British to know how the battle was going.
In addition, during the later Boer War, a British war correspondent was captured by the Boers for four weeks and finally escaped from prison.
His name was Churchill, and he later became the British Prime Minister...
all in all.
Now the Crimean War, which was supposed to happen in 1853, broke out ahead of schedule. Judging from Lao Tang's statement, it seemed that Britain was still directly participating in the war, which surprised Xu Yun.
More importantly...
Will the start of the Crimean War still have any impact on Yiwu?
hiss.....
Don't dare to think about it.
It can only be said that the timeline of this copy is now moving in a direction beyond Xu Yun's control.
Then with this subtle emotion, Xu Yun passed through the literary history class in a daze.
Three hours later.
The big class is over.
Just when Xu Yun was considering whether to go to the library or the Gwu Club, Stokes suddenly appeared outside the classroom.
Xu Yun's cheap tutor looked around the classroom and saw Xu Yun walking back to him:
"Classmate Luo Feng, come with me. The dean wants to see you."
...........
Note:
Some readers asked how many words this book would contain. I initially estimated it to be between 2.5 and 3 million words. This is the number of words that I have already prepared as an outline.
The current average follow-up bookings have exceeded expectations. If it can continue to be maintained, I may write a longer article. It depends on the situation.
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I recommend one, "The Last Gentleman", A Feiju's new book. This one shouldn't need to explain too much.
A diseased book is growing and spreading in the most inconspicuous corners of the book, waiting for someone to flip through its swollen cover and touch its squirming words...