Chapter 223 The truth is revealed
Half an hour later.
William Thomson returned to the carriage carrying the washed potatoes.
At this time, Will had already prepared pots and firewood, and led Xu Yunli to cut potatoes into cubes and start cooking dinner.
Bang bang bang——
The dry and hard firewood made a crisp crackling sound in the fire, which was extremely clear in the empty 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. The common meat dishes on their menus are often poultry such as beef, sheep and chicken.
How to say it
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 - they 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 a national dish like 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 the UK.
There is a British dish called black pudding - this is a meat dish made from pig's blood and beef's blood plus oats. It is a very typical breakfast in northern England.
So the same.
Lard was also a common bread ingredient in 19th-century Europe.
Its name was Youli, and it was not until later that it was replaced by butter.
Zizzi——
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 a while.
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:
"Thank you."
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, so just don't let anything happen again."
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 an unsmiling, very aloof image, 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-hearted father of thermodynamics was surprisingly kind-hearted.
But what’s going on with this two-dimensional blonde arrogance?
Then Thomson filled himself another bowl of potato soup, broke off a small piece of bread with his long fingers, and dipped into the soup while it was 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 we get to London, this kind of behavior will be very rude at the dinner table."
Will laughed a few times, like a student who was called 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?"
The carriage Thomson and Will rode was a two-wheeled carriage, which looked ordinary and had no characteristics.
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 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 thing that could be used for lighting between bathroom breaks would definitely not be an oil lamp or a torch, because they would be too troublesome to operate.
So if nothing unexpected happens.
It should be something like a match or a fire stick?
But to his surprise.
After a while.
Thomson took out a black, 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."
Saying this, 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 flipped 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 at this time, Edison was only three years old
Not to mention that the flashlight would not be invented until 1938, after the light bulb appeared. 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 problem 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 you 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 lead to the collapse of the theoretical system he established."
"So he wrote a letter to his friend 'Fat Fish' - the person from the Fengling Yueying Sect I asked you about, hoping to get help."
"In that reply, Fat Fish not only answered Sir Newton's doubts, but also pointed out a certain idea. Pass the bracket to me."
After taking Xu Yun's stent, Will said:
"Based on this, Lord Newton used this experiment to obtain a special spot, 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.
That’s it
No wonder he felt a strange sense of disobedience 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 first 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 era of the dungeon will be left in the real world 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, it is also a world affected by the letter he wrote back to Mavericks!
Think about it.
develop according to normal history.
Not until 1808.
Marius 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 will be 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 with Mavericks' wisdom, there are probably other ideas that can fill this cognitive gap.
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 door.
But some of the theories or ideas he left behind can make it easy for future generations to invent flashlights - it's just a matter of who is the lucky one.
In other words.
This is a world where the speed of world development has been disrupted twice, a world where the history of science 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 Mavericks is just a physicist, with Mavericks' 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 changed so much, would Adam Hopkins still exist?
After all, this is a purely theoretical expert.
It should be, right?
(End of chapter)