He picked the nearest one and showed the invitation to the driver.

The coachman subconsciously looked at him twice, then looked at the invitation carefully, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, Bachelor, please get on the bus."

The car is empty.

Because senior bachelors were at the front when offering sacrifices, but were at the end when leaving.

After waiting for several minutes, someone finally came.

"Brother Deguang please."

"Brother Duanzheng please come first."

"Brother Shaoyin should be invited first."

"..."

Several people outside the car were showing humility to each other. After waiting for a long time, no one got on the car first.

"Then I would be rude. Sorry, rude."

Finally, someone opened the side door of the carriage, and the curtain was half-opened. A Dongpo scarf got in first, and then half of his head.

Before his head was fully penetrated, he saw Xie Yan sitting inside.

This was a little old man. He was confused by Xie Yan. He quickly retracted his head and asked the coachman: "Is this the carriage going to Taixue?"

The coachman smiled and said: "My husband found the wrong car. The young husband inside is also a bachelor."

"Brother Deguang, what happened?" asked the scholar next to him.

The little old man laughed: "There is someone inside, and he is still a teenager."

After saying that, he got into the car and sat next to Xie Yan, looking at it carefully with great interest.

One after another, a few more came in.

The little old man raised his hand to Xie Yan and said, "Old man Gu Yu, whose courtesy name is Deguang, is a calligrapher and painter. What do you call me, little friend?"

Xie Yan cupped his hands and returned the greeting: "Junior Xie Yan, courtesy name Chaozong."

Before the little old man could speak, another old man who had just walked in said: "Are you Xie Yan? I heard that this grand meeting was started because of you. Someone used your achievements to create a damping balance, which made many people happy.

Breaking through the bottleneck in physical chemistry.”

"I was scolded badly too," another old man said.

These old men are all engaged in literature, history and art.

They did not understand Xie Yan's academic achievements, but they were more accepting of Xie Yan because of this, and even had a kind of appreciation for the talented boy.

A genius, a young bachelor, how romantic it sounds!

Literati like this tune.

They didn't even have time to introduce themselves before they started talking in the carriage.

"Those science scholars are more clinging to the past than we are. Instead of caring for the good-looking young geniuses, they criticize and abuse them. Isn't this destroying academic talents?"

"Their seniority management is more serious than ours."

"On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, I was invited by my juniors to participate in a literary meeting, and I also met a bachelor of mathematics who came to present a paper. Haha, I heard that he had achieved great results, but he was too unorthodox and was not allowed to present a paper. It was embarrassing for the mathematics school.

We’re here at the Wenhui!”

"I also read that paper."

"How can you, a person who studies epigraphy, understand a mathematical paper?"

"Who hasn't learned mathematics when they were in school? That paper is outrageous. It assumes that a straight line has multiple parallel lines. If his paper is true, wouldn't our middle school geometry learning be in vain?"

"Is this really outrageous?"

"No wonder the School of Mathematics doesn't issue papers, it's just nonsense."

"..."

These old men made some random remarks and did not criticize Wang Daqing all the time. They were more looking at the math school’s jokes!

While he was talking, two more people came in, and finally the carriage was full.

"Masters, take your seats!"

The coachman warned, waved his whip and stepped on the accelerator.

Everyone brought their servants with them. The traffic was not good today, so the servants did not ride in the carriages, but ran behind the carriages.

During the journey, they introduced each other, but Xie Yan didn't remember everything for a while.

Gu Yu, courtesy name Deguang, was a painter, calligrapher, and expert on Qin and Han history.

Liu Ke, courtesy name Xianzhi, was a historian, Confucian scholar, and a great contemporary Confucian scholar.

Fan Zhuang, also known as Duanzheng, is an archaeologist and epigraphy expert.

Wei Zizhi, courtesy name Shaoyin, is a painter, calligrapher and religious scholar.

Wu Songnian, courtesy name Bojian, was a painter and calligrapher who was also proficient in garden design and courtyard decoration.

The last ones to come up were two science scholars.

Xin Bingwen, courtesy name Zhou Chen, was a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer.

Tan You, courtesy name Zongji. Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and geographer.

Because they did not study chemistry, Xin Bingwen and Tan You did not have any ill feelings towards Xie Yan. Instead, they greatly admired Xie Yan's damping paper.

Tan You pointed to the box at Xie Yan's feet: "I heard that my little friend was invited to explain molecular theory. Are these all chemical experimental equipment?"

"That's right." Xie Yan smiled.

Xin Bingwen laughed: "If it is, it is, if it is not, it is not. What does it mean?"

Xie Yan explained: "It can be used for chemical experiments and physical experiments."

Tan You asked: "The more you talk, the more curious I become, what exactly are you pretending to be?"

"The balance." Xie Yan said.

"Did you make your own damping balance?" Xin Bingwen asked.

Xie Yan replied: "Yes. But it is a little different from the damping balance of Master Nie."

If it's different, how big of a difference can there be?

The two of them stopped asking for details.

The address of the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy is in the city, but it belongs to the administrative agency and editorial department, and the building area is not large.

This time, the conference was held on the Taixue site outside the city, so all the Taixue students had a few days off.

However, many Taipei students did not leave the school. They were allowed to lie down at the doors and windows to listen. After the meeting, some academic lectures were also organized, which were given by bachelors to Taipei students.

One carriage after another slowly left the city, with many servants following behind, and gradually they saw the Taipei Imperial College building.

Martial law has been enforced nearby.

Because Queen Mother Ye, the young emperor, the eldest princess, the Minister of Rites and other dignitaries will come to attend the opening meeting in the afternoon.

Many scholars rode horse-drawn carriages to the Taixue dormitory area.

Many outside students (self-financed preparatory students) have been evicted, leaving dormitories for invited scholars to live in. These self-financed students have money at home, so even if they have no place to live temporarily, they can find an inn on their own.

Of course, there are also many scholars who live a fastidious life. They pay their own money to live in high-end rooms in inns, and are not willing to come to Taixue to squeeze into dormitories with servants.

Xie Yan and his entourage were arranged into a dormitory, and they had to bring their own bedding and mats.

After stuffing the box under the bed and guarding it with a follower, Xie Yan went to the cafeteria with another follower.

Scholars have free meals.

During the meal, Xie Yan met a few more people, including a chemist who was not very enthusiastic about him.

Shortly after the meal, someone shouted: "The palace carriage is coming!"
Chapter completed!