The location of the lectures is in an auditorium in Cambridge, which is probably not too big and can accommodate more than 300 people. In fact, in the era without loudspeakers, unless the acoustic design is extremely reasonable, a place that is too large has limited meaning. It is said that some generals with naturally loud voices can deliver pre-war speeches to tens of thousands of troops in the wilderness, and everyone can hear them. But these kinds of high-power human-human speakers are hard to find. At least, Scrooge does not have such high-end equipment, and most of the scholars who give lectures do not bring such equipment.

In addition, compared to the provocative speeches before the war, the lectures are very long, often lasting several hours (there will be a break in between), and there is no teacher-student interaction in the middle. The scholars who give lectures talk about it. If you are still in the wilderness, facing tens of thousands of people, even if you call those guys who are born with high-power human speakers, it will last for several hours. It is estimated that it is also unbearable.

But today, at least 600 people squeezed into the auditorium that could only accommodate 300 people. Not only were the chairs full of people, but the aisles were also full of people. To avoid the phenomenon of heat stroke, all the large French windows were decorated with stained glass, and all the doors in the auditorium were also left open. As a result, people were crowded outside the windows and the doors. Among these people, some of them are interested in the "Some Ideas for Future Hospitals" that Scrooge will do (Scrooge is a slacker since Prince Albert asked him to help formulate a standardized hospital structure, he will simply use this as the content of my lectures in Cambridge.) I am very interested in the speech; some are just interested in visiting the zoo to see what the so-called genius looks like; some plan to find an opportunity to give this annoying The American Yankee came up with a problem, stumped him, and made a name for himself.

Roy came to the auditorium very early, not only he, but even his father, Mr. Ord, also came. Mr. Ord doesn't know much about science, but when he knows that today's speech may include how to avoid and overcome puerperal fever, as well as infectious diseases such as scarlet fever, the old gentleman can't sit still up. You know, Mr. Ord's wife, Roy, and Dorothea's mother died of puerperal fever after giving birth to Dorothea's brother. And Dorothea's younger brother contracted scarlet fever and died within two months after his mother died. Therefore, upon hearing such a topic, the old gentleman couldn't sit still.

Cambridge is a university town, the town of Cambridge is the University of Cambridge, and the University of Cambridge is the town of Cambridge. So, there are shops and hotels at Cambridge University. There are theaters, and even a theater (of course, the university will say that the theater belongs to the town of Cambridge and has absolutely nothing to do with the university, although many of their customers are students and faculty members of Cambridge. Moreover, this thing, Oxford There are too!). The university has no walls, so there are many cases where residents and even foreign tourists mix in to participate in some university activities. No one will care about it. So the old gentleman came with his son, and they couldn't leave Dorothea alone in the hotel as a child (though there was a nurse, everyone knew that the nurse couldn't control Dorothea at all.), But, um, gender discrimination in Cambridge is still very serious. During lectures and other activities, no one would care if outsiders mixed in to observe, but women mixed in to observe, at that time, it would be considered intolerable. So Roy had an idea and simply dressed Dorothea as a boy. Anyway, Dorothea looks so cute, and she is still young, and her secondary sexual characteristics have not yet been shown, so it is not so easy to see that she is pretending to be a boy.

So Roy bought Dorothea a boy's clothes in the tailor shop and let her wear them. What? You mean Dorothea's long hair that fell to her waist, that shone like gold in the sun, and flowed like a waterfall? There are many ways to cover this up. Like... nonsense! How can it be cut off? How can you come up with such an idea? You must be jealous! Don't waste your troubles, if you cut Dorothea's hair off, your mirror at home wouldn't say you were the cutest little lolita! The solution to the problem is very simple. First, put Dorothea's hair up, and then put a tall top hat on it.

"Brother, can I dress like this?" Dorothea asked timidly after changing into men's clothes. Wearing trousers for the first time made her feel uncomfortable.

"Well, yes, it's so cute, it looks like a boy!" Seeing his daughter dressed as a little boy, old Mr. Ord also laughed, "Dorothea, I didn't expect you to be so cute dressed as a boy ...Oh, by the way, now we can't call Dorothea Dorothea, we're going to give her a boy's name, um, what's the name..."

"Let's call it Toto," Roy interjected.

"You bad brother!" Dorothea jumped up and raised her small fist high towards Roy, because "Toto" was the name of a border collie in their family.

Because they came early, the Roy family could still find a few chairs in the front row and sit down. After they sat down, after a while, the number of people gradually increased. After a while, the surrounding seats were filled, and the aisle next to them also began to be filled with people. Roy sat in a chair near the aisle, and his father sat a little beyond, with Dorothea in between.

They waited for a long time, the noisy surroundings, and the heat brought by many people crowded here, made Dorothea feel like she was about to faint. Fortunately, at this time, a person in a black dress walked up To the podium, he picked up a small hammer and knocked on the small bell hanging next to the podium.

As the bell rang, the entire auditorium quickly fell silent. At that time, the quality of etiquette among Cambridge University students was quite high. Well, at least, there will be no casual throwing of leather shoes.

"Isn't this man Brother Scrooge?" Dorothea widened her beautiful eyes.

"Next, let us welcome our guest with applause, the discoverer of bacterial pathogenicity and the conqueror of disease, Mr. Scrooge MacDonald gave us a speech entitled "Some Ideas for Future Hospitals". "After the man in the black dress finished speaking, he stepped aside and took the lead in applauding, and the audience also applauded.

Dorothea saw her brother Scrooge come out from backstage amid the applause and walk up to the podium. He nodded to everyone, then stretched out his hands and pressed down, and the applause stopped quickly.

"Brother Scrooge looks so handsome now! Even my brother doesn't seem to be as good as him, and the others are even more..." Thinking like this, little Lolita felt a little hot on her face, and wanted to touch her hand Cheeks must be flushing. So she looked around guiltily, but fortunately, everyone was staring at Brother Scrooge, and no one noticed her. But the little loli still lowered her head shyly. It took a while to look up.

Although she lowered her head, little Lolita was still listening to what Brother Scrooge had to say as carefully as possible. However, just like when Brother Scrooge explained those math problems to his brother when he was on the boat, she still couldn't understand anything. But strictly speaking, there is still a difference. When Scrooge and Roy talked about those things on the boat, little Lori couldn't understand a single word, but here, most of the words Scrooge said, What is high temperature, what is increasing pressure, what is the fixed procedure, what is strict disinfection, what is nursing, she can understand everything, but she can't understand these words together. But this didn't stop little Lolita from proudly thinking "Brother Scrooge is amazing" in her heart, and it didn't stop little stars one after another from constantly flashing out of her big eyes looking up at Scrooge.

The whole lecture lasted nearly three hours, and Dorothea didn't understand it. Facing such a lengthy speech, and she couldn't understand what was said, she could still listen to it with interest. No dozing off, or a sense of impatience. The last time my father took me to the opera, there were still people singing on the stage, but I still only lasted for less than an hour and fell asleep like a little pig.

After the speech, as usual, about half an hour was left for the audience to ask questions. The originally quiet auditorium suddenly became lively. Some people kept whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about; some people began to raise their hands high.

"This speech is thoughtful and detailed about the construction of the future hospital. As far as this speech alone is concerned, it can be regarded as very good." They discussed in whispers.

"Well, it seems that everyone thinks that Brother Scrooge is very powerful." Little Lolita thought happily, and at the same time felt that the guys in the front row who kept blocking his sight just now seemed less annoying. However, immediately after she heard these words:

"Yes, it would be nice if he was an Englishman, but unfortunately he is a vulgar Yankee!" ("What's wrong with the Yankee? Unlike you Brits, they are all thieves and robbers!" Little Lolita said viciously in her heart He scolded the guy in front and gave him a hard look at the back of his head. If that British guy had a pair of eyes on the back of his head, he would probably be so cute that he would faint from the attack. However, that British guy Has no eyes on the back of their head. So little Loli's eye attack is completely ineffective.)

"Why don't we just ask him about the rumors in the tabloids?" The guy who ignored Little Lolita's "Death Eye" attack continued.

"Isn't that nice? It's so unrefined," replied the other guy.

But at this time, when several consecutive questioners failed to stump Scrooge, someone brought out the rumors in the tabloids.

"Mr. Macdonald, there is a newspaper saying that you used black slaves to conduct human experiments. Is this true? And what do you think of the backward and barbaric slavery in the United States?"

"You're the only barbarian behind!" Little Lolita was very angry.

"This is complete nonsense." Scrooge replied, "I have always opposed the slavery system, and I think it is indeed a barbaric and backward system. Although the existence of this system in the United States is a problem left over from history, it is indeed a part of the United States. Shame. But I believe that the American people will wake up and they will consciously abandon this inhumane system. Also, we think slavery is barbaric and cruel, which is based on comparing the situation of slaves with our worker's Conclusion. As we all know, the situation of our American workers is much better than that of Europe. In my company, they even started to enjoy the 8-hour working day. Compared with them, the situation of slaves is indeed heartbreaking. There is indeed no slavery in Europe, but those men, women, and even children in sweatshops who undertake labor that they cannot bear at all, are they, not modern free slaves? The kind that makes workers look like The system of turning around the machine like a donkey for sixteen hours or more, so that these men, women, and children eat worse than slaves, sleep less than slaves, and die earlier than slaves, isn't it? Modernized, but more barbaric slavery?"

Scrooge's answer silenced everyone present, but Dorothea, who was full of little stars, couldn't help clapping her hands desperately, and shouted: "Brother Scrooge, well said! Then the whole auditorium became lively. Some people shouted: "Damn red elements!" Some people shouted: "Well said! You are a good businessman with a conscience!"

Scrooge had also heard the first cry of support, and he forgot to look that way but saw nothing. Because many people stood up excitedly, the petite Dorothea was completely blocked by them. What's more, little Lolita is in a very bad mood right now, she sits blankly on her chair with her head lowered, her face pale.

"Brother Scrooge said that he is most against slavery! He said that slavery is inhumane, barbaric, and cruel, but, but... Dorothea's family seems to have many, many black slaves! "

At this time, a hand reached out and took Dorothea's trembling little hand. Dorothea looked up and saw her father's loving face.

"Son, your brother Scrooge is right, and he is indeed qualified to criticize the slavery system. Your father and your brother have long thought of freeing the slaves in our family, but they are only worried about the opinions of other neighbors. I have decided, When we return from Europe this time, we will set free all the slaves."

"Is this true?" Little Loli looked at her father and then at her brother.

Roy smiled at her and nodded.