The fragrance of flowers is scattered in the wind

  In 1905, the Russo-Japanese War broke out, and little Japan defeated Russia, greatly stimulating the nerves of the Chinese people. A large number of young people with aspirations went to Japan to study advanced military affairs, systems, culture, and as many as 8,000 students went to Japan in just one year.

  At this time, Jiang Yu was standing on the deck of a steamer, blowing gently in the sea breeze, smelling the salty and humid smell, which was a passenger ship heading to England.

  In Jiang Yu's view, Japan didn't have anything particularly special about it. He didn't go to Japan like others did, but instead went to England.

  The young man stood upright on the deck, wearing a tailcoat. At just thirteen years old, Jiang Yu was traveling alone to the other side of the ocean. He had already reached 165cm in height and had a clear and handsome face. Due to practicing martial arts from a young age, Jiang Yu's body was full of energy, his eyes shining brightly and captivating people's hearts.

  The only thing that felt out of place was that he had just cut off his braid, and his short hair was blown by the sea breeze, flying wildly behind his head, with a hint of wildness that seemed to have escaped.

  In 1905! Having been in this world for 13 years, Jiang Yu had kept his queue for nearly ten years and finally got rid of the damned thing.

  As soon as the passenger ship left the harbor, Jiang Yu cut off his braid.

  Life on the passenger ship was quite boring, with nothing but sea and sea. Every day, Jiang Yu would go to the deck early in the morning to practice boxing. Jiang Yu had been a disciple of Zhang Zhan Kui since he was five years old. Zhang Zhan Kui was a top-level martial arts master of the Republic of China, proficient in Xingyiquan and Baguazhang, and had trained many famous disciples, making him a rare good teacher.

  Eight years of martial arts training gave Jiang Yu a strong and healthy physique.

  No one knew he was a time-traveler, just like Alina, a British girl he met on the ship, who saw him every morning when she came up to the deck and was amazed by his fluent English.

  Alina is a beautiful pianist, wearing a heavy and noble silk skirt, very classic modern dress, recently traveled to Shanghai for a tour, just planning to return to the UK.

  Jiang Yu would go to her first-class cabin every day to borrow her piano. In her previous life, Jiang Yu had learned to play the piano, but she could only play it so-so.

  But what surprised Ailina was that Jiang Yu played many piano pieces she had never heard before, and one "Liang Zhu" made her infatuated.

  Jiang Yu couldn't possibly remember so many piano pieces, yet he had a secret 'cheat' that nobody else knew about.

  Jiang Yu, who had traveled through time and space, surprisingly found that he had a "computer network" in his mind that could connect to the 21st century. Every time he closed his eyes for a short while, he could surf the internet just like he did in the 21st century.

  Reading various materials, listening to music, watching movies...

  He also spoke fluent English, which he had learned since childhood after crossing over, and also learned French and German. In his daily life, he often went to church to talk with foreign priests in order to improve his foreign language skills.

  With the piano, Jiang Yu suddenly became fulfilling on his way to Britain, spending a lot of time practicing boxing and playing the piano every day.

  Eight years of martial arts training gave Jiang Yu extremely agile body and quick reflexes, his memory became incredibly strong after deliberate practice, his piano playing skills rose sharply.

  Ailina unknowingly fell in love with Jiang Yu, who was three years younger than him. His handsome courtesy, humor and wit, multiple talents all made Ailina deeply fascinated. The two talked freely about their ideals, Ailina wanted to become a great artist, Jiang Yu gave her many suggestions.

  Although Elina was infatuated, she made some hints to Jiang Yu several times, but Jiang Yu obviously had no interest in talking about love and did not fall in love with Elina, only treating the British girl as his good friend.

  After more than a month at sea, the passenger liner finally arrived in England. Irina found herself even more unable to extricate herself, but neither of them had determined their relationship, which left Irina full of loss. Upon learning that Jiang Yu would be staying in England for no more than a year, she could only leave her address with him, hoping he would write to her and maintain long-term contact.

  Soon after, Jiang Yu easily passed the entrance exam and was admitted to the law department of Cambridge University in England, officially starting his inspection tour in the UK.

  Perhaps the most valuable thing Britain can learn is their common law system, which can well maintain a country's social stability.

  This is a matter of reason and law, with reason preceding law, which is the common law of England and also the legal system used by successive Chinese dynasties for a long time.

  The continental law is law first and reason second. This kind of law is not very reasonable, often making ordinary people feel wronged and helpless.

  As a ruling class, the best way to maintain its rule is to grasp the hearts of the people, and it is obvious that common law is much more useful than continental law.

  However, although ancient China prioritized reason, its laws were not systematized. Jiang Yu's visit to the UK this time is to learn from their achievements in law.

  Jiang Yu spent only half a year at Cambridge University, during which he thoroughly read British common law and also learned mechanical manufacturing and design knowledge. At that time, the field of mechanical design and manufacturing was not very broad and was still in a relatively primitive stage, with few high-quality people, so every mechanical designer was an all-around talent, unlike later times when mechanical knowledge was divided into small pieces.

  Jiang Yu graduated ahead of schedule and immediately went to France.

  In early 1906, Jiang Yu came to France and quickly became famous in the Paris theater with his Chinese-style piano pieces such as "Liang Zhu" and "Jasmine Flower", which caused a sensation in Paris. With his handsome appearance, he was soon hailed by the French as the "Oriental Piano Prince" and every performance was always full.

  Many French noblewomen had a crush on Jiang Yu, and many of them invited him to spend the night together. However, due to his martial arts training, he did not dare to indulge in sensual pleasures, thus preserving his "virginity".

  Soon, Jiang Yu and a French businessman collaborated to set up a company that sold fashion, perfume, and cosmetics. The company was named "Estee Lauder" by the guy, which later became the world's largest skin care, makeup, and perfume company, founded in 1946.

  Jiang Yu not only plagiarized the name but also plagiarized the brand logo.

  Estee Lauder Companies not only operates skincare, cosmetics and fragrances but also fashion.

  The French like fashion and perfume, and French men and women are almost everywhere having affairs, especially among the nobility. This is related to the historical practice of the French emperor gathering the nobles together to live, when they had nothing to do but play around, resulting in a tradition.

  Jiang Yu launched aldehyde perfume, which is the 20th century classic N°5, ARPEGE, all new perfumes, as soon as they were launched, they received crazy popularity among French women, and Jiang Yu's designed new fashion, led the fashion of the entire French middle and upper class.

  New skincare and makeup products were also favored by the French, and Jiang Yu's company, Yves Saint Laurent, quickly became a leader in the French fashion world.

  The small merchant Flynn, who cooperated with Jiang Yu, admired this partner so much that after making a fortune, Jiang Yu immediately let Flynn set up the headquarters in the United States.

  America is the best place for gold mining. America was the only country that did not suffer from World War I, and if we set up our headquarters in France, business would be severely affected during the war.

  At the same time, Estee Lauder quickly obtained a bank loan and rapidly expanded the scale of the factory, and laid out company products in countries around the world.

  Some merchants from other countries saw the business opportunity and wanted agency rights, but Flynn reserved the US agency rights for himself according to Jiang Yu's instructions, while gradually releasing the agency rights of other countries at a high price.

  In just one year, Jiang Yu thoroughly became a dazzling artist and fashion designer in France, and gradually became the new overlord of French fashion.

  At the same time, through skincare products, cosmetics, perfumes and fashion, he made a profit of nearly 2 million pounds in various countries around the world, making Jiang Yu a rich man.

  Jiang Yu then spent some time on patent applications, such as plastic patents. This year there is no reliable plastic yet. But it will be soon, next year it will appear.

  In insulating materials, Indian lac is too expensive; plastics will replace it.

  At the same time this year, Jiang Yu continued to study mechanical design and manufacturing knowledge in depth, and interned at some factories for a period of time.

  Of course, Jiang Yu also sent 10 million pounds of silver to parents in China at the same time. At that time, each pound contained 7.32238 grams of gold, and the ratio of gold to silver was 1:38. 1000 pounds is equivalent to 8,833,000 taels of silver, but in fact, these pounds can be exchanged for 9.5 million taels of silver on the black market.

  Apart from this, he also remitted ￡10,000 to his domestic master Zhang Zhan Kui and sent back two letters to report safety. Then Jiang Yu thought for a moment and wrote another letter to Irina, who had met on the passenger ship, telling her that he was about to leave France and go to Germany to study military affairs.

  In early 1907, Jiang Yu made another big move. First, he applied to a French bank for a credit loan of 30 million yuan and then invested in the stock market, buying a large number of rubber stocks. At the same time, he also sent people to Nanyang to set up several rubber companies and planned to list them on the London Stock Exchange in the UK.

  After completing the rubber business, in mid-1907, Jiang Yu brought 10 million pounds to Munich, Germany and enrolled in the German Army University of Munich.

  Jiang Yu was successfully admitted to the Infantry Department of the Munich Army University, officially starting his military career.

  As for military knowledge, after crossing the river, Jiang Yu read extensively and had read "The Art of War", "Ji Xiao Xin Shu", "On War" and "The Science of Victory" and other military guiding ideologies. However, he still remained at the level of discussing military tactics on paper and had no substantial contact with actual military applications.

  Germany is Jiang Yu's last stop in Europe and also the most important one.

  As soon as he entered the Munich Army Academy, Jiang Yu was discriminated against by some German students. As a result, in the bayonet training course, Jiang Yu knocked down a group of Germans.

  The German who lost face was unwilling to be defeated by a young Chinese boy, so he found some older students to challenge Jiang Yu, attempting to defeat him.

  The result was still being picked up by Jiang Yu one by one, and the helpless Germans had no choice but to play a group fight. A dozen or so people with wooden bayonets rushed forward, still unable to do anything about Jiang Yu, who broke through them one by one and responded calmly to this siege. With his fierce martial arts skills, Jiang Yu declared his position at the Munich Military Academy, and from then on, no German student dared to provoke him again, and he was also called "Far East Tiger" by those German students.

  Jiang Yu met famous military scholar Jiang Fangzhen, who came to Munich in 2006 to study, and they quickly became good friends.

  Jiang Fangzhen, also known as Jiang Baili. A famous modern Chinese military theorist and educator. He studied in Germany at an early age and later served as the principal of Baoding Military Academy and acting president of the Army University. In his most important military theoretical work "On National Defense" (first published in 1937), Jiang Baili first proposed the military theory of protracted war against Japan.

  Jiang Baili was very talented in literature, with exceptional innate abilities, able to memorize everything he read from a young age. However, it is clear that during his military studies, Jiang Baili devoted some of his energy to literature. His talent was so outstanding that it was almost like having a super cheat code, remembering everything he had ever laid eyes on.

  In Chinese history, there were many national elites who could recite from memory and most of them became officials. Those who did not do well, such as Song Yingxing, also completed a book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature".

  According to later research, people with a photographic memory will have a 'screen' in front of them, and anything they see can be recalled and appear on the screen as soon as they think about it, which is how they can recite from memory. Without this cheating ability, even if you memorize an article very well, it's impossible to recite it backwards.

  This ability is a relatively common 'superpower', with over a thousand people around the world possessing it. Having this ability doesn't necessarily mean one will become a great talent, as many people stop striving after acquiring it and ultimately achieve little.

  Jiang Yu also had a similar cheating device, but the screen in front of him couldn't have such absolute memory power. However, it could connect to the 21st-century internet and install software like a computer. At the same time, he could save the information he wanted to remember onto a hard drive...

  However, after Jiang Yu's training, his memory was not bad either. Although he didn't have an absolute memory ability, generally speaking, looking at it once or twice and thinking about it in his mind would allow him to remember it.

  The two hit it off immediately and often talked all night. Jiang Yu soon also got to know other Chinese students at the Munich Army University.

  Due to Jiang's exceptional martial arts skills, he quickly gained a high reputation among these Chinese students and became one of the leaders of the Chinese students at the Munich Army University.

  Jiang Yu set up a martial arts club among Chinese students in Japan, teaching them martial arts to strengthen their bodies and build relationships.