Chapter 602: Li Shimin Driving
"Poetry maniac, take me to see it!" Li Shimin finally woke up from the shock and spoke excitedly.
"Yes, Your Majesty asks you to come." Li Hao nodded and led Li Shimin and his ministers to the school classroom.
Since Lantian has a large land area, there is no need to consider the area issue. When building the school, Li Hao did not build a teaching building, but built a simple tiled house, with a similar style to the elementary school he was a child. Li Hao took Li Shimin to the corridor, and with the help of the light, he could see a door sign hanging on the door, and the door sign read: Class 2, Grade 3.
Li Shimin pointed to the door sign and asked, "Class 2, Grade 3? What does this mean?"
Li Hao bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is a school created by me. It is divided into six grades. The students advance to the first grade every year. However, there are too many students in each grade, so each grade is divided into multiple classes. This is the classroom of Class 2 in Grade 3."
"Oh, so that's it." Li Shimin asked as he walked in, "What knowledge do you teach students?"
Li Hao said: "When you go to Your Majesty, the students here do not study the Four Books and Five Classics, do not study the ways of Confucius and Mencius, but only study physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and these studies are collectively called science."
"Science..." Li Shimin thought about it when he heard this, and he couldn't help but think of the scientific research temple.
However, a gray-haired civil servant couldn't help but sneer at Li Hao's words: "Hmph, what kind of mess is all the wrong ways, they are all non-sense and non-sense. If they don't learn the way of saints, they dare to call it knowledge?"
Li Hao sneered when he heard this, "This old man was joking. Although the saint is powerful, he may not know everything in the world and has specialized in his profession."
"Bastard!" The old minister with gray hair suddenly glared and shouted, "You look down on the saint!"
"The elder is joking." Li Hao sneered, "Li Hao did not have such an intention. Li Hao said that the saints are very powerful, but the saints are proficient in life philosophy first and literature second, so Confucius is a great thinker and educator, but the saints are not proficient in science."
"It's outrageous! How do you know that the saints are not proficient in science, and what science is!"
They just walked under the light. Li Hao pointed to the light bulb that shined brightly and said with a smile: "This is science. Master, you are deeply studying the way of the saints. Please tell me with the knowledge in the saint's book why this lamp... is so bright, why it can be bright without any fuel."
The old minister was speechless and could only keep glaring and snorting coldly. Li Hao smiled calmly and continued, "There was a record in Liezi Tangwen. The original text was like this. Confucius traveled eastward and saw two children fighting and asking why. One child said, "I am going to be near when the sun starts to leave, and the sun is far away." One child said, "The sun starts to come out as big as a car hood, and when the sun is middle and the sun is like a plate bowl. Is this not far away small but close? "One child said, "The sun starts to come out as cool as a sun, and when the sun is middle and the sun is like a soup, is this not close, and is it hot or far away? " Confucius couldn't decide. The two children laughed and said, "Who is you more Zhihu? " Can you ask everyone, can you tell the answer to the questions of these two children, is it the sun close at sunrise or when the sun is middle and the sun is near?"
Li Hao threw this question, like throwing a bombshell, blowing the ministers to the point where they were burnt and tender. How could they know the problem that even Saint Kong could not solve? Sure enough, Yu Zhining suddenly said loudly: "King Nan Qiong was joking. The saint could not solve this problem. How could we know it? Does King Nan Qiong know the answer?"
Li Hao really knew the answer, but he couldn't say it, because it involved astronomy and geography. The first thing he had to tell them was the earth. Since the earth was mentioned, it would involve the universe and various galaxy issues. He couldn't say these because he could not prove that they were living on the earth yet. This was a provocation to Chinese theism. The emperor used the imperial power to deceive the people and provoked the divine power, which was to provoke the imperial power. If there was no sufficient evidence, he would be targeted. In the West, wouldn't some people mentioned by the Sun Center be burned to death as pagans?
Li Hao could only smile lightly and said, "Actually, I don't know. I asked this question, just to tell you that the saints also have things that they don't know and problems that cannot be solved. Science, profoundness, and there is no end. It is definitely not something that anyone can master. Learning endlessly is the four words "I don't need to tell you."
All the ministers were silent when they heard this. Li Hao's words were like the truth, which made them unable to refute them at all, and they could only remain silent.
Seeing that the ministers were suppressed by Li Hao and deliberately resolved the embarrassment, Li Shimin pointed to the light bulb and asked, "Shi Kuang, tell me, why can the electric light be so bright, and it can be bright without oil and fire?"
"Yes." Li Hao said, "Your Majesty, since this lamp is called an electric lamp, the source power that makes the lamp light is electricity. I believe Your Majesty is familiar with it. When thunder is blowing, it will be accompanied by lightning."
"I have naturally seen lightning." Li Shimin said, "but the power of lightning is extraordinary. How did you draw lightning down, and how did you use it to light the lightning?"
Li Hao said: "Your Majesty, this electricity is not lightning, but electricity generated by generators. Electricity is magical and invisible. There are many ways to produce it. It can be guided and transmitted through conductors. It has extremely fast speed and current transmission of tens of thousands of miles, which only takes a blink of an eye."
"So fast?" Li Shimin was quite shocked when he heard this.
"Your Majesty." Li Hao continued to preach, "Science is great and complex. Students in the school need six years of basic study and three years of further study before they can join my scientific research department for scientific research. I will not be able to explain such complex issues clearly to Your Majesty for a while, otherwise science will not be worth a penny."
"Well, it makes sense." Li Shimin nodded, "How can I understand what others have learned after ten years of poverty? It's because I'm greedy."
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Hao said, "Your Majesty, electric lights are just the most basic use of electricity. In fact, electricity has a greater effect. Electricity can be used as a source of power. Ships, cars, etc. can be driven by electricity, and the speed is extremely fast, far from comparable to sails and cattle and horses."
"Is that true!" Li Shimin looked at Li Hao in surprise when he heard this.
Li Hao continued: "Not only that, Your Majesty, electricity can also boil water, cook rice, and keep warm. There is nothing that cannot be done, only unexpected."
Li Shimin asked in shock: "Where did these electricity come from?"
Li Hao said: "When you go back to your majesty, I have just said that generators can generate electricity. With my current capabilities, I will build a large power station. The power provided by several giant generators can maintain the electricity used by the people in the entire Chang'an and even the surrounding area of two hundred miles. If this is true, from then on, the nights in Chang'an will be like daytime, with street lights on the streets and lights on every household. And in Taiji Palace, you can imagine what kind of day it was?"
Li Shimin was immediately immersed in longing when he heard this. To be honest, he really yearned for such a life. He no longer had to touch the darkness at night, and he no longer had to go dark after night in the city.
The ministers were extremely anxious to see. They could see that Li Shimin was moved by Li Hao's words, but they didn't understand the power aspect and were not easy to interrupt. So Chu Suiliang had a sudden inspiration and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, King Qiongnan also said in his memorial that there were steam engines and steam locomotives, which did not require cattle, horses, people and animals. The carts could be moved by themselves. I want to see if King Qiongnan deceived the emperor."
When he talked about the magical car, Li Shimin suddenly woke up and said curiously: "Shimakuai, where is your magic car? Take me to see it quickly."
After seeing the electric light, Li Shimin began to believe in Li Hao. In fact, he believed in Li Hao very much, but what Li Hao said this time was too incredible, as if he was wild and could not believe it at all. No wonder Li Shimin suspected at first that in fact, Li Shimin was willing to come to Lantian, which proved that he still trusted Li Hao more, otherwise he would definitely sneer and think that he was foolish.
"Your Majesty, please come." Li Hao said, and took Li Shimin to a large alley next to the scientific research room. There was an iron door in the alley. Through this iron door, you entered the backyard.
There were special forces guarding the iron gate. Seeing Li Hao coming, Li Hao did not need Li Hao's instructions, the two special forces opened the iron gate and saluted Li Shimin and Li Hao.
Li Hao led Li Shimin into the backyard and immediately saw the steam engine and steam locomotive lined up one left and one right.
"Is this what you mean by steam locomotive?" Li Shimin seemed very interested in steam locomotives and stepped forward and circled around the steam locomotive.
Li Hao said: "Go back to Your Majesty, yes, I will show it to Your Majesty immediately."
After saying that, he waved to Cheng Qingyun and others and asked him to come over to preheat. Li Hao explained to Li Shimin that the steam engine is powered by steam, so it requires a certain preheating time. The larger the steam engine, the longer the preheating time. Li Shimin expressed his understanding and then looked at the steam engine with anticipation.
Soon, white air emerged from the exhaust pipe of the steam engine. Cheng Qingyun came over and saluted and said, "Teacher, the emperor, the steam locomotive can be started. Do you need a villain to show it?"
"No need, I will show you personally for the emperor." Li Hao sent Cheng Qingyun to the side, and then said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, please get in the car, I will take you all the way."
"Okay." Li Shimin was extremely happy and nodded repeatedly. Xu Lian hurried forward to support him. Li Hao also supported him from the left. The two of them helped Li Shimin into the passenger seat on the left and right. Li Hao walked around to the other side and got into the driver's seat.
"Your Majesty, I am going to start, please hold the handrail."
"Okay." Li Shimin held the handrail in front of him tightly with both hands, looking a little nervous and looking forward to it.
"Three! Two! One! Start!" Li Hao shouted loudly, pulled the gear lever, and the car fell backwards, which scared Li Shimin.
The ministers also exclaimed.
Li Shimin hurriedly asked, "Why is this car going back?"
Li Hao smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I've been on the wrong gear." Then he stepped on the brake and stopped, and then hung up another forward gear. The car suddenly drove forward slowly, and the speed gradually became faster, and finally basically maintained at a speed of 15 yards, which was much faster than the carriage.
Li Shimin sat in the car and was amazed, and the ministers were also shocked. It turned out that what Li Hao said was true. There was such a magical thing in the world.
Li Hao drove around the open space and finally stopped slowly. Before Li Hao could speak, Li Shimin asked excitedly: "Can I let this car... let me drive it?"
"This..." Li Hao was a little embarrassed. He wanted to ask Li Shimin, "Do you have a driver's license?"
However, he could not say such a slut, so he could only nod and said, "Okay, Your Majesty drives, I will guide you."
"Okay, okay." Li Shimin nodded happily.
The two changed positions, Li Shimin sat in the driver's seat, Li Hao sat in the passenger seat and pointed: "This is the steering wheel. If you turn left, the car will go left and turn right, and the car will go right. This is the gear lever. Push forward, the car will drive forward, pull back, and the car will go backward. If it is in the middle, it is neutral, and the car will have no power. This is the brake. Once you step hard, the car will stop. Your Majesty remember that after stopping the car, you must turn the gear lever to neutral."
"Okay, I understand." Li Shimin thought about what Li Hao said in his mind, then pushed the gear lever, and the car started slowly and drove forward.
Li Shimin turned the steering wheel excitedly and shouted: "I've driven, I can drive this steam locomotive."
Chapter completed!