Yan Su's lotus flower was very beautiful, but he gained a lot in Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion. Here he and Ye An discussed many things, from why birds fly to the sky, to the ebb and flow of the sea, to the benefits of utensils
, or even the moon’s day and sunset.
Chen Lin thinks that these two people are just crazy. The ebb and flow of the tide, the moon, the day and the sunset are the laws of heaven and earth. What is there to discuss? What they are saying in a serious manner is simply the crazy talk of a madman... Crazy!
But soon Chen Lin discovered that Ye An began to gradually introduce the study of objects into his daily life, and even took Yan Su to the back garden of his home. This was an unusual thing.
Only if you are good enough can you enter the back house.
Yan Su refused at first, but in the end he still couldn't resist Ye An's enthusiasm and yearning for studying things. Chen Lin didn't understand this yearning for studying things. He just thought that studying things might be beneficial to the country, but after all, it was rated as a wonderful skill by the saint.
Although the knowledge of obscene skill can help officials, it is dispensable and of no great use to governing the country.
Subconsciously, both Liu E and Chen Lin attributed the "emperor's way" mentioned by Ye An to Confucianism rather than science.
But in Ye An's view, governing the country scientifically and strengthening the country through science and technology are the most fundamental, practical and effective methods. No one can deny this. Ancient wisdom is great, but it has also evolved through thousands of years of Chinese nation.
The summed up experience is also unquestionable.
It's a pity that in the eyes of people of this era, gewu seems to be associated with strange skills and tricks. Even a person like Yan Su just wants to apply gewu into life and do something for the country.
Instead of treating Gewu as a subject, as a brand-new knowledge to delve into its origin.
This is why when he was in Yangcheng County, Wang Wen told Ye An that "the investigation of things is dependent on others". Even if he donated fine seeds, even if he trained the Anhua army, even if he gave lectures to Zhao Zhen, this fact could not be changed.
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After seeing a landscape built up of several waterwheels and wheel rows, both Yan Su and Chen Lin were greatly shocked. They had never seen such closely connected objects, and had never seen such an exquisite scene.
"Does it look good? Mumu and I made these at home. Every water wheel, every gear, and every wheel are tightly matched so that they can function. And you look at this!"
After Ye An finished speaking, he pointed with his bare hands. At this moment, Chen Lin and Yan Su discovered that among the many dazzling waterwheels, there was actually an iron chopping board connected to it.
When Ye An raised his hand and pulled out the horizontal bar, a fist-sized hammer began to swing up and down and hit the chopping board driven by complex gears. At this time, Ye An took a silver melon seed and placed it on it.
Ding-ding-dong-dang... As the hammer swings up and down, the silver melon seeds quickly turn into silver cakes, then slowly into silver leaves, and finally a very, very thin piece of paper on top.
Chen Lin thought this was interesting, but to Yan Su, it was extremely shocking and completely overturned his thoughts.
"The best thing is like water. Water benefits all things without conflict. This is the holy saying of Laozi. But today we see that this water has such power. If the equipment is huge and the water flow is fast, wouldn't it be able to break iron tools? Isn't it easy to make steel in this way... This...
…This is the way to study things?!”
After Chen Lin heard the word "hundred steel-making", her eyes suddenly froze, and then she looked at Ye An: "If it is possible, how much armor and how many soldiers can be forged every day?!"
Ye An smiled, and the two finally discovered the problem. Gewu can be used in the construction of the country, the construction of the army, and even change this era.
"I don't know because I haven't tried it!"
"How can I make an instrument like yours?!" Chen Lin asked Ye An impatiently. He suddenly felt that maybe helping Ye An create such an instrument would greatly change the military affairs of the Song Dynasty.
You must know that the imperial court spends tens of thousands of dollars on weapons, armor, arrows, and other equipment every year.
Ye An looked at him calmly and said: "Do you think this is the function of studying things? With all due respect, Chen Daguan's ideas are too narrow, even closed-minded! I need generals as prisoners, I need officials to give me manpower, and I need craftsmen.
, we need talents like Mr. Kamiya!”
Chen Lin suddenly realized, looked at Ye And and said: "It turns out that you have been making this idea for a long time, asking the saint for what you need through a certain family!"
"Almost, but you also know that our Song Dynasty needs these. Please ask Chen Daguan to forward this memorial to the saint!" Ye An took out a already written memorial from his sleeve, but Chen Lin did not take it.
Instead, he looked at Ye An and said with a smile: "Why don't you go to the palace to meet the saint yourself? Although you have no errands and no official position, you are still a bachelor of the official family, and you have the title of Marquis of the Founding of the State. If someone
I remember well, the ink fish talisman that was banned from entering and exiting is still on your kid, right? Why don't you dare to see the saint!"
Ye An was a little embarrassed for a moment: "I contradicted you in front of the saint before, and I have no face to see the saint again!"
"Absurd! A saint has a mother's heart to honor the world, how can he hate your actions of Meng Lang?! I haven't been to the palace for a long time. If you want to go to the official Zishan Hall, you should also visit the saint! The saint often says that you have no father.
Since she has no mother, she will treat you as her own nephew, how can she compete with the younger generation!"
Before Ye An could speak, Yan Su next to him was greatly moved. He patted Ye An on the shoulder and said, "The saint's kindness is known to the world. Immortality should not be like this. There should be no resentment at all. I will go to the palace tomorrow to plead guilty."
, the saint will definitely not punish you!"
Good guy, Ye An felt that Yan Su had transformed into the most loyal and patriotic Confucian disciple at this time, and kept telling him that he should reconcile with Liu E, but he didn't know the cause of the matter or what Liu E did, and he didn't care at all!
Chen Lin next to her finally showed a proud look. The old guy was still very concerned about the humiliation he had just done at the door. Now he felt the pleasure of winning back a victory. In the end, you, Ye An, had to go to the palace to plead guilty.
Compromise with the saint?
How can it be so easy to jump out of the court? Do you think that just by hanging up your crown and leaving, your Majesty will completely forget you? Impossible, your Majesty knows all too well what your Ye An is thinking!
Ye An also had no choice but to leave the court at the beginning and now feel helpless in the face of the development of Gewu. Only then did he realize that he was wrong.
He is simply not the kind of old man who can wait for decades to accumulate experience. What he needs now is for the study of gewu to rise. He needs help from policies, existing technical talents, channels, and even business.
In the name of the old Zhao family, we should gather these talents and gather those who are good at investigating things.
Sometimes he even needed the help of civil servants, because many scholars among the literati had the pursuit and talent of studying things, and there were even such people among officials, such as Yan Su in front of him.
And these are simply impossible to achieve by relying on Ye An alone.
Even if it takes ten or twenty years, it is far from enough. What he needs now is rapid development, and he has been waiting for it for a long time. When will the wait end?
When can Gewu be developed, and when can the future of the Song Dynasty be changed in a real sense?!
"It's my fault that I will live forever. I will go to the palace tomorrow to apologize to the saint on a thorn tree!"
So Chen Lin, an old guy, finally showed a "cowardly" expression, and Yan Su beside him nodded with satisfaction.