Chapter 106 'Learn from Kun and learn skills to control Kun'.
Although it is not the right way to fully despise the "skills" of Australians, Huang Hankun's belief in the existence of Australians and their growing power is powerful enough to confuse many people - even those who have read the poems and books of saints.
He is willing to fall for himself - but he takes it very seriously. He is not an ostrich with his head buried. He knows that to defeat the Australians, the only way to defeat the Australians is to "learn from Kun and learn skills to control Kun". To defeat the enemy, you must first understand the enemy, Mr. Huang Er
I have followed the old man to fight bandits since I was a child, and I know the importance of knowing yourself and your enemy.
In order to display the skills of "learning from Kun to control Kun" and learn more about the inside story of Kun's thieves, shortly after the establishment of the County Consultative Bureau, he took advantage of the opportunity of his father Huang Shoutong to accept the roll call and become a "committee", so he discussed with his father Huang Shoutong and sent his
Huang Ping, his servant, went to Fangcaodi to study, learn the skills of the Australians, and wait for an opportunity to find out the inside story of the thief. The squires who became committee members sent their own children to study one after another to show their sincerity.
Huang Shoutong frowned deeply for a long time and was silent for a long time. He seemed to feel that something was "wrong". Huang Henkun repeatedly explained his intentions in doing so, and Huang Shoutong finally sighed: "My Huang family is in Lingao.
Our family fortune cannot be wasted on useless disputes of will, Kun Kun, we must clearly see the general trend!"
In the end, the head of Huang Lao village agreed to his second son's suggestion and sent Huang Ping, Huang Ping's personal servant and accompanying student, to study in Fangcaodi. Huang Ping was a distant relative of the Huang family and had followed Huang Henkun since he was a child. He was considered reliable.
people.
In the first few months after Huang Ping went to Fangcaodi to study, every half month, which is what Australians call two weeks, Huang Ping would go back to Huangjiazhai to rest for a day. When he came back, he would pay homage to the Second Young Master Huang.
Yishi reported what he saw and heard in the school and handed over textbooks and tutoring materials to Huang Huangkun. Huang Huangkun immediately arranged for people to divide the work and copy them.
Every time he comes back, Huang Ping is like a happy bird. He chatters non-stop. No matter where he is, Huang Henkun will rush back as soon as Huang Ping comes back to listen to Huang Ping talk about going to school in Fangcaodi.
Huang Hankun listened very carefully to the boy every time. This young man who was originally taciturn, gradually became talkative after going to Fangcaodi. Every time he came back, he had endless topics to talk about: the content of his studies.
The environment in the school, his classmates, and teachers.
After Huang Ping finally finished speaking, Huang Henkun would always praise him a few words and tell him not to forget the "sage's words" and not to "be deceived by the thief." Huang Ping always obeyed and went to talk to his parents.
The reunion went.
Huang Ping's parents farmed in Huangjiazhai. Ever since their son went to school, every time he met Young Master Huang, he always had a naive smile on his face and thanked him profusely for "Young Master's great kindness."
.This made Huang Hankun feel very proud - he had found out the true and false identity of the Kun thief and bought people's hearts.
Huang Kunkun spent a lot of time studying the transcribed textbooks and teaching aids. He hoped to find out the secret method of building cannons, guns, and iron ships. Unfortunately, although the textbooks of the Kun thieves used Chinese characters, they did not include arithmetic and natural sciences.
The curriculum uses a lot of letters to represent it, so Huang Ergong cannot understand it. Furthermore, although Huang Ping was already fourteen years old when he entered school, he could only start from the first grade of the junior high school. The first grade of the junior high school in Fangcaodi
Among the three courses: mathematics, Chinese, and natural science, none of them talked about the "skills" that Huang Hankun wanted to know most.
Mathematics. Although he has not studied it systematically, he has dabbled in traditional arithmetic such as chicken and rabbit in the same cage and abacus. After some research, although there are many symbols and numbers that he cannot understand, Chinese word problems and mathematics
The theorem is still written in Chinese characters, and you can roughly read it.
For Huang Hankun, each word of the mathematical theorem can be understood clearly, but the meaning cannot be understood when connected together. On the other hand, the meaning of the application questions can generally be understood: they are all questions that are used in daily life.
Measuring acres of land, calculating yields, digging ponds and building houses, all the way to traders and merchants - it's very practical.
Learning this is a skill. Huang Xunkun thought that Huang Ping could be of some use when he came back in the future, as a manager or something.
It's useful, but Huang Henkun couldn't figure out a single question. He stared at the questions in the math book for a long time. He wanted to ask Huang Ping for help, but he couldn't bear to do it. After thinking about it, he was just doing business in the fields.
The matter has nothing to do with the Kun thieves making firearms and cannons, so I don’t understand.
So he took up natural science. Huang Ping said that this course was about the study of things, specializing in the changes of everything in the world - in fact, it was basic physics, chemistry and biology, with pictures and texts. Huang Huangkun read a few pages and felt that it was very interesting.
I was interested, especially because one of the chapters was dedicated to buoyancy, using ships as an example: why can ships float on the water? Huang Huangkun immediately became energetic and looked at it carefully.
When he saw: "...the size of the buoyant force acting on an object in the water is equal to the weight of the water displaced by the object. The larger the ship and the deeper the draft, the greater the weight of the water displaced by the ship, and the buoyancy gained by the ship is also
The bigger it is, of course it can carry more things." He couldn't help but mutter, "That's nonsense!"
In Huang Hankun's view: The reason why boats can float on the water is because they are made of wood. Wood can float on the water, so boats can also float on the water.
However, the Australian iron ship has seriously shaken his concept, so he has no confidence to say "it's nonsense". He has a feeling that although he doesn't understand it clearly, what the Australians say makes sense.
It makes sense. Among them, he can basically understand the transformation of the three states of matter. There are examples: water changes to ice, water changes to steam, which he can often see.
He read the book "Natural Science" over and over again for a long time, and couldn't put it down. Although he sent someone to copy the book, the pictures on it could not be traced. Huang Ping said that this book is also available in bookstores in Dongmen City.
After selling it, I came up with the idea of buying a few copies myself.
He flipped through the Chinese language book, and except for the pinyin letters that he didn't like and couldn't understand, he wasn't too disgusted with the content. The first-grade textbook focused on literacy, with simple short sentences and essays, all in Australian vernacular.
Sentences. There are also many simple truths mixed in, most of which are repeatedly advocated by Australians, such as: being hygienic and polite, etc., which are nothing more than to educate the people. Although the words are vulgar, the intention is still very right.
After getting three textbooks and listening to Huang Ping tell a lot of anecdotes about Fangcaodi, Huang Hankun felt that he had gained a lot. He felt more and more that he had made a smart move. He decided to use the materials collected by Huang Ping and what he usually did.
Write a "Kong Qing Yao Lu" based on what you have seen and heard, and present it to the court when you have the opportunity in the future.
But things gradually changed. The implementation of public oxcarts in Lingao not only provided convenience but also shortened the transportation time in the county. From Fangcaodi to Huangjiazhai, one had to start early in the morning to walk, and the weather was
It can only be reached in the dark. After getting the ox cart, you can go out early in the morning and rush to Huangjiazhai for lunch. However, the frequency of Huang Ping's return home became less and less, from every half month to twenty days, and later to a month
I only returned to Huangjiazhai once. After I reached the second grade of junior high school, except when I came back during holidays, I usually just sent letters to say I was safe, and I simply didn’t come back.
Although he could not understand the contents of the Kun Thief textbook, what made Huang Bingkun even more uneasy was that Huang Ping, his former servant from Huangjiazhai, seemed to be gradually out of his control.
Liu Dalin, the mountain director of Molixuan, has always been non-committal about Huang Bingkun's proposal to go to Fangcaodi for a visit. Since the Australians cured his disease and rehabilitated him for more than a year, his overall health has not only improved.
It has improved greatly, and I can even walk gradually out of the wheelchair, and can walk slowly with the support of others, leaning on a stick.
Logically speaking, this is a gratifying thing. After all, Liu Dalin is not yet forty years old, and he is in the prime of life. In the past, he was plagued by serious illnesses, and it was difficult to achieve great results. Many times, he could only do things in name. Now he is healthy.
When things started to improve, it was time to make great achievements. Therefore, many local gentry and students asked him to serve in the county advisory bureau to "serve the country" - Australians have always respected Liu Jinshi very much. If he can help in many things,
It's good for everyone.
However, Liu Jinshi seemed to be a different person, he spoke less, and even declined the suggestion to join the county consultation bureau. He only went to Molixuan to give lectures every day. As soon as the lectures were over, he went home directly and thanked the guests behind closed doors. It is said that he even wrote books
He also saw very little. He seemed to be full of worries.
The number of students in Moli Xuan is getting smaller and smaller day by day. When it was renovated and reopened, the grand occasion that all the children in the county came to study has disappeared: except for a few people, most of the children have also figured out: instead of being miserable,
He studies hard here, barely supports himself with a monthly allowance of tens of dollars, and relies on his ability to read and write to find an errand with the Australians - even if it is to work as a private tutor in a purification camp to teach refugees.
Reading the "Thousand Character Essay" and "Hundred Family Surnames", it is not a problem to support your family. As for becoming a scholar, what is the use of becoming a scholar before the college entrance examination? The Australians have implemented a unified grain payment system, and scholars can save two thousand yuan.
The benefits of food have long been gone; if you don’t kneel when you meet an official, you don’t have to get slapped - these are meaningless to Australians. No one needs to kneel when they meet Australians, and Australians are not like the officials in the imperial court who are always beating people.
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Furthermore, the imperial examinations in Lingao have never been very prosperous. Except for the fixed quota of scholars in each county, which is still promising, the number of candidates and Jinshi are rare. From the establishment of the county in the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, the only person who passed the Jinshi examination was Liu Dalin.
There are only about a dozen of them. Those who have passed the exam as scholar have little chance of passing the exam, let alone those who are not even scholars. (To be continued...)