The weather is so nice.
Li Ang was in a happy mood after walking out of the examination room. He stretched and sat on a stone bench under the shade of the trees in the courtyard to rest for a while.
The shadows of the trees are mottled, the cool breeze blows on your face, and the cicadas chirp. Through the doors and windows of the examination room, you can see the students inside holding pens and immersed in thinking.
This familiar and cordial feeling made Li Ang couldn't help but smile. The irritability of the past few days quietly subsided. He put his hand on the stone table and flicked the fallen leaves away.
Tap tap tap.
The sound of slight footsteps sounded, and the girl with willow eyebrows named He Fanshuang walked out of the examination room briskly, with a rare faint smile on her face.
She put her hands behind her back, lightly clasped her right index finger with her left hand, bent down slightly, and sniffed the gardenias in bloom outside the examination room, feeling very happy.
But when she raised her head and saw that there were already candidates in the courtyard, and that candidate happened to be Li Ang,
The smile on his face quickly smoothed away and returned to its original expressionless look.
He glanced at Li Ang, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.
What is this?
A top student handed in his paper early, only to find out that someone else had finished all the questions earlier than him. Are you inexplicably angry?
Li Ang laughed at Liu Yemei's little temper and shook his head. Seeing that Song Shaoyuan and others did not come out, he also got up and walked outside the Suzaku Gate of the Imperial City.
Outside the Suzaku Gate, there were Jinwu guards with strong armor on duty, forming a circle to prevent the Imperial City Avenue from being clogged by family members of candidates.
Many family members who were waiting anxiously under umbrellas saw the candidates coming out and quickly gathered around them, asking: "What questions did the young man take in this year's exam?"
"Little Langjun, do you think the questions are difficult? My Sanlang got 2,600 people in the preliminary test last time. Can I pass the retest this time?"
"Xiao Langjun, did you hand in the paper in advance?"
Noisy voices instantly filled Li Ang's ears. He had to hide behind the helpless Jinwu guards and said loudly to the parents of the candidates: "This year's retest is more difficult.
But I believe that the students who have cultivated their ideals with their wisdom, watered their hopes with their sweat, and overcome the vast ocean of learning will definitely do their best to live up to their parents’ expectations, their teachers’ high hopes, and their God-given wisdom.
Live up to the ideals of youth, work hard for ten years, and once the dream comes true, good news will spread, and the title will be on the gold list!"
After that, he gave his hand heavily and slipped out of the gaping crowd to Zhuque Street.
"Young Master...cough, Dalang, this way!"
Chai Cuiqiao's voice came from the front of her head, and she saw her little maid standing by the window of the restaurant outside the main entrance of the imperial city, waving to her. Next to her, there was a girl with a veil covering her face sitting next to her.
It should be the new friend Chai Cuiqiao mentioned before, Li Leling, right?
Li Ang stepped up to the restaurant and saw more than twenty guards and maids outside the door - all the favored children of Xungui's family were in this configuration, which was not surprising.
Before Li Ang could push the door of the wing open, the door opened by itself from the inside.
Chai Cuiqiao held up the cake, blinked her big eyes, and asked nervously: "Dalang, how was the retest?"
"It's okay, that's all."
Li Ang said casually, and cupped his hands towards the gauze girl, "Zhenzhou, Li Ang."
"Well..."
As if the girl in gauze was not used to introducing herself, she paused for a moment, then stood up, and said in a soft voice, "Chang'an, Li Leling."
Isn’t it XXF, Li Leling?
Li Ang thought casually.
The people of Chang'an who live under the imperial city are warm-hearted and a little arrogant at the same time. When introducing themselves, they usually add a certain city in front of them.
For example, Yang Yu in Chonghuafang and Qiu Jinghuan in Yongjiafang.
The better the market conditions are and the richer you are, the more it will be like this.
Li Leling blinked and asked softly: "Did Mr. Li hand in his paper in advance today?"
"Well..."
No matter how many times he tried, Li Ang still wasn't used to the familiar name of "Da Lang", so he nodded and said, "Well, I've finished all the test questions, so I might as well come out first."
Chai Cuiqiao said proudly: "Hey, my uncle is very good. He got second place in the preliminary exam last time. How can he come back with a score of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 this time?"
Li Ang rolled his eyes at Chai Cuiqiao, "The art of cloning, right?"
Second place in preliminary exam?
The maids on the side opened their eyes wide in surprise, and Li Leling also tilted her head slightly - although she grew up in a deep palace due to a congenital heart disease since she was a child, she still knew some basic common sense.
Second place in the Academy Preliminary Examination...
It should be considered very powerful, right?
"hey-hey,"
Chai Cuiqiao proudly waved the cake in her hand and said to the surprised Li Leling and other maids, "My elder man is not only knowledgeable, but also has better medical skills. He even treated a high-ranking official a few days ago.
In addition, he also knows gynecology, and can treat abdominal pain, calf cramps, and deliver difficult labor.
Oh, by the way, he also invented..."
"Stop."
Li Ang covered his forehead and quickly interrupted Chai Cuiqiao's increasingly crooked boasting.
What Chai Cuiqiao is talking about is actually improving moon cloth - because the Academy improved the cotton cultivation method and invented the gin (to remove cotton seeds) and the spinning wheel, various parts of the Yu Kingdom have begun to produce cotton batting and cotton cloth.
However, the degreasing process is still relatively backward. The hydrophobic lipids on the surface of cotton batting and cotton cloth have not been removed, and the water absorption effect is poor.
And the presence of lipids can also easily absorb bacteria.
So Li Ang thought of a way, first tear the cotton to remove impurities, wash it with water, put it in a casserole, pour in distilled water and 3% caustic soda.
(Caustic soda is made by mixing hydrated lime and soda ash. The reaction formula is Ca(OH)2+Na2CO3==CaCO3↓+2NaOH)
Cover and bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for ten minutes.
After the cotton has cooled, rinse it again with water and dry it.
Finally, a ball of absorbent cotton was obtained.
Absorbent cotton balls are easier to absorb liquid than ordinary cotton. They are odorless, tasteless and stain-free. They are white and elastic and not easy to breed bacteria. They are very suitable for use as sanitary tampons, alcohol disinfection, etc.
At the same time, absorbent cotton is also very suitable for...ahem, monthly cloth.
If this news spreads out now, Li Ang doesn't want to be admitted to the Academy with his somewhat strange reputation as a "gynecological master"... at least not until he is admitted.
There is a patent agency in the Academy, and the inventions and creations of doctors and students can be registered within the Academy.
If merchants from Yu State want to produce,
Local small businessmen can just secretly produce it themselves. Large companies have to pay a very small portion of patent fees for large-scale production. When a small amount is added up, many academic doctors have a small fortune to teach.
Naturally, there is no need to bend down for five buckets of rice and run to help dignitaries build houses using telekinesis and talismans.
In addition, the inventions produced by the academy are more easily accepted by the public, which is more conducive to subsequent large-scale promotion.
'Should we register the patent anonymously? It would be too strange to be nicknamed the Guardian of Gynecology...'
Li Ang suddenly recalled, 'Speaking of which, are the drawings of my midwifery forceps still with Senior Brother Cheng?'
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Yuguo, Hedong Road, Wendeng County.
Cheng Juxiu, who had tanned a little, was sitting in the courtyard when he suddenly sneezed.
"Juxiu, what's wrong?"
Sitting opposite Cheng Juxiu, a doctor named Gongyang Deming, who looked like an ordinary old man, frowned and asked.
"It's nothing, I just caught a little cold due to being blown too much by the sea breeze."
Cheng Juxiu waved his hand and was about to say something when he was interrupted by the cry of a baby in the room.
"gave birth?"
Cheng Juxiu, Gongyang Deming, and four other male and female academy disciples stood up and looked into the room.
After a while, the door opened,
Han Qingyun and another female disciple each held one side of the silver midwifery forceps and walked out of the room. They nodded to Cheng Juxiu and others, "Mother and daughter are safe. Wen Po is taking care of her in the room. She is fine."
"Huh, that's good."
Cheng Juxiu breathed a sigh of relief. The academy upholds benevolence and righteousness. Even if the woman in the delivery room is just a fisherman girl whom they have never met before, they will try their best to save her if they see her.
"in addition..."
The expression on Han Qingyun's face was a little strange, "This midwifery forceps is indeed very clever.
Use the left and right leaves to clamp the fetal head and gently pull it outward to assist delivery.
With this pliers, there will be many, many fewer women who die from dystocia in the world in the future."
"It's awesome, my junior brother invented it."
Cheng Juxiu smiled and said: "In the past, women who gave birth had to rely on themselves to survive.
Or a mindfulness master can use mindfulness to pull the fetus to assist in the delivery.
However, there are not many chanting masters in the world, and very few are willing to help mothers give birth, and there are even fewer chanting masters who have sufficient precision, accuracy, and strength of their chanting power.
It is not an exaggeration to say that a midwifery forceps can help thousands of families give birth to Buddhas."
Cheng Juxiu paused and added: "Just pay attention to the force of the midwifery forceps.
It must be delicate and precise so as not to harm the mother and fetus.
Before going to Xuegong to register a patent and start mass production, you must first publish instructions for use in Xuegong newspapers and periodicals.
Let midwives from all over the world practice diligently with objects like peaches..."
"Okay, look at how excited you are. You were never so happy when you solved that monster case before."
Gongyang Deming shook his head and smiled.
He was one of the doctors who taught engineering in the Academy. He presided over the construction of ocean-going ships capable of crossing the endless sea in Dengzhou, Hedong Province.
Some time ago, fishermen and sailors in Dengzhou Port reported that they saw a small island thirty feet in diameter in the sea when they went out to sea.
There are trees and green grass on the island, and seabirds live on them.
However, eyewitness reports show that the location of the island is not fixed and moves frequently.
Gongyang Deming and his students went to check it out, used the water-proof charm to dive into the seabed, and saw the island itself - a giant three-legged hawksbill monster with a body length of more than 200 meters.
They are classified as demons—two—one, one, three, and turtles.
"Erya Shiyu" says: "The turtle has three legs and is capable; the turtle has three legs and is capable of running."
"Book of Changes" says: Bai Ben has no Jiu, hence the name Ben Jiu.
This second-level monster has a docile personality. In the few sighting records, it likes to float under the sea, open its mouth, and eat passing algae, fish, squid, etc.
Sometimes they also dive into the deep sea and eat mud and rocks on the seabed - this behavior may be to aid digestion.
Turtles usually live in the depths of the endless sea, rarely come to the coast, and rarely attack ships.
However, such a behemoth is a second-level monster after all, and it is always a hidden danger if it stays outside Dengzhou Port.
Gong Yang Deming and his students came up with an idea. They put a large piece of whale meat smeared with special oil in the fishing net and dragged it in front of the ship. They used the smell of fish meat to attract the turtle and slowly lured it away.
Return to the endless sea.
During the process of being led back to the Endless Sea, Gongyang Deming and others also took the opportunity to collect a large number of samples from the body of the slow and docile turtle.
Including but not limited to the demonic carnivorous barnacles that parasitize on the abdomen of turtles;
The spice trees growing on the back of the turtle;
And the special metal grown on the carapace on the back of the Benjiu turtle - this metal is indestructible and has superior performance, and can be used to forge core components of flying swords, armor and even the keels of sea ships.
Just deal with the turtle, or dig up the treasure happily,
It took everyone a month, and now they finally have some free time. By chance, they encountered a fisherman's mother having difficulty giving birth, so they came over with the midwifery forceps to help - and by the way, they tested the actual effect of the midwifery forceps.
"After all, the turtle is too gentle."
Cheng Juxiu spread his hands helplessly. Although he was good at zoology in the academy, he still preferred the engineering of forging things. "By the way, Mr. Gongyang, now we have the carapace sample of the Benjiu turtle, and the ability to build fine iron sea ships."
Has it sped up?"
"Well, when the Ministry of Industry's manpower and material resources are in place in September, we can start construction."
Gong Yang Deming nodded, "You and Qing Yun will go back to Chang'an first. I'll trouble you this time.
Oh, by the way, bring the record of the turtle I wrote back to the academy, as well as the report on the use of midwifery forceps this time - His Majesty and the mountain chief will be very happy about it.
When the transfer order from the Ministry of Industry comes out in September, you can go back to Dengzhou by yourself."
"OK."
Cheng Juxiu nodded in agreement, took the cleaned midwifery forceps handed over by Han Qingyun, and put it in the iron box together with a large piece of metal from the turtle.
Suddenly a thought came to my mind, ‘Counting the time, it’s almost time for the re-examination or the third examination of the academy?
I don’t know what the results of Risheng are.’
(Author's note: It will be available on the shelves early tonight, and there will be more updates.)
This chapter has been completed!