Chapter 309: The successful eradication of locusts
After talking about business, Lin Wanwan said goodbye to Xiao Chong, quietly left with her servants, and returned to her family's house in Xiaoxi Town.
The yard where Lin Wanwan lives is almost fully furnished, so living there will not be inconvenient at all.
It's just that she didn't go back to Linjiazhuang for two consecutive nights. She missed Xiao Qingyu a little. She didn't know how the little guy would cry without her by her side.
Early the next morning, Lin Wanwan and her group rushed to Linjiazhuang non-stop. She no longer had to worry about the locusts. As long as the county government was determined to eradicate the locusts, the locusts would not become a problem.
When Lin Wanwan returned to Linjiazhuang, she discovered that the rumors about the white-feathered chicken and the locust evil god had spread here in Xiaoxi Town.
Ordinarily, in a remote place like Linjiazhuang, there are rumors everywhere, so they shouldn't have spread in so early. Of course, the reason why the news has spread in now is because someone deliberately did it.
The people who spread the news were the tribesmen who had returned from fishing.
Sun Cheyao was also among the first to get the news, but he did not participate in the spread of the gossip.
As a person who commutes between Nanda Pier and Linjiazhuang Pier every day, Sun Che Yao is still very well-informed about information, but he is very tight-lipped and will not spread any rumors without Lin Wanwan's permission.
Regarding this matter, Sun Cheyao immediately reported everything to Lin Wanwan after meeting her.
Lin Wanwan had known for a long time that Xiao Chong had sent people to spread the news. She was very calm when she heard the news. At the same time, she was very satisfied with Sun Xueyao's calm performance. She was smarter than the group in Linjiazhuang who gave people money after being sold.
too much.
"I already know about this. Their locust extermination operations in Lujiazhuang and Dafengzhuang have also begun, right?"
"Back to you, Madam, it's all started. Chief Lin, being an upright man, went to urge them to catch locusts today. He was reluctant to burn them all. He said he wanted to catch them all and feed them to the chickens and ducks."
Lin Wanwan asked curiously: "Uncle, the clan leader, didn't tell others that there is a white-feathered divine rooster in our clan?"
Sun Huiyao shook his head: "No, didn't Patriarch Lin previously instruct the clan members not to talk nonsense about the White Feathered Divine Chicken?"
Lin Wanwan thought to herself: "Uncle the patriarch is indeed as cautious as ever."
After thinking silently for a while, she waved Sun Chue to take the medicine. She still had to get ready to teach the children.
Nowadays, all the children in school, regardless of age, can memorize the multiplication table, and they all have a preliminary understanding of arithmetic. Even if they don't learn it now, they can barely do the math when they go out to sell overseas goods.
Lin Wanwan prepared her lessons with modern primary school mathematics textbooks, and directly introduced easy-to-use Arabic numerals.
The children had a blank sheet of paper, and naturally they learned whatever Lin Wanwan taught them.
This kind of teaching is not the exam-oriented teaching of the Tang Dynasty. It will definitely be difficult to take the imperial examination, but it is very practical.
In the future, people in the clan will at least not be confused when settling accounts. They don't have to be deceived by profiteers and nobles like other poor people. They also don't have to have the fish they worked so hard to catch to be calculated at will like their fathers.
After Master Chen saw Arabic numerals, he actually started to learn Arabic numerals, because Arabic numerals were so convenient. From then on, he respected Lin Wanwan's deceased master even more...
A hermit with such profound knowledge is truly a strange person.
Lin Wanwan's acceptance of Master Chen was also quite surprising. You must know that Chinese mathematicians did not really accept Arabic numerals until the late Qing Dynasty.
Arabic numerals were not invented by the Arabs. Their birthplace was ancient India. The reason why they were called Arabic numerals was because Europeans at that time misunderstood that the Arabs who spread this writing were the inventors.
Arabic numerals have simple strokes and use the decimal counting method, which makes calculations very convenient, so they have gradually become a common mathematical text in the world.
However, its spread in China has not actually been taken seriously, because China has had its own complete set of mathematical inheritance since ancient times.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were the introductory "Sun Zi Suan Jing" and "Wucao Suan Jing"; the elementary "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Haidao Suan Jing"; the intermediate "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" and "Xiahou Yang Suan Jing"
etc.
Mathematics in the Tang Dynasty included both theoretical mathematics and practical mathematics, as well as professional mathematics related to astronomy, geography, architecture, etc. It can be said that mathematics research has reached a very high level in the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that China always lost a lot of civilization every time it changed dynasties, and many mathematical classics in later generations were lost, so it started to lag behind the world during the Qing Dynasty.
This is also due to the underdeveloped printing technology in ancient times and the fact that various aristocratic families liked to monopolize knowledge. Even now in the Tang Dynasty, there are not many professional books circulating in the world, and mathematics books are even rarer.
Not to mention professional books, there are not many books on the market that can even be used to kill time. It is too difficult for ordinary people to obtain knowledge!
A very important asset of the nobles is their collection of books. Books are what differentiate them from the common people at the bottom.
A poor and poor family still has hope for improvement because there are some books in the family. Ordinary poor people really can't even think about it.
Lin Wanwan also wants to get some Tang mathematics books in the past and modern times to contribute to historical research, but she has not found the opportunity yet.
She didn't find a book on mathematics in the study room of Xiao Chong County Government Office. It was obvious that the other party's book collection did not accompany him when he took office, and most of them were left in his hometown.
Lin Wanwan is not in a hurry. She will do these things easily if she has the opportunity, and leave it alone if she doesn't.
What she wants to do most now is to educate the children.
When she educates batches of children, she will no longer be a maverick in the Tang Dynasty. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a group of New Tang people who have the same thoughts and views as her?
Under the leadership of Xiao Chong, the locust incident in Luan County did not lead to a major disaster and was nipped in the bud.
It was because Xiao Chong often inspected the farmland under his control that he could detect clues early. If it had been a month and a half later, locusts would have become a disaster.
After all, Luan County had no experience in fighting locusts before, and not many people would notice this situation due to the rough farming methods of the Tang Dynasty.
Even if it is discovered, it will probably be too late if it reaches the county government.
Therefore, having a local governor who is diligent and caring for the people is a rare blessing for the local area.
After this incident, Xiao Chong's prestige in Luang County reached an unprecedented level. Especially since the county government actually sold white-feathered chicken chicks to the people at a low price.
The people specifically responsible for this matter are the county magistrate and the chief registrar. Xiao Chong is more of a co-ordinator and does not directly execute it himself. If he, the county magistrate, does everything, even if he is given forty-eight hours a day, he will not be busy enough.
Everyone is waiting to see whether white-feathered chickens can really be released in more than 40 days.
Although the common people think that Xiao Mingfu, who is like an immortal, believes in the white-feathered chicken, then there is nothing wrong.
But after all, this matter was too bizarre. Without witnessing it with our own eyes, everyone was still a little skeptical. This chapter has been completed!