After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the temperature gradually dropped. It rained a few times in the past few days, and then it became sunny. The refreshing wind seemed to bring some vitality to this city that had been closed for nearly a month. The sky was clear and clear during the day.
, after nightfall, the starlight is also clear and clear, and cotton clouds float in the sky, one by one.
For more than a month, the situation of the hungry people inside and outside the city has been pushed to the limit. Of course, it is said that there have been more embarrassing situations in previous years than this year, and the string has been tightened, but where is the limit?
It's still hard to say how tight it was. The government occasionally released grains, and some big households also helped with porridge and meals, and there were people taking care of them both inside and outside the city. Whenever such relief came, officers and soldiers also helped maintain order, and no big troubles occurred.
However, some gangs were also formed among the victims. Fights over food were common. This kind of chaos often occurred after the government and big households distributed food and gave out porridge, and it was difficult to control them. After the city was closed, some people died.
In fact, a small number of people died of starvation, while the majority died of fighting, robbing, or later being dragged to death due to lack of money for medical treatment. But in general, it is said that there was still a decrease compared to previous years.
Living in this era, I have heard countless times about what it was like in the past. Most people have sympathy, but the situation is not bad now, and life still has to be lived. Business continues to be discussed and entertainment continues, but the atmosphere in the entire city has changed.
It's a little quieter, but the autumn rain has been heavy in the past few days, and the feeling of silence and stagnation is even more serious.
The Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival was held as usual, and it was still as lively as ever. However, the content of the poems was slightly different from previous years. It changed from describing various grand scenes with flowers and nostalgia for the wind and moon, to lamenting those unreunioned things on reunion night and describing the current city.
Scenes of victims outside the city are dominated by new works by Li Pin, Cao Guan, Liu Qingdi and others, and some poets and lyricists who were famous before have made breakthroughs this time. Of course, the song that caused a stir last year
The author of "Shui Tiao Ge Tou" was not involved. He was deeply involved in the family business and had no time to care about it. Some people talked about his clumsiness in business, either ridiculing or lamenting, but they also regarded "Ning Li
The mystery behind the name "Heng" has been reduced a lot.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, life returned to its original track again. People were waiting for the impact of the flood to pass day by day. Many merchants and shops in the city were also operating as usual in this atmosphere. The refreshing morning breeze blew by this morning, probably in the morning.
At midnight, a few people were busy doing something in a small room next to Su's Cloth Clothing Warehouse in Jiangning City. This warehouse room is also connected to the shop next to it, but in the current situation, business is down.
It wasn't very good either. A maid named Juan'er occasionally ran in to take a look.
Busy in the room were Ning Yi, Zhou Pei, and Zhou Junwu. The two siblings were dressed like clerks in blue robes and hats, but their skin was fair and tender. At first glance, they knew they were children with some background. The two of them had also followed inexplicably.
After Ning Yi had been with him for a month, some of the Su family members had adapted to their presence. They thought they were the children of the master's family or Ning Yi's disciples, so they took them around. Sometimes Ning Yi asked them to bring tea and water, and sometimes even
Let them help move some goods - certainly not heavy.
For this pair of siblings, this kind of life is quite novel. The day before yesterday, Ning Yi even paid them the first month's salary, one or two taels of silver per person, which was the standard for child labor this month, and then compared
Looking at the prices outside, it seems that the two brothers and sisters holding one or two taels of silver may not be of much use, but after that, it is still quite novel.
Of course, using them as child labor was only boring occasionally. Most of the time, Ning Yi still fulfilled the responsibility of a teacher. When he was free, he gave lectures to the two of them, and also taught Zhou Pei modern arithmetic courses in a relatively casual way.
The courses on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division were verified one by one with the calculation method of this matter. At first Zhou Pei was not impressed by the code names of Arabic numerals, but now he often asked questions in this regard.
The reason why the three of them were tossing about what happened today was because they were followed by the two of them when they went to the laboratory a few days ago, so they were given a tour and talked about the concepts of physics. Ning Yi mainly found a few pieces of
A glass piece that can be used as a convex lens. I was going to get a telescope to play with. At that time, I was so excited that I showed the two people the principles of focusing and magnification. Zhou Pei was relatively unimpressed and said that it was very simple and everyone knew it. Because of the telescope
Still doing it, Ning Yi decided to do something very simple but not everyone knows about it.
They had just fiddled with someone to help get a wooden box. At this time, they used some black cloth to make a light-blocking tent around it. The three of them hid inside and lit a candle. Then Ning Yi covered this side of the candle.
, since the box was only half-covered and the light was still exposed, Ning Yi took a piece of thick rice paper with holes dug out and pasted with a bamboo frame, put it down, and did a simple small hole imaging experiment.
Juan'er stood at the door and looked at the black cloth tent here, a little confused. After a while, she heard someone inside say: "Look, the light here is upside down."
"Well……"
"Ah, teacher, how could this happen?"
"It must be a magic trick."
"The trick also makes sense."
There was chattering inside, and when Juan'er leaned over, Ning Yi had already walked out of the black cloth and smiled at her: "Go in and have a look, it's not very interesting, but I probably haven't seen it before..."
Juaner went in doubtfully, and then saw the inverted candle flame appearing on the side of the wooden box.
In the past month, Ning Yi has been like a worker, holding a morning meeting every morning, walking around the fixed route, and then freeing himself up. He seems to be diligent and does not do much. Most of the time, he is followed by Chan'er
, sometimes there are Juan'er, several maids, Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu, the sister and brother, have already known each other. Junwu, who is polite, often calls them Sister Chan'er and Sister Juaner. Zhou Pei is more reserved, but for them, for Ning
Yi, also has the attitude of an acquaintance.
"Some people would say it's a strange trick, so for the time being, don't take it too seriously, but some things will be very interesting. For example, these two lenses, they are placed so far apart, so they can
Let the things be enlarged... Well, I have asked Carpenter Chen to help him chisel good cylinders, and then find a way to fix them..."
Ning Yi always likes to teach in a chatting way. This morning, the long bamboo tube was placed on the table by the window sill. Xiaopei, Junwu and Juaner who came in took turns to look inside and were stunned. The lenses could not be fixed temporarily.
, Ning Yi just found the approximate focal length, surrounded the lens with circles of rice paper and put it in a bamboo tube for a temporary look. The lens was not fixed and could easily fall down, so the small telescope could not be moved. At least.
Judging from the effect, it is actually quite amazing.
"The reflection of light through a small hole can actually show that light propagates in a straight line. But in some cases, such as putting a chopstick into water, it will bend. Here, the light will turn. You want to see
It's difficult to do something with just a reflection, because this telescope is the product of a combination of many different things and principles. Once people can study to this level and understand everything, there is no need to take it as slowly as I did.
Try your luck, and you will directly know what kind of lenses you need to use to make a telescope, and what the concave and convex surfaces should look like... When you know more principles, you will also know how to accurately create those concave and convex surfaces.
, how to control it accurately."
"However, you don't need to think about how to make these. What I want you to know is... a way of thinking about things, because, don't know the reason for the combination. Many craftsmen have been using the old method for many years.
Method, but I don’t know why the old method has such effects. If you know the principle, you can create more transparent lenses and telescopes that can see farther and clearer. The efficiency will increase tenfold or hundreds of times. Regardless.
It’s the same in everything you do…”
"The calculation you like, Zhou Pei, is the same. It's even clearer. From one family, one equals two, and two plus two equals four, it can continue to extend. We are a human world, and it is a world of numbers. In fact, how do we calculate light?
Refraction, how to amplify, how much to amplify, all need the assistance of numbers. The world of numbers is simply because, so, clear logical relationships... I don't want you to become craftsmen in the future, but I hope you can figure out this logical relationship.
.This should be very useful.”
"Of course, there are some more extreme examples in the planning, which are very interesting to think about, such as..."
After finishing the experiment, and probably extending it to talk about some random things, Jun Wu kept looking at the small hole imaging device over there, and occasionally played with the telescope. Zhou Pei was also surprised by the experiment just now, but at this time he was more serious.
After listening to the words, Juan'er went out to see what was going on in the store, and sighed in a deserted place: "My uncle is so awesome..."
After a while, Xi Junyu passed by and came in to chat with Ning Yi for a while. Junwu and Xiaopei went over to pour tea and move seats. This was also a tacit understanding between the two children and Ning Yi. In fact, apart from attending classes, they
In the past month, I have also been wondering why Ning Yi didn't do anything.
Xi Junyu passed by here today, because the cloth gathering will be held in three days, and then the chips of each household will be officially laid out, so let's take a look at Ning Yi's situation at this time. In fact, the shopkeepers are now
Everyone was busy running around. Xi Junyu had just met with the owner of a shop this morning and was now preparing to go to another social event.
"Although this month has passed, it seems that our Su family has the highest voice now. However, the shopping mall is full of intrigues and all kinds of things have to be guarded against. Although Mr. Han supports us now, and Mr. Dong also likes my Su family, it is hard to say whether there will be any
Something unexpected happens. The Xue family and the Su family also have deep connections in the officialdom, so it’s hard to say whether they will make a comeback on the spot. If there are any consequences, we have to make arrangements as soon as possible."
Xi Junyu is a young man in the Su family, he is enterprising, but he is also sober. After hearing what he said, Ning Yi nodded: "The old lady has done her best on officialdom matters. Shopkeeper Xi, I'm not very good at it."
Do you know the secret behind it? Has anything similar happened in the past?"
"Over the years, there has never been too much fighting in the past. Of course, no one can say for sure what the conspiracy is behind the scenes... Heh, maybe I'm overthinking it. Su, Xue, and Wu are all
There is a foundation. Now that it has reached this level this time, there probably won't be too many changes. If they can make a comeback at this time and cover the sky with one hand, then in the past, they would have swallowed up my Su family long ago.
Already."
"Probably impossible." Ning Yi laughed, "We have opened the door to do business for so many years. When we put things out, even if they do something privately, they will not be able to tell lies about our things with their eyes open.
No, it would be fine if we were small merchants... Hehe, actually we were forced to have no choice this time. One assassinated him, the other framed him, and then he took over the imperial merchant. We still don’t know who it is. If not, this one
There is probably no need for Yue to be so high-profile. In short, if you can get through it, there will be a future. If you can't get through it, there will be nothing to talk about. The 150,000 taels that were dug out little by little are now being used to improve the loom at once.
Just wait for the imperial merchants, there is no way out..."
Xi Junyu nodded, sighed, and then raised his head and smiled: "It's only three days, there shouldn't be any problems, don't worry. In addition, I'd like to trouble you to tell the second lady that in any case, this matter has been done."
The best.”
"Do your best and obey fate." Ning Yi nodded, "Shopkeeper Xi has been working hard recently, so I'm grateful."
"It's a matter of duty." After a few words of greeting, Xi Junyu invited him to go to the reception there to meet an official from the Weaving Bureau. Ning Yi then shook his head and turned it down. It didn't make much sense for him to go. Xi Junyu
After leaving, Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwucai frowned and talked.
"Why don't you go?"
"Maybe I can convince that person..."
Ning Yi packed up his things and said with a smile: "I have so many things to do, why do I have to worry about them?"
"But you're fine at all." Zhou Pei pouted.
"Who said I'm fine? I'm going to eat later and go shopping in the afternoon. I'll go to Carpenter Chen's to pick up the telescope shell and study how to fix it better. Uh, I also plan to paint the outside with a layer of paint.
I stopped by the East Market to see what new novels are on sale. What’s not more important than socializing..."
"If you don't socialize well, there will be problems in the teacher's family."
"But aren't they having fun? It's useless for me to go. The preparations for taking the imperial merchants have been made. You two also know it. We don't need to do any small tricks. We will just run away and let everyone
Just speak out of conscience. There is no need for the adults in the Weaving Bureau to show favoritism to us. We have also sent money and things like this, and we don’t make it difficult for them. As long as they don’t speak out of conscience, we are sure to take advantage of them.
arrive."
"Wouldn't it be better if they spoke for the Su family without conscience? This would make them more sure."
"Of course, that's not bad either..."
"Anyway, I think you didn't try your best, teacher..."
Jun Wu was a little unhappy, but Ning Yi smiled: "Don't worry, don't worry, I've done everything I need to do. It's a small thing in the first place. I don't know why you are so anxious. It's already getting late. Let's go and take the
You go have lunch..."
He was about to leave, but Zhou Pei suddenly came over and stopped in front of him, smiling and saying: "Uh, wait, there are only three days left, can we also take a look at the cloth?"
Ning Yi thought for a while, then tilted his head: "Oh, okay." He took out a key and opened the cabinet next to him, then took out a brocade box to open it and showed it to the two children. Xiaopei and Jun
Wu Wai touched it a few times.
"Wow, it's really more beautiful than what I saw at home..."
“I’ve never seen cloth of this color before.”
"It's a secret recipe." Ning Yi smiled, and then made a three-part agreement, "But one thing must be agreed first. You two guys are not allowed to go home and talk nonsense, you are not allowed to help find people, and you are not allowed to think of ways to hint to the adults in the Weaving Bureau...
…Of course you don’t have that influence now, but I want to be fair.”
"Smei, we won't help." Zhou Pei smiled and rolled his eyes.
Xiao Junwu nodded beside him: "If we can't get the imperial merchant, it must be that Dong Decheng who collected the money. He collected a lot of money."
"Haha, let's go, let's go eat...Juan'er, let's go together!"
At noon, a group of four people walked out of the cloth shop, and then the palace guards, who were also dressed as cloth shop clerks or passers-by, followed from all around. The sun shone down and the sound of chatter spread.
"Does this mean that a good fighter has no outstanding achievements... But teacher, you really haven't done anything... Sister Juan'er, right?"
"Uh...my uncle has done a lot of things..."
"Of course you speak for your uncle, but my sister and I didn't see anything... But that's right, we didn't have to do much in the first place. We thought it was a big crisis, but it got to this point step by step. This
Call me Yangmou, sister."
"have no idea……"
"Why?"
"Those people just did one thing, and then there was no more conspiracy. Isn't it strange?"
"Yes, yes, teacher, what my sister said makes sense, don't you think it's strange?"
"Well, don't be afraid of conspiracy."
"Yes, yes, sister...ah..."
"...It's so noisy."
There were still three days left before the meeting of the Weaving Bureau. After the calm noon, it was a calm afternoon. Ning Yi went to the street to pick up the shell of the telescope, and then bought some small tools to better set the lens. It passed in the evening.
, at night, late at night, crowds dispersed at the entrances of every brothel and restaurant. Xi Junyu said goodbye to several shopkeepers at the street entrance, and also declined the invitation to ride home in a shopkeeper's carriage. The weather is good today.
, he decided to walk alone.
Walking along the Qinhuai River, he arrived at a relatively secluded river bend. He looked around and then walked to the small dock next to it. After a while, the sound of punting could be heard, and the boatman pushed the boat toward the depths of the water.
After rowing away, Xi Junyu stood on the boat, looking at a hazy circle of light in the distance with quiet eyes.
It was a small painting boat that didn't seem to be very lively. When the two boats approached, Xi Junyu stepped up. It seemed that a banquet had been dispersed in the central hall of the boat. The lights were dim and the tables were quite colorful.
There was a feeling of leftovers. Right in front, a man was sitting at the host's table, holding a bowl of white rice, lowering his head to fill his stomach. When he heard the footsteps, he ate a meatball, still lowering his head, while eating
He was picking vegetables into the bowl with chopsticks and talking.
"I was still thinking just now whether I sent him away too early. Maybe if he left a beauty to accompany him, the meal would taste more delicious. Fortunately, Brother Xi came early, so this is the same."
Xi Junyu walked aside and picked up a bowl, "I'm not a beauty."
"Haha, but...Brother Xi always brings me good news."
The man smiled and raised his head. In the light, the man in front of him was clearly the eldest young master of the Wu family, Wu Qilong.
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