"Uncle Guo, has your Excellency received a letter?" Cao Ang rushed into Guo Jia's study and asked!
Guo Jia saw Cao Ang and said: "My lord has a new idea and wants Jia to help implement it!"
Then he briefly explained the contents of the letter and highlighted the benefits of doing so to Crab Island.
It's a pity that Cao An was not interested in such things. He asked in a low voice: "Have you ever said anything about me?"
Guo Jia saw the cautious Cao Ang and smiled and said: "You really don't want to take this vacation to go back to Crab Island!"
He understood what Cao Ang meant. Compared with Jidu, Crab Island was a backward countryside, but if Cao Ang and the others had lived on Crab Island since childhood, they could still endure life on Crab Island.
But it happened that they first lived in a wealthy place in the Han Dynasty, and then were taken to Crab Island. They did not like the life on Crab Island at all. After coming to Jidu this time, these international students quickly adapted to the life in Jidu.
I don't want to leave Jidu just like this.
Cao Ang smiled carefully and said: "Uncle Guo, you also know that our winter vacation is only less than a month. It takes too long to go back and forth to Crab Island, and our group of classmates plan to keep Jidu and continue to strengthen
Studying mechanics, if I just leave like this, I’m afraid I’ll be too far behind other students when I come back!”
Guo Jia smiled calmly, obviously understanding what Cao Ang and the others were thinking! These are just excuses. After all, Chaoyang people are ambitious and don't want to leave Jidu at all.
Not to mention these little guys, even if Guo Jia stayed in Jidu for a long time, he would not want to go back to the poor Crab Island.
Jidu is so prosperous. You can find all kinds of goods here, and new things are constantly happening. Living here is extremely rich in both material and spiritual life. After living in such a prosperous and lively place for a long time, I naturally don’t want to go back to other backward places.
The place.
Now the people of Jidu proudly say that except for Jidu, everything in the world can be called a township.
Although these words were very irritating, Guo Jia compared what he had seen and heard, and had to admit that there was some truth to these words. Indeed, there is no town in the world that can compare with Jidu.
The allure of Jidu is so great, no wonder Cao Ang and the others don't want to go back at all.
Cao Ang continued: "My nephew did not lie to you. Zhuge Liang in our class is deeply loved by the governor. The governor not only helped him expand Zhuge Liang's sewing machine factory, but also led him to research some radiator machines. Now it is said that
It has been successful. His academic performance is already above ours. If he had been taught by the governor for one more month, we would have been even further behind his progress!"
"Zhuge Liang!" Guo Jia often heard this name during this period. He was a lucky man. Six months ago, in order to calm down prices, Daqian launched a campaign to send machinery to the countryside. The entire Daqian machinery factory was operating in three shifts.
There were a large number of agricultural tools, tractors, cloth and other materials used in the countryside, and the sewing machines developed by Zhuge Liang were also among them. Even the government even specially approved 10 million yuan to Zhuge Liang to expand the factory because the output of the sewing machine factory was too small.
This made Zhuge Liang very rich. According to statistics in the newspaper, the turnover of this small sewing machine factory in half a year exceeded hundreds of millions. Zhuge Liang and the others made tens of millions of dollars, which caused a sensation throughout Daqian.
You must know that even in Jidu, where new things are constantly emerging, factories that can make such a profit are extremely rare, which naturally arouses the envy of everyone.
During this period, with the expansion of sewing machines, more and more people have used them, and everyone has a higher evaluation of sewing machines. With sewing machines, the efficiency of making clothes can be increased dozens of times, and they are deeply loved by women in Jidu. And the women of Jidu are one of the richest people in Daqian and even the world.
They finally had the financial strength to buy themselves a sewing machine, and sewing machines became popular throughout Jidu, to the point where it was even hard to find one.
The names of Zhuge Liang, Huang Yueying and Pu Yuan who developed sewing machines spread throughout Jidu! They even became the most popular among the young people in Jidu!
To be honest, even Guo Jia is a little envious of Zhuge Liang's rise. If it continues at this rate, within a few years, one of Zhuge Liang's sewing machine factories may make more money than the entire Crab Island's millions of people. many!
This kind of thing could only happen in the Daqian court, and only Lei Gong could be so generous, allowing an ordinary student to earn so much money, and even helped Zhuge Liang develop and grow.
If this had happened during the reign of the late Emperor, Zhuge Liang would have been wiped out by the eunuchs long ago.
Although the late emperor had some talent, he was too greedy for money. He was so greedy that he would not even let go of the funds from the treasury. In terms of structure and magnanimity, he was far behind Lei Gong.
Guo Jia was most surprised that Cao Ang was still with Lei Gong. So he asked: "During this time, have you been with the ruler of Daqian?"
Cao Ang nodded and said: "Yes, the governor said that he wants to build a winter machine that is better than the kang before this winter. What is it called a heating stove? It is used to burn coal. After boiling the hot water, it is connected to the floor through pipes. , and then the hot water enters the radiator in the house to bring heat. With these heaters, the room can become as warm as spring.
One heating furnace in a building is enough to keep the house like spring all year round, and the winter is like the spring in Jiangnan! The government plans to lead us to renovate the entire school, and we students are the ones doing it. It can be said that our school is the busiest now It’s time,”
Guo Jia was surprised and said: "According to this statement, how much coal will be burned? Could it be that being in power has become luxurious!"
He was not surprised that Lei Gong could warm up the entire house. The imperial court could do this back then and even had a special hot spring room.
It can be said that the treatment enjoyed by the late emperor is not much worse than that of today's Daqian, but Lei Gong likes to transform the life enjoyed by the nobles and royal families in the past so that even ordinary people can enjoy it.
It's just that Guo Jia feels that this kind of transformation is a bit too great. To ensure that more than 3,000 students enjoy the treatment of the former emperor, the cost will be prohibitive.
Cao Ang looked at Guo Jia with disdain and said: "Uncle, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. The principle of the heater is to heat hot water and bring heat into the house. Although the cost is not small, it is not huge, especially for a system. The more households there are, the lower the average cost is, even a little more than a heated kang. However, a heated kang can only keep the bed warm at most, while a heating stove can keep the temperature in the entire house!"
"This is completely different from the wine pool and meat forest. The government also wants us to live more comfortably, and if this system is successfully developed, it will be popularized throughout Daqian. By then, everyone will be able to enjoy a life that is like spring all year round. , how can this be called luxury!"
Guo Jia nodded, this is the Lei Gong I am familiar with.
Then Cao Ang said with admiration: "The ruler also plans to take us to do something that will go down in history. That is because at such a critical moment, I don't want to leave Jidu like this!"
Guo Jia curiously smiled and said: "What kind of things will go down in history? Let my uncle know something about it!"
He felt that Cao Ang was talking big words. He had struggled in the Central Plains for more than ten years and did not dare to say that he could leave his name in history. But it was even more difficult for people like Cao Ang who lived in peaceful times! Of course, Cao Ang became the master of Crab Island. , maybe it can be recorded in the history of Daqian!
Cao Ang said: "The government plans to formulate various standards for the world's goods starting next year. Starting next year, the length units, volume units, and area units of the Daqian will all be replaced by new ones. Moreover, the ambition of the government this time is higher than that of the First Emperor. Everything must be big! Everything in the world must be organized into units!”
Guo Jia hesitated and said: "How to formulate units for all these things?"
Guo Jia now felt that his brain was a bit out of control. Why did he understand what Cao Ang said separately, but together he couldn't understand what it meant?
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Cao Ang said with a smile: "Just like the temperature of the water, my uncle usually says the water is cold or hot, but how cold or hot it is, I'm afraid he can't tell it himself!"
Guo Jia thought about it, this is really the case!
"How does the government plan to formulate these units of cold and heat? So that both cold and heat can be accurately expressed."
Cao Ang said: "Using degrees as the unit of heat and cold, for example, when water freezes, it is considered zero degrees, and the stability of water when boiled is set to 100 degrees! Ordinary cold water is only a dozen degrees, even in summer. It's just over twenty degrees, so the temperature between ice water and boiling water has 100 units of measurement.
This stability can not only measure the temperature of water, but can also measure the temperature of other objects, such as molten iron and the temperature of furnaces. Only when the standards are established can the refined steel be more stable!"
"Furthermore, water not only has a temperature, but the ruling party also leads us to determine the density of all things in the world. The ruling party has already planned to use water as the benchmark for the density of all things. The density of water is set as one, and things that are clearer than water have a density less than one. Compared with Things that are heavier than water have a density greater than one. This is a big project. Now the students are collecting various items to use when they start to measure the density.
Many students have even used the concept of governing density in advance, and have also measured the density of many items. For example, the density of iron is about seven points, the density of soil is about two points, and the density of rice is close to one. The density of wood is only 0.8, 0.9. It is because the density of wood is smaller than that of water that it determines that wood can float on the water.
There are also wind speed, wind level, etc. Everything must have a standard for us to work hard. It can be said that next year, each of us will be very busy!"
Guo Jia found that he couldn't understand most of what Cao Ang just said, but he felt that it was very grand. Lei Gong's ambition was much higher than that of the First Emperor. At least the First Emperor did not expect to set a set of standards for all things in the world. come out!
Guo Jia looked at Cao Ang's proud expression and smiled and said: "It seems that your study next year will be extremely exciting. You can buy a heating stove like this for your uncle's house. You know that your uncle is the most afraid of the cold! What if? If you do it well, uncle will go and explain your behavior to the lord!"
Cao Ang said in surprise: "My nephew will help my uncle install the best heating stove!"
Guo Jia was willing to help them explain to their families, and Cao Ang immediately told his friends at school about the good news. Cao Ang was not the only one who didn't want to leave Jidu, and other international students from Jidu didn't want to leave Jidu so soon either.
In the next few days, Cao Ang really led a group of friends to hammer and knock in Guo Jia's mansion. They erected a towering boiler, and the pipes connected to the boiler were also installed by them. They even even took the opportunity to Helped Guo Jia to repair some damaged bricks and tiles.
And they also built a bathhouse for Guo Jia in the atom. For them, this is not a big project. At most, they dig a pool. The heating water cooled by the house can enter the pool, and then they can Take a hot bath.
Guo Jia looked at it and said it was too extravagant!
"If you want to take a hot bath, you can go to a bathhouse. Why build a bathhouse at home? It's such a waste of coal."
But Cao Ang said: "My uncle is considered a big shot in Jidu. How can he go to a public bathhouse? Look at how good it is now. You can take a bath just sitting at home."
Guo Jia helplessly looked at the children from various families swimming around in the swimming pool. How could they build a bathhouse for him? It was clearly Cao Ang and the others who wanted to build a swimming pool.
However, Guo Jia is very pleased with their behavior. Although they have only studied at the University of Mechanical Engineering for more than half a year, their progress is visible to the naked eye, and they are not as obsessed with studying as before.
Under the guidance of Xu Wei in the past six months, Cao Ang and his friends have extremely strong hands-on skills. Their current skills as masons and blacksmiths can earn them the title of junior blacksmith even if they reach the Daqian level!
So building a bathhouse and assembling a heater are no problem at all.
After the heater was installed, Guo Jia found that Cao Ang had not exaggerated. Even if the water outside turned to ice, the inside of the room was still as warm as spring. Guo Jia felt that even his old cough was much better with him in the room!
And in this living room that feels like spring all year round, Guo Jia welcomed the businessman friends he had made in Daqian!
As soon as these people came to Guo Jia's room, they discovered something strange. The temperature inside was too high. If it weren't for the ice outside, they all thought spring was coming!
"Brother Fengxiao, how do you make your hall so warm?" Businessman Wu Min asked in surprise.
Guo Jiading said: "This is a heating stove newly developed by the ruler and his students. It can heat houses. It has not been widely used yet. Only the University of Mechanical Engineering has this thing. I have many nephews studying at the University of Mechanical Engineering.
I also know it.
They felt sorry for my uncle who was having a hard time in the winter, so they built a device like this for us!"
Hearing this, these businessmen were filled with envy. They did not have such filial nephews.