"No way?" Su Hao asked dumbfounded, "Just to figure out these problems, you are actually willing to give up the opportunity to take the provincial examination?"
Ma Yu smiled faintly and said: "The sea of learning is boundless, and life is short. People of our generation have heard about the great way, how can we abandon it just to seek fame and fame?"
"Your idea is correct." Su Hao said, "It's just a bit shocking. Your homework is so outstanding, it would be a pity not to take the exam for the honor. I think Wu Jiaoyu and your father-in-law may not be able to do it either."
Do you agree?"
Ma Yudao: "Jiayan Jiasi has never interfered with my choices. As for Wu Jiaoyu, he admires Western learning more than I do. Besides, I'm not saying that I will never take part in the imperial examinations in my life. I will wait until I understand these things.
After completing the Dao, it’s not too late to take the imperial examination.”
The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty included many thresholds. First, there was the examination of scholar, then the examination of candidates, and then the examination of Jinshi. Those who could pass all these thresholds within a few years were top geniuses. For ordinary scholars,
It is also normal for a delay of more than ten years to occur between a middle school scholar and a middle school scholar.
After some people pass the scholar examination, for livelihood considerations or other reasons, they may first teach for a few years or do something else, and then take the provincial examination after a few years. If there is no Su Hao
With the emergence of Ma Yu, Ma Yu was ready to take the provincial examination the following year. However, because of his exposure to the Western scientific theories taught by Su Hao, Ma Yu's mind was drawn in another direction, which led him to decide to give up the second year.
In order to ensure the rural examination opportunities, time and energy should be devoted to solving these scientific and technological problems.
Su Hao understood this procedure, and after hearing Ma Yu speak so firmly, he no longer tried to dissuade him, but instead asked: "Brother Duwen, as far as you know, how many students in the academy have the same ideas as you?
"
"What do you think?" Ma Yu asked.
Su Hao said: "It's just like you who are obsessed with Western learning and are willing to give up the imperial examination for this reason, or temporarily give up the imperial examination."
Ma Yudao: "As far as I know, there are at least a dozen people. What, does brother Gai want to open a Western learning class in the academy? If so, I will be the first one to sign up, such as Shu Xiu, etc. Brother Gai is completely
Don’t worry about it.”
When Ma Yu talked about Shu Xiu, he was naturally joking with Su Hao. Su Hao smiled and waved his hands and said: "Brother Duwen has thought differently. Brothers are interested in Western learning. I can take the time to talk to you about Shu.
Repairs and other things are left to the outside world. I ask you this question because I want to see if anyone is willing to come to the workshop to help me do something. Although I have more than a dozen government officials under me, their cultural quality is really poor.
, there are some things that cannot be left to them.”
"Is this why Brother Gai came to the academy today?" Ma Yu guessed.
Su Hao smiled and said: "Brother Duwen is indeed smart. I only said one sentence and Brother Duwen guessed my purpose. Yes, I came to the academy today just to find help."
Ma Yudao: "Isn't the well exploration completed? Why, did the magistrate appoint a new job to Gai's brother?"
Su Hao said: "There is indeed something important to do now. Although this drought did not cause much damage after we urgently dug wells to fight the drought, the lessons are very profound. If we want to put an end to floods and droughts once and for all,
, a large-scale water storage project must be built to adjust the water volume of the river according to drought and flood conditions. I have already reported to the county magistrate, Mr. Han, to build a reservoir in the upper reaches of Fengshui and Fengshui. This is the biggest thing at the moment.
"
"What is a reservoir?" Ma Yu's question is the same as Korean.
Su Hao said: "It is what we usually call Pitang, but its scale is much larger than Pitang."
"How big can it be?" Ma Yu asked with interest.
Su Hao gestured with his fingers on the stone table and said: "The initial idea is to find a valley five miles long and 100 feet wide, and build a dam 10 feet high at the mouth of the valley. After it is completed, it can store one million cubic meters of water.
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Like Han Wen's reaction, Ma Yu was also shocked by the medium-sized reservoir described by Su Hao. He eagerly asked Su Hao several key questions, and after receiving satisfactory answers, he said with emotion: "Relying on manpower, it can really be done
Is it possible to build a reservoir of this size? If this reservoir can be built, it will be comparable to Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal."
"Compared with Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal, it may be slightly inferior." Su Hao said, "However, man can conquer nature. As long as the planning is proper, a reservoir ten or a hundred times larger than this can also be built. It is indeed more spectacular than Dujiangyan.
many."
"Ten times or a hundred times bigger, wouldn't it be tens of millions or millions of cubic feet? Where can such a large reservoir be built?" Ma Yu questioned.
Su Hao said: "Brother Duwen, have you ever heard of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River? If a stone wall can be built at the mouth of the Xiling Gorge at the bottom, it can cut off the Wushan Mountains and create a high gorge and flat lake. The water storage capacity will be more than ten million cubic feet. By then,
If the goddess is fine, she should be amazed at how different the world is."
"Can we see such a wonder in this life?" Ma Yu asked calmly, his eyes shining with longing. The chairman's water tune song was indeed majestic, even if it was changed into vernacular by Su Hao,
It was enough to make Ma Yu's blood boil. Unfortunately, Ma Yu did not have the opportunity to travel to later generations. With the technological level of the Ming Dynasty, it was completely impossible to build the Three Gorges Project.
Su Hao felt sorry for Ma Yu in his heart, shook his head and said: "This is just an idea. The engineering difficulty of intercepting the Yangtze River is beyond our ability today. However, we need to build a dam on Fengshui River.
It’s not that difficult. It’s just that I’m in urgent need of technical personnel right now, and I simply can’t complete the preliminary survey of the project by myself.”
Ma Yu is a cautious person. When he heard what Su Hao said, he first asked: "What needs to be done for the engineering survey that Brother Gai mentioned?"
Su Hao said: "To put it simply, we need to find a valley that can store water in the upper reaches of the river. It is best to have a large belly and a narrow mouth, so that the storage capacity is the largest. In addition, this valley should be basically closed, with mountains on both sides.
After the water is impounded, it will not leak from the side. To find such a place, someone needs to carefully inspect along the river valley and draw a detailed map. The upper reaches of Fengshui are surrounded by mountains and sparsely populated, so the survey work must be very difficult.
tough."
"My younger brother is willing to help with these matters." Ma Yu replied, "I think there are some students who are also willing to participate in this matter. Brother Gai, would you like to talk to them?"
"Can you call them here now?" Su Hao said, "If possible, I would like to meet them and hear what they mean."
"This is easy. Brother Gai, wait a moment, and I will go and summon them now."
As Ma Yu said that, he stood up and walked towards the lecture hall of the academy. After a while, only a faint sound of voices was heard, and Ma Yu came over with more than a dozen students. Su Hao quickly stood up and saluted everyone.
The students also returned gifts to Su Hao.
After a few pleasantries, Ma Yu led the students he called into the Jianxia Pavilion. There were not enough stone benches in the pavilion, so the students who had no place to sit stood at the back. Everyone gathered around Su
Hao, wait to hear his introduction about building a reservoir.
Su Hao told everyone what he said to Ma Yu again. Just as Ma Yu said, these students are all people who want to do something. After listening to Su Hao's introduction, they were gearing up one by one and wished they could change immediately.
Get on the straw sandals and head towards the Luoshan area upstream where there are abundant waters.
"A few days ago, I went to the countryside with my brother to survey for wells. I haven't had enough of it yet. If we want to select a site for this reservoir, it must be more interesting than surveying for wells. I am willing to go." A student named Jiang Yida said.
Said irritably.
Su Hao explained: "The location of reservoirs is different from that of surveying wells. The surveying wells are all in plain areas, where life is convenient. The sites of reservoirs are usually in mountains, with high mountains, dense forests, deep caves and deep valleys, and are often sparsely populated.
Life is extremely inconvenient, can Brother Jingxi think clearly?"
Jiang Yida's nickname is Jingxi, and he is a lively person. Hearing Su Hao scare him like this, he became even more excited. He laughed and said: "This is the most interesting place. Master always said that reading thousands of books
, traveled thousands of miles. If my generation can have such an experience, I will have something to talk about and boast to my peers when I go to take the provincial examination in the future."
Others also followed suit:
"Brother Jingxi said it is true. We used to look for places with beautiful scenery to go out and make friends. I have heard that Naluo Mountain has excellent scenery. We are about to go there together. Maybe we can write some good articles.
Woolen cloth."
"Yes, yes, we are taking this opportunity to hold a poetry meeting. The sun invites me to write beautiful scenery and large pieces of poetry to write articles. This beautiful poem must be done in the mountains."
"By the way, you might be able to meet a beautiful village girl in the mountains and fields..."
"I heard that there is still a custom of wild union in that mountain..."
"I have a female lion in my house, which is very ferocious. It's better for Brother Tiande to try this wild union thing..."
"..."
The more everyone talked, the more lively they became, and the more they talked, the more miserable they became. In the end, they all burst out laughing. Su Hao looked at these young students and felt like he was back in his college days. Who said ancient scholars were all pedantic?
Unbearable, the dozen or so people in front of me were as energetic as my classmates back then.
However, Su Hao also knew that these people who were summoned by Ma Yu must be some of the most active people in the academy. The other students must not have such youthful spirit. In addition, these people will have to pass the provincial examination in the future and will be able to
They have to go through several examinations such as the Imperial Examination and the Palace Examination before they can officially embark on an official career. During this process, their spirit may be slowly worn away, and in the end, they will become sanctimonious like Han Wen.
Alas, this damn imperial examination system is really ruining people, Su Hao thought with emotion.