Wanxiang Tower collapsed completely. With the collapse of Wanxiang Tower, there were countless cases involved.
New clues have been found for many old cases in Baoan County, and a huge human trafficking organization has also been implicated.
With Zhou Tiesheng in hot pursuit, the government officials destroyed the organization in one fell swoop and rescued hundreds of women and a small number of children.
Some of these women were local, some were kidnapped from surrounding counties, and many were kidnapped from other provinces.
Except for a small number of nearby people who can be sent home, most people cannot go back.
In desperation, Hou Yao could only build another textile factory and arrange for women to work in the factory, while the children could only be sent to the nursing home for the time being.
Throughout the Chinese New Year, the entire Baoan County Yamen were busy investigating the case of the evil forces in Wanxianglou.
The number of criminals involved in this case has reached thousands, and there are as many as hundreds of murder cases on hand.
Through the Wanxiang Tower incident, Hou Yao conquered the hearts of the people in the county, but this also aroused the fear of other forces.
At the same time, a shocking news came from Guangzhou Prefecture. A few days ago, the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture was assassinated in the Yamen.
This news caused panic throughout Guangdong Province, and those forces that wanted to take action against Hou Yao had to slow down.
The only one who can't and doesn't want to slow down is Huang Fengyu. Wanxiang Tower is his most important financial source.
At the same time, he is also the most important source of wealth for Du Huien, the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture, who is one of his backers.
Now that our financial resources have been cut off, how can we be willing to pass on the situation immediately?
After receiving Huang Fengyu's report, Du Huien immediately sent the inspector and deputy inspector to Bao'an County.
In the past, he might have hesitated, but now that the prefect is dead, he is the top leader of Guangzhou Prefecture.
Now is the best time to take action.
Hou Yao had no idea that two purposeful inspectors and deputy inspectors had set out to cause trouble for him. At this time, he was on his way to the county school.
Traditionally, the county school has a holiday for the five days before the Lunar New Year, and classes will not resume until after the Lantern Festival, which lasts for twenty days, which is called the Zhengdan holiday.
After returning from the Zhengdan holiday, the school will hold a resumption ceremony, and the county magistrate needs to come out to mobilize the students to study, which is called encouraging students to learn.
In addition, the child examination arrangements for the new year will also be announced.
Hou Yao brought a group of leaders to the county school, and the teachings were already waiting at the gate with all the sentient beings.
Compared with the first time before, the children looked at Hou Yao with a little more respect this time.
In Minglun Hall, Hou Yao walked up to the public seat and was about to speak when a bold student suddenly shouted:
"Master Magistrate, there is something unclear about this student. I wonder if I can ask you for advice?"
Hou Yao looked up and found that the speaker was Ji Yongning, who answered the question last time.
"I remember correctly, you are Ji Yongning who answered the question last time, right?"
Ji Yongning bowed and said:
"Thank you sir for remembering the students."
"Okay, if you have any questions, just ask."
"Yes, my lord said last time that students should not just focus on the imperial examination. After listening to this, the students thought about it for a long time and felt that your lord's words were quite reasonable.
But then the students couldn't figure it out. If they don't put their thoughts on the imperial examination, where should they be used? What's the point of studying?"
Hou Yao's heart moved, he glanced at the many students, and then said loudly:
"Is this your problem alone or is it a problem shared by all of you?"
The children below looked at each other and shouted together:
"This is a common problem among students."
"Okay, in that case, I will teach you a lesson today.
What is the true meaning of establishing a heart for heaven and earth, establishing a destiny for the living and the people, carrying on the unique knowledge for the past saints, and creating peace for all generations.
Please come with me to see the emerging industries in this county."
All the students looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what this emerging industry was.
Hou Yao took the lead and led the students out of the gate of the county school with a big smile.
First, he took the students to his newly planned large-scale planting base, which is now in the land preparation stage.
There are hundreds of old farmers working in the fields pushing strange carts in a large area of cultivated land.
This is the soil preparation machine recorded in the "Machine Summary", which can improve work efficiency a lot.
"You see, these are the initial stages of mechanical operations. Originally, one person could only complete three acres of land in one day.
Using this kind of machinery, nearly ten acres of land can be cleared in one day. The efficiency has increased three times.
This is the machinery industry, one of the emerging industries. You can invent more advanced machinery to improve this efficiency.
The area cultivated by the people can be larger, the grain production can be increased, and the people no longer have to worry about running out of food.
This is truly about establishing a life for the people.”
All living beings exclaimed, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk".
But Hou Yao didn't stay here long and took people to the newly built textile factory.
Two looms have been made inside, and new looms are still being made.
The female workers gathered around the loom to learn how to use it.
Seeing Hou Yao suddenly coming with a large number of students, he hurriedly stepped aside to make way.
"These are the new looms that I have improved, and they are twice as efficient as the old looms.
You can take a look, this is also one of the machinery industries."
After observing the loom for a while, all the sentient beings expressed their admiration.
Hou Yao let them observe on their own, and after stopping for a while, he took them to the next stop.
The last stop is Xiong Yushi's glass workshop, where formal production has begun.
At present, many kinds of glass products have been produced, such as telescopes, magnifying glasses, prisms, glasses, etc.
These items that were beyond this era completely shattered the three views of these children.
Ji Yongning came to Hou Yao with a telescope:
"Sir, why can this object have a panoramic view of everything beyond the distance? Is this the legendary mirror?"
Hou Yao smiled and said:
"This is just the simplest telescope. To be able to see the stars in the sky, a real telescope must be studied slowly.
I have shown you so much today because I want to tell you that studying is not just for being an official.
We should also work hard to explore the unknown and improve people's livelihood.
To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the living and the people, to carry forward the unique teachings of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations is not just a slogan.
It requires all intellectuals to actually use what they have learned in books to realize it one by one. Confucius is not the only one who went to the saints.
In the great era of pre-Qin when hundreds of schools of thought contended, each one is worthy of our obedience and admiration. There are so many saints and so many unique learnings.
What allows people to settle down and live their lives are all skills, and they are all the unique skills of saints. Are you willing to follow them?
Eternal peace cannot be achieved by warriors in battle, but must be brought about by scholars using higher skills.
When one day we can have enough food and clothing without having to work hard, the peaceful world will truly come."
Hou Yao's words deeply shocked every student present.
The crowd applauded warmly.
Ji Yongning has always been full of imagination about the sky, but he always thought it was just an unattainable dream.
Now Hou Yao actually said that he could make a telescope that could see the stars in the sky. Why didn't he be extremely surprised?
Coupled with Hou Yao's touching speech, Ji Yongning immediately bowed deeply to Hou Yao:
"Sir, students have been full of imagination about the starry sky since childhood. If they can see the true appearance of the starry sky in their lifetime, they will die without regrets.
I hope to learn from adults, and hope to be able to make a real telescope one day."
With his lead, other students followed suit.
"I want to learn too, please teach me."
"Sir, the student is willing to be a big pommel horse, please teach the student."
…
Hou Yao was so moved that his eyes filled with tears. He was just waiting for this moment when he pulled it hard.
There was some commotion in the crowd now, so he waved his hand to calm down:
"There is no need to fight for it. Anyone who is willing to learn from me will be taught by me.
However, you have to think carefully. Anyone who joins our school must voluntarily give up the scientific examination.
After learning my skills, I will join the industry I am running and work in the future. After working, all inventions must be given priority to my industry for use for ten years.
You can only earn high salaries, just like this Master Xiong.
Master Xiong has been studying with me for nearly a year, and the various types of glass in your hands were made by him.
Now his salary is about 20,000 taels of silver per month."
Twenty thousand is still a monthly income. Such a high salary is much more than what you can earn as an official.
Not to mention these students, even the lecturers and officials in the yamen were shocked.
"Sir, the student is willing to give up the scientific examination..."
"Sir, please accept the students' respect..."
"Sir, please accept the villain's knees..."
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and Ji Yongning even knelt down on the spot.
Hou Yao was very optimistic about Ji Yongning. It was a waste for such a talent to learn to make an astronomical telescope, so he decided to fool him again.
"Yong Ning, please rise. I will give you all the help you can give me. However, what's the point of looking at the starry sky? Why not try to fly to the starry sky to have a look?"
Ji Yongning was excited and incoherent, and stammered:
"Fly... into the stars? Really?"
"Now I can only let you lift off into the sky. You have to rely on your own efforts to fly into the stars."
As soon as these words were spoken, the students immediately went into a panic. Finally, Hou Yao made an agreement with the students that in three days, they would see with their own eyes how people can fly into the sky.
This calmed everyone down.
…
Three days later, Hou Yao rushed to build a small hot air balloon.
The test flight was carried out in an open space outside the city. In addition to students, there were also a large number of county residents who came to watch. The crowd was literally a sea of people.
Hou Yao did not drive away these people, but ordered the government officials to maintain order, and then began to slowly heat up.
The people who took the hot air balloon originally arranged for a death row prisoner, but because Ji Yongning insisted on letting him go up,
In the end Hou Yao had to agree to let him go up.
Soon the hot air balloon slowly rose. Because he was worried that the hot air balloon was unsafe, Hou Yao actually only let the balloon rise to a height of 300 meters before stopping.
Anyway, his purpose is just to tell others that he has the ability to send people to heaven.
Seeing Ji Yongning successfully fly hundreds of meters into the sky, the people watching marveled, and many even regarded Hou Yao as a descended god.
Many ignorant people actually knelt down in the direction of Hou Yao with pious expressions on their faces and muttered:
"Merciful Mr. Hou Zhi County, please keep our family safe."
"My great merciful Master of Houzhi County, please bless you for good weather and a good harvest this year."
"My great merciful and merciful lord of Houzhi County, please bless my daughter-in-law to give birth to a son."
…
The hot air balloon slowly landed. After Ji Yongning came down, his feet were trembling, but his face was full of excitement.
As soon as he saw Hou Yao, he knelt down excitedly:
"Sir, please teach me how to fly."
Hou Yao smiled happily and said:
"Okay, Yongning, if you get up first, I will teach you, eh? Yongning, how about you get up first?"
"Sir, the student's legs are weak and he can't get up now. Please let the student kneel for a while...".