Chapter 1015 The Civilization Progressing Gradually
Kou Ji didn't sneer for long in Baishi Tower before he got up, tidied his clothes and rushed to visit Wang Sui.
Because Wang Sui was stationed in the northern border of the Song Dynasty, he missed the opportunity to enter the center of the Song Dynasty and did not serve as an important minister in the center of the Song Dynasty.
But no one would belittle him, and no one would dare to be disrespectful to him.
Because he spent almost half his life holding up the sky in the north for the Song Dynasty.
It can be regarded as a pillar of the Song Dynasty.
When Kou Ji was in the Song Dynasty, he had a good impression of this person who didn't talk much and only liked to do things quietly.
Now that the king has come to Qingguo in person, Kou Ji, although he has a high position, is willing to go and see him.
Liang Shi arranged Wang Sui to the Autumn Courtyard in the Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Siyuan of Wenchang Academy, which was used to entertain distinguished guests.
Autumn Garden is an elegant courtyard, filled with many flowers and plants that only bloom in autumn and trees that reflect their beautiful colors in autumn.
Such as maple trees.
When Kou Ji entered the Autumn Courtyard, the maple leaves in the Autumn Courtyard were in full bloom and covered with bright red leaves.
Wang Sui and Kou Zhun laid out a dental mat under the red maple, covered with a thick blanket, and sat cross-legged under the red maple, watching the maple leaves falling, drinking and having fun.
Kou Ji felt that the two old men, who were full of knowledge, were sitting under the red maple, discussing knowledge, drinking and having fun, which was full of poetry.
It's just that there is an old eunuch next to him, which is a bit disturbing.
When Kou Ji saw Wang Sui and Kou Zhun drinking and having fun, his face was full of smiles.
But after seeing Chen Lin waiting at the side, her face suddenly darkened.
Kou Ji walked forward slowly and bowed to Kou Zhun and Wang Sui, who were sitting under the red maple, drinking and having fun.
"I've met my grandfather, I've met the prince..."
Kou Zhun waved his hand carelessly.
The king then stood up and saluted, "I, the king, are here to see the king..."
Kou Ji hurriedly returned the greeting and said: "The prince is joking. How dare I call you the lord of the country in front of you?"
Kou Zhun pulled Wang Sui to sit down, waved his hand and said, "Don't pay attention to him, let's talk about ourselves."
Wang Sui nodded dumbfounded, turned around and gave Kou Ji an intriguing look, and said with a smile: "I'm just a stepping stone."
After saying this, Wang Sui glanced at Chen Lin and stopped talking to Kou Ji.
When Kou Ji saw this, he still didn't understand what Wang Sui meant.
Obviously, the one who really wants to see him is Chen Lin, and the one who really has something to say is the person behind Chen Lin.
The people behind Chen Lin were afraid that Kou Ji would not give Chen Lin face, so they asked Wang Sui to come out as a stepping stone.
Kou Ji felt that the person behind Chen Lin was bullying.
He knew clearly that he valued friendship and would not reject these veterans who had made great contributions to the Song Dynasty.
Just focus on this point and control yourself very hard.
More importantly, in the Song Dynasty, there were many veterans who were involved with Kou Ji and were willing to die for the Song Dynasty.
In addition to Wang Sui, there are also Zhang Zhibai from Linheng Prefecture, Cai Qi from Jiaozhi Prefecture, and Li Di from Hexi Prefecture.
As for the guards of the newly established Beiqing Prefecture and Nantang Prefecture, Lu Yijian.
Those are Kou Ji's political opponents, that one doesn't count.
The person behind Chen Lin has already entrusted Zhang Zhibai to show up once, and now he has entrusted Wang Sui to do so.
Kou Ji had a hunch that Cai Qi and Li Di were not far away.
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin fiercely, but Chen Lin didn't seem to see Kou Ji's fierce look, and instead smiled happily at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji walked to the foot of the pavilion not far from the red maple tree.
Chen Lin quickly followed over.
After standing still, Kou Ji said to Chen Lin very viciously: "Before Eunuch Chen entered the palace, did he work as a waiter in Fireworks Willow Alley?"
Chen Lin was stunned and said with a smile: "Why did Lord Qing say this?"
Kou Ji sarcastically said: "You are obviously not a qualified waiter, so you cut off your life and entered the palace to become a father-in-law."
Chen Lin roughly understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Kou Ji was accusing him of acting a bit fake that day in Chui Gong Hall.
Chen Lin said with a dry smile: "Our family has been with the official family for most of our lives, and we have never told lies to the official family, so we are not very good at telling lies."
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "Next time you poke two holes in yourself with a knife, I will probably be deceived by you."
Chen Lin smiled very naturally: "As long as Lord Qing no longer cares about everything that happens in Chui Gong Hall, our family can poke two holes in ourselves now."
After a pause, Chen Lin added with a smile, "If two are not enough, we can poke a few more."
Kou Ji took a breath and cursed: "If you risk your own life to repay the debt owed by others, what does it have to do with you? Can you afford it?"
Chen Lin smiled and said: "Whether our family can afford it depends on how much our life is worth in the heart of Lord Qing."
Kou Ji said even more viciously: "You are really a loyal old dog."
Chen Lin still smiled and said: "Our family is an Ao dog raised by the royal family."
When Kou Ji heard this, his momentum weakened. He glared at Chen Lin and snorted, "You, Chen Lin, are considered a person. It's not worth humiliating yourself like this.
Seeing that you are quite sensible, I won't bother you about the matters in Chui Gong Hall.
But for others, don’t even think about it.”
Chen Lin was happy at first, but then her face drooped again. He smiled bitterly and said: "The officials have their own difficulties and thoughts, so please stop arguing with the officials about this matter."
Kou Ji pointed angrily in the direction of Kou's temporary residence, "Is that his attitude of admitting his mistake?"
Chen Lin said with a bitter face: "The officials say one code equals one code. He also has a share of the grandson, so he has to fight for it. Not only does he want to fight, but he also wants to take his grandson back to the Song Dynasty and raise it with his own hands."
Kou Ji snorted and said decisively: "He has a good idea!"
Chen Lin sighed and asked: "How can you be willing to spare the official family?"
Kou Ji glanced at Chen Lin and said disdainfully: "If I forgive him, do I have the qualifications? He is the best person in the world, not me."
Chen Lin pondered for a moment, stared at Kou Ji and said, "So, there is no need to talk?"
Kou Ji said forcefully: "You'd better not bring up this topic in front of me again."
Chen Lin nodded, with a smile on her face again, "Then tell me about your student."
Kou Ji said warily: "That student? I don't recognize those guys in the court."
Chen Lin said bluntly: "Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "What happened to the two of them?"
Chen Lin sighed with emotion: "The two of them are really capable of making trouble. If it weren't for the secret protection of the officials, I'm afraid they would have died long ago."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was thoughtful.
Chen Lin continued: "After you left, they incorporated the books written by you and the Manchu civil and military officials before, as well as some knowledge summarized from the Dashi books, into Confucianism, calling themselves the New School of Confucianism, and publicizing it.
Now he is being beaten and killed by Confucian scholars."
Kou Ji pondered and said: "With the power of Confucian scholars, it should be easy to suppress the two of them."
Chen Lin smiled bitterly and said: "There are too many scholars, and Confucian scholars are not all of them. In the Song Dynasty, we have been promoting enlightenment for many years, and the Mengmeng students have left the Mongolian school for many years.
There are many things that you can get involved in the knowledge they learn.
Therefore, they were very supportive of the new learning preached by Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong.
In addition, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong integrated almost all walks of life into the new learning.
So it attracts more people.
Confucian scholars tried their best to suppress them, but it was difficult to eradicate them.
Every time it is suppressed, it will resurface soon.
Now they and the Confucian scholars have reached a quarrel with each other."
Hearing this, Kou Ji sighed with emotion, "They are really capable of doing things."
Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "They almost died several times. Some people made a fuss about their personal ethics, and some framed them. If the officials hadn't secretly helped them, they would probably have died."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment and asked, "You don't want to take care of it?"
Kou Ji asked: "Why should I care? What does it have to do with me? They are working hard for the new study, and in the final analysis, they are also trying to make the Song Dynasty reach a higher level.
Their defeat was the Song Dynasty's loss.
They became successful, which benefited the Song Dynasty.
It is Da Song who should take care of them, not me."
Chen Lin said faintly: "Listen to what you mean, do you plan to just ignore everything?"
Kou Ji put on a lazy look, "No time, no mood."
Chen Lin sighed, "Then our family won't talk about it."
Kou Ji nodded in agreement, "That's how it should be."
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji and said: "The official said that after His Highness Qing turns six, he will take His Highness Qing to Bianjing City."
Kou Ji blew his beard and stared at Chen Lin, "No way!"
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji with a strange look on her face, "You can't stop me, what's the use of talking so much."
Kou Ji asked: "Why do you think I can't stop you?"
Chen Lin curled her lips and said: "The Concubine Xian is still alive. Due to emotions and reasons, Princess Baoqing has to take His Highness Qing back to see her.
So even if you don't agree, His Highness Qing will fall into the hands of the officials sooner or later."
Kou Ji glared at Chen Lin fiercely and walked away decisively.
Chen Lin looked at Kou Jiyuan's retreating figure and sighed sadly.
Although in the final negotiation confrontation, Chen Lin won.
But he didn't have any joy of winning.
Chen Lin and Wang Sui did not stay in Qingguo for long.
Wang Sui only stayed in Qingguo for three days. After meeting some important personnel of Qingguo, he left Qingguo and returned to the northern border of the Song Dynasty.
Chen Lin actually stayed in Qingguo for a full month.
During this period, I approached Kou Ji many times and prepared to continue talking with Kou Ji, but was avoided by Kou Ji all the time.
A month later, Chen Lin left Qingguo sadly, taking Kou Qing's footprints and the architectural plans of one of Kou Qing's luxurious mansions.
After Chen Lin left, people sent gifts to Qingguo one after another to celebrate Kou Qing's birth.
After a year of busy work, the limelight has finally passed.
The inner palace belonging to the Kou family has been built.
Now it is drying.
After the construction of Kou's inner palace and the Qingguo office area was completed, the construction of other areas of Qingdu was also put on the agenda.
Kou's inner palace and Qingguo's office area were almost all built with stone, and not much wood was consumed.
When building other areas in Qingdu, wood must be obtained.
It happened that at this time, a scholar from Wenchang Academy who did not want to be named developed something called cement.
After testing by Qingguo officials, cement was found to be an excellent material for building houses.
Then, cement became the main construction material in other areas of Qingdu.
Liang Shi, the minister of the Qing Kingdom, felt that cement could be extended to the entire Qing Kingdom.
So he invited Kou Ji, the leader of the Qing Kingdom, to promote cement in the Qing Kingdom.
Liang Shi, the minister of the Qing Kingdom, knew that the leader of the Qing Kingdom, Kou Ji, was a rich man who was willing to spend money.
Therefore, he decisively asked the leader of Qingguo for instructions and prepared to use cement to build all the public buildings and main official roads of Qingguo in Qingguo.
As Liang Shi expected, Kou Ji, the leader of the Qing Kingdom, was indeed generous.
Not only did he agree to Liang Shi's proposal, he also decided to pave all official roads in Qing State with cement.
But he also made a puzzling move.
That is to set up the cement-burning workshop in the extremely cold and desolate place north of Di Qing's fiefdom.
The intermediate freight and consumption are very huge.
Liang Shi felt it was inappropriate.
But Kou Ji, the leader of the Qing Kingdom, insisted on doing this.
Liang Shi couldn't defeat Kou Ji, so he could only do things according to Kou Ji's wishes.
As a result, there were many more ships from the Qing Kingdom to the Di Qing fiefdom.
Great construction was going on throughout the Qing Dynasty.
The anonymous scholar at Wenchang Academy is always able to research many practical and novel things.
For example, after cement, the great scholar also learned about the unique development of glass refining in the West.
This thing was not invented by the university scholar himself.
But he discovered it from the Dashi books when he was reading them.
Then after a series of improvements, it came out with a new look.
After the craftsmen refined various colors of glass from sand.
In the past, Western merchants bought glass at exorbitant prices in the East and it became worthless.
Of course, it is only worthless in some core places of Dongfang Qingguo.
It is still priceless elsewhere in the East.
After this thing came out, the nobles of Qing Dynasty liked to use glass beads to reward people.
If nothing happens, I will reward you with a handful of glass beads.
Di Qing and Liu Heng liked this thing the most and intimidated the academics who had improved the method of refining it not to publicize the method of refining it for the time being.
Then they secretly took a lot of it and went out to deceive people.
Di Qing used this thing to defraud a fief of a hundred miles in the north.
Liu Heng used this item to defraud a large amount of money.
It's a pity that the reformers who don't like this have cheated a lot.
The improver of this product sold the refining method of this product to the Song Dynasty at a high price, and received rich supplies from the Song Dynasty, as well as a huge amount of iron materials and copper ingots.
By the way, he also mocked the other party.
This made His Majesty Zhao Zhen, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, furious and had many eunuchs and officials responsible for procurement in the palace and yamen beheaded.
After beheading the people, His Majesty Zhao Zhen, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, began to use glass to deceive others.
All in all, those who have the method of making glass are deceiving people crazily in the East.
However, Qingguo, the place where the storm started, was calm.
Kou Ji, the leader of the Qing Kingdom, acted like a salted fish, as if he didn't know about this.
"Dad...you really didn't make that glass?"
Kou Tianci sat in front of Kou Ji and looked at Kou Ji suspiciously.
Kou Ji lay on the recliner and said lazily: "You have read the parchment on the third floor of Baishi Building about the method of making glass four times.
You still don’t know if I made it?”
Kou Tianci hesitated and said, "But the glass-making method used by those in the glass workshop is different from that on the parchment."
Kou Ji yawned, "What difference can there be? Aren't they all made of sand?"
Kou Tianci continued to ask questions.
Kou Ji waved his hand and said, "Okay, stop asking questions around me. When you have time, you can take a look at the collection of books in Baishi Tower. Everything you want to know is there.
As long as you study carefully, you will surely come up with something unique."
Kou Tianci stared at Kou Ji, "Then let me meet the mysterious scholar hiding in Wenchang Academy."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Wenchang Academy was built under your watch. You know better than me what's in it. There is no mysterious university scholar at all.
If you have to talk about academicians, Su Xun can barely be considered one.
That guy has now read through more than 100,000 volumes of food books and summed up a lot of good things from them.
Even your grandfather is ashamed.
Now when I study Western history, I also discuss things with him."
Kou Tianci said in a deep voice: "But I asked Su Xun, and Su Xun doesn't know how to burn cement or make glass. Dad, you don't want to tell me, is there some secret?
Is it true, as the people say, that you caught an immortal and persuaded him to help you refine those strange things in Wenchang Academy?"
Kou Ji glanced at Kou Tianci with disdain, "Can gods be caught by others? Those who can be caught are called gods?"
Kou Tianci said seriously: "It is said among the people that gods also have nemesis."
Kou Ji said disdainfully: "If the gods really want to have a nemesis, then being a god is definitely not as comfortable as being a human being."
Kou Tianci asked again: "Then have you caught the immortal?"
Kou Ji glared and said: "As I said, those strange and weird things were produced after the collision between the knowledge of the Song Dynasty and the culture of the Great Food.
The forging technique of the Great Song Dynasty has the strengths of the Great Song Dynasty.
Western forging techniques also have Western strengths.
When the two are combined, different good things will naturally come out.
If you are stupid, you should read more and think more.
Instead of believing in those gods and ghosts."
Kou Tianci smiled bitterly and said: "I don't believe in those gods and ghosts. I just want to ask him to see if he can develop an iron ship that can sail on the sea."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and sighed: "That thing... I'm afraid it will take three to five years."
Kou Tianci frowned and said, "So long?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he almost vomited blood.
Is it so easy to create a product that has spanned hundreds of years?
Some raw materials are still in distant North and South America.
Although Zhong Shiheng and others sent death squads according to his wishes, no one knew when they would return.
Kou Ji ignored Kou Tianci.
Kou Tianci thought of a flaw in Kou Ji's words.
Kou Tianci stared at Kou Ji with burning eyes, "Dad, that mysterious university scholar couldn't be you, right? Otherwise, how could you possibly know that the iron ship sailing in the sea will only appear in three to five years?"
In the past, I always heard my mother mention that when you were not fighting in the north or south, you would always come up with some weird things at home.
I asked my grandfather, and he said he was taught by a stranger."
Hearing this, Kou Ji didn't panic at all, and even glanced at Kou Tianci with disdain, "You kid is crazy. When manpower is limited, no matter how powerful I am, I can't come up with so many weird things.
In the past, when I was at the mansion, the craftsmen would tinker with those strange and weird things, which were all the result of the mansion spending a lot of money to reward them.
If you don't believe it, just go find a few skilled craftsmen, offer them a large sum of money, and let them find ways to improve their craftsmanship. It won't take long for you to see results.
As for why I know when iron ships can be forged, that's simpler.
Iron ships are mentioned in one of Dashi's books.
It's just that the books are very old and not many people can understand the words on them.
Your father and I also spent a lot of money to have someone translate the above text.
It's a pity that the things were stored in Tiansheng Hall at that time.
When those people below were burning Dashi religious scriptures, they accidentally burned them.
Because of this, your father and I almost got violent and killed him."
Kou Tianci was fooled by Kou Ji, and he murmured: "So, the knowledge of Dashi really has merit? Should I study it with concentration?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Smart people will not do stupid things."
Kou Tianci looked at Kou Ji in astonishment.
Kou Ji said calmly: "If I were you, I would study the knowledge that resulted from the combination of the Da Shi culture and the Da Song culture. That is the essence of multiple inheritances, and that is good stuff."
Kou Tianci's eyes lit up, "For example, the new arithmetic you summarized by combining the arithmetic of the Great Eclipse and the arithmetic of the Song Dynasty?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Kou Tianci stood up, "I understand... I'll go look for it and see if there are any other books on shipbuilding."
Kou Ji said faintly: "There is definitely some, but it seems to be just an idea. And it requires a lot of knowledge to support it. If you really want to see it, I'm afraid you have to learn a lot."
Kou Tianci smiled and said: "We have enough people, so we don't need to go into battle naked."
Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction.
Kou Tianci left with a smile on his face.
After Kou Tianci left, Kou Ji lay down in the rocking chair, shaking and glancing at his lips, "It's a sin for a person to know too much... Fortunately, I'm smart and know how to get out of trouble..."
There are naturally books on shipbuilding in the White Stone Building.
There are books not only on building ironclad ships, but also on steam engines.
There are even trains and other things.
It's just a little rough.
If you want to develop something, you have to learn a lot and it takes a long time.
In Kou Ji's words, those are the products of the collision of Eastern and Western cultures.
As for their true origin, only Kou Ji knows.
Anyway, there are enough books about Dashi, and there are enough books about Song.
Almost no one can read through those books.
Naturally, there was no way to expose Kou Ji's lies.
Even if there is, it will be a long, long time later.
At that time, all kinds of new books and new techniques will be mixed together, and no one will be able to find out where the techniques mixed in them originated.
More importantly, people in the Song Dynasty didn't care much about who invented good skills.
Because the class of craftsmen is too low, no one will help a craftsman become famous, and no one will care about a craftsman's contribution.
People only care about whether the skills are easy to use, and don't care who created such skills.