A laboratory has been established, mainly including balance scales, alcohol lamps, dynamometers, pulleys, vernier calipers and other equipment.
These things were all made by Wang Yuan after he came up with ideas and then hired craftsmen to make them. His family now has twelve craftsmen. Wang Yuan regularly gives a sum of money to the Yamen every year in exchange for the craftsmen at home not having to do corvee labor.
We can stay here with peace of mind.
Unfortunately, Yanshen Town still failed to develop pure and transparent glass, resulting in the inability to produce many of Wang Yuan's experimental equipment.
Noon, rest time.
Hong Laifu, the director of the laboratory, brought back a batch of materials. When he saw Zhou Chong in the yard, he immediately came over with a smile and reported: "Manager Zhou, we don't have much money in the laboratory. I asked you to pay twenty
two."
"Almost running out again?" Zhou Chong asked in surprise.
Hong Laifu said: "There are many places to spend money. Manager Zhou can check the accounts at any time."
Zhou Chong nodded and said, "Then you go to the warehouse to withdraw money tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Manager Zhou!" Hong Laifu said, cupping his fists.
The laboratory was renovated from a large hall, divided into several independent areas by wooden partitions painted with fire-retardant paint.
At this moment, Wang Wensu was working in the household department, while Du Jin and Bao Chaozhen were studying mathematical problems.
Laboratory assistant Zhong An, as well as six children, Hong Gui, Lu Yu, Lu Sheng, Lu Xiang, Fang Xiaoyan and Li Erya, are all doing their homework seriously. Although they are Wang Yuan's students, Wang Yuan no longer has to do his homework in person.
When it comes to teaching, Du Jin and Bao Chaozhen can teach everything.
"Senior Brother Du, I've finished my homework." Zhong An handed over the homework book.
Du Jin glanced through it quickly, pointed to an application question and said: "I made a mistake here, take it back and review the question carefully!"
Zhong An quickly took back the homework book and lay there thinking hard. This guy was born with tender skin and tender flesh. He worked as a book boy since he was a child. He learned the Four Books so well that he was able to take the scholar examination. However, he was completely blinded by the Five Classics because of the young master's
The teacher is unwilling to provide in-depth guidance.
Now, in the entire laboratory, Zhong An is the one who studies the hardest, and his math level has reached the third grade of elementary school!
Another laboratory assistant, Li Wan, was not focused on the right path at all.
She is mainly responsible for serving tea and water and helping to organize experimental equipment. Although she usually studies, she gets a headache when she sees those numbers.
Seeing housekeeper Zhou Chong arrive in the courtyard, Li Wan immediately ran out, and the two sneaked into the garden.
Zhou Chong is not yet twenty years old, and Li Wan is almost forty years old. There are sparks between these two guys. Of course, they have not hooked up yet, but they just often sing together. Zhou Chong used to be in a theater troupe.
, and Li Wan used to be a peasant in the Qing Dynasty, and they have many common topics in opera.
"I have been studying the Ming Dynasty for several years, and I have won the first place in one fell swoop. The gold certificate is divided into two dynasties and the iron coupons are divided into two dynasties. The jade pot is thousands of feet tall and clear... Madam, I bought a golden carp at night..."
"My husband is right. Let's go find a boat with Wang An and leave early tomorrow."
"Anyone who herds fish is said to have good offspring, and anyone who shoots tigers is said to be Zhou Chuqiang. If you go to a foreign land and buy live fish that can't be spoiled, you will be as kind as a beast..."
The two of them sang the Zaju version of "Journey to the West" in duet, but they didn't dare to sing too loudly, so they just suppressed their voices and expressed affection with each other.
Suddenly, Wang Yuan walked out from behind the flowers and said with a smile: "Good singing, what kind of show is this?"
Zhou Chong and Li Wan were frightened to death. Although they had no personal relationship, they still had the illusion that they had been caught and raped by their master.
"Second...Second brother," Zhou Chong explained hurriedly, "Assistant Li and I just competed in folk arts, and we both sang during our breaks. We didn't delay any business."
Li Wan was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not daring to speak.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I can understand."
Zhou Chong didn't like studying, and he had nothing to say to the people in the laboratory, and he couldn't get along with other servants in the house on an equal footing. Li Wan's situation was similar. After a long time, he was suffocating. When he met Zhou Chong, who was also good at singing, he naturally fell in love with Zhou Chong.
Let’s start to learn the art of music.
Zhou Chong said: "Second brother, I'm afraid of disturbing others in the laboratory, so I come to the garden to sing opera every time. It's not a secret meeting."
"Get up," Wang Yuan said, "one of you is unmarried and the other is unmarried. Although there is a slight age difference, it does not violate moral laws. I have no time to meddle in your business. I just happened to be walking in the garden and heard someone
Just singing."
Li Wan lowered her head and said: "Old...sir, I promise not to sing with Manager Zhou anymore."
Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You haven't said yet what song you sang just now."
Zhou Chong felt relieved and replied: "Assistant Li taught me the Zaju drama "Journey to the West", and it is not available in Yunnan."
"Is there a "Journey to the West" these days?" Wang Yuan was quite surprised.
Li Wan replied: "This drama from the Nu family was handed down from the Yuan Dynasty in the previous dynasty."
Wang Yuan nodded and said: "That's it."
In fact, until the early Qing Dynasty, no one knew who the author of "Journey to the West" was. At that time, many people speculated that the author was Qiu Chuji.
Ji Xiaolan denied this theory because many of the yamen and official names in it were unique to the Ming Dynasty. In the Republic of China, Lu Xun designated Wu Chengen as the author of "Journey to the West" because there were relevant records in "Huai'an Prefecture Chronicles".
However, the compiler of "Huai'an Prefecture Chronicles" was a friend of Wu Chengen. Later, he edited local chronicles twice and deleted this record, which caused endless debate in the academic circles.
Some people even say that the author is Yang Shen, because there are many crossword puzzles in "Journey to the West", and the answer is Yang Shen and Sheng'an (Yang Shenhao). This statement is quite nonsense. The Huai'an dialect is used extensively in the book, which does not suit the Sichuan native Yang Shen.
Shen’s language habits.
After Wang Yuan chatted for a few words, Li Wan bowed and left, leaving only Zhou Chong to deal with it.
Wang Yuan warned: "If you are really interested in her, I will allow you two to get married, but they must be real wives. If you are only interested in temporary pleasure, it is best to keep your distance. Li Wan is also a miserable person."
Zhou Chong suddenly had an impulse to ask Wang Yuan to marry Li Wan. However, considering the age gap between the two and Li Wan's past, Zhou Chong could only end this first love and said: "Second brother, I will pay attention.
of."
Wang Yuan paced all the way to the laboratory and found that Gu Yingxiang was absent from work again. Instead of staying at the Jinyiwei Yamen, he came to study mathematics with Du Jin and Bao Chaozhen.
"Ruoxu, look at this experimental data, is there any better calculation method?" Gu Yingxiang waved to Wang Yuan.
These guys are all studying physics, and they did an experiment today. The wooden frame was fixed with a spring suspension, and then an iron ball fell freely, hit the bottom of the box and moved around with the box. Among them, the maximum distance the box can fall needs to be measured.
Come out for follow-up experiments.
Bao Chaozhen and Gu Yingxiang wrote a long series of equations respectively, but the answers they calculated were different.
Wang Yuan smiled: "This problem is easy to solve. A few days ago, I developed a new mathematical method, temporarily named 'calculus'. We assume that the ball falls to the bottom of the box, and the speed of the ball and the box moving together is
'Speed (general)'..."
The idea of calculus already existed in ancient China, but it was just a similar idea. It was like standing in front of the door of calculus, but always missing the mark.
Wang Yuan explained calculus in detail, and Gu Yingxiang, Bao Chaozhen and Du Jin understood instantly and immediately expressed their admiration.
Zhong An stood nearby and listened carefully, but he didn't understand a word. He just felt that it was profound and incomprehensible, and he made up his mind to work harder in the future.
Suddenly, a servant came in and announced: "Sir, editor Yang of the Hanlin Academy is here to visit!"
What is Yang Shen doing?
"Invite him to the living room." Wang Yuan said.
Since the imperial examination, Wang Yuan and Yang Shen had not had much contact with each other.
Wang Yuan was busy fighting wars and doing mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and was surrounded by soldiers and mathematics enthusiasts. Yang Shen was watching politics in the imperial office, usually reciting poems and quarreling with members of the Lize Society, and was surrounded by politicians and literati.
Although they are both Hanlin Academy officials, they rarely meet each other.
Wang Yuan greeted with a smile: "Brother Yongxiu, please take a seat!"
"Thank you!" Yang Shen said, cupping his fists.
Wang Yuan asked directly: "Brother Yongxiu is here, what's the point of your visit?"
Yang Shen was also very direct, saying: "A few days ago, I went to the observatory to observe the stars, and I saw a magical mirror. I realized that the surface of the moon was bumpy. I asked the Yin and Yang officials for advice and learned that they discovered that the sun is the center of the heaven and earth.
I was inexplicably shocked for a moment. Looking back at your masterpieces "Mathematics", "Geometry" and "Physics", these three books go from simple to deep and are so mysterious that they keep me awake at night!"
Wang Yuan was surprised and said: "Brother Yongxiu is also interested in this kind of trail?"
"Poetry is also a small way, how is it different from arithmetic?" Yang Shen said in a small way.
"That's right." Wang Yuan said.
Yang Shen clasped his fists and said: "Although I have studied your masterpiece diligently, there are still some things I don't understand. Therefore, I took the liberty of visiting you and wanted to ask for advice in person."
Wang Yuan laughed: "Haha, easy to talk about, let's go to the laboratory."
Yang Shen is not just a nerd who only knows how to write and write. He is not only involved in astronomy, geography, and mathematics, he even dabbles in medical skills. This guy's textbook is the "Book of Changes". He can recite the entire text in just twenty days, leaving a lot of time for further study.
After in-depth study, arithmetic is the basis for truly mastering the I Ching.
When he came to the laboratory, Yang Shen was very curious about everything here. He touched here and asked questions there, and actually got along well with several mathematics enthusiasts.
Regardless of Yang Shen's political stance, this guy is really charming, and anyone who interacts with him feels like a breath of fresh air.
Yang Shen's curiosity and desire for knowledge are strong. When he sees new things, he understands them, and when he encounters things he doesn't understand, he wants to delve into them. He also went to listen to Wang Yangming's lectures, but felt that Wang Yangming's theory of mind was too biased, and Zhu Xi's
Neo-Confucianism is also very rigid, and Yang Shen has his own understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics.
Moreover, as a disciple of Li Dongyang, with Yang Shen's current reputation, he is the worthy successor to the leader of the Chaling Sect.
The Chaling School has monopolized the right to speak in the Chinese literary world, and Yang Shen can completely behave according to the rules. When Li Dongyang dies, he will be able to "order" the world's literati, but Yang Shen does not want to take over the Chaling School. Simply because Yang Shen's literature
The philosophy is not the same as that of the Chaling School, and he also looks down on his teacher's literary works.
Compared to Yang Tinghe, Yang Shen is more assertive and pursuing, and at this time, he still has an innocent heart.
This guy even went to study storytelling, and after thoroughly understanding everything, he turned to other areas. Now he is obsessed with "new astronomy" and physics. He will not give up halfway until he fully masters Wang Yuan's knowledge.
For half a month, Yang Shen came to the laboratory every day. In addition to eating and sleeping, he spent all his off-duty time at Wang's house. This state did not end until he fell ill.
The genius who was able to memorize the entire text of the "Book of Changes" in twenty days had a foundation in mathematics, and his full-time research made rapid progress. In less than a month, Yang Shen was able to use calculus to calculate parabolic experiments in the field of physics.