Stone City has now become a busy port. Almost every day, ships are coming from the direction of Liyang, and the ships are loaded with iron tools, farm tools, seeds and even plowing oxen. Of course, there are many common people.

The tools are not new, and there are traces of plowing on the ox. Obviously, these are all old things in some manors and forts, but they were loaded into the south.

The crew members are of clear hierarchy.

There are scholars, powerful men, noble children and their families, and their hands full of calluses, complete corpses and even old soldiers who retreat from the battlefield, and the most common patrol guests are ordinary patrons.

They looked at their new home with curious eyes, and it was even strange when they saw the wind and snow weather, because in most people's impression, Jiangnan was "humid" and it shouldn't snow.

No one can answer their questions.

It may be much better to adapt to the south from the relatively cold winter than to come here in summer.

After arriving in Jiangbei, most of the surrendered people in Lu Wan's team were handed over, and the first defense troops also returned to Jiangnan. There were only more than a hundred people left beside Lu Wan.

On the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, he lived in the only remaining dock in Liyang. The Shaw Brothers dock in Liyang is the only one.

The reason why this docking house remains is similar to that of Shanyin Shaw Brothers.

From Liyang to the north, the rivers were frozen, and it was obvious that they could not take a boat.

Lu Wan stayed here for a day, sheltering from the wind and snow. However, as she saw it, there were still cars and horses moving south continuously, and even the New Year was not enough.

A large migration comparable to the south may even be larger in scale, leading their slaves, tribes, farmers and property in the north to the south, and the high status entered the ready-made fort manor, and the low status cleared land, filling the land in the south little by little, and also leaving more fields in the north.

Lu Wan watched in a daze, speechless for a long time.

On the 12th day of the 12th lunar month, he arrived in Bianliang and was summoned to the palace to ask questions.

Shao Xun was giving rewards to a group of Shaofu officials and craftsmen at Fangzhou Pavilion.

There are not many rewards because there is not much progress.

Simply put, the Shaofu Weaving and Dyeing Department has miniated the machines used to weave wool.

The machine that was originally almost as high as the beam was greatly reduced, but now the female worker can operate it while standing, without even standing at a high place like Ying Shi did before.

"It took a year to spend more than 2,000 hu of grain, more than 200 stakes of money, and more than 300 pieces of silk, which is quite good." Shao Xun said, "I am quite satisfied."

When I heard this, weaving and dyeing made me happy.

When he spent money, grain, wood, iron and wool from Shaofu, he was questioned every time, which made his temples look gray, unwilling to eat, and unable to sleep at night. Fortunately, he finally achieved results.

Unexpectedly, Shao Xun didn't look at him, but only looked at a craftsman named Liu, and said, "I only gave you money and silk rewards, but not officials, because this improvement is not enough, and there are machines sent from Liangzhou for reference, but I decided to give you another chance-"

Shao Xun pointed to the yarn on the loom and said, "These two crossing threads are called "warp threads" and "weft threads". The weft threads cross the warp threads and then throw them onto the beam of another loom. Hang a hammer to make it fall and collect it on the shuttle. There are many exquisite things in between, but I want to ask, why do you do this?"

The craftsman was stunned for a moment and said, "This is the only way to do it."

"Why can you only do this?"

"It's always been like this."

Shao Xun nodded and said, "The skills are good, and I have mastered the cleverness of my predecessors. I will give you a hundred pieces of silk."

After saying that, he walked out of the weaving room.

He felt that his requirements were too high. This craftsman had the top craftsmanship and mastered everything he taught him. He was not bad at all. He knew how to use some basic mechanical structures to achieve his goal. In fact, it was already very powerful.

But what Shao Xun wanted to ask is why those mechanical mechanisms are designed in this way? How does force work and convey it, and the craftsmen can't answer it.

In other words, this craftsman can only develop and improve the machine based on the underlying technology designed by others.

For example, someone first developed a scientific theory, and then derived many application technologies based on this theory. This craftsman is equivalent to using these derived application technologies to select, design parts, and then combine them into a machine.

It’s not that his level is not high, but what Shao Xun wants is scientific theory rather than applied technology.

Scientific guidance on application, scientifically derived technology.

Just like an electric motor, it is a product of the development of electrical theory. Without electricity, there would be no motor, but without electric motors, and other electrical machines.

Although it is a pleasure to make progress in applied technology, scientific theory is the foundation.

However, Yiyi, the craftsman only knew a small part of his words, so it would be difficult for him to do theory.

So Shao Xun still gave him money and no official.

After leaving, Lu Wan had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Majesty." He saluted.

Shao Xun replied with a bow, feeling a little distracted. After a while, he turned around and said, "Forget it, you have made contributions after all. Now you are the ninth-rank supervisor. You will be the chief supervisor in two days. Let's continue to think about spinning tools for me."

"I - I - thank Your Majesty for your kindness." The craftsman didn't expect that there would be such a good thing and was overjoyed.

Lu Wan looked outside the door and felt aroused.

"How many days have you been staying in Sun Xi's mansion?" Shao Xun asked.

Lu Wan was hesitating whether to tell everything about the way out, but now she found that she was indeed eyeliner around her.

Throat, they are surrendering people.

"Yes." Lu Wan said, "I also think He is so cold. "I don't care about those things." Shao Xun said, "Why does Sun Xi steam and wood ash?"

Lu Wan secretly scolded her for being idle and having nothing to do, and she had to write down some big things, but her hands were not slow.

He took out a bag of paper on the spot and told the whole process again: "He asked people to get a variety of plants and trees to burn charcoal, and get ash from plants and trees."

After Shao Xun opened the paper bag, he was still frowning, but when he heard "burning charcoal", he immediately reacted.

Wood ash is a kind of potassium fertilizer, so I know that.

Thinking of charcoal, are these potassium carbonate mixtures containing a large amount of impurities in your hands?

After listening to Lu Wan's speech, he couldn't help but curse: "The mud cannot be supported on the wall! He gave up halfway!"

He doesn't care about the effect of removing fat from grass without ash, and he doesn't care much about whether it can produce soap. This is technology, not science.

What he cares about is to persevere in studying this line, summarizing some chemical phenomena, and then rising to the theoretical level. Even if it is just a superficial theory, it is extremely precious.

Many early scientific theories were not profitable, and even required researchers to supplement private money in large quantities, which might not be able to make sense. In the end, it might be a dead end, and the amount of time, energy and money invested is completely invalid.

Later generations only saw the success part, but in fact there were still a lot of wrong research directions. Later generations seemed to be a waste, but people at that time did not know that, and were still investing their manpower, material resources and energy to do research.

Fortunately, these people are either nobles or clergymen. They are not short of money and have a lot of time, and they are all based on their interests to conduct research.

There are also such people in China. Although most of the aristocratic families are rice and insects, there are always exceptions when the base is increased, and Zu Chongzhi is the case.

The Fan Yang Zu family has two thousand stones in history, and is a famous family. Zu Chongzhi has been interested in mathematics and astronomy since he was a child. He can't make money by studying pi. He just studies it based on his interests because he is not short of money and does not need to make money by this.

Only these people can have basic theoretical research that can cause disproportionate gains and losses, or even completely lose money,

Just for interest, just for the answer to the mystery, the joy of that moment is revealed. Even in the 21st century, basic science is still a thankless thing. After a breakthrough, it may still have to be shared with the whole world.

"Catch this guy!" Shao Xun said hatefully.

Lu Wan was a little surprised when she heard this, and quickly advised: "Your Majesty just send someone to persuade you. The young man is unstable and ordinary things. Maybe one day he is tired of playing and tired, and he will turn around and do these things again."

When Shao Xun heard this, he humbly accepted the advice and said, "What you said is reasonable. How can I ask him to do this and that without spending a penny?"

After thinking about it, Shao Xun said, "I want to set up the Wanxiang Court in Bianliang, and invite all the people who are interested in studying things and knowing this courtyard to study the principles of nature and everything. On weekdays, I do not restrict my residence and do not be under the jurisdiction of the Wanxiang Court. If there is any success, I will grant him the title of official title and the name of the Bachelor of the Wanxiang Court."

"There are also rewards for money, silk, land and houses. I built posters for him, raised healthy horses, and passed on letters to each other. If you want to become famous, you can also submit a letter to the Wanxiang Academy, publish it regularly, and pass it on to the residences of various scholars to defend each other."

"What's going on?" Shao Xun looked at Lu Wan and asked.

Lu Wan was a little confused, and after a while, she smiled bitterly: "If Your Majesty wishes to build a post office for those who are talking about the mysterious theory, academies, and reward officials, titles, money, silk, land and houses, then all the scholars in the world will praise it."

Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it later."

Lu Wan knew that the emperor was not interested in Xuanli, so he said, "The natives in the Han Dynasty did not talk much about Xuanli.

At that time, many people discussed Confucianism, and the mysterious principles of the Wei and Jin Dynasties were very popular. In recent years, people talked about Buddhist principles have increased day by day, and the world's style has gradually changed.

It's just touching."

Shao Xun nodded slightly after hearing this, which was similar to the development in history.

One era has its own mainstream ideas.

This is the mainstream of metaphysics, but metaphysics is actually very empty. It seems that everything can be discussed. You can also say that it is highly inclusive.

I don’t understand the story of Xuan, but it’s better to sell dog meat with the help of sheep. It’s better to talk more about the natural scene.

Vientiane Institute has costs, but it is not worth mentioning compared to the real scientific research costs.

To put it bluntly, this is the decentralization of research costs, encouraging the children of aristocratic families to use their own private money to conduct research, and then the official spends money to communicate for them and spread the knowledge.

Anyway, their lives are very empty and everyone does not need to do this. There are very few "apart" children of the gentry, wealthy families, and wealthy businessmen in the world who are willing to do this.

You can continue to live a luxurious life, but just take some energy to do research.

The aristocrats in the late Middle Ages in Europe were not good at all. They had a lot of troubles such as defamation in private life, bullying men and women, but it was wrong to equate personal morality and scientific research ability. Shao Xun did not have such a cleanliness obsession.

As for what the results will be, we have to walk and see.

Anyway, Shao Xun has adapted to local conditions and tried his best to "use waste" the children of aristocratic families.

What ingredients are there to cook and what kind of rice are there, that's it.

"Your Majesty just mentioned Fangxiang Academy. Do you want to give the title of Scholar Sun Xi?" Lu Wan asked.

Shao Xun pondered for a moment and said, "He is not qualified yet, let's take a look."

Even if he made soap by accident, he was not qualified to enter Fangxiangyuan.
Chapter completed!