"Because our army has already seized most of Anhui, the "Anqing News" was renamed "Anhui News" on the same day, so please pay attention to the readers." In the rather nice courtyard of the Anqing family, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man stood under the hall, reading the latest newspaper to the elders sitting on chairs.

In the past few days, as long as there is a decent family in Anhui, they have become loyal readers of "Anqing News". Generally speaking, families who occupy any of the three stripes of wealth, power, and culture will be well aware of the importance of the state media. And after the "Anqing News" came out, the impact it brought really surprised these people.

The first edition was a compilation of immutable news, on which major events such as war, politics, and the economy, led by the Taiping Army in Anhui Province, would appear. At first, these readers were skeptical of the Taipings' boasting. Even if the news is not smooth, these people can get the latest news more easily than other people.

After the other news of the new Cheng dù that lagged behind the "Anqing News" reached Anqing, and made many comparisons with the "Anqing News" to prove the reliability of the "Anqing News", each reader family had their own thoughts. For example, as for the "Anqing News", after the upgrade to "Anhui News", each newspaper was upgraded from one article to two articles, some people snorted and used the words "rampant expropriation" to describe it.

The young man who was reading the newspaper was named Wang Mingshan, and he was not happy that he was interrupted while reading the newspaper, and if he could, he would most like to hide in his study and read the newspaper alone. But the people in the family are very strict with the newspaper, and after reading it, they have to hand it over to Wang Mingshan's grandfather for collection. Two pennies is nothing to Wang Mingshan, but the amount of "Anqing News" is limited, and there are more and more people who subscribe to newspapers on a monthly basis, and the newsboys have basically changed from selling along the street to delivering newspapers, and it is difficult to buy more if they want to. Not to mention, the patriarch of the Wang family seems to be deliberately controlling the power of these news.

"Keep reading!" Wang Mingshan's father, Wang Yuncheng, ordered.

Wang Mingshan didn't dare to complain, there were more than 20 brothers of his generation, and it was already an honor to be selected to read the newspaper, and there were more envious and jealous brothers and cousins behind him. If there is a slight disappointment of the elders, they will be deprived of the qualifications to read the newspaper to the elders, which means a decline in the status of the family for Wang Mingshan and his father Wang Yuncheng. No matter how unhappy he was in his heart, Wang Mingshan worked hard to do his job as a newspaper reader.

"The civil service exam will start on June 18 of the solar calendar (May 14 of the lunar calendar). The examination is divided into three grades: regular civil servants, contract civil servants, and temporary workers. If you are willing to join the new government of Anhui, you can apply for the examination of regular civil servants, and if you only want to join the new government of Anhui temporarily and are not ready to work in the new government of Anhui for a long time, you can apply for the contract civil service examination. Some temporary units of the new Anhui government need temporary workers, so they will recruit temporary workers......"

"That's it! Don't read this paragraph, read the following! Wang Mingshan's elders spoke.

Wang Mingshan is quite interested in this civil service examination, but it is impossible for him to read this paragraph by himself at this time. The next paragraph is a job posting, and the Taiping Army in Anqing has been expanding its arsenal staff, and there is daily content about this.

The most important content of the first edition is an article by Wei Ze, now the supreme leader of Anhui, entitled "Ensuring the Implementation of the Tax Payment Work for Grain Completion This Year".

This is an article written in white language, and the choice of words and sentences is rather weird, but it is not to the point where I can't read it. In the article, Wei Ze introduced the importance of grain tax payment to the Taiping Army and the relative difficulties in the implementation of grain tax in the form of an expository text. In the end, Wei Ze said that whether it is for the Qing army outside the Taiping Heavenly State-controlled area of Anhui, or for the landlords and gentry in the Taiping Heavenly State-controlled area, "Whoever dares to obstruct the implementation of Anhui's grain tax payment work this year can only bring about their own destruction!" Rushing towards them will be the thunderous wrath of the Taiping army, which is supported by the people of Anhui! Those who try to prevent the Taiping Army from paying taxes will inevitably end up with their mantis arms as cars! ”

When Wang Mingshan read this article, the entire living room was silent. Regarding the content in this article, Wang Mingshan did not understand it too well. He was a child of a scholarly family in the city, and he did not know much about the Manchu tax system introduced in the article, nor did he know much about the analysis of the contradiction between landlords and tenant farmers in the article. However, these things are relatively clear and echo the whole article. Wang Mingshan probably understood that the most famous Prime Minister Wei Zewei in Anqing City said cruelly, whoever dared to let him not collect taxes this year would have to die.

After Wang Mingshan finished reading the newspaper, he heard Wang Mingshan's grandfather say: "Mingshan, you put down the newspaper and go out first." ”

Although he didn't understand what his grandfather thought, Wang Mingshan obediently obeyed his grandfather's orders. Leaving the main hall, Wang Mingshan left home on the grounds that he was going to study in the library, and he trotted all the way to the library where he was originally studying.

At this time, the library could only be regarded as barely open, and after Anqing was captured, the idea of local scholars wanting to take the test for fame fell through. The teacher who opened the library was scared and sick when the Taiping army attacked the city, and the acting teacher basically didn't care. In this way, there are fewer people who are willing to let their children continue to study in the library.

Wang Mingshan didn't care about this, and as soon as he entered the library, he saw that Mr. Teaching was not on the podium. The students were each reading a newspaper, and several students had already begun to argue about the contents of the newspaper.

"Anqing News" is not only news and publicity, but also has many different classifications in other sections. The main theme of recent times has been the question of the astronomical calendar.

For any dynasty, the content of astronomy was something very important. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty itself was an extremely ** system, there was no way for scholars to use astronomical celestial aspects to balance the imperial power to the previous dynasties. But for Weeser, if he can create his own posture of "cultural pioneer", it is tantamount to starting a sect. Nothing is necessarily only good, and the Manchus and those who opposed Wei Ze were able to get cultural education after reading Wei Ze's newspapers, which was tantamount to a disguised enemy. But Weeser was convinced that in the process of using civilization to expel ignorance, the Manchu system would naturally be shaken. Some small losses are nothing.

Therefore, the introduction of the solar system, the introduction of the earth, is based on the cognitive model of the solar system to explain the changes of the four seasons. As well as some simple chemical reactions, such as making some vinegar and alkaline noodles to make acid-base neutralization.

For young people like Wang Mingshan, who have read some sage books, these newspaper articles are accompanied by relevant model systems. With their writing skills, it is not difficult to read the texts that describe how to make these models. The difficulty lies in how to complete the model according to the description in the article.

Wang Mingshan didn't come very early, he pulled a newspaper from his classmates and began to read it. Where can those boring books and five classics compare with these rich and extensive newspapers. In the blink of an eye, Wang Mingshan completely looked into it. I can't even lift my head.

"I've got the globe ready!" A proud shout at the door made everyone look up. Everyone saw their classmate Shen Xin walking into the house with something in his arms. Other realities are relatively easy to do, but the difficult one is the globe. It is clear in the relevant article that if you want to do it exquisitely, there must be a gearing part in it. Although this thing can be made of bamboo, the material is not particularly difficult to obtain, but it is not easy to make such delicate gears as zuò. Even if you don't use gears, you need a lot of things. At the very least, you have to make a bamboo ring that is used as a track.

Surrounded by more than a dozen classmates, Shen Xin came up with a simplified version of the "three-body" model, which only includes three planets, namely the sun, the earth, and the moon. These three planets are still made of cement.

The sunlight shining through the window demonstrated the solar and lunar eclipses according to the appearance in the book. Naturally, these young people who read books have read some statements about solar and lunar eclipses from the books of sages. However, the statements are all mysterious and mysterious, where is the detailed introduction in "Anqing News".

However, some classmates were still puzzled by this projection, and he frowned and said: "The moon shines on the earth, won't it cast the shadow of the earth on the sun?" ”

Shen Xin smiled: "Didn't you read what the article said, the sun is its own light, and the moon is not its own light, but reflects the light of the sun." Where is the light on the moon if there is no sun shining? ”

"How do you know that the moon doesn't shine on its own at all?" That classmate obviously did not unconditionally accept the narration in "Anqing News".

Shen Xin replied: "The more you stand under the sun, the hotter it gets. But under the moon, the more you stand, the colder you feel. Isn't that proof? ”

"Not necessarily!" Although the classmate did not necessarily have to fight Shen Xin to the end, the young man did not like to argue, and he put forward his own opinion.

Wang Mingshan and other classmates fiddled with the globe, this kind of article has the greatest impact on Wang Mingshan, who would not be surprised to learn that the ground under his feet is not horizontal, but a huge ball?

But there are some conditions in Anqing, and there is no shortage of sailors who have been to Poyang Lake, Chaohu Lake, and Hongze Lake. As explained in this article, if the earth is not round, then the first thing to see on the water should be the entire figure of a ship in the distance. If the earth is round, then the first thing to see is the top of the mast of a distant ship. Wang Mingshan couldn't help but ask the sailors, and the response he got was relatively consistent, on a sunny day, when he saw the big ship, he did see the mast of the big ship first. The impact on Wang Mingshan is huge.

Fiddling with the globe, simulating the birth of a lunar and solar eclipse. Wang Mingshan believes the article on "Anqing News". However, another greater confusion emerged, how did the sun, the earth, and the moon hang out of thin air? What kind of world is it outside of them?

was puzzled, but heard Shen Xin shouting loudly: "Since you say so, I will go and sign up for the civil service exam, and the newspaper makes it clear that if you participate in a temporary job, you can still go to Xinxue and go to school." There must be a teacher out there who can explain these things. I'm going to work as a part-time job while I go to school! ”

Raising his head, Wang Mingshan looked at Shen Xin dumbfounded, and while he was surprised in his heart, he couldn't help but be envious.

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