Zhu Houxi is studying...... That's right, it's true!

His Majesty the Emperor disdains to ask his courtiers for advice, but it's always okay to ask the old lady. He brought a lot of books from the Empress Dowager Jiang, among which arithmetic was the main thing, and in the arithmetic, it was mainly Wang Yue's set of things.

I still haven't escaped!

Zhu Houxi looked up to the sky and sighed, fierce and fierce, but helpless.

What can I do?

You can't ask yourself next time your son asks yourself and run away, right?

As a son of heaven, it is a shame that I can't answer a child's question.

And Zhu Houxi also discovered one thing, that is, the hundred questions given by Wang Yue were really not simple, he called Yan Song and asked him to answer in front of him.

Yan Song also only looked at the sixty questions he answered correctly.

However, Yan Song was full of confidence, if he asked his son Yan Shifan to answer, he would be able to answer at least ninety-five or more, after all, he had been listening for much longer than the prince, and Yan Shifan was definitely smart enough.

"Only in the middle!"

Zhu Houxi smiled and called Yan Song, which is a reward for being an important minister of the imperial court to answer the questions of the children's entrance exam. After all, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty can grovel so much, respond to requests, and do not complain of hardship or tiredness, that is, Yan Song.

"You said that if these children learn so many things and become so powerful, how far will Daming go in the future?"

Yan Song grinned bitterly, "This old minister really doesn't know, but I think that under His Majesty's hard work, my Ming Dynasty will definitely be thriving and talented!" ”

Zhu Houxi nodded, "By the way, does that kid from your family also go to school?" ”

"Qing'er has to study with the elite class, but he also has to take on some arithmetic courses occasionally, after all, there are not enough people on Fuyuanbo's side."

"It's a freshness to be both a student and a gentleman!"

Yan Song smiled, "I heard Qing'er say that you should learn for life, if this is the case, everyone is both a student and a gentleman!" ”

"Lifelong learning!"

Zhu Houxi blinked his eyes and laughed.

"In this way, it's not a shame for me to look at the academy's teaching materials."

Yan Song hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is humble and open, you are really an example of your ministers!" ”

Zhu Houxi smiled, Yan Song's speech was indeed much better than ordinary people.

"That's the only one...... You don't have to ask Ling Lang more, see what Xishan Academy says, and go back to me and talk to me again. ”

Yan Song nodded hurriedly without any hesitation.

It stands to reason that such an awkward thing, who shouldn't ask!

Isn't Wang Yue a close minister of the Son of Heaven?

Ask him directly, can't you?

I have to go through the father of a named disciple of Wang Yue to understand the situation. This twist can almost flash the waist, what is the emperor's mind filled with?

It's just surprising that Yan Song didn't have any doubts about such an abnormal thing, but just obeyed orders honestly. And it's very secretive, and it will never divulge secrets.

Not to mention, some people's success is really not a fluke.

Since having Yan Song's line, Zhu Houxi knows everything about the school.

For example, these days, Wang Yue has been taking his students to inspect the coal kilns in Xishan, and he is very busy. Even the little prince followed closely, for fear of falling behind.

Half a month later, they changed things again, steaming all day long, and kept boiling water in the house.

Hearing the news, Zhu Houxi couldn't sit still anymore.

Damn Wang Yue, what the hell are you doing?

I asked you to educate talents for the country, teach the prince, go to the coal mine, and boil water, what do you want to turn the prince into?

Miners?

Zhu Houxi was furious and killed Xishan.

When he arrived, it was really a coincidence, Wang Yue, Cui Shilin, Yang Bo, Yan Shifan, and the crown prince Zhu Zaiji, as well as a few of his friends, all got together.

In front of everyone, there was a behemoth more than one person high, and underneath the big thing, as expected, there was a cauldron with a lump of coal next to it.

This is boiling water again!

"Wang Yue!"

Zhu Houxi shouted angrily in a low voice, and when the crown prince Zhu Zaiji saw his father coming, he hurriedly jumped over, the little guy's eyes were shining, and it was called an excitement, as if he had made a great contribution.

"Father, take a look! This is the treasure we made! ”

Zhu Houxi looked at this pile of things, coal, stove, and iron lumps, if this is a baby, just pick up a stone, it is also a good thing.

"Wang Yue, what are you doing?" Zhu Houxi asked in a low voice.

Wang Yue smiled happily, "Your Majesty, this thing is indeed a treasure, but it is still just a blank, and it needs to be carefully crafted, but it is already very remarkable." ”

Zhu Houxi expressed his inability to understand.

Wang Yue had to patiently explain, who let His Majesty the Emperor not have any scientific literacy!

It turned out that Zhu Zaiji showed off to Wang Yue, saying that the drainage problem had been solved.

When Wang Yue arrived, he found out that it was not a steam engine or a pump, but a keel waterwheel for irrigation, but this waterwheel made Zhu Heng simplify, what does it look like?

Wang Yue looked at it for a long time, and finally remembered.

The shape of this thing is similar to the tool used by Uncle Chase the Sea in later generations to empty the puddle, and I have to say that hundreds of years of time and space have collided wonderfully here.

Wang Yue was full of interest.

Zhu Hengxin happily introduced that there were many of these things in Sichuan, which were used to extract brine from salt wells.

The salt wells in Sichuan, some of which are more than 100 meters deep, need to use more than a dozen, like a folding ruler, relay upwards, and lift the salt-rich brine up from below.

Zhu Heng is very proud, how about it, you can receive the reward!

Wang Yue spun around, then pointed down.

Zhu Heng looked down a few times, and his face suddenly grew.

"No, we're obviously free, why are there so many?"

Wang Yue smiled, "Then you can continue to smoke!" ”

Zhu Heng and the others looked at each other, and they had no choice but to shout the trumpet.

"Hi Hi Hi, Hi Hi ......"

After a long day of work, the water below is finally gone. But when they stopped, the water came out again...... They cried!

They drained the water for half a day, and the water flooded up, and they could not use it for half an hour.

Isn't that two hours of charging and five minutes of pretending!

This is also a failure!

Wang Yue smiled and said: "This method has been used by someone for a long time, the efficiency of pumping water is too low, it can't withstand the speed of infiltration, this is just a small pit, let alone those big ones." ”

The dream was shattered.

A few young people are tired and disappointed, what should they do?

"Can you give up?" Chen Yiqin said helplessly.

Wang Yue shook his head, "There are almost two million people in the capital, all of whom rely on the Xishan coal mine for heating, as well as those steel factories and ordnance workshops, which are also inseparable from the coal mines. The problem of water seepage seriously affects the mining of coal mines, which is a dilemma. ”

Gao Gong said with a dark face: "The more difficult it is, the more it must be done!" If it's simple, there's no need for a bounty! Let's find a way to make this water drain bigger, and pump it faster, or replace it with livestock, I've seen some people in the village use it. ”

Gao Gong's words were approved by several other people.

Even Wang Yue did not directly oppose it...... He really wants students to master the spirit of exploration, not afraid of failure, afraid of not knowing how to fail.

In this way, they tossed for a long time, tried their best, and even found the workers of the coal mine to discuss together, and finally the efficiency of drainage was improved, but it was still not enough, far from enough!

This road is not going to work.

What should I do?

New motivation must be found!

Bigger, stronger!

Be faster.

It only takes a quarter of an hour, or even less, to drain the water in the pit, and only then can the mining be successful......

Wang Yue smiled and introduced their exploration process to the group.

"In the end, we turned our attention to boiling hot water, or rather, the power of steam to replace human and animal power."

Zhu Houxi was dizzy when he heard this, "I roughly understand, then you succeeded?" ”

"Half the battle, to be exact."

"What do you mean?"

Wang Yue said with a smile: "We haven't made a pump that can take water, but we have made a steam forging machine. ”

"I don't understand!"

Wang Yue smiled and pointed to the device in front of him, and the students immediately lit the fire, and gradually, the water in the pot boiled, and the steam went up, pushing the piston upwards, driving a huge iron lump upward.

When it reached a certain height, there was a gap, and the steam ran out, and the hammer fell rapidly, making a bang, almost deafening Zhu Houxi's ears.

What the hell can such a thing do? Toys? Look, these young people are having fun!