The new issue of "Da Song Times" has opened a new column: science quizzes.

The first science quiz: Why do chopsticks look bent when they are put in water?

Whoever you are, you can answer this question, and if you answer correctly, you will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver.

In the Song Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to 1,000 guan, and the prime minister's salary was 300 guan per month, and a county order was only 15 guan a month.

In addition to the salary, there are also various allowances such as salary, millet, kitchen materials, charcoal, allowances, public money, coupons, and vocational fields.

Take the prime minister as an example, he can receive 20 horses of silk for spring and winter clothes, 30 horses of silk, 100 taels of cotton, and 100 stones of Lu Suyue in a year.

Not to mention other income, in terms of dead wages alone, Cai Jing's annual income is only 3.6 taels, which is pitiful.

Fifty taels of silver, in the Great Song Dynasty, is the proper income of the upper class.

If you answer this question correctly, it proves that this person is good at observation and diligent thinking, and such a person is the scientific and technological talent that Zong Shu wants.

For scientific and technological talents, it is necessary to reward and reward heavily.

Zong Shu said to Zhao Huan: "The Great Song Academy of Sciences is divided into two places, one is the Guizong Academy, which will be changed to the Great Song Academy of Sciences immediately." The other is in the base of Mi County, called the Truth-seeking Research Institute, which is a branch of the Great Song Academy of Sciences. ”

In the future, the Great Song Academy of Sciences will not exclude the teaching of traditional Confucianism and other Chinese studies. However, it is necessary to increase the weight of science and technology education. The first science and technology teacher was held by Lingsu and his disciples. ”

"Now, we urgently need talents from all walks of life, and we need to recruit elites among hundreds of workers."

"Anyone who enters the Great Song Academy of Sciences to study and goes home to visit relatives can ride a tall horse or sedan chair provided by the college, wear the Chinese clothes issued by the school, and enjoy a salary of two taels of silver per month per person."

"You can pick out some of the 100 jobs you learn from the college to be a teacher or do scientific research, and you can pay five taels of silver a month."

"If there are major scientific and technological achievements, there is no cap on the bonus."

Everyone finally understood that through the scientific quiz of the "Great Song Times", talents can be discovered, and an atmosphere of studying science can gradually be formed in the whole society.

To this day, Lin Lingsu can be regarded as understanding a series of actions of Zong Shu, from extracting monosodium glutamate, extracting iodine element, making iodine volt, developing penicillin to scientific prize quizzes, asking the emperor to inscribe "Great Song Academy of Sciences", and recruiting hundreds of talents.

These actions are step-by-step, interlocking, and directly point to one goal: to make more inventions.

Lin Lingsu remembered what Zong Shu said in the Queen Mother's room: Agriculture is the foundation of the country; Science and technology are the foundation of a strong country.

Lin Lingsu felt that this sentence was very in place, and he should find a stone and engrave it so that everyone who came to the academy could see it.

Yingluo didn't think so deeply, what she thought about was how much influence "Da Song Times" could create and how much money it could make.

After all, it was she who proposed to cooperate with Zong Shu in the first place.

Not to mention the novels serialized in "Da Song Times", with this 50 taels of silver prize quiz, another new ** will be set off.

I'm afraid that many literati will also put down their worth to answer this question, in case they win the lottery, won't they get rich?

It is entirely conceivable that the circulation of the "Great Song Times" will increase significantly.

Because of the warm pavilion and the "Great Song Times", the income of the East Palace is now getting higher and higher.

In addition to honoring his father and mother, Zhao Huan rewarded Wu Fei and other personnel more and more generously.

Zhao Huan talked about the matter of Nuan Ge, if the Queen Mother had not been saved today, Nuan Ge would have become the culprit of the Queen Mother's illness.

If things get to this point, Nuan Ge's business will naturally plummet.

Zong Shu said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, return the deposit of King Yun's warm pavilion." ”

Zong Shu also included the prince in the first product. Zhao Kai built a warm pavilion, and one is 10,000 taels. But this silver, this young master will not make money!

If you have money, you can be so capricious!

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Back at the Zongjia, Zongyi and Zongze were both in the middle hall.

Seeing Zong Shu and Lin Lingsu walking in, Zong Ze and Zong Yi were very excited.

Zong Shu used the new medicine he had just made to cure the Queen Mother's illness. The news had already spread through the Tai Hospital.

More than a dozen imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital, except for the court judge kneeling in the queen mother's room, everyone else was kneeling in front of the Tai Hospital.

There is no warm pavilion here, and it is freezing. If you kneel down again, the older ones may not be able to support it.

Fortunately, Zong Shu miraculously saved the Queen Mother, and also saved the entire Tai Hospital by the way.

When the news was known, some imperial doctors specially found the Zong family to report the good news.

Of course, they are also selfish, and they take the opportunity of the good news to ask the Zong family to make a few warm pavilions for the Tai Hospital, and improve the usual office conditions of the Tai doctors.

There are also two imperial doctors, who offered to see how iodophor and penicillin are made, and I heard that they are made of hundreds of catties of oranges, ginseng, bird's nest, etc., and I want to find out what the Zong family is.

Sure enough, outside Zong Shu's study, there were piles of rotten oranges, and it seemed that what Zong Shu said was true.

Zong Ze came over and said: "Shu'er, you make iodine wine and penicillin, there are countless living people, and you have accumulated great virtue!" ”

In fact, the fact that these two drugs can be produced is of course subject to Zong Shu's macro guidance in terms of direction and steps, but the more important factor is that Lin Lingsu and his disciples have been studying and experimenting day and night.

Zong Shu said: "Uncle, in fact, the biggest credit is Lingsu, if it weren't for him, iodophor and penicillin would not have come out so quickly. ”

Zong Ze solemnly made a gesture to Lin Lingsu: "Master Guoshi, following the little nephew, I really wronged you." ”

Lin Lingsu is completely convinced now, where are the grievances?

In the past, he knew nothing about alchemy or anything, and by experience or accident, he refined new substances such as mercury, but where was there such precision as Zong Shu?

Zong Shu could extract whatever he wanted, and with his guidance, Lin Lingsu and his disciples did not take any detours.

Zongshu seems to have set up before extraction, the process and steps of extraction, the function and utility of the extract, and so on.

Especially in the process of researching and extracting penicillin with Zong Shu, Lin Lingsu learned a lot of things that were vague in the past.

It turns out that this world is so vast, and Zong Shu's chest is so extensive!

In the past, he took his children everywhere to exorcise evil spirits and demons, how ridiculous it is to think about it now!

Although he has the title of a national teacher, everyone knows that the national teacher is the most dangerous and unreliable profession.

And now, Zong Shu has made him the president of the "Great Song Academy of Sciences", what an honor!

With the emperor's handwritten inscription, the "Great Song Academy of Sciences" can be compared with the "Taixue" subordinate to Guozijian.

In his opinion, the first president of the Great Song Academy of Sciences is much more practical and beautiful than the national teacher.

All of this was brought to him by Zong Shu. Fortunately, at that time, Lin Lingsu lost his face, put down his shelf, and worshiped Zongshu as his teacher.

Otherwise, Lin Lingsu may be like Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Zhao Kai and others, who will be choked by Zong Shu and have no choice.

"Master Zong's words are serious, Lingsu has benefited a lot from following the master, and there are no grievances." Lin Lingsu hurriedly replied.

At this moment, there were suddenly several bird calls in the hall.

Following the prestige, I saw two birds, one black and one white, squatting in a large cage.

Steward Qiao came over and said, "Young Master, these two birds were given to you by someone today. ”

"Who sent it?"

"The person who came in a hurry only said that it was his surname, Xiao."