At this time, Guo Zhiyuan thought that he could finally use "tap water"! The living conditions in this era are too poor, so that Guo Zhiyuan, a "modern person", feels very inconvenient, if it were not for the lack of fertilizer in this era, farmers treat manure as treasure, and all manure must be collected as fertilizer, he really wants to invent the flushing toilet.

However, it is because of the good geographical conditions of Beigang that he can do this, the terrain is flat, the back of the mountain is by the water, the water resources are very rich, if you put it in other places, it will not work, thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan feels more and more that this is really a treasure of feng shui, and pointed to the continuous mountains in the distance with great interest and asked Xu Guangqi on the side: "Mr. Xu, do you know what mountain is called?" ……”

Xu Guangqi arrived in Beigang before Guo Zhiyuan, and he had already made contact with the natives here, and hurriedly said: "The natives here call it the ...... of Datun Mountain."

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes lit up when he heard it, Datun Mountain has a louder name in later generations--- Yangmingshan! When the Japanese invaded Taiwan, Datunshan Park was built here. Kai-shek fled to Taiwan in order to commemorate Wang Yangming, this place was officially renamed Yangmingshan, which has also become a famous scenic spot in later generations, and mainland tourists basically have to come here to see when they travel to Taiwan.

Guo Zhiyuan had not traveled to Taiwan before the crossing, and now he naturally can't miss it when he comes here, and said with great interest: "The mountains and rivers have aura, and this mountain is steaming and cloudy, it must be a spiritual mountain, let's go and see it!" ……”

Although everyone does not know why Guo Zhiyuan suddenly has such a strong interest in this Datun Mountain, but no one is disappointed, immediately there are entourages brought horses and carriages, a group of people riding horses, riding cars, riding in the car, the mighty came to the foot of Yangmingshan, this Yangmingshan can become a famous scenic spot in later generations, the scenery is naturally very beautiful, the green trees are shady, the streams are interesting, there are a lot of small waterfalls flying down, beautiful, according to Xu Guangqi, there are a lot of hot springs on the mountain!

Guo Zhiyuan's eyes lit up again when he heard this, and he also remembered that Yangmingshan belongs to the Datun Mountain volcanic group, and the volcanic landscape is the main feature here. Sulfur is an important material for making **, guarding this treasure, Guo Zhiyuan can make ** in large quantities!

Xu Guangqi thought that Guo Zhiyuan was interested in the hot springs here, so he smiled and said: "Adults can build a courtyard on the mountain, and if you are tired from handling official business, you can come here to soak in the hot springs......

Guo Zhiyuan waved his hand and laughed: "The other courtyard is not busy building, I want to build a academy here, Dongfan Academy!" I want all the children of immigrants to come here to study! In the future, all my Dongfan talents will come from this! Mr. Xu, you have to take this as a top priority, and send someone to investigate the site tomorrow, and strive to build the academy as soon as possible! ……”

When Guo Zhiyuan was in Gutian, he attached great importance to education, thinking that education was the foundation of development, and expanded the county school under great pressure, so Xu Guangqi and their old team of Guo Zhiyuan were not surprised that Guo Zhiyuan regarded the construction of Dongfan Academy as a top priority, but Chen Di had just joined Guo Zhiyuan's team, so he didn't know much, Chen Di was a famous bibliophile, and he was naturally very enthusiastic about education. I would like to donate all the books in my collection, and call on my Fujian Shilin people to come here to study! ……”

Chen Di's bibliophile is not called in vain, he inherited the family collection of books, there are a lot of rare books, and he traveled all over the world, bought books when he met them, heard that Jinling Jiaohong family was rich in books, he personally ran, read and copied the books that had not been seen, read a large number of his collections, searched for books in Nanjing for 5 years, and returned home with 2 carts of books. He has accumulated more than 1,900 kinds of books and more than 10,000 volumes, so he has a very high prestige in Fujian Shilin.

Building a academy is not just as simple as building a few houses, it requires a collection of books, and it also needs a prestigious professor, Guo Zhiyuan is worried about these two problems, and now Chen Diquan has solved it for him, and he is also overjoyed, and solemnly saluted Chen Di: "Thank you Chen Lao for your help!" ”

Chen Di waved his hand again and again and said: "Such things that benefit the country and the people, the old man should help him with all his might!" ”

Perhaps no one expected that a few years later, Dongfan Academy would become famous, and the limelight would even overshadow the famous Donglin Academy, and even many mainland scholars would come from thousands of miles to study here. Dongfan Academy not only cultivated a lot of talents for Guo Zhiyuan's ruling Dongfan, but also many of them went to the official career through the imperial examination of the imperial court and became officials all over the country, these people were influenced by Guo Zhiyuan's advanced thoughts, and also became firm supporters of Guo Zhiyuan, laying a firm foundation for his grand cause!

After coming back from Yangmingshan, Guo Zhiyuan took everyone to the beach again, pointed to the long coastline and smiled at Xu Guangqi behind him: "Mr. Xu, don't worry about the silver, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea, now we want the mountains to have mountains, we want the sea to have the sea, this is all endless silver, for example, we can build a salt drying field ...... this one."

"Salt?" Xu Guangqi's eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "Could it be that adults still understand this method of drying salt?" ……”

In the eyes of modern people, salt is really not an expensive thing, a few dollars can buy a bag, but in this era, salt is very expensive, the common people have to pay taxes when they eat salt, and they may not be able to buy salt if they have money, because the imperial court strictly controls the production and sale of salt, buying and selling salt, there is a clear range of activities, whether it is a buyer or a seller, if it crosses the line, then the salt bought and sold is "private salt". The "Da Ming Law" stipulates: "Anyone who sells illicit salt shall be punished with 100 rods and three years' imprisonment." "The death penalty is punishable in aggravating circumstances.

But even so, there are still many people who would rather risk cutting off their heads to sell illicit salt, because the profits are really too high, and the people who can become salt merchants are definitely the local wealthy. The reason for this situation is mainly because the productivity of this era is backward, the output of salt is not high, and the purification technology of salt is not good, the common people eat coarse salt containing impurities, and at the same time, because of the strict control of the imperial court, the profits of salt production have been taken away by the imperial court, and the salt workers at the bottom lack of enthusiasm, resulting in the salt making technology has been at a relatively backward level.

In this era, most of the salt production still uses the boiling salt method, so the yield is very low, although some coastal areas have also begun to use the salt method to make salt, but because of the strict control of the government, the salt method has not been popularized, so Xu Guangqi heard that Guo Zhiyuan knows how to use the salt method to make salt will be so surprised, the coastline of Dongfan is very long, if the salt method can be used to make salt, it is an inexhaustible gold mountain!