Chapter 1444 Get together

Put the ginseng back in the box, looked at the cinchona bark again, and even broke a little and put it in his mouth to taste: "This medicine has been verified in the South China Sea, and the treatment of dysentery is magical, but unfortunately it is still too expensive like artemisinin." ”

Bian Can said with a smile: "Uncle, let's learn science, and we always solve the problem of whether there is a problem first, and then solve the problem of whether it is good or not." ”

Su Song suddenly smiled: "Haha, our flat jar is reasonable, maybe the South China Sea will be planted next year." ”

Put the bark in a good place: "Hurry up and process it and store it, so that the medicinal properties will not be managed for a few years." Let's go, since Zhang Er has done everything, he can only eat it. Otherwise, it's a waste. ”

It is said that it is poisonous, and Zhang Er did not dare to serve it, so he boiled sweet potatoes, corn, and peanuts in salted water and served them on the table.

Su Song was very satisfied with the taste of sweet potatoes and corn, and sighed: "If this thing is really drought-tolerant, the poor family can get it, and cooking it in rice, it is a hundred times better than Yuqian Tongzi......"

In the past few years, the Great Song Dynasty has had a continuous bumper harvest, and even if the beggars in Beijing have some flesh on their faces, in addition to the three developed regions, the Great Song Dynasty still has vast barren land.

Even if there are three consecutive years of bumper harvests, the farmers on it have only just enough to eat.

Chen Zhaoming said: "Your Majesty, now the number of fifth-class households and tenants is decreasing, and the number of fourth-class households is increasing day by day, which is fundamentally different from the situation when the income of the prince Wang Xianggong has increased and the poor are flourishing. ”

Su Song nodded and shook the sweet potato in his hand: "With these things, I, the people of the Great Song Dynasty, am expected to live a good life, flat jars, chairs, you are great heroes." ”

Speaking of eating flat cans, no one was convinced: "Zhang Er's practice is no different from the natives of Dongsheng Prefecture, if my father is here, he will definitely be able to cook countless delicacies." ”

Su Song also smiled: "I'm surprised, your father heard that you brought back several products, and immediately wrote a letter, writing clearly and clearly about its planting methods, but it has no connection with the local indigenous slash-and-burn farming, which is the way of intensive cultivation in China." ”

"When did he become an expert again? Could it be that Hachiko entrusted him with a dream that could not be realized? ”

Zhang Qi said: "The young master also has the ability to do this, such as leeks and high bamboo shoots, as well as the ploidy method that I studied with my little sister......"

Su Song waved his hand: "Those can be obtained from observation experiments, but he has never seen these things......

After thinking for a while, he said: "But you can also bypass each category and grow taro and yams, Hachiko is a big expert." Xiao Su's article "The Story of Planting Yams", which was published in the Times last year, is a famous article and will definitely be passed down through the ages. ”

Zhang Dunli was eating happily, and his face turned black when he heard the words: "I don't know which immoral person spreads rumors, saying that the anointed man in that article is me, which is unreasonable." ”

Everyone here knows that in Su Zhe's article, the prototype of the villain was originally him, and they can't help but be funny.

But Su Song found a problem: "Huh? Pony, how are you still here? I didn't even notice if you didn't say anything. ”

Zhang Er came over with a pot of chicken soup and put it on the table, and when he heard the words, he said: "This Zhuangzi, the number of times the master of the horse has come is more than that of the old lady!" There is one less big gelding in the circle once, and the horse master is the main gas inside and out, and he is not polite at all! ”

Everyone at the table laughed, and Su Song was also very happy: "I haven't seen you for a year, Zhang Er's knowledge has grown again, and he has even learned to make words!" ”

After eating, the scholars of the Su family moved to the study again, lit the blowtorch and continued to discuss knowledge.

This voyage allowed the flat tank and chair to make suggestions for improvement in many parts of the L-Screw and the marine boiler.

For example, the rather rubbish two-mast structure, without waiting for the end of the voyage, has been changed to a single mast by the flat tank in the middle of the voyage, adding the tow rope between the foremast and the hull, increasing the triangular sail to five sides, greatly simplifying the design of the Z-screw foremath triangular sail, and also greatly simplifying the crew's operation.

For example, on the deck, all entrances and exits have been sealed so that even if the waves swell on the deck, they will not rush into the hull.

The iron ribs that make up the hull, which extend from the hull to the deck, form a towing pile to tow the upright mast, which allows the schooner mast to be stronger and withstand a larger sail surface.

As for the marine steam engine, there were too many piecemeal modifications, and the big machine tool was a burden, adding a lot of plugs to the flat tank and the colander.

The proposal for the flat tank was to get rid of the flashy machine and instead equip it with a large number of preparatory components.

As for the naval guns, the proposal of the two was miniaturization, at least partially.

Although the power of the thunderbolt cannon is huge, one with the gun carriage weighs 1,500 pounds, and it is inconvenient to move it to land.

The weight of a thunderbolt cannon is equivalent to five infantry guns, so it is better to remove some parts and modify small guns, which combine large and small, and are also convenient for disassembly and transportation, and can be flexibly deployed for the use of landing marines.

The suggestion is a good suggestion, but the 40 mm caliber "cannon" is really too "small" in the concept of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs.

Zhao Ji was very happy when he received the report, but after learning that the shell drawings were in a one-to-one ratio, he stretched out three fingers to cover the warhead drawings, and then shook his head to say no.

The emperor said no, then it had to be changed, and the flat tank and chair were doing this during this time, and finally increased the caliber of the infantry gun to 75 mm, shortened the barrel to less than one meter, adjusted the high and low firing range to minus 6 to 70 degrees, and the left and right firing range to 20 degrees.

However, even with the barrel shortened, the cannon was increased to four hundred catties.

The advantage is that it is convenient to disassemble, and it can be disassembled into several parts for transportation separately.

With the strong support of Zhengzhou's military industry, the prototype gun was quickly built, and two types of ammunition were test-fired, and the power made everyone very satisfied.

The time-delay fuze of the chair design is a stroke of genius to cooperate with this cannon, and Su Song carefully studied the fuse drawings: "After the projectile body increases, the processing difficulty of this thing has decreased a lot, and His Majesty's vision is unique." ”

This is the brainless praise of brainless fans, Su Song is infinitely loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, this kind of thing is very natural.

Although it is a fact, but that is Zhao Ji blind once, right?!

Su Song put down the drawings: "You two stinky boys, you are sailing and making artillery, are you going to be in the left train?" ”

Chen Zhaoming said: "Although the chair is designed with an infantry cannon, His Majesty's intention is to still want him to study righteousness and theory, and he will also have to be admitted to the Jinshi in the future." ”

"As for the flat tank, he is the mastermind of this escape, and Guogong said that he is a military minister of the right class, or he is more in line with his temperament."

Su Song took off his reading glasses and wiped them with suede, and sighed: "If this is the case, the happiest person is only afraid that it is Shi Gong, and he has no ......successor to worry about his skills."

After speaking, he shook his head: "No, you still have to be admitted to the Jinshi, even if you are listed in the right class, this right class with the name of Jinshi, and the right class without the name of Jinshi, it is not the same, otherwise no matter how great your merit is, others will say that you are a rice worm with the grace of your father." ”

"So this Jinshi must be tested, as for the ranking, the requirements can be lowered, and it will not fall to the top four or five to make people laugh."

The flat cans are stupid, and the four or five are called jokes? Half of the people who took the Rite Examination in the New Year were jokes?

But the children's protest is useless, although the old clan brother did not play too well in the palace examination back then, but he was also the first to raise the matter, a proper scholar.

In a family full of scholars, scumbags have no right to speak.

During the rare few days of vacation, everyone studied together to uncover the mysterious cotton yarn in Dongshengzhou, and there were too many things to digest.

So Zhang Er found that not only Young Master Jiayan, but even the second son of Zhao was also gathered in Sujiazhuangzi, and later the two concubines and Young Master Yanbi did not go home when they arrived at the meal, and several eldest princesses also followed.

Then the mother-in-law who was responsible for serving several princesses, and the lieutenant of the guard also followed, and the Su family Zhuangzi was lively.

Bian Jar handed over the set of "Bamboo Book Chronicles" he found to Han Jiayan, but Han Jiayan was not uncommon, because he had already asked the princess to find this book in the secret pavilion, and now he was interested in the Guibiao script that Bian Jar brought back from Dongshengzhou.

Based on these characters, Han Jiayan believes that the people there developed another hieroglyphic system on their own according to these most basic rules of Middle-earth writing and character creation.

And Chen Zhaoming still thinks that this statement is not too rigorous.

There was a strong interest in why there were no commonly used metal tools on that continent, and why were they not interested in what was under their feet when they were obviously on a large deposit?

In the end, Xiaomei believes that this may have something to do with economics, which can be explained from the aspects of demand, supply and circulation.

That is, there is no demand.

Gold, silver and copper are all soft, and the hardness is not as good as obsidian, so it is not suitable for use as a tool.

The circulation relied on cocoa and salt, and gold and silver had no value to them.

In addition, the local products are abundant, and slash-and-burn farming can live well, and there is no requirement for scientific and technological progress.

In short, it was a country full of magical mysteries, which made the top intellectuals of the Great Song Dynasty all interested.