What if Cangzhou also wants to build a port?

What does that mean? Shopkeeper Hua was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face was as sluggish as he was. But before long, his initial expression of helplessness disappeared, replaced by an unconcealable ecstasy. He stared at Zhang Shou with wide eyes, and even his voice trembled a little: "Dr. Zhang, you're not joking?" Is this true? ”

Zhang Shou knew that what others were looking forward to most at this time was definitely his solemn answer, which was naturally serious. However, his reaction was to smile disapprerovingly: "Oh, shopkeeper Hua, don't take it too seriously, I'll just talk about it casually." ”

Shopkeeper Hua was almost choked to death by Zhang Shou's careless tone. How could he believe that Zhang Shou was talking casually - especially when the other party asked him why the Hua family had never engaged in maritime trade as soon as he opened his mouth, and carefully asked him about the reason, and after understanding everything clearly and thoroughly, he threw out such a question, saying that he was not prepared...... Who believes!

At this moment, he took a deep breath in his heart, and then forced a smile: "Dr. Zhang, how can such things be joked? ”

"It's not a joke. The teacher came over these days, discussed astronomy with me for a while, discussed water control with me for a while, and gave me a question before, the Tao is to use arithmetic to calculate the sediment accumulation of the waterway on the east coast of Cangzhou. ”

Using arithmetic to calculate the sediment accumulation in the waterway on the east coast of Cangzhou? What the hell is this? Can arithmetic be of such use? Shopkeeper Hua had already furrowed his brows into a big pimple, and his face was full of disbelief.

Zhang Shou knew that the other party must have such a reaction, and since he chose to move Mr. Ge out again, of course he had already prepared, and said calmly at the moment: "The Yellow River was diverted from the Zhangweixin River into the sea, but later it gradually moved south and seized the Huai into the sea. ”

"There are also people from Qintianjian in Cangzhou who record the customs, there are fewer windy days in summer and winter along the coast of Cangzhou, but there are many windy days in autumn, accounting for one-fifth of the windy days in the year, and there are more windy days in spring, accounting for half of the whole year, and such windy days may cause the waves to carry sediment, resulting in the siltation of the waterway ......"

As he spoke, Zhang Shou suddenly stretched out his hand behind his back, and Ah Liu, who seemed to have been dozing off all the time, immediately opened his eyes, took a small burden on his back with extremely fast speed, and took out pen, ink and paper from it...... as well as paperweights.

The pen is a quill pen, and the ink is ink in a porcelain bottle, and he skillfully spread out the paper on the small table on the side for Zhang Shou, and then pressed it with a paperweight, and then dipped the quill pen in the ink, and then sent it to Zhang Shou. The action was familiar and gentle, and the little peanut on the side was amazed and wanted to help, but found that he couldn't intervene at all.

The shopkeeper Hua on the side only listened to Zhang Shou write, and said in a very flat tone: "In order for arithmetic to play a role in calculating the siltation of the waterway, it is necessary to establish a relevant model to simulate the movement of sediment in the wind and waves, so as to reflect the law of sediment movement and the law of waterway siltation." Of course, first we have to describe the wave changes in strong winds. ”

"In Cartesian coordinates, the equation for the dynamic equilibrium of a wave is ?/?t N+?/?x Cx N+?/?y Cy N+?/?σ Cσ N+?/?θ Cθ N=S/σ...... The arithmetic expression of sediment movement based on the sediment force under the combined force of wave flow is (?( hs))/?t+(?( hu s))/?x+(?( hv s))/?y+……”

“……”

Shopkeeper Hua watched Zhang Shou rustle writing on the paper, although his eyes could see those symbols, he only felt dizzy in his head, not to mention that he understood it, the more he looked at it, the more groggy he became, and finally he even had a sense of awe reading the book of heaven. And the words that came out of Zhang Shou's mouth, what wind increases water, wind increases flow, wave flow and so on, he doesn't understand any of them.

Not only him, but Little Peanut tried hard to identify the words written by Zhang Shou, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there was a little star in front of him. When he really couldn't bear it, he could only glance at Ah Liu next to him as if asking for help, then gently tugged on his sleeve, and asked pitifully, "Sixth brother, do you understand?" ”

The next moment, he saw Ah Liu squinting at himself, and that look seemed to say, are you a fool? Thinking that the old salted fish had also scolded him for not reading, he was suddenly ashamed of himself, but then he heard Ah Liu's voice.

"I'm not Mrs. Ge and Lu Sanlang, how can I understand!"

Shopkeeper Hua's heart moved, Lu Sanlang of course he knew that he used to be one of the famous gentlemen in the capital, and now he is the chief of Jiuzhangtang, the prodigal son who was personally praised by the emperor, but listening to this tone, people can be compared with Mrs. Ge? As he was thinking so, he only listened to Zhang Shou scold without raising his head.

"Ah Liu, when Teacher Ge heard that you put him and Lu Sanlang side by side, I have to stare you to death!"

Ah Liu turned up the corners of his mouth, and said nonchalantly: "Old Master Ge is very angry, he said that his greatest hope is that he is better than the blue." Last time, he also told me that he hoped that the young master would surpass him in the future, and Lu Saburo would surpass the young master in the future. ”

Zhang Shou suddenly laughed dumbly, he put down the pen, and handed the two pieces of paper densely filled with formulas to the shopkeeper Hua, and saw that his face was stiff and took it, so he said calmly: "This is what I and the teacher calculated." In summary, the amount of sediment flowing into the Yellow River is completely different in drought years and flood years, and the impact on the waterway east of the Cangzhou coast is ......"

Listening to Zhang Shou's long conclusion, the shopkeeper Hua only felt that life was like a year, and for the first time regretted that he had questioned other people's professional fields. Sum up? These four words sound easy, but the question is what Zhang Shou said before he came to such a conclusion!

It was easy to get Zhang Shou to finish speaking, and when he heard that the mud and sand from the wind and waves in the open sea were more likely to cause the siltation of the waterway, and it was the siltation of the outer channel, he was finally relieved, and immediately squeezed out a smile, and said cautiously: "Dr. Zhang, I understand what you said, can this Cangzhou port construction be successful?" ”

Before he finished asking whether the silting up of the channel would affect the construction of the port, Zhang Shou's eyes lit up, and he smiled: "Oh? Do you understand the shopkeeper? Then this dynamic equilibrium equation ......"

Little Peanut glanced at the shopkeeper Hua who was like an earthy color under Zhang Shou's mouth like a hanging river, and saw that the young guy behind him couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wipe his sweat, he couldn't help but think in his heart, if the shopkeeper Hua was stupid and directly admitted that he didn't understand, would he not have to bear the bombardment of this terrifying arithmetic knowledge now? However, when he thought about it again, he couldn't help but sigh.

If the shopkeeper didn't say that he understood it just now, he said that he didn't understand...... Maybe Zhang Shou will explain it even more, right?

When he experienced the baptism of explaining complex equations again, Shopkeeper Hua finally understood why this young man could take on the position of Dr. Guozi at this young age. Because Zhang Shou is really a good teacher! This time, he simply admitted his poor talent frankly, and then asked Cangzhou in a tone so sincere that it could not be more sincere.

And this time, Zhang Shou finally opened his mouth, and the answer was very direct: "Cangzhou is close to the canal, and there is a reduced river directly into the sea, if you want to talk about geography and hydrology, although it is not as good as Tianjin, it is not far behind, as for the siltation of the waterway, as long as it is not a big ship, it is not a problem." But the big problem today is ...... The court has no money! ”

The guy behind the shopkeeper Hua was almost dumbfounded. The court has no money...... The court has no money, what do you say to do, do you want to coax people to play? The big shopkeeper must be angry to death at this time! However, when he turned his head sideways to look at the shopkeeper Hua on the side, he was surprised to find that the big shopkeeper was not only angry, but his face was even filled with some kind of surprise that he couldn't understand at all!

"It's not surprising that the imperial court can't allocate money and food for a while, after all, the world is so big, money has to be used everywhere, and the emperor is already the most frugal son of heaven in all dynasties, plus the ministers are often blocked, we can also empathize with these sufferings."

The words of the shopkeeper Hua were extremely beautiful, and seeing that Zhang Shou smiled slightly and did not answer his words, he tentatively said: "The Hua family can contact those businessmen in Suzhou, in fact, everyone has a heart to serve the country......

Seeing Zhang Shou but smiling silently, he didn't know that he was really not very clever in finding this excuse, so he simply put his heart sideways and said bluntly: "To the north of Suzhou, Yangzhou Mansion and Huai'an Mansion are also close to the sea, but there are many sandbars in the east of Yangzhou Mansion, which is not conducive to shipping. Huai'an Province is also hydrologically complex because the Yellow River seizes Huai into the sea, and Haizhou is a port, but it is not connected to the canal......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Shou said with a smile: "If it is Haizhou, take Andong from Huai'an, and then take the Lianhe River from the Hongze Lake waterway, but it is also okay, right?" ”

"Yes, but it's not." The shopkeeper didn't expect Zhang Shou to be so familiar with the geography of Jiangnan, and knew that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply said bluntly, "Although salt is not a monopoly now, the quality of Huai salt is famous in the entire southeast, and rich people need the best quality Huai salt, and even use salt to bathe, so all kinds of merchants in Huai'an gather, and Su merchants don't have much advantage." ”

Speaking of which, are you Suzhou businessmen making enemies on all sides? Isn't it, you will be bullied like this when you leave this mansion?

Zhang Shou thought about it and felt that this matter was a little strange, and his eyes clearly revealed his doubts.

As for his question, the shopkeeper Hua also simply revealed his short words: "Grandpa Taizu opposed Liujiagang back then, and then he once said to people that Su Song was rich for half the world, so Suzhou has always been the target of public criticism in the southeast. Everyone said that Suzhou was not treated by Grandpa Taizu...... But in reality, there is no such thing at all! ”

"If you want to pick the words so literally, wouldn't Grandpa Taizu also not want to see Songjiang?"

Although Shopkeeper Hua shut up and didn't say anything more when he said this, Zhang Shou still felt a little funny when he heard it in his ears. However, he didn't want to pursue some too long history, so he only squinted his eyes slightly at this time, and said lightly: "Speaking of which, the cost of transporting Suzhou's silk from the canal to Cangzhou, and then going to sea, is it too high?" ”

Shopkeeper Hua hurriedly raised his voice and said, "We can afford this extra cost......

It's better than being stuck in the throat by those damn profiteers, buying it at a cheap price, and then sending it to sea and selling it at a high price! Not really...... He thought of the dilemma of redundant manpower that Cangzhou would have to face in the future, took a breath lightly, and said word by word: "We can send all the bundles of silk to Cangzhou in the future, recruit a group of weavers in Cangzhou, and then send the finished products to the sea!" ”

Zhang Shou immediately smiled: "Instead of sending silk from Suzhou all the way, and then recruiting local helpers, weaving silk and selling it, why not plant trees in Cangzhou and then stock silkworms?" Although the silkworm is not as good as the silk spit out by the silkworm, its low price is also its advantage. Of course, if you think it is profitable to ship finished silk, you can send it from Suzhou to Cangzhou. ”

Shopkeeper Hua originally just said it head-on, but at this time he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

You know, how many people in Suzhou City rely on silk weaving for a living, if the silk weaving is really transferred to Cangzhou, even if it is only a very small part, the situation in Suzhou will be more terrifying than the scene before Cangzhou - because there are more people in Suzhou, once there are more unemployed people, it will be chaos! As for whether Songjiang will change because of the new textile machinery...... Who cares if they live or die!

He hurriedly agreed without thinking about it, but when he was about to continue to finalize the issue of capital contribution, he didn't want Zhang Shou but said with a smile: "The court is short of money, but the lack of money is actually not much, and there are actually many people who want to send money to the court." Just yesterday, a big silk merchant from Luzhou came from afar and asked me if I had a new loom that could be used for silk weaving. ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper Hua was nervous, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "Silk weaving and cotton weaving are different, so of course the machines are different." I'd also like to make a machine that multiplies efficiency, but unfortunately, it's not something that can be done overnight. ”

Hearing this, the young man behind the shopkeeper Hua was relieved, thinking that Suzhou would not have such a mess with Cangzhou in a short period of time, but the shopkeeper Hua would not be so relaxed. Sure enough, Zhang Shou's words followed completely confirmed his premonition.

"I heard that Cangzhou was about to open a port, and that person patted his chest on behalf of those merchants who operated Lu silk in Luzhou and said that he would definitely do his best to donate money to help."

Shopkeeper Hua suddenly pinched his palm lightly with his fingernails, reminding himself that this is the right thing to do, and there is no need to be discouraged, let alone panic. He tried his best to maintain the most stable and decent smile, and said calmly: "I see, Beishang has been subject to the chaos in Tianjin for a long time. ”

He glanced at Zhang Shou, and did not continue to ask about the reaction of Tianjin and other topics, but said straightforwardly: "In this case, I can represent Su Shang to contract 30% of all the expenses of Cangzhou Port construction, and ask Dr. Zhang to play for me!" ”

Sancheng's share is what he has just repeatedly calculated in his heart, which can not only ensure the corresponding right to speak and share, but also not easily stimulate other northern businessmen, and more importantly, he can express the support and determination of Su businessmen to those who support Cangzhou to build a port in the DPRK behind Zhang Shou! As for his own opinions...... Hehe, God knows how many years the old man of the clan has been busy working to break through the sea route!