In March, the dust of the imperial examination settled, and the name of Yang Cong also resounded throughout the Ming Dynasty, and even Li Chunfang, the new champion, was overshadowed in front of him.

Because he is not only the champion, but his disciples are also champions, and what else is Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, Erjia Leader, County Case, Government Head, and so on.

In short, Daming has not seen such a powerful reader for more than 100 years, and he is good at reading, and Daming has also produced dozens of champions in the past 100 years, and reading is quite powerful, the key is that the students he taught are also so powerful, which is unusual.

Many scholars came to him, wanted to worship under him, study seriously, and then go to take the exam for the champion of the Yuan Hui Yuan or something, but unfortunately, he was politely rejected on the grounds of limited energy.

So, what exactly is he up to?

In fact, after the end of the imperial examination, he was not busy teaching students at all, and even Hai Rui, Zhang Juzheng, Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang, these disciples were all stocked by him.

These disciples also wanted to know what his old man was busy with.

Finally, this morning, after the o'clock, Yang Cong no longer stood up and patted his ass and left, but stood up and waved his hand: "You don't have to review your homework today, go, take you to see something for the teacher." ”

With that, he raised his feet and walked out, and the disciples naturally followed.

Yang Cong didn't take them far, out of the Yang Mansion, turned a few tree-lined paths, and the group soon came to another school, the Hardware School.

There is no quiet overflow of Yang's Mansion here, and it is full of tinkling sounds, just like a hardware workshop.

This guy is actually a hardware workshop inside, and a group of showmen are rolling up their sleeves, even bare-chested, catching gold, silver, copper, iron or something, and tossing hard.

As soon as they entered, Wang Xuan greeted them and said with a little excitement: "My lord, are you here?" ”

Yang Cong also nodded a little excitedly: "Well, are things ready?" ”

Wang Xuan nodded excitedly and said, "It's all ready, it's all ready, just waiting for you to come." ”

The students were a little confused again, what is the master going to do, this is a hardware school, is it possible that the master wants to take them to play an iron or something?

This thing, other readers will probably be discouraged when they see it, because the hammer that strikes the iron is not ordinarily heavy, and the average reader picks it up, don't smash it and break your own foot, it's not bad.

However, Yang Cong's students are not afraid at all, because they have practiced a little kung fu, Yang Cong attaches great importance to this, horseback riding, archery, dancing guns and sticks, and even manipulating muskets and artillery, they often practice, and it is nothing to strike iron.

In short, they are not weak scholars, not to mention going into battle to kill the enemy, they are still not afraid of general physical work.

However, Yang Cong didn't bring them to strike iron, he wasn't so bored, let his students go to iron fighting, it was not some exercise or increase knowledge, it was purely a brain disease.

So, what is Yang Cong going to take them for?

Under the guidance of Wang Xuan, the group soon came to a large room in the middle of the school.

There were already several people in the room working there, but they were not holding hammers, but brass pipes.

After everyone hurriedly saluted, Yang Cong commanded them to move upside down.

Copper pipes, copper kettles, stoves, and even threads, valves, sealing cotton yarn or something, these Zhang Juzheng and others are not strangers, and Yang Cong is not the first time to bring them to this hardware school.

Question, what are these things all put together?

It didn't take long for a group of people to retreat to the side as if they were busy with their work, but Yang Cong was standing in front of a small wooden frame and said excitedly: "Quick, hurry up and pour water and light the fire." ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he hurriedly instructed several disciples to add water to the copper kettle and light the firewood in the stove below.

The firewood burned much more violently than the coal fire, and in a short time the water in the copper kettle boiled.

Seeing this, Yang Cong immediately couldn't wait to open a valve, and the small wooden frame in front of him magically moved!

Is he performing a spell?

Of course not, the disciples had already seen that there was a strange copper pillar under the wooden frame, and this small wooden frame seemed to be held up by the small copper rod in the middle of the copper pillar.

This thing, how to say it, is really a little magical, but Zhang Juzheng and the others can be regarded as well-informed, and seeing this scene, they did not show any abnormal color.

This small wooden frame can move, it seems that there is nothing strange about it, if Yang Cong opens the valve, the small wooden frame does not react at all, then it is called strange.

Unexpectedly, they didn't show anything abnormal, but Yang Cong was so excited that he pressed it hard with his hand on the wooden frame, and then turned the valve in front of him upside down, and the small wooden frame kept moving up and down under his upside down.

He couldn't help but say excitedly: "Okay, very good, quick, quickly add a ten-pound iron ingot to the frame and see how the sealing performance is." ”

When Wang Xuan heard this, he made a color to a disciple next to him, and the disciple quickly picked up a thick iron ingot of about ten catties from the corner and carefully placed it in the wooden frame.

As soon as Yang Cong saw that he had put it down, he couldn't wait to flip the valve in front of him, and the wooden frame kept moving up and down under his upside down.

He "played" with great interest for a while, then stopped, nodded excitedly: "Very good, the seal is also very good, we succeeded!" ”

This!

What is this called success?

Not only Zhang Juzheng and the others were confused, but Wang Xuan was a little confused, what was so strange about a small wooden frame up and down?

Seeing this, Yang Cong couldn't help but say proudly: "Ruxian, do you know what this thing is for?" ”

When Hai Rui heard this, he thought about it carefully, and then shook his head honestly and said, "The student doesn't know, and I ask the teacher for guidance." ”

Yang Cong smiled and said to the other disciples proudly, "Do any of you know what this thing is for?" ”

Zhang Juzheng and the others shook their heads and said, "The student doesn't know, and I ask the teacher for guidance." ”

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong still didn't answer and asked, "Have you ever seen a hand grinder?" ”

This hand-mill is still very common in the countryside, and the disciples nodded their heads one after another, indicating that they have seen it.

Seeing this, Yang Cong explained: "The hand-pushed grinding is also a push and a pull, but the grinding disc is rotating in a circle. ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he couldn't help but admire: "It turns out that this thing is used to push and grind, the teacher is really powerful, and in the future, there will be no need for manpower to push the grinding, and there is no need to drive the livestock to push, just use this thing directly, the teacher is really powerful!" ”

"Poof."

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't squirt out a mouthful of blood, and used the steam piston to push and grind, but you said it.

He said angrily: "Didn't the teacher tell you, you have to be a little more open-minded, you have to be able to draw inferences from one another, and the teacher told you about hand grinding, can you only think of hand grinding?" Think about it, what about the trolley? What about horse-drawn carriages? What about wheels? ”

This!

If this thing is used on wheelbarrows, carriages, or wheels, it will be more terrifying, because the chariot and ship do not need to be propelled by manpower and accumulation, just use this thing.

At this time, not only Zhang Juzheng and other hairy young men were excited, but even a steady old gentleman like Wang Xuan couldn't help but flush with excitement.

Seeing this, Yang Cong pointed to the small steam piston under the wooden frame and said excitedly: "Tell you, this thing is not simple, it will change the whole world!" ”

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