"The Song State has suffered a big loss this time," General Chen Qianli handed over the report to Zhao Xingde, shook his head and said, "The forbidden army that can fight in the Hedong camp is only 100,000, and the others are mostly box troops, Yang Yanqing's army took Yunzhou in the Northern Expedition, but I didn't expect the Murbo people to bypass Yunzhou and divide their troops to the south to plunder, and the Song army left behind could not stop it." The people of Murbo burned and looted everywhere, and between Yanmen, Guanshiling Pass and Yunzhou, there were rumors everywhere, and the people were even more panicked. He closed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "This desert northern Murbo tribe, with the courage of the barbarian tribe to endure hunger and thirst, and the constraints of the art of war, has gradually become a climate, just like a clump of weeds, if you don't hoe it early, you are afraid of developing future troubles." ”

Zhao Xingde frowned, the military report said very briefly, but Zhao Xingde had just returned from Mobei after the battle of Liaodong, and Chen Qianli had just returned from Mobei, so he naturally imagined the appearance of the looted villages. He sighed, and the general newspaper was placed on the table, and his heart was weak. The formation and training of the fire gun battalion is quite smooth, some of the sergeants of the Dragon Tooth Army have already served as centurions drill regiment to train the army, and the thunder thrower battalion that Zhao Xingde has great hopes for is also very good. Chen Qianli followed Zhao Xingde to watch several firearm battalion drills, and was very shocked by the rounds of thunder throwers before the final attack, saying that if such a number of grenades exploded in the air, I am afraid that it would be difficult for the elite cavalry to control the horses.

"How can the Protectorate be willing to send troops to attack Liao?" Zhao Xingde frowned.

"Unless the Liao army invades Hedong," Chen Qianli closed the file and stood up, "Hedong and Guanzhong are dependent on each other, and they have condescending control on three sides, and the Protectorate will never let the Liao army get Hedong." The big and small foxes in the Protectorate are the most calculating, and I bet they are staring at Kanto every day. Now it's just a matter of watching the Liao Song Dynasty lose in Kyushu behind the mountains, and then we will send troops to clean up the situation. Don't worry," he patted Zhao Xingde on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Come with me to the Bachelor's Mansion, last time Ruan Changling talked to you about the art of measurement, and then sent someone to let me take you there every day, and if you don't show up again, my threshold will be broken by Ruan Changshi's messenger." ”

Zhao Xingde was also on a whim last time, mentioning the manufacture of the rifle machine, the weights and measures tools used by Xia Guo are not accurate enough, and the tolerance control of the manufacturing process is not strict. Although this is difficult to do, if successful, it can greatly improve the accuracy of the manufacture of various utensils. Once the precision system was established, it was previously possible to rely only on the delicate objects made by skilled craftsmen, and ordinary craftsmen could complete them. He spoke for a while, and with both hands and paintings, he roughly described the shape of various precision measuring tools to Ruan Changling, Ruan Changling listened to it with relish, and repeatedly asked Zhao Xingde to come to the bachelor's mansion next time. Who knew that after Zhao Xingde went back, he was busy with the training of the Dragon Tooth Arms Battalion, and he actually forgot about it.

Chang'an is a place where the relatives and nobles of the imperial court live, and there are many people who know Chen Qianli himself, and others are openly and secretly courting him, but Ruan Changling, the deputy envoy of the bachelor's mansion, is also an elder respected by his father, but he repeatedly asked himself to take Zhao Xingde to visit, thinking of this, Chen Qianli was secretly funny, and couldn't help but say that he picked up Zhao Xingde and left.

Zhao Xingde had no choice but to stop a teenager on the street, give him a penny and report it to his family. Chen Qianli's wife Zhang and Li Ruoxue are also familiar with each other, and the two families often come and go, Li Ruoxue also knows that the two of them go out together, but they will not go in and out of those places in the Qin Mansion Chu Pavilion.

Chang'an Bachelor's Mansion is located in the southwest of the city, it is the remnants of the palace garden in the Tang Dynasty to rebuild, the Qujiang Pond, the sky is blue lotus, the hibiscus garden, the flowers and trees are shady, like a paradise. The mansion of Ruan Changling, the deputy envoy of the Bachelor's Mansion, was deserted, and he didn't even have a protégé. Through the fence, but you can see that there are many huge iron or wooden instruments placed in the courtyard, Zhao Xingde is lying at the door to see, the structure and use of some instruments are clear at a glance, probably used to verify the theorems of mechanics, and some of the instruments he can't quite understand. He sighed secretly in his heart, the ingenuity of this mechanism designed by Ruan Changling was really worthy of a generation of grandmasters. Chen Qianli stopped others and asked, only to know that Ruan Changling took the students to climb Huashan. "What a joke," Chen Qianli said with a smile, "It is mentioned in the strange books of the ancestors that the weight of all things is caused by the attraction of the earth, and the weight is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the object and the center of the earth. What the ancestors said has always been the same. Ruan Fuzi just wanted to try and try, he had to verify this section, the previous time he climbed Lishan, he couldn't tell the difference between the weight of the iron ball on Lishan and the weight on the flat ground, and now he had to climb higher Huashan to weigh the weight of the iron ball. If it weren't for the fact that he was proficient in the art of the mechanism and had created a lot of needed utensils, the Protector Mansion really didn't want to waste money in vain. However, if he really measured the weight difference, it was a good way to measure the height of mountains and rivers, and the marching division would be more accurate in drawing the map. ”

Zhao Xingde's heart moved, and he asked with a smile: "Brother Chen said that the strange books of the ancestors, if you borrow Zhao's view." He pressed the thumping heartbeat in his chest, and the answer to a long-standing guess seemed to be within reach. Chen Qianli said with a smile: "Why not, the Scholar's Mansion Library can borrow it casually, and I also have a set at home, but the righteousness of this strange book is difficult and profound, and it is not widely circulated in Kanto." He looked up at the sky and said, "Don't run in vain, let's go around the Academy's Mansion." ”

Zhao Xingde had this intention and nodded yes. Originally, there were many scholars from the Dongren Society in the Academy, but now because the Science Society was in high demand in the Song Kingdom, most of these scholars returned to the Song Dynasty, and the Xia Kingdom was also happy to have a group of scholars close to Kansai in the Song Dynasty. But on the side of the Qujiang Pond, there are still scholars who can be seen from time to time, some are sitting on the ground by the pool to read books, some are bowing their heads and pondering and wandering, and some are red-faced and red-eared and loudly arguing, which reminds Zhao Xingde of Bianliang's Taixue, and he can't help but be a little stunned for a while.

The breeze on the Qujiang pond is gusting, with the fragrance of lotus leaves, although the weather in July, walking by the pool, I don't feel hot at all, I only feel relaxed. Chen Qianli walked by the pool with his hands in his hands, he was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, how is I to raise a priest compared to Kanto?" Zhao Xingde replied casually: "It's comparable, generally the same." Chen Qianli saw that his face was different, and said with a smile: "I sincerely ask for advice, Brother Zhao, don't bully me, don't be sloppy." ”

Zhao Xingde didn't have it, looked at the scholars in the distance, and sighed: "What is a scholar, what is the use?" The so-called Yangshi theory can only raise the birdfinch that eats Lu in the cage, but it can't raise the bird that helps the world. And those who are raised by people, birds, birds, insects, and fish, like soft and charming ministers, flying eagles and vicious dogs, are mostly tyrants served by the remnants of the people. Why? The heart of the world's corporal is becoming more and more important, and what he thinks about when he is not out of office is that the suffering of today will be prosperous in the future. If you are lucky enough to get into the jinshi, and you think that yesterday's suffering is the capital invested in the business, and you can take the interest today. As a result, the imperial court originally intended to 'raise scholars', but as a result, there were fewer and fewer real scholars. There are just more and more eagle dog ministers, and there are frustrated people who want to be eagle dog ministers but can't get them. ”

When Zhao Xingde spoke, Chen Qianli's face was cloudy, and after a long time, he sighed and said, "If it weren't for Brother Zhao, I would be too wrong." He turned his head to look at Zhao Xingde, as if he had never known him, and asked in a deep voice: "If the cultivators are not harmonious, how can they make the country a master?" When he asked this question, there was no joking look on his face, but he was extremely solemn.

Zhao Xingde pondered for a moment and replied: "The people have both talent and morality, and those who can do things will be scholars." It is only necessary to treat the people well and strengthen their talents, and educate their customs and morals. The country naturally toasts, and then take the taxis. The election of the people, the recommendation of the scholars, the imperial court examination, these methods of selecting scholars, the Xia Kingdom already has. ”

Chen Qianli nodded, did not speak, and looked at the goldfish swimming in the blue water in the Qujiang Pond, under the lotus leaves and lotus flowers. He secretly said in his heart: "If I hadn't rushed back from the Anbei Military Division, I happened to work together, and I almost missed it." The so-called pro-virtuous minister, far from the villain,......" He raised his head and smiled slightly: "Brother Zhao is right. The pastoral farming of this bachelor's house is also interesting, and I will take you to see it again. ”