Chapter 293: Listening to the Path with the Light and the Dust

The train ran through an endless field of mulberry, a huge steel monster that spewed billowing smoke and made a screeching sound from time to time. Hu You propped his chin and sat in his seat, his eyes looking through the glass window at the distant lakes and rivers. This is a typical scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, because of the midsummer, the lotus flowers in the lake are blooming, white, pink and red, fat like a baby's smiling face. The fishermen drove the small boats about the size of the footbath, and pushed away the dense lotus leaves, because they were so far apart that it was not known whether they were picking lotus pods, picking water chestnuts, or collecting the nets laid down yesterday evening.

The students of the Agricultural Faculty of Liuqiu Middle School are now vigorously promoting pond fish farming, so that the people of Jiangnan, which used to have smaller arable land and more lakes, have another way to make money. With the improvement of people's living standards, Lin'an, Jinling and other cities, the demand for fish, meat, eggs, poultry has increased greatly, Lin'an originally sold three or four thousand stone rice every day, now this number has not increased with the increase in population, the most important reason is that the sales of fish, meat, eggs and poultry have soared.

Relying on the proximity of the two Zhejiang provinces alone, the supply of fish and grain is sufficient, and meat, poultry and eggs need to be transferred from Xuzhou and other places. Fortunately, there is now a train to adjust meat, poultry and eggs from Xuzhou, which is a day's work.

Sitting opposite Hu You is a young couple with children, looking at it, it should be in a factory in Lin'an to make a living, although there is a little money, but not very rich, so the wife is also crowded in this carriage, instead of going to the special women's carriage. The man was wearing an indigo uniform, and although it was autumn tiger weather, he was still not harsh, and it could be seen that he was quite concerned about the status represented by his uniform. The woman was dressed in a floral cloth dress, different from the single-color clothes of ordinary village girls, wearing a small foreign hat on her head, and the green gauze hanging from the edge of the hat completely covered her face, and through the green veil, she could only vaguely look at the outline of her face.

Nowadays, if the women of the Great Song Dynasty show their heads, almost all of them will wear such small foreign hats, and at the beginning, there were some old scholars who stumbled and scolded the world, but with the increase in the wealth created by women for the society and their own economic income is enough to support a family, this scolding has become insignificant.

The child in the woman's arms was about three years old, with dark eyes blinking constantly, staring out the window tightly, and his face was full of curiosity.

"Sir, please." Maybe it's because of boredom, or maybe it's because Hu You always stares at them, the male owner of this family of three opened his mouth to greet him, because in the car, the etiquette is not thorough, he just hugged his fists: "All brothers in the four seas, if Mr. doesn't dislike it, can you talk to him next?" ”

Hu You's side, in addition to him, is one of his personal guards. As the battleship designer of the Great Song Naval Division, and also one of the current Boya Lou Scholars, wherever he goes, he will at least take a few personal guards with him. Because he didn't want to make a noise when he returned to Lin'an this time, he and his guards were wearing ordinary people's clothes. Hearing the man's inquiry, Hu You nodded and smiled, and returned the salute.

Among their group, Hu You is the same age as Li Ye, and now he is in his early thirties, and his many years of sea life have made Hu You have a unique pride of a sailor, and his hard work in the past ten years has added the elegance of a learned person to this pride. He has a beard, he looks very mature, and the guards around him are only in their early twenties, and when the two are together, it is like the eldest brother and the younger brother traveling together to see the world.

"Under the surname He, the single name is Jian, Zipu, originally a Shaoxing person, and now in the Jinling Smelter, I don't know the noble surname of Brother Tai?"

"The small surname is Hu, the name is quiet, the word is still water, a native of Quanzhou, and now he is in Huating Mansion." Hu You smiled slightly, this man named He Jian looked twenty-three or fourteen years old, he looked a little talkative, although he had a family and children, he still maintained a young heart.

"Mr. Hu is in high school in Huating Mansion? That must be in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, that place is good, that place is good! ”

Hearing that Hu You was in Huating Mansion, He Jian showed a look of admiration on his face, and immediately guessed what Hu You was engaged in. It is not surprising that the most important industry in Huating Mansion is the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, which now produces civilian products such as bicycles and mechanical clocks in addition to the production of ships, which are selling very well, and the entire industry of Huating Mansion is arranged around the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

The construction of Huating Mansion began in the first year of Yanhuang and has been developed for five years now, whether it is industrial development or people's livelihood facilities, they are relatively complete. The first batch of craftsmen in charge of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, even if they don't have thousands of dollars in their pockets, they have a net worth of thousands of dollars, so He Jian immediately showed a look of envy after hearing Hu You's words.

"You Jinling is not bad, and you will have to take care of it in the future." Hu You said with a smile.

Yelu Chucai knows that Jiankang Mansion has been for nearly four years, he has collected a lot of surplus money from the people through the three strategies of gathering wealth, borrowing money to make money, Jinling's industrial development is very rapid, the smelter has provided qualified steel to the Great Song Railway Bureau, Jinling to Xuzhou railway tracks, seventy percent of the production in Jinling smelter, and Xuzhou to Bianliang, will be 100 percent Jinling production. In addition, the Jinling Smelter is also responsible for supplying steel plates to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau for use by the Manufacturing Bureau.

"Where is it, it's just to follow the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to eat, by the way, Brother Hu, I heard in the factory that the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau ordered a large number of steel plates and is ready to manufacture ironclad ships, I don't know what to do?"

The ironclad ship is the reason why Hu You returned to Lin'an this time, and when he heard He Jian ask about it, Hu You smiled and didn't make a sound. This is the top secret news of the Great Song Dynasty, but I don't know where He Jian heard it, it seems that after going back, the secrecy of the Great Song Dynasty will continue to be strengthened.

"This gentleman is also exaggerating, ironclad? Since ancient times, water has sunk to iron, and iron is not wood, so how can it float on water? Hu You didn't answer, and one of the people behind He Jian heard the conversation between the two and poked his head and said: "Although the student is not talented, he has also read the book of wisdom, and knows that wood floats on the water because it is light and steel, and it will sink if it is placed in the water!" ”

"I don't think it is necessarily, if you add iron armor to the wooden boat, as long as the weight of the iron does not exceed the buoyancy of the ship itself, there is no risk that the ship will sink, the elders of the family said that more than 20 years ago there was this kind of ironclad ship in the coastal system, I heard that the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau has a keel made of marine steel, Mr. Hu, is there such a thing?" The man in the same seat also chimed in.

It's no secret that steel is used as a keel, Hu You smiled and nodded: "It's true." ”

"And the cement boats...... I have seen it in the Yangtze River. The second interjector was very happy to receive an affirmative answer, nodded to Hu You and He Jian, and then said excitedly: "Since cement can be used for ships, why can't steel be used for ships?" ”

More and more passengers got involved in the topic, and He Jian was very talkative and foaming at the mouth, and his wife and son just stared at him, obviously admiring him.

From Huating to Lin'an, it was only an eight-hour journey, and they talked so loudly that they forgot the time unconsciously, until there was thunder in the middle of the air, and they were shocked. Hu You put his face on the window pane and looked out, only to see the heavy clouds in the sky, as black as night, and the electric light like a silver snake drilled among the clouds, shaking people in awe.

"It's going to rain." He Jian said involuntarily.

With his words, a loud thunder rang out in the sky, followed by a storm that poured down, and the sky seemed to have been pierced with a big hole. The wind was also strong, and it whirled up leaves, feathers, gravel, and everything else it could move, and slammed into the train. For safety, the speed of the train slowed down, Hu You frowned, in this case, I am afraid that the train will rely on the station to avoid lightning and will not move forward in the rain.

This is the hard and fast rule of the Great Song Railway Bureau, if it is dangerous to travel under the wind and rain or other bad weather, then the train must stop in the open area to avoid danger. After all, the speed of the train is relatively high, and the lives of more than 1,000 people are at risk in one car, so they have to be cautious.

Sure enough, the train finally stopped, and the conductors went to the carriages to comfort the passengers, and the passengers had no choice but to complain twice about the sudden bad weather. The wind was strong outside, and the wooden carriage was shaking as if it might fall apart at any moment. Hu You found that He Jian's child was full of horror, and he was trembling as he grabbed his mother, so he took out a handful of candy from his bag and put it on the table in front of the little boy.

"Be good, don't be afraid, little man, you should protect your mother." Hu You smiled at the child who was staring at him with round eyes.

When the child saw the candy, he was really not afraid, looked at Hu You for a while, and after confirming that it was for himself, he immediately reached out and grabbed it. The other man had small hands, and he could only grasp three of them with all his might, and when he held them, one fell from his hand, so he stretched out another hand and tried to grab the remaining candy, but still unsuccessful. He raised his head and asked his mother for help, but her mother gently rebuked him, "I know that I know that I haven't thanked this uncle yet!" ”

"Thank you, uncle." The little boy was quite generous, and his voice was milky.

Hu You squinted his eyes and smiled: "This kid is very smart, what's his name?" ”

"A single name is a cool word, and it uses the name of his father-in-law, but it has not yet been approved by his father-in-law." He Jian said with a smile: "This kid is naughty, he once smashed his head into a big hole, if it weren't for the fact that the divine doctor Qiu Shuang happened to be invited to Jinling by Master Yelu, his life would not have been saved......

"Look, look!" Hearing his father talk about his "heroic deeds", Xiao He Shuang stretched his head over, revealing an inconspicuous scar on the right side of his head. Hearing Qiu Shuang's name, Hu You smiled, and there was a faint nostalgia in his heart.

I haven't seen Qiu Shuang for two or three years, this guy is still in charge of the affairs of Liuqiu, and he is still seeking medical research with famous doctors all over the country, it is said that he used a new instrument called a microscope, and found that all living things have cells, and also discovered a kind of "bacteria" that is invisible to the naked eye but affects human health. He is not yet thirty years old, but he is already a famous doctor, even ordinary people like He Jian, who are also called divine doctors.

"Mr. Hu is in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and he is familiar with Liuqiu Province, so I don't know if he has been to Liuqiu." He Jian said again: "I have always had a wish in the past two years, that is, to lead this child to beg for Doctor Xie Qiu, and ask him to allow my child to use his name. ”

"The sea route is difficult, and it is not easy to carry such a big child, but when it arrives, he is busy, and I am afraid that I will not have time to see you." Hu You shook his head: "Why don't you send a letter, I know the mailing address of Doctor Qiu." ”

Hu You said that there is a reason why Qiu Shuang is busy, and Qiu Shuang is now almost one person to use as four people: to manage the daily affairs of Liuqiu, although there are thousands of large and small subordinate officials below, major events require him to make personal decisions or report to the Son of Heaven; To conduct medical research, he is further researching bacteria and how to kill bacteria that are harmful to humans; Personally diagnose people, as a Langzhong doctor, it is inevitable to accumulate experience in diagnosing people's diseases; Discuss with famous doctors from all over the Great Song Dynasty, especially the original Central Plains, how to use traditional medical theories to explain the major medical discoveries in the past two years. Any one of these can make a person with superior intelligence exhaust all the time, but Qiu Shuang not only has all four things, but also has everything.

Behind this, it is naturally inseparable from Zhao and Ju's guidance, although Zhao and Ju don't know why, but they know how to study and explore.

In fact, Hu You himself is the same, most of the six righteous teenagers in their six phases of Yixue, all who have learned skills, all of them hold a certain position and engage in some kind of scientific research at the same time.

"With such a strong wind and rain, I'm afraid this year's autumn harvest will be a little difficult......" He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a voice sigh. Hu You turned his head, it was a Confucian student not far from him, this person was only about thirty, he was very handsome, beautifully dressed, and wore a sword at his waist.

Hearing him mention the autumn harvest, Hu You's heart moved again, everyone was just worried about their own itinerary at this time, and they were worried about the safety of this train if they thought farther, but this person was the only one who was concerned about the agricultural autumn harvest.

"This brother, please ask the surname Gao, I don't know if you can talk about it?" Hu You beckoned to the man.

"Under the surname Qin, the name Jiushao, the word Dao Gu." That's humane.

Although Qin Jiushao responded, he didn't give it up, he looked quite arrogant, Hu You didn't care, but asked: "Mr. Qin just said that the autumn harvest is difficult, I don't know where to start?" ”

"I have lived in Lin'an with my father for several years, and a few years ago, I went to study wisdom as a student, and I only returned to Lin'an this month." When Qin Jiushao said this, he glanced at He Jian, and then said: "I look at the flow and seek governance, based on farming, and the number of cultivated land sown every year is fixed in each prefecture and county. I originally thought that the flow of industry and commerce was prosperous, and I did not pay much attention to this agricultural matter, but it was only when I learned that the more prosperous the industry and commerce, the more important the agricultural affairs became. ”

He paused for a moment, and saw that everyone was listening, and couldn't help but show a slight sense of self-satisfaction: "Take the most prosperous textile and wine-making industries and commerce in the Great Song Dynasty as an example, silk, linen, cotton, corn, wheat and rice, all come from farming. ”

Speaking of this, he sneered again: "The Son of Heaven is Shengming, he pays attention to farming, and there is a fixed number of acres and acres of crops. I heard that some people are now preaching that the Great Song Dynasty is rich all over the world, if there is a shortage of grain in the local area, it can be transported from overseas provinces, and if it cannot be transported from overseas provinces, it can also be purchased from surrounding countries. ”

Hu You only felt a slight fever, this Qin Jiushao was too much.

Note 1: In 1611, Kepler proposed the method of making a compound microscope, in 1655 Hooke discovered cells, and in 1683 Liewenheck discovered bacteria. At this time, Da Song Technology has been equivalent to the level of the United Kingdom before 1830, and it is not difficult to produce a suitable microscope.

Note 2: In 1203, Qin Shifu built an iron-walled ploughshare-bewled flat sea falcon warship and wrapped iron armor on the side of the ship.

Note 3: Qin Jiushao in the original history in the fourth year of Shaoding (1231) in the Jinshi examination, history records that he was quite "greedy" when he was an official, for people "like luxury and great hobby to make a living", just think that maybe his heart of utilitarian career is heavy, so there is a move of disempathy for the people, and because he has taken refuge in Jia Nidao and Wu Qian, so some people who have the right to speak in history do not like it.