Lijiazhuang. Inside the Shangwu Laboratory.

"What are you doing here?" Jia Xu asked Shang Wu curiously. Shangwu made sulfuric acid. But he didn't just do some experiments to make sulfuric acid, he wanted to make a battery. With electricity, other things can be made. For example, a large number of electrolysis experiments.

"Lead-acid batteries." Sangwu is making wires. The insulating skin of the early wires was made of paper-wrapped. Shang Wu found a large amount of grease paper. This kind of paper is relatively rare in the base area, and is mainly used to wrap some more expensive weapons, such as flintlock pistols, artillery shells, etc., and arquebuses are all used to solve problems with grass.

"Lead-acid batteries. I think this thing is a big jar. Jia Xu looked at Shang Wu and said. Shang Wu didn't have the equipment to make such a thing, and the only thing he could do was put sulfuric acid into the jar. This is the best corrosion protection thing.

"Look at it. With electricity, we can do many, many things. Like what. By electrolysis of distilled water, oxygen and hydrogen can be obtained. In addition to this, there is a sodium chloride solution, which is saline. We can get hydrogen, **, as well as sodium metal. However, the Na collected in this way is too precious. The cost is too high. Shang Wu said.

"What?" Jia Xu didn't understand what Shang Wu said at all. He probably hadn't even heard of it.

"Forget it. Let you look at electricity. Shang Wu said and touched the two electrodes slightly.

"Whoa. Syllable. "An electric spark came out. Jia Xu was taken aback. He didn't know where Shangwu had come from to do such a thing. Shang Wu looked at Jia Xu and laughed.

"How?" Shangwu asked.

"How did you do that?" Jia Xu asked curiously.

"Battery. You can think of it as a pool of electricity, my electricity. Store it in another way. When you use it. Exporting this out with two wires can solve such a problem. Shang Wu said.

"Oh. I see, but what can this thing do? Jia Xu asked curiously.

"Here you go." Shang Wu then showed Jia Xu a series of experiments, such as electrolysis to obtain hydrogen and oxygen. Sodium metal. Jia Xu saw for the first time with the help of oxygen. Burning can become so full that it shines more than any other time. It's simply incomprehensible to them.

In addition, Jia Xu saw a new metal for the first time, sodium metal. This metal is capable of accumulating chemical reactions with water. Glow, heat. And it is capable of burning in water. This has greatly subverted all of Jia Xu's cognitions.

"I, I think you're like a Taoist priest. Or rather. You will do alchemy. Otherwise, how could you possibly know so much about these things? "After seeing too many new things. Jia Xu said to Shangwu.

"Huh. It's chemistry. A kind of science. He is a branch of science. Of course. There are many things like this that cannot be explained. Shang Wu said. Like why he's here. He felt that it violated a lot of cognition. But Shang Wu himself couldn't explain it clearly. He needed a lot of electricity, but unfortunately, he couldn't find a magnet right now. How to generate electricity. Leaning on a battery? This thing can only exist in the laboratory, and it is simply impossible to popularize it on a large scale. Shang Wu is well aware of this. Therefore, his knowledge of this is also extremely limited.

"Hmm. A lot of things are not explained clearly. I really don't know where you learned this kind of alchemy. Jia Xu said. Jia Xu attributed this to the Tao. He believes that Shangwu is a kind of alchemy, but it is obvious that Shangwu is very different from alchemy in the traditional sense. Here's why. The purpose of alchemy is to pursue immortality. And most of the things made by Shang Wu are contrary to alchemy.

"Huh. Perhaps. But we're going to put these things on. Compiled into teaching materials. And then it was taught to the craftsmen, and to the schoolchildren, and they all had to learn this knowledge. One head can't think of so many things. However, many, many minds can come up with such things, and education can invent many, many things, and we need to open up the wisdom of the people. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. All right. Your idea is unusual. However, some of these school costs still need to be solved. How this fee is solved. And that's not all, people. You know? The children lack enough gentlemen to teach them. And we have to take care of a meal. These things are settled. It's really hard. Hard. It might be better if we solved it like that. But the problem is that we can't solve such things. It's for us. It's a lot of pressure. Jia Xu handed a report to Shang Wu. This is a question of getting Sangwu to allocate further food, as well as the remuneration of the relevant gentlemen. The most important thing is the back. The IRA lacked enough teachers to teach them, so they had to have some officers who knew more about literacy to teach the students how to read.

The soldiers taught them to read and write. What will be the result. For a time, there was a strong military atmosphere in the entire academy. Many children's dream is to be a soldier. Fight. Rather than continuing their studies. Conduct research. The vibe is bad.

"Education must be diverse. These military men can't be allowed to teach. Moreover, it is forbidden to put too many military elements into it. Shang Wu said.

"But we don't have that many gentlemen. Teaching these students is not an easy task. You know the situation, a lot of the time. We simply can't do anything like that. It is entirely up to them to accomplish such a distribution. That's for us. It would be a big injustice. Jia Xu said. Shang Wu still has a big problem. That is, there is a lack of enough talent.

"You can't let these soldiers be teachers. Education must be pluralistic, so that it is. We can learn from those craftsmen, farmers. Merchant. Let them teach something like that. How's it going, you see? Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"This. Maybe something is not good. However, this seems to be the only way we can do it at the moment. I can only agree with you to do so. Jia Xu agreed. Jia Xu also knew that a group of soldiers with thick arms who had repelled them would teach the children. What kind of things can these children learn, they will bring in some bad things in the army, such as vulgarity, rude behavior. Aggressive. Although, to some extent. It's for them. It's still good, but the problem is, you do it. will affect the whole education. Who knows what kind of students these military men will teach. Let them go to war?

"Let the craftsmen and merchants teach, at least not so that they are partial. At the very least, they can develop something in a balanced way. Jia Xu said.

"Well, in addition to that, I think we should reform education. For example, on the technical side, let those old craftsmen take a few apprentices. Of course. Apprentices are also paid a certain amount of salary. On the one hand, the old craftsmen do not only produce. They can manage it, or they can do specialized research. In this way, we can study more weapons and equipment, and some production equipment, etc. We have made great progress in export trade. Shang Wu said.

"That's good. If the apprentice has research. Some benefits can be given to old craftsmen. It gives them the motivation to bring out what they teach. After all, there are patents. Of course. In order to guarantee the apprentice's research. We should also have relevant technology laws. Jia Xu said.

"Yes. That's right. In this way, at least there will be no single such thing in our school. It's for us. There are still certain benefits. Jia Xu said.

"Other than that, I think. We should also do something to address something like this. Jia Xu said.

"The merchant side should also bring some apprentices. Also teach some of them some of their brand new skills. Of course. We also have an important place to build, the stock exchange. Here's what you're going to say. The main thing is to improve the securities trading aspect, and the one you mentioned, futures. Right. Futures trading. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. You're right. These things can help us raise our business taxes. Shang Wu said. As he spoke, Shang Wu took out the notebook in his hand and began to write it down. The brush is the mainstream writing tool. But I want to solve most of the problems at once. There are still practical problems that they still need to address. For example, charcoal. He can carry it with him, and he can carry a brush, but he needs ink. It will take some time.

"Other than that. It's about land deals. We should sell a lot of land. Let some businessmen work with us. In this way, we also have some profits, some technology, some craftsmen to benefit, so that they can actively develop some new things. Otherwise, if this continues, our products will not be competitive. Outlet. and access to trade-related subsidies would be much reduced. Jia Xu reminded Shang Wu to arrive. Shang Wu nodded. These are all things they need to pay attention to.

"These things need to be addressed one by one. I think we should check it out below. Actually see how it goes. If the problem can be solved, it will be better. Shang Wu said after the record.

"Hmm. There are also branch factories. On the Taihang side, we must also complete such a technical establishment as soon as possible. We need a branch factory. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. It's about our future layout. Hold on to this. Shang Wu said.