Chapter 186: Enrollment and Recruitment

Seeing Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He coming, Zhang Zhimu asked, "How is it, our carbon arc lamp?" ”

Ouyang He saw Zhang Zhimu with a smile on his face and said, "I should congratulate Mr. Zhang for lighting up the carbon arc lamp today." This light is too bright, if outsiders don't know, they will definitely think that the demon is coming, but they don't know if this light can be taken away with the car? ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that Ouyang He wanted to use him in the military, and replied: "Not yet, just wait for a generator that can be moved at any time in the future." ”

Chen Yufeng asked next to him: "Is it possible to install a generator on the ship?" ”

Seeing that Chen Yufeng was also very interested in this carbon arc lamp, Zhang Zhimu said: "When we installed a steam engine on the ship, we installed a generator at the same time, and the last time we made a lamp for the Cultural Palace, I asked them to make a few extra-large lampshades, and after the lampshades on the ship are installed, they will shine in one direction like the stage lamp, and such lights are called searchlights, which can shine out several miles away at once." ”

Chen Yufeng was obviously interested, and said: "In that case, there will be no problem with sailing at night." ”

Zhang Zhimu continued: "Not only is there no problem in sailing at night, but if we shine a searchlight at the enemy at night, the enemy will not dare to raise his head to look at our ship, and under the light, it can only be a target for us to shoot." ”

Ouyang He said: "In the future, we will also install searchlights in the kiln, and once the situation is critical, we will light it at night, so that if someone wants to sneak attack us at night, we will not be able to do it." Ouyang He also said: "With such a light at Lingshui Wharf, the lock can be passed day and night." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Searchlights can also be installed on the roof of the defensive castle at the pier, so that you can have an unobstructed view of the shore and water at night. ”

A few people discussed the use of the lamp in the bright daylight of day.

Originally, the fifteenth lantern festival ended in three days, but at the beginning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, at the night of the kiln, people came from all directions, and more and more people gathered, they all came to see the lantern that was as bright as the sun in the kiln, until the eighteenth, the lantern festival had ended, and Zhang Zhimu decided that the carbon arc lamp would no longer be lit. But looking at the crowd of people on and off the posts crowded with kilns, Zhang Zhimu had to ask Li Yunhe to light the carbon arc lamp for another night. Before lighting the carbon arc lamp, solemnly announce that the carbon arc lamp will be lit on the last day today.

When the carbon arc lamp was lit, the crowd below burst into cheers.

Although the lantern festival on the 15th day has passed, the popularity of the kiln seems to have been lit up, and more and more people come to sign up every day. There are candidates who apply for school, and there are various talents with skills. Looking at all kinds of talents, there are all kinds of dresses, some carrying big abacus, some carrying sticks, etc., every morning, the registration office is full of people.

Lu Chengxiang, Li Yunhe, Li Zhi, Liu Yun, and Huang Yukun all sent people to wait at the talent recruitment office, and when they found that they took what they needed, they immediately snatched them away. It's overwhelming for newcomers. However, the people who grabbed the people will immediately tell them about the treatment of the kiln gang, these people are afraid that they will not be admitted before they come, but they did not expect that someone will want them all of a sudden, and they are naturally very happy, and everyone who is sent to grab talents is a person who is very good at talking, so the people who grab the hand can basically be retained.

Those who came with abacus on their backs were basically asked by Lu Chengxiang, and those who knew martial arts and some other skills were asked by Liu Yun, and Li Yunhe saw that those who knew how to blacksmith, carpenter and other handicrafts were all put away. After they receive talent, the common practice is to concentrate training. They all knew that this was the best way to quickly integrate them into their ranks.

The residence of Yaogang became tense again, and the residence of the candidates who had registered for the registration had to be squeezed into a bed by two people, Zhang Zhimu told everyone that no matter what method was used, the candidates were not allowed to sleep outside. In the end, there was really no choice but to arrange for them to live in the cafeteria. Fortunately, there is heating in the cafeteria, although there is no bedding, it is still very warm.

The number of candidates who signed up was nearly 3,000, but the original enrollment was 1,000. Candidates who have signed up know that the competition they face is tough, which means that only one out of every three people stays.

Zhang Zhimu asked Lu Chengxiang about this: "Why are there so many candidates who sign up for Yaogang?" ”

Lu Chengxiang said with a wry smile: "Now the business names in Shanxi are not buying and selling, and they use a lot of people, and the imperial court does not take the exam, and there is nowhere to use a lot of books, and we have such good conditions, can they not come?" ”

For this matter, several leaders of Yaogang held a special meeting together. At the meeting, it was decided to hold an exam as soon as possible, and the results would be announced, and the remaining candidates would be divided into internships first, and those who did not take the exam would be mobilized to take the exam again next year. Considering that some people may not have a place to go home, if they are willing to participate in the work, they can also be allowed to participate in the production work, and now the construction sites and factories everywhere have to employ a large number of people. The personnel recruited by each unit shall be arranged by each unit itself.

After the meeting, Zhang Zhimu asked Lu Chengxiang: "Mr. Lu, I heard that you have drawn a lot of people?"

Lu Chengxiang said as if he had obtained a treasure: "This time I left more than 100 people, some of whom have been shopkeepers, some of whom have been buddies, and some of whom have opened their own businesses. There is no shortage of people like us in Shanxi. I don't care what they have done, as long as the abacus is excellent, I will send them to a semicolon to exercise after training, and their character can only be seen by long-term observation. At the same time, important people, Li Zhi will also send people to investigate them, especially those who want to be reused, and the eight generations of ancestors must find out. But don't be afraid, our ticket number rules have been much stricter on the basis of our Shanxi branch management regulations in the past, there is time Mr. Zhang, you take a closer look, what are the loopholes? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, there is no 100% perfect management regulations, as long as it is slowly improved, the key is not to let everyone have the idea of exploiting loopholes." ”

The exams of the candidates are all one paper, with the content of liberal arts, arithmetic, and piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, which are completely different from those eight-strand essay exams, which makes Zhang Zhimu feel strange that those literati in Yaogang did not raise objections to the content of such an exam this time. It seems that during this period of time in Yaogang, these literati have already felt that those so-called sage articles are okay to read, but in practice, they are still of little use. The people to be cultivated in the kiln are mainly to train the people who actually work, and they have no reason to oppose it. The exam was conducted twice, because the school was not enough, in order to prevent the candidates who took the exam first from leaking the questions to the candidates who came later, the two groups of candidates were separated by Liu Yun's troops, and there were soldiers standing guard in the corridors of the classrooms for the exam. The examination is strictly regulated, the names of the candidates are bound together, and the teachers who score can only look at the paper scoring and cannot see the names of the candidates. Only when the scores are completely evaluated, Lu Bingyi organizes everyone to open the papers together and register the candidates' scores.

Before the release of the list, in order to take care of the candidates, it was announced that if the candidates who failed the exam this year were willing to work in the kiln, they could be arranged to have a job and they could take the exam again next year. In this way, many candidates from poor families also have a little less to worry about, so that they will not have no way out if they fail the exam this time.

This point made all the candidates and the parents of the candidates very moved, and felt that Yaogang was really a very conscientious place, especially Yaogang could manage their food and housing, which they did not expect, and all their worries and doubts about Yaogang before coming to Yaogang disappeared.

This time, in addition to the 1,200 two-year students, 500 one-year short-term students were admitted on a voluntary basis. This is a crash course that can't be done in order to produce talents as soon as possible. The 200 more recruits were because Zhang Zhimu decided to set up two medical classes and one metallurgical class and textile class.

However, this time, only 200 girls were recruited, and it was barely recruited after desperate efforts to raise points. Lu Chengxiang said: "That's good, I thought I couldn't recruit girls." ”

When the list was released, although the candidates who failed were very sad, they were not too excited. This made Zhang Zhimu feel a little more at ease.

According to the plan, the admitted candidates who are willing to stay in the kiln and wait for the start of school will directly arrange to take a bath, change new clothes and bedding, and arrange internships everywhere. When the parents who came with them saw their children wearing new clothes, new pants and new shoes, washed and clean, standing in front of them, they knew that their children were already the same as the people here in Yaogang, and they no longer felt inferior to others, and most of them couldn't help but burst into tears. These candidates were also very excited, many of them took a hot shower for the first time, used soap for the first time, not to mention, wore new clothes, new pants and new shoes, and each of them was given a new set of bedding. The new school bags they were given were equipped with all kinds of stationery, and there were many things that they had never seen before, such as pencils and fountain pens dipped in water.

After these admitted candidates have been arranged for internships, their places of residence will also be arranged by their respective internship units. In this famine, it is not easy to find a place to eat, not to mention that the students who have not been admitted are still thinking about taking the exam again in the kiln gang next year, and the students who are admitted to each have a new set of clothes are really envious of these losers. What made Huang Yukun a little dissatisfied was that the parents of those candidates were reluctant to leave, because it was good to eat and live here, and they could wait for a day. Zhang Zhimu smiled when he heard this, and said: "When those candidates who are willing to participate in the work are arranged, then invite them home. Spring is coming soon, and we still have to use a lot of people. ”

Zhang Zhimu knows that it is not easy to find a place to eat now, and people will not be able to hire any face, and they can mix for a day.

After arranging these candidates, there are many "masters" to apply for the kiln, some can catch ghosts, and there are all kinds of people with special abilities, all of whom feel that they are very unambiguous and come to the kiln to apply.

Their tricks have been exposed on TV many times in their previous lives, and Zhang Zhimu easily exposed them one by one. Especially a performance of copper coins in the oil pot, you have to perform, to let the kiln gang people see his kung fu, wait for him and ordinary disciples, prepare an oil pot, the oil in the pot under the fire will be boiled, and throw a few copper coins into the pot, and then shout, put his hand into the oil pot, after scooping up the copper coin, arrogantly said: "How about it, the heroes of the kiln, also show your hand." ”

In fact, it is understandable that they use these things to go out and mix some money, after all, this is people's means of making a living. But they shouldn't have come to the kiln and speak wildly. After hearing this, Zhang Zhimu said, "How about I show my hand?" ”

This person didn't expect that someone would really come to give it a try, but the words had already been spoken, and he had to let Zhang Zhimu come out and show his hand. Zhang Zhimu walked to the oil pot, and in the midst of everyone's exclamations, he reached out and fished out the copper coins thrown in the oil pot.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu take out the copper coin, this person lowered his head and let the apprentices take their things away. Zhang Zhimu didn't expose their tricks in person, but to save them some face, so that they could still eat together.

Zhang Zhimu turned his head, wiped his hands clean, and said to everyone: "In the future, we will not accept those capable people who have no practical use, and we don't need to test them again." ”

Zhang Zhimu, who finally settled down, began to teach everyone the long-awaited chemistry class.

Qingfengzi and others came back from the smelter, and the smelter, copper mine, and lead mine all sent people to answer the kiln gang to study, this time the people who listened to the class didn't think that everyone could have a desk, it would be good to have a safe place to listen to the class.

Xiao Hongyu and Yang Yulin are very smart, they came early to occupy the place.

In the brightly lit classroom, Zhang Zhimu was very excited in front of the people who were listening to the class, he knew that the knowledge he had finished speaking would soon be transformed into their ability, and it was difficult to say how far this ability would develop, but Zhang Zhimu did not doubt the wealth brought to the kiln.

Zhang Zhimu walked to the podium and said to everyone: "Everyone is looking forward to this chemistry class, and I have always wanted to teach these courses to everyone. Today I finally have a chance. ”

Everyone laughed out loud because they had waited too long for this chemistry class.

Zhang Zhimu saw that the atmosphere was not too tense, and said: "Before I give a lecture, I will do a small experiment for everyone, and everyone will take a closer look. ”

After speaking, Zhang Zhimu lit a small piece of candle on the podium, and after the candle burned for a while, Zhang Zhimu picked up a small bowl, buckled it on the small piece of candle, and waited for a while, and then opened the small bowl, and everyone saw that the candle had been extinguished.

At this time, everyone in the audience did not make a sound. After Zhang Zhimu put down the small bowl, he asked: "Everyone saw it, after the small bowl was buttoned, the candle was extinguished." I don't have to do such a result, and everyone knows it. But do you know why, the fire will be extinguished as soon as the small bowl is buttoned? ”

There was a lot of discussion below, and some said that "if it is not breathable, the fire will be extinguished".

Zhang Zhimu didn't explain this problem, and asked: "If we put a person in a jar with a tight lid that is not breathable, what will happen to people?" ”

Someone below said, "Will suffocate." ”

Zhang Zhimu took it and said, "Yes, it will suffocate to death." But why did you suffocate, have you ever thought about it? ”

The discussion began again, and some people still said: "If you don't breathe, you will suffocate." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, everyone is right, if the fire is not breathable, it will be extinguished, and if it is not breathable, people will not live." So do you know why this qi has such a big effect? What the hell are we talking about? ”

There was a lot of discussion below, and Zhang Zhimu continued: "If you wave your hand in front of you, you will feel resistance, but you can't hold it." Also, we often feel the wind blowing on us outside. I tell you that this thing that can be touched but cannot live is called air, and there are many kinds of things in the air, and one of them is called oxygen, which is the oxygen that can make fire burn and make us breathe. The oxygen in the air we face is only about 21 percent by volume, or about one-fifth. There are also 78 percent nitrogen, 0.94 percent noble gases, 0.03 percent carbon dioxide, and 0.03 percent other gases and impurities. ”

When Zhang Zhimu said this, he wrote these data on the blackboard.

Seeing that everyone's notes were finished, Zhang Zhimu continued: "In the future, we will use experiments to prove the data I talked about today." ”

For nearly two months since then, Zhang Zhimu has spent almost every night in this classroom with everyone. Zhang Zhimu racked his brains to recall the chemistry courses from junior high school to high school, and told everyone the course content that he could think of as much as possible according to his recollection.

What gave Zhang Zhimu the most headache was that during the college entrance examination, he couldn't write the periodic table of the elements that he memorized, and he couldn't remember any data such as the mass of electrons, protons, and neutrons. In this way, the later courses can only talk about theoretical things in general terms, and cannot make precise calculations. Zhang Zhimu told the attendees that "in the future, these accurate data will have to be calculated slowly by several generations, including you." ”

After listening to these lessons, Qingfengzi and his disciples realized that their little alchemy was simply pediatric; Those who are engaged in smelting know that the truth of what they have refined is actually like this; Li Di: Only when they were engaged in batteries did they know that the electricity generated by the battery was also the result of chemical reactions; Li Yunhe and the others also know what is going on with steel rust, and it turns out that welding a piece of metal zinc on the steel plate can greatly reduce the rust of steel.

These front-line personnel, who have improved a lot theoretically, feel that the feeling of enlightenment is really wonderful, and now the actual work they are facing can basically be explained by theory.

Zhang Zhimu knew that after they listened to the lecture and digested it for a period of time, they would soon have results.

Li Mao: They rushed back to Yaogang before the end of the month, and this time Li Mao and they were very successful in solving the main threats on the road to Jinnan. Zhang Zhimu and others set up a banquet to celebrate Li Mao, Li Jing, Liu Chenghuang, Yang Wei and others.

Zhang Zhimu said that they made the first contribution to the southward development of Yaogang, and Li Mao also said politely: "Whether our company can succeed in going south depends on the follow-up work of Mr. Lu and Yang Wei, and I just did a little bit of my best." ”

Li Mao introduced to everyone in detail how they passed the test. Zhang Zhimu raised his glass and said: "Brother Li, not only open the way to the south for the kiln, but also set up two pioneers for the kiln gang in Jinnan. Let's have a toast with us. ”

Li Mao didn't want to be too conspicuous in front of everyone, he felt that it was not time for him to be too visible, so he diverted the topic and introduced the hospitality they received in Yuncheng.

Li Mao said: "We originally thought, since we went south to Jinnan, we would go to Yuncheng and then go back, but we didn't expect that when we arrived in Yuncheng, Qiu Laodong's family they couldn't help us, our soldiers were all borrowed to train their brothers from the Yan Gang, especially the ten-gun team of Qiu Laodong's family, and arranged for 20 people to learn shooting with us. Of course, our brethren were also entertained with good wine and meat. Not to mention our few, those owners who have come to Yaogang line up every day to invite us, and if they don't go, people feel that they have no face. I asked Qiu Laodong about this, but people didn't care, he said that you should be offended by whom, so don't go to that house. ”

Zhang Zhimu and the others all laughed when they heard this. Zhang Zhimu said: "The friends of the Salt Gang are sincere to keep you there, and you really give them a long face when you go." It seems that the Salt Gang is honest in making friends with us. ”

Li Mao said: "No, Qiu Laodong said that if there is something to do in the kiln gang in the future, you can use the salt gang, just give a sentence." We have salt help in Jinnan, it's much easier to do. We have to do a branch in Yuncheng, and they helped choose a few places, so we waited for Mr. Lu to go over and decide. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Okay, my men and horses are ready." The beginning of spring is over. ”

However, when Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng talked to Li Mao about opening up the Qinshui road, Li Mao seemed very hesitant, which made Zhang Zhimu feel a little bad, because Li Mao has always been very steady.

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