On the first day of March in the second year of Daliang Longteng, the official shipyard of Quanzhou Bay

Old Chen Tou was standing on the deck painting a majestic and tall sea ship with red paint. The shipbuilding technology of the girder is the best in the world, and the Quanzhou shipyard can build a sea ship with a load of tens of thousands of stones and a depth of dozens of zhang.

Although the sea ship at the feet of Lao Chen Tou is not the largest model, it can still carry 200 people and accumulate grain for a year. As the oldest and most skilled craftsman in Quanzhou Shipyard, every time he builds a ship, Lao Chen Tou has to personally handle every process to rest assured.

"Old Chen, his hands and feet are numb. Today, Lord Zhizhou is coming to the boat yard and will be there soon. ”

Hearing the voice of the supervisor of the shipyard, Lao Chen raised his head and continued to paint the ship without a trace of it, and at the same time opened his mouth to respond: "Lord Supervisor, don't bluff me!" The predecessor Tang Zhizhou was in charge of Quanzhou for six or seven years, and he had never been seen to come this time. Li Zhizhou is even more unlikely to come to the shipyard. Who is Master Lee? It was the Wenqu star in the sky descending to earth, and the locusts were afraid of him. How many things do you have to worry about in Quanzhou Mansion, can people have the kung fu to come and see you build a ship? ”

"Who said I was descended from the stars?"

Old Chen followed the prestige, and saw a twenty-year-old young man in a red official uniform walking towards him.

"Bang dang!" The barrel with paint in Old Chen's hand fell on the deck, and red paint was scattered everywhere.

Old Chen Chen didn't care about the paint splashing, and hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects: "Grass people Chen Tong has seen Lord Zhizhou!" ”

"Old man, please get up!" Li Yue hurriedly stepped forward to help Lao Chen's head up.

The shipyard supervisor next to him breathed a sigh of relief, he was worried that Lord Zhizhou would be angry because of Old Chen's gaffe.

Although the Quanzhou shipyard is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, His Majesty has issued an edict to fully cooperate with Li Yue to establish a maritime trading house. can be so favored by the emperor, the shipyard supervisor naturally does not dare and does not want to offend this newcomer Li Zhizhou.

Then Li Yue asked Lao Chen Tou about the situation in the shipyard, and he had a warm attitude, without any official authority and arrogance. Except for the official uniform on his body, Lao Chen didn't think there was any difference between Li Yue and his neighbors.

The relaxed old Chen Tou gave Li Yue a detailed introduction to the current sea ship manufacturing situation of the girder, and Li Yue was very surprised by the advanced shipbuilding technology of the girder.

The shipbuilding of girder has been quite specialized, and different ships can adapt to different channels and play different functions. In terms of carrying capacity, the girder has ships of various tonnages. There was a grain ship with a carrying capacity of 10,000 stones, which is about 500 tons equivalent to a modern one.

The average ocean-going ship has a deadweight of about 2,000 stones, which is about 100 tons in modern times. It can accommodate hundreds of crew members, and the weight of large ocean-going ships is more than 5,000 stones.

In the southeast coastal area of Daliang, where there are many shoals, lake boats, saury boats and mackerel boats with small slender bodies and shallow drafts can come in handy. In terms of inland waterway shipping, there are foothead boats, beach boats, boat boats, and canopy boats. Although the shape of these ships is not very clear, from the names of these ships introduced by Lao Chentou, it can be seen that there are many types of girder ships, and they have different functions and characteristics.

The ocean-going vessels that Li Yue cared about the most were known for their sturdiness and large carrying capacity. They are able to reach the depths of the ocean and withstand the waves of the deep sea, thanks to improvements in the design and construction of their vessels.

One of the characteristics of a girder sea boat is that the sharp bottom of the ship is sharpened, and the advantage of the pointed bottom boat is the deep draft, which can enhance the ship's ability to resist wind and waves. In addition, the girder sea vessel adopts a compartment design to reduce the risk of entering the water in the cabin. The girder is also very particular about the selection of materials for the sea ship, and the girder sea ship is the best ship made in Quanzhou Shipyard, and it is named after the high-quality shipbuilding wood that is abundant in Fujian Road.

The Daliang ocean-going vessels are also equipped with a lot of advanced navigation equipment.

A compass, for example, can help sailors navigate when the weather is dark

A rotating shaft is used under the mast to adjust the angle of the sail to suit the direction of the wind, and the masts of seagoing ships in other countries are mostly immovable.

At the stern, a balanced rudder is used, and part of the rudder surface is distributed in front of the rudder post to shorten the distance between the rudder pressure center and the rudder shaft, making it easier and more agile to operate. It was not until the 19th century that the balancing rudder was used in Europe.

Bulkhead technology has also been used, using partitions to divide the cabin into several disconnected spaces, so that if the cabin leaks, it will only be partially affected and will not sink the whole ship.

After listening to Li Yue, he encouraged the shipyard supervisor and Lao Chen before leaving satisfied.

In the afternoon, at the invitation of Quanzhou Xuezheng Gaochang, he went to Quanzhou to give lectures, and just this time he came to Quanzhou to bring some of the "Li's Poems" and the six books of Zhixue that were printed some years ago. Li Yue asked people to take them all and go to the state school on the outskirts of Quanzhou City.

More than 200 students were overjoyed to get the new book, but Li Yue found that what they cared about most was his more than 20 poems, so he decided not to talk about literature and Taoism today, but to conduct a popular science education.

"Students, don't underestimate my six books of wisdom, if you can study this more and make it play a role in the national economy and people's livelihood, it will bring earth-shaking changes to my dynasty. The book includes astronomy, calendar, mathematics, geography, medicine, etc., which are all practical learning, and those who want to make great achievements must read it! ”

There are currently 232 students in Quanzhou State School, and I heard that Li Yue was invited to give a lecture, although it was during the Spring Festival holiday, and the State School had not yet resumed classes, but all of them came, and the entire school was filled with black pressure.

Li Yue saw that there were a lot of people, so he persevered and said: "Every knowledge in the six books of wisdom is extremely practical......

When Li Yue said this, all the students in the school building were silent, obviously, Li Yue was not talking about a subset of scripture and history today, so they couldn't turn the corner for a while.

After Li Yue finished speaking, there was a buzzing discussion in the schoolroom, and one of the students got up and said, "Student Zhou Shangcheng, may I ask Li Zhizhou, which do you think is more important, the subset of classics and history, or these miscellaneous studies?" I also hope that Li Zhizhou will give advice. ”

This question was very sensitive, and the school suddenly became audible again, and everyone waited with bated breath for Li Yue's answer.

Li Yue replied without hesitation: "First of all, I want to correct one point, you call these classics and the study of the world miscellaneous, which is obviously biased, Confucius taught people to be fine in the six arts, namely etiquette, music, archery, royal, calligraphy, and mathematics. Among the six arts, there are both courtesy and music. There is also a practical study such as archery, royalty, and mathematics. It can be seen that Confucius did not reject practical learning, but later generations of Confucianism distorted the meaning of the sages, and only knew how to find chapters and extract sentences, which can be said to be harmful!

In the "Book of Rites University", it is proposed that sincerity, righteousness, objectivity, knowledge, self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world are proposed. Self-cultivation is fundamental, and most of the subsets of scriptures and history are self-cultivation, so after self-cultivation, if you want to govern the country and level the world, you need to learn the practical study of the scriptures. ”

Li Yue's words immediately detonated the minds of the students present.

Li Yue didn't engage in a lecture either, and he left the rest of the time to the students to speak freely. Under his deliberate guidance, a debate on scripture and practical studies continued until dark, involving medicine, geography, physics, people's livelihood, river management, navigation, etc., which can be described as unique.

These students are still young and receptive to new things, and Li Yue naturally wants to lead them in the direction he wants. At this time, he seemed to regret that he had completely handed over Lin'an's West Lake Academy to Zhu Kongyang.