Although the emperor agreed to publish the results of the Qingyuan Academy, he was obviously not fully convinced by this theory. Wang Zhongzheng and others beside him told Li Buqi that the emperor had paid special attention to the situation of military generals recently, and also wrote the names of Di Qing, Zhang Kang, Jingtai, Chong Xu, Chong Ge and others that Li Buqi had mentioned on the screen of Chongzheng Palace.

Hehe, I didn't expect that this time not only could the imperial court come forward to promote natural science, but also gave the timid emperor the intention to change his course in Chongwen and suppress martial arts, and the harvest was not small.

However, there are some things that should be troubled and must be continued. Because of his hatred, the Xiucai from Weizhou still promoted his theories on the royal street for three days, and in the restaurant and tea shop, the storytellers also continued to pick up the black history of civil officials.

Before the Italian Renaissance, the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio wrote the novel Decameron, exposing the debauchery of the church and the priests. Li Buqi also followed Boccaccio's example, and asked the gunmen to compile a book called "Song Barnyard Banknotes" with the black materials that had been collected long ago, which was to expose the shady scenes of the Song Dynasty scholars and doctors, and let the common people know what those high-ranking people they considered to be Wenqu Xing were.

With the previous opening revealing how stupid the scholars and doctors were in military affairs, the appearance of "Song Barnyard Banknotes" has no sense of disobedience, and because there are many depictions of absurdity, lust and blood, it is also very popular with the people. This kind of story doesn't need to be printed into a book, as long as it is cheap, so the printing house of Qingyuan Academy printed it with movable type printing and quickly sold out.

The gang of Qingyuan Academy was really bold, and a group of people actually put the kite into the sky when it was raining and thundering. There was a tightrope to drag on the kite, so the kite burst into the rain as they wished, and then fell down with the fire. Fortunately, they flew the kite with silk thread, so there were no dead people. So Qingyuan Academy took advantage of the fact that the imperial court was publicizing their previous research results, and posted big-character posters on the streets, announcing that they had successfully proved that tall objects were vulnerable to lightning strikes.

"Oh! Is this true? When Li Buqi reported to the emperor about the new achievements of Qingyuan Academy, the emperor's eyes widened: "It seems that this experimental method really works." This method will be promoted in the future. ”

Speaking of this, he remembered Bao Zheng's recital: "In the recital, Bao Qing praised the people from Qingyuan Academy who went to Hebei Road and Jingdong Road to assist in disaster relief. He said that if there were more officials like this in the Great Song Dynasty, many things would be easier to do. Will they all take part in the scientific expedition this year? ”

Li Buqi immediately said: "Originally, many people had to participate in this subject, but after learning about the flood, they gave up Wen Shu and resolutely participated in the disaster relief." I don't know when this disaster relief will be completed, and I'm afraid that they will miss this section. Such people who sacrifice themselves for the country as officials must be able to make contributions to the country, but they have to take the exam again after three years, and the minister feels very sorry. ”

This sentence went to the emperor's heart. Zhao Zhen also knew that there were a lot of officials in the Great Song Dynasty - Yang Shi - but it was difficult to send someone when there was something to do, he was unwilling to go to remote places, he was unwilling to go to dangerous places, and he was unwilling to do responsible errands, so he pushed him as the emperor if there was anything, in fact, he was sometimes very annoyed as an emperor. This year, Zhang Deyi, a scholar who has no loyalty at all, has dealt a great blow to the emperor, and Zhao Zhen is now extremely disappointed in the civil official group and has begun to be wary. He was now in dire need of someone who seemed loyal to be an official, so he immediately said, "Don't give up showing me the articles of these people who participated in the disaster relief." If their essays are meritorious, I will allow them to take the Rite Examination directly. ”

Li Buqi waited for this sentence and immediately agreed. Then he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that I have been in the Song Dynasty for many years, and I have no experience in warfare in civil and military affairs, and once there is a war, it will inevitably be bad." Therefore, the minister wanted to compile the ancient and modern war examples into a book for the reference of the generals. The minister has just completed a volume of "Analysis of the Han-Hungarian War", please submit it to the imperial review. If His Majesty thinks it is available, please send it to the generals. ”

The emperor said, "Well, what you don't write is always eye-catching, and I must take a good look at it." ”

Then Li did not give up and resigned from the Chongzheng Palace, leaving the remaining children to contact the emperor's father and son. When he returned home in the evening, Li Buqi took the two Xiucai to the courtyard where the remaining children lived. After taking a seat, Li Buqi introduced Yu'er: "This is Mr. Zhu, this is Mr. Yao." It's hot, the school is on vacation, and you can't go to your classmates every day during this time. These two gentlemen are the west seats of my house, so they will take you to understand the world. Both gentlemen are well-versed in the past and the present, and they will tell you about the past every day in the future, and give you an analysis of the gains and losses, and you must study hard. ”

Yu'er nodded in agreement and saluted the two gentlemen again. Then Li Buqi said again: "Tomorrow, the new railway of the Ordnance Supervision will cut the ribbon, you can go with me to see the excitement." ”

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Early the next morning, the drum music on the canal wharf dedicated to the ordnance supervisor was noisy, and there was a sea of people, attracting many officials from other yamen to come to see the excitement. According to the ribbon-cutting process of later generations, Li Buqi first told an exciting nonsense, and then had an iron wheel car pulled to the starting point of the railway, and then the iron pieces unloaded from a ship began to be loaded onto the car. A small official next to him kept counting: "One thousand kilograms!" "Fifteen hundred kilograms!" "Two thousand kilograms!"

There was a discussion in the crowd: "The iron alone is loaded with four thousand catties!" Can this car stand it? "Don't you see that this car is made of iron wheels?" Even the axles are made of iron, so they will be able to stand it. "If it is on ordinary ground, these 4,000 catties plus the weight of the body are just afraid that the wheels will be pressed into the ground. No wonder the railroad tracks were laid. ”

Lu Kuo asked Li Bu to give up: "Is this all for now?" ”

Li Buqi nodded, so Lu Kuo ordered to drive. Immediately the onlookers exclaimed, "Two mules? It only takes two mules to pull! ”

A coachman whipped two mules and dragged the iron cart along. Except for the obvious difficulty of the mule in the process of the iron car from stationary to moving, the rest of the time it was easy to walk. And this weight would take at least a few oxen to pull on an ordinary road, and it would never go so fast.

Several masters from Chunze Prison were also excited: "Official, sure enough, as the official said, this rail is indeed much better than the wooden rail." ”

Li Buqi smiled: "If it weren't for your experience in using wooden rails in Chunzejian, this rail would not have been built. This credit cannot be run away. I will ask Your Majesty for credit for you. In the future, mines, smelters, money prisons, and granaries will all need such tracks. You're in a great place. ”

Where it works, it benefits! The eyes of several craftsmen were bright because of excitement.

Li Buqi also instructed: "The treatment of this sleeper must continue to be studied, otherwise it will be a waste of money to replace it once in a few years." ”

One of the craftsmen immediately replied, "Please rest assured." According to the meaning of the officials, we have tried to soak the wood with the coal tar produced when the charcoal is burned, and when the wood is full of coal tar, it will not only not absorb water, but also will not have insects and mold. I don't think it's a problem to use it for one or two decades. It's just that how to soak the wood has to be studied more carefully. Now coke is used in iron and steel smelting, and there is so much coal tar that I am afraid that it will be useless, that is, the whimsical ideas of officials are used to make sleepers. ”

Li Buqi automatically ignored the part of patting on the back and encouraged the craftsmen: "Everything is only afraid of people with hearts." As long as you work hard, you will be the originator of this railway technology in the future. I plan to erect a monument in this place and find someone to write an article to engrave it to commemorate the success of the first railway in the Great Song Dynasty. You are all the heroes of this first railway, and your names will be engraved on it for future generations to admire. ”

The craftsmen had never been treated like this, and they thanked them again and again.

At this time, someone ran out of the workshop to report that the iron car had arrived in front of the shed, and the whole process was fine. Li Buqi gave an order and once again made noise to celebrate the opening of the first railway in the Great Song Dynasty.