Although Li Xiu is a fat man, Li Xiu's thinking is definitely not dull, and after understanding that Yunyi is the inventor of the steam engine, he wanted to worship Yunyi as a teacher as soon as possible.

In fact, Li Xiu also knew that the possibility of Yun Yi accepting him as an apprentice was very small, on the one hand, there was a contrast in age between the two, Yun Yi's age was several years younger than Li Xiu, and on the other hand, the status of the two, Yun Yi was a noble viscount, while Li Xiu was just an ordinary person, and the identity gap was too big.

Li Xiu held a glimmer of possibility to apprentice to Yunyi, and failure was inevitable.

Li Xiu's apprenticeship to Yunyi failed, but Li Xiu's fat face did not have a look of frustration, although Yunyi did not accept him as an apprentice, but promised to teach him knowledge, Yunyi and Li Xiu did not become the relationship between master and apprentice, but became the relationship between teacher and disciple.

The relationship between the master and the apprentice is closer than the relationship between the teacher and the disciple, after all, a master only has a few apprentices, and a teacher will have many disciples, in turn, a person can only have one master, but there can be several teachers, Li Xiu has no master after becoming a disciple of the Mo family, there is only one teacher, if Li Xiu has a master, he can no longer worship others as teachers and become his apprentices.

However, whether it is a master and an apprentice or a teacher and a disciple, the relationship between the two is second only to family affection, and the importance is still very high, and betrayal of the teacher is a great rebellion in the eyes of the world, and everyone hates it.

Back in Yunfu, Li Xiu respectfully bowed to Yun Yi and Shangguan Yuling, who were sitting on the main seat.

"Teacher, teacher, please accept the disciple's worship."

Although Li Xiu was older than Yun Yi and Shangguan Yuling, Li Xiu had no other thoughts at all, and devoted himself to the role of Yun Yi's disciple.

"Teacher, teacher, please drink tea." Then Li Xiu offered tea to Yunyi and Shangguan Yuling.

Yun Yi took the teacup and took a sip of tea gently, expressing his acceptance of Li Xiu's disciple.

This is just a simple etiquette for disciples to apprentice, if Yunyi wants to accept apprentices, outsiders will be invited to visit, and the apprenticeship ceremony is also more formal, rather than as simple as it is now.

Now Yun Yi is already Li Xiu's teacher, in front of Yun Yi, Li Xiu needs to perform the disciple ceremony, and the relationship between the teacher and the disciple can make Yun Yi feel more at ease Li Xiu and impart some knowledge far beyond this era to Li Xiu.

Yun Yi took Li Xiu into the study, and then Yun Yi walked to the bookshelf in the study and took out two blue books from the bookshelf, one called "Basic Knowledge of Machinery" and the other called "The Principle of Steam Engine".

There are many more books on the shelves, one of each book is handwritten by Yun Yi himself, and several books with the same content are printed by the printing house.

In his free time, Yun Yi will write out some of the knowledge of his previous life, not for fear of forgetting it, but to give this knowledge to others, Li Xiu is the first person to be taught knowledge by Yun Yi, and there will be more people who will be taught by Yun Yi in the future, and the knowledge of another world will eventually be carried forward in this world.

After taking the two books, Yun Yi turned around and handed them to Li Xiu, and said: "Take it and read it, if you don't understand something, you can come to Yunfu to ask as a teacher, remember not to let these two books be seen by outsiders." ”

"Yes, Teacher." Li Xiu stretched out two chubby hands and respectfully took the two books.

Li Xiuqiang endured the curiosity in his heart, did not open the book as soon as he took the book, and continued to talk with Yun Yi, Yun Yi also saw that Li Xiu was absent-minded, but after saying a few words to Li Xiu, he would send Li Xiu away, and before Li Xiu left, Yun Yi asked his subordinates to take 50 gold from the account room to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu is Yunyi's disciple, and Yunyi has a lot of things for Li Xiu to do in the future, and giving Li Xiu 50 gold to improve his family's life is just a small thing.

Originally, Li Xiu received a settling-in allowance when he accepted Yun's employment, and after a few months, Li Xiu came to Yunhua County with his wife and children, and there was not much money left in his hand, but the 50 gold that Yun Yi gave him was enough for Li Xiu's family to settle down in Yunhua County, and they didn't need to think about money for a short time.

On the way to the inn, Li Xiu was holding two books wrapped in cloth in one hand and a heavy money bag in the other, Li Xiu's eyes were slightly moist.

"I will definitely follow the teacher to learn knowledge and repay the teacher's kindness."

Back in the inn room, Li Xiu didn't say a few words to his wife and son, opened the package as if he was on a pilgrimage, gently took out the two books, and carefully opened one of the books, just seeing the content of the first page of the book, Li Xiu was immersed in the ocean of knowledge, and he didn't even know when it would get dark.

The next day, Li Xiu bought a property in Yunhua County with the help of the Yun family, which was Li Xiu's future home.

After tidying up his home, Li Xiu continued to immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge, and rarely left the house except for sometimes going to Yunfu to ask Yunyi, a teacher, for knowledge.

Li Xiu also followed Yunyi's instructions, the "Basic Knowledge of Machinery" and "Principles of the Steam Engine" two books are well placed, basically not leaving an inch, after reading these two books, Li Xiu knows the importance of these two books, if these two books are brought to the Mo family, they will definitely become the holy texts of the Mo family, no worse than the Mo family founder Mozi's book "Mozi", such an important book, Li Xiu did not dare to relax his vigilance, for fear of damaging a little or being stolen by outsiders.

On the other hand, Yun Yi is also looking forward to Li Xiu quickly learning the knowledge in the two books he gave, although the disciples of the Mo family are scientists and inventors in this era, and Li Xiu's talent is good, but it is still a lot away from Yun Yi's requirements, Yun Yi can only cultivate now, I hope that Li Xiu will learn the knowledge quickly and be able to deal with the affairs of the steam engine manufacturing factory.

Yun Yi also knew that only one Li Xiu was far from enough, Yun Yi needed more technical talents to serve him, Yun Yi had already sent invitations to some talents from the outside world in the name of Yun Clan, but he didn't know how many people would accept Yun Clan's employment.

At Yun Yi's suggestion, Li Xiu also wrote a letter to his classmates, inviting them to come to Yunhua County, and even added some material to the letter, as long as they are Mo disciples who are eager for knowledge, after seeing Li Xiu's letter, most people will accept the invitation to come to Yunhua County, as long as they arrive in Yunhua County, Yun Yi has a way to let him stay and work for him.

Yunyi positions himself as a commander in the center, and people like Li Xiu are middle-level managers who know how to know, managing factories below for Yunyi, but middle-level managers are still very lacking, and Yunyi has to be personally responsible for dealing with these things.

The steel plant is about to start furnace steelmaking, and there are no qualified technical personnel, so Yunyi must go out in person.