"Oh, it's actually nothing" Wang Xuance shook his head with a smile, and it didn't seem like he was ready to reply. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"That's right, it's really nothing, it's just that Brother Wang told him about the giant fish he saw in the East China Sea." Zhao Heng also said with a smile.

"Giant fish? How big is it, is the legendary Kun so big" Don't look at Wu Yuanqing often shouting Li Chengqian to fish and play, but the most that can be caught is about a foot, and Li Chengqian, who is more than a foot long, has also seen it in the lake in the Imperial Garden. How big is the fish that can be described as huge, Li Chengqian is very curious.

It is recorded in "Zhuangzi Wandering" that "there is a fish in the North Underworld, and its name is Kun." The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is; Turned into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Flying in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. ”

Everyone understood what Li Chengqian meant, and Wang Xuance shook his head again: "Kunpeng only said that it was just a rumor, where in the world would there be such a behemoth." The fish I saw in the East China Sea were huge, but they were only a few feet long. ”

Hearing that it was not a kunyu, although Li Chengqian was a little disappointed, the fish of several zhang length still made him exclaim.

said that he saw it in the East China Sea, but in fact, it was just that when Wang Xuance traveled to the East China Sea two years ago, he saw the stranded giant fish carcass on the beach.

Because it was the first time he had seen such a big fish, Wang Xuance saw it in great detail at the time, and he remembered it very clearly, listening to Wang Xuance's narration, Wu Yuanqing immediately understood what the giant fish he was talking about.

Speaking of which, there are actually a lot of giant fish in the sea, take sharks as an example, the tiger sharks and great white sharks in it can reach six or seven meters in length, which is two zhang.

However, the fish that Wang Xuance said is more than three feet long, it should not be a shark, and it has whiskers, let alone a tiger shark and a great white shark.

In addition, it was said that this fish had a large hole in the back of its head and could be stranded on the beach, so Wu Yuanqing concluded that what Wang Xuance saw must be some kind of whale carcass.

"Wu Yuan.. Wu Cong, do you know this kind of fish" Just as Wu Yuanqing was thinking, Li Chengqian pushed him on the side and asked.

This kid almost missed his mouth, Wu Yuanqing glared at him angrily: "I know, what's wrong." ”

"What is this fish called, what does it eat, have you ever seen it alive?" asked Li Chengqian with a shy face and curiosity.

Wang Xuance and Zhao Heng also looked like curious babies, wanting to see what Wu Yuanqing could say.

If you have the opportunity to show off, Wu Yuanqing will not let it go, and nodded in the expectant eyes of the three of them and said: "Of course I have seen it, and I have seen many types", but there are some words that I didn't say in my heart, I have seen it, I have indeed seen it, but it is just seen on TV, what animal world, people and nature. As for the living, hehe, in addition to the grass carp in his hometown, carp and the like, he has never even seen a live crab, who made him sad that he has not even been to the aquarium, and even the zoo has paid the ticket money to see some free secondary charges, such as giant pandas, red pandas, etc., who are also willing to go to see tickets.

When it comes to species in the water, the biggest live thing he's ever seen is dolphins, because watching dolphin shows at the zoo is free, but it costs money to take pictures with dolphins.

"Don't sell it, hurry up," Li Chengqian urged.

"Whoever sells Guanzi can't clear his throat" The habitual pretending to be forced was ruthlessly broken by Li Chengqian, Wu Yuanqing was not embarrassed, but he refused to admit it and had to defend himself.

"Cut" Li Chengqian's eyes expressed disdain.

"Ahem" Wu Yuanqing coughed dryly, and quickly cut to the point: "I call this giant fish that Brother Wang said whale, or it can be called a whale." But it's not a fish, it's a mammal. This mammal is an animal like a cow, a horse, and a sheep, which is not oviparous but viviparous, and like humans, it gives birth to offspring in the belly. The size of whales is generally huge, divided into baleen whales and toothed whales, and the size of the baleen whales is not small, the smallest body length is about two zhang, and the largest baleen whale can be about ten zhang. The largest toothed whale is the sperm whale, and the precious ambergris is produced from this sperm whale. ”

Wu Yuanqing talked in detail about the habits of the whale that he knew, and he only saw the specific appearance of the whale from TV, but Wang Xuance had really seen the real thing, and he had already explained it very clearly.

However, the process of whale predation, the huge column of water that surfaced and spewed out through the nostrils on the back for ventilation, etc., was wonderfully told by Wu Yuanqing.

Compared with this kind of anecdote, Wang Xuance and Zhao Heng, the two candidates, are obviously still more interested in current affairs.

talked about whales, and Wang Xuance talked about the prosperity of private education in his hometown of Luoyang in a few sentences. According to him, two years ago, the emperor asked various places to build official schools, and Luoyang, as the eastern capital, naturally responded enthusiastically, and Chang'an also attached great importance to Luoyang, so Luoyang's official schools increased several times compared with before, and enrollment has become a trend.

However, this kind of official decree is far less effective than the emperor's decree in April this year.

Since the emperor issued the will to open the branch and take scholars, the number of private schools built in Luoyang exceeded the number of official schools in just a few months, and the large squire landlords built private schools, and the small and medium-sized landlords were not willing to follow suit.

"This is normal, these squires and landlords are not short of money, but they lack status. When you earn money to a certain extent, you will naturally begin to have a higher pursuit. More desirable than many, many riches are power, not only to improve their status, but also to protect their wealth. Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, Shi is always in the first place. Wu Yuanqing said lightly.

"The status of the merchant is the lowest, and many of these squires and landlords are classified as merchants. In the past, when the imperial court took scholars, lowly people, merchants, etc. were not in the category of taking scholars. After being suppressed for so many years, His Majesty finally relaxed this restriction, and they naturally want to seize the opportunity to improve their status and increase their right to speak.

"I just saw such a thing, but I couldn't understand the reason, but Brother Wu understood the mystery at once. Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years, admiring and admiring it. Wang Xuance said with great admiration.

"Haha, I've won the award" Wu Yuanqing was modest, but in fact, he was still very proud in his heart.

"Brother Wu doesn't have to be modest, what Brother Wang said is also seen in his hometown, although his hometown is not as good as Luoyang where Brother Wang is located, but this kind of private school is not uncommon, as Brother Wu said, as His Majesty relaxed the threshold for taking scholars, many people who were not selected before have begun to take action, and many of them will definitely not be able to catch up with the scientific expedition in recent years, but the more such people will inevitably be more in the future." Zhao Heng on the side said.