On this night, on the third floor of the Academy, there were unprecedented candle lights. Frightened, the janitor hired by Yang Fan peed his hand when he peed in the middle of the night, and quickly fastened his belt and ran to the study building. , which one is looking for death, even the rules set by the dean dare to break, lighting the lamp on the third floor of the academy is equivalent to looking for death, isn't it!

Teng Teng, the housekeeper ascended to the third floor.

Yang Fan, who was next to the candlelight, turned his head, looked at the old butler's angry expression, and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Huh? Oh. It's late at night, would the dean want to have some supper or something? The housekeeper's brain was not slow, and he would not be stupid enough to accuse Yang Fan of lighting the lamp on the third floor, so he quickly changed his words and asked.

Yang Fan had two dark circles under his eyes and said, "Let's do whatever you want." He was indeed a little hungry, he didn't go back to the manor for dinner, and when he came down from the hill and wailed, he drove Li Yuhuan away, and sat alone on the third floor until now.

"Okay, okay." The housekeeper hurried downstairs and went to the backyard to prepare. Oh my God, this rule is really set for those who abide by the rules, he didn't see anything today, he didn't see anything.

There are a lot of bad things, and Yang Fan is destined to have trouble sleeping tonight. Those people from the academy don't pay attention to it for the time being, these scholars don't have any skills, so they will talk to you, brag, and chant poetry. The key is that Qiwuzhai drove to Jinling so quickly, not only Jinling, but also all parts of the south of the Yangtze River, which is what makes Yang Fan the worst. This was originally a piece of meat in his hand, but he was really unwilling to fly like this.

So, Yang Fan sat on the third floor of the academy and lit a candle that he couldn't light, thinking about whether there was anything that could make a fortune. First of all, the electrified one will definitely not be invented. Yang Fan can think of soap, glass, and messed up plastics, and he is already grateful to Dade, the high school chemistry teacher who was not yet born. As for asking him to learn from Edison to invent the light bulb, even if he invented it, he wouldn't be able to sell a single one. In the era of no electricity, even if there is a generator, people are required to buy a light bulb and buy a lot of power generation products. Those rich businessmen must have thought that Yang Fan was crazy, and he could do it with a candle, and what were he doing with so many things.

Therefore, all electrical products were stuck by Yang Fan as soon as possible. And then. And then there became. Yang Fan really can't think of something that can attract attention and be unique.

The old housekeeper brought a few steamed buns, as well as some sauces. This year. It's good that poor peasants can eat, and this white-flour steamed bun is even more luxurious, and it is also dipped in sauce, which is too extravagant. "The old servant of steamed buns is a little hot, I wanted to make some noodles, but I was afraid that after a long time, the dean would be hungry, so I sent some steamed buns first, if you are still hungry, I am making some noodles for you." This old butler is a native of the North. Yang Fan used to be used to it in Beijing, and he was also used to eating noodles, so he specially found a northerner housekeeper.

"Don't bother." Yang Fan raised his head and asked, "Old Kong, are you sleepy?" ”

"Huh?" It's nonsense to say that you're not sleepy, "Does the dean have anything else to order?" ”

"Sit down, I'll ask you a few questions, and you go to sleep."

"Oh." Lao Kong sat on the side.

Yang Fan ate steamed buns and asked, "Do you feel that there is something missing in the academy?" Yang Fan thought about it, "Let's ask." What do you think you're missing the most right now? ”

"Is the Dean going to hear the truth?" The old butler is old. Fear of cold. The two hands are inserted into the sleeves of each other.

"Old Kong, when did you become so hypocritical?" When the intermediary introduced him, Yang Fan took a fancy to Lao Kong's ability to cook, and he was still bold. If you meet someone who loves to make a small calculation in her heart, Yang Fan is really tired.

Lao Kong stretched out his hand. Scratching his head, he smiled: "Then what else is missing, lack of money." ”

"Uh...... This month's money will be sent out immediately. Yang Fan knows that Lao Kong has no children and no daughters, and the money he earns likes to drink wine and eat meat, for ordinary people. This is simply an extravagant loser old man. But Lao Kong doesn't care, people live, so how to live comfortably, can you save money to buy a coffin? He has never believed in reincarnation.

"Do you think you're missing anything from living besides money?"

"Wine, meat."

Yang Fan's eyelids jumped and said, "You go." Don't bother me. ”

"Oh. Dean, you should go to bed early, too. Lao Kong yawned, feeling inexplicable, and went downstairs. Yang Fan stood in front of the bright window, if he was in the city, at this time, it was still a time when the lights were bright and the fireworks were prosperous. The city's nightlife is at its most enjoyable. But when he looked around, there were few lights, and it looked like a starless black sky, reflecting the sky.

He took a bite of the steamed bun and muttered, "Maybe, in this era, there really doesn't need those fucking things." He thought about it for a long time, and thought of a joke he once had. If Galileo, Newton, and Edi had lived in ancient China, would they have been able to explore and invent so many things?

The answer is no.

Yang Fan may have been suspicious before, but now he is very sure. Because in this big country with an agrarian economy as the main body, every family is a small cycle. They work at sunrise and rest at sunrise. As long as there is no external force to destroy, it will continue to circulate. Now, even if the national disaster is at the head, the source of the threat is its own internal contradictions, as well as the equally backward Houjin Jurchens. Then, even if the short-term trend of thought emerges, it will gradually tend to the original small ecological cycle with the fall of the old dynasty and the birth of the new dynasty.

Because science is natural, it does not help dynastic rule, so it is abandoned in a corner. Subsequently, the Chinese nation was gradually reduced from a great power to a declining dynasty in a few hundred years.

The oil lamp on the table flickered a little. Yang Fan sat back at the table, thinking, if this was the era, the factories full of industry, in the wooden red bricks and black tiles, full of incandescent lights. In other words, there are cars running in the East Street and West Alleys. It doesn't matter where its oil, its electricity, comes from, and whether it can be made or not.

Just wearing a coat, driving a car, and reading the Four Books and Five Classics in the streets and alleys full of industrial atmosphere. Is this progress or destruction in the age of agrarians? Maybe he thinks a little too much, but he feels that it is necessary to be responsible for this era. A thought still stays in the Three Platforms and Five Constants, and the monarch is the dynasty of the sky, does it really care about having steam and electricity?

Perhaps, it is more important to pay attention to food and clothing.

"It's a shame." Yang Fan blew out the candlelight, and the smell of wax and oil bulged into his chest for a long time, making it difficult for him to sleep peacefully. Tossing and turning, the East knows. In the early morning of the next day, when Yang Fan got into the carriage with dark circles under his eyes and was about to go to the manor to catch up on sleep, the two old people, with a surprise, pounced on the Buqi Academy. (To be continued.) )