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He joined the army as the manager of Yanzhou, and his position was not low, so it stands to reason that he has his own official residence. However, Shen Kuo did not live in it, nor did he live in the barracks, but chose the edge of the city and built a mansion near the river, which is not exquisite, let alone magnificent, but it covers an area of seven or eight acres, and the scale is still worth mentioning.

The reason is that Shen Kuo is a "scientist" who is good at "scientific research" and related inventions. What he needed was not a mansion, but a factory, a laboratory. Naturally, it is inconvenient to build in the city, and it may affect other people, and maybe people will be stared at with strange eyes.

In order to avoid these situations, Shen Senjun thought about it, it was better to move outside the city, at least it was more convenient, less troublesome, and less gossip. In this way, we can better devote ourselves to research and concentrate on those so-called "strange tricks".

I don't know what Shen Senjun has been busy with recently, and he didn't even go to visit Han Feng, the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi Road. As for his little friend Lin Zhao's transit, it seems to be unheard of.

Han Qi is generous, and he is not the kind of official who cares about superficial articles, so he doesn't care. Lin Zhao knew that Shen Kuo was obsessed with science in addition to being an official, maybe there were some recent inventions and creations! Of course, what Lin Zhao cared about most was the drawings he sent to Shen Kuo, and he didn't know if there were any molded samples.

With such thoughts, Lin Zhao took the initiative to come to meet Mr. Shen Kuo. When he came to the house, Lin Zhao reported his name, thinking that the concierge needed to go in and report, and then there would be an invitation, and the big men were all so stipulated. However, today in the Shen family is an exception.

"In Xia Lin Zhao, come to visit Lord Shen!"

When the porter heard the word "Lin Zhao", his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked respectfully: "Dare to ask, but Lord Lin, the squire of the military department?" ”

"It's down there!" Lin Zhao muttered in his heart, could it be that he was so famous in the Shen family?

The porter immediately smiled and said, "The master has ordered, but Lin Shilang came to the door, so he didn't need to report it, just go in and meet each other." ”

"Oh?" Lin Zhao was suddenly a little curious, Shen Kuo's treatment of himself was quite good! It's a little interesting, so it's better to enter and thank Scientist Shen for a good chat.

Lin Zhao was not polite, and immediately walked inside.

Dozens of accompanying guards stayed at the interrogation gate, and the subordinates of the Shen family were allowed to entertain them. The guards were soldiers of the Western Army, and they came to protect his safety temporarily, not in person. Lin Zhao felt more and more that there were few henchmen around him, and it was really troublesome to do things.

"The master is in the backyard, Lin Shilang will go directly." The porter's servant pointed the way and returned to his post, while Lin Zhao strode all the way over.

Other people's houses are rockery ponds, grass and trees, and even carved beams and painted buildings. But when you get to Shen Kuo, it is very simple and rough, there is no scenery in the courtyard, but there are many materials such as wood, sand and metal piled up everywhere, and all kinds of tools and utensils can be seen everywhere.

A few pools in the corner, as well as things like iron dings, Lin Zhao glanced at them, probably like equipment for wet copper smelting. As early as in Hangzhou, Shen Kuo and Lin Zhao made a way to wet copper smelting, and Emperor Zhao Xu was overjoyed and immediately began to promote it throughout the country, especially in the southern region, aiming to increase copper production in the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that the initial experience was insufficient, the process was not very perfect, and the effect was not as good as imagined. After Shen Kuo learned about it, he has been making persistent efforts to study the process of wet copper smelting to increase copper production as much as possible. Even when he went to Yanzhou as an official, he didn't forget these things.

The governor of Yanzhou, the general judgment, and even the Xuanfu envoy Han Qi didn't care about it after learning about the situation, as long as Shen Kuo didn't delay political and military affairs, didn't make any mistakes, and didn't worry about doing anything else. After all, Mr. Shen's research was beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty, and even the emperor praised it, so he still tried to make it as convenient as possible.

Shen Kuo also lived up to expectations, reciprocated the peach, and discovered some time ago that "oil" was exploited and distributed to various states and counties in Yanzhou, which played an important role in the war against Western Xia.

Lin Zhao walked all the way, observing all kinds of things, thinking that a scientist is a scientist. If it weren't for Shen Kuo's spirit of research and personal exploration, how could he write a work like "Mengxi Writings"?

When I came to the back house, I saw a middle-aged man standing at the door of a wooden shed, and said loudly: "Everyone, speed up, the army is going to Suizhou, try to finish it at dawn tomorrow, you work hard today!" "The person with his back standing upright and a majestic figure is Shen Kuo, a dignified Qiantang Shen family's talent, and Shen Kuo, who is a high-ranking official, is dressed very casually, coarse linen clothes, no different from a craftsman. If Lin Zhao was more familiar with him, he might not be able to recognize him at a glance.

Suizhou? What's he doing? Lin Zhao muttered, and couldn't help but be a little curious, what was the matter with Mr. Shen dressed like this?

"Mr. Cunfeng!"

Shen Kuo, the words are in storage! Now that he is not confused, Lin Zhao is only in his twenties, and he may be almost the same as Shen Kuo's son, so it is naturally inconvenient to call him a brother. But if you think of it as an elder, it is inevitably a little troublesome to have a relationship with etiquette, so you are called a gentleman, but you are crowned with a table, in the final analysis, it is still a disguised brother, which is a bit nondescript.

Shen Kuo turned around when he heard the sound, and after seeing Lin Zhao, he smiled: "Dongyang, Hangzhou is goodbye, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?" Having said that, in fact, Shen Kuo has always been concerned about Lin Zhao's movements. Last time, Lin Zhao was unjustly imprisoned and was almost beheaded, and Shen Kuo was extremely worried after hearing about it. He also thought about writing a book to defend Lin Zhao, but he was soft-spoken, and he Wang Anshi was kind, so some things were also quite difficult.

Later, Lin Zhao was safe and sound, and Shen Kuo was relieved, as for the festival between Lin Zhao and Wang Anshi, Mr. Shen also subconsciously thought that it was a misunderstanding, and it had already rained and sunny, so he didn't care. Later, Lin Zhao returned to the northwest again, stationed in Dashun City, and sent him a sand table for him to improve, and later sent a few drawings and ideas.

Shen Kuo was surprised when he saw it, extremely curious, and immediately began to study. Especially recently, when I heard that Lin Zhao was going to pass through Yanzhou, I was even more looking forward to it. It's just that he was busy with some things and didn't have time to go to greet him, but he knew that Lin Zhao would definitely take the initiative to come to the door, so he ordered his subordinates early.

"With Mr. Lao's concern, everything is fine!" Lin Zhao originally wanted to ask about the things in the wooden shed, where the craftsmen were in a hurry, but he didn't want to, Shen Kuo nodded and said, "Okay, it's good to be safe!" Come, take you to see and see good things! Then he pulled him away.

It seems that Mr. Shen knows Lin Zhao's intentions very well, so he gets straight to the point and is very direct.

"Dongyang, take a look!" Lin Zhao led Lin Zhao to a huge room, and Lin Zhao saw at a glance that there was a large platform in the middle, covered with linen.

Shen Kuo stepped forward and lifted the sackcloth, and the mountains below suddenly rose and fell, the rivers were clustered, and the cities and valleys jumped in front of him. That's right, it's a sand table, and it's a very well-made sand table.

Shen Kuo explained: "This is the entire northwest terrain sand table! Dongyang is really whimsical, in the past, the marching formation was mainly to look at the map, relying on the guide, and few people used the sand table to present, which is a good thing! ”

Shen Kuo, who is good at geography and serves in the army, knows very well the power of this thing, and can't help but be amazed. Lin Zhao has always made a very simple model, which can be understood at one point, and it is immediately improved.

"Sir is really a good hand, and the manufacturing is really excellent!" Lin Zhao saw that the Yellow River and Weishui were very obvious, the Longshan Mountains were abrupt, and the city symbols were obvious. In the entire northwest, the topography of mountains and rivers is clear at a glance.

Shen Kuo said: "Where, it's just that Han Xuanfu gave strong support and sent a lot of maps of the northwest. I follow Dongyang's ideas, using wood, metal and sand to make it, and finally apply different colors according to different regions, mixed with glue, which is stronger and less easy to damage, before making this thing. Han Xuanfu has already seen it, and he is very satisfied, he was going to move to Chang'an, but later said that he wanted you to transport it away after seeing it! ”

Lin Zhao nodded lightly, and handed over this kind of thing to Shen Kuo, and it was indeed right.

"Thank you, sir, I only heard some rumors from the previous generation, but I just had a few ideas, thanks to Mr. Mister's skill, otherwise how could there be such a delicate thing? In the future, it will be much more convenient to march and fight.

Shen Kuo said: "Han Xuanfu has already instructed to make more detailed sand tables for the states and counties to be used by the generals of the defenders in various places." ”

"As it should be!" Lin Zhao's heart suddenly moved, and said, "Sir, can you start making the sand table in Xizhou, Hezhou, and even Hehuang first?" Mountains and rivers terrain, the more detailed the information, the better, and I will ask Wang Zhizhou to send you the specific information! ”

Hee River? River Huang? Shen Kuo's heart moved, thoughtful. In the officialdom, there are some things that can only be understood but not spoken, so I don't ask much. Since Lin Zhao asked for this, it must be useful, so he immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, no problem!" ”

Lin Zhao smiled lightly, it has been four years since Xining, and the battle of Xihe is afraid that it is also coming soon, I believe that Wang Shao will be able to use it. This can be regarded as a reward for Wang Shao! Help me hide the news in the matter of rescuing Zhe Wenxin, and give you a detailed river sand table, which can be regarded as a return for the peach! Lin Zhao didn't expect that this was repaying Wang Shao, but why not help himself?

"Thank you, sir!" Lin Zhao smiled and asked, "By the way, I saw that there were many craftsmen in the wooden shed just now, but were they rushing to make something?" ”

Shen Kuo showed a mysterious smile and said, "That's for you, let's go, let's go and see the magic weapon together!" ”

Divine weapons? Could it be that he did it? Lin Zhao's heart was suddenly shocked, and he followed with interest! (To be continued.)