Many days have passed since the first public trial in Yangzhou, and it has been talked about by people.

The little owner of the teahouse outside the east gate still remembers it vividly, and he talked to the guests in the teahouse.

"I said that there were a lot of people outside Yangzhou that day, and most of the governors sent tens of thousands of Yangzhou troops to maintain order, and the little old man has lived for fifty years, and he has never seen so many people."

"Who said it wasn't, that day I didn't sleep the night before in order to grab a good position in the audience, and I ended up going late." The bookkeeper next door took a teapot and said.

"I said that the Tartars are really bad, I heard that hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Gyeonggi and Hebei." One of the guests shuddered as he spoke.

"'Keep your head without hair, keep your hair without your head', this tartar is really not human! I heard the governor say that this tartar is to discount the backbone of my Han nationality! ”

"I heard that it was Sun Zhiqi, the dog thief, who wrote to the Tartar Emperor, wanting the world to be one, and asking me Han to leave a mouse tail with a full range of scholars, saying that my Han people wear Hanfu, 'This is Your Majesty from China, and not from China from Your Majesty', this thief is really hateful, and most of the governors will kill this thief, which is really happy!"

"God bless me Yangzhou, fortunately, the metropolitan governor fell from the sky, otherwise it is unknown whether we can still live!"

"It's good to be a big governor, but it's too merciful! For this dog thief, the Metropolitan Governor only beheaded him, if I say, if I don't peel the skin and grass, a thousand knives can't solve the hatred! ”

"You still say this, didn't the Metropolitan Governor say it? The Manchu Tartars are all brutes, and if we don't learn what the brutes do, we will be punished for these traitors and scum, but we are talking about human nature, and I think the Metropolitan Governor said it well. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor said that China is the China of the Chinese, and the world is the world of the people of the world, so how can I allow the Tatars to enslave my Chinese people. If the emperor in Nanjing heard this, I'm afraid he would be uncomfortable, right? One guest whispered.

"Shhhh Most of the governors dare to say this, and we and other small people don't dare to say nonsense, but listening to the words of the governor, my heart is comfortable. The guest next to him quickly stopped him.

After the public trial meeting, Luo Jian was still too busy to touch the ground, this Sun Zhiqi sent 20,000 taels of gold, which can be exchanged for 160,000 taels of silver, which can do a lot of things.

Unwilling to accept the high price of the iron ore in Zhu Guobi's fiefdom, Luo Jian carefully inquired about the information, took Huang Degong to Luzhou together, and re-selected a new place to open a mine, and gradually transferred manpower and material resources from the old mine.

Seeing that they were gradually withdrawing, the people of the Zhu Guobi family actually found the steward and took the initiative to ask for a reduction in the price of this ore, but Luo Jian was unwilling to be controlled by others anymore and firmly transferred everything.

Luo Jian, who had just returned to Yangzhou after being busy with the mine, heard another piece of good news.

The good news is that Liu Weimin wrote a letter back, saying that the preliminary trial production of a 20-centimeter seamless steel pipe has been successful, and now he is exploring a way to miniaturize.

Luo Jian saw that twenty centimeters was used to make artillery, but the caliber was too large, and such a large cannonball, with the power of gunpowder now, its range could not be used in actual combat.

But this is difficult at the beginning, twenty centimeters have been made, will ten centimeters be far away? Luo Jian was excited.

Putting down Xiao Liu's letter, Luo Jian picked up the water cup and took a sip of water, and Liu Lan ran back from outside.

"Brother Luo, how much silver do you guess I earned?" Liu Lan, who was full of excitement, asked Luo Jian proudly.

"Your ready-to-wear store?" Luo Jian asked suspiciously.

"Hmph, that can only make a little money for the house." Liu Lan was very dissatisfied with Luo Jian's words.

"More than 2,000 taels of silver a month or a small amount of money?"

"Of course it is, my perfume has already been sold to Nanjing and Hangzhou, Brother Luo, don't you know?" Liu Lan shook her head and said triumphantly.

"Tell you, I've earned 30,000 taels in the past half a month!"

"Huh? So much? Didn't you send someone out to rob you? Luo Jian was a little incredulous, and said with a smile.

"Brother Luo, what are you talking about? Why don't you believe me, I said that this woman's money is the best to make, and such a small bottle of perfume can be bought for four or five hundred taels of silver in Nanjing, and the demand is still in short supply. ”

"Liulan, you have to find a way to sell perfume to the Manchurians, most of their women eat beef and mutton, and they have a strong smell on their bodies, so they need perfume more than us Han people." Luo Jian thought for a moment and suggested to Liu Lan.

"Oh, Brother Luo, you're so smart, why didn't I think of it." Liu Lan was excited, but after a moment, she wilted again, "Brother Luo, how can I sell it over there?" ”

"You're smarter than anyone else, and you're a stupid girl when you're stupid, aren't you a businessman?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

As soon as Luo Jian finished speaking, Liu Lan had already turned around and ran out.

Luo Jian suddenly remembered that Mr. Song Yingxing had been here for so many days, but he hadn't seen anyone, and asked Butler Luo a few days ago, saying that the old man had asked him to deliver food to the small courtyard every day, and he had forgotten about the old man when he was busy these days.

Hurriedly got up and walked towards the courtyard where the old gentleman lived, and when he walked into the courtyard, there was a small guy who said that the old gentleman had gone to the primary school.

Luo Jian hurriedly walked towards the primary school again, he didn't have time at all, Luo Jian had only been to this school a few times, and Liu Lan had been busy making perfume recently, and the school was less managed.

Just walked into the courtyard gate, Luo Jian looked at it and couldn't help laughing.

It turned out that Mr. Song and Wang Xu were both squatting on the ground in the shade of a big tree in the courtyard, each holding a branch in their hands, and they were drawing on the ground, arguing while drawing, and there were several scholars around them.

When I stepped forward, I saw that the Pythagorean diagram was drawn on the ground.

When Luo Jian heard this, the two of them were arguing about which proof method was better and faster, and they were so happy that they didn't see Luo Jian squatting down in front of him.

Luo Jian had been curious about this question before, and he also checked a lot of information from the Internet, knowing that there are countless ways to prove it, but there are advantages and disadvantages of various methods, and it is really impossible to talk about which is better or worse.

Luo Jian took the branch from Wang Xu's hand, and also drew a few pictures on the ground, and immediately saw that the two of them were stunned, Luo Jian knew that they had never seen this kind of proof method.

Wang Xu was a young man in the end, and soon found that the person squatting in front of him was Dadu Governor Luo Jian, so he quickly stood up and bowed down.

Luo Jian waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, stood up and slowly picked up Song Yingxing, for fear that he would be dizzy when he stood up.

"Governor, oh, Xinghua, you know this, too?" Old Mr. Song looked at Luo Jian with some confusion.

"Hehe, Mr. Chang Gung, that's what I've been doing since elementary school, and it's not surprising that I know something." Luo Jian said with a smile.

Song Yingxing took out a few books from his arms, and Luo Jian saw that they were those preliminary books of mathematics and physical chemistry.

"Only a few hundred copies of these books were printed? Xinghua, why are you so stingy? Such a good book is printed only a little. Old Mr. Song first questioned Luo Jiandao.

"Wang continued, go and carry some stools out. Mr. Chang Gung, don't worry, let's talk slowly, I'm free today. Luo Jian gently patted Song Yingxing's arm and said.

Helping Mr. Song to the seat and sitting down, Luo Jian beckoned everyone to sit down.

"These symbols are a bit more cumbersome, but if you understand them, it's much more convenient than our previous algorithms. Alas, I'm old, and I'm going to die these days to memorize these symbols. ”

After Song Yingxing sat down, he pointed to the book in his hand and said, the old gentleman's thinking is very jumpy, and Luo Jian feels a little unable to keep up.

"Yes, our knowledge is to learn from others' strengths, absorb and absorb, in order to effectively pass on our knowledge. But Mr. Chang Gung, you have to take it easy, you can't get tired. ”

"I'm not old enough, am I? I'm almost done with these books, Wang Xu is good, I've learned a lot of things, and I've taught me a lot in the past few days. Song Yingxing looked at Wang Xu approvingly.

"Mr. Chang Gung is erudite and talented, and there are many places worth learning from Xiaosheng." Wang Xu said modestly.

"Xinghua, I think you should open a academy and teach this way of science, what do you think?" Song Yingxing said to Luo Jian.

"I have long had this idea, I don't mean to call it a college, just a school, and when there are conditions in the future, we will run schools all over the country, so that all children in the world can go to school. It's just that there is still too much shortage of people to teach now, and a few of us are entangled in affairs, so we can't find time to teach. Luo Jian said with some regret.

"What's so difficult about this, these students can practice and teach students at the same time, so that it will spread quickly." Song Yingxing pointed to a group of scholars around him and said.

"We're all willing." All the scholars said to Luo Jian.

"Okay, it's just that this small courtyard is too small now, so I'll discuss with the inspector and try to raise as much money as possible to build the school. I would like to ask Mr. Chang Gung to be the first principal, I wonder what Mr. Chang Gung thinks? ”

"Hehe, it doesn't matter what it's called, as long as it can spread knowledge. Xinghua, you can trust the old man, and the old man will be the one to do! Song Yingxing said happily.

Luo Jian was busy in Yangzhou, but there was an undercurrent in Nanjing.

Tian Yang crawled back to Nanjing from Yizheng and rolled back, and the little silver on his poor body was all looted by the Yangzhou army, but the two beautiful girls were reluctant to stay.

Thinking of the hardships along the way, Tian Shilang looked in the direction of Yangzhou, and his teeth itched with hatred.

After coming back, he ran to find Ruan Shangshu, it was Ruan Shangshu's "discernment and talent" that recommended Tian Yang to go to Yangzhou, and now Tian Yang's "career" has been frustrated, and people have also been humiliated, of course, they have to go to cry and complain.

What Tian Yang didn't expect was that Ruan Dacheng didn't even let him in the door, but just asked the doorman to tell him that Ruan Shangshu was busy now and didn't have time to meet him, and he would talk about it later when he had time.

Listening to the high Kunqu opera tune coming from the Stone Nest Garden, Tian Yang looked at the gate of Ruan Dacheng's house a little blankly, and said in his heart, Are you busy singing at home?

When I went to find my old friend Ma Gebu again, what I ate was still "closed", which made Tian Yang very puzzled, Ma Gebu didn't look like Ruan Shangshu, in order to deal with the Donglin Party, it was a cow, a ghost, a snake and a god could enter the door.

Tian Shilang, who was indignant in his heart, returned to his house sullenly, but he heard that someone had posted a post, and he wondered in his heart, now that Ma Gebu and Ruan Shangshu are not waiting to see him, who else dares to take the initiative to come to the door?

Tian Yang took the post in the hand of the next person and saw that it was Li Zhan, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.

Tian Yang understood at a glance that this Li Zhan had also been humiliated at Luo Jian's hands, and now that he found himself, he must have to plot with himself how to take revenge on Luo Jian.

Qian Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was summoned by the emperor in person since he felt that there was a happy event coming to the door that day, and after he went to the palace to see the emperor, he learned that the emperor wanted him to go to Yangzhou to invite several angels to Nanjing.

Listening to the emperor's meaning, these angels seem to be ordinary people now, and they have never seen any spells from them for so long. Think about it, if it is really a god who descends to earth, he will directly let the Tartars go back to his hometown and send the emperor directly to Beijing City, where can he still use the whole army to fight?

But the emperor has always been thinking about the miraculous things of several angels, like the magic car, which can draw pictures like real people, and I have heard that there are things like shadow puppetry, and I heard that it is much better than shadow puppetry.

Even the emperor knew that there were "electric lights" in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion that made the night as bright as day, and he felt very sorry that there were no such objects in the palace.

Listening to the emperor's chatter, Qian Qianyi felt that he was itching in his heart by what the emperor said.

The glasses and perfumes that his beloved wife had just bought from outside were already rare for him, and now he heard the emperor talk about the miraculous things of several angels, although he had heard of them before, he still longed for them.

promised the emperor to send an envoy to Yangzhou immediately, but it was not Qian Qianyi's style to be in a hurry.

When I returned to the house, I first summoned my beloved wife and talked in detail about the emperor's summons today.

When Hedongjun heard this, he had to make a fuss and go to Yangzhou together, of course, it didn't matter, just let his beloved wife change into men's clothes.

In fact, Qian Qianyi likes Hedongjun to wear men's clothes very much, and such a beloved wife has more flavor.

Before leaving, you have to call friends and friends, everyone is happy together, and it is naturally better to be happy than to be happy.

In the envious eyes of everyone, Qian Shangshu took his beloved wife in men's clothes and a few entourages to go down to Yangzhou by boat.

Naturally, the river is not hotter than in Nanjing, not to mention the scenery on both sides of the river, which makes the leader of the literary world, who has been rare for decades, flourish in poetry, and sing poems and harmonize with his beloved wife all the way, which is very beautiful.

I only hate that the journey is too short, Qian Shangshu has not yet become addicted to poetry, and the ship has arrived in Yangzhou.