Lushan is located in the northeastern suburbs of Changzhi County, by the mountains and the sea, the scenery is beautiful, the scenery can be called a unique in Changzhi, and it is famous in Wangbei Province.

The east is adjacent to the Jieshi to view the sea. The sun rises in the east, and the sea and sky are the same color. The moon rises in the sea, and the end of the world is at this time. The waves crashing on the shore and rolling up thousands of piles of snow -- throughout the ages, the majesty of the sea, the magnificence of the sea, the depth of the sea, and the poetry of the sea have long been recited by countless poets.

And the shape is like a finger to the sky, and there are majestic cliffs everywhere on the side of the sea, but it is also the best sea viewing point in Changzhi and even Wangbei. Every year is the most suitable season for visiting, there will always be a crowd of tourists of different sizes in the foothills, in the lush mountains, on the cliffs, put wine and drink, watch the sea from afar, sing poems, lead to countless good stories.

It stands to reason that such a good land should have been occupied by the wealthy families long ago, or it should have been led by the official eunuchs as a different business.

But in the foothills, lush greenery, along a winding and smooth carriageway to the belly of the mountain, the only buildings and even building complexes belong to Changzhi County School.

Since King Yongzu founded the Far Song Dynasty, as a traveler, he naturally brought the modern concept of education as the foundation of the country to the Far Song Empire. Under the influence of this philosophy, it is natural that the best resources are allocated to education throughout the empire. Although compulsory education is not implemented as in modern times, it is much more formal and more important than in ancient times.

Not to mention, the ancient county schools in history were actually just examination institutions, but the county schools in the Far Song Dynasty really had the function of education and became local education bureaus and government-run schools.

Although most of the eunuchs or wealthy families invite high-ranking people privately to teach their children alone, there is no need for official education. However, for civilians who did not have the ability to do so, the county school was also an excellent way for them to receive an education provided by the Empire.

Generally speaking, as long as the children of the common people do not suffer great changes like the Erhu family, they can afford to study.

And after studying the clan or Mongolian private school, if you can take the township test if you can get the talent. These outstanding students who have been brutally eliminated for the first time will be sent to the county school, where they will be educated by the government in preparation for the provincial examination.

After the provincial examination, although the empire is not an extremely material-rich modern after all, and can no longer provide a way to receive a collective education, a person has many mentors and friends, enough to learn by himself, and can attract others to invest in it, so as to continue his studies.

Finally, after studying for a few years, they feel that they can take the exam, and they can take the Beijing exam.

Therefore, since the reform of King Yongzu, the education system of the Far Song Dynasty began to be somewhat similar to modern times. It's just that the scientific examination is still the civil service examination, and the nine-year compulsory education system has been changed to a three-year compulsory education system after elementary school.

The primary school is to take the Xiucai examination in the Mongolian school, the middle school is to take the examination in the county school, and the university is to take the Jinshi examination in the provincial school.

Although it is not as modern as it is, it is also limited by ancient conditions. Stuck at the point of county school, it is even more ingenious - if compulsory primary education is universalized, this is ancient times, how can there be such a huge public grassroots education system? If only provincial education is popularized, it is not much different from the ancient times in history, and it is not a class of education.

The government-run county school also has an educational function, so that reading is no longer the patent of a few people, and everyone has the level of education and advancement - this is also one of the modern advanced blood injected by King Yongzu into the empire, and it is also a wonderful good governance that is highly praised by the people.

In such an environment of the times, the best part of Changzhi was occupied by the county school, and it became a logical thing - "education to rejuvenate the country, the foundation of the empire" these eight Yongzu kings left the commandment, the "Zuxian Edict - Imperial Education Law" emphasized the super high status of education in the various ministries of the empire, but it is engraved on the stone tablet at the entrance of each county school.

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At this time, it is late autumn, and the falling leaves of the mountain add a touch of poetry to the foothills, but the Changzhi County School surrounded by pines and cypresses is also lush and quiet.

In the depths of the county school, in front of a mansion that seems to be prepared for the professors of the county school, on a winding forest road, a simple carriage is slowly stopping at the main entrance of the mansion under the shouting of the coachman.

"Old lady, you're back."

Before the carriage stopped, the family members of several concierges of the mansion had quickly greeted them and said respectfully.

Li Mao slowly got out of the carriage with the help of the coachman, and after a conversation, he was already smiling and followed the family to the door.

Before he had walked a few steps, he heard a crisp "Grandpa, you can count it back".

Then, a slender figure had already rushed towards Li Mao like a milk swallow throwing into the forest.

This is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old bright girl, I saw her wearing a moon-white silk skirt decorated with a few light blue flowers on the skirt, with a slender posture and a delicate face, and the maid behind her kept calling "Miss, slow down, don't fall" In the voice, she was already jumping like a deer, trotting all the way to Li Mao.

With a smile, two small dimples swirled on the girl's pink face, Xiuwan's eyebrows were full of smart color, and her black eyes seemed to have a hint of expectation.

Li Mao also looked at the girl who ran in front of him with a smile: "Xi'er, why didn't you mess with your bottles and cans today-huh?" His face was still clean, and there was not a trace of black ash. Who are you, Xi'er? Where's my little flower-faced cat? ”

The girl was stunned, and a hint of shame suddenly appeared on her face.

"Grandpa!" She stomped her feet and said, "I was so busy with research that I forgot to clean my face...... You have to make fun of this every time. ”

Li Mao laughed, and he looked at the girl lovingly: "Then you won't be busy today?" ”

The girl wrinkled her nose cutely, and she hummed coquettishly: "Father is afraid that I will blow up the house, but he strictly forbids me to study my treasures at home...... In the future, I can only study in the laboratory, and I have to wear a full protective suit, and I am not allowed to test the power myself-grandpa, tell me about him, he always likes to point fingers and hinder me from doing my business......"

She came up, and while accompanying Li Mao to the house, she took his hand and shook it gently, her eyebrows were full of coquettishness.

Li Mao stroked the girl's long hair dotingly: "Your father is also for your safety, most of the things you use are poisonous, how can you do without protective clothing-and he said the same, otherwise grandpa can't afford to pay for the successive mountain gate repairs." ”

He looked at the girl playfully and smiled.

The girl's face suddenly turned red: "What...... That time it was accidental, I just wanted to test the power, and I was anxious to test it - there are good big stones at the mountain gate, which is close and convenient, where can I go if I don't go there? I just plugged a hole at the time, who knew it was so powerful......"

She defended with a coquettish voice.

Li Mao suddenly smiled and shook his head: "You don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, you made a lot of them with a lot of money at that time, and mixed them all in gunpowder and stuffed them, which is also called a little?" ”

He looked at the girl dotingly, and his eyes were full of pride: "You...... Fortunately, I knew that I would tell people to get out of the way first, and I didn't hurt anyone, otherwise it would have been up to you how you ended up - but speaking of which, it was thanks to your mistakes that you were able to come up with such a formula. ”

"Wang Academy of Sciences, your grandfather Zhang said that the patent has been applied for for you, and it will be approved in a few days. And if you can figure out the strange nature of this gunpowder, and find a simple solution to make it cheaper, the Royal Navy guns may be multiplied by several times. In this way, the Royal Academy of Sciences may directly enter you, and you will apply for the award to the Wang family. ”

"And the Royal Academy of Sciences is also researching your formula, but don't obviously invent it by you, but you have traveled a hundred miles to fall short, and in the end it was preempted by others, accounting for most of the credit."

Li Mao looked at the girl lovingly, and muttered in a loud voice.

"Got it...... Every time you see someone, you have to read it again, and you are teased by Grandpa Zhang for being called a science idiot but you can't teach a good science disciple, but every time you have to fall on someone's head. The girl suddenly dragged out, and her voice was stupid.

Then, a trace of bitterness appeared on her little face: "Grandpa Zhang is really, why did he ask for so many things...... If there is no sulfur nitrate from His Royal Highness the Ancestral King, how can you make that Raush sub thing, and there is no way to make it. There is a lot of coal, but the problem is that it is difficult to refine coal paste. Not to mention figuring out the weirdness, I don't even know what I've done now......"

"It's really hard to get it applied...... Didn't His Royal Highness the Ancestor also say back then, some scientific research, from exploration and research to clarity and then to application, may take a hundred years, how can it be rushed? ”

She said with a sad face.

Immediately, the girl tilted her head and thought about it, but there was a hint of pride on her face: "Hmph, I can't solve so many problems, so I don't believe that their group of fools can solve them before me." ”

She muttered and said, and then, as if she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I almost forgot, grandpa, did you go to Lord Lu's mansion to find out?" Was the centrifuge really the bastard's creation? How does it work? ”

"Speaking of which, after you left, I suddenly thought that the centrifuge can not only separate water and oil, but also other mixed liquids. I tried it again, and it was reluctant, but it was able to separate some of the mixed liquids -- which made many experiments much easier. ”

She asked in a series of hurried questions.

Li Mao suddenly had some eyebrows fluttering: "But I don't want my family Xi'er to know the principle, but also a little bit of inspiration, and I figured out how to use it more widely." As for the principle...... Grandpa came out of the horse and caught it with his hands - speaking of which, the centrifuge was really ingenious. ”

He smirked with the look of an old child.

"So what exactly is the principle of this? It would be nice if it could be modified so that it could separate all the mixtures. The girl's eyes were starry, and she couldn't wait to ask.

Li Mao patted the girl's hand and said with a smile: "Okay, don't worry, let grandpa go back and wash his face first, and then talk to you in detail?" ”

"Oh......" the girl replied in a prolonged voice, and there was a great reluctance in her voice.

Then, the old and the young laughed, and gradually went to the depths of the Li Mansion surrounded by the servants.