Chapter 264: Navigation Academy
Wu8 Novel Update Fastest Novel Reading Network Zhao Fu proposed that the operation of the sextant was too complicated, which made it difficult to use a nautical weapon, but Li Su smiled after hearing it: "Zhao Beijia's words are only half right, operating the sextant does require knowledge of astronomy and arithmetic, although there are not many people who know these now, but not everyone does not understand, such as Xie Chun, they are experts in this area, and as far as I know, the arithmetic and astronomical knowledge required by the sextant does not actually need too much, As long as one person is willing to learn, it will not take much time at all, so this king decided to open a special academy to teach everyone who needs this knowledge, and Xie Chun and they are the teachers of the school.
"Start an academy?" Zhao Fu was stunned after hearing this, in the past, only Confucianism was taught to run a college or private school, but last year, when His Royal Highness was in Chang'an, he set up a military academy and a medical school, and even helped Yuan Lao Immortal run a Taoist college, which can be said to have created a precedent for a generation, and now he has set up a college that teaches arithmetic and astronomy, is His Royal Highness really addicted to running a college?
And Wei Gong next to him is also a little confused, although it is a good thing to run an academy, but he is a craftsman, he barely understands a little bit of arithmetic, as for what astronomy, he almost doesn't know anything, so running an academy doesn't seem to be his business, right?
"According to my idea, we need to set up a navigation academy here in Dengzhou, and this academy will not only teach people to use the sextant this kind of navigation instruments, but also teach all kinds of navigation knowledge, such as ship control, observation of sea conditions, drawing maps, etc., in addition, the ship design institute will also be merged into the navigation academy to become an independent branch, and at the same time, it will also recruit students from outside, instead of only absorbing personnel from various shipyards as it is now!" Li Su said ambitiously that when he first came to Dengzhou, he wanted to open a navigation college, but unfortunately the time was not ripe at that time, and even the ocean-going ships were not built. Not to mention anything else.
"Your Highness, the people who run the boat are all hard workers, will anyone waste time to learn these things?" Zhao Fu asked suspiciously. Although the current maritime trade is very prosperous, as he said, almost all of the captains on a ship and the most ordinary crew members are from the backgrounds of the poor people, but they have a little way. Who would want to run away at the risk of dying without a place to bury? And these poor people all rely on running boats to support their families, and it is estimated that not many people are willing to spend time to study at the college.
"Hehe, this is easy to do, this time I will go back to Chang'an, I will suggest to my father that the captain of the sea ship will be assessed, and several aspects of the assessment are these subjects learned in the Navigation Academy, if you have passed the assessment, you can not only run the usual offshore routes, but also run those newly developed routes. For example, our Dengzhou direct route to the Wa Kingdom and Liuqiu, these routes only have the captain who has passed the assessment. You can sail the boat! Li Su had already made preparations in this regard, and his answer was very fast.
"This ......" Zhao Fu didn't approve of the matter of the Navigation Academy, so he thought of the problem of enrollment, but he didn't expect Li Su to use this method to recruit students, so that even if those captains were unwilling to learn, the owners behind them would probably force them to learn. Because with the prosperity of maritime trade, the profits on the offshore route have been greatly compressed, and now as long as the merchants with a little insight know. The long-sea trade is the trend of future development, and if you want to run the open sea, you must have a group of qualified captains in your hands.
"Since Your Highness has thought it so thoroughly, there are no objections from your subordinates!" Zhao Fu saw that Li Su had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to stop objecting, and bowed down and spoke.
Even he agreed to this Dengzhou farewell, Wei Heizi naturally didn't have any objections, but he couldn't help but feel a little nervous when he thought that he would have to teach like a gentleman in a private school. And Li Su also knew that Wei Heizi's ship design institute was full of craftsmen and lacked cultural knowledge, so he specially told him to let him take people to learn more from Xie Chun, after all, he was Li Chunfeng's master, and in addition to shipbuilding, he was stronger than Wei Heizi in all aspects.
Although the college is named after navigation, in the planning conceived by Li Su, it is actually divided into two parts, the first part is mainly to teach various knowledge of navigation, but now because of the lack of manpower, the main thing is to teach the use of the sextant first, but if you want to learn the sextant, you must learn astronomy and arithmetic in advance, and Xie Chun is responsible for this aspect.
The other part is Wei Heizi's ship design, although the ship design institute was classified into the navigation college, in fact, it is still independent, and even the site of the institute has not changed, the only difference is that the ship design began to recruit students from the outside, with Dengzhou such a developed shipbuilding industry, ship design is definitely a sought-after profession, so there is no need to worry about the problem of students.
Xie Chun and Wei Heizi respectively served as the vice president of the Navigation Academy, as for the position of the dean, it was held by Li Su himself, after all, compared with the military academy, medical school and the like, the Navigation College is one of the foundations of Li Su's outward development, so the position of the dean must be in his hands, this is like the military school in Chang'an City, although it is in charge of Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, but the position of the dean is held by the Tang Emperor Li Shimin himself.
When the matter of the Navigation Academy was ordered, there was no matter of Li Su, firstly, he was not the material to manage these trivial matters, and secondly, he had been staying in Dengzhou for several days, and it was time to leave for Chang'an, after all, it was about to be mid-April, and if he didn't go back, he wouldn't be able to catch up with the birth of the child.
However, compared to when they came, it was much more comfortable to go back to Chang'an this time, at least they didn't have to take a carriage anymore, and the Yellow River had already been civilized, so they could go back by boat, which saved them a lot of bumps. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Wu Meiniang still wants to stay in Dengzhou, but because of the matter of the Queen of Goguryeo, she was a little angry, and in the end, Li Su quietly said something to her, which made Wu Meiniang burst into laughter, and scolded Li Su for her lack of virtue while laughing.
On the day Li Su left Dengzhou, naturally many people came to see him off, in addition to Zhao Fu and Lu Hong, there were also many people in Dengzhou, until Li Su got on the boat, these people still refused to disperse for a long time. Seeing this situation, Yang Xuan, who was standing on the bow of the boat with Li Su, praised with a smile: "Liuyun, it seems that you have done a really good job in Dengzhou, these people all love you from the bottom of their hearts!" ”
Hearing Yang Jun's praise, before Li Ke could speak, Li Ke next to him said with a look of shame: "Uncle is right, compared to Liuyan, my Suzhou assassin is too bad, and I don't even know how the people under his rule live?" ”
Li Su wanted to be modest, but as soon as he heard Li Ke's words, he hurriedly changed his words: "Third brother, don't be too arrogant, as soon as the Shanghai city in Huating is completed, it will definitely drive the local economic development, and then Suzhou will definitely become extremely prosperous, and it is even likely to surpass the current Dengzhou, after all, the geographical location of Dengzhou really can't be compared with Shanghai." ”
As soon as he heard Li Su mention Shanghai on the Huating side, Li Ke was also shocked. When they came back, they went to Yangzhou, and by the way, they also went to Huating to have a look, and found that the port of Shanghai was already under construction, and tens of thousands of people lived and ate on the construction site, in order to earn a salary to support their families. Moreover, the materials for Dengzhou have also been delivered, the construction of the port is very smooth, and the shipyard that Li Su is preparing to build is also being prepared, presumably as soon as the port and shipyard are completed, it will immediately attract a large number of merchants, and then it will be up to the officials in charge of Shanghai to manage and develop in this way.
"Sixth brother, I have decided, after returning to Chang'an this time, I will take my family to stay in Shanghai for a long time, personally manage the development of Shanghai, and if I don't build Shanghai into a prosperous place, I won't return to Chang'an for a day!" Li Ke estimated that he was stimulated by Li Su, and he was full of confidence in the construction of Shanghai City, so he made such an oath.
"Good! It is worthy of the blood of our Yang family in his body, a good man is ambitious in all directions, and he only knows what is the interest of holding it in Chang'an City? As soon as Li Ke's words fell, Yang Yun immediately praised loudly. He has been in Taiwan for decades, and his horizons have long become very broad, otherwise he would not have agreed so much when he knew that Li Su chose to open up abroad.
Although Li Ke has said similar things before, he has never been as resolute as he is today. Therefore, after Li Ke heard it, he also applauded as loudly as Yang Jun, Chang'an is definitely a place of right and wrong, especially for these princes, it is not a good idea to stay in Chang'an, Li Ke can turn his eyes to the outside, and no longer just stare at the throne as before, which makes him, a younger brother, also feel relieved.
Just as Li Su and the three of them were standing at the bow of the boat talking, suddenly a small figure in green clothes rushed out of the cabin behind him, and shouted to Li Su while running: "Cousin! Cousin! Your little one is peeing his pants again! ”
As soon as Li Su heard Cai'er's words, he immediately patted his head with a headache and said, "Cai'er, how many times have I told you, that's not my cousin's baby!" ”
"Really?" Cai'er tilted her head and looked at Li Su, and said with a look of disbelief, "Cousin, you are a liar, if it wasn't your baby, then why did you take her with you?" ”
As soon as they heard Cai'er's question, Yang Jun and Li Ke next to him also immediately came to their senses, staring at Li Su with gossip on their faces, they were also very curious about the baby girl on the boat, originally they thought it was Li Su and a woman's child, but Li Su denied it, and he refused to say the child's real parents, Yang Jun and the two tried several times, but did not get any results, now see how Li Su answered Cai'er?
Li Su looked at the three people waiting for him to answer in front of him, not to mention how aggrieved he was, he took a baby girl back to Chang'an, although it was kept secret from the outside world, but he couldn't hide it from Yang Yun and the three of them, and he couldn't tell them that this baby girl was the child of his father Li Shimin and the former Queen of Silla, and they didn't believe it for other reasons, it seemed that this black pot could only be carried by him temporarily.
ps: I wrote it too seriously, I almost forgot to upload it, I was ten minutes late, I'm really sorry.
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