"Zhao Yan!" Song Yingxing was shocked, how could it be him?

Zhao Yan's reputation is already thunderous in Daming at this moment, and almost all elites know about his existence, Zhao Yan suddenly came to the door, making Song Yingxing hesitate a little, and asked: "I don't know what position General Zhao is looking for?" ”

"Mr. Song wrote the book "Heavenly Creation", and my general admired it very much. The general said, you can choose what position Mr. Song will hold in Zhaojiabao, and the monthly salary will be at least three hundred taels. The squadron leader of the inspection brigade said.

The monthly salary is three hundred taels, which is dozens of times higher than Song Yingxing's current teaching.

"Thank you for the general's attention, I am grateful for it, but I am only shallow in my studies, and please let me think about it first." Song Yingxing did not directly agree to such a generous treatment in the face of such generous treatment.

"I have a lot of workshops in Denglai, and Mr. Song can go to Denglai to guide the workshop to produce. You can also enter the Institute of Science and Technology, Zhaojiabao's Denglai Institute of Science and Technology specializes in the study of heavenly arts, since Mr. Song is good at this, he must be able to do both. ”

Song Yingxing thought for a moment and refused: "You better please go back!" In the next is really a shallow study, can write "Heavenly Creations", all by the way of not forgetting, but what I have learned, has been all written in the book, go to Denglai only to attract people to laugh. ”

Song Yingxing is very aware of his ability, the reason why he was able to write "Tiangong Kaiwu" is completely by relying on the method of memorizing the process, and then summarizing them one by one, these things have been written into "Tiangong Kaiwu", as for the research, it is not what he is good at.

"Oh! It would be better if the gentleman could remember it. The squadron leader's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but say to Song Yingxing: "Mr. Song, my general is thirsty for talent, you might as well go to Zhaojiabao to lie down first, I have prepared the carriage, Mr. Song, please." ”

Saying that, the squadron leader made a gesture of please, Song Yingxing shook his head again and again, and said, "General Zhao is afraid that he is in love by mistake, and he is really a shallow learner." ”

"Mr. Song doesn't need to say much, come on, please get Mr. Song in the car." The squadron leader waved directly, and suddenly the soldiers behind him stepped forward, carried Song Yingxing and walked out, and he didn't allow Song Yingxing to struggle, and directly pushed him into the carriage.

Soon, escorted by more than a dozen cavalrymen, the carriage galloped towards Shandong...... Song Yingxing was forcibly taken into the carriage, and he was not allowed to struggle at all along the way, the group of people were very polite to him, and they took care of everything they ate and drank on the road, Song Yingxing couldn't help but be helpless, and after walking on the waterway for half a month, they finally entered the territory of Shandong.

At this time in Shandong, the Western Three Prefectures had also recovered well, and there was hardly a single beggar in the entire Eastern Three Mansions, all the beggars were recruited by Zhao Yan to go to Tuntian, and the elderly and mentally retarded were specially sheltered.

The land in the western three provinces is due to the huge demand for cotton from the textile industry in Denglai, and almost all the land is planted with crops, most of which is cotton.

This year, the cotton output of the three provinces in the east and west of Shandong has increased again, reaching as much as 5 million quintals.

Song Yingxing couldn't help but be surprised to see that the land he saw on the road was in a state of cultivation, and when Song Yingxing arrived at Qingzhou Mansion, he found that Qingzhou Mansion was very barren. But in the barren land, there were many people working, and everywhere there were oxen constantly ploughing.

"Waste is waiting to be rebuilt!" Song Yingxing looked at the scene in the field and sighed. At the same time, Song Yingxing saw a very memorable scene on the road, only to see that when the Chinese New Year was approaching, there were constant cars and horses on the official road.

Truckloads of cotton, as well as all kinds of goods come and go, there are no less than ten large caravans seen in half a day, and the post stations along the way are even fuller, but fortunately, the squadron leader's task is special, and the post station has specially vacated a room.

"Brother Tai, the spring is approaching, why are you still doing business in Shandong?" When Song Yingxing was eating, he asked a merchant on the side in confusion.

"Earn money regardless of solar terms!" The merchant said with a smile, "There are many business opportunities in Shandong, and it is almost certain to make money when you come to Shandong to do business." ”

"Why is that?" Song Yingxing also heard about the situation in Shandong when he was in the right place, because some of the workshops he visited were affected by Shandong products.

"When you come to Shandong to trade, you can drive cattle and horses, or bring porcelain, tea, sugar, silk and other maritime trade goods, and you will make a profit. In particular, cattle and horses, as long as there are them, General Jianwei wants them all, as well as timber, saltpeter, sulfur and other things, which are also very easy to sell when they are transported to Huangxian. ”

"When you return, you can bring salt goods, fishery products, cotton cloth, cotton socks, cotton jackets, ironware, copperware, dried powder and some Japanese goods, there is silver to earn, but to earn more and less, it depends on how you choose, but unfortunately the glass mirror is only sold to Shandong merchants, and the glass mirror is the most profitable silver."

The merchant said, Song Yingxing couldn't help nodding, since the last price reduction, the glass mirror has once again blown a wave of purchases, in this era when the rich are greedy for luxury, a small glass mirror is nothing.

Song Yingxing also took the silver and bought a small one to open and look at, and found that there is no essential difference between this glass mirror and the diorama, but it is larger, and the plating material behind it is also the same, which makes it look brighter.

Suddenly, Song Yingxing became looking forward to the situation in Denglai, and it can be seen from various phenomena that Jianwei General Zhao Yan is a person who attaches great importance to production.

And Song Yingxing happens to be a person who despises those "gentlemen" and "scholars' families" who "know their taste and forget their origins", but Song Yingxing is also a little apprehensive, after all, he is only a record of production technology, and he is not very good at research.

…… The Manchu Qing Dynasty made great moves, they set up a beacon tower for every ten miles along the coast, and each beacon tower was stationed with 10 to 500 people, Fan Wencheng originally proposed 500 people, but the coastline of Liaodong is so long, and there is obviously no feasible surname for each beacon tower to set up 500 people.

The Manchus heavily defended areas that were considered likely to be landing sites, such as Lushun and Shuangdao Bend, with 500 men stationed at each of them.

At the same time, they dispatched sailors who never went to sea to patrol the coast. The Manchu navy was brought by Kong Youde, and the warships in the north were not very reliable, and the Bohai Sea was high all year round, so the Manchu navy rarely went to sea, and it was not clear about Zhao Yan's sea power.

When the Manchu Qing were moving, Zhao Yan had already received the news in Zhaojiabao. For the actions of the Manchus, the staff is really ridiculous, such a defense of the Manchus, if it is against the sailors who are not equipped with a large number of artillery, it is still effective, but is it useful in the face of gunboats?

The General Staff still revised the landing plan, and the landing site selected by the General Staff was in the later city of Donggang, where the Manchus had deployed 500 men.

Once the Manchus entered Korea, they only needed to blow up the Zhenjiang Bridge to cut off their retreat, and the blockade of the Yalu River could be postponed for a few days, so it was only necessary to mobilize two armed merchant ships and five warships to go to the Yalu River, and the other armed merchant ships and warships would first cover the landing of the army, and the army would gain a firm foothold on the shore before galloping to the aid of the Yalu River.

At present, if the Liaodong Special Exhibition Brigade wants to pass on the information back, it has to take the North Korean route. Because of the activities of the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade, the Han people in Liaodong also knew the news of the Manchu Qing's defeat in Guannei, and the Manchus could not hide this news, after all, 50,000 people disappeared out of thin air, and the news would easily spread.

Under the instigation of the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade, a large number of Han people embarked on the road of resistance. Some fled to North Korea, while others began to rob and kill Manchurians.

For a time, poisoning, robbery, and escape occurred everywhere, which made the Manchus all overwhelmed.

What's more serious is that on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, a group of people attacked the workshops under the city of Shenyang, and lit fires everywhere in the workshops, causing chaos on the spot.

As a result of the attack, many important workshops were burned down, and a lot of materials stored in warehouses were burned, and Huang Taiji was furious.

After consulting with Fan Wencheng on the same day, a series of policies were promulgated.

First of all, those who go out need to be guided, and at the same time, cards are set up everywhere, and those who do not have a way to lead out are all beheaded. Then we will strengthen the defense of important locations.

These countermeasures limited the movement of the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade to a certain extent, but they were not greatly restricted in their movement in Liaodong, because Liaodong was full of wild land, and it was impossible for the Manchus to completely blockade it.

But the Han people who fled to North Korea were intercepted, and only a few were able to cross the Yalu River. Most of these Han people who were intercepted were beheaded.

Their heads were hung all over Liaodong to warn those who wanted to escape, but by the time the Manchus reacted, nearly a tenth of the Han people in Liaodong had fled.

This also greatly stimulated Hwang Tae-gil's urgency to conquer North Korea, and if North Korea was not under their control, such a flight would continue to occur.

As for those Han people who escaped the Yalu River, they were taken by the Liaodong Special Operations Brigade to the mountainous areas of northeastern Korea, where there were three passes set up by the Tenglai army.

These passes are still being improved, and every day clippers arrive in North Korea, bringing a large amount of war materials to the three passes, mostly munitions and food, but also some steel and concrete.

These clippers also brought some goods in exchange for Korean specialties such as mink and ginseng.

These three passes are relatively covert to recruit Han people in North Korea, and there are very many Han people who have escaped from North Korea, and the number is so large that it almost takes over the dominance.

The North Koreans did not have much affection for these fleeing Han Chinese, and these Han people did not have a good time in Korea, so they easily recruited 40,000 or 50,000 people.

There are still dozens or hundreds of people coming every day, and these Han people are all placed in the pass to build fortifications, and they are fed every day, and they can get half a penny of silver every month, and the labor intensity is not very high, and most of the young people are taken out every day to carry out some time for military training and distribute various weapons.

After continuous transportation by clippers, by December, the three passes had enough supplies to consume half a year. These three passes also stubbornly guarded the three passages leading to Liaodong in the northeast of North Korea.

"All the links of the containment plan have been completed, and we are waiting for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the set." Zhao Yan was in a good mood, at this moment he was no longer as urgent as he was at the beginning, and his whole person became relaxed.

Zhao Yan still gets up every morning to exercise, then begins to deal with government affairs, then goes to inspect, goes to the Academy of Science and Technology in the afternoon to take classes, and in the evening goes to the barracks to investigate, summarize the combat experience with the generals of each battalion, and instill military concepts in them.

For the construction of the army, although Zhao Yan no longer trains with soldiers, he attaches great importance to military development, whether it is combat concepts, tactics, or combat weapons.

At the same time, when I went to the barracks every day to investigate, I could also always be aware of the changes in the barracks, at this moment, the Liaodong Army and the Denglai Army gathered on the Shandong Peninsula, and they had made preparations to attack at any time, and the soldiers also knew that there would be a big battle soon, and they were gearing up, and their morale was very high.

The Shandong Peninsula has also carried out strict counter-investigation work, first blocking Shandong's coastline, strictly inspecting and monitoring vessels and personnel of unknown origin, and strictly prohibiting people unrelated to fishing from going to sea.

The spies sent by the Manchus have caught no less than 100 people in a month, and the ships on the Shandong Peninsula are all controlled by Zhao Yan, and those Manchu spies who have passed the customs in a foolish way can only send back news by land.

But Zhao Yan also has precautionary measures for land routes, all the people of Denglai need to approve the road guide when they go out, and at the same time, they generally only approve the nearest county seat, and do not approve it if it is far away, unless it is to work on the construction site.

At the same time, the Han people from Liaodong were centrally resettled and monitored. In addition, military camps, ordnance bureaus, horse farms and other important places have strengthened patrols, and they have been directly arrested and interrogated when encountering unknown snoopers.

As a result, the spies sent by the Manchus could hardly obtain any valuable information, and they did not even know how many soldiers Zhao Yan had on his hands.

…… When Song Yingxing came to Zhaojiabao, Zhao Yan was giving a class at the Academy of Science and Technology, Zhao Yan was taking an electrical class, and when Song Yingxing came to this classroom that accommodated hundreds of people, Zhao Yan was rotating the friction motor.

The classrooms were relatively large, but there were too many people, including members of the Academy of Science and Technology and students from Denlai University, and many of them had to stand in the back.

I saw that when Zhao Yan rotated the motor, there was immediately a crackling spark, this motor was made by Zhao Yan to make people continue to strengthen, and it could already form a powerful spark, and almost everyone was startled.

"You may not understand what electricity is in the textbook, but today we will verify the electricity part of the textbook." Zhao Yan opened his mouth and said.

The members of the Academy of Science and Technology below and the students of Denglai University all looked at Zhao Yan's experiment intently, and they had memorized some basic theories of electricity in physics textbooks, but they were just short of verifying.

"This is a starting motor, and a large current can be generated through friction." Zhao Yan said and took out a wet rag containing salt water, sandwiched it between the round plates of silver and zinc, and piled it up into a cylindrical object, "This is a battery, the most primitive battery, which can store electricity in it." ”

"With these two experimental equipment, we can carry out the following verification experiments one by one." Zhao Yan said, and then started the experiment with his assistant.

"There were three people, A, B, and C, who were not electrified, and A stood on the wall, rubbing the glass tube, and the electric fire on his body ran to the glass; And his communication with the common stock was cut off by wax, and his body could not be replenished immediately...... All objects have electric charges, and when the amount of electric charge in an object is ordinary strands, it is not charged but in a state of equilibrium. If an object contains more electric fire than the common strands, or less than the common strands, then the object appears to be electrified. This is the law of "conservation of charge". ”

"Electricity is not uncontrollable, it is something that can be applied by us, so I'm going to show you what it can do." Zhao Yan said, asking the assistant to take out a large number of batteries, not to mention more than five hundred.

This kind of battery is the most primitive 'voltaic battery', the structure is very simple, and it is easy to make like a starter.

I saw more than a dozen assistants constantly busy, connecting these batteries together, and then connecting them to two carbon rods, and it took more than ten minutes to assemble them.

When the wire was connected to the carbon rod, I only heard a snapping sound, and a bright light suddenly emitted from the two carbon rods, and the bright light was very dazzling.

"Wow~!"

"Yikes!"

"Ahh

The people in the classroom were in an uproar, looking at the glowing carbon rods in disbelief, and then the classroom was noisy, and people were discussing with each other excitedly.

As soon as Zhao Yan raised his hand, the scene suddenly quieted down.

"This is the electric light, which takes us out of the darkness at night." Zhao Yan said loudly: "Of course, the cost of such electric lights is too high, and it is impossible for everyone to afford it. But this is only temporary, science, is always improving. Just like our ancestors, who first learned to use stone tools, then bronze, the climate entered the Iron Age. By now, we have invented the steam engine, and soon we will be able to enter the age of mechanical power. In the same way, we will enter the beginning of the electric era today, but it is not the end, for us, it is just the beginning. Zhao Yan said excitedly: "The greatness of science and technology is only unexpected, and there is absolutely nothing it can't do." It can make people fly into the sky, it can make people travel thousands of miles, and it can increase production efficiency by 10 million times. ”

Many people only know that the electric light was invented by Edison, but in fact, it is not exactly Edison, and the electric light appeared before Edison.

The cost of this kind of electric light is very high, and it is impossible for ordinary families to afford it, so it can only be installed in the square. Edison's research on electric lighting is to reduce the cost of electric lighting and make electric lighting affordable for everyone.

"There are many roles of electricity, and these roles are waiting for you to complete the transformation and development from theory to application, and today's course will be here!"

...... "He is Zhao Yan!" Song Yingxing looked at the heroic young man and was deeply shocked, not only shocked by Zhao Yan's age, but even more shocked by Zhao Yan's knowledge. In particular, the electric light shocked Song Yingxing the most.

Just when Song Yingxing was still in a state of shock, Zhao Yan heard of his arrival and hurriedly went to receive him.

Like Mao Yuanyi, Zhao Yan took Song Yingxing to visit many places, and at the same time gave a very relaxed choice of direction. After Song Yingxing visited Denglai University, he followed up to visit many large-scale workshops in Denglai.

However, to Zhao Yan's surprise, Song Yingxing refused Zhao Yan's preferential treatment, although he refused his preferential treatment, but agreed to stay, just want to become a student of Denglai University, and the treatment is the same as that of a student of Denglai University.

The treatment of students at Denlai University is still good, with two taels of silver a month, and others have to pay tuition fees when they go to university, but they can receive subsidies at Denlai University.

However, two taels of silver are given every month, compared to a talent like Song Yingxing, Zhao Yan feels that it is too little. But at Song Yingxing's insistence, Zhao Yan had no choice but to agree.

Song Yingxing knew his ability, so he refused Zhao Yan's preferential treatment, not that he didn't want it, but he didn't have that level to get it.

What he saw and heard in Zhaojiabao made Song Yingxing realize that his talent was not outstanding, and he urgently needed to study for a while. In terms of learning, Song Yingxing has super self-confidence.

Zhao Yan is still very satisfied with Song Yingxing's studious attitude, many things under his rule have exceeded this era, and the talents recruited will be just a useless waste material in the end if they can't keep up with the pace.

(To be continued)