Xu Yuanzuo exchanged rice for deer antler velvet in Liaodong, and he earned so much that even he was afraid. Although he didn't believe that God was damning what was going on here, considering the "conscience" of Xu Jie's teachings, he still decided to return to Tang Xing and donate money to the No. 2 School of Fuxian and the forty-eight social schools in the county in the name of the Guangji Association.

Although he did not expect the court's commendation or archway, the total amount of donations was as high as 10,000 taels, which really shocked the entire Nanzhi. Not only is the Fuxue Palace engraved a monument to commemorate, but even the new Zhejiang Xuetai is inscribed with a commendation. Hai Rui even sent someone to send a special composition, which was also engraved into an inscription, and placed it in the School Palace and the Xiangxian Temple, and I couldn't wait to send it to Xu Ge's old home.

Xu Jie was a person who didn't mind money, but such a large sum of money still made him a little frightened. Raising hope is raising hope, but suddenly taking out such a large sum of money to do good deeds, the limelight is at its peak, which is really a little unrealistic. However, since the management of the family business has been handed over to Xu Yuanzuo, and the family's assets continue to increase, there is no reason to interfere. What's more, Xu Cheng took the accounts of the Cantonese Masonic Association and went home to report it, and found that the silver was donated separately, and it was thought that Xu Yuanzuo had obtained it elsewhere, so there was no reason to interfere.

Xu Yuanzuo originally wanted to send the money directly, but he was worried that the money would be misappropriated and would not be sent directly to every social school. In order to prevent students from getting the silver and being confiscated by their families, so that the distribution of silver has completely become a meaningless show, so the silver is folded into rice and distributed in kind in batches.

According to the total budget of five taels of silver per person, it will be distributed once a month, and considering the rise and fall of rice prices, it can be distributed for almost a whole year. It took up to a year to remind the students that Xu was willing to contribute money to improve their study and life -- as for how to deal with the relationship with Xu in the future, it was natural that the benevolent and the wise would have their own opinions. It's just that the people who have accepted this gift will eat the Xu family's short mouth wherever they go, and easily criticize the Huating Xu family, and they will inevitably be regarded as white-eyed wolves.

Now that we have seen September, it is time to collect autumn grain again.

This year, Shanghai and Chongming suffered a slight harvest due to the typhoon. Many fields were flooded. However, Huating has not been greatly affected, and the field production is the same as in previous years. The Xu family's fields have hired many crop veterans from the homeless people, and they have brought some practical off-site techniques, and the crops are growing better than in previous years.

Although Xu Yuanzuo doesn't know much about farmland, he has the idea of making full use of every inch of land. Many of the corners that had been abandoned before were also planted with cash crops such as castor, cotton, and green manure.

One of the surprising is castor. Although this crop from Tianzhu is not uncommon in Jiangnan, no one has ever deliberately planted it. Because its value will have to wait until after industrialization. will show up - as a high-grade lubricant.

Xu Yuanzuo deliberately arranged castor planting, mainly for oil extraction. Although liberal arts students don't know about technology, printing should always be involved. Especially when it comes to the issue of ancient book editions, paper and ink binding are the key points that cannot be bypassed. Today's printing inks are still water-based, which makes movable type printing far inferior in quality to block printing.

The cost of printing newspapers, which are to be published every day, is too high and the working time is too long, and no one can afford it. Problems such as uneven color and ink transparency that are acceptable to others. Xu Yuanzuo was really unbearable - he even only looked at the sample of "Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan", which was a manuscript.

As far as Xu Yuanzuo knows, the mainstream of printing is still to take the engraving route - the principle of laser plate making in later generations is also engraving printing. However, at present, if you want to make fast-moving consumer text with quality and control cost, movable type printing can never escape. The most cost-effective is to improve the ink and replace the ink with ink. The oil used for the ink is castor oil. This industrial oil has a high viscosity. It has a low freezing point and is resistant to both cold and high temperatures. After oil pressing, the oil cake is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. After detoxification with high temperature, it is a very good fertilizer.

Although castor does not pick the soil quality, it can be cultivated everywhere in front of the house and behind the house, but it also has strong fertility absorption. In addition, no one in Jiangnan has deliberately planted castor beans, and there is a lack of experience in breeding and field management, and the harvest is not ideal. Fortunately, Xu Yuanzuo does not need to use it a lot, and the main task this year is to find out the traits. Ask the medicine farmer to take care of it - castor has always been known as a medicinal herb.

Then it is to study the production of carbon black from wood and coal, and to study the formula. Of course, this matter can basically be left to Li Teng to do.

Xu Yuanzuo bought a sloping land for Li Teng behind the Dongshan refugee camp in Tang Xing and built a Taoist temple with three entrances.

Now the Taoist temple building has been erected, but the customized statue has not yet been delivered. did not open the door to accept pilgrims, as for Li Teng, he lived in Guanli with four apprentices. In fact, he didn't plan to open it to pilgrims, which would affect his time for "purification" and "alchemy". It's just that as a Taoist priest, he is obliged to worship the Sanqing Holy Icon, which occupies the main hall of the second entrance, and the name of the temple has become a very featureless "Sanqing Temple".

Xu Yuanzuo never took a carriage or shoulder to Sanqingguan, just like a walk, with chess, accompanied by Luo Zhenquan or Gan Chengze. Every time he used to bring some manuscripts, mainly drafts of two books: "Physics Knowledge" and "Elementary Mathematics", as for the advanced knowledge of chemistry, Xu Yuanzuo has not yet figured out how to start - he did not pass much back then, and now he has basically forgotten it.

Li Teng is very interested in "Physics Knowledge" and has contributed a lot. However, the mathematical aspect did not attract much attention to him, especially the argument that Xu Yuanzuo said that everything can be expressed by mathematics. Of course, this is also to blame Xu Yuanzuo, who made him forget even the cone volume formula, or Li Teng helped to study it for a few days before he summed it up, and then released water to verify it.

In the midst of this stumbling, Xu Yuanzuo finally couldn't help dropping the book one day: "I have decided, send someone to Macau!" ”

"Macau?" Li Teng was very puzzled, and heard of this place name for the first time.

"Well, Xiangshan, Guangdong, there is a group of people from the Portuguese kingdom of Taixi." Xu Yuanzuo said: "They have a group of Nestorian sectarians over there, and they have some minor attainments in mathematics and physics. ”

Li Teng nodded slightly: "Physics is indeed quite useful for craftsmen, and mathematics also has its subtleties, but it's not worth going so far to seek advice." ”

"It's not just craftsmen who are useful." Xu Yuanzuo shook his head: "Thinking about the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought rose together, we not only have the teachings of Taoism and Confucianism, but also the skills of the Mo Nong doctors. Of these two categories, the former is the study of the society composed of human beings, and the masters pondered how to make people live happily and happily, and how to make the whole society more orderly and harmonious. Although the propositions are different, the main thrust is the same. ”

Li Teng nodded, not surprised.

"Ink Farmer Medical ...... In fact, it is mainly the Mohist mechanics and doctors, who study how to use the power of heaven and earth to understand the natural things, so as to use them for my use. This category is the later witch doctor musician who is ashamed of the gentleman. Xu Yuanzuo said.

Li Teng said: "In fact, my Dao Sect also has a difference between scripture and alchemy. What you want to say is about the Tao and instrumental art of the metaphysical and the metaphysical of the instrument, right? ”

"Not necessarily." Xu Yuanzuo shook his head and said, "Mathematics and physics can also derive their own ways. It's more like two kinds of starting kung fu...... Well, by the way, it is the so-called Taoist study of life, which starts with sex or life. ”

Li Teng suspected that Xu Yuanzuo's explanation was a bit far-fetched, but he still nodded.

"It has been a long time since Confucianism was revered, and the social sciences and natural sciences have parted ways. The dynasty used literature to win scholars, and those who were selected were naturally proficient in moral articles, but the foundation of natural science was too poor, so there were all kinds of absurd words and deeds. In this, we Huaxia are like a lame giant. I'm going to Tessie to learn the scriptures, just to make up for this lameness. Xu Yuanzuo said generously.

Li Teng bowed slightly: "The way of mathematics, learning for a long time will indeed change some ideas." ”

Xu Yuanzuo was stunned: You know this very deeply!

"Then I learn from Tessie Hongmaoyi, will it be too shocking?" Xu Yuanzuo asked.

"The Son of Heaven lost his official position, and he learned in Siyi. Isn't this what the Confucian scholars themselves said? Li Teng said disapprerovingly.

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