The charm of knowledge is endless, and the students in the academy were impressed by Su Hao's mathematical knowledge. Hearing that Su Hao was looking for an assistant, everyone naturally rushed to sign up, hoping to learn something useful from Su Hao. Naturally, there are people among the students who only think about the imperial examination, but when they saw Wu Zhicheng saluting Su Hao, they knew that if they wanted to get Wu Zhicheng's favor, they had to support Su Hao's affairs, even if it was a symbolic expression.

In this way, the students of the entire academy, without exception, raised their hands to sign up.

"Uh...... Master Fang, this person seems to be a bit much. Su Hao was worried that no one had signed up, but now that he saw so many people signing up, he began to worry again.

Fang Mengjin said: "It's okay, there is room for screening when there are more people, if you want to choose someone as an assistant, you have to have some conditions, right?" ”

"Well, indeed." Su Hao nodded and said: "First of all, the participants should be in good health, and if they work in the field, if their physique is too poor, they will definitely not be able to persevere." Second, you must have some skills in mathematical arts, and those who have no talent in mathematical arts at all are better to quit early. Third...... Then we have to wait for the training to come and then carry out the screening. ”

Wu Zhicheng called Liang Menglei and Jiang Lian, the instructors of the academy, and asked them to screen the students according to the standards proposed by Su Hao. Among these students, about half of them are weak, and these people are slow to say that if they go to the field to dig wells, they will have sore feet if they walk a few more steps in the city, and such people will naturally be eliminated.

Next, it is to take the math test, and eliminate those who will make mistakes in two-digit multiplication, and as a result, a large number of them are crossed out. When Liang Menglei and Jiang Lian handed over the rest of the list of students, Su Hao saw that there were less than 20 people left.

"That's all?" Su Hao asked with a bitter face, this is really a double heaven of joy and sorrow, just now he thought that there were too many people, who knew that if he sifted casually, there were only so many left.

"These are all screened out according to Master Su's requirements, and a few of them are eligible, but they said that there are elderly people and children in the family who are sick and the like, and they have no skills, so we also eliminated them." Liang Menglei explained.

This kind of escape method of cursing the family to get sick was very familiar to Su Hao in his previous life. He knew that these people definitely didn't want to participate in the well drilling, but they didn't dare to publicly refuse, so they made up such nonsense. However, it is better to eliminate them, and those who are reluctant to pull them in will only become an unstable factor for the team in the future.

"In this case, please ask these dozen students to report to the county government office starting in the afternoon, and I will give them a lesson with the officials of the workshop to teach the basic principles of geological surveying. After the training, I have to take an exam, and if I fail the exam, I can't participate in the project. Su Hao explained.

Lunch at noon that day was eaten in the canteen of the academy, and Wu Zhicheng invited guests. However, this old master is very picky, there are only three dishes on the table, one meat and two vegetables, and there is no wine or anything, the old master also said: cold night guests come to tea as wine, it is said that this is a very elegant thing.

At the dinner table, what everyone talked about the most was, of course, the knowledge of the Franco machine that Su Hao mentioned, which is actually Western science. Wu Zhicheng, Fang Mengjin, Liang Menglei, Jiang Lian and others are all very knowledgeable people, although because of the baton of the imperial examination system, their wisdom is mainly used in poetry and books, but they are still sensitive enough to accept new things.

Su Hao did not shy away from anything, and completely introduced the Western scientific theory system to several scholars, he was a geologist in his previous life, a person engaged in geology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geography, astronomy and other disciplines had to dabble in, so when he introduced the knowledge in these fields, he was able to talk eloquently and methodically, which made several scholars listen to it as if they were fascinated.

"Brother Su, you said that you only studied with the Franc Machine missionary for a few days, how can you learn so much? According to the old man, just the matrix you said, without a few months of hard work, it is categorically impossible to ignore. Fang Mengjin finally threw out a question he had been wondering about.

Su Hao said: "Actually, the missionary just taught me some knowledge in a cramming way, and I learned it by swallowing it." After that, it took me a long time to figure it out, and then I realized something. ”

"I see." Fang Mengjin nodded, "That means that Little Brother Su is also very smart, otherwise how could he understand it so thoroughly." ”

Wu Zhicheng was silent for a while, and said: "Listening to Su Gongzi's words, the old man is full of emotion. The old man has been enlightened for more than 40 years since he was seven years old, and he thinks that he has read a lot of books and can teach others. After listening to Su Gongzi's words, the old man realized that what he had learned was just a drop in the ocean, and all the arrogance he had before was really ridiculous. Master Fang, I bother you to tell Han Zhixian that the old man plans to resign from his teaching position and retire to the countryside. ”

"Why did Mr. Riqian say that?" Fang Mengjin was taken aback, "Su Hao, the right talent, bets with you, but the young man is not sensible, why do you care about it." Su Hao, why don't you apologize to Mr. Riqian? ”

Since Wu Zhicheng apologized to Su Hao in person, Su Hao already had another opinion on this old gentleman. Talented and learned people must be arrogant, Wu Zhicheng disdained Su Hao before, in fact, he was just a cow man's bull temper, and he really couldn't say that there was any malice. Now that he heard Wu Zhicheng mention the matter of returning to seclusion again, he hurriedly stood up and saluted Wu Zhicheng: "Mr. Wu, the student was presumptuous just now, and it is better to ask Mr. Wu not to care about the gambling game." ”

"No, no." Wu Zhicheng smiled faintly and said, "How could I resign and go into hiding for a few angry words, I just think that the Yiren doctrine that Su Gongzi said is worthy of in-depth study by my generation." The old man wanted to study these doctrines after retreating, hoping to get a glimpse of the doorway. ”

"You don't have to go into seclusion just for that, do you?" Su Hao said, "Mr. Wu is interested in Western studies, and when the students are busy here, they often come to the academy to have in-depth discussions with Mr. Wu." Mr. Wu has such a great talent, if he returns to the countryside, wouldn't it be a loss for my Fengcheng students? ”

"Is what Su Gongzi said true?" Wu Zhicheng's eyes lit up, and he stared at Su Hao directly, forcing him to make a statement.

It's broken, being tricked by this old fox, Su Hao secretly complained in his heart. Maybe this old master Wu didn't plan to hide anything at all, but just used this method to show off his sadness, so that he was willing to teach him the Western scientific theories he had learned. Although he understands this in his heart, Su Hao does not refuse to exchange Western doctrines with Wu Zhicheng, and in his heart, he still hopes that more people can open their eyes to see the world.

If Chinese scholars can face up to the value of Western science and technology at this time and participate in it, China's scientific and technological level will certainly not be left far behind by the West, and those who will be bullied by foreign powers in the future will not happen.

"Mr. Wu has such an achievement, he is still not ashamed to ask, how dare the students hide their secrets when discussing this Western study with the students? Mr. Wu, students will write a preliminary reading book in the next few days, which includes some basic theories of Western studies, and ask Mr. Wu to correct them. Su Hao said.

"That's great, the old man will wait for good news." Wu Zhicheng said happily.

After eating, Fang Mengjin and Su Hao got up to thank Wu Zhicheng and say goodbye, Wu Zhicheng said with a smile: "It's just a casual meal, why worry about it." The two of them stayed, and after I changed my clothes, I went to the county office with the two of them. ”

"What are you doing at the county office?" Fang Mengjin asked.

Wu Zhicheng said: "Su Haogongzi is going to give a lecture to the selected students in the afternoon, such a great opportunity, how can I not go to audit?" ”

Su Hao said: "How dare the students ask Mr. Wu to go in person, what is Mr. Wu interested in, just make a special trip to Mr. Wu another day." ”

Wu Zhicheng said: "Another day is another day, since you will talk about it today, why should I wait until another day?" Listening to what Su Gongzi said at the dinner table today made the old man itch unbearably, even if he listened to it again, it would be good. ”

"Then the student should be respectful and obey his fate." Su Hao had no choice but to agree, this old gentleman really tasted like an old child, and when he heard something he didn't understand, he had to find out. If he wants to listen, let him listen, Su Hao still has some confidence in his ability to lecture.

"Hey, Master Su doesn't think the old man is an eyesore." Wu Zhicheng said.

Su Hao said: "Mr. Wu, it's okay if you want to go to class, but don't call me Su Gongzi one by one, you can call me by my name." In front of my husband, how dare I call myself a son? ”

"By the way, speaking of this, I haven't bothered to ask you, do you have a table?" Wu Zhicheng asked.

"I ......" Su Hao is just a little showman, and before it was time to give himself a word, he was about to say that he didn't have a word, but he saw Wu Zhicheng's eyes shining with anticipation, and he was clearly holding back and wanted to make a word for himself. In ancient times, great officials and Confucians all had such vices, and when they saw young people worthy of training, they wanted to name others, so that the other party would have their own brand on their bodies, and they would not be able to rely on their debts in the future.

Su Hao didn't want others to name him, he thought about it, and remembered a very good word that he could use, so he nodded and said: "The student does have a table word, but because he is young, he is embarrassed to use it." ”

Wu Zhicheng was clearly a little disappointed, and he asked, "I don't know what Mr. Su's words are?" ”

Su Hao said with a smile: "The student's form has been changed." ”

"Change? What does this word mean? Fang Mengjin asked strangely.

This is Guo Daxia's words for Yang Guo, is it good, it's not that you are ruthless, can I use other people's Yang Guo's words for myself? Su Hao said in his heart. However, he gave himself the word "change", but it was not all because he admired Yang Guo Xiaoxia, but had some other ideas.

"The students feel that there are still many unsatisfactory things in this world, and that since our generation has come to this world, we must try our best to change them." Su Hao said solemnly.