Although the early artillery had various shortcomings and limited power, Zhao Yan still decided to support Qi Yu's research on the artillery court, after all, this is the right way for firearms, and powerful artillery can be exhibited in the future.

Su Shi has a different view on Zhao Yan's support for artillery research, he thinks that the current ballista is enough, and it is a bit too wasteful to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to study artillery, after all, these two weapons almost overlap in function and use, plus his own limited understanding of weapons, so no matter how Zhao Yan explains, he still can't understand the importance of artillery.

In contrast, Shen Kuo is much more professional than Su Shi, he can understand Zhao Yan's explanation, and even he has already seen the limitations of ballistas before, but he has not been able to find a solution, and now when he heard Zhao Yan's idea of replacing ballistas with artillery, Shen Kuo immediately felt that he felt like he had opened a new door, and this door could push gunpowder weapons to a peak.

It is precisely because of Shen Kuo's support and Zhao Yan's own insistence, so despite Su Shi's opposition, the research of artillery finally began in the ordnance prison, but the research of artillery is not an easy task, although Qi Yu was the first to put forward the idea of artillery, but he is just an ordinary craftsman, and his own ability is somewhat insufficient, so in the end, Zhao Yan and Shen Kuo also joined the research together, but Zhao Yan is only responsible for putting forward the idea, and the rest needs Qi Yu and Shen Kuo to realize.

In the next few days, Zhao Yan took the time to go to the Gunpowder Department almost every day, and told them all the information about artillery that he could think of, and also mentioned the idea of muskets by the way, anyway, there was not much difference between the two weapons in nature. Let them ponder and digest it by themselves, and he also drew some drawings of artillery and muskets, but he is not sure whether he can realize himself, he can only depend on Shen Kuo's own ability.

Zhao Yan didn't have much enthusiasm for the opening of weapons, and after a few days, he left the artillery matter behind. For his irresponsible attitude, Shen Kuo and they have long been accustomed to it, and only when they encounter a problem that cannot be solved, they will come to Zhao Yan for advice, of course, Zhao Yan may not have a way, but even if there is no way, Zhao Yan can provide them with a new idea, so that their research will not be drilled into the horns.

The military weapons supervisor and the military academy didn't need Zhao Yan to worry too much, although Xixia was anxious about the shame of the Liao State that Yixue had been subjected to back then. But Li Liangzuo is still very cautious about this matter, and there should be no war against Liao in a short time, according to the intelligence analysis sent by Huang Wude, Western Xia is most likely to start a war against Liao in the second half of the year, so Zhao Yan does not need to pay attention to this matter every day.

In addition, although there is one more Ouyang Wanling in the family, Cao Ying and them accompany them every day, which makes Zhao Yan unable to get close to each other, so that. Zhao Yan suddenly found himself idle again, but this is fine. He can spare more time to spend with his daughter Xiao Siyue, this little guy is so cute, as long as he sees Zhao Yan, he will laugh non-stop, sometimes Zhao Yan doesn't feel tired when he hugs her all day.

"Husband, I have something I want to discuss with you!" Xue Ning'er suddenly spoke.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yan teased Xiao Siyue in his arms and said, The weather is good today. The temperature is also more than ten degrees, so Zhao Yan and Xue Ning'er came to the garden to bask in the sun with Siyue in their arms, which will help the baby absorb calcium.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, and my husband also knows about me, when our village encountered robbers. I took my younger brother and some children in the village to play in the mountains, so I escaped, and then I took my younger brother and them all the way to the capital to beg, and suffered countless hardships, in order to support these younger brothers and sisters, I had no choice but to sell myself. ”

When she said this, Xue Ning'er's eyes also overflowed with a few tears, which made Zhao Yan also feel great pity, and gently took her in his arms, only to see Xue Ning'er speak again: "Later, I earned some money, so I raised these younger brothers and sisters in a village outside the city, hired a few people to take care of them, and asked Mr. to teach them to read, and now among them, the eldest two are thirteen years old, and they study very hard, so I want to ask my husband to recommend them to enter the country, and they will be able to mix up in the future." ”

"Haha, it turned out to be this matter, a trivial matter, it's not yet the time for the birth attendants of the Guozijian, and when the time comes, I personally recommend the two of them to go to the Guozijian!" Zhao Yan also smiled when he heard this.

Guozijian is the highest institution of learning in the Great Song Dynasty, and must be recommended by nobles or officials to enroll, originally the previous Guozijian was very strict in accepting students, and the number was not much, but since Fan Zhongyi moved the Qingli New Deal, he promoted Ying Tianfu Academy to Guozijian, so that the Great Song Dynasty suddenly had three Guozijian, and increased the number of students, so it is not difficult to enter Guozijian now.

"Thank you, husband!" Although Xue Ning'er knew that Zhao Yan would definitely agree, but now that she heard him agree, she was still overjoyed, most of the children who escaped with her were her kindred, if she could have a background in the future, coupled with the help of her and Xue Wolf, in the future, their Xue family might also be able to produce a few characters, which can be regarded as a glorious lintel.

"Ning'er, how many of your younger brothers and sisters are there, and where do they all live now?" Zhao Yan suddenly said at this time, he was very ashamed to say it, Zhao Yan had been married to Xue Ning'er for so long, but he had only seen Xue Wolf alone, but the rest of the people had never seen it, and he didn't know what those children would think?

"When we first escaped, there were 17 of them, two of them died of illness on the road, and one was abducted by human traffickers, and there were only 12 left, except for my brother and me." Xue Ning'er also sighed when she said this, when she was wandering around with a group of children, she could encounter any danger, and even now she can't believe it, she has survived.

Zhao Yan hugged Xue Ning'er tightly again when he heard this, and then suddenly said with a flash of inspiration: "Ning'er, Xue Wolf has grown up, and he has his own things to do, so he has no time to come to see your sister, and you don't like to socialize with other people, so it's better to bring your younger brothers and sisters, so that you can usually have more people to talk to." ”

Hearing Zhao Yan say this, Xue Ning'er was also excited, in fact, she had long wanted to bring up her younger brothers and sisters, but she was embarrassed to bring them up, and now Zhao Yan took the initiative to say, she was naturally very willing, and immediately nodded and said: "Thank you for your understanding, I also miss those younger brothers and sisters, but it doesn't matter if those younger sisters take over, but the youngest of those younger brothers is ten years old, and the eldest is thirteen years old, and it is not convenient to take them over, so they don't have to live here for a long time." ”

In ancient times, boys were all precocious, and some ten-year-old children could get married, and Zhao Yan's other courtyard was full of his wives and concubines, so it was naturally inconvenient for other men to come in, so Xue Ning'er said so. However, Zhao Yan smiled when he heard this: "It doesn't matter, the front yard is so big, it's enough for them to live, and didn't you say that there are two older younger brothers who are going to Guozijian, it just happens that there is still some time before the admissions officer of Guozijian, and I also have some things I want to impart, if your two younger brothers are interested, you can let them study with me for a while!" ”

Zhao Yan was originally a teacher, in his previous life, he took the initiative to teach, he just liked this kind of life of teaching and educating people, but unfortunately he has been busy after the crossing, and he has no chance to return to his old business, and he can't get involved in the military academy he made, and now he is finally idle, which makes Zhao Yan finally have the idea of teaching again.

In addition, Zhao Yan didn't want the knowledge he brought from the later generations to rot into his stomach, those very ordinary numerical, physical, chemical and biological knowledge in the later generations were accumulated by the predecessors who spent countless years of exploration, if they could be popularized in the Great Song Dynasty, it would definitely have an unimaginable impact, and the spread of this kind of knowledge was definitely much greater than the impact of gunpowder and military schools that he had made before, and even in a sense, even sweet potatoes and corn, two things that can make people live, are not as good as the spread of knowledge.

"This ...... Is this true, does the husband really want to pass on what he has learned to others? Xue Ning'er heard Zhao Yan's words, but asked with a look of disbelief, as Zhao Yan's pillow person, the more he gets along with Zhao Yan, the more he can show Zhao Yan's erudition, some things that he usually doesn't pay attention to at all, Zhao Yan can tell the truth, this is also one of the places where Zhao Yan attracts Xue Ning'er, plus Zhao Yan is already famous for painting, as long as his younger brother can learn one or two things from Zhao Yan, it is enough for them to settle down.

"Why don't you want to, I still wish everyone could learn my knowledge, and when your younger brothers and sisters come, I will give a lecture in the courtyard next to the courtyard where peppers were originally grown, and anyone who wants to learn can go and listen!" Zhao Yan couldn't help but smile when he heard Xue Ning'er's words, when he asked Old Suma to vacate the courtyard before, he didn't think about what to do, but now that he thinks about it, maybe his subconscious mind was already preparing for his own knowledge at that time.

"That's all our family's knowledge, wouldn't it be distressing to pass it on to outsiders, so it's better to leave it to our sons and daughters?" Xue Ning'er heard that Zhao Yan was going to teach publicly, but she said with a very distressed expression on her face.

"Haha~, Ning'er, don't worry, there are so many things that your husband knows, I'm afraid our children won't be able to learn it alone." Zhao Yan laughed again when he heard this, and said, there are some things that can be taught, and some things that cannot be taught, such as the direction of human society, the grasp of science and technology exhibitions, etc., these will be the most important gifts he has prepared for his children and grandchildren. (To be continued!)

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