Nowadays, the Jinshi Department is held every three years, and only two or three hundred people are admitted to each session, but all those who can go to high school are the elites who fight from the people who study all over the world, Wang Yan is only twenty-three or four years old in high school, and the literary style is needless to say, who saw his articles in the past was not praised, but when he came to Shen Long, it was not worth mentioning.

Wang Yan was still a little unconvinced, he felt that his article was outstanding in writing and elegant, no matter if he showed it to everyone, it would not be such an evaluation, "Please also ask the Taoist for advice." ”

"Let me ask you, what did I ask you to write this thing for?" Shen Long asked rhetorically, Wang Yan's article is indeed good in calligraphy and calligraphy, but unfortunately it is not the result he wants.

"Presumably it is to record the tricks of cultivation so that you can tell other people how to grow corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other grains?" Wang Yan is extremely smart and has thought of this for a long time.

"yes, that's it." Shen Long nodded, then pointed to the article and asked, "In that case, can you see if what you write can meet this need?" What year, month, and day was yesterday, and was the weather cloudy or sunny? Is the hoe dry land or paddy field? How deep does it take to hoe the ground? You haven't written all of this clearly, have you? ”

"And these things are not for the court scholars, but to teach those farmers how to farm, the words should be as colloquial as possible, to avoid vague and incomprehensible language, you have used so many allusions, I am afraid that it is not easy for ordinary Jinshi to understand, let alone these illiterate old farmers?" The old peasants were illiterate, but they could arrange for scholars who knew a few words to teach them, and these people did not have a high level of education, and Wang Yan's articles were also very difficult to read.

"Well, I have an experiment log written by elementary school students in later generations, you can take it and take a look, and write it like this tonight." Shen Long took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan took it and took a look, only to see that the weather was sunny on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, and some things such as temperature and humidity that he couldn't understand, and the bottom was written the length and growth of the crop seedlings planted today, etc., the words were simple, so that people could understand at a glance.

What is the taste of such an article, I'm afraid that young children who have just read a few years of private school are more literary than this, but Wang Yan pondered carefully, and found that this article is not simple, he only needs to read it to know how the person who wrote the article planted peanuts, and there is no ambiguity, if you read it, I am afraid that the average old farmer knows what to do.

"If the soil is a little deeper, the seeds are too solid to germinate, and if the soil is a little thin, the seeds may be exposed and cannot germinate...... Therefore, you must be precise in your writing, and you must not be sloppy, and the slightest omission may lead to no harvest. Shen Long reminded that writing an experiment log is very different from writing an ordinary article.

"Thank you for your advice, I understand." Wang Yan thanked Shen Long, and while continuing to study the article, he recalled the process of hoeing the ground yesterday and began to think about how to revise yesterday's log.

"By the way, Dao Chief, what is this temperature and humidity? How are these numbers measured? Wang Yan asked, he could vaguely grasp these words according to their literal meaning, but after all, he did not have an accurate concept.

"Temperature is the degree of cold and heat, with the degree of cold and heat of the ice water mixture as zero degrees, and the degree of cold and heat of boiling water as 100 degrees......" Shen Long took out a thermometer and a hygrometer to demonstrate to Wang Yan, "Temperature and humidity are very important for grain planting, you can also record these data in the future!" ”

Wang Yan took over the study, and measured the problems of his body according to Shen Long's instructions, only to feel that these equipment are ingenious and wonderful, "It is said that the most important thing in steelmaking and ironmaking is fire, if you can use this...... Is it possible to use this thermometer to measure the heat to make better steel? ”

"Well, you can think of this enough to prove that you are smart, but this thermometer you are holding can't measure the temperature in the furnace, and this thing will burn as soon as you put it in." Shen Long praised.

When they arrived in the village, Wang Yan and Wu Xiaoyi continued to hoe the ground, while Shen Long sat next to him to rest, Wang Yan only found out today that the two acres of land that Shen Long hoeed yesterday were not the same depths, and it seemed that they were preparing to plant different grains, and the depth of these grains must be different, so he quickly wrote them down.

Shen Long looked at Wang Yan's serious appearance and nodded slightly, it seems that this liberal arts student still has hope to transform into a science student, if he can really successfully grow these grains, it will be very beneficial.

If you want to save the Great Song Dynasty, you can't just kill the Khitan, Dangxiang, Jurchen, and Mongolia, even if you can solve Yelu Hongji and Wanyan Agu to beat them, it is hard to guarantee that there will be other alien races popping up, so you must come up with a more long-term solution.

Throughout history, it was not until the age of firearms that civilized countries were completely freed from the threat of barbarians, because the productive capacity of barbarians was far from being comparable with that of civilized countries.

The large-scale equipment of firearms required an entire industrial system, which could not be done by handicraft workshops alone, so Shen Long had to cultivate the germ of the industrial revolution and capitalism in the Great Song Dynasty, and nurture its growth until this emerging force had the capital to confront the feudal landlords.

When many people think of the Industrial Revolution, they think of Watt's improved steam engine, Jenny spinning machine and other epoch-making machinery, but in fact, the Industrial Revolution began with agriculture.

Due to the popularization of crop rotation, the advancement of production tools, the cultivation of new crops and the use of fertilizers, etc., the food production in Britain has continued to increase, and the production efficiency has also increased, and a large area of land can be cultivated by only a few people, coupled with the effect of the enclosure movement, a large number of farmers have to leave the land and enter the city, providing enough workers for the factory.

These people changed from peasants to workers, and the low price of food allowed the British to obtain enough food with less money, and the rest of the money could be used for consumption, which also led to an increase in demand for industrial goods.

If you want to reproduce this scene in the Great Song Dynasty, you must first solve the problem of food, so Shen Long has come up with so many high-yield seeds, and Wang Yan is using these more advanced farm tools.

Wang Yan now only thinks about the high yield of these grains, but he does not realize that these grains will also strip more people from the land.

At that time, these landless peasants could have two choices, either colonize abroad or enter the factories and become workers, either option was what Shen Long wanted to see.