Officials from the General Administration of Education, as well as professors from Imperial College, began to scrutinize the examination papers.

In total, more than 100 people joined forces to mark four test papers, including the history paper that had been marked with full marks, and also overturned and re-marked.

The official to the General Administration of Yipin carried out on-site supervision and waited solemnly.

The Kyushu Empire, when dealing with academic issues, has always been nervous, rigorous, and not afraid of trouble.

Perhaps, this kind of rigor of the Kyushu Empire has never appeared since the birth of civilization on the earth, right? It was lost 10,000 years ago, so I know how to cherish it after 10,000 years......

"The answer to this chemistry question is to choose right. But the candidate chose the wrong one and was left with a complicated formula to explain. How should this be? ”

"Immediately conduct a field trial according to the formula he left behind."

"Yes!"

Immediately, someone brought the corresponding utensils, and began to pair them on the spot according to the element formula left by Li Zhen.

From the distillation method, they took hydrochloric acid.

The professor at Imperial College yelled excitedly, regardless of the occasion:

"The formula holds, and sure enough, hydrochloric acid exists. I didn't expect ...... Is it really true? ”

"Really?"

"Ah, the formula for extracting nitric acid also holds. I can solemnly declare that in the world, a third inorganic acid, nitric acid, has appeared! ”

"Wang Shui is established!"

“……”

The General Administration gasped, and a judgment question on the test paper actually allowed the Kyushu Empire to discover a new continent and prepare three inorganic acids that had never appeared in the history of the new calendar for 10,000 years - hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, and aqua regia!

"Experiment immediately. Isn't this son ashamed to say that Wang Shui can melt gold? Immediately send someone to fetch a tael of gold for testing. ”

The General Administration commanded in a deep voice.

Someone immediately went and fetched the corresponding thing and started experimenting. When the prepared aqua regia with yellow smoke was poured into the beaker containing two grains of gold, something strange happened.

However, I saw that the yellow smoke came out more violently, and a chemical reaction appeared in the water, and bubbles began to appear.

A room full of people gathered around, and suddenly, someone screamed, "The gold is melting!" ”

"What?"

"Unexpectedly...... You really can! ”

"No wonder he called it aqua regia, the king of water. Gold is so strong that aqua regia can melt gold? ”

What kind of science is this? Is there such a terrible liquid in the world? ”

“……”

The General Administration sat down in his chair with rapid breathing, and his eyes flashed with excitement. This candidate from Southeast Prefecture and Hangcheng County was shocked!

At this time, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and an old man wearing glasses walked in and asked nervously, "I heard that there are wizards in Southeast State?" ”

No one paid any attention to him. The old man went to look at the test paper by himself, and was shocked at first glance. Looking at the 'new three acids' that have been prepared, I can't help but gasp.

Someone said, "Principal Xu, what do you think is the score of this candidate?" ”

This person is the chief deputy invigilator of Kyushu, the president of Dongzhou Fuxing University, Xu Shenxue.

At the same level as him is Wang Zhongshu, the president of Imperial College London, who is also the chief invigilator of Kyushu.

There is only one person above them, that is the Kyushu Superintendent Examination, the General Administration of Education, the General Administration of Education, and Qian Mao, a member of the Zhengyi Product!

Xu Shenxue looked at the office in full swing, and peeked at the candidate's information, and the light in his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Report to the General Administration that the new mathematical formula that appears in this sub-test paper is correct and valid. However, it is impossible to verify it, because we cannot decipher the specific principle of this. ”

Qian Mao, the official of the General Administration, nodded when he heard this, and the whole person fell into infinite contemplation.

Exactly, how is it scored?

These answers of this examinee are contrary to the textbooks of the Kyushu Empire, especially the chemistry judgment question is the most contradictory.

Is sulfuric acid the most corrosive in the world?

In the textbook, the answer should be correct.

But he made the wrong choice. But his answer turned out to be right.

If he is judged to answer this question correctly, wouldn't that overturn everything in the previous chemistry textbooks in the entire Kyushu? Negative answers to all candidates in the world?

If he is judged to answer this question incorrectly, isn't that a lie?

What should I choose between the standard answer and the correct answer? This is no longer an academic question, it is a very complex dialectical ethical issue.

————

Hangseong-gun.

A month has passed, Li Zhen's expression has fallen to the bottom, and he looked at Qi Zi, who was chatting and farting with his colleagues in a robe: "In previous years, the results were also a month, right?" ”

Qi was stunned and shook his head: "I asked who to go, I haven't been to school." Hey, don't worry, if you can't pass the test, you won't be able to pass the test, what's the matter? Didn't Lord Zhang say that you will immediately become a teacher in a public high school in the new semester? ”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and shook his head, without words.

It's really absurd to say, I'm only sixteen. The students in public high schools are generally fifteen or sixteen years old, and they go to school late, and some are even older than their own age. I don't know what they think, they actually let their peers teach their peers, can they convince the public?

And the principal is really big-hearted, and even let himself teach three subjects: mathematics, chemistry, and physics.

It's also up to them that a teacher is responsible for three different types of classes. It's like exhausting yourself to the rhythm.

Li Zhen jumped to his feet and looked out of Hangcheng County, with a look of hope in his eyes. I all know what he is looking forward to, hoping for good news......

Qi was stunned when he saw Li Zhen looking out of the city as usual, and said shockingly: "Don't look at it, the results have already come out." It's been a month, and there's no news, it's just no drama. ”

Li Zhen sighed, just admit it.

When I wrote down those answers, I already thought of the ending of falling off the list. It's no wonder that the world gravitates toward the standard answer, it's a step above the superman.

Back in his shack, Li Zhen felt that he seemed to be able to plan a second route for himself.

Since the college entrance examination didn't work, I fell off the list. That...... If you hear it, you will become a pillar of Kyushu from other perspectives.

"Outside of the college entrance examination, what else can I do? As a teacher? But this is a place where birds don't poop...... When will it be able to get through? I want to teach not just this school, but the world! ”

Li Zhen smacked his mouth, and couldn't help but feel gloomy again, let's do business, I don't have any money.

Let's invent it, and there's no money.

Let's engage in scientific research, who will the scientific research results be given to?

Suddenly, Li Zhen thought of an idea: "Hey, if I can't become a world-famous scholar, I can become a world-famous inventor." My level of physical chemistry is enough to shake the modern age, right? ”

"Invent what?"

Li Zhen thought about it for a long time with a sad face, some far away, unrealistic. Some are close, and some are chicken. And he is just a teacher who has not yet taken office and is soft-spoken, so he is in a hurry.

"Or ...... Mash out the steam engine? ”

With a mutter, Li Zhenxin was excited, yes, if he made the steam engine, then he would be able to lead the Kyushu Empire to take a big step forward.

"Then I need a factory workshop, I need CNC machines...... Alas, Kyushu doesn't have this concept at all. I'm here, okay, before I invent the steam engine, I'm going to tinker with the CNC machine. ”

Li Zhen immediately began to draw sketches on paper, designed his own CNC machine tools, and set up parts by himself.

CNC machine tools. Kyushu does not have this concept, and Li Zhen also listened to what Zhang Zhi said.

And because Li Zhen has not seen it with his own eyes, he just listened to the description, so now the design of CNC machine tools can only be half based on experience and half based on imagination.

"The blades of the machine need diamonds. Diamonds...... So expensive. ”

“……”

The next day, Li Zhen returned to his old business and returned to his old job. Continue to collect waste in the Qiantang Valley.

After a rush to take the exam, there was only 5,000 yuan left behind. And Li Zhen estimates that if he builds a CNC machine tool by himself, he needs to build it for at least 10,000 yuan.

So, a new big plan, a new blueprint was rolled out in front of him again.

Three years ago, I started collecting waste products to save money and pave the way for the college entrance examination in the future, and I spent three years.

This time, I will knock on the side and go through other channels to serve the motherland. Let's set a five-year blueprint.

In five years, CNC machine tools were built.

In another three years, a steam engine will be built!

The first step, the same as three years ago, is to save money.

The good thing is that three years ago, I worked and studied part-time, and I could only rely on my leisure time to collect waste. Now, I can soak in the sea of waste every day, and my income will increase exponentially.

If you ask Li Zhen why he doesn't do other work, it's because you don't know the inside story.

As long as you are diligent enough, not afraid of dirty, not afraid of hardship, you will earn several times more money than other coolies. Li Zhen can calculate that the scrap he collects for a month is definitely higher than the salary of a teacher for a month.

And now, I have begun to eat the salary of a public high school. The teacher's salary, plus the accumulation of scrap collection. Within five years, it is very possible to save 10,000 or 20,000 coins to build a CNC machine tool.

As a result, life returned to peace. Go back to three years ago.

The female boss of the scrap yard can laugh at Li Zhen again:

"I said it a long time ago, you won't be able to pass the test. You still don't believe it, it's not like you're going to sell scrap at my mother's place now. ”

Li Zhen also thought about it, and was free and easy: "Haha, when I returned to the liberation of World War I, I knew to listen to you." ”

"Hmph, if you don't listen to the old lady, you will suffer in front of you. Now the money is gone, the life is almost gone, and the name is gone......"

"But I'm not sorry, at least I took the college entrance examination."

"Does it make sense?"

"Yes. Very far-reaching significance. ”

"What's the point?"

"You don't understand."

"Tell me about it. I probably get it. ”

Li Zhen put down the basket and sat in front of the door of the scrap station, his eyes suddenly deepened: "If you say, what is the value of a person living in this world, do you understand?" It's not about getting up early and being greedy for darkness, and it's not about living. In fact...... It's to make your life more meaningful. Difficult dialectical question. ”

"Then tell me about it." The landlady sat on the stone pier opposite him, her hands on her cheeks.

Li Zhen squinted his eyes and muttered, "You see there's nothing in the sky. But at night, there will be stars one after another. If each of us represents a star, then some are far away, some are dark, and some he does not seem to exist. The big officials want to be bright, and the Son of Heaven of the Kyushu Empire is the brightest one. Brilliant scientists are comets, and pioneers in the academic field are meteors. ”

"And what are you?"

"I want to do it...... Haoyue. ”

"Hahahaha. I won't mess with you. The price of brass has risen in the past two days, and you go to find some wires to see how many catties of brass you can peel off. Don't tell anyone, trade secrets. ”

Li Zhen smiled and memorized: "Then thank you for telling me this trade secret." ”

The female boss watched him go away, and inexplicably, she suddenly felt that Li Zhen's back was a little rickety, and it was shining with dazzling brilliance.

"It's a pity, maybe you're just one kick away from the door, maybe you're only one point away from getting in, right? If you really get in, I really believe that you can do Haoyue. ”

“……”

When the world is dark, what do we use to prove that there will be a shining point in this darkness, and how can we let others see ourselves?

When the infinite cycle of birth, old age, sickness and death is endless, what do we use to prove that we have ever lived in the world?

A meteor will tear through the night, and it will be remembered in that moment.

The bright moon is eternal and high in the sky, no matter how many years have passed, it is still sung......

Now, Haoyue is digging his second dream in Hangcheng County, Qiantang Valley, and the stench is full of sky.

Never frustrated!