Zhu Youzhen was disappointed again, from Song Yingxing's eyes, he only saw doubts, obviously he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

He ordered someone to give Song Yingxing a seat and let him sit opposite him.

Looking at this forty-one-year-old middle-aged man, Zhu Youzhen didn't know how to speak for a while.

"You're out of the list?"

"Your Majesty, the student is not good at learning and art, and he has fallen off the list."

"This is the fifth time you've fallen off the list?"

......

Is it really good for you to chat like this? Do you have to uncover my scars?

"Students... Yes. ”

Faced with Zhu Youzhen's question that hit the soul so directly, he really didn't know what to say.

"Your Heavenly Ancestor, High Ancestor, and Great Ancestor are all ministers of my Ming Dynasty. Don't be discouraged, if this road doesn't work, it doesn't necessarily work on other roads. ”

"The student understands..."

"You look at these things first." As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen handed him the translated elementary school mathematics before.

Song Yingxing respectfully took it and opened it.

Then I had some doubts.

Your Majesty, what do I want to do with arithmetic? One plus one equals two, or such simple arithmetic.

Flip it over again, huh?

Multiplication and division, units, angles. It's kind of interesting.

Flip back again.

Four operations, units of mass, rectangles, equations.

He was a little confused at first, but he was like a treasure.

Song Yingxing raised his head and looked at Zhu Youzhen, and asked suspiciously:

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, where did you get this book, the student has never seen such novel knowledge."

You haven't seen it.

"I figured it out myself when I was idle, and I gave it to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Song Yingxing said happily.

"I heard you're interested in handicraft production?"

"Yes, students observe craftsmen at work in their spare time, and they have accumulated some gains over the years."

"Hmm. I'm going to do an experiment, so come with me and see it. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, took the lead and walked out, and came to the open space outside the Qianqing Palace.

He ordered the chamberlain to take out the two hemispheres that had been prepared, a manual air pump. And he sent them to the royal horse warden and brought sixteen horses.

"Have you ever heard of atmospheric pressure?"

While waiting, Zhu Youzhen asked Song Yingxing.

"The students haven't heard of it."

"Did you know that the place where we live is a big ball?"

"The students don't know."

"Atmospheric pressure is the pressure that the atmosphere around this big ball gives us, it is invisible and intangible, but it is real. My experiment today is proof of his existence. ”

“......”

"You may wonder, what's the use of proving the existence of this qi? I can tell you that it is closely related to our lives. Take a good look at this experiment! After today, I can make you eternal! ”

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen walked down the steps and came to the side of the two hemispheres.

These are two hemispheres made of copper, fifty centimeters in diameter, and the rubber pads on them were bought on the same day.

Zhu ordered the inspector to bring the two hemispheres together and use the air pump to start pumping the air inside. At first, I had to hold the ball, but I slowly let go of my hand, and the two hemispheres would not separate.

He didn't know how big the ball the mayor of Magdeburg used to do this experiment, so he built a ball with a diameter of 50 centimeters. And there are small ones, but he didn't think the effect was shocking enough, so he ordered someone to make a big one.

He did not stop until he could no longer pump with the air pump, and ordered two ends to be tied with ropes and put on the horses, with four war horses on each side.

Seeing everyone do all this, Zhu Youzhen said to Song Yingxing on the side:

"See clearly, it's time to witness the miracle!"

After speaking, he nodded to the eunuch who commanded, and the eunuch shouted loudly to start.

Eight people on horseback on both sides began to whip the war horses under their crotches, and the war horses were in pain and desperately wanted to run forward, but the eight war horses were reversed, like a tug-of-war. The copper ball in the middle did not move at all, and there was no sign of separation.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Song Yingxing, who was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, and waved his hand to signal the increase of war horses.

Then ten, twelve, sixteen!

Still not moving.

In the end, a few more horses were brought in, and it was not until twenty horses that the hemisphere was pulled apart.

"That's proof that atmospheric pressure exists! Atmospheric pressure is used in a wide range of applications, and it can be used to make a pumping machine to irrigate farmland. That's the power of science. Using science, we can make many things that change the world. But making these things is never easy, and there is much more to learn. Even the poor will not be able to gain anything in their lifetime. Song Yingxing, are you willing to learn this knowledge? ”

"Science...... Student! Willing! Teach me, Your Majesty! ”

Song Yingxing muttered to himself after listening to Zhu Youzhen's words, slowly knelt on the ground, and said categorically!

He is hungry for knowledge, and even more eager to use his knowledge to change the world. The science that can change the world strengthens his faith. His instincts told him that he was about to step into a whole new world!

And the leader is the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty in front of him.

"I, I have appointed you to be the president of the Daming Royal Academy of Sciences. Now the Academy of Sciences is yours alone, and I want you to be a pioneer and a seed. Let this knowledge bless the people, so that they may be fed and clothed in warm clothing. Would you like to? ”

"Students willing!"

"Okay, I'll give you a courtyard for you to use, and the Academy of Sciences is up to you. All expenses can be reported directly to me. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Go back and write a letter to your family. I will send someone to bring your family to the capital. ”

Song Yingxing thanked him again and left the palace.

His agitated heart couldn't calm down for a long time, but he didn't expect to fail in the imperial examination, but he was appreciated by His Majesty. The circumstances of life are truly wonderful.

Zhu Youzhen allocated Cui Chengxiu's home to him, a large mansion covering an area of more than ten acres. The outer courtyard served as his office space, and the inner courtyard was used for living.

Song Yingxing didn't know that after Zhu Youzhen fooled him, he met another person, Wang Zheng.

For Wang Zheng, Zhu Youzhen is more direct.

He took out a model of a steam engine and lit the alcohol in front of him.

Next, Zhu Youzhen asked a few questions:

"Any idea what this is?"

"If you make him tenfold, a hundredfold bigger, what kind of effect will it play?"

"Do you want to be the creator of this kind of machine and be admired by the world?"

"Director of Daming Royal Machinery Factory, are you willing to do it?"

Thereupon.

February 28 of the first year of Chongzhen

On the day that Song Yingxing fell off the list for the fifth time, two institutions were established:

Daming Royal Academy

Daming Royal Machinery Factory

In less than a day, the news of Zhu Youzhen's experiments spread throughout the capital.

"Did you hear that? His Majesty played horse-drawn ball in the palace yesterday. ”

"What kind of ball is a horse?"

"Mara ball!"

"Hehe~ I heard that I also found a person who failed the list five times, and appointed him as the president of the Academy of Sciences?"

"That's right! Although I don't know what this academy is for, it's too child's play, so many important ministers in the DPRK don't need it, what kind of ability can you have with a person who has failed the list five times? In my opinion, today's saints are not as good as the emperor! poured Wei Chitose, and came Wang Chitose. What's the difference? ”

"Shhhh You don't want to die!? Now there are two factories everywhere! ”

The scholar hurriedly stopped his companion's death, looked around, and saw that there was no one on the left and right, and then he was relieved.

The companion was stopped, opened his mouth, and finally let out a long sigh.

Zhu Youzhen heard some rumors in the market, but he didn't care at all. Let's just talk about it, these scholars who don't distinguish between grains and limbs, what else can they do except talk about it?

Empty talk misleads the country! That's the kind of person you're talking about.

He didn't bother to bother with it.

Today he received a report from Lu Xiangsheng that the troops recruited from Shaanxi had been mobilized and would arrive soon.