Friendship is friendship, work is work, Cheng Nuo still insisted on paying the deposit for the seal, and the money was not much, because the private request changed the friendship taste, it was a bit worth the loss.

Originally, he made an appointment with Cai Yuanpei, Liang Rengong and others to return to Beijing together, but an incident suddenly happened in Su Province, which made Cheng Nuo have no choice but to cancel his return plan and wait for this matter to pass before deciding when to go back.

When he came to Zhang Jian's room, his face was anxious at this time, and he was walking around constantly, and when he saw Cheng Nuo coming in, he grabbed him.

"Zhiyuan, Su Province is going to make a big mess, the so-called local parents and officials are all nonsense, and they don't care about the consequences at all."

Cheng Nuo moved two chairs, asked him to sit down, and said with concern: "Elder Zhang, what happened to make you so anxious, is it another matter of cotton seeds, don't worry, when I go back, I will immediately send someone to support you, the hard days will not be too long."

Zhang Jian frowned and focused on his crutches: "If it's my own business, how can I be so angry." A while ago, the neighboring county was hit by a hail disaster, and many crops in the fertile fields were destroyed, and the farmers were distressed about the food, and gathered more than 3,000 people to the county office, asking the county magistrate to go to the countryside to investigate, but the police sergeant shot and arrested people, and the crowd was very angry, and they rushed into the police station, and the house was almost torn."

Cheng Nuo was surprised, it was just a natural disaster that was caused by this magistrate, and he was not afraid to laugh and be generous when he said it, so he said: "Those people are also pitiful, there is no harvest this year, and the public still has to treat it like this, it is really infuriating, I'm afraid this matter will not stop here."

"Later, the magistrate promised to punish the culprits and investigate, and the peasants were disbanded." Zhang Jian leaned on his crutches and continued: "I am worried that this incident may become an introduction, because the rainy season will soon usher in Suzhou Province, and the weather will be more changeable when the flood season comes, and the life of farmers will be even more difficult at that time, and I am afraid that such things will occur in an endless stream."

No wonder Zhang Jian is so sensitive to the weather, in the early years when he reclaimed the wasteland in Tongzhou, he was hit by strong typhoons, torrential rains and high tides twice, and he was unprepared in advance, and the embankment was washed away in more than 50 places, causing huge losses. At that time, in order to cope with the meteorological disaster, two or three thousand workers were specially recruited, and they rushed to build the embankment day and night.

At present, although it is just a hailstorm, it has caused riots among the people in neighboring counties, and it has to be said that the life of the coastal people is really not good, and they urgently need a way to solve the problem.

Following this line of thought, Cheng Nuo quickly found a breakthrough point: "Elder Zhang, I thought we could set up a meteorological observatory to predict the future weather in advance, summarize the adverse effects of severe disastrous weather and pests on crop growth over the years, and give farmers corresponding countermeasures to avoid risks as much as possible."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jian's face turned from cloudy to sunny, and he couldn't hide a smile in his wrinkles: "Zhiyuan, what I'm waiting for is your words, let's go, bother you to go back to Tongzhou with me, our Junshan Meteorological Observatory is lacking a Dinghai God Needle."

Cheng Nuo suddenly realized, smiled and shook his head: "Elder Zhang, Elder Zhang, they all say that people who do business have the most lively minds, I didn't believe it at first, but today I have to accept it, you have been waiting for me in front of you for a long time."

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Zhang Jian was a little helpless: "The establishment of meteorological observatories in various countries was originally the responsibility of the government, and my country should be the same, and the government would rather do this? If the localities do not fend for themselves, they will never know what the weather is, where the fundamental knowledge of agriculture is, and the lives of the people will always be left in the unknown, let alone the future development."

On the way back, Cheng Nuo learned that after Zhang Jian suffered that loss, he raised his own funds to establish the Nantong Museum Meteorological Institute in the middle hall of the Nantong Museum, which was the earliest meteorological observation station in modern China and created a precedent for China's private meteorological undertakings.

Later, during his tenure as the chief of agriculture and commerce of the Beiyang government and the president of the Water Conservancy Bureau, he ordered the establishment of meteorological observation institutes throughout the country, and the central provinces and agricultural and forestry institutions at all levels set up a total of 26 observation branches, which was the first time in the history of the country that the central government adopted the modern meteorological scientific observation system throughout the country.

Now he has built another meteorological observatory in Junshan, Tongzhou, and the houses have been built, so he has sent professional instruments and technicians to settle in

Heart.

In the face of this problem, Cheng Nuo is best at macro guidance, pointing out a direction, and he is also guilty of tackling specific scientific research problems, especially in this unfamiliar field, otherwise he would not have established an academy of sciences, and he would have rolled up his sleeves and gone into battle by himself.

After arriving in Tongzhou, he did not rush to visit the Junshan Meteorological Observatory, but locked himself in his room, and began to sort out the popular science objects he had seen in later generations, the science museum he had been to and the history of science and technology he had read overnight, and finally collected a guide book on meteorology.

It may seem flawed to meteorologists in later generations, but it is definitely an important reference for a hundred years ago.

In the middle, because he was too involved, the glutinous rice cake that was sent to be dipped in sauce was almost dipped in ink, which made Cheng Nuo think it was also quite fun, and if he really wanted to eat ink, maybe a hundred years later, another celebrity would be added to the children's book with dipping ink.

"Wind direction and speed diary machine, Fulton mercury barometer, self-recording thermometer, psychrometer thermometer, self-recording rain gauge...... theodolite, cloud circle." Zhang Jian looked at the list of meteorological instruments submitted by Cheng Nuo repeatedly, and asked, "The Junshan Meteorological Observatory has nothing else except for the more than ten kinds of instruments on paper, right?"

"By the way, there is still an ancestor's sundial missing, that is, we can do without foreign goods." Cheng Nuo was also hungry, and said while stuffing glutinous rice into his mouth: "It's best to prepare two more radio transmitters, one on the mountain and one at home, so that you can quickly notify everyone in case of extreme weather."

"As long as there is an effect, these inputs are all due, and looking at the instrument form, I am afraid that it is insufficient, which is missing." Zhang Jian nodded, handed the list to the next person, and asked him to prepare as soon as possible.

In fact, Zhang Jian, who has been dealing with meteorology for more than ten years, is already a beginner, and the reason why he found Cheng Nuo is also to see if he has any unique ideas to supplement as one of the top talents in the current domestic scientific community.

Similar to the sports industry, at this time, the domestic meteorological community is basically controlled by foreigners, professional instruments and the right to speak are all in the hands of others, whether the meteorological interpretation is scientific and correct outsiders do not know, that is, he sent people to learn the first meteorological station of the remote movement - Xujiahui Meteorological Observatory, also built by foreign missionaries, the main service object is still the passing foreign ships, and the agricultural aspect is rarely touched.

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To really change the status quo, we have to wait until Mr. Zhu Kezhen and others come back, and after several efforts, it will gradually improve.

Now Cheng Nuo has a lot of facts in front of him, which coincides with Zhang Jian's plan to get up early, and his trust in him has been raised to a new height.

Standing on the Junshan Meteorological Observatory overlooking, the surrounding beautiful scenery is in front of you, looking at the broad Yangtze River, visitors can't help but be broad-minded.

Zhang Jian showed a rare pride on his face: "The Yangtze River is far away, and the sunset is spring in the five lakes. Zhiyuan, there are many famous mountains in Tongzhou, the most famous is Wolf Mountain, it is rumored that the monk Jianzhen of Dongdu has stayed there for a period of time, and has the reputation of "the first mountain in the rivers and seas", but I chose to set up a meteorological observatory in Junshan, do you know the reason?"

Cheng Nuo was naturally unable to answer this question, and after looking around, he gave an answer: "Although the choice of Junshan is slightly inferior in terms of scenery, it is far better than the weather. It is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the south and confronts Fushan on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the situation is excellent, and the beacons on the mountain can easily be seen by ships traveling from south to north on the river. In Tongzhou City and Dongxiang, the people can also raise their awareness of attaching importance to weather forecasts by looking at Junshan from afar, which is of great benefit to the people."

"Moreover, I guess there is a matter in Zhang Lao's heart that outsiders don't know......" Talking about this, Cheng Nuo deliberately sold a pass.

Zhang Jian nodded again and again in front of him, but in the second half of the sentence, he was also aroused by curiosity, and said half-believingly: "I have never mentioned this matter to outsiders, and what you guess is not necessarily true."

Knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, Cheng Nuo will not easily make friends with people, these days he also understands Zhang Jian in private, and now after deepening his understanding, the words will definitely not be lost, and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Zhang Lao's mentor is the old man Songchan."

"Yes, it is under the teacher, and it is also the teacher of Emperor Tongzhi and Emperor Guangxu." Zhang Jian nodded.

"And his hometown is the Fushan on the south bank of the Yangtze River that I mentioned earlier, echoing the military mountain." Cheng Nuo explained with a smile on his face, "Junshan Qi

In Mr. Zhang's heart, the elephant platform is like the "Wangyu Terrace" in Ma'anshan, and there is also the meaning of nostalgia for the teacher, which is both scientific and humanistic, which makes me admire."

After speaking, Cheng Nuo bowed deeply.

Zhang Jian didn't want to accept this gift, so he hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up, preventing him from bending down, and his mouth was full of convincing: "Zhiyuan, you are simply a roundworm in my stomach, otherwise, give you some shares of my Dasheng Yarn Factory, and the two of us will have a big fight."

Cheng Nuo didn't want to trap himself in the cotton textile industry, so he refused with a smile: "No merit is not rewarded, and I can help Zhang Lao in this state right now."

With the help of Cheng Nuo, the business of the Junshan Meteorological Observatory began to expand, in addition to basic meteorological observations, it also took into account the compilation, distribution and reception of weather telegrams from various stations in East Asia, the drawing of weather maps, the production of short-term weather and hydrological forecasts with many projects, the collection and collation of natural disasters, and the conduct of agricultural meteorological research.

However, these things are limited to the Tongzhou area, so they do not need to be published regularly in the main journal of the "National".

Of course, it is obviously not enough to set up a meteorological observatory in one area, at least one in each province, but unfortunately Cheng Nuo has no meteorological talents, so he can only anxiously look forward to the return of the elder, and a handwritten letter from Cheng Nuo was sent to Harvard University in the United States again, and sent to Zhu Kezhen, a former student and now a doctoral student.

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