Chapter 44: The Microscope Comes In
Zhou Xian returned to the room under the leadership of Xiaoqing.
Zhou Xian's room is the same as that of later generations, with a bathroom and a toilet in the room.
Zhou Xian went to take a bath, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
It's so painful to sleep in the carriage these days, or sleep comfortably in the bed, Zhou Xian thought like this and slowly fell asleep.
Zhou Xian slept until the next morning before waking up.
After sleeping on the bed and feeling much better, Zhou Xian got up and got dressed and freshened up, then walked out of the room, and when he came to the main hall, he saw that Zhou Fugui was already waiting here.
Zhou Fugui was drinking tea when he saw Zhou Xian come out, and hurriedly put down the teacup and said to Zhou Xian: "My lord, you are awake, I have arranged all the management personnel, and they are waiting for you in the Great Hall." ”
Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go over now." ”
The Great Hall was not far from Zhou Xian's house, and it was only a few minutes' walk away.
The Great Hall is a circular building that covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters.
Only a large hall that can accommodate thousands of people was built, and at the front of the hall was built a high platform half a meter above the ground, which was the main podium.
Filled with seats underneath, the building was built by Zhou Xian to the craftsmen.
Standing on the podium and speaking creates an echo effect, so that everyone in the hall can hear the person on the podium clearly.
Zhou Xian and Zhou Fugui came to the door of the Great Hall, and the two soldiers standing at the door saluted Zhou Xian and the others, and Zhou Xian also nodded at them.
Walking into the Great Hall, there was a noise inside, and there were many people talking inside.
When Zhou Xian and Zhou Fugui walked into the hall, the hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Zhou Xian.
Zhou Xian smiled and said to everyone: "I haven't worked hard during my time in Monkey Mountain Village, everyone sit down." ”
Saying that, Zhou Xian walked to the podium and sat down.
There were more than 30 people who came today, all of them were managers of Monkey Mountain Village, and four disciples of Zhou Xian also came.
Zhou Xian looked at everyone for a while and said: "Seeing that everyone is in good spirits, I think there is a lot of good news, so you can report to me about your work first." ”
When Li San heard this, he stood up first and reported: "My lord, let me first report on the construction of our western district." ”
"Okay, tell me about your construction."
Li San continued: "We have built 5,000 houses in the western district, which can accommodate about 30,000 households, and the roads in the entire Monkey Mountain Village have been completed with cement roads, and the construction of schools, bell towers and squares has begun. ”
Zhou Xian didn't expect Li San's city to be built so quickly, and asked, "Why are you building houses so fast, don't make a tofu scum project." ”
Li San said confidently: "My lord, don't worry, the reason why we build houses so fast is because we have more construction workers, and we have more than 2,000 construction workers, and the speed of building houses with cement is also very fast, so there is such a fast speed." ”
Zhou Xian nodded and said: "The safety of the house is the first place, we must control the quality, our house is far from enough, you must continue to build the house according to the planned drawings." ”
"Yes, my lord, we must always keep in mind the words of our adults, control the good quality, and continue to build more houses."
Seeing that Li San had finished his report, Li Si stood up and said, "My lord, now our glass factory has been able to produce glass in large quantities, and the microscope that Zhang Shun and Zhang Qian have studied has been successfully developed. ”
Zhou Xian nodded and said: "Okay, I can produce glass in large quantities, then I will start to install glass on the house, and the microscope has also been successfully developed, great, how many times can I magnify it now?" ”
Li Si said to Zhang Shun and Zhang Qian: "You guys come and answer the adults!" ”
Zhang Shun stood up and said with some excitement: "According to the method taught by adults, the microscope we developed can magnify about a hundred times. ”
Zhou Xian also said happily: "Being able to magnify a hundred times is good, it can barely be used to observe microorganisms." ”
The people in the audience were puzzled when they heard what Zhou Xian said, and Zhang Shun asked, "I don't know, what the microbes are talking about." ”
Zhou Xian replied in a good mood: "This is the knowledge of biology class, I will tell you about it today, there are three kinds of organisms in the world we live in, namely animals, plants and microorganisms. ”
After a pause, he continued: "Animals and plants must be known to everyone, as for this microorganism, it is a very, very small insect, our eyes can't see them, only through a microscope can see them, these microorganisms are everywhere, if they enter our body, they will make us sick, such as typhoid, stomach ache and other diseases are caused by microorganisms." ”
Hearing this, there was an uproar below, and everyone looked at the ground in horror, trying to find a microbe.
Zhou Xian continued: "Don't worry, there are very few pathogenic microorganisms I said, as long as you don't drink raw water, drink more hot water, and wash your hands before eating, you can effectively prevent microorganisms from entering our body and making us sick." ”
Everyone was a little relieved when they heard this, and Xu Shouyi said, "Master, why have I never heard of the microorganisms you mentioned?" ”
"You only know how to read the Four Books and Five Classics every day, how much knowledge can you know, you go to see Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, there are microorganisms in it, you haven't heard it because the ancients didn't have a microscope and couldn't see microorganisms."
Xu Shouyi bowed thoughtfully to Zhou Xian and then sat down.
Zhou Xian continued: "After the meeting, everyone will go to the glass factory, and look at Zhang Shun's microscope to know whether what I said is true or false. ”
When everyone heard this, they became excited, and they didn't talk about it, and the hall suddenly fell silent.
Zhao Laoyan stood up at this time and said: "My lord, we have completed 10,000 flintlock pistols, more than 100 revolvers have been produced, 5,000 bullets have been produced, and our second-generation Tianwei cannon has just been successfully manufactured. ”
Hearing so much good news, Zhou Xian said three words "good, good" in a row.
Then he said: "We will go and see the artillery after the meeting, and each of our officers and leaders will have one for self-defense." ”
Zhao Laoyan agreed and sat down.
Zhang Xiaoyu stood up and said, "My lord, we have produced fifteen thousand sets of military uniforms, thousands of pieces of various work clothes, and we have also produced more than 10,000 pieces of cloth. ”
Zhou Xian nodded and said to Zhang Xiaoyu: "Okay, your textile factory is doing a good job, continue to produce winter cotton military uniforms, and I have already contacted the big buyers in the capital, and they will buy your cloth out." ”
"Yes, my lord, we're going to start producing cotton uniforms." After speaking, Zhang Xiaoyu sat down.
At this time, Zhang Jianye, the director of the cement plant, stood up and said: "My lord, now the output of our two cement factories can reach hundreds of tons per day, which is completely enough for the construction of Monkey Mountain Village." ”
"Okay, this output is really good, but the demand for cement will be greater in the future, the production of cement is too polluting to the environment, when you continue to build the factory, build the factory as far away from Monkey Mountain Village as possible, and there are workers who must wear masks when working, otherwise it is easy to get sick."