The boat soon sailed away from Bailuzhou, and there was no longer the beautiful woman playing the piano in the reeds, only the sound of the piano like a cry, and it was intermittently sent to the ears of the people on the boat by the river wind.

Seeing Xiao Zhao Gongzi standing at the stern of the boat, the lifters knew that the two beauties had come to see him off again.

It's just that this poem is not included in the "First Sight Collection", and it must have been given to the beautiful woman who played the piano privately by Xiao Zhao Gongzi.

"He's still a child, just so many confidantes, and he's ...... when he grows up"

"It's really more human than human, it's infuriating......"

"What's so angry about? Xiao Zhao Gongzi's talent, I am afraid that this dynasty is second to none. If you can make a song about him, some of them will be confidantes......"

"Can we do it? No, so it's normal if you don't. ”

"Let's take the Jinshi exam well, this is not the path that ordinary people like me can take......"

The words of the crowd are full of self-deprecation and self-confidence.

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The fleet with the yellow flag left Jinling City at noon, entered the Yangtze River from the Jiangdongmen Waterway, and then went all the way downstream, and arrived at the water surface of Dantu County, Zhenjiang Prefecture at dusk.

After traveling one hundred and sixty or seventy miles by water, the fleet, which was originally in a dense formation, was scattered and could not see each other.

Zhao Hao and his family took this double-decker passenger ship more than ten zhang long, with a total of more than 30 cabins above the water, and more than 60 people on board, of which Zhao Hao and his party accounted for most of them.

In addition to his father and son, there are also Gao Wu, Fang Wen, and more than ten strong men in Caijiaxiang. Coupled with Wang Wuyang and Hua Shuyang's respective scholars, long-term entourage, and guards, there were more than thirty people, as well as Wu Kangyuan and his entourage, who were also invited by Zhao Hao to accompany him.

In the same year as Zhao Shouzheng's class, most of them were on the other two ships. Only Tang Hezheng and Shi Jinchen, who were closer, got on the boat with their respective attachés.

The beginning of winter has passed, the light snow is nearby, the wind on the river is already very biting, Zhao Hao is afraid of cold and heat, so he naturally hid in the warm cabin, lying on the bed and reading the "Dream Creek Writings" given to him by the Hua family.

This book was almost lost after Meng Yuan, Zhao Hao had never seen it in the bookstore, and only the Hua family, which had a rich collection of books, could find the printed copies of the previous dynasty.

Of course, this is not the original version of the Song Dynasty, but the present edition printed by the Hua family itself. But both the paper and the layout are impeccable, which makes people look pleasing to the eye, in fact, it is much more comfortable than reading the ancient books of the Song Dynasty directly.

And Hua Shuyang also told Zhao Hao that it was printed with the copper movable type that his family treasured, which was much more high-end than engraving printing.

Zhao Hao was sighing at the strength of the Hua family in Wuxi, and Hua Shuyang suddenly pushed the door in.

Zhao Hao glanced at him, Hua Shuyang's face changed, he quickly withdrew and closed the door, knocked on the door again, and said, "Master, can I come in?" ”

"What do you say?" Zhao Hao couldn't cry or laugh at this reckless second apprentice.

Hua Shuyang came in with a shy face, and after greeting the master, he couldn't help but dance again.

"Master, I've found a way to prove that the earth is round!"

"Oh?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but get up curiously and followed Hua Shuyang to see what was going on.

Wang Wuyang was in the same room as his master, and when he saw Zhao Hao going out, he quickly got him a hooded cloak, and then followed him to the top floor of the cabin.

Zhao Hao put on his cloak, fastened his hood, and looked at Hua Shuyang, who pointed to the river in the distance with excitement on his face and said, "I just used a telescope to enjoy the scenery in the distance, and I wanted to see if I could see Jinshan Temple." I saw an amazing scene as a result! ”

"What's amazing?" Wang Wuyang urged: "Sell less guanzi!" ”

"I saw a sailboat approaching in the distance, and I actually saw the top of the mast first, and then the whole sail was revealed little by little, and finally I could see the whole ship."

Hua Shuyang waved his arm, handed the monocular to Wang Wuyang, and said in a loud voice: "If you don't believe it, you can take a look now." ”

"Oh?" Wang Wuyang took it and looked towards the river in the distance, and at this time there happened to be a galleon heading east. He followed the ship, and sure enough, it was the hull that disappeared from sight, then the sails, and finally the top of the mast.

"It's like going downhill!"

"That's right, the river is said to be flat, how can there be an uphill and downhill situation?" Hua Shuyang slapped his hands heavily and said, "This can only show that the earth under our feet is round!" ”

"Is that so, Master?" Wang Wuyang looked at Zhao Hao for verification.

Zhao Hao smiled and stretched out his hand, and Wang Wuyang immediately took out a special chalk from the treasure bag he carried with him and handed it to his master.

Zhao Hao drew an arc on the board of the boat, and then explained the truth to the two disciples.

The two apprentices had excellent understanding, and with a few simple words from Zhao Hao, they could hear it clearly.

Zhao Hao threw the chalk back to Wang Wuyang, patted the white ash on his hand, and said with a smile: "Actually, there is a simple method, and it also has the same effect." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the sun that was about to set in the west and said, "Think about it, how can you see two sunsets in a short period of time?"

Seeing that the sunset was dazzling, Wang Wuyang hurriedly took out a luodian glasses case from the treasure bag, took out a pair of gold-wire sunglasses, and handed it to the master.

It was a pair of Zhao Hao's private order, with small oval flat lenses and slender gold wire temples, which looked no different from the sunglasses of later generations.

Of course, compared with the resin lenses and titanium alloy frames, the crystal lenses and pure gold frames are still a bit heavy.

"But I like ......" Zhao Hao smacked on the bridge of his nose, and what he felt was not the weight, but the weight of money.

The two disciples looked at the teacher enviously, feeling that these sunglasses were very stylish, and couldn't help but secretly make up their minds, when we arrived in Beijing, we would also customize a pair of ......

But now is not the time for envy, and the two quickly calmed down and thought hard about the teacher's problem.

After a while, Wang Wuyang patted his thigh and said, "I know!" ”

"I thought of it too......" Hua Shuyang also slapped his head.

Then the two of them lay down on the deck together, only to see that the red sun that had just intersected with the ground level was only half left.

After a while, the red sun completely disappeared in the eyes of the two.

Eryang hurriedly jumped up from the ground again, and sure enough, he saw that the sunset that had already set had re-revealed a semicircle!

Sure enough, I saw the sunset twice!

When the sun set again, the afterglow illuminated the sky into a brilliant purple-gold, and the two finally withdrew their gaze.

"If you climb up to the mast, you should be able to watch the sunset again!" Hua Shuyang looked up and saw the sails fluttering in the evening breeze, so he really wanted to climb up and take a look.

"You don't have to look to know it's like this." Zhao Hao is afraid that he will be clumsy and what should he do if he accidentally falls? Hurriedly called Hua Shuyang and said:

"But this only proves that the ground has an arc, and it is not enough to convince others that the earth is round."

"Well, who made the land so wide that it was thousands of miles? How can an ant get the full picture? Hua Shuyang smiled bitterly.

"In addition to traveling around the world, there is still a way to prove it." Zhao Hao smiled slightly: "Of course, this is not a problem you should think about now, first give me a good job and take the top prize!" ”

"Yes, Master......" The two apprentices obeyed the order, but in order to avoid slander, the master sold the guanzi again......

[End of this volume]

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