Zhang Shou lobbied Xie Wanquan, and the method he used was very simple, he specialized in the art industry, and there were only five words.

He saw very clearly that among the scholars, there have been many outliers such as Zhang Heng, Zu Chongzhi, and Shen Kuo in the past thousands of years, but more people are disdainful of those miscellaneous studies. Rather than letting those who are committed to a career in officialdom study mathematics and science, it is better to pick up whether there are geniuses from those who have zero foundation and prepare for the next batch of students in Jiuzhangtang.

You must know that the phenomena of later generations that are so outrageous that they are absolutely impossible to be caused by the times, but should be a common phenomenon for thousands of years. It's just that most of the ancients who have not received a complete mathematical enlightenment education at all have no chance to prove their mathematical talents.

And for those who think very highly of themselves, who can't read the books of sages, won't compete with them for the place of Jinshi, and won't even enter the official career at all, those flat-headed people who can't even be called poor, even if they learn a little bit of arithmetic, learn a little strange things, and then learn to operate or even study those strange machines, it will definitely not turn the world upside down.

He is not the kind of person who studies philosophy and scripture and history, and can calmly and leisurely give lectures to real readers, so he can only try to slowly unfold from the bottom up to see if he can use enough base to consolidate the foundation of a knowledge.

And those talents with mathematical and physical talents who emerge from the bottom may not be able to get any high positions, nor can they dominate the court, but it is not shameful that countless scholars in the West have gone to the court of aristocracy and wealthy businessmen to receive funding.

Because after such a moisturizing thing is silent, there are always strange people like Lu Sanlang in the official eunuch class, and there are always skill trees like Zu Chongzhi and Zhang Heng who have opened a large number of side branches, and they are also geniuses of scholars, and they will gradually pay attention to those fields.

Of course, the most important thing is that even Ge Yong, the emperor who likes others to call himself the master of arithmetic, has not been able to do it before, and he doesn't want to rashly hit the stone with an egg. Don't look at Lu Huang and listen to him, but the emperor still has to make an order to keep it a few times, whether Lu Juan will really take this big stall, but it still depends on the results of those two places hundreds of miles south of the capital!

Putting the facts and reasoning, Zhang Shou fooled Xie Wanquan for a full quarter of an hour, and then finally sent the person away, and then he glanced at his large study, and silently counted the various textbook knowledge points he had accumulated in the countryside for three years according to his memories, as well as the basic mathematics textbooks that had been compiled before, and the first two volumes of simple physics that had just begun to be compiled, and felt that there was a long way to go.

Handwritten textbooks are really going to die, thanks to his memories and accumulation of the previous three years! Don't look at the stack of books on the top, in fact, if you use modern printing, probably those books on mathematics, physics and chemistry that he wrote by hand are not satisfied with a single shelf, and people who are used to typing change to use a brush, how can the word ecstasy be described?

Xie Wanquan left Zhang Yuan with the fear of having to deal with that scheming Lu Shangshu again, and the complicated thought that he might do another beneficial career without returning to his hometown. And not long after he walked on his front foot, Zhu Er and Ah Liu entered Zhang Yuanmen excitedly. As soon as he crossed the threshold, he looked left and right as he had been before, but a sentence burst out.

"This house is almost the same, otherwise you can't even turn around, how can you live!"

And Ah Liu didn't seem to hear Zhu Er's emotion that he didn't know how hungry he was, and he didn't pay attention to the old Liu Tou who came to greet him with a smile on his face, but his eyes swept to a very eye-catching lame man in the gatehouse behind him, and then he looked at the other three young people of eighteen or nineteen.

Seeing that they were trying to stand up straight, and they came forward in good spirits, which was completely different from the old Liu Tou, who had always been slippery and not in shape, he nodded slightly to the lame An Lu to show his satisfaction.

Although Zhu Er's status was more noble, he didn't care about Ah Liu at all and was treated more attentively, until Ah Liu didn't say much to a few porters, and walked in quickly, he hurriedly followed, and did not forget to stalk while walking.

"Sixth brother, can I call you the sixth master? Remind me that if my reputation as a good farmer does not rise, if my father and my eldest brother really ask me to enter the first class in the future, I will die! Cangzhou ......"

"Silence!" Ah Liu stopped suddenly, his sharp eyes squeezed Zhu Er's face, and when he saw that the person really shut up immediately and didn't dare to make a sound, he said lightly, "Your benefits will not be missing." ”

Zhu Er has dealt with Ah Liu a lot, and he immediately heard the meaning of Ah Liu's words - it is nothing more than that Lu Sanlang and Zhang Chen can still get good opportunities and benefits, not to mention that you are his brother-in-law?

Overjoyed, he hurriedly caught up with Ah Liu, who continued to walk forward, but after taking a few steps, his stomach rumbled loudly several times. Realizing that he had completely forgotten about having lunch today, he suddenly felt that his whole person was weak for a while, and the sweat on his forehead flowed out unconsciously. At this moment, he saw Ah Liu suddenly turn around and come back, grabbing his collar.

Zhu Er was taken aback, but before he had time to ask the reason, Ah Liu suddenly carried him forward quickly, he was involuntarily dragged by others, and when he came back to his senses, he was already in a very large courtyard.

Seeing Ah Liu let go of his hand, he walked quickly to the door of a room on the east side, opened the curtain and looked in, and then said a few words, he couldn't help but quickly pull his clothes, and secretly muttered to himself that every time, and then he smelled a fragrance.

In an instant, he was already hungry, and he only felt that the whole person was even more empty. But he wanted to follow the scent, but his legs were weak and he couldn't walk half a step. At this moment, the curtain of the door of the room moved, and a very old woman carried a plate with several steamed bun-shaped snacks, and the tempting fragrance he had smelled before was constantly emanating from the plate.

Zhu Er, who swallowed a mouthful of saliva, saw that the kind and kind mother-in-law walked straight in front of him, smiled and brought the plate to him, he couldn't care about anything else, he reached out and grabbed one directly and stuffed it into his mouth, but in an instant, he was so hot that he screamed. But after gasping for air, he suddenly came back to his senses.

"What kind of steamed bun is this...... It's delicious, nowhere else is it so delicious! He was not too hot when he was hungry, he grabbed it with his hand, and swallowed more than half of the small steamed bun in three or two bites, and then he felt that the feeling of being about to collapse gradually improved.

Ah Liu walked over casually and said lightly: "Of course Mrs. Xu's human meat steamed buns are delicious. ”

Seeing that Zhu Er was stunned for a moment, and then threw the steamed bun in his hand directly into the sky as if he was electrocuted, Ah Liuxin grabbed it with his hand, and stuffed the steamed bun back into Zhu Er's mouth like lightning, so he said unhurriedly: "Lie to you, you eat first, and talk about other things later." ”

After saying this, Ah Liu put down Zhu Er, who was stuffed with a steamed bun in his mouth and couldn't speak at all, and went straight to the study. When he found a place, stood in front of the door for a while, knocked on the door frame to make a sound, and then opened the door curtain and went in, he saw Zhang Shou holding a book and brushing and quickly flipping through it, and only then did he raise his head when he heard the movement, and when he saw him, he was immediately stunned.

"Ah Liu? Why are you so fast? ”

Zhang Shou couldn't help pinching his fingers, wondering if he had miscalculated. From the capital to Xingtai, and back from Xingtai...... Even if it is 800 miles expedited, it will take a while, not to mention that Ah Liu not only has to send Zhang Chen, but also has to bring Zhao Si and Luo Xiaoxiao, as well as some tools and equipment?

Ah Liu saw Zhang Shouna's frightened expression not so much surprise, he only thought it was funny, and actually smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then said casually: "Zhang Chen asked me to take him home secretly before, but I happened to bump into his father." ”

So that's the case, Zhang Chen said that he was at odds with his father, but in fact, he was still thinking about it, thinking about how awkward it was to think about the father and son!

Ah Liu mentioned Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, and what Zhang Shou thought of was not that he pushed it easily, and Zhang Chuan really became the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, but the scene when Zhang Chuan entrusted Zhang Chen's lifelong affairs to him. For this humane who is not as good as his father, who has always been quiet and low-key as an official, and who is also far inferior to the vigorous and resolute prince of the king in the Shuntian Mansion, he feels that he has never seen through it.

So, he couldn't help but ask with interest, "And then?" ”

"Qin Guogong saw Zhang Chen and asked a few words, but Zhang Chen deliberately looked unruly." Speaking of the original scene, the expression on Ah Liu's face gradually became a little more vivid, and he talked more, "As a result, Qin Guogong casually sent ten guards to Zhang Chen, so that they could take a good look at this son." Since someone escorted Zhang Chen to Xingtai, I followed him out of Beijing for thirty miles, so I left Zhang Chen and went to Cangzhou by myself. ”

Zhang Shou couldn't help but hold his forehead. There are guards specially given to Zhang Chen by Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, so he really doesn't need to worry about Zhang Chen's safety, these guards may not be able to beat Ah Liu, and ten of them will be on the same ...... Well, it should, probably, probably, maybe it can be beaten!

He knew that Ah Liu, this kid, didn't like to take the usual path! Anyway, this evil star went to Cangzhou, and the eldest prince won't lose his troops, right? It won't be burned or ruined, right? Before Zhang Chen pretended to be the second prince's person and beat the eldest prince's people away, he explained hard enough in front of the emperor, will Ah Liu cause more trouble?

The more Zhang Shou thought about it, the more he felt that his head was a little painful, but it must have happened, so he could only ask calmly: "Are you in Cangzhou...... What the hell did you do? ”

"I just watched a few lively scenes and walked around the market." Ah Liu's answer was very reasonable, and then he looked at Zhang Shou calmly and innocently, "Really, I saw that some textile workers were making trouble in groups, protesting against the drop of wages by two percent, and they had to fire the workers, and the eldest prince colluded with the Cangzhou government and those wealthy families, and a fire burned down the houses of several leaders." ”

Zhang Shou suddenly chuckled in his heart. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the countless machines that liberated people from manual labor did not receive a lot of applause, and the first thing to usher in was the test of blood and fire, for the simple reason that the same amount of things was produced, and so much manpower was no longer needed, so it was natural that the owners of the workshops fired the workers, and many workers lost their jobs.

And now, this road that has just begun to be taken, has also encountered the same problem. However, the spinners' troubles were suppressed by the power at the initial juncture. This is only Cangzhou, not Jiangnan, where the textile industry is more developed!

He closed his eyes gently, and when he opened them again, his initial thoughts had been suppressed. He asked in a deep voice, "What about after the house was burned?" Were the spinners arrested? ”

"Of course they didn't catch it." Ah Liu's answer was still neat, "I placed people in other places, tied my thugs to the city and hung them." ”

I knew it! I knew there was no way this kid would just look at the excitement! This thought flashed through Zhang Shou's heart, and then forcibly diverted the question, and asked, "Then what did you see when you went to the market?" Is the price of cotton yarn cheap, or is the price of cotton rising? Has it affected the price of cloth? ”

"The price of cotton yarn is said to be the same as before. I inquired that because the new cotton had not yet been picked and the stock of cotton was limited, several large textile machines were gradually replacing their machines and controlling the output of cotton yarn by firing the spinners. I heard that they are taking advantage of the waterways to send people to buy raw cotton from Jiangnan. ”

Because of the importance of the matter, Ah Liu no longer spares words like gold like most of the time, but explains it clearly. Seeing that Zhang Shou's face was as usual, and the initial melancholy was not seen between his eyebrows, but with a little mockery, he remembered what he had just mentioned to Zhu Er, so he suddenly said: "I went to the famous Xiangshi Street in Cangzhou and took a turn, and found something else besides pepper frankincense. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said in a somewhat uncertain tone, "That should be what you mentioned in Qingfeng Xu Lai Hall, young master...... Tomato...... No, ketchup? ”

After the initial stunned, Zhang Shou was suddenly choked by his own saliva, and this cough was earth-shattering, and it took a while before he finally stopped. When it was easy to get rid of the painful cough, he immediately straightened up, glared at Ah Liu, and asked sharply, "Are you sure, it's really ketchup?" ”

"yes!" Ah Liu's answer was very calm, "I was curious, so I bought some to taste, and it was so sour that my eyebrows were about to fall off." In addition to ketchup, there are also peanuts. It is fried, crispy and delicious, and there is a red coat on the outside, which can be peeled off or eaten in one piece. Because I didn't have time, I didn't continue to investigate, so I only wrote down the maritime shop. ”

If there was only ketchup, then Zhang Shouxing might still feel that everything was just a coincidence, however, Ah Liu said that there were fried peanuts, and he couldn't deceive himself anymore.

Whether it is a tomato or a peanut, it is the name of those American crops that were introduced to China from foreign ships, and there is no reason why they suddenly appeared on the market at a time when the Americas have not yet been discovered, and they still have the same name! In other words, Emperor Taizu's fleet really arrived in the Americas......

Did they take the long, slightly safer route to the west, or the shorter, more difficult route to the east?

He suppressed the agitation in his heart, stared at Ah Liu for a long time, and finally said with a wry smile: "You kid has always been silent, but I didn't expect that not only does he have a good memory, but he is really a lucky star!" This time Cangzhou, you're really on the right track! ”