Gander waited for more than a month, and finally received a contact, and after dealing with the situation here, he was arranged to go to Xiangcheng.

From there, I changed to a boat and went all the way south, and there were some side checks at first, and when I reached Huaishui, it was unimpeded.

From Huaishui to Pengcheng, all the way by boat, there is an endless stream of boats, Gander can be regarded as broadening his horizons, he has long heard that Sishang is rich, but he does not want to be rich to this extent.

He arrived in Pengcheng in September, lived in the building temporarily, and was soon placed in the preparatory hall to study, and the strict bureaucratic machine was more than ten times more efficient than the feudal system.

I heard that there were more than 40 scholars from all over the world who arrived in Sishang in the autumn, and they all had their own abilities, either seeking wealth, knowledge, or benefiting the world.

It is said that two years ago, at the most, there were nearly 200 scholars from all over the world in a quarter, and now it is no longer as prosperous as in previous years.

One is that countries have begun to control it, and the other is that those who can come have come a long time ago, and those who do not want to come will not come.

What Gander didn't expect was that soon after he came, he met Shi with the people who came with him, and Shi also communicated with him for a while.

In Pengcheng, Shi didn't expect that there was a figure like Gander in the world at this time, he was now impossible to be in charge of the engineering and cultural departments, and he "knew more and would do less", mainly to provide an idea to prevent detours, relying on administrative orders and a lot of resources to invest people to pile up results.

As for Gander's name, Shiben did not know.

It's just that the quarterly meeting with the newcomers is the rule after the great debate four years ago, to show respect and invite the hearts of some talented and learned.

After seeing the information sent by some of Gander's Chu Dimo scholars, Shi was really surprised, he really didn't expect that the development of astronomy during the Warring States period would be so far.

I went to Xuxu and asked some gentlemen who specialize in the study of astronomy, under the specialization of the art industry, the level of these people in their respective disciplines is much higher than suitable, except for some more difficult content involving calculus operations may not be as good, in terms of professional knowledge is much stronger.

After being convinced that Gander was indeed a genius in astronomy, he went to see him with some respect, after all, Gander was a sage for Shi.

However, no amount of care will be there, and I am sure that a character like Gander will stand out even if he does not have a solid foundation in the Sishang system under systematic learning.

The first meeting between the two was in the auditorium of Pengcheng University Hall, and like Shi, Gander actually communicated with Shishi with a sense of anticipation and unease.

For Gander, who followed the astronomical teachings of the two hermit masters, the theory of the Earth's motion around the sun explains Gander's long-standing doubts about the retrograde motion of Mars; The telescope technology also solved Gander's doubts about "if there is a small red star attached to its side, if there is a small red star attached to its side"; The theory of the relative position caused by the orbit also answered his doubts about the speed of Jupiter's orbit, which was sometimes fast and slow.

Respect for Gander is respect for the sages; And Gander's respect for suitability is actually respect for knowledge and later sages, and suitability is nothing more than a carrier.

When Gander first saw Shi, he took a closer look, and it was similar to what some rumors had in his impression.

Now Shi is now in his forties, and he is no longer a Shangqiu boy more than 20 years ago, and he is older than Gander.

Relatively speaking, he is not short, but that is for the middle-aged people in their thirties and forties in the previous generation, and now the younger generation in Sishang is generally much taller than before.

When speaking in the auditorium, he said that he was talking about the "Zhengyin" of Sishang, wearing a modified short brown and pants made of cotton, and the Mohists did not strictly require dressing, but as a high-level Mo, they must wear the improved short brown, which is a rule and a kind of respect for Mozi.

Even as a giant of the Mo family, he did not have a crown on his head, but directly tied his hair, and had a short beard like the habit at this time.

For those in power and those who are academic, the age of 40 is in the prime of life, which is also a major factor for many people to devote themselves to Sishang. When Bird Slip became a giant, he was a little old, and many speculators were worried that Bird Slippery's death would lead to a split civil war between the Mo family, because they did not believe that a world without blood nobles and equality could really function.

After Shi became a giant, and the bird slippery was seriously ill, and Shi was in Qi to command the battle Mo family still did not have any chaos, more speculators began to come to Sishang.

Gander noticed that in addition to the normal dress of the ink artist on the podium, if it was placed in the crowd of Sishang, it was really ordinary.

In later generations, Xunzi criticized it as "a great frugality and a poor deal, etc., which was not enough to accommodate differences and county monarchs and ministers", and the Mo family had very strict requirements for superficial equality, especially the people in the real power center of Sishang, and the style of clothing was basically the same as that of the peasants, and there were no aristocratic clothes.

Gander thought to himself, I heard earlier that Mo Zhai was bald, and the straw sandals were short and brown and righteous in the world, but he didn't know if the rumored Tar Zhi was suitable for wearing straw sandals?

He waited curiously for a while, and found that he was wearing a pair of leather shoes, and said secretly in his heart: "This is also true, those nobles call him the Tartar Zhishi, because he is a descendant of the Tartar people, it seems that although Sishang wears short brown, but in fact, not everyone is required to be like those rumored ink writers who suffer from the wind and rain." Wearing short brown is probably for their equality, right? ”

After reading the draft of the welcome speech written by the secretary, Shi on the stage walked down to talk to these dozens of people, and two personal guards were on either side of him to prevent someone from assassinating.

Many scholars who came to Sishang for the sake of "righteousness" expressed their cordiality with an attitude that seemed to be idolatry, and applied the hand-holding ceremony of Sishang.

When he arrived at Gander, Shi Ye looked at Gander, who was now less than thirty years old, and said, "Sir's book about the stars of the year, I read it a few days ago. As the saying goes, like-minded, I want to come to the 'Wuxian' section in the preface of many gentlemen's fellow practitioners. The universe is vast, the will of heaven is difficult to know, and it is necessary for generations of people to devote themselves to learning, and one day in the future, when you travel the stars and the seas, there will always be people who will remember what you have done. ”

Gander listened to the words of the stars and traveled all over the world, and his heart was also full of pride, and he said that although I came to Sishang only to study the astronomy I liked, but when he said this, it was just as they said that in the world of Datong, everyone likes to do their own thing, not only for himself, but also for the benefit of the world.

In the face of the appropriate praise, Gander was a little shy, and hurriedly said: "I heard that you learned from a hermit in Yangxia, and I am far inferior to me in astronomy. It's just that it's hard to fathom to the naked eye, and there must be many fallacies......"

"I've always wanted to use the clairloom to observe the starry sky in Si Shang, and really see the stars and the glow, I wonder if I can now?"

Over the years, I have seen a lot of people who are thirsty for knowledge and do whatever it takes, and I have seen a lot of people with a temperament like Gander, who came to Sishang to understand the doubts in happiness and were hooked by some of Sishang's knowledge, such people have a good foundation, and they are indeed talented, and they will generally achieve something in their respective disciplines.

Seeing that Gander was so anxious, he smiled and said: "When you take a break in the first month, you can go in to watch the stargazing platform in Pengcheng, but you need to make an appointment in advance." Mr. is compiling star charts, and Sishang is actually compiling them, confirming each other. ”

"Star charts are not easy to compile and take a long time, but they are very useful. In the future, when you travel all over the world, you will need to use this knowledge. ”

Gander only then knew that Sishang was also compiling star charts, in fact, there were already people in Sishang compiling them many years ago, but this is a long project, and the team is not short of manpower, a large number of people in this area are in the direction of surveying and mapping and Jupiter's moon method mapping, which can be transformed into technology, and the research manpower invested in these basic things is not too much, far from compiling, and it has not been made public.

Hearing this, Gander couldn't help but be a little anxious, and asked: "I'm now in the Preparatory Department of the Xuan Order, and I heard that if I can pass the exam, I can directly enter the Xuan Xuan Study?" ”

Shi smiled: "Yes, but after you go in, you have to learn the previous content by yourself to keep up." You like astronomical calculations, and there are actually a lot of things to learn. ”

"Words, Nine Numbers, Geometry, Physics, Force...... These must be learned in the Xuan order, but there are some things that need to be known about the previous foundation. ”

The level of the entrance examination of the Sishang Xuan and the University Hall is estimated to be about the same level as the first and second years of the junior high school in later generations.

Roughly the simplest quadratic equations, plane geometry, the ability to write an essay independently, and the conviction and taking for granted of the natural knowledge instilled in Sishang.

After entering the Xuan Order, you should start to follow the disciples who were the first to be accepted in the appropriate year, and learn the basics of mechanics, simple elliptic curve parabolic operations, solid geometry, chemistry and other contents, and the more advanced ones are basically the things that the world's top talents are studying.

Many things and numerical values are suitable to be written directly in the name of the "two masters", and the methods of verification and reasoning are also roughly written, completely and directly instilled, and borrowed, so some people often say that if they enter the Sishang Xuan order, their cognition of the world will be subverted.

If this knowledge is to be used by those who specialize in the arts, it will take a longer time to immerse itself in it and turn it into a technology that can be used.

Gander had an approximate estimate of his level of knowledge, and his youngest lecturer in the preparatory department was only nineteen years old, and when it came to astronomy, Gander was enough to despise the lecturer in the preparatory department, but when it came to some foundations, he was a little lacking, and he couldn't help but be anxious.

I can't even compare to a nineteen-year-old child, and those who have been studying for more than ten years in Sishang don't know how long they have to catch up.

He himself had read the books circulating in Sishang at home, and he could recognize the Sishang characters, but he could not fully grasp the standard written grammar that relied on the Mohist dialectical system and the Confucian diction system of the Lezheng clan.

He can calculate the square root of the cube and can solve plane geometry, but he can't solve a quadratic equation.

He has no foundation in mechanics, but he is convinced of some natural common sense instilled in Sishang, and often reads it, and has not yet passed the seemingly simple but very profound hurdles of "inertia" and "the reason why force and things are in shape".

But he was very interested in astronomy, some observational and descriptive astronomical foundations, which those people could not compare with, especially the foundations of family heirlooms.

and a very important talent.

Gander, who is anxious and proud and does not want to be behind, thinks that there is a library in the university hall, and if he wants to be able to do his favorite industry quickly, he is afraid that he will spend all his leisure time in the library for the next half a year, and strive to pass the new school enrollment in the spring of next year.