"The two books of "Physics" and "Biology" are also close to being completed by students." Song Yingxing said with some shame when he said this, "It's just that the progress of "Chemistry" is slow, and only part of the periodic table has been drawn at the moment. In this regard, His Royal Highness has to give more guidance to the students. ”

In fact, this is not to blame Song Yingxing, he has never been exposed to the concept of chemistry before, and it is really difficult for him to write textbooks from scratch.

In addition, because of her college major, Zhu Linmiao's chemistry knowledge is only high school. But even so, it's enough to be proud of the world.

And as long as there is the concept of elements and chemical reactions, he believes that soon there will be a genius to continuously perfect it, and the Ming Dynasty has never lacked genius, only soil.

"Mr. Song's months to complete these books is very valuable." Zhu Linmiao encouraged, "With these teaching materials, we will be able to recruit students widely and popularize the study of things." ”

Song Yingxing hurriedly said: "I dare not be ashamed." ”

"When the manufacturing of new weapons is over, I want Mr. Song to build a school in Ganzhou to impart the knowledge of Gewu." Zhu Linmiao said, "Cultivating a large number of students who are proficient in Gewu is extremely important for the future development of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"The students are genuinely afraid!" Song Yingxing waved his hands excitedly. Disseminating the scientific knowledge he has learned is one of his lifelong pursuits.

Zhu Linmiao continued: "Not only should there be an academy, but also matching physics and chemistry laboratories must be built. In fact, Zhu Linmiao has long had the idea of building a laboratory, after all, his knowledge is too much beyond this era, and if he wants to apply it in practice, he must go through repeated attempts in the laboratory.

"It's just that," he frowned slightly, "after the school was built, the source of students and teachers were problems. ”

"In fact, students have come into contact with many students who are willing to study Western studies......

"Let's not call it Western learning." Zhu Linmiao corrected him and said, "In the future, the Ming Dynasty will far surpass the West in this regard." And the so-called Western learning, I have long had it in China. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Song Yingxing nodded and said, "In Nanchang alone, there are hundreds of students who often gather in one place to learn from Gezhi. There are even self-developed artillery, clocks and other things. ”

Zhu Linmiao didn't expect that natural science knowledge would be so popular at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he was overjoyed: "It's so good." This institution offers free tuition and even meals to attract underprivileged students. In the future, the imperial court will begin to take the talents from the people who study the merits, and the origin of life will naturally not be a problem. ”

"Taker? Will the imperial court open the imperial examination?! If it weren't for the carriage, Song Yingxing would have jumped up in shock.

"Not yet." Zhu Linmiao shook his head, and then said solemnly, "But I will definitely try to make it a reality." Relying only on the four books and five classics, it is difficult to force me to be enlightened. ”

Song Yingxing knew that His Royal Highness King Chen had such ambitions, and his heart was even more shocked.

Zhu Linmiao asked again: "Is there a candidate for Mr. Song in terms of teaching teachers at the school?" ”

Song Yingxing thought for a while, nodded and said, "There are a few students who recommend it to His Highness." One of them is the four brothers of Xu Siwu, all of whom have the true inheritance of Xu Ge and have extraordinary knowledge. The four of them did not want to join the ranks, but if they preached and taught, they would not refuse.

The second is Huizhou Fang Yizhi, the author of the book "Physics Knowledge", especially the study of physics. Students who have some relationship with the secret can write to invite them to come to teach. ”

"It's just that," he said with some apprehension, "one of them is in Shanghai and the other is in Huizhou, both of which are now under the ...... of Jianyu."

"I'll figure out a way," Zhu Linmiao said, "Such talents are very important to my Daming, and I will do everything I can to bring them to Ganzhou." ”

Later, the two discussed the plan of Gezhi Academy.

With the experience of vacant after the completion of the Royal Officer Academy, Zhu Linwei finally decided to buy a building that could accommodate more than 100 people, focusing on the construction of the laboratory.

Rao is like this, he estimates that he will have to invest nearly 10,000 taels, but the investment in education is definitely worth it. When there are thousands of scientific talents like Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty, the industrialization process of the Ming Dynasty can be smooth sailing.

After a short time, the carriage and horse had already arrived in front of the Su Ji Iron Yard.

This place is completely different from when Zhu Linwei first took over, with a thick wooden fence enclosing the nearby twenty acres of land. Anyway, the price of this river beach wasteland is extremely cheap, and Zhu Linmiao simply spent more than 100 taels and bought more than 50 acres in one go.

The iron yard has been expanded several times and now has two blast furnaces with a daily output of 2,000 catties of pig iron. However, due to the advanced technology of the Su Kee Iron Yard, the quality of the iron produced is very good, and even with such a high output, it is not at all easy to sell.

The large area of staff dormitories on the east side of the iron yard is almost full, and the second phase of construction is underway.

Zhu Linmiao moved the staff dormitory, staff canteen, staff convenience store and even the recreation room and other things from the later factories to Su Ji Iron Yard. As long as the craftsman enters the iron yard, he can get his own residence, and if he becomes a relative, he even has a small courtyard.

The craftsmen eat three meals a day directly in the free canteen, and after work, they can also go to the recreation room to play chess, play cards, throw pots, and buy a needle and thread brain.

In addition, the wages of the Su Kee Iron Yard are more than 30% higher than those in other places, and there are constantly very skilled craftsmen who come to work, and there are more than 400 craftsmen in the Iron Yard two months ago.

Chanyi didn't get notice, so she hurriedly rushed out with someone.

"Master, are you back?"

She was about to bow and salute in surprise, but was stopped by Zhu Linmiao, "There are not so many false courtesies." I have something important to do when I come back this time. ”

Chan Yi glanced at Qiao Qian first, complained that he didn't inform him in advance, and hurriedly turned his head and said, "Master, I have pushed all other businesses according to your instructions, and now the iron yard can be called by you." ”

Qiao Qian shrunk his neck and hid behind Song Yingxing.

"Well done!" Zhu Linmiao walked quickly to the cannon casting workshop, where all the more than 100 craftsmen were already waiting. In addition, he has contacted the Ganzhou Ordnance Bureau, and Xu Erlu will soon bring hundreds of craftsmen to come.

"This time we're going to cast iron cannons." He got straight to the point, "Four thousand eight hundred pounds of heavy artillery." ”

The craftsmen immediately began to exchange ears, and they had only made a six-pounder cannon of a thousand pounds before, and it was made of bronze.

Copper has a melting point of just over 1,000 degrees and is extremely malleable and not prone to cracking. The melting point of pig iron is more than 1,300 degrees, and wrought iron is as high as 1,600 degrees. At the same time, pig iron is brittle and easy to crack when cooled, so casting heavy artillery with iron is a very complex process.

The iron-cast heavy artillery technology on the side of the Southern Ming Dynasty has been lost with the fall of Beijing and Nanjing. Even if the cannon could cast iron, it also needed the help of European craftsmen, and most of them greatly thickened the barrel and reduced the use of charges.

The proprietor just said that he wanted to use iron to cast a heavy cannon of 4,800 catties?! For a moment, all the craftsmen thought they had misheard.