"Yuan Hui, this Li Mingzhong is really a genius in the world!"

At the intersection of the street, in the study of Christie's head office, Wu Haogu couldn't help but admire while looking at a thick stack of drafts of "Building French Style" borrowed from Li Jie and not yet bound.

What a strange book!

Who said that ancient Chinese intellectuals did not pay attention to science and technology? This "Construction of French Style" is obviously a "Construction Engineering Standard Construction Encyclopedia"! It lists the scale standards and basic operation essentials of 176 projects of 13 kinds, including moats, stone works, large wood works, small wood works, carving works, rotary works, sawing works, bamboo works, tile works, mud works, color paintings, brick works, and kiln works.

If this book is combined with the use of geometrical knowledge of the samples, plans, and drawing methods, it can be used as a standard textbook for the future Architecture Institute of the Academy of Fine Arts!

Moreover, using the 13 categories of work and construction standards in the "Construction Method" as a basis, Christie's can organize its own construction industry......

Of course, a construction business cannot be supported by a single book, and there must be a sufficient number of craftsmen and "engineers...... Well, it's not just the construction industry that needs craftsmen and engineers, but Christie's must have a large number of technical personnel if it wants to break out of the calligraphy, painting, literature and entertainment industry and enter the construction, printing, textile, "chemical" (dyes, gunpowder, etc.), metallurgy, shipbuilding, animal husbandry (horse breeding), navigation and other industries.

"I have a lot of such geniuses." Mi Youren was holding a "pencil" in his hand, and was drawing a sketch on a piece of rice paper glued to the drawing board (drawing Wu Haogu), and when he heard the teacher's words, he was single-minded and replied, "Mengxi Zhangren, who died in the second year of Shaosheng, is a rare genius in ancient and modern times, and his "Mengxi Pen Talk" involves more and more miscellaneous knowledge, and he is still a Jinshi. ”

"Dream Creek Pen Talk"? Shen Kuo? ”

Wu Haogu was excited when he heard "Dream Creek Pen Talk", "Yuan Hui, can you get the manuscript of "Dream Creek Pen Talk"? ”

"Yes," Mi Youren said, "I'll write a letter to my father and ask him to find a way to ask for one." ”

Shen Kuo is a native of Qiantang County, Hangzhou, and "Dream Creek Writings" was born in Runzhou Mengxi Garden, where he lived in seclusion in his later years. Now this strange book is still in the process of engraving, it is estimated that a few copies can not be printed, can get are the current celebrities, Mi Fu must have a way to get.

If "Constructing the French Style" is a complete set of building construction standards, then "Mengxi Writings" is undoubtedly an encyclopedia, with a total of 609 articles (slightly different versions of the book), covering astronomy, calendar, meteorology, geology, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture, water conservancy, architecture, medicine, history, literature, art, personnel, military, law and many other fields.

Among them, the content of natural science accounts for 36% of the total, basically including all the achievements of Chinese science and technology up to the end of the 11th century.

If you sort it out well, you can find most of the textbooks of a world-class comprehensive university with 11th-century standards from this "Dream Creek Writings"!

This is a strange book that can hold up a university!

As long as this strange book is "disassembled" and divided into astronomy, calendar, meteorology, geology, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture, water conservancy, architecture, medicine, history, literature, art, personnel, military, law, and many other categories, a university will have ...... Of course, a lot of education funds are needed, but this does not seem to be a problem for Wu Haogu.

By the way, as of the 11th century, no one in China had systematically summarized the "scientific method". However, as long as there is a university, a spirit and a place to explore the truth of science, to sum up the "scientific method," and to further promote the progress of natural science on this basis, it will be the inevitable result.

"There is also a strange person," Mi Youren remembered a great scientist of the Song Dynasty at this time, "the young master of the crown prince Su Zirong...... His "Tujing Materia Medica" and "New Ritual Method" are also strange books! ”

Su Song!

Wu Haogu immediately remembered that this man had invented a clock escapement, which the Englishman Joseph Needham called "one of the greatest naturalists and scientists of ancient China and the Middle Ages...... Who said that ancient Chinese intellectuals did not attach importance to the natural sciences?

At least during the reign of Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, there were three great scientists, Shen Kuo, Su Song and Li Jie.

By the way, there is also a Yansu Yanlong Tu who is also a scientist, and he is also a painter and scientist, author of "Sea Tide Map", and produced the Jili Drum Car, Lotus Leak (Timing Device), of which the Jili Drum Car still has a physical object in the painting institute.

In addition, there is also a Bi Sheng who left a name for himself in movable type printing......

It can be said that during the Northern Song Dynasty, China was not only at the peak in the field of culture and art, but also had great achievements in the field of natural science.

Compared with the gray Middle Ages in the West and the Arab Arabia that has begun to decline, the Northern Song Dynasty is now releasing dazzling light.

But this light was short-lived, and it turned into ashes under the iron hooves of the Jurchens and Mongolians!

No, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed!

Wu Haogu couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart a little.

He had the idea of starting a university, but he didn't know how to prop it up. Because he is not a science student, he is an art student, and the little knowledge of natural sciences in his stomach is not enough for a university.

Moreover, he has scientific knowledge that originated in the West in later generations, and it is not the same system as Eastern science...... Take out this thing of yours, people can't understand it!

For example, when a chemical formula is written, who knows what?

There are also many terms for chemical elements, mathematics, and physics, with different names in both the East and the West.

Wu Haogu had to turn the knowledge of the natural sciences of later generations, which he himself could not remember, into a language that the people of the Song Dynasty could understand, so that it was possible to support a small university.

Now, with the scientific books of the Song Dynasty, such as "Mengxi Writings", "Construction Methods", "Tujing Materia Medica", and "New Ritual and Imagery Method", it is much easier to start a university.

It is only necessary to "disassemble" these books and organize them into departments, and a university similar to the modern model will not exist?

Don't underestimate the role of such a categorical university in promoting the development of science and technology. Because few people can be as extensive as Shen Kuo - in fact, Shen Kuo's knowledge also has miscellaneous problems - must be divided into many categories, and then can concentrate on studying one or several of them.

Moreover, universities can concentrate the energy and brainpower of multiple scientists on one or several projects, and the study and imparting of scientific knowledge can become a career rather than a mere personal interest.

"Yuan Hui, you have to find a way to get your hands on the three books of "Mengxi Pen Talk", "Tujing Materia Medica", and "New Ritual and Imagery Law", no matter how much it is."

Wu Haogu had already made up his mind, "I still have to find some scholars who can understand these three books and the "Construction Method", so that we can split and organize these three books into many books that focus on one type of knowledge...... Break it down in detail to study. ”

"Such a gentleman...... It's hard to find. Mi Youren shook his head and said. After all, this miscellaneous study is not included in the imperial examination, and if you learn it, you will be a trick official at most. ”

Wu Haogu slapped the table with a smile: "Scrivener? By the way, there are always officials in the offices of Sinong Temple, Guozijian, Jiangzuo Supervisor, Ordnance Supervisor, Shaofu Supervisor, Dushui Supervisor, and Hanlin Medical Bureau, right? ”

In the Song Dynasty, there were trick officials, and naturally there were also yamen who managed tricks, and there were not only officials but also officials in these government offices. Unlike officials, officials in the Song Dynasty were hereditary. Officials may not know how to do it, but the officials below must understand it, and they have relied on this knowledge for generations.

"They should be able to see it," Mi Youren thought for a moment, "and as long as the teacher is willing to spend money, he can invite some people from these officials' houses to Christie's." ”

Although there is a hereditary way for officials, there are some hereditary places, and there are always sons and nephews who can't take their turns.

Mi Youren said: "These days, the scholar has found two children from the family of officials of the Guozijian who are good at printing books. One is surnamed Xie and the other is named Wei Sihai. The whole family has served as a clerk in the Guozi Supervision Library for generations. ”

Guozijian Library is not a place to store books, but the official office in charge of printing and selling books, in the early Song Dynasty it was called Guozijian Book Printing Money Office, and it was renamed Guozijian Library in the Taizong Dynasty. Because the imperial court has high requirements for the books published by the Guozijian Library, they usually have to go through three review procedures: proofreading, re-examination, and the chief judge and cabinet official.

Therefore, it is not easy for a family that can serve as a clerk in the Guozi Supervision Library for generations, and the children trained are all great experts in the book engraving industry. In fact, many private carving workshops are supported by a family of Kuniko Supervisor and Treasurer.

"Okay, let's make arrangements," said Wu Haogu, "I'll see them, and if they're available, I'll invite them over...... Set up a trick room in Christie's and put them in the trick room. ”

At present, the organizational model of Christie's in the grass is as follows: the largest level is the "line" (commercial bank), the firm is held by the shareholders' meeting with the highest power, and the line is "house".

The head of all houses is the big shopkeeper's room, which is directly responsible to the shareholders' meeting of the commercial bank. The accounting office is under the command of the chief treasurer, but must report to the shareholders' meeting every month and submit the accounts, which is subject to review, and has a dual subordinate relationship. In addition to the account room, there are also personnel rooms, singing and selling rooms and business halls.

In addition, there are plans to set up a gallery room, a printing and engraving shop, and a calligraphy and painting room. However, now that the situation has changed, Wu Haogu pondered the idea of setting up a trick room first, which was responsible for the two major businesses of engraving (currently engraving leaflets) and sorting out trick books. In the future, the studio can also be developed into Christie's technical research and development department......