The hydrogen balloon slowly descended from the sky in the bright sun, and at the same time a cheer suddenly rang out. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The students who participated in the hydrogen balloon experiment at the Bowen Academy were all excited, and in their opinion, this was another technological advancement.

Those who were once called useless are now able to create great things with their knowledge and hands.

And most importantly, their achievements were recognized by the King of Qi, for which they would even be knighted.

This is a recognition for them, but it is also an incentive and honor.

In the past, they studied hard so that one day they could rise to the top, but now they can get the same thing by using their knowledge, so why should they waste their whole lives on the imperial examination?

And most importantly, they love their hometown more and more, and they are willing to spend their lives transforming their hometown into an ideal world.

"Good!" Xiao Ming also applauded.

His eyes drifted over the students, and in the eyes of these students he saw a passion for science, and in addition to a yearning for the future.

For this reason, he was very satisfied, and it seemed that the ideological courses in the academy still had an impact on these students.

This ideological education course that he specially joined mainly focused on the ideological problems of the students, emphasizing the ideas of loving the homeland, serving the country loyally, and striving for the rise of the six states.

Of course, the country reported is naturally Xiao Ming's fiefdom, and this loyalty is only to Xiao Ming, not Xiao Wenxuan.

In fact, due to the weak relationship between the feudal state and the imperial court, the people of the fiefdom only recognized the feudal king who ruled them.

Especially in his fiefdom, the people only have him in their eyes and no court.

The reason is simple, they did not get any substantial benefits from the hands of the imperial court.

"Your Highness, it seems that the lower official is late."

As soon as the hot air balloon landed, Lu Tong ran over breathlessly.

Xiao Ming smiled: "It's a little late, but it turns out that your hot air balloon was successful, but this time your biggest contribution is not the hydrogen balloon." ”

Lin Wentao, who was on the side, immediately laughed when he heard this, and he said to Lu Tong: "Brother Lu, you are really right, since His Royal Highness said so, this hydrogen is definitely more powerful than hydrogen balloons, and the credit this time still falls on the head of your School of Chemistry, but don't be complacent, the students of our School of Physics are holding back their strength now, and they will definitely surpass you." ”

Lu Tong laughed when he heard this, and he said: "I don't have any credit, this credit is written in the textbooks, and the people in your School of Physics can study and study the books a lot." ”

After a pause, Lu Tong turned to Xiao Ming and said, "Hydrogen can be burned, and it can also refine metals, is Your Highness going to use hydrogen to refine tungsten?" ”

"Well, this time you're right, there are too many impurities caused by charcoal refining tungsten gold, and pure tungsten powder can be obtained by using hydrogen." Xiao Ming said: "And this king is going to separate the metal smelting industry and establish a special smelter, not only tungsten powder, but also some rare metals will be smelted in the smelter in the future, which you need to cooperate with the people of the School of Chemistry." ”

With the development of industry, the demand for various colored metals will continue to increase, and it is necessary to establish a primary metal smelter using the current level of technology, whether it is gold, silver, copper or other metals, smelting is a problem in this era.

And his goal is to scavenge the world for minerals, and that's when a mature smelting system is important, and he doesn't want a pile of ore.

Lu Tong nodded when he heard this, and said: "Yes, Your Highness, it's just that Your Highness is a little understaffed in the School of Chemistry now, do you want to consider recruiting a new batch of students this year." ”

"We physicists need it too." Lin Wentao refused to fall behind.

Xiao Ming frowned, Lu Tong and Lin Wentao were both the earliest students of Bowen Academy, and they were also taught by themselves.

In two years, they only studied one major, and now the level of the two can be said to be proficient in junior high school chemistry and physics, and even the relevant knowledge at the high school level is also involved.

The reason why the things in the large number of textbooks are not realized now is because of the materials and the poor industrial base.

Now, with the refinement of the industrial classification, the students in the college are also involved in the specific construction, and because of this, the current students have a tendency to be insufficient.

"In that case, you can recruit students separately, now you are no longer people who didn't know anything before, you can make your own decisions about these things, but you still have to report to the government and inform me before."

Xiao Ming pondered for a while and said to the two.

Lu Tong and Lin Wentao nodded, this is King Qi's further delegation of power to them, and they do their own things, they only need to give King Qi a satisfactory answer.

After saying this, Xiao Ming instructed Lu Tong and the craftsmen of the Equipment Division to work together to determine the process of refining tungsten from hydrogen, and then create a set of refining processes.

After that, he praised the students who participated in the project before leaving.

At the same time, he also said hello to Liang Yubin and He Cheng, and asked them to prepare to go to Chang'an.

On the way back, Xiao Ming felt that he was on the right path this time, and now he wanted to compile the knowledge he had mastered into teaching materials for these students to realize one by one.

However, he has written very few textbooks now, and he still has to continue to work on this, and the next step is to gradually improve Qingzhou's industrial system.

Because of the matter of hydrogen and hydrogen, Xiao Ming tossed all afternoon, and the next day Xiao Ming went to the Chamber of Commerce to receive the businessmen who provided materials for the Northern Expedition.

"Your Highness, this is a breakdown of the supplies provided by the merchants."

In the office of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Li Kaiyuan gave Xiao Ming an account book.

Flipping through the account books, Xiao Ming carefully reviewed it, and this Northern Expedition only Cao Zhengyang provided him with 100,000 taels of silver.

These materials include grain, grass, silver, ore, and other items.

In addition to Cao Zhengyang, local businessmen in Qingzhou are the majority of them, although Qingzhou businessmen are not as rich as Cao Zhengyang, but there are many people involved in the support.

Each person has 5,000 or 10,000, which adds up to more than 500,000 taels.

According to Pang Yukun's statement this time, the Northern Expedition consumed a total of about 500,000 taels of silver, and not only did he not suffer, but he earned 100,000 taels of silver.

Smiling, Xiao Ming looked at the one hundred and three merchants sitting around, and then he suddenly unfolded a large map on the table.

This map is the map of Youzhou.

Then he said to the merchants, "Now is the time for you to reap the rewards, and this king will let all the people of the world know that there is meat to eat if you follow this king." ”

(To be continued.) )