In the afternoon, before the microcosm of the microcosm, the small vendors on both sides of the street are nervously busy, the cookcake seller is carrying a row of tall cage drawers off the pot, the cooked food seller is flying with knives, chopping the haggis and pig's head meat to facilitate the weighing for a while, and the rice soup seller is increasing the firepower to try to boil the last pot of rice soup out as soon as possible.

The reason why these food vendors work so hard is that it is almost time for the end of the lecture, and at this time, that is, when the vendors who sell food outside are the busiest, because they have to prepare as much food as they can sell, so that when those hungry people who have been listening to the afternoon lecture come out, they can sell as much as possible, and this is also the best time of their day, and even most of the income of the day depends on this time.

"Knock knock~" With a relatively rapid bell sound in the microcosm, the competition among the vendors outside has reached its peak, and then after waiting for a while, I heard a commotion from the microcosm, and then a group of readers in various shirts walked out from the view while discussing, most of these readers are relatively young, but there are also a few gray-haired old people mixed in, but no matter how old or young, everyone's faces are filled with a kind of excitement after the curiosity is satisfied.

After these scholars, young and old, walked out of the Taoist temple, they immediately dispersed to the food stalls on both sides, bought a few cooking cakes, weighed half a catty of haggis, and then came to sell rice soup? After all, no matter how good their knowledge is, they can't stand hunger, so after they supplement the external spiritual food, the first thing they do is to supplement the real food.

As time went on, fewer and fewer people came out of the Taoist temple. However, I don't know when it began, and it is no longer a pure scholar who came out of the Taoist temple, which can be seen from their clothing and expressions, for example, in a group of scholars wearing shirts, one or two people wearing short shirts, very thick hands, dark complexion and large pores. At first glance, these people knew that they were craftsmen.

There are craftsmen among the people who come to listen to Zhao Yan's lectures, which may seem strange to others, but if you think about it carefully, it is also normal, this is mainly because the content of Zhao Yan's lectures is very miscellaneous, including mathematics, physics, chemistry and other knowledge, these knowledge is actually very practical for craftsmen, especially the mathematical and physical knowledge, in the past, these craftsmen only worked on experience, and most of them only knew it but did not know why. But after listening to Zhao Yan's lecture, I realized the mystery contained in my work.

However, there are not many craftsmen who can understand Zhao Yan's lectures, most of them are some senior craftsmen who are literate and even know how to arithmetic, so the number of craftsmen who come to listen to the lectures is not very large, and it is worth mentioning that the Great Song Dynasty is the era with the highest status of scholars in history, and craftsmen can't raise their heads in front of them at all, so these craftsmen come to listen to the class. But he has always shrunk in the most inconspicuous corner, and he always lets the reader go first when class ends. It's not something that the law dictates it, but an invisible class at work in the human heart.

Just when the scholars and craftsmen in front of them were almost gone, they saw a black and thin sturdy man coming out of the Taoist temple, this man looked only about thirty or forty years old, his appearance looked very ordinary, but his eyes were shining. Flashing with the luster of wisdom, the surrounding craftsmen also greeted him one after another when they saw him, and they seemed to have great respect for this middle-aged man between words and deeds.

For the people around him, the black and thin sturdy man also responded with a smile. If Zhao Yan was here, he would recognize at a glance that this man was the skillful hand Liu who helped Daomen successfully develop the microscope, this skillful Liu was proficient in the making of gold and jade, and was known as the first skillful hand in Tokyo.

Skillful Liu was employed by the Daomen, has been working in the workshop behind the microcosm, for which he even moved his family to Sheung Shui Village, usually as long as the workshop is not busy, he will run to listen to Zhao Yan's lectures, the people in the Daomen are also acquiescing, after all, the more skillful Liu learns, the more he can help the Taoist Temple to make what is needed.

In fact, with his monthly salary, even if he eats more expensive mutton every meal, he is from a poor background, and he has been used to eating pork since he was a child, and the children in the family are also with him in terms of taste, and the taste of pork sold on the market in the past two years has suddenly become much better than before.

Carrying two catties of pig's head meat, skillful Liu bought half a catty of mutton for his Hun family, speaking of which, his Hun family was born in a dilapidated rich businessman's family, and his mouth was relatively tight, and he usually doesn't eat pork much, but it is precisely because of such a Hun family that he let the skillful Liu follow her to learn to read and hyphenation, and even know some arithmetic, plus he was born with a pair of dexterous hands, as well as a smart brain, so that he has the title of a skillful Liu.

Skillful Liu was about to go home with the cooked food he bought, but when he passed by a chaos shop in the market, he was suddenly stopped and said: "Foreman Liu, my master is invited!" ”

The visitor pointed to a table near the window of the Chaos Shop, and saw a man in his thirties sitting there, although the other party was about in his early thirties, with a dark face and a short beard, and looked a little older than his actual age, but he also looked extremely stable, and now he was looking at himself with a smile on his face.

Seeing the man in the chaos shop, skillful Liu smiled bitterly, because he knew the other party, and it was not the first time he came to find him, if it was before, he might be very willing to see the other party, but today he made a bold decision, so when he saw the other party now, it made him feel a little headache.

But even so, the skillful Liu still entered the chaos shop head-on, and then saluted the middle-aged man sitting by the window and said, "The villain skillful Liu visits Shen's prison!" ”

The man sitting by the window is Shen Kuo, the judge of the Ordnance Prison, he also likes to listen to Zhao Yan's lectures, and even draws inferences from what Zhao Yan said, but it is a pity that he is in charge of the entire Ordnance Prison, and it is usually difficult to find time to listen to the lectures, for example, today he finally found time, but when he arrived here, he had already finished lecturing, but he did not come to listen to the lecture today, but mainly came to find the skillful Liu.

"Hehe, skillful Liu, you don't have to be polite, sit down quickly, this chaos is doing well, I will drink a bowl every time I come to Xian Microscopic!" Shen Kuo smiled and said, he is not only a scholar, but also an important official in charge of the weapons superintendent, and it is already very rare for him to be able to treat a craftsman so kindly.

"Thank you, Prison Shen!" Skillful Liu also looked a little frightened at this time, and then sat opposite Shen Kuo according to his words, and at this time Shen Kuo also asked the guy to send him a bowl of chaos.

"Skillful Liu, how did you think about the things I mentioned to you last time, if you agree, you don't have to consider the attitude of the Daomen, and the court will help you make the decision!" As soon as the skillful Liu Gang sat down, Shen Kuo immediately asked straight to the point.

"This ......" skillful hand Liu also showed a look of embarrassment when he heard this, although skillful Liu used to be known as the first skillful hand in the capital, but there are countless skilled craftsmen in the capital, he is only proficient in the production of jade and gold, so it is not too conspicuous, but last time he successfully developed a microscope under the employment of the Daomen, and even the telescope was from his hand, which made the reputation of the skillful hand Liu shocked, especially among the craftsmen, it was extremely loud, This is one of the reasons why other craftsmen took the initiative to greet him when they saw him before.

It is a good thing that the craftsman is famous, and the famous skillful Liu has not only won the respect of his peers, but also made the Daomen pay more attention, and even gave him a salary. However, at the same time, it also made many people in the capital pay attention to the skillful Liu, such as the military industrial institutions such as the Ordnance Superintendent, who have always been very attentive to skilled craftsmen, and now the skillful Liu has become famous, which naturally attracted the attention of Shen Kuo, the Ordnance Superintendent.

Shen Kuo also often came to Xian Micro to listen to the lectures, and he heard about the reputation of the skillful Liu, so he found the skillful Liu after listening to the lecture a few days ago, and then threw an olive branch to him, hoping to recruit him to serve in the Ordnance Prison, with his skills, he will definitely be a senior craftsman in the Ordnance Prison, and even become the head of the Arsenal Prison, no matter which dynasty it is, it is much better to eat the court meal than to work alone outside.

For the recruitment of the ordnance supervisor, the skillful hand Liu was actually very moved, especially Shen Kuo came to him in person, which made him even more flattered, and almost wanted to agree to come down at that time, but he had a problem of fear, and his wife had always been in charge of family affairs, so he told Shen Kuo at that time that he should think about it, and Shen Kuo could understand this, so he asked him to go back first, and found him again today, hoping to finalize this matter.

Shen Kuo saw the appearance of the skillful hand Liu, thinking that he disagreed, which made him wonder and said: "Skillful Liu, you must know that if you go to the ordnance superintendent, not only will the salary be higher than that given to you by the Daomen, but you will also become a member of the imperial court, as long as you work hard, it is not impossible to mix with an official body in the future, this kind of good thing is not easy to find!" ”

Hearing Shen Kuo say this, the skillful hand Liu also showed hesitation on his face, but in the end he gritted his teeth and said: "Qi Shen Prison, originally the villain was very willing to serve in the Ordnance Prison, but I heard something today, so I have a new plan!" (To be continued......) R1292