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Li Yi and the first steam engine they built according to Qin Mu's drawings actually had many defects, there were many places where the steam leaked, and the power was not strong.

But either way, it's a difference between having and not having one. The existing problems can be solved by grinding slowly.

Qin Mu took out 20,000 taels of silver from Han Zanzhou's book sales as an investment, and let Li Yi open a steam engine manufacturing factory. hangs Li Yi's name, but he, the king of a country, is the big boss behind the scenes.

If this move is known to the imperial historians, it will definitely be said that he is competing with the people;

Qin Mu doesn't care so much, let's make money first, he is like a miser now, the Zheng family donated nine million taels, he only gave two million taels to the treasury, and the remaining seven million taels were rightfully collected by him into the inner treasury, this is the Zheng family donated to the king to build the palace, it is already good to give you two million taels

Qin Mu plans to save a lot of money, and then set up a five-year compulsory education in Daqin, there are too few children who can study in these years, if most of the children in Qin can study for five years, it will play an immeasurable role in improving the quality of the population of Daqin.

For a country to develop, talent comes first. And talent comes from education.

Compulsory education in the name of the royal family, once this move can be implemented, the prestige of the royal family will definitely reach an unprecedented height, and then I think who will dare to have different intentions, who will dare to rebel?

When Qin Mu returned to Hangzhou, he received an exciting news that the smelting blast furnace he built in Ma'an Mountain was successful, and the smelting furnace he built was not only fast, but also the furnace temperature was high, and the quality of the steel smelted was greatly improved.

Later, according to Qin Mu's prompt, coal was added when smelting. Constantly adjusting the proportion and constantly trying, finally the carbon steel was smelted, this kind of carbon steel has high hardness and high strength, and it is by no means comparable to the iron smelted before.

Qin Mu immediately sent an order to Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to use this carbon steel to make gun barrels and gun barrels for testing.

In a good mood, he asked Han Zanzhou: "Old Han, it has been so long since the Great Qin Times newspaper offered a reward, and no one has been able to improve the textile machine?" ”

The smile on Han Zanzhou's face froze. He bowed down and replied: "Back to King Qin, not yet, why don't you let the old slave publish another issue of the bounty?" ”

"Well, if you publish it for ten issues in a row, this king won't believe it, my Great Qin is full of talents, and no one can improve the textile machine."

It's not that Qin Mu is in a hurry, this steam engine has come out, and the textile machine can't be improved. Is it possible to use a steam engine to drive those handlooms?

It's a pity, it seems that Jenny Loom was not introduced in the textbooks of his previous life, anyway, Qin Mu was not impressed.

Qin Mu was proud of the spring breeze for a while, but Sima Kai was very haggard. In order to compile the mathematics textbooks that Qin Mu asked for as soon as possible, he worked day and night and almost became short-sighted.

However, he has seen a few talented people in mathematics for a while:

Xue Fengzuo, 47 years old. Shandong Yidu people.

Li Tingji, Zijin, is twenty-five years old. A native of Zhecheng County, Henan.

Wang Xixi, 20 years old, from Wujiang, Jiangsu.

Du Zhigeng, whose name is Duanfu, is twenty-four years old and a native of Zhecheng, Henan.

Gu Dashen, thirty-two years old, the word Zhen Pheasant, this person not only has research in mathematics, but also works in poetry and literature, is good at painting landscapes, and what is more rare is that he is also good at water conservancy, and is very knowledgeable in water control, and is a rare multi-faceted talent.

After the unremitting efforts of these people, when the ship arrived in Hangzhou, Sima Kai finally took out a mathematics enlightenment textbook, and as soon as Qin Mu opened it, he couldn't help frowning, it was densely packed, word after word.

This is an enlightenment textbook, how much time do you let children understand?

Sima Kai has been fighting day and night for so long, but as soon as this first draft is started, King Qin frowned, which shows that King Qin is not satisfied, King Qin is not satisfied, and the consequences are very serious

"King Qin, but what's wrong, if there's anything wrong, Weichen can change it."

"It's really inappropriate."

Qin Mu's words made Sima Kai, Xue Fengzuo, Li Tingji, Wang Xiyan, Du Zhigeng, and Gu Dashen very frustrated, and the old god Yang Shen next to him was there, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth;

Comrade Ji Ji Jin Lei Jin Gongnan did not care about himself, and he was in a state of schadenfreude, and his attitude was glimpsed by the corner of Qin Mu's eyes, "Ahem, Jin Lei, grinding ink." ”

"Uh, yes." Comrade Jin Gongnan looked embarrassed and hurriedly came over to polish the ink.

Now it's Sima Kai's turn to have fun. However, he was still acquainted, and took the initiative to come up and help Qin Mu lay out the paper.

Qin Mu dipped his pen in ink, swooped a few times, and wrote down the Raber numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and then wrote the symbols +-×÷, and also listed a few mathematical calculations on the spot for Sima Kai, Xue Fengzuo and others to see.

"I have a lot of numerical strokes, which is not conducive to counting, each of these Arabic numerals is written in one stroke, in a large number of counting, calculation, it is much more convenient and fast, in the future enlightenment textbooks should popularize these writings, as well as these addition, subtraction, multiplication and division symbols, also conducive to pen calculation, but also popular"

Qin Mu is the most rear, .; ：、？！ These punctuation marks were also written, and as he wrote, he said: "For a long time, the hyphenation of my dynasty has been a problem for many people, and these are the symbols that aid the textual record, which are used to indicate pauses, tones, and the nature and function of words."

At this time, even Yang Shen, who was there with the old god, couldn't sit still, he leaned over and asked, "King Qin, my Chinese writing is broad and profound, why do you need all this?" ”

What kind of is this? Our ancestors' knowledge is too broad and profound, so it is more necessary to get the punctuation marks out, and there is no punctuation mark in a book, and the hyphenation alone is a headache.

Qin Mu glanced at him, and then wrote down a line of words: The people can make it impossible to know it.

"You see, the saint is just ten words, I will show it to you."

Qin Mu then wrote separately:

"The people may, let it be; No, let it be known. ”

"The people may make it to themselves, but they cannot know it."

"You can see it, the same sentence, the judgment is different, and the meaning is completely opposite. The first type of judgment means that the people are law-abiding and kind, so that they can act independently and not be too restricted. If the people are ignorant and violent, they must be punished and taught so that they may know their faults.

The second way of asserting means that it is good to let the people go unand not let them know too much.

In this world, everyone's knowledge is uneven, and the ability to hyphenate words is also different, and the same sentence has many different meanings due to different hyphenation methods;

In the study of the sages, it is precisely because of the inaccurate hyphenation in some places that the meaning of the sages has been misinterpreted, so that there are many contradictions in the Analects;

If the sage had used such punctuation marks to hyphenate words when he first wrote his book, would there have been many misinterpretations of the sage's learning? As the so-called remedy is not too late, the king decided to immediately promote these punctuation marks;

All future official texts must be hyphenated with punctuation. This is not the king's intention to consult with you, it is a holy decree. ”

Yang Shen and the others were all people of extraordinary learning, but Qin Mu had no intention of discussing with them in this matter at all, and suddenly decided to make an order to implement it. A few people, you look at me, I look at you, your throat is surging, and your expressions are different.

Qin Muha smiled and said: "New things, to accept them, it is inevitable that there will be some resistance, just get used to it, isn't it just a few punctuation marks, this is not harmful to literacy and hyphenation, if any of you dare to object, go down to the river to swim back and forth first, sober up and then oppose it." ”

Others didn't speak, but Gu Dashen said first: "King Qin's move, in the eyes of the minister, is really a stroke of genius, with these punctuation marks, in the future, you only need to read and write, you don't need to learn hyphenation, which is of great benefit to children's reading and writing." The wisdom of the King of Qin, the ministers can't wait in case, and the ministers admire it. ”

Well, Gu Dashen didn't have to say anything about his talent, and his kung fu was not bad, and then Xue Fengzuo, Li Tingji, Wang Xiyan, Du Zhigeng and others also praised it, all saying that King Qin's initiative was unprecedented and would be left behind forever.

Well, they are all math geniuses, and they know when to add and when to subtract.

Qin Mu laughed again, and then asked Han Zanzhou to take the "Analects", and immediately broke a few pages with punctuation marks, and then explained the usage of those punctuation marks and the meaning of the representation one by one;

"Lao Han, according to this, it will be published in the Daqin Times, and then printed into a newspaper, and distributed to the officials of various ministries and local yamen, so that all officials can learn, and in the future, the upper chapter must be hyphenated with punctuation, and after March, if the upper chapter is not written correctly, the king will deduct him."

Han Zanzhou seemed to have seen countless Great Qin officials, painstakingly learning the appearance of these little earthworms, and he was secretly happy in his heart, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha: "Yes, the old slave will find a workshop to print when he arrives in Hangzhou." ”

Qin Mu suddenly remembered something, and said: "Wait, there is another thing, I don't know who took the wrong medicine at the beginning, and I made a catty of sixteen taels, change, this must also be changed, in the future, all of them will be changed to one catty and ten taels, so easy to calculate." ”

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PS: Brothers, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation ticket, kneel and beg for it

(To be continued......)