"Are you... okay?" Su Linglong asked cautiously after seeing Huo Chenan.
"What's the matter?" Huo Chenan didn't react for a moment.
"No, I'm fine. I'll give you a few days off. Take a good rest and don't be too tired." After saying that, Su Linglong left in a hurry, leaving Huo Chenan confused. Did this young lady take the wrong medicine?
Wait! The medicine~poison was given by Su Linglong. Huo Chenan reacted instantly. He said, this girl will definitely not be so kind.
Huo Chenan thought about it carefully and figured out the reason. It must be that he ruined her date with that pretty boy that day, and Su Linglong deliberately retaliated against him.
It's really the most vicious woman's heart. He tried his best to help the Su family, but this girl actually poisoned him. How can I tolerate it? My uncle can tolerate it, but my aunt can't.
Soon a plan took shape in Huo Chenan's mind. Hum, little girl, let me show you what a conspiracy is.
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Since Su Linglong gave Huo Chenan a holiday, he naturally would not waste it. He rushed to the Huo family farm early in the morning.
The village school has been built, and the people of the Mo family are now living in the dormitory of the village school.
Huo Chenan stood outside the imposing gate of the village school and nodded with satisfaction. When he came to the courtyard, there were white walls and gray tiles all around, which looked clean and tidy. In the center of the courtyard, several stonemasons were carving something around a huge stone.
Huo Chenan walked closer to take a look. The stonemasons were carving the school motto that Tai had talked about with Deng Lingjisheng yesterday, the four sentences of Hengqu: Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, inherit the unique knowledge for the past saints, and open peace for the world.
Behind the huge stone is the school building. At this time, there are already young children reading. The teacher is teaching the Three Character Classic compiled by Huo Chenan.
"When people are born, their nature is good..."
Listening to the sound of reading aloud, Huo Chenan felt that life was full of hope, and even his depression caused by Su Linglong's conspiracy was relieved a lot.
In another school building, Deng Ling Jisheng was leading his Mohist disciples to study and improve the curved plow.
Seeing Huo Chenan coming, Deng Ling Jisheng asked Huo Chenan to say a few words.
Huo Chenan had no choice but to bite the bullet and talk nonsense: "Laozi said: Man follows the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. That is to say, everything in the world has its own natural laws. If you follow them with order, it will be auspicious, and if you follow them with chaos, it will be disastrous. Strengthen the foundation and save money, then the sky will not be poor; nourish and prepare and act in time, then the sky will not be sick; follow the Tao without hesitation, then the sky will not be in trouble."
Huo Chenan talked eloquently, and the Mohist disciples in the audience listened attentively.
"I founded the village school not to let everyone take the imperial examination, but to teach everyone some knowledge and some principles.
Let the young children understand what it means that jade cannot be made into a useful tool without being polished;
Let the villagers know the natural weather of spring ploughing and autumn harvest;
Let everyone know the principles of the laws of nature. And make use of them."
Everyone looked at Huo Chenan in confusion, and he continued: "Let me give you an example. Have you all seen a waterwheel?"
Everyone nodded.
Huo Chenan continued: "It is a natural law that water flows from high to low. The waterwheel uses this law of water to make it rotate. And this rotation can be used for other purposes, such as bringing water from the ground to a high place, and grinding ink through rotation."
The Mohists are proficient in mechanical techniques. As long as Huo Chenan puts forward an idea, the Mohists can immediately understand the principle, and some even have preliminary design ideas.
Huo Chenan's words made the eyes of the Mohists brighten. Yes, the waterwheel can perform reciprocating motion. Where can this motion be used? Everyone began to think.
Huo Chenan didn't know what everyone was thinking, he continued: "There are still many natural laws that can be used in life, for example, when boiling water, the lid of the kettle will be pushed open, the water will overflow when a stone is placed in a bowl full of water, the Kongming lantern can fly into the sky, etc. When we know the principles behind these phenomena, these principles can be used by us. We can build a carriage that does not need to be pulled by horses, we can build an ironclad ship that can float on the water, and we can build a Kongming lantern that can fly with people."
Everyone was deeply attracted by the scene described by Huo Chenan, and they all yearned for it.
From this moment on, the First People's College of Huojiazhuang was officially established.
And the Mohist disciples in front of Huo Chenan were the first batch of scientists trained by the college.
Huo Chenan wondered whether to ask Mr. Wang to give his First People's College of Huojiazhuang a special plaque.
After Huo Chenan finished his speech, Deng Lingjisheng took Huo Chenan to see the site selection of the glass workshop.
According to Huo Chenan's requirements, the workshop was placed downstream of the river beach, so that it would not cause any pollution to the water diversion. Under this premise, Deng Ling Jisheng found an excellent location, next to which was a borax mine, so the problem of raw materials was solved at the same time.
What Huo Chenan didn't expect was that in just one day, the Mohist disciples not only mastered the glass smelting technology, but also cast two sets of molds with iron, one for the Ruyi shape and the other for a wine glass.
As long as the glass solution is poured into the mold and cooled, the corresponding glass products can be obtained by opening the mold.
Huo Chenan looked at the Ruyi and wine glass made by the Mohist disciples. Because of the impurities, the glass made was colored, and it looked particularly beautiful under the embellishment of these colors.
"Not bad, not bad."
Yesterday he melted a glass bead, and it was stolen by Chu Liuxiang. This time he planned to take the jade Ruyi first and go to Su Linglong to cheat some money. Who let this girl poison him? He is very vengeful.
Huo Chenan looked at the exquisite glass Ruyi and laughed strangely.
Deng Ling Jisheng thought that Huo Chenan's poison had taken effect, so he quickly took out the silver needle and was about to give Huo Chenan acupuncture.
"Master, there is no need, there is no need." Huo Chenan waved his hands repeatedly.
"Cough, cough," Huo Chenan coughed awkwardly twice, and he quickly changed the subject and said, "Master, please take care of the academy."
"Please rest assured, sir." Deng Ling Jisheng replied.
"Well, the academy is mainly focused on research in physics and chemistry."
"What is physics and chemistry?" Deng Ling Jisheng asked in confusion.
"Uh, it's the study of natural laws." Huo Chenan had no choice but to explain.
Deng Ling Jisheng nodded as if he understood.
"I will come to teach when I am free these days. You should let the disciples with better qualifications come to listen to the class. You need to lay a good foundation in the front, so that the research, invention and other things in the back can be carried out." Huo Chenan instructed.
Deng Ling Jisheng nodded solemnly in agreement.