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- In order to avoid socializing, Yang Yi has been hiding in his new house in Xingguofang these days. In addition to writing books and writing stories every day, he just spends time with beauties and has fun. His life is not comfortable.
Two days before New Year's Eve, Yang Yi, Thirteenth Niang, Mu Wanling, and Lingzi came to their farm outside the city early in the morning and personally distributed New Year's goods to the farmers, including ten kilograms of pork, a piece of cotton cloth, and some fruit, vegetable and pastries to each family. .
Farmers brought old and young to collect the goods, and they were all smiling. The New Year's goods received by each family were worth about five guan, which was more or less. Those with poor family backgrounds could receive more. They were always happy. The villagers were grateful for their kindness and treated the Thirteen Niangs and the others as living Bodhisattvas.
The Song Dynasty was relatively humane in supporting disadvantaged groups. The government built Changpingcang. The main function of Changpingcang was to harvest grain in good years and sell grain in disaster years. It tried to stabilize the price of grain on the market and avoid Low grain prices hurt farmers, or food prices soar in disaster years.
There are also many private warehouses among the people. Most of the free warehouses are organized by clans. The wealthy members of the clan donate grain and money, or the clan sets aside a piece of public land, and the income from the public land goes to the free warehouse. The free warehouse is mainly used to relieve the people who are in difficulty in life, and the state They attach great importance to Yicang. Starting from Renzong, emperors of all dynasties have issued imperial edicts on Yicang, which has played a significant role in supporting disadvantaged groups.
The Yang family also built a charity warehouse, but the significance of relief was no longer great, because the farmers in the Yang family were relatively wealthy, so the charity warehouse was no longer targeted at a specific farmer, but like the administrative units of later generations, it distributed some gifts as a gift during the holidays. Welfare.
In addition to farmers, teachers and students in the Academy of Sciences are indispensable.
The Academy of Sciences now has more than 500 skilled craftsmen and more than 200 students. The Song Dynasty did not restrict private academies. Whether they were private schools scattered across the country or Yuelu Academy, a world-famous institution of higher education, they were all privately run. As long as they do not promote reactionary remarks, the government does not interfere much with the academy's teaching methods.
What¡¯s special about Yang¡¯s Academy of Sciences is that. It not only teaches Confucianism, but also integrates encyclopedias, integrating scientific research and teaching. Many textbooks are compiled by Yang Yi and Shisanniang themselves. School children first learn Chinese and mathematics for a few years, and then add more after a few years. Knowledge of geometry, physics, chemistry, etc. At the same time, I practiced with professors in the Academy of Sciences.
Because Yang Yi is famous all over the world, and the academy does not charge tuition fees and provides students with three meals and one night's living allowance, many children from farm families are struggling to enter the academy. Yang Yi considers that the academy is a fledgling academy and lacks teachers. Currently, one hundred school children are admitted a year, and the income will be gradually increased after the conditions are met.
As Yang Yi and others walked to the Academy of Sciences, the dean, Shisanniang, introduced to him the situation of the Academy of Sciences this year: "Officials, in addition to the twelve items you have arranged such as steam engines, yellow explosives, textile looms, hydraulic presses, and penicillin, In addition to scientific research projects, this year we have launched more than 30 new research projects on clocks, glass, cement, equipment, etc."
"How's the progress?" Yang Yi asked with a smile.
"More than ten results have been produced, and the most valuable ones are the clock and the glass. However, there are still some shortcomings in both. The clock is usually two or three minutes slow at the end of the day. The glass is also short-term. There are many bubbles in the finished product, and there are still some shortcomings. Just need to improve further.¡±
When Yang Yi heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "You can solve the problem of the clock slowing down by yourself. I have a way to solve the problem of glass bubbles."
"Is it true? Official, please tell me."
"Well, it's very simple. Constant stirring during the dissolution process can effectively eliminate bubbles in the solution."
Thirteenth Niang said happily: "After the Chinese New Year, I will let them try it."
The Academy of Sciences is on annual vacation. However, the craftsmen and their families have been settled in Zhuangzi, so many people are still working on the projects they are responsible for in the courtyard.
Especially Huang Zuo and Di Daye, who were responsible for the steam engine and yellow explosives, simply spent all their time forgetting to eat and sleep, because these two projects were the key projects assigned by Yang Yi. The Yang family provided them with whatever they wanted, and the treatment was extremely generous, but they had not produced results after two years, which made them feel very ashamed.
The arrival of Yang Yi made everyone feel like they couldn't hold their heads up. Instead of blaming them, Yang Yi comforted and encouraged them. At the same time, he discussed with them for a long time. The steam engine was roughly built, but due to the problem of holding his breath. It has poor performance, high energy consumption, large volume, low work efficiency, and little practicality.
But this can be considered a very good progress. As long as we continue to study slowly and solve the problem of air locking, it will no longer be a problem for the steam engine to be put into practical use.
Yellow fried medical noodles have also made great progress. At least they have dissolved mercury into nitric acid to create mercury fulminate. This thing is extremely dangerous. Yang Yi repeatedly warned them that they would rather go slow and ensure safety. Glycerin , sulfuric acid and other substances are all in the refining process. In fact, these are the real problems that need to be solved. With these things, Yang Yi knows how to prepare yellow explosives.
Glass, cement, clocks and other instrumentsYang Yi also took the trouble to look at them one by one. Among them, glass and cement were refined in a small blast furnace built outside the Academy of Sciences. The cement had not yet been finished. Yang Yi only knew that the main raw material of cement was limestone. With clay, the specific method of firing and the ratio of raw materials is unknown. These can only be explored slowly by craftsmen. In addition to these large-scale research projects, the skilled craftsmen in the courtyard also created many interesting small objects.
For example, a small fan can be gently shaken by hand. There is a box at the air inlet that can store ice cubes. The air passes through the ice cubes, which can have a cooling effect. It is much cooler than using a fan to cool down on hot days.
Craftsmen make small fans into various shapes, which are exquisite and beautiful. They can be used as decoration at home and are practical. Han Bier has had a workshop built specifically for production. It is estimated that the sales will be good. There are many similar small objects. Lingzi and Mu Wanling were amazed by what they saw.
¡°In addition to its own research, the Yang Academy of Sciences also purchases patents. Anyone with any invention can use it. As long as it has practical value, the Yang Academy of Sciences will pay for it. To this end, Yang Yi is preparing to push the court to introduce patent laws to protect and encourage private inventions.
When he came out of the Academy of Sciences, Yang Yi looked happy. Although most of those big projects had no results, they had accumulated a lot of knowledge and experience. As long as some bottlenecks were broken, they would be done.
After getting in the car, Thirteenth Niang glanced at Yang Yi quietly for a few times, and then said squirmingly: "My lord, I have something to tell you."
"Well, tell me, my wife has good management, and I am very satisfied with the progress of the Academy of Sciences. Tell me, what is it?"
"I have changed some regulations without the consent of the officials, that is, whoever produces research and development results, 20% of the income from the transfer will belong to the craftsmen and scientists involved in the research and development."
Yang Yi couldn't help but laugh when he saw her hesitating. Well, the salary provided by the Yang family is very generous. The salary of a key member is higher than that of the magistrate.
And for a long time, even if they were generals and supervisors of the imperial court, both their status and actual income of craftsmen were very low. The treatment given by the Yang family now is ten times better, which already makes them grateful. Thirteenth mother will transfer the scientific research results again. 20% of the income is awarded to the craftsmen. No wonder there are many people in the courtyard doing selfless research even during the annual vacation.
"Madam, you are right. Emperor Zhenzong said that there is a golden house in the book, which made countless people sharpen their heads and study hard. We must also let people know that there is a golden mountain in scientific research. As long as there are results, there will be rich profits. By giving back, you can live a life of good food and clothing, which will have a great impact on the development of science and technology."
"Thank you, officer."
Yang Yi reached out and patted his shoulder, smiling without saying a word.
The Song Dynasty encouraged industry and commerce, and the social status of merchants was the highest among all dynasties. After you make money through business, you can build a palace like a prince and wear silk and satin. Unlike other dynasties, there were various restrictions on merchants. Harsh regulations, such as merchants' children not being allowed to take part in the imperial examination, suppressed the status of merchants very low.
In the Song Dynasty, there were no such regulations at all. It was common for the children of businessmen to marry into official families, and there was no rule that the children of businessmen were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
With such a loose policy and the fact that the imperial examination requires thousands of troops to cross a single-plank bridge, only a few people can get the gold medal. As long as they are slowly guided, it will not be difficult to attract some intellectuals to other areas.
Yang Yi has thought about it and plans to use newspapers to vigorously publicize knowledge in physics, chemistry, machinery, medicine, etc. Whoever has achieved results will be vigorously publicized to make his name famous throughout the world;
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTOUT I don't believe it when we set up grand prizes in related disciplines like the Nobel Prize, making them more honorable than being a Jinshi. This series of methods can't change people's old habit of only knowing "what's important" all day long.
Well, the prize money for each grand prize is tentatively set at 30,000 yuan, which is equivalent to about 10 million yuan in future generations. In this way, if you don't win the Jinshi and transfer to other subjects, if you win the grand prize, it will be enough to support a large group of beautiful wives. Concubine, I will live a prosperous life for the rest of my life.
As for funds, is there any problem with this? Just invest the money and let the Western Indian Ocean Trading Company build a fund. If we can¡¯t let Letao and the others snatch it away, after robbing Africa and robbing America, we won¡¯t be short of money, hahaha!
The more Yang Yi thought about it, the happier he became. He couldn't help but burst out laughing. Thirteenth Niang asked in surprise: "Guardian, what are you laughing at?"
"Hahaha, madam, let's go home quickly because my husband wants to write an article."
"Oh, have you come up with another masterpiece? Can you come and listen to me first?" Suddenly, Thirteenth Niang was much gentler than before, more like a little woman.
Yang Yi did not shy away from Mu Wanling's orders. He put his arms around Thirteen Niang's shoulders and said with a smile, "Well, Guanren's article will definitely shock the world and make many people crazy about it."
"Officials, tell me quickly. Tell me what kind of article it is."
"Buddha said, don't say it, don't say it, just remember to help me grind the ink when I get home."
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