Chapter 95: Everything belongs to the Empire
Song Yingxing indeed showed extraordinary talent in his studies. He could directly remember everything he had seen, whether it was images or words.
Such people who never forget each other have a virtual screen in front of their eyes, and everything they have seen can be displayed on the screen.
This ability is called wisdom and knowledge by Taoism, and foreigners call it human flesh Google. In the 21st century, there were about a thousand people around the world who had such ability. Most of them had been exposed to the Tao Te Ching. The Tao Te Ching is a religious textbook published overseas in addition to the Bible and is praised as a textbook for human behavior.
Because of such a person, the phenomenon of "reciting it backwards" occurs. In fact, they are reading it backwards when they memorize it backwards.
Of course, memory and comprehension are different, and learning is divided into two steps: memory and learning. Although some people have the ability to remember everything they see, their comprehension is not much different from ordinary people.
But such memory ability has brought great convenience to Song Yingxing's charging. He is immersed in learning every day. There is nothing he can't remember. Song Yingxing just needs to understand that knowledge.
After visiting workshops and advanced craftsmanship, and being exposed to the physics, chemistry and mathematics textbooks written by Zhao Yan, Song Yingxing knew what real craftsmanship is. As long as he learns this knowledge, he can slowly convert them into production, especially textile machinery and steam engines left the deepest impression on him.
Song Yingxing studied very hard every day, and Song Yingxing's crazy improvement in science directly alarmed Zhao Yan, who was the fastest-growing student in university history.
For this reason, Zhao Yan began to go to teach him in person, and Song Yingxing could feel Zhao Yan's importance to him.
The so-called scholars die as confidants.
Zhao Yan was also very surprised by Song Yingxing's observation. Such superpowers can be seen frequently in historical records, but in the past, they always had a half-believing and half-doubted attitude.
"Chang Geng, how can we activate such a ability?" Zhao Yan asked Song Yingxing after gaining insight into this superpower.
"The students also started it unintentionally, but I want to have some connection with the "Tao Te Ching" and Guanxue." Song Yingxing replied. Zhao Yan nodded in a clear way, and did not discuss this issue in depth, but continued to teach Song Yingxing.
For Zhao Yan, although this kind of thing exists, it is too ethereal to let people generally have this ability. At the same time, I don’t believe in the answer given by Song Yingxing.
Zhao Yan did not learn very deeply about mathematics, physics and chemistry. He only knew some systematic and shallow things that could reach the height of high school textbooks at the highest level.
Those more advanced things have to be studied by others, and Zhao Yan is not a qualified teacher and does not have so much time to attend classes.
Therefore, Song Yingxing's arrival made him see the possibility of withdrawing. As long as Song Yingxing learns what he knows about mathematics, physics and chemistry, he will no longer have to take these basic courses in person in the future. Just let Song Yingxing take this position. Zhao Yan has already planned to give Song Yingxing the position of Deputy Minister of Education.
Because of the high scholarship stimulation given by Zhao Yan and the high rewards in research results, the Academy of Sciences is immersed in a strong desire for knowledge.
They kept learning and verifying the knowledge and theories given by Zhao Yan, and constantly tried to apply this knowledge to reality.
A researcher named Li Yuan used soft manganese ore (containing manganese dioxide) and concentrated hydrochloric acid to obtain chlorine for the first time. Then he mixed bauxite, charcoal and salt, and heated it to obtain NaCl and AlCl complex salt. Then melted the complex salt with excess sodium to obtain metal aluminum.
Aluminum is the third-ranked metal element on the surface of the bottom shell, with a metallic luster similar to silver.
Under Zhao Yan's guidance, the Institute of Science and Technology also made an insulating bottle. The principle of the insulating pot is extremely simple. The main body is glass. Blow the glass into a double layer, vacuum it, and then coat silver inside.
Since it is composed of two glass bottles inside and outside, the two are connected in one at the mouth of the bottle. The gap between the two bottle walls is vacuumed to weaken heat convection. The surface of the glass bottle wall is coated with a bright silver film to reflect infrared heat radiation. When the bottle is at high temperature, the heat energy of the content does not radiate outward; when the bottle is at low temperature, the heat energy outside the bottle does not radiate into the bottle. The thermos effectively controls three ways of heat transfer: conduction, heat convection and radiation.
Thermos can not only be used to provide various research, but also be a must-have product in daily life. A new product has been added to the glass factory.
The happiest thing is Zhao Quan, the business has sold new products, and they are all monopolistic.
Aluminum can be used to make aluminum pots, aluminum bowls and other things. The heat transfer effect is much better than that of iron pots, it is lighter in weight, and it is not so easy to rust.
Thermos is a very convenient thing. With thermos, it is very convenient for people to make tea. As long as the price is cheap enough, it can be popularized into the homes of people.
However, Zhao Yan does not allow the sale of pots and pans made of aluminum in China, because aluminum is harmful to the human body. Aluminum products used in food cooking and food packaging are only allowed to be produced as marine products.
...Although the Chinese New Year is approaching, all parts of the world are very busy, especially textile factories. Although the river flow rate is down during the fall and winter, there is still a lot of things to do.
First of all, we need to deal with the cotton purchased from various places, especially this year, which is a lot of cotton purchased. The cotton in Henan and Shandong and Shandong provinces almost purchased all the cotton in the south, and the cotton in the south was also not spared. The business staff swept the cotton production area in the south and it was once again.
As soon as the cotton was picked, it was transported away by the merchants through the water and land passage. When the cotton was picked, almost no merchants went to buy cotton because cotton farmers would take some time to process the cotton seeds.
Cotton can usually be picked in three or five ways. Some cotton farmers even have to deal with it for the previous year or even a year after picking it. They have to leave it until the second year for treatment.
So cotton is bought all year round, and people who go early may not be able to buy processed cotton, but the textile factory does not play according to common sense. They also want cotton that has just been picked. In this way, cotton farmers are naturally happy to see.
Because the cotton picked in the past had to be processed by oneself, if there was insufficient manpower, there was no way to plant too much cotton, and the yield was restricted by population factors.
Without this constraint, cotton can be grown as much as possible. The three Shandong and East China Mansions were stimulated by this, and the cotton production soared. Once the personnel of Jimin Commercial Bank went to purchase cotton, most cotton farmers chose to sell it immediately and exchange it for cash.
After the cotton is transported to Shandong, the workers in the textile mill will peel cotton seeds with cotton trowel machines during the shutdown. Not only the workers in the textile mill, but also the elderly and women who have free time will also take a cotton trowel machine to peel cotton seeds to earn some money.
A simple cotton tie machine cannot stop the outward spreading momentum, because the principle of this kind is too simple and it is also very simple to manufacture.
However, the spreading speed is not so fast. At this stage when it has not yet been spread, the cloth merchants are powerless to fight.
To put it seriously, Jimin Commercial Bank seriously disrupts market order.
The stripped cotton seeds are generally used to press oil and then use them as oil lamps. Cotton oil is naturally not eaten, and it will be a grandson after eating them. Cotton oil contains a strong sperm-killing function, and cotton seed cakes are used to fertilize.
With the increase in textile experience, textile factories pay more attention to the pre-treatment of cotton. Cottons of different textures are stored separately and matched during textiles to increase the overall quality.
The better the quality, the higher the price.
Next year, the textile factory will have 15 million yuan in capital, and there is almost no backlog of cotton cloth at present! Because the cotton cloth shipped out by the trading bank will be sold out almost immediately, and there is no backlog problem at all.
However, cotton yarn has accumulated a lot, because the business no longer provides cotton yarn to the south, but instead allows the textile factory to textile itself into cotton cloth.
This winter is also a time when rivers in Shandong are relatively busy, and many people are busy setting up hydrolooms to meet production needs next year.
Since Zhao Yanxiong swallowed Shandong, the yarn mills and weaving factories of textile mills are generally concentrated on the east and west lines, and the east line is transported by sea, and the west line is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. However, most textile mills have begun to move to the west line.
Because something happened not long ago that made Zhao Yan very angry, a cotton boat departing from Songjiang was robbed by pirates on the way.
Although the losses were not too great, how could Zhao Yan, who lacked ships, not be angry! However, the revenge operation began. The First Fleet had already set off a month ago, but Zhao Yan was not sure about the battle situation of the First Fleet. In this era when the information transmission method was underdeveloped, everything was a long wait.
... By the way, Cao Li led a fleet of seven ships to launch a looting operation on the east coast of America again. However, this time, Cao Li continued to sail north under the leadership of the Spanish guide.
The temperature became colder and colder. On the ninth day of August, they successfully arrived in Newfoundland. When Cao Li's fleet sailed to Newfoundland, they saw groups of fishing boats operating in the surging waves.
What surprised Cao Li was that a large area of silver light appeared in the waters of Newfoundland Island, and fish surging in the sea, like surging waves.
"Then... that's... fish? Why are there so many~!" Cao Li was stunned and suddenly shouted to someone: "Map."
Yang Yichuan quickly took out the map he had carefully stored. This was a map drawn by Zhao Yan. It was a bit crooked and not very precise.
"Is it here?" Cao Li asked, pointing to Newfoundland Island on the map, and the fleet's positioning officer quickly measured it with a sextant.
"Report to the commander, it's this island."
"Grandma, why are there so many fish, more than Zhoushan?" Yang Yichuan looked at the surging fish and sweared, "You can even walk ashore even if you step on the fish~!"
"Adults have said that North America and South America each have one fishing ground. We have already positioned the fishing grounds in South America, but the fish there cannot be eaten and can only be used for fish meal. It has no development value yet. It is probably here for the fishing grounds in North America." Cao Li said after thinking for a moment.
"It's a pity that such a rich fishing ground was occupied by the Western barbarians. It will belong to the empire." Yang Yichuan looked at the sea area with a fever in his eyes.
Newfoundland fishery, one of the four largest fishery in the world, has countless cod fishing, and later died due to the crazy fishing of large trawlers.
All the officers and soldiers of the American fleet who arrived in Newfoundland looked at the spectacular cod and showed a passionate desire in their eyes - the rich land and sea will belong to the empire!
(To be continued)
Chapter completed!