Mr. Hua, who was persuaded by Zhu Yuan, created a medical miracle. He just washed his face and recovered more than half of his dying state. Zhu Yuan could not help but marvel, what kind of new medicine is he studying?

After forcing Zhu Yuan to stay for lunch, Hua Gao went to the palace to meet Lao Zhu, while Zhu Yuan returned to Houhu.

As soon as we arrived at the door of our house by boat, Zuo Qi came up to us and informed us that we had a visitor.

It was not the family members of the two ladies who arrived in Jinling in the morning, but another group.

When Zhu Yuan came to the lobby of the main courtyard, the four people who were sitting and chatting here immediately stood up. Zhu Yuan only knew one of them, Zhan Tong, a direct scholar of the Imperial Academy, the one who came to deliver the order last time.

Zhan Tong still came to deliver the message.

Zhu Yuan was promoted again!

He was promoted from the deputy envoy of the Imperial Hospital of the third rank to the right envoy of the Imperial Hospital of the third rank. Not only that, there was also another one, Zhan Shi, the young master of the Prince's Mansion, who was the fourth rank, promoted to Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion, the third rank.

The previous Zhu Yuan knew it, for the sake of neatness.

After all, my ancestors still pampered themselves!

But, what happened to the latter one?

After receiving the order, Zhu Yuan understood it after chatting with Zhan Tong for a few words.

Speaking of this, not only did Zhu Yuan not know about it before, but Lao Zhu himself had also forgotten it, because on the tenth day of last month, the appointment of Zhu Yuan as a prince official had just been announced, and someone was already bedridden due to stimulation the day before.

Almost didn't make it.

Then a series of things happened, which made everyone no longer interested in paying attention to this matter. After all, it was just a false title without any authority.

After Zhu Yuan left in the morning, Lao Zhu wanted to reassign Zhu Yuan's position in the Imperial Hospital, and the people around him reminded him whether he should also send in the personal report of Young Master Zhan of the Prince's Mansion.

Of course I have to send it.

By the way, Lao Zhu also helped his precious twenty-three and four-year-old grandchildren to be upgraded from the fourth-grade Shao Zhanshi to the third-grade Zhan Shi.

Well now, there is one more person than Su Qin.

Moreover, Zhu Yuan felt that he also wanted to create a unique business.

Others were nicknamed because of the place where they served, such as Liu Bei's Liuyuzhou and Liu Zongyuan's Liuliuzhou, but Zhu Yuan got his nickname only because of his official rank.

Hello everyone, I have a new name again.

My name is Zhu Sanpin.

Zhu Yuan felt that he could collect one hundred and eight names, ascend on the spot, and start cultivating immortality.

It would be best to have a system in place by then.

Even if you give it to an old man!

In the lobby.

After talking about the promotion, Zhan Tong introduced several other people. These are the officers of the Yinghai Department selected by Lao Zhu for Zhu Yuan. During the previous discussion, Zhu Yuan requested at least three, one who knew maritime affairs and the other who knew astronomy.

, one is responsible for manufacturing.

The three of them happened to meet each other.

Fang Li, with a strong build and dark skin, reminded Zhu Yuan of Black Tornado. He also had an identity. He was the eldest son of Fang Guozhen, a wealthy man in eastern Zhejiang who was forced to surrender last year. The Fang family once cooperated with Zhang Shicheng to transport grain to Dadu, even if

Fang Li himself did not know anything about maritime affairs, and his status was enough to summon some old members of the Fang family, which suited Zhu Yuan's needs very well.

Liu Lian also had another identity. He was the eldest son of Liu Ji and Liu Bowen who had not been in office for a long time. He had a family background in astronomical calculations.

Father and son are very similar.

In the subconscious mind of most people, Liu Bowen should be a gentle and elegant scholar. In fact, he is not. Liu Ji has a very bold and bold appearance with a big beard.

Liu Lian also had a beard all over his face.

Yao Feng was a thin scholar with no special background. His previous position was to be promoted to the sixth rank of Sizheng and responsible for supervising shipbuilding. However, when Zhu Yuan spoke to the other party, he heard that Yao Feng's accent was different from that of the other two Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials.

The background is obviously different, and he is more inclined to Lao Zhu's Huaixi accent.

The three of them are all around thirty years old, and all of them have been awarded the rank of fifth-grade Yinghaisi doctor by Lao Zhu.

Furthermore, during the introduction, the three people had different attitudes toward Zhu Yuan.

Fang Li was extremely humble and knelt down to give a big salute, which surprised Zhu Yuan.

Could this be Fang Guozhen’s fake son?

Probably because of his father, Liu Lian obviously didn't have a good impression of Zhu Yuan. He just gave him a half-curse, which seemed quite arrogant. This was also due to his "family education", and he looked like he would just turn around and leave if he just said a word.

This official is not rare!

Zhu Yuan just lamented that with such a temper, no wonder in history he could force the noble Huaixi nobles to throw him into a well.

The last one, Yao Feng, bowed in a regular manner and looked neither humble nor overbearing.

Of course, the three of them are not mere commanders.

Lao Zhute approved that Fang Li could summon ten old members of the Fang family who knew how to sail.

Except for Fang Guozhen's family, most of Fang Guozhen's former subordinates were assigned to Haozhou.

Liu Lian and Yao Feng each selected people from the Ministry of Rites, Taishi Academy and General Affairs Department. Liu Lian had about twenty people, while Yao Feng would go to Mingzhou with a team of thousands of craftsmen. The main ones were

Shipbuilder.

In addition, there are a group of direct staff selected by Zhu Yuan from the Guozi School and talents recently sent to Jinling.

Zhu Yuan had only one request at that time, which was that he must be able to draw.

I originally thought that it would be best to volunteer. After all, it involves sailing, which is very dangerous. After thinking about it, I decided to give it up. Lao Zhu is not a monarch who gives people choices, otherwise Zhu Yuan himself would not be like a donkey at the moment.

These people didn't come today.

After running around all morning, he was already tired. After the introduction here, without much greeting, Zhu Yuan asked Zhao Xu to go to the West Courtyard to get two books, one was a very small and thin 32-carat pamphlet, and the other

It's very big and thick, and it's all made of 8-karat paper.

Two books, one is called "Basics of Mathematics", which Zhu Yuan took the time to write himself, mainly to promote Arabic numerals.

The other is "Sketch Techniques".

However, all the drawings were drawn by the women around him on a daily basis, not just the four freehand brushworks. Some of the maids that Lao Zhu rewarded some days ago also had some skills in calligraphy and painting, so they did all the work for them. Zhu Yuan himself did not have the time, nor did he

Women draw well. Even if it is some written explanations, Luo Shui's understanding and additions are more than Zhu Yuan's scattered memories.

This is the benefit of having a secretary.

Passing the two books to Zhan Tong who was nearby, Zhu Yuan said: "These are the two textbooks I have compiled recently. One is about mathematics. The key is the number notation. I will print hundreds of copies later and distribute them."

, all officials under the Yinghai Department must learn it as soon as possible. The other one is about drawing. I recently browsed some craftsman's books, and the pictures included are simply too horrible to look at..."

At this point, Zhu Yuan's thoughts still wandered.

Recently, I finally figured out why hundreds of years later, I, the Chinese photographer, can always photograph large aircraft carriers into small sampans. This is also in the same vein, just like some books about shipbuilding, where they talk about large sampans that can carry hundreds of people.

, the picture attached there is a Q-version small dragon boat with only two or three people.

Zhu Yuan also understands that this is a limitation of current printing technology, but you might as well not include pictures.

On the other hand, some of the shipbuilding drawings sent by the director are not that outrageous, but there are still many areas that can be improved.

After retracting his thoughts, Zhu Yuan continued: "...the drawings in the future must be standardized. Even illiterate craftsmen can see it clearly. What I gave is a brand-new painting technique, which is not suitable for mass printing. The text discusses you

You can make a copy. As for the drawings, I didn’t bind them. I divided them into several pages and took them for study. My request is that on the day I set off for Mingzhou, all the officials of the Yinghai Department gave me one of your drawings.

Let’s take a look at your skills first.”

After Zhu Yuan said this, the others were fine. Fang Li, who was sitting on the other side, was obviously a little uncomfortable. He looked over and added with a smile: "It's easy to learn. You can learn it in one day. It doesn't matter if you're not good at painting. The key is to dare to

I will practice more painting in the future.”

Fang Li quickly agreed.

As Zhu Yuan said this, he remembered again and turned to Zhao Xu: "How many charcoal pencils are there in the house? Keep some for your own use. Let everyone take away the rest and divide them among others."

As he said this, Zhan Tong handed the thin "Fundamentals of Mathematics" to Liu Lian next to him, and opened the thick "Sketch Techniques" himself, only to see pages of charcoal drawings.

There is a small pebble, a pen holder full of pens, a room with neat tables and chairs, a rockery pond in the garden, a maid sitting on a stool with a formal expression, and a small boat floating on the lake...

…

The most important thing is that these paintings are beyond his previous knowledge. They are not any painting techniques that Zhan Tong has ever seen before. They are just a charcoal pen, which outlines all kinds of lifelike things.

Since he was chosen as a close minister by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhan Tong was also a pragmatist and could confirm the future uses of this new painting technique at a glance.

For example, the Lord recently planned to send people to eastern Zhejiang to re-measure the acres of land.

If after measuring, someone could map out the specific terrain of some important locations, it would definitely make it clearer to the commander.

With this in mind, Zhan Tong made up his mind to return to the palace and resume his duties.

It must be considered a small achievement.

Next to Zhan Tong, Liu Lian quickly immersed himself in the 'Book of Heaven' in his hands.

Since the title of the book is "Basics of Mathematics", it is indeed very basic, including Arabic numerals from 0 to 9, various symbols such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and even some multiplication tables and elementary algebraic geometry principles.

Zhu Yuan wrote whatever he thought of, but it was certainly not above the junior high school level.

High school has been forgotten, let alone the tall ‘tree’ that countless college students hang on to scratch their hearts and lungs.

However, these simple mathematical foundations still deeply shocked Liu Lian. The more truly a scholar he is, the more he understands how difficult it is to open up a new kind of knowledge. In front of him... even if this is just Zhu Yuan's departure from the past

Even with the transcription, we cannot deny that the other party must have real talent and learning.

After saying these last words, Zhu Yuan felt more sleepy and took the initiative to get up to see off the guests.

Zhan Tong carefully closed the thick "Sketch Techniques" and said goodbye to Zhu Yuan with Fang Li and Yao Feng. Liu Lian, on the other hand, was still flipping through the "Fundamentals of Mathematics" as if no one else was around.

Zhu Yuan didn't mind when he saw this, and found it quite interesting.

Zhan Tong had no choice but to pat Liu Lian, but there was no response, and then reached over again. Just as he grabbed the book and tried to pull it out, he felt that the book was suddenly held tightly, and then Liu Lian turned to glare with a sharp look.

The imposing beard startled Zhan Tong and he subconsciously retracted his hand.

Liu Lian was interrupted, and then he realized that everyone had already stood up. He realized that he was rude, but still held the book. He stood up and apologized to Zhan Tong first. After a slight hesitation, he turned to Zhu Yuan and bowed respectfully.

Zhu Yuan also returned the gift and said with a smile: "I am weak, so I won't send you off."

Another act of humility.

Everyone went out and came to the courtyard. Zhan Tong ignored Yao Feng who was looking eagerly at the "Sketch Technique" in his hand, but signaled to Liu Lian: "Mr. Liu, this book... I want to take it back to the master first.

Check it out."

Liu Lian still held the book and refused to let go: "Can you let me copy it once? It only takes a few cups of tea."

Zhan Tong shook his head: "Zhu Hanlin just said that hundreds of volumes will be printed and distributed soon. Doctor Liu, don't worry."

Liu Lian still insisted: "Copy it on the lower road."

They really have the same temperament.

Zhan Tong thought of another colleague who had worked with him for a long time. As a standard Confucian disciple, he was quite sorry for Liu Ji's resignation. He was already in his sixties, and Liu Lian was a junior in his eyes. Looking at him

He looked eager and agreed after thinking about it.

It happened that Zhu Yuan had sent several bundles of charcoal pens over, and Liu Lian took one directly, begged for some paper, and started copying after going out and boarding the ship.


Chapter completed!