Datang Nongwang

Chapter 604
"Xiao Langjun, it seems that as long as Wan Hong's and his ships can come back from a trial voyage, can they be fully finalized?" Xiang Si asked Li Chongyuan standing on the pier, looking at the ships going away.

Li Chongyuan nodded, and happily replied: "That's for sure. As long as they finish the long-distance test without any problems, they can be fully finalized. Of course, the test ship is still too small, and the second one will be built. If it is, it must be made bigger, and then it will be tested and sailed. Based on this calculation, it is estimated that it will take until next summer."

Build a paddle steamer, that's sure to be fast.

But it is quite difficult to build a paddle steamer.

not to mention.

The paddle steamer is still a new type of ship, and if it is to be fully finalized, several ships of different sizes must be built for verification.

In addition to verification, there must be no problems during the trial voyage, or it must be able to withstand the strong winds and waves at sea.

but.

The current paddle steamer is still too small, and Li Chongyuan can only let them make a long-distance trial voyage in the Han River.

If it really went to the sea, Li Chongyuan could be sure that as long as the wind and waves on the sea were slightly stronger, the paddle steamer would be overturned.

As for how many rounds of verification to go through, Li Chongyuan has both bottom and bottom line.

but.

According to the current progress, it is estimated that after three rounds, it can be over.

Just like the displacement of the ship currently on trial is [-] tons, the second ship can reach the [-]-ton class.

And for the third ship, it must reach at least [-] tons.

otherwise.

If the ship is not big enough to sail on the ocean, let alone a typhoon, it is estimated that if there is a strong wind, the whole army will be wiped out.

"Xiao Langjun, if this goes on like this, it will cost a lot of money." Xiang Si felt sorry for the money.

Although Xiang Si felt sorry for the money, it was much better than Qiao Su.

At least.

Xiang Si felt sorry for him, but he also knew that what Li Chongyuan was doing was a big deal, he knew the seriousness, and even more that he was a servant, and he would never spend too much money like Qiao Su did.

Money, of course, will cost a lot.

The cost of a small ship is hundreds of thousands, not to mention a larger ship.

Li Chongyuan sighed and said: "Money is not important compared to the people. If the big ship is built successfully, the sea area of ​​my Tang country, or even above the sea, will be the world of my Tang country. Among them, as long as the big ships of our Tang Dynasty pass by, those small fish and shrimps will have to give way. Moreover, once the ships are completed, they will sail to the other side of the ocean. will starve and freeze again.”

Li Chongyuan's goal is still those seeds.

Otherwise, Li Chongyuan wouldn't have spent so much effort building a ship.

no way.

He can't make hybrid rice.

Even if there is a male parent and a female parent, but without any chemical reagents, he, Li Chongyuan, would never even try to produce any hybrid rice.

Moreover.

Wanting to find the original species of rice, Li Chongyuan remembered that Mr. Yuan and the others spent an unknown amount of shoes, let alone sweat, to find those original species.

With those original species, Mr. Yuan and the others worked tirelessly to tackle key problems day and night. Only with the efforts of a large number of agricultural scientists and technicians did they develop hybrid rice.

But now.

Li Chongyuan doesn't have that ability, so he can only look to the American continent.

Of course Xiang Si understood what Li Chongyuan said.

He had heard Li Chongyuan tell him about things beyond the ocean, although not in detail, but he had heard Li Chongyuan tell him.

And when Li Chongyuan talked about the other side of the ocean, Xiang Si also looked forward to it.

"Xiao Langjun, when the ship is built, can I go too?" Xiang Si was eager to know the situation on the other side of the ocean that Li Chongyuan had described to him.

Li Chongyuan glanced at him sideways and said: "It's still early. After the ship is finalized, we need to train the crew, especially soldiers. Besides, none of us understand the sea, and we have to find some people who are familiar with the sea. , and find some brave people. If you still want to go, you can tell Auntie, as long as Aunt agrees, then you can go.”

to the American continent.

Li Chongyuan made up his mind to go.

Without him, no one knows what the various plants look like.

drawing?
Forget it, there are too many things, even if Li Chongyuan wanted to draw, he might not be able to draw all of them.

and.

Li Chongyuan has no idea what those crops look like in this era.

of course.

Like corn, sweet potatoes, etc., these Li Chongyuan knew that this era must be the same as the previous life.

But what about the rest?
Besides, besides looking for these crops and seeds, Li Chongyuan also needs to get some tree species, such as rubber trees.

In short.

If Li Chongyuan didn't go there, he would be unwilling.

After listening to Li Chongyuan's words, Xiang Si was even more excited.

The ocean is what he longs for.

Just because of his status, he has never even been to the sea.

Just as he was looking forward to four, Li Chongyuan suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Where are you arranged for the Xu family? I forgot to ask them these two days."

"The Xu family was arranged to be in the southwest of the shipyard. I purposely built a house there, and the Xu family was satisfied. It's a bit off, but this is what you told me, Mr. Xiaolang." Xiang Siyi asked Li Chongyuan. After talking about the Xu family, he pointed to the southwest direction of the shipyard.

Li Chongyuan looked back, "Go, go and have a look. I'm here all the time, if I don't go to see them, I might feel uncomfortable."

The Xu family are great people.

Li Chongyuan has to rely on them a lot.

Regardless of whether it is possible to produce a steam engine in the future, the ship that Li Chongyuan wants to build now needs to use a lot of gears, or other things.

And all of these have to rely on the Xu family.

Shortly after.

A group of people came to a row of houses.

From far away, Li Chongyuan heard the sound of tinkling.

"Xiaoxin, where are your grandfather and the others?" When Li Chongyuan approached, he happened to bump into several children of the Xu family.

Xiao Xin is a little girl from the Xu family, one year older than Wan'er.

Seeing Li Chongyuan coming, Xiaoxin smiled and pointed to a smoking house, "Hello, Mr. Grandfather, grandfather and the others are forging iron inside."

Li Chongyuan smiled and walked towards the smoking room.

After Li Chongyuan entered the blacksmith's room, a smell of burning coal entered his nostrils.

The old Xu family in the room was busy.

When they saw Li Chongyuan coming, they quickly stopped their work and came over to say hello to Li Chongyuan.

Li Chongyuan pointed to the outside of the blacksmith's room, and everyone came out.

"How is it? Are you still used to it here? Are you used to eating?" After leaving the blacksmith's room, Li Chongyuan looked at the Xu family and asked with concern.

Old Xu rubbed his head in embarrassment, "Little Lang, tell me you're not used to it. We're all here now. You can say you're used to it. I'm really not used to it when it comes to eating. However, as long as you have work to do, you can get used to it." It'll be fine for a while."

"I think this place is very good. There are water, trees, and mountains here. Moreover, we can eat vegetables as we like. In Chang'an, as long as autumn and winter come, vegetables are so expensive that we dare not even look at them." Take a look. And I heard that green vegetables can be eaten here in winter." The youngest Xu Lin said carelessly.

"Father, let's not say that you ate three bowls of rice once you came here." The boss Xu Yi joked about his father.

Seeing his two sons making trouble, Lao Xu rolled his eyes and said, "Young Lord, don't listen to their nonsense. I have never eaten such good rice, so I ate more."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's a blessing to be able to eat. It's true that northerners are not used to coming to the south. However, your ancestors are southerners, so you have to return to the south, otherwise, if you don't get used to it every day in the future, then But I will suffer." Li Chongyuan smiled, waved his hand and said.

Xu's ancestors were indeed southerners.

The ancestor of the Xu family was Xu Xun, who was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.

and so.

Naturally, the Xu family can also be said to be southerners.

but.

Because of the changes of the times, the Xu family also migrated from north to south, and finally arrived in the north. After these years, they lived in hiding in Chang'an City to make a living.

If Li Chongyuan hadn't needed to find a blacksmith, maybe they were still begging for work in Chang'an City.

As soon as the Xu family heard Li Chongyuan mentioning their ancestors, their expressions immediately became reverent.

Xu Xun, the ancestor of the Xu family, was not only the patriarch of the Jingming sect of Taoism, but also once served as an official.

If it weren't for various reasons, maybe Xu's family members might be Taoist priests, not some kind of blacksmith.

After Li Chongyuan chatted with the Xu family for a while, he saluted and left.

As long as the Xu family is safe here, Li Chongyuan has no burden.

but.

The Xu family finally made a request to Li Chongyuan.

That's what the little baby reads to do.

Regarding this matter, Li Chongyuan said that he was already thinking about it.

There is no school here in Li Village. If you want to study, you can only send it to Xixiang County.

And now.

Regardless of the establishment of the shipyard or the large number of hydraulic engineers, this school must indeed consider building a school, even if it only teaches the children in these families to read a few words, this is a virtue accumulated.

On the way back to the village, "Xiang Si, do you know if there is any good teacher in Xixiang County? If so, you can follow me to Xixiang tomorrow and meet you by the way."

"Back to Mr. Xiaolang, if there are masters, I'm afraid those masters won't come to our Li village." Xiang Si replied.

Li Chongyuan smiled, "It doesn't matter, it's always good to see it first. If you really don't want to come to our Li Village, then I will think of other ways. However, you can consider building a school in Li Village now. It doesn’t matter how good it is, as long as it can accommodate three hundred children to go to school together.”

"Xiao Langjun, this is a bit big. Three hundred children can read and write, so at least a dozen masters must be hired." Hearing that such a big school was going to be built, Xiang Siyi was a little surprised .

In today's schools, a master can only teach ten or twenty students at most.

No more charges.

This is exactly what Xiang Si surprised Li Chongyuan said.

However, Xiang Si didn't know that the school Li Chongyuan built was not set up according to the current school.

For three hundred students, according to Li Chongyuan's idea, it is enough to invite at most three masters.

Even if there are too many students, up to five hundred, Li Chongyuan will only count as one master teaching one hundred students, it will definitely not be as simple as one master teaching ten or twenty people.

In the eighties and 90s of the previous life, there were as few as [-] or [-] students in a class, and as many as hundreds.

Moreover.

Reading and literacy is the moment, which is what all farmers and people expect.

If it weren't for the fact that the family was poor and couldn't afford the repair fee, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, at least half of these peasants would be willing to send their children to school.

The other half, in addition to having no money to support, still hope that the baby will help with the housework at home.

in the minds of these people.

They generally believe that reading is useless.

Even if you have read and read, they will think that you have no background, and it is basically hopeless to find a job.

Not to mention the present era.

Even in Li Chongyuan's previous life, in the 90 and [-]s, many parents thought so.

Back to the topic.

"You don't need to invite so many, one teacher is enough for one hundred students. Anyway, it's just reading and writing, and it's not about teaching them to take the imperial examination. As for pens, ink, paper and inkstones, I think they won't be able to afford them. When the time comes, you can inquire about them. See where straw paper is cheap, and you can buy some. By the way, find some carpenters and buy some high-quality charcoal. We will make this one ourselves." Li Chongyuan actually had an idea in his mind.

School matters.

When Li Chongyuan came to Xixiang, he was already thinking about it.

He was thinking about not only Li Village, but also the whole Yangzhou Academy.

As the acting governor of Yangzhou, it is also his political task to improve the literacy rate of the people.

"Xiao Langjun, are you saying that we want to make the hard pens you usually use?" Xiang Siyi was surprised again after hearing Li Chongyuan's words.

Li Chongyuan used pens in his daily life, he had seen them all over the place, and he even wanted to own one all the time.

Although Xiang Si had thought about it, it was difficult for him to say so.

now.

Li Chongyuan started to make hard pens because of the school, which made Xiang Si know that this is a profitable business.

The most profitable thing for scholars at present is nothing more than the four treasures of the study.

Paper is the most expensive, followed by pens, and the consumption of ink is quite a lot.

Li Chongyuan nodded, "Yes. Exactly, I will stay here for at least a few years in the future. If there is no way to make money, I will have to live on my own. And, after I take office, the entire Yangzhou Primary School I will take charge of my baby’s study. At that time, the people can afford the money, and we can maintain it. Maybe it can also drive surrounding counties, and even drive the entire Tang Dynasty to turn brushes into hard pens.”

"Young gentleman, don't take this matter too simply. As long as it involves scholars, you should be careful to avoid big troubles." After listening to Li Chongyuan's thoughts, Xiang Si directly told Li Chongyuan Dumped a basin of cold water.

(End of this chapter)