The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 307 Mathematics Research Society ([-])

When the imperial court was full of excitement over the conferring of princes, countless princes from all over the country began to gather in the capital one after another.

This included Wang Chenglin who came to the capital with his wife and children.

Time went back to two months ago, when Wang Chenglin first entered Beijing.

As a descendant of the Wang family, Wang Chenglin doesn't actually have much property. All his property is not enough to buy a few acres of fertile land around the capital, so he can only settle for the next best thing, looking for a place where he can set up a home around the Zhili area.

He heard that the eldest princess bought him a Zhuangzi in Baoding, so he also went to Baoding to investigate.

Although the land in Baoding is barren, the price is low.

Wang Chenglin has more than [-] mu of land in Quzhou, so he needs to pay land tax to buy land.

Also because of the land purchase tax, there are almost no big families around Baoding who come to buy land, and they are all self-cultivated farmers who come to reclaim wasteland.

But also because there are no big households coming to Baoding to speculate on land, the land price is ridiculously low, only three renminbi per mu of land, even with five taels of tax, it is only five taels or three renminbi.

Without much hesitation, Wang Chenglin decisively spent more than 100 taels of silver to buy [-] acres of land, and then imitated the eldest princess, and built a livestock shed on the [-] acres of land to raise some cattle, sheep and pigs.

He didn't know how to raise animals, so he went to buy the "Northern China Edition of Great Zhou Agricultural Sciences" compiled by the imperial court to study by himself, and it really contained the content of raising livestock.

In addition, he also went to ask the farmer near the Zhuangzi of the eldest princess.

I heard that when Mr. Song Ge was in Guangzhou, he organized model farmers to teach farmers his own planting skills.

He believed that the method of raising livestock in the eldest concubine Zhuangzi would not be kept secret.

Sure enough, he guessed right.

The eldest princess did not keep her method of raising livestock a secret, but she would teach everyone without reservation when anyone asked.

There are not a few people who are good at raising cattle, sheep and pigs nearby.

Wang Chenglin thought about directly hiring a few people who could raise cattle, sheep and pigs to his farm to help him raise them.

So he bought another little donkey and went to a nearby village to find tenants.

However, most of the nearby farmers have their own land, and they can't hire anyone in a while!

Wang Chenglin was wearing a round-neck blouse, and he looked like a scholar. He was gentle and polite. A peasant woman saw him running in the village all morning, his head was covered with sweat, so she kindly left him to eat at home.

Wang Chenglin was also really hungry, and there was no place to eat nearby, so he took out a small piece of silver from his pocket and put it on the table, expressing that he didn't eat for nothing.

The peasant woman didn't hold back, and happily took the money and went to the kitchen to cook.

The lunch was extremely rich, not only scrambled eggs with leeks, but also a dish of fried small fish and a dish of fried bacon with garlic sprouts.

As a native of Jiangnan, Wang Chenglin's eyes lit up when he saw fish to eat, and he ate a plate of fried small fish in a few strokes.

Seeing that he likes to eat, the woman said enthusiastically: "Little Xianggong likes to eat, shall I get you another plate?"

"No need! Ma'am! There are bacon and eggs here! I can eat enough for myself!" Wang Chenglin hastily declined.

But the woman said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, this little hairy fish grew up eating chicken feces. There are many thorns in the pond! There are many thorns. The head of the family caught it, but no one in the family likes to eat it. We usually feed the cats." , and people from the south like Xiao Xianggong like to eat it.”

Saying that, she went out again and seriously fried another plate of small fish and brought it back to Wang Chenglin.

Wang Chenglin then gave his wife another ten copper coins, and seeing the smiling face of the woman, he inquired, "I've been wandering here all morning, but I haven't seen any children in the village!"

The woman said with a smile: "The autumn harvest is over, and the children have all gone to work in the village of the eldest princess!"

"Which wool mill?"

"Now it's not just a wool factory, there are more sheep now, and they also make sheepskin jackets and sheepskin boots! It's warmer than cotton, and it's very expensive in the capital! Children used to earn half a penny for making boots! Hehe If you don’t have to pay grain taxes, you don’t need to grow grain. Anyway, our land here can’t grow anything except corn and barley.”

"Will you be able to pay corn if you pay the grain tax here?"

"Accept! Why don't you accept it? But I don't accept fresh corn, only dried corn kernels! Chahar raises horses, and horses love to eat them!"

Wang Chenglin sighed: "No wonder you have no tenants here, almost everyone has land!"

Speaking of this, the aunt became excited again: "Isn't it? If you don't have land, you can go to Zhaoyue Bank to borrow it. You can buy [-] acres of land with six taels of silver. Plant some sunflowers and peppers. Chuang Tzu will accept it!"

Wang Chenglin was taken aback for a moment, and asked doubtfully, "Didn't it mean that you can only grow corn and barley?"

"That's grain! Other than grain, we can grow other things! Our land is considered a wasteland. As long as the grain tax is paid in full, the government doesn't care what it grows."

Wang Chenglin opened his eyes wide and looked at the woman. He really got a lot of information!
However, it is troublesome to find tenants to help raise cattle.

He said: "But now I bought [-] acres of land, and I want to raise some cattle, sheep and pigs, and I want to find someone who can raise them to help me. Does my aunt know where to find such a person?"

The woman thought for a long time, then hesitated and said: "It's a bit difficult to be near here. Otherwise, you can go to Xianyuezhuang and ask. If it's not too far away, if you give me some money, they may be willing to take care of the livestock for you."

"Directly ask Zhuang Zi of the eldest princess?" Wang Chenglin was shocked.

The woman smiled and said, "Go and ask! They seem to be recruiting a teacher recently. If you have a reputation as a scholar, you can go and ask. Maybe if they are happy, they will send someone to help you take care of the livestock for free."

Wang Chenglin raised his eyebrows high, and after he was full, he bowed to the woman, rode his little donkey and hurried to the legendary Xianyue Village.

Xianyue Village is quite strange, surrounded by four thin wire fences, which looks very fragile, and there is a small windmill on each small wooden stake tied with wires, whirling happily.

A large piece of wasteland that can't be seen at a glance is divided into several rectangular areas by this kind of thin wire fence. Cattle and sheep walk leisurely in the area surrounded by the fence, but no one leans to the side.

Wang Chenglin felt strange, what can the four thin wires stop?
Even if some spikes made of wire are tied on it, it should be useless, right?
Why are those cattle and sheep so obedient?

Out of curiosity, he got off the donkey, trying to grab the thin wire to find out.

Suddenly someone shouted from a distance: "Don't touch it! Don't touch it!"

But it's too late.

There was a slap, and a small spark appeared between Wang Chenglin's hand and the wire.

Under the effect of nervous conditioning, Wang Chenglin's hand suddenly clenched into a fist, and he grasped the wire tightly, followed by a sour feeling that he had never experienced in his life.

Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...

Wang Chenglin struggled to pull his burning and painful hand. After several struggles, he finally tore his hand off the thin wire, but in the process of pulling, the wire pierced a big hole in the palm of his hand.

Just now, the person who shouted not to touch was still running here, but a big yellow dog who was following him galloped here vigorously and yelled at Wang Chenglin.

Wang Chenglin was so frightened that he fell to the ground in a panic.

The dog breeder managed to come to him. He was a teenage boy. He put his hips on his hips and panted heavily, "I said, it says don't touch the wire! Don't you know how to read?"

Wang Chenglin was taken aback, and looked at the dog breeder's fingertips. A dozen steps away, there was indeed a wooden signboard with the words "five pots XX" written on it.

It's fine to write the word "don't touch" as "five pots", but the word "wire" is still missing arms and legs, so it's strange to be able to recognize it.

If it weren't for a small sign with the words "Xianyuezhuang" written in official script, I would have thought that "Wupen XX" was a place name!
Wang Chenglin's hand was cut, and his buttocks were in terrible pain from being thrown. The big yellow dog was still barking at him through the wire, and suddenly said unhappily: "I said, who can understand if you write like that?"

The boy who kept the dog said unhappily: "We know everyone around here, but you don't. I went to ask Zhuangtou how to write the word "wire!"

The cut on Wang Chenglin's hand had already started to ooze blood, and after only a short while, there was a big puddle.

He was too lazy to argue with this brat, he just said: "I said, my hand... hiss, it hurts! Is there any medicine for golden sores in this village?"

At this time, it was already late, and the young man stretched his neck to look carefully, only to see a pool of blood on the ground, and hurriedly said: "Hey! It's bleeding! Why didn't you say it earlier, come quickly!" The big dog said: "Ah Huang, go and call Zhuifeng here."

The big yellow dog immediately wagged its tail, barked twice, and galloped towards a row of huts in the distance.

"Can you get up?" The young man saw that Wang Chenglin was still sitting on the ground and couldn't get up, so he said, "You sit still! I'll come out to help you!"

As he said that, he ran to the side for a certain distance, and then he did not know what to do, then stretched out his hand and carefully pulled the wire, and got out from the place where there was no small iron spike.

Seeing him running over, Wang Chenglin asked suspiciously, "How can you touch that wire?"

The young man helped him up from the ground, looked at the shirt he was wearing, and said disdainfully: "Look, you thought you were a scholar, why don't you know? Have you seen the windmill? There is a machine that generates electricity underneath. It can turn the wind into electricity, and the iron wire conducts electricity, so if you touch it, you will get an electric shock?"

After hearing what the young man said, Wang Chenglin's three views were shattered!

He stared at the young man with wide eyes, and said, "What do you mean? What is wind and electricity? Electricity...does it mean the fire in the sky?"

"That's right. Skyfire is also electricity, that is to say...um..." The young man rolled his eyes and thought for a long time, but he didn't seem to remember anything. He just raised his chin and said proudly: "Anyway, the teacher in our school taught that Skyfire is Electricity generated between clouds. Where did you come from, why don’t you know anything?!”

Wang Chenglin was about to say something, but was waved by the young man, and said: "Don't say anything, I will take you to heal the injury on your hand first, you still want to write with your right hand?"

Here, while chattering in his mouth, this naughty young man pushed aside the wire to signal Wang Chenglin to get in, and then he helped him pull the donkey in.

At the other end, the yellow dog led a big jet-black horse back.

The talkative young man helped Wang Chenglin onto his donkey, then ran back to the wire fence, snapped a wrench-like thing onto it, then skillfully rode on the big black horse and led Wang Chenglin's The donkey trotted in the other direction.

This Zhuangzi is really big!

They rode for two or three cups of tea before stopping in front of a hut.

At this time, the sun has completely set.

Bright flames came out from the hut, and after a closer look, Wang Chenglin was surprised to find that the hut was actually equipped with glass windows!

Wang Chenglin's brain was a bit out of use, and he was led into the hut by the young man in a daze.

Then there appeared an old man with a gray beard, who seemed to be of unknown age, perhaps an old fairy.

I saw the old fairy holding Wang Chenglin's hand and looked carefully, and asked the broken-mouthed young man: "I was stabbed by a wire again? Didn't I ask you to write more signs and hang them out? Did you hang up?"

"Hang up!" The young man with a broken mouth nodded hurriedly: "It's because this person can't read!"

At this time, the round-faced girl standing next to the old fairy smiled and said, "God, have you made a typo again? Hey, I told you to skip class often! Next time you skip class, I will hit your palm!"

"Where can it be? I must have written it right!" The grumpy young man hurriedly put his hands behind his back.

The old fairy with a gray beard packed a wooden box, took out a porcelain vase, removed the sealing wax on it, and removed the cork. He held Wang Chenglin's hand in one hand and the porcelain vase in the other, and said, "Don't worry, I'll wash it for you first."

The small porcelain bottle was filled with saline solution prepared with distilled water, so it was naturally painless when used to clean the wound.

After washing away the blood from the wound, the old fairy put on a pair of round glass plates with small holes drilled in them, and thick cotton ropes tied on both sides, and the old fairy hung the thick cotton ropes on his ears. Then he lowered his head, observed the wound carefully, and lowered his head and asked, "Is there any rust on that piece of iron wire?"

The young man with a broken mouth rushed to answer: "No, no! The new wire was replaced yesterday!"

The old god seemed relieved, and said, "That's really a blessing!"

The beautiful girl with a round face bent down to look at the wound carefully, clicked twice, went to the inside and found another medicine box, opened it and took out a porcelain bottle, removed the sealing wax, pulled out the cork, there was a strong smell of alcohol Floating into Wang Chenglin's nose, at this moment, I saw the old fairy with white beard pouring nearly half a bottle of wine on the wound on Wang Chenglin's palm without feeling sorry.

The round-faced girl on the side took out the white silk thread and a small silver hook from the wooden box, soaked them in the wine, and then used silver tweezers to thread the white silk thread into the small hole at the end of the silver hook At this time, the old fairy took out a piece of cork and said to Wang Chenglin, "Open your mouth and bite!"

Wang Chenglin received too many stimuli today. At this time, his brain had stopped functioning. He opened his mouth mechanically, and bit the cork according to the old fairy's instructions. Suddenly, there were hands on his shoulders—it was the young man with a broken mouth who pressed his hands. his shoulders.

The round-faced girl raised her head, smiled sweetly at him, and said in the most gentle voice in the world: "Be patient! It will be fine soon!"

After all, before Wang Chenglin could react, he plunged the silver hook into Wang Chenglin's palm...

　As a preview, updates will be added on the 24th and 25th~ Merry Christmas everyone!
　　
　
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