Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 255 Bed Tools
Zhang Yifan had not arrived yet, so most of the students who arrived first and those who were observing were communicating in private.

"How's it going? Did you gain anything?"

"Yesterday I boiled several pots of water and realized a lot of truths. I just don't know if it was what my teacher was referring to?"

"Oh, let's talk about it and ask for details?"

"You don't dare to mislead others without the approval of your mentor, can you wait?"

"Haha, if you don't want to say it, just don't say it. I cherish my broom, who doesn't know?"

"That's okay, what do you think?"

"..."

Basically, in all the discussions, there is no serious discussion. Most of them are like this, that is, they almost know it, but they won’t tell you this!
Zhang Yifan came over for class. When he reached the corridor at the door, he heard whispers in the courtyard. After listening for a while, he knew what was going on and walked into the courtyard.

As soon as they saw him walking in, everyone stopped consciously, and the courtyard immediately became quiet again.

Standing on the temporary podium, Zhang Yifan glanced at everyone, and then asked calmly: "What did you gain from yesterday's lesson? Can you tell me?"

Upon hearing his words, nearly half of the students stood up and wanted to answer, but the situation was once again disrupted.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yifan was not annoyed, he just pointed to the nearest student and said, "No hurry, come one by one, everyone will have a chance to talk!"

No one dared not listen to his words.

So, I started talking about the person closest to me.

"Teacher, after returning home, the student discovered that when water is boiled, it turns into qi. It is this restlessness and always wanting to run out that gives rise to this power. As for why there is such a strong force, the student has not thought about it for a while. It makes sense, but the student has already thought of where this power can be used, but...just..."

Later, he seemed a little embarrassed and couldn't speak out.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan frowned and said immediately: "This is an academic discussion. If there is anything taboo, tell me!"

When the student heard this, he no longer had any scruples and immediately replied: "You can make a special bed and use this kettle under the bed. With this strength, it will help you enjoy sex!"

Upon hearing his words, the married men suddenly showed their excitement.But those women who were already married were blushing.As for those who are not married yet, they are a little confused.

Zhang Yifan looked at the student who was talking. He looked about 24 years old. In this ancient time, he must have been married.He probably still loves sex, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to think of this.

However, he did not reprimand him, but smiled and said: "This is a good idea. It seems that you have thought of how to use this power. But do you have any specific ideas, such as a specific plan on how to do it?"

At the beginning, this person was actually a little nervous because he was afraid of being scolded.However, after much thought, he realized that the steam pushing against the lid of the pot was similar to the exercise he usually did with his wife, so he just thought of this aspect. He couldn't think of anything else, and he wanted to show off in front of his mentor. , that’s all I can say.

If he had other ideas, he would definitely not say this.When he spoke out, he was prepared to be punished.

Unexpectedly, instead of scolding him, the son-in-law did not scold him, but even encouraged him in his words, which made him very happy after being surprised.However, he was again dumbfounded by the prince son-in-law's subsequent question.

After scratching his head, he had no choice but to reply: "Student, I am ashamed. I just had such an idea, but I didn't have time to do it! Please punish me!"

Zhang Yifan listened and did not punish him. Instead, he said to him: "If you have an idea, you should do it. Otherwise, what's the use of having an idea? You can find a few like-minded people to help you. If you all come up with ideas together, you will have more success." Effect!"

Hearing this, he was very happy, and quickly agreed to come down, and when he sat down again, he was a little arrogant.

To be honest, most people despise his idea.However, such vulgar ideas were encouraged by the Prince Consort, which undoubtedly greatly inspired the students present.

So, students stood up one after another and expressed their thoughts, which were all kinds of things.

However, to Zhang Yifan's ears, it was basically all nonsense and not interesting at all. To be honest, many people's thoughts were not as good as the boudoir fun of that person just now!

Another point is that they are all just ideas, but they still can’t tell what they are going to do.In other words, they don't have much idea about the conversion of force yet.Including Wang Quan and Zhang Hongqiao who performed better yesterday.

In this regard, Zhang Yifan waited for them to finish speaking and no one at the scene said anything else, then he said: "The students' ideas are all good and unconstrained, and many of them are beyond my expectation. However, I want to remind everyone here. One point, which is what I said yesterday, is that everything must be well-founded and your conclusions must be drawn out in an orderly manner and be feasible. Only in this way can things be effective."

As soon as he spoke, the courtyard naturally became quiet again.After hearing what he said, Wang Quan raised his hand. After receiving permission, he stood up and asked: "Teacher, my student is stupid, can you give me an example?"

Zhang Yifan listened, nodded, and immediately replied: "Okay, let's continue yesterday's topic. The form of water and the form of steam are different, and they change depending on the heating temperature. What I saw yesterday Yes, the steam will escape, and then the force will weaken again, and then repeat. Some of you also said that you have boiled several pots of water. So the question is, can I just have a pot of water? But it can always produce this power?"

After asking the question, he did not ask his students, but continued: "I have observed that water and air can actually be transformed. I wonder if you have paid attention to this at ordinary times? But when the temperature cools down, the air It can turn back into water again. This process is called condensation. When the Qi decreases, the force will naturally become weaker. Then it is heated and the Qi will increase, and the force will become stronger. The derivation of this process is based on reality. , this is a methodical derivation." After finishing speaking, he looked at Wang Quan and said: "Next, how to use this power and use the principles of hot and cold to do things. This is today's topic. You can go back and think about it after class. .What kind of device can be made to realize this idea?”

After hearing this, Wang Quan and others looked thoughtful, and no one spoke.

Zhang Yifan looked at them and reminded them: "You can't just listen to what I say and think everything is right. I can tell you that maybe I am wrong in something. I hope you can find it. And the best way is Well, instead of sitting there thinking about it, I want to try it out and verify what I said is correct? My knowledge places great emphasis on hands-on ability. Do it yourself. Facts speak louder than words. ."

"Existence is reasonable. Regarding the imagination of existence, you must summarize it, and then verify your summary. The conclusion obtained in this way is the correct conclusion, at least the correct conclusion you can draw under hands-on conditions. This is the way to do things. , the method of seeking truth, I hope you will all keep this in mind in the future."

Since ancient times in China, including the theories of various schools of thought, most of them are philosophy, which was thought up.Science based on logic is often ignored, at least without a system.

This is the way to do things, the correct way to open things.When Zhang Yifan said it, he hoped that they would do so.

It is not like the later generations, such as Wang Yangming, who was a scholar when he was young. He sat in a cave and searched for things motionlessly. As a result, he got sick but gained nothing.

At this time, Zhang Yifan spoke in a very solemn tone. After he said these words, everyone in the courtyard was silent. They listened carefully to his words, obviously they attached great importance to them.

Looking at them, Zhang Yifan thought of something again, and then said: "One more thing, my new study is more important than experimentation and reasoning, so it is actually more difficult to complete the proof of my own inference by myself. I suggest that if necessary, someone needs to help, or work can be divided and cooperated. The so-called three cobblers are just like Zhuge Liang..."

When he said this, he suddenly remembered that classmate Luo Guanzhong was still in Xiangshan County, and his "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had not yet become popular. Not many people knew the story of the Three Kingdoms.I am afraid that I have said this proverb too early.

Therefore, Zhang Yifan quickly made up for it: "It would be a good model for like-minded people to work together to divide work and cooperate. If you are afraid that others will know and hide it, to be honest, maybe what you think is a treasure has been abandoned by others." There is no use for it. Except for a few individuals, I suggest you work together as a team."

"Of course, after this lesson, if you have any ideas, you can report them to me in writing and I will review them. If you find them interesting, I can give you pointers so that you can do something together if you have similar ideas. The most important thing now is that you Based on what I said, verify and deduce the next step."

Having said this, he looked around the audience and found that many people were a little confused, confused and excited, so he said again: "I can provide you with a direction. I can tell you clearly that the use of this power can be used Wherever strength is needed, such as replacing livestock to pull carts, replacing wind power to sail ships, and replacing any place where strength can be used..."

Zhang Yifan found that when he said this, the students in the courtyard, Zhu Di, Xu Da and others all looked very shocked. It seemed that they did not expect that this power could be used in this way?
So, he changed the topic and said: "In fact, we humans have been using the power between heaven and earth for a long time, such as waterwheels and the like. This is using the power of water. It's just that the river cannot be moved, which is inconvenient. And this burning The force generated by water can be placed in many places. You can think about it and practice it. I have actually opened the door to new learning for you."

After saying this, he left get out of class.

In today’s lesson, the most important thing is actually the scientific method of doing things.A huge bait was thrown for them to explore using this scientific way of doing things.

Just like before he started the class, he also put forward a very exaggerated imagination, at least for people of this era, to attract more people's interest.

If Zhang Yifan had not said that before, at least Zhu Di, Xu Da and others would not have come to listen to his lectures.There are also those sons of powerful people who can take the place of the servants and attend the lectures.

Only by making the pie big enough can we attract more people to work hard for it.This is common to both ancient and modern times.

However, the cake Zhang Yifan drew can be realized.

No, after he finished class this time, Zhu Di, Xu Da and others did not go back like yesterday, but ran directly to him.

When they met, Zhu Di was not polite and asked directly with curiosity: "Yifan, what you said in class just now is that you can put that thing on a car to replace animal power? Put it on a boat to replace wind power?"

Xu Da and Lan Yu followed. When they heard Zhu Di's question, they both stared at Zhang Yifan, waiting for his answer.Obviously, they are also very concerned about this issue.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately laughed and said: "What do you think? I said that there will be earth-shaking changes. You can imagine that once this thing replaces animal power and wind power, there will be earth-shaking changes. Our Ming Dynasty Will our national power become stronger?"

Regardless of other aspects, just from a military perspective, what Zhang Yifan proposed is a very big improvement, at least for Zhu Di and others, this is the understanding.

The reason why cavalry is more valuable and more expensive than infantry is that they have horses to maneuver.And raising horses is a very large expense.

To put it bluntly, people can be hungry for a while, and it doesn't matter if they eat poorly; but war horses cannot go hungry, and they cannot eat poorly, otherwise, they will not be able to fight.

Moreover, war horses and cart-drawing animals eat more than humans.The huge logistics and food supplies of the army are consumed in large proportion by non-human beings.And if it was originally pulled by people, it can be solved by boiling water instead, which can also save a lot of food and grass.

Both Zhu Di and Lan Yu have been in charge of the navy. Even Zhu Di is still in charge of the navy now. He knows how much ships at sea rely on wind power.

If one day in the future, ships can sail without wind power, it will definitely be an unimaginable improvement.

If Zhang Yifan's words at the previous banquet were still a little empty, through these two lessons, Zhang Yifan's principles through boiling water have given Zhu Di, Xu Da and others hope, but just like Zhang Yifan What was said before was so exaggerated. No, it was not an exaggeration, but the possibility of a beautiful future. Therefore, if they were not excited and rushed over to Zhang Yifan for confirmation, they would probably not be able to sleep when they went back.

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(End of this chapter)