The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 168

It wasn't until this time that Song Wuxin fully believed in my "shipbuilding" ability, or the knowledge of "shipbuilding".From the conversation, I can also see that Song Wuxin has a wealth of shipbuilding knowledge, and he can understand the theories such as the water-tight cabin method.

"My lord, please drink some water."

I took the cup from Xiaoyi, took a big sip, and said, "Mr. Song, in fact, the giant Shenzhou ship is nothing."

Song Wuxin was slightly surprised and said, "Why do you say that, Young Master?"

I smiled and said unhurriedly: "Mr. Song, as a shipbuilder, especially a guru, a master, you should aim to surpass the predecessors, not just imitate. The giant ship Shenzhou is already 200 years old. It happened a few years ago, and it became a masterpiece of the ancients. Didn’t you ever think about surpassing the predecessors? If a person’s goal is only to imitate the predecessors, then he will not be able to become a top master no matter what.”

"Beyond?" Song Wuxin murmured.

"Wuxin, it seems that you will not be able to surpass your junior brother in this life." The teacher's dying words rang in Song Wuxin's ears again.

Song Wuxin let out a long sigh and said, "Young master, I do have some connections with Master Gao Shang, the designer of the huge Shenzhou ship. The descendants of the Gao family followed Master Zhang Jun to Fuzhou, and have been serving as shipbuilding supervisors in Fuzhou Shipbuilding Workshop. Old man Born by the sea, I have been fond of boats since I was a child. About 40 years ago, when I was 28 years old, I had a good opportunity to worship Gao Li, a descendant of the Gao family, as my teacher. Since then, I have embarked on the road of shipbuilding. The master has an only son. I am one year younger, with excellent talent, and got the title of guru in my early twenties. Hey, God is jealous of talented people. After a few years, my junior brother got a serious illness and left us. Master is very sad. Yu, after a serious illness, he concentrated on teaching me after he got better. After more than a year of panting, the master finally passed away. Before he died, he told me that my qualifications were not good, and that I would never be able to surpass my younger brother and master in this life. , I just hope that I can find a suitable successor to pass on Gao's shipbuilding method and carry it forward, and at the same time pass on the complete blueprint of the Shenzhou to me. I was young at the time, very dissatisfied with my heart, and studied desperately. I also entered the ranks of masters at the age of 20. I thought that as long as I could build the giant ship Shenzhou, I would surpass my younger brother and master. In the next [-] years, I devoted all my energy to the development of the giant ship until yesterday Only then did I have an idea, but I didn’t expect that the young master’s idea is even more brilliant, Song feels ashamed. When it comes to surpassing, that is my life’s dream.”

"Human beings can only develop forward if they constantly surpass themselves. Only by surpassing their predecessors and themselves can they become the top masters in a certain industry, otherwise they can only stand still. Even if Mr. Isn’t it at most equal to the high-ranking seniors 200 years ago, knowing that the current technologies have far surpassed those at that time, don’t you have the confidence to build a better warship?”

"Young master, of course the old man wants to."

"Just have faith, and I will help you to make your wish come true."

After hearing this, Song Wuxin stood up slowly, bowed to me respectfully and said, "Thank you, my lord."

"No, by the way, Mr. Song, then why didn't you move with me later?"

"Young master, I have a quirky personality. I didn't work in the shipyard at that time, so I stayed here."

I nodded and said: "So that's it, Mr. Song, in fact, to build a big ship that surpasses the previous ones, you can't just rely on the strength of one person, it needs the strength of everyone, just like the knowledge I told you, it can be said that The result of a team effort."

"Will there be such a team?"

"Well, sir, do you know that there is a newly established Lin'an University in the capital?"

"Lin'an University? I haven't heard of it. Isn't the university a place to study Chinese culture such as the Four Books and Five Classics?"

"Hehe, Lin'an University is different. It is a university that mainly studies natural sciences, that is, the study of physical arts, such as the buoyancy I just mentioned, is the research direction of this university."

"There is such a university?" Song Wuxin was surprised again, "If this old man is 30 years younger, I would like to go too."

"You can go now."

"Why, are you still recruiting old students like me?"

"Sir, you are joking, you can become a professor." I laughed, "I am very familiar with their principal, there are all kinds of talents there, and there is also an institution specializing in the development of warships, which gathers the elites of my shipbuilding industry. Some are good at structure, some are good at buoyancy, some are good at smelting, in short, all kinds of talents gather, if you can go, sir, you will be like a fish in water, and you will achieve your wish of transcendence.”

Song Wuxin's eyes were full of hope, then he looked at Xiaoyi and said to me: "Then can Xiaoyi go there to study?"

"Of course you can, but you have to pass an exam to enter Lin'an University."

"Examination? Is it the content of the imperial examination or the shipbuilding technology?"

"I said that universities focus on natural sciences, so naturally this is the exam question."

"That's fine. If this is the case, Xiaoyi still has some hope. If Xiaoyi can enter the university to study, it can be regarded as an explanation for him."

"Mr. Song, I still have some things to do in Fuzhou. In my opinion, you can go to the capital with me after I'm done."

Song Wuxin nodded and said, "Well, just do what you said."

"Well, Mr. Song, you pack it up today, and tomorrow I'll have someone take you to the Pingshan Inn where we're staying."

"The kindness of the son is appreciated by the old man, so there is no trouble, and it is the same for us to wait for you here."

"Mr. Song, I have no other intentions. We live together, so it is convenient for us to talk about the shipbuilding at any time."

"Being able to learn from the young master is what I wish for. Well, I'll move tomorrow." Song Wuxin didn't refuse any more, and replied straightforwardly.

As for shipbuilding, I am a layman, and I don't know what level Song Wuxin has reached now, and whether he can be promoted to the rank of master in the past 20 years.But at least he can be ranked as a master before the age of 30, which is also a very rare talent, not to mention that he still has the complete blueprint of the Shenzhou in his hand, which is also a great fortune.Gao Shang's descendants are no longer alive, and only Song Wuxin is left as his descendant. I think it will be helpful to Li Beiyang.

People in this era are relatively simple, even those with extreme personalities, as long as the right medicine is prescribed, it is easy to "cheat".

Chen Huainan, the supervisor of the shipping department in Fuzhou Prefecture, explained the reasons for listing monosodium glutamate as a prohibited product. He said that monosodium glutamate is a new product, which is extremely valuable and should be protected to a certain extent. Moreover, the Fuzhou Shipping Department is already sorting out the information and will soon It will be reported to the imperial court and the imperial court will make a decision.

Of course, even in Zhang Song's view, these reasons are too far-fetched, not to mention Kong Jian who is proficient in this way.The two sides debated in court, Chen Huainan couldn't speak more than his neighbor Kong Jian, but he was refuted speechless, and only said that he needed to wait for the imperial court's instructions.

This is also in line with the laws of the Song Dynasty. If there is any objection when the goods are exported, the approval document will eventually be adjudicated by the court, but everyone knows the efficiency of top-down work.

Kong Jian knew that if this continues, today will be a waste of time, so he said: "My lord, the Caomin suspect that this matter is related to the Pu family in Quanzhou, please investigate clearly."

When Zhang Song heard this, he patted the startled wood and said, "Kong Jian, you sued the Shipping Department because you didn't allow your goods to be transported abroad. This is a fact. No matter what the final result is, this complaint is not too much. , but you have no evidence to testify that the Pu family is involved in this matter. If the investigation by the government does not agree, then you will be punished for the crime of framing. According to the law of our dynasty, the crime of framing can be sentenced to three to five years in prison. The court rod is 50 to 100, can you think about it later?"

Kong Jian turned his head to look at Lin Zhixiong, and said to Zhang Song: "My lord, if it is not true, Caomin and others are willing to accept the punishment of your lord."

At this time, Ye Mengding said suddenly: "In that case, I will agree with you, Mr. Zhang, and send the person from the Pu family in Fuzhou to come to the court for inquiry tomorrow."

Then Chen Huainan was slightly startled, and thought, it's not good, if that guy can't stand the power of the court, wouldn't it be a big deal.

Seeing the imperial envoy's words, Zhang Song dared not obey, and hurriedly said, "Yes, my lord."

"Well, that's all for today, let's retreat."

As soon as I got back to the inn, I saw someone from Tongle Lou to report, "The Huang Daopo that the young master said has arrived and is resting in the restaurant."

"Really, sister Huang is here, brother, let me go and bring her here."

"OK."

"Sister Lin, let's go together." Fang Ling said happily.

"Why is there another sister Huang?" Lin Ying glanced at me, muttered before leaving with Fang Ling.