The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 329

People in later generations know that China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, with a long history, the most famous of which are the so-called "Four Great Inventions". Among these four great inventions, in addition to papermaking, gunpowder, compass Both printing and printing were finally perfected and applied in the Song Dynasty.

The philosopher Marx once said that gunpowder blew up the knight class, the compass (an alias for the compass or its extended products) opened up the world market and established colonies, and printing became a tool of Protestantism.

Undoubtedly, the science and technology of the Song Dynasty was definitely ahead of the world at that time. Relatively speaking, the spirit of exploring the unknown world of people in the Song Dynasty was second to none in the entire ancient times. In addition to the four great inventions, the Song Dynasty also had many Although it is not as well-known as the four great inventions, it still occupies a very important position in the history of science in our country.

He has made remarkable achievements in many fields such as astronomy, mathematics, calendar, medicine, architecture, shipbuilding, commerce and trade.

However, the rulers of China since ancient times have only recognized power, and those so-called inventions are nothing more than insignificant gadgets to them. Since the Yuan Dynasty, this concept has become more and more deeply rooted, and the emperor We all agreed that China is the center of the world, and other places are just uncivilized and barbaric lands. Until hundreds of years later, when the western powers forcibly opened our gates with foreign guns and cannons, our emperor He also condescendingly called those red-haired devils "barbarians" in the Forbidden City.

Whether it's ridiculous or sad, the development of Chinese history has actually come to an end with the fall of the Song Dynasty.

Perhaps this is why the guardians sent me to the end of the Song Dynasty. As the guardians of the Huaxia clan, their responsibility is to inherit the continuation of civilization and protect the integrity of history. With the development of society, these guardians finally found I found a way to travel through time and space, so I was "fortunately" selected by the guardian.

Or maybe, I am also one of the guardians. It is my destiny and responsibility to travel to the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.

According to the unified deployment of the relevant departments of the imperial court, since late February, various major newspapers and tabloids in Lin'an City have used a quarter of their pages to publish various reports about the Science and Technology Month activities. The headline news of a newspaper must be related to the science and technology month activities. In addition to the propaganda and reports on the news side, there is also the need to publish the relevant policies and measures of the imperial court for the development of science and technology. Simple lectures on popular science knowledge, which mainly include what is science, why science and technology should be developed, what benefits the development of science and technology will bring to people, and an introduction to natural sciences such as mathematics, physics and chemistry. These materials are provided by Lin'an University Relevant categories and provided by the Royal Academy.

As the Dasong Royal News that I lead myself, I spare no effort to promote this technological revolution. Because the news I know is one step faster and the content is wider. The Royal News represents the royal family, so since its establishment The sales of the Royal Newspaper have always been very good. In just a few months, it has become the largest newspaper in Lin'an City, surpassing the official newspaper run by the imperial court. The content of the scientific and technological revolution, and for the first time, a quiz activity with relevant knowledge was carried out in the newspaper. Of course, these questions and answers are extremely simple. The people of Lin'an City only need to fill in the answers, write their names and addresses, and submit them to various places in the Royal Newspaper. The distribution point or the Royal Newspaper is enough. After the staff of the newspaper bank have checked, the list of winners will be published in the next two issues of the newspaper. The winners can go to the distribution point to claim the prize with the identity certificate issued by the government.

Although the prizes are not very expensive, because the topic is simple, the participants only need to carefully read the content about the technological revolution published in the newspaper and the lectures on popular science knowledge, and they can easily get rewards. Therefore, this method has aroused great interest .

Since the first issue of the supplement issued in late February, the supplements of the Royal Newspaper have been sold out as soon as they come out. As long as you answer the questions correctly, you will get a prize far greater than the amount of a newspaper. Why not? Woolen cloth.

No one thought that the seven-day supplement would become one of the most in-demand "items" in Lin'an City throughout March. The only ones who were somewhat depressed were the chief editors of the Royal Newspaper. It reached the peak since its inception, but March was also the only loss, and it was a month with a huge loss.

"Why can't these topics be difficult," Huang Yong and Liu Fu, the two editor-in-chiefs of the Royal Daily, thought, but these were all after the end of March.

For the common people, words such as science and technology and scientists are new terms. Out of curiosity, these words have become the most popular content of chatting among the people of Lin'an City before and after meals, replacing the once-occupied The headless case of prime status.

On March [-]st, the headlines of all the major newspapers all published the four characters "Rejuvenate the Country with Science and Technology" inscribed by Xie Daoqing, the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty. The inscription did not show any effect, so we had to invite Xie Daoqing, who was quite good at calligraphy, to come out. Whether he was in the court or in the opposition, Xie Daoqing's reputation and reputation were among the best, so he could naturally take on this important task.

The four characters "rejuvenate the country through science and technology" written by the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing officially opened the prelude to the first scientific and technological revolution in the Song Dynasty.

On the same day, according to the candidates proposed by Lin'an University and the Royal Academy of Sciences, after my review, the Government Affairs Council announced the list of the Great Song Science National Scholars.

A total of [-] scientists were awarded the title of the first batch of scientific national scholars, among which the highest level is the third-rank scientific national scholar, a total of three, namely Shen Yiqiu, vice president of Lin'an University, Yun Bofei, master of gunpowder supervisor and firearms, and Lin'an University Yang Hui, the head of the Department of Mathematics, among the three, Shen Yiqiu was rated as a third-rank national scholar for his numerous inventions. One of his inventions was the improvement of deep well drilling technology. This improved drilling technology is almost the same as the drilling technology of later generations , and for the first time used iron utensils to replace the original wooden drill barrels, but the drill barrels of later generations used more advanced alloy copper. This technology was even called the "fifth invention of ancient China" by later generations. "Yang Hui is because of his achievements in the field of mathematics, and the "Yang Hui Triangle" he invented is a remarkable achievement, so I appointed him to be promoted from the original fourth-rank national scholar to third-rank, and Yun Bofei is because Because of firearms research, but because the research field is a state secret, it is only vaguely stated in the announced achievements that it has made unique contributions to the development of weapons, so it is ranked third.

In the first nominations, Lin'an University and the Royal Academy of Sciences only suggested starting from the fourth-rank national scholars. Although I reiterated the importance of science and technology many times, scientists including Shen Yiqiu all believed that the value of science was not enough to be compared with third-rank or above. In the eyes of the common people, third-rank officials are indeed high-ranking ministers of the DPRK and China, just like the Minister of Industry, they are just third-rank officials. Even Shen Kuo, a great scientist in the Song Dynasty, also called his research inventions just gadgets It can be seen that the awareness of science in ancient society was quite low.

Originally, I wanted to directly promote Yun Bofei and others as second-rank scientific national scholars, but after the long examination, I decided to start with third-rank national scholars.

There are also three fourth-rank scientific national scholars, led by Quanjue, and there are two fifth-rank scholars, four sixth-rank scholars, and four seventh-rank scholars. I know these four seventh-rank scientific national scholars. They are Huang Daopo who improved the textile machine, Yang Xiaozhi, who invented the clock, Song Wuxin, the warship designer, and Zhou Hui, an expert in acupuncture and moxibustion, originally Yang Xiaozhi was nominated as a sixth-rank national scholar because of his invention of the clock, but he insisted that when the error of the clock can be controlled within one word (5 Minutes), you are eligible to be promoted to rank six National Scholars.

On the square in front of Lin'an University (formerly Gongyuan), the Government Affairs Council posted the list and basic achievements of the sixteen national scholars at the original red list distribution place.

The names of these 16 people are very unfamiliar to the common people. Except for families with children who are studying at Lin'an University, almost nothing is known about them. As for their inventions and achievements, they are even more unknown.

There are many students of Lin'an University under the bulletin board, while distributing the leaflets of the Science and Technology Month activities, they keep explaining and answering questions to the people who are watching. What interests the people most is not these people and their achievements themselves, but the national scholars of science matter of taste.

"Inventing a small gadget can become an official, and there are even third-rank officials,"

"Brother, you can see clearly, it is equivalent to the salary and treatment of an official of the same level, not a real official,"

"It's similar, and it was also granted by the court,"

"That's true,"

"Why don't you invent something, brother? Isn't it written that the imperial court encourages the people all over the world to participate in scientific and technological activities, and they can declare related inventions or academic articles by themselves. Once selected, they can get corresponding rewards." rewards, or serve in the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the imperial court distributes scientific research funds, etc."

"Hey, brother, you don't know something. Although your elder brother is full of knowledge, I am only limited to poetry, books and scriptures. I don't know anything about these natural sciences."

The other side of the red list is the display of some scientific and technological achievements, including new fireworks, small "robot" people, textile machines, bronze statues of acupuncture and moxibustion, and of course a large part of the models. Among the exhibits, the most attractive The most eye-catching is undoubtedly the big clock invented by Yang Xiaozhi. It is large in size and heavy in weight, and it can also see the time relatively accurately and intuitively.

There are a lot more people watching here, it doesn't matter if you understand it or not, the ability to watch lively is innate, not to mention these are extremely new things, never seen before.

As the evening approached, a staff member shouted loudly: "There will be a fireworks show below, please stand on the edge of the square,"