"Xiaoxuan, are you talking about the water drum cart~?"
On Yunshan Mountain, Yan Shaoning looked at Li Zexuan and asked.
Li Zexuan nodded, "Well, it's a water tanker. If this waterwheel doesn't work, I can also design a new waterwheel with greater power and longer transmission distance~!"
He has several waterwheel models in his mind, but he is not familiar with this kind of thing and doesn't know if they can be used in situations like Yanhuang Academy.
If the current power system was not difficult to solve, he would definitely build his own water pump. For him, the water pump is easy to make, but the difficulty lies in the power required for the water pump. If it is driven by an internal combustion engine, he still lacks materials. If it is driven by an electric motor, He doesn't have a stable power supply system, so now he can only come up with the idea of a water tanker.
Although Yan Shaoning was confident in Li Zexuan's creative ability, he still shook his head and said:
"I don't think so~! Yanhuang Academy is too far away from the Bahe River, and the terrain is too high. It is impossible to transport water with a water tanker~! Even if it can be transported up, it is impossible to transport too much, even if you Even if we can come up with a more powerful waterwheel, I think it will still be of no use and the gain will outweigh the loss~!"
Li Zexuan rubbed his brows, looking a little distressed. After struggling for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Well, Shaoning, help me find a group of well-drilling craftsmen and ask them to find a suitable place for me on Yunshan Mountain to dig a few wells." Well~! In the early stage of the academy, let’s transport water from the mountain~!”
Yan Shaoning's eyes widened and he said, "Are you crazy? Yunshan Mountain is so high, how can you dig a well?"
Li Zexuan shook his head and said in disapproval: "Shaoning, you are wrong to say that. Although Yunshan is high in terrain, the trees on the mountain are dense and there is abundant rain all year round. Water can still be dug out in some places. You can find an experienced person when the time comes. The craftsmen should be able to find a few good positions~!"
There is a saying that digging wells on mountains is futile. Many people think that the terrain on the mountains is high and groundwater cannot be dug. This is a misunderstanding. In fact, there can be groundwater in some places on the mountains.
Groundwater exists not only in flat land, but also in high mountains. Sometimes there is no water underneath in places lower than the horizon~! The existence of groundwater is related to the structure of rock formations. Some rock formations cannot store water, and some rock formations still have pressurized water. Besides, there are soil, trees, flowers and grass on mountains. These things are the main factors for water storage. If If the water and soil are well maintained, it is not impossible to dig out water only by digging two or three meters.
In Li Zexuan's previous life, a relative contracted a hilltop to raise chickens. Since the terrain on the mountain was high and there was no running water, his relative asked someone to dig a well on the mountain. As a result, water came out after only digging 1.5 meters. Therefore, terrain is not the decisive factor in digging wells.
Yan Shaoning didn't understand this. He was doubtful and asked: "Can a well be dug out from such a high mountain~?"
Li Zexuan said firmly: "It can definitely be done. Don't worry, Shaoning. As long as the craftsman digging the well is experienced and can identify the water level, he will definitely be able to dig a well on Yunshan Mountain~!"
"Okay~! Then I will arrange for someone to go to Chang'an City to find a well-drilling craftsman tomorrow~!"
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On the Yunshan side, the construction of the academy is in full swing. In the "Datang Daily", waves of publicity campaigns have also begun about engineering and Yanhuang Academy. When the engineering was first promoted, Ma Zhou arranged A group of people were recruited to study the articles published by Li Zexuan. Many people in the editorial department had a deep understanding of engineering, so Li Zexuan did not need to write at all for later publicity. The editorial department had only one talent in this field. A lot.
Therefore, the news section of the newspaper has been almost wiped out by words such as Yanhuang Academy and Engineering Studies recently. Under such a fierce propaganda offensive, more and more people know what Engineering Studies is, and there is also construction outside Chang'an City. What kind of academy is Yanhuang Academy?
Engineering, Yanhuang Academy, suddenly gained momentum~!
Of course, in the past there would have been many Confucian defenders who would criticize Li Zexuan for boasting about engineering in newspapers, but since Cui Yunhan was exiled to Qiongzhou and Li Zexuan came to Chang'an City on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, all opposition voices have almost died down. Yes, firstly, it is unreasonable, and secondly, it is lack of courage.
Moreover, as the Wang family used Kuaima to sell recent issues of newspapers to other states and counties, the reputation of Gongxue and Yanhuang Academy has begun to radiate to other areas. In particular, Li Zexuan's flying deeds on the Mid-Autumn Festival night are particularly shocking. The most intuitive manifestation is that according to the data fed back by the branches of "Datang Daily" in various places, the number of students enrolled in Yanhuang Academy has begun to show an exponential growth. It had exceeded 2,000 people two days ago.
If this data is released, it will definitely cause an uproar, because the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall combined do not have so many students~!
Of course, among so many students, there must be many who just read the news and got excited and signed up. It is very likely that they have not fully mastered the subjects of the Yanhuang Academy entrance examination. Even if they come to take the exam, they will have no hope of being selected.
More students choose to buy a new arithmetic textbook and take it home to read. They will sign up only if they can understand it and learn it. If they don't understand it, they will not sign up. This can be This can be seen from the recent sales of new arithmetic textbooks.
Up to now, the shipment volume of Funny Culture's arithmetic textbooks has reached more than 50,000, fifty thousand to two thousand. This is a very disparate ratio. Of course, there are also some arithmetic enthusiasts who just want to study Li Zexuan's new method. Arithmetic.
In addition to the surge in the number of student registrations, there are also more and more people who want to apply to be teachers of Yanhuang Academy. First, because the salary offered by Li Zexuan is so generous. Second, the current engineering and Yanhuang Academy have become extremely popular. If you come here to teach, you can definitely gain both fame and fortune~! No fool would come~!
First of all, there are some famous local scholars in Chang'an. They were the first to find Li Zexuan for interviews. Li Zexuan has conducted ten interviews these days, but only hired one person, and he was an old acquaintance - when he was in the Imperial College, he sat in Assistant Professor Mou, who works opposite him, follows Xu Hongzhi and also wants to change jobs.
The rest of the students are either too deeply corrupted by Confucian culture, or have no teaching skills at all, and are completely scripted. Li Zexuan said that he himself cannot listen to such boring lectures, so how can his future students be willing to listen~?
Therefore, only one of the ten gentlemen who came to apply successfully passed the test. The low admission rate of Mr. Yanhuang Academy gradually spread.
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