Chapter 212: Technology Leadership
Ask him how clear he is? Come for living water from a source! ---------- Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Impressions from Reading Books"
It is said that in Shuijingzhuang, one is the moon in the water and the other is the flower in the mirror. Zhuge Kong is twelve years old and Huang Yueying is fourteen years old. However, they are both fascinated by the Luban lock made by Chen Long himself, showing his understanding of science and technology. A shared love of puzzles.
In ancient times, it was not unusual for people to talk about marriage at the age of twelve or thirteen. Chen Long secretly communicated with Huang Chengyan. Huang Chengyan had heard about Zhuge Kongming's wisdom and saw that he was a descendant of Zhuge Feng, the captain of the Western Han Dynasty. He was definitely a son of an aristocratic family. There is no dissatisfaction with Long's matchmaking. Chen Long has already taken Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying to his side for training, and asked them to research and implement black technology specifically for him. The two hit it off.
Although the little girl Yueying is ugly in appearance and has dark and yellow skin, she cannot conceal her intelligence and sagacity, and she has an extremely thirsty heart for knowledge. Besides, if she is a girl who has undergone a major change, how can she know that she will not be a great beauty when she becomes an adult? It just does not fit in with the people of that time. Just aesthetic. If this were in Europe and the United States, she would definitely be a beautiful woman with chestnut skin. Chen Long quietly told Huang Chengyan that it was forbidden for anyone to call Yueying by her nickname A Chou, and Huang Chengyan naturally agreed.
Huang Yueying is Huang Chengyan's only daughter, and Huang Chengyan of course loves her like jewelry. Yueying was influenced by her father and other generations of her fathers. She had been familiar with classics and history since she was a child. She was versatile and was a rare woman. She has been keen on inventions and creations since she was a child. She once made wooden dogs, wooden tigers and wooden figures by herself, which astonished and amazed the elders.
Zhuge Liang's interest in invention and creation was no less than Huang Yueying's. The two of them looked at Luban Suo for a long time, studied it carefully, and kept it in their hearts. They completely forgot about the embarrassment of the young man and woman sitting together like this.
Chen Long summoned Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong to Shuijing Villa this time, originally intending to help him persuade Mr. Shui Jing to let little Zhuge join the army; but unexpectedly, Mr. Shui Jing actually agreed. Sima Hui said: "General Chen, I observed the celestial phenomena. When Kongming moved from Jingzhou, he met the Lord of the Ming Dynasty and had a good relationship. From then on, everything became prosperous. What I taught was all about learning to enter the world, not to escape from the world here. . Kong Ming's talent is the best among Sima, Zhuge and Pang Tong. He can invent novel things and come up with all kinds of ingenious strategies. Looking at the so-called Luban Lock made by General Chen, how many people in the world can do it? Answer? The general is a scholar of heaven and man, and Zhuge Kongming has found his master." Chen Long was overjoyed.
Sima Yi was fifteen years old and was about to leave the army. After seeing Chen Long coming, he took good care of Zhuge Liang and even asked Huang Yueying to play with him, his face was a little gloomy. Although Chen Long tried his best to recruit him, Sima Yi had already made up his mind and said that he needed his parents' consent, so Chen Long had to let him go first. After thinking about it for a while and feeling uneasy, he wrote a letter to Sima Yi's father, Sima Fang, with the intention of recruiting Sima Yi to serve as an official in Jingzhou. Sima Yi took it and held it in his arms, but what he thought in his heart was that this letter would never be given to him. Parents see it.
Seeing that Sima Yi was only respectful on the surface, Chen Long sneered in his heart: "Sima Yi is really ambitious! It's a pity that you met me, Chen Long, and you won't be deceived by you like Cao Cao. When the time comes, I will transfer you to my command with an imperial edict. , be a pioneer and fight for Yizhou for me, and you won’t be able to help me when the time comes, haha.” Sima Yi didn’t know that Chen Long was full of evil, and he felt that this man valued Zhuge Liang so much, and he was very dissatisfied.
As for Pang Tong, Pang Degong had already said that he wanted him to become an official later and study with Mr. Shui Jing for a few years. Chen Long naturally agreed. Now that the plan had been decided, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying followed Chen Long back to Xiangyang City. Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong returned to their family residence, while Sima Yi and Pang Tong remained at Shuijing Villa. Before everyone said goodbye, they agreed to work for the benefit of the people of the world and parted happily.
Besides, Chen Long and his party successfully returned to Xiangyang and moved into the newly decorated Jingzhou Mu Mansion. According to Chen Long, the mansion is not luxurious. The family members only live in the courtyard and have only a dozen servants. When Chen Long entered the mansion, Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Guo Jia, Zhou Buyi and other generals came to greet him. They talked about the Jiangxia war. The situation was unclear and Liu Biao's attack seemed to be ineffective. Fortunately, Huang Zhong set up a naval base at the southwest corner of the intersection of the two rivers. The village supplies food and grass, and the two sides are in a stalemate.
Chen Long had anticipated this situation and was very confident, so he told Gan Ning: "Xingba, you are responsible for mobilizing transport ships from Jiangling, transporting large quantities of bricks, earth and stones, organizing civilians and craftsmen, and formally building the city wall on the shore of Huangzhong Water Village. It's called Hankou City." Chen Long's move was naturally to control the Yangtze River and confront Jiangxia for a long time, waiting for Sun Ce's opportunity to go to Jiangdong and capture Jiangxia in one fell swoop. Maybe it can also restrain Sun Ce from going to Jiangdong immediately, and also give Liu Biao's navy a backup and supply base. As for why it was called Hankou City, Chen Long naturally thought of the prosperity of the three towns in Wuhan in later generations and came up with it casually.
The generals retreated after hearing the order, leaving Chen Longdan with Zhou Buyi behind. At this time, all the family members came to greet them, and there was a large group of warblers and swallows. Zhou Busuo called her sister-in-law one by one. Seeing little Zhuge and Yueying sitting there, all the beautiful family members asked questions one after another. After Chen Long introduced them, he asked Liu Qian and Zhen Mi to take care of Zhuge Liang, and Taohua to take care of Huang Yueying.
The most lacking thing in the house was children. Suddenly, two little ones appeared. Although they were not young, they still looked like princes and princesses. For a moment, they were like stars holding the moon, and everyone envied Liu Qian, Zhen Mi and Taohua. , I am not lonely this time. Zhuge Liang was alone, but Yueying had a maid who had been with her since she was a child. She also cleaned up the house and courtyard. From then on, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying lived in the city lord's mansion. Seeing that it was still early for him to get married, Chen Long was afraid that Yueying would be homesick, so from time to time he would have someone drive Yueying to visit her home without mentioning it.
Chen Long left Zhou Buyi alone and asked him to clean up a courtyard for Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying's study and office use. The teachers were himself and Zhou Buyi. Zhou Buyi taught geography and military affairs, and Chen Long was responsible for teaching scientific and technological knowledge, that is, the basics of physics and chemistry and practical applications for later generations.
When Zhou Buji heard that he was asked to be a teacher, he couldn't help but be happy. He was eager to try it, but he was also worried that he would not be a good teacher. Chen Long said with a smile that he could just show his ability to draw military maps. But the content of his lectures is very confident, and he is guaranteed to lead Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying into a new world they have never seen before.
As mentioned earlier, Chen Long asked the two geniuses to study mainly two aspects, one was radio and the other was radio. In the following days, Chen Long first taught the two of them a lot of chemical and physics knowledge when he had time, and the two gradually understood a little more from ignorance. Chen Long was afraid that some knowledge would be shocking, so he only talked about it superficially, and strictly ordered the two of them not to tell other people.
On this day, Chen Long finally talked about * production. Chen Long asked people to take some charcoal and said: "Predecessors have discovered charcoal long ago and regarded it as a high-grade fuel. Nowadays, blacksmiths widely use charcoal in ironmaking and metallurgy. Charcoal has less ash than firewood and is stronger than firewood. It is better than firewood. fuel. So, who knows how charcoal is burned?”
Kong Ming raised his hand to show that he knew, Chen Long nodded, and Kong Ming said: "It is fired with logs. When you see that the wood has completely turned black and obvious cracks appear, take it out directly, put it in water or buy soil, and let it dry after cooling. "
Chen Long nodded with satisfaction and expressed pleasure that Kong Ming paid attention to some common sense of life. In fact, Zhuge Liang also had in-depth research on climatology. Chen Long used an alms bowl to grind the charcoal into powder. There was a pot of charcoal powder in front of the one and two children.
Chen Long asked again: "Which of you has ever heard of saltpeter and sulfur?"
This time it was Huang Yueying's turn to speak: "I have read in the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" that saltpeter is the top grade medicine and can cure more than 20 kinds of diseases. Sulfur is listed as the third best traditional Chinese medicine and can cure more than 20 kinds of diseases. It's a disease." Chen Long said happily: "Yueying really has a good memory!" Little Zhuge also glanced at Yueying, his eyes full of approval. Yueying was praised, and the girl's temperament couldn't help but feel shy.
Chen Long nodded and continued: "Saltpeter and sulfur are used as important medicinal materials. The toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine is also a big problem, but we will not discuss it today. But I will teach you them as the first components today. As long as you find the saltpeter and the origin of sulfur, just study the formulas of the three substances. I warn you in advance that you must be careful when mixing the formulas of the three substances, because these three things may explode if mixed together, exposed to open flames or high temperatures, or even violent vibrations. ! This is medicine, it is infinitely powerful!" I thought that it was the work of later generations of alchemists that saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal were put together in a certain proportion to make medicine. This issue of toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine needs to be discussed with Zhang Zhongjing later.
The two little ones heard that it was extremely powerful, and they immediately became interested. They gathered around Chen Long and asked questions, and Chen Long chose some necessary content to tell. Thinking that these two still need to control some manpower, I thought of a family, but it was the Ma family in Xiangyang.
The five members of the Ma family are all elites, and they are just the people to assist Zhuge Liang. Moreover, the Ma family has many people available. I will give them the name of mining officials. From now on, the exploration of mineral resources in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou will be handed over to their family. Bar. Ma Bochang and Ma Zhongchang had stayed in Hengyang and Guiyang for a long time, and it was just time for them to return to Xiangyang to reunite with their families.
Thinking of doing it immediately, Chen Long immediately sent an order to recall Ma Bochang and Ma Zhongchang to Xiangyang. The Ma family is the family responsible for mineral resources, headed by Da Siyuan Ma Bochang, whose title is equivalent to the level of deputy army commander. In the future, when the two brothers Ma Liang and Ma Su become adults, they will naturally become Zhuge Liang's good assistants.
The official position of Da Siyuan was naturally created by Chen Long. As the name suggests, he was responsible for the mining of mineral resources. But Chen Long's order is that the entire Ma family must obey the requirements of Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying so that they can complete scientific research and become a specialized scientific and technological research institution of the Qinglong Army.
Chen Long considered the safety of the two people and mobilized the special force Hao Pu to lead 20 team members to take charge of the safety of the two people. Then Chen Long's explanation puzzled the two genius children. It turned out that it was about radio technology.
Chen Long spent a lot of effort before the two of them understood a little bit about what silicon-containing crystals are, and how crystals naturally have the property of oscillation. As for what kind of shock it was, the two of them didn't know whether it was alive or dead. Chen Long had to let them use Ma's house to find and collect various shiny, black, regular or irregular natural crystals for later study and identification. I thought to myself, this little couple won't find me a bunch of diamonds, so I'll just give them away. However, who should I sell the diamonds to at that time? Just give each wife a diamond ring.
At this point, the Jingzhou Qinglong Army officially has an important weapons research institution. The hosts are celebrity couples like Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying. The founders are the Ma family with deep roots in Jingzhou. The instructor is Jingzhou Mu Chenlong. It can be said that it is in full swing. Zhuge and Yueying also thrived in Xiangyang, showing their extraordinary talents. Chen Long is not in a hurry to let Zhuge Liang join the military adviser group, because Guo Jia, Zhou Buyi and others are also thriving and can cope with the current war situation.
At present, Chen Long is worried about the military situation of Jiangxia. However, since Hankou City has been established for Liu Biao to gain a foothold, it is estimated that it will be a long war unless he devotes all his strength to a decisive battle with Huang Zu and Sun Ce. One thing in life is like a fish in the throat and a thorn in the back, and that is the child Cai Yan is carrying. Should he go to Chang'an to pick up Cai Yan and give her hope in life?
Chen Long thought a lot about Cai Yan and wanted to know what happened next.
