Xu Kai returned to the National Court and saw Wang Xin with a concerned look on his face.
Wang Xin patted Xu Kai's shoulder vigorously and said happily: "He is worthy of being the top-ranked boy among the two top students. He can write such a poem that will be passed down from generation to generation. I'm afraid Su Sheng will kill himself when he sees such a majestic poem." Ashamed!"
"Mr.'s false praise is just an accidental inspiration, so I waved my hand and wrote it down. It is true that 'good sentences are born by nature, and they are accidentally picked up by clever hands'."
Wang Xin's expression became even more pleased: "You have studied really well in the past month. You see, you can quote classics when you speak. It seems that your study is very effective. In one year at most, you may be able to take the examination as a scholar."
Xu Kai suddenly fell silent. After thinking for a while, he chose to confess: "Sir, I don't plan to take part in the imperial examination."
"What?!" Wang Xin was shocked, "Why don't you participate? Didn't you listen to what I said about the way to break through the realm by cultivating your own energy? Those are all things that can only be met! And there are no consequences for participating in the imperial examination. This is also The way of human civilization is superior to the method of introducing qi into the body! Xu Kai, don't be too ambitious, if you want to hone yourself, you can choose the path of the holy way after passing the Jinshi exam! Or what did the Chen family really do to you?! "
"Speaking of the Chen family, sir, I don't understand. What if Du Shi defeated Chen Shuiran in a fight? But I kicked Chen Shuiran away. Why didn't the Chen family react at all?"
Wang Xin showed a mysterious smile: "Have you forgotten what I said to you? I told you that day, 'Don't worry about their background'. Have you forgotten what I said?"
Xu Kai was shocked: "Sir, how can you be so capable? I heard that someone from the Chen family is serving as a minister in the court."
Wang Xin said proudly: "Don't talk about the minister, even the Taifu, I dare to kick him."
"...Sir, don't get too far behind when you're bragging."
Wang Xin waved his hand: "Okay, these are just trivial matters, why don't you tell me why you don't want to take part in the imperial examination?"
Xu Kai thought for a while and took out his manuscript.
"Stop it, didn't I let you rest? Why are you still insisting on the shortest line segment between two points?"
Xu Kai said seriously: "Sir, I forgot to add some qualifications due to omissions before. 'The shortest line segment between two points' refers to being in the same plane. If so, does that mean the shortest line segment?"
Wang Xin imagined it for a while and found no counterexample, so she nodded in agreement.
"This is the axiom. Mr. Wang, the path of literature is not suitable for me. I decided to go my own way."
"Do you want to be a pioneer?"
Xu Kai was a little surprised that the other party accurately guessed what he was going to do. Someone else would have scolded him for walking on a narrow path and not being able to reach the Holy Land. Because most of them think that they are walking the same path as Zhang Cang and others. Haven't you seen that the authors of books such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Tiangong Kaiwu" are still pursuing the holy path?
Even the four authors of the "Song and Yuan Shu" who had the highest achievements in mathematics were not saints. Not even a semi-saint has passed this path, so naturally people gradually gave up on it, thinking it was a dead end.
Countless predecessors and sages have confirmed that this path does not work.
But Xu Kai doesn't think so.
The content of "Elements" is very basic, but it has a very high status in the world of mathematics. The reason is that Euclid established the axiomatic method of mathematics, which has been used for more than two thousand years and is still used in the latest and highest fields of mathematics. Methods. None of the mathematical works just mentioned have established a system of axiomatic methods.
Confucianism already has a systematic way of explaining the world. Xu Kai believes that this may be the difference between the two.
Another point is that Xu Kai has investigated and found that the literary spirit of those people is still golden, but his own literary spirit is cyan.
Seeing Xu Kai's firm eyes, Wang Xin sighed and said, "Now that you have made your choice, I will no longer interfere. I hope you will not be defeated by the hardships on this road."
Xu Kai was a little confused: "Sir, I'm just exploring the world, so what hardships are there?"
"Your method of exploring the world may be supported by the Zhusheng lineage. They are originally pursuing 'studying things to achieve knowledge' and have some similarities with your method. However, the Daozu lineage may not be lenient to you. They What they emphasize is that "the Tao can be taught, but the Tao is not Tao". It believes that the principles of heaven and earth are vague and unexplorable, which is almost completely opposite to your method. If you follow this path, you will inevitably conflict with them. "Wang Xin's tone was unprecedentedly serious.
Xu Kai also realized the difficulties he was about to face.
Taoism is a representative of "agnosticism", and science is a tool to break agnosticism. If he really develops mathematical physics to a certain height, it will definitely attract their attention. Even Copernicus was burned to death in his previous life, not to mention that in this world where one person can control the power of the sky, if he makes one mistake, his end may be even more miserable than Copernicus's.
"I understand, sir."
This is a moral dispute that cannot be reconciled. Even the golden mean between the two completely opposites cannot completely resolve it.
Wang Xin sighed: "Okay. I will support you."
At present, Xu Kai does not yet know the value of this promise.
"Xu Kai, someone is looking for you." Huang Tu suddenly broke in.
"who?"
"Hu Shuihe, the shopkeeper of Fuyuan Trading Company."
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"...To be honest, I didn't expect that you were the owner of Fuyuan Trading Company." In a quiet room of Fuyuan Trading Company, Xu Kai looked at the girl opposite him speechlessly.
"I didn't expect that it was Mr. Xu who proposed such a big deal." Yun Qingshan looked at Xu Kai opposite him with a smile. Next to him was shopkeeper Hu who stood respectfully. "To be precise, the boss is my father. I He’s just his agent.”
Yun Qingshan elegantly put his left leg on his right leg, leaned back comfortably on the chair, crossed his hands in front of him, and then raised the front legs of the chair, not looking like a lady in this world.
"Can Miss Yun really decide such a big business on behalf of your father?"
"If I couldn't, naturally I wouldn't be here."
Xu Kai nodded: "Okay. Shopkeeper Hu should have told you the specific content, right?"
"Of course I know. I'm curious, Xu Kai, are you really able to burn the best colored glaze out of sand?"
"Of course. I call the fired glaze glass. It's just that if you want to make glass at a low cost, you still need some additional steps and ingredients."
Yun Qingshan nodded. They had done experiments and found that not only did the fired glaze have a different image, but the cost was much higher than expected. Xu Kai must have mastered the method of firing glass with better quality at lower cost.
Yun Qingshan waved, and shopkeeper Hu next to him immediately asked someone to bring up a small glass kiln: "Please."
Add some sand, then take out the prepared limestone, feldspar, soda ash, and boric acid and put them in a certain proportion.
Xu Kai did not omit these steps because of his literary spirit, because what he wanted to show was a refining method that ordinary people could also use. Those children who were born with literary spirit and proud chests may not necessarily look down on these craftsmen, nor would they want to stoop to do these coolies. labor.
Not long after, the firing was completed, and Xu Kai took out the cooled glass. Glass undergoes drastic temperature changes and shape changes during the forming process. This change will reduce the strength and thermal stability of the glass, and may cause the glass to break if it is cooled directly. In order to eliminate this consequence and not waste extra time, Xu Kai chose to use literary style to condense the energy of heaven and earth in this step to help it finalize. I believe the other party can also see that this is just to save time, and being polite is not necessary.
Xu Kai displayed the fired glass.
Shopkeeper Hu was stunned. He didn't know that what he put in was just some stones and sand, so how could the final product come out with this kind of top-grade colored glaze?
Yun Qingshan didn't react much. He just stretched out a hand and made a sign of five: "Fifty percent."
"What?"
"You only need to provide the technology, and I will give you 50% of all profits from firing the glass."
"What!" Shopkeeper Hu shouted out first, "Miss, think twice! Generally speaking, even if you give up profits, at most two achievements are enough!"
Xu Kai did not refute. Judging from the precedent of Tianyan Continent, giving him 20% of the profit was a huge deal. But Xu Kai’s plan is to make a 30% profit. It's not that he is greedy for money, but that he will need a lot of funds for scientific research in the future. Scientific research is extremely expensive. Xu Kai has seen the biology-related laboratory next door. The price of some reagents can even reach thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan per milligram. In comparison, gold is considered cheap.
Xu Kai once lamented that he was studying physics, until one day he heard from his professor that this instrument costs millions, that instrument tens of millions, and the Large Hadron Collider in Europe cost 8 billion US dollars. It is said that there is a plan to build a new collider there, which is expected to cost 21 billion euros. The professor scoffed at this estimated cost. The original estimated cost of the Large Hadron Collider was only three billion US dollars. Who knows how many times it will exceed the budget after it is actually completed?
Scientific research is really expensive.
"Huh?" Yun Qingshan hummed.
Shopkeeper Hu was covered in cold sweat. He knelt down in a panic, kowtowed and said in a trembling voice: "Please forgive me, Miss! I don't have the right to question you! Please forgive me, Miss!"
"Yeah." Yun Qingshan hummed.
Shopkeeper Hu wiped his cold sweat as if he was being pardoned, and stood up in fear. The body was still shaking uncontrollably.
Xu Kai argued with the other party again, wanting to exchange profits for a certain degree of pricing power, because his plan was that after glass can be fired on a large scale and he promotes science in Tianyan Continent, all those who are interested in this can Anyone can buy experimental props at low prices, so he would rather give up his 50% profit to 20%.
However, Yun Qingshan smiled and directly agreed to all Xu Kai's requests. He also did not agree to Xu Kai's profit concession and still maintained his 50% profit. Shopkeeper Hu who was watching on the side wanted to stamp his feet but did not dare.
After the discussion, Yun Qingshan took out a piece of gold paper, which was a holy contract, the most stringent contract in the human race. Once violated, those below the human saint level will surely die, and those above the saint level will also suffer heavy losses.
"I've prepared the contract. Sign it, Brother Xu."
Xu Kai was extremely surprised. The Holy Deed was extremely precious and rarely used in ordinary commercial contracts. Yun Qingshan just took it out like this?
He took the gold paper and examined it carefully. Yun Qingshan was indeed very kind, and did not set any traps in the contract. His expression was very straightforward, leaving no room for misunderstanding. Presumably Yun Qingshan didn't embarrass himself because of the friendship between classmates.
So Xu Kai happily prepared to sign.
Just as he was about to write, he suddenly found a line of small words at the bottom.
"Um?"
He opened his eyes wide and watched carefully.
"...Miss Yun?" Xu Kai's expression twitched.
"Huh?" Yun Qingshan changed his sitting position, put his hands together, put his chin on his face and looked at Xu Kai with a smile.
"Can you please explain what's going on?" Xu Kai pointed to the small line of words at the bottom of the sacred contract, his expression still twitching.
"Those who sign the holy contract are deemed to have entered into a marriage contract with Yun Qingshan, which must be fulfilled within three years and cannot be violated."
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