Longjiang Shipyard is right next door, within walking distance for two people. After registering their destination and return time at the school gate, they were able to walk out of the school during afternoon school activities.
"By the way, are there no classes at school in the afternoon?" Crossing the Qinhuai River requires a short detour. Two people were walking under the shade of the plane tree.
"The afternoon is the time for electives, self-study classes and club activities. Everyone is very busy. You have to understand that students in Kinei are already at the top of the world, and we are the top of the top. The curriculum stipulated by the Ministry of Etiquette is the lower limit. We have long exceeded that lower limit. In addition, as you know, we are all professionals who have been training for more than 10 years. We all have the ability to make our own learning plans independently. Everyone’s plan is different, and then we are restricted to It’s also a waste of each other’s time in class. We have more important things to do.”
"How many people from our school take the imperial examination?"
"You have to take the exam to become a scholar. But that's the basic of the basics. Those who fail to pass the exam don't have human rights."
"Wait, is that so?" Shangluo remembered that Lu Huaiyang had indeed told him before that the scholar must pass the exam.
"You don't know? Maybe it's because it's too basic, but it will become a blind spot for some people's knowledge. Our country implements the imperial examination republic system. As the name suggests, you have to pass the imperial examination to join the republic and rule the world together with the emperor. If you fail to pass the examination, you are not considered a scholar." Citizen' can only be regarded as a child. In principle, if you fail to pass the exam to become a scholar, you will not have a seat when you go to the county government to litigate, and you can only stand there. On the other hand, if you pass the exam, let's not talk about other benefits. , I can get a monthly allowance of 1 tael first.”
"Is there this? Why haven't I seen it?"
"Instead of giving you 1 silver coin directly, we converted it into rice, flour and oil and gave it to you. If you don't give money, 92% of the people in the prefecture are scholars. How can you get so much money? It is most cost-effective to give you rice, flour and oil. In the 9th year of Yongchang's reign, After the promulgation of the Corn Laws, imported grain from overseas would be heavily taxed because "cheap grain hurt farmers." Since then, grain prices have not come down. The subsidies issued by the court were used to stabilize grain prices, otherwise the people in the city would Baigong will suffer."
"Then how to get it? I seem... I seem to remember that there are free meals in Yangzhou? But I didn't see any of them brought home."
"That may be the case. It differs in different places. There is no market in the prefecture, but they will usually send you a bill of goods, and you can fill it out yourself according to the limit. Some are delivered to your door, and some are collected by yourself. The types and items vary depending on the region. There is a thick product booklet here in Yujing, including fruits and vegetables for daily use. Didn’t you fill it out when you were in Yujing? I remember when I was a child, I once brought back 200 kilograms of watermelon and got a beating. ..What about your family? Has your mother ever beaten you for this kind of thing?"
"I...I don't know where she is." Shangluo's memory of the past was rather vague. He also tried to ask Lao Shang "how he came here", but Lao Shang never answered directly. Shangluo felt that he could have room for many friends in his heart, but the place left for his parents had long been filled by his real biological parents. Maybe this is the ethical issue that the time traveler has to face, and he is not very interested in caring about Lao Shang's marriage problems.
But what has always been more strange to him is that Lao Shang seems to vaguely know something. There has always been an invisible barrier between them, so that from the perspective of insiders like Lu Huaiyang, it seems that they are not very familiar with each other. This is a very accurate view, because as far as father and son are concerned, he and Lao Shang are not familiar enough. Their relationship is more like a master-student relationship than a father-son relationship.
If you evaluate it based on the relationship between master and apprentice instead of father and son, then Lao Shang is very interesting. It can be said that he taught Shangluo everything he had, and he was relaxed, strict but patient in his education. I have never done it myself, but I spent almost all my time looking at every detail. This day-after-day training allowed Shangluo to continuously improve his "qi sense" and clock structure, to the point where he could communicate with Apollonia.
In addition to lacking a little bit of the true meaning of father-son love, Lao Shang is simply a perfect educator. He treats Shangluo like...
"Just like the 'work' that I am most proud of..." Shangluo's eyes suddenly became a little lonely, which was something he had felt for a long time. He always felt that Lao Shang was always so cautious when treating him, as if he was "afraid of breaking some parts."
But he was more focused on what was happening in front of him than what had happened. If Qi Yuan hadn't suddenly mentioned it, he wouldn't have thought of this for a long time.
"Are you...are you okay?" Seeing the change in Shangluo's expression, Qi Yuan realized what he had said wrong.
"Sorry! I mentioned your lord, has your lord passed away? I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."
"Ah, it's nothing. Don't take it too seriously. By the way, I've actually always had a question - why do rockets, aerospace engines, etc. all come from the Wuhu team? Why does the Wuhu team have so many good things?"
"Because the Army Aviation headquarters is in Wuhu. The Wuhu Rockets are sponsored by the Army Aviation, just like the Longjiang Shipyard sponsors the Longjiang Team and us, so they can get a lot of aviation equipment. The tactics and configuration of each team have great influence Differences, these differences come from the sponsors. The reason why Yujing’s Formula Racing qualifying competition looks like a fight between gods is because the sponsors here are all gods, and the ground is full of gods. The capital of the world is like this.”
"I...I kind of understand why I haven't been able to win before." After visiting today, he knew that the Longjiang team was very good. But as powerful as the Longjiang team, there are still more than twenty others outside. On the surface, these students are showing off their youth, but the excitement of the game cannot be achieved without the masters of fighting skills behind them.
"So today's things are not difficult to handle. Longjiang Shipyard hopes that we win... Well, look, there are people waiting in front."
There was a clerk waiting for them at the gate of the shipyard, and there was still half an hour before the scheduled meeting.
They took the car from the door and headed south, driving along the access road outside the factory area. From time to time, heavy trucks covered with tarpaulin drove past them - trucks that burned diesel. The court will directly burn fossil fuels only where they are truly needed. It is rare to see such real diesel trucks in Yangzhou, and most of them burn coal or wood gas.
The commuter car stopped at the Bao Shipyard Yamen in the south - the stone drum at the Yamen entrance had been weathered to the point where no lines could be seen, and seemed to be a relic from Yongle's reign.
After getting out of the car, the clerk asked them to wait at the door for a few minutes.
Shangluo stood there and suddenly felt that the shape of the shadow on the ground was not right. Not a tree, not a wall, but a mast.
He looked back and saw a dark red wooden warship standing opposite the Yamen. The battleship was soaking in a small dock. The door of the dock was rusty and had not been opened for many years.
The battleship is a Fuchuan type, equipped with 38 naval guns on two decks, and even the gun mounts are original versions from that year. Five masts stood high there, and the middle mast still hung a green dragon tooth flag that the navy used to give orders.
