Before Zhao Xing could explain, Wan Qi Yong had already replied: "Steel mother, this is the legendary steel mother. Our Guangnan soldiers use muskets. The muskets have to drill the barrel, which is very troublesome. Moreover, the steel pipe is not well done. Once there is trachoma in the pipe, the barrel will explode.

But it’s different with this kind of steel mother. I heard that this kind of steel knife made of steel mother can break iron pipes with one knife. My adult said that adding a little steel mother to cast cannons will make the cannon more powerful, let alone the barrel."

Zhao Xing held a piece of steel mother and said excitedly: "Three years ago, I heard that Ma Yi (Philippines) had a lot of this black steel mother under the sea. It is said that some people often pick it up on the beach. Locals use this steel mother to make extremely sharp snake-shaped swords. I searched for it for three years and finally found it - Lord Xie, a new era has arrived, this is the era of gunpowder. Well, I plan to name this steel mother 'manganese'. With it, steel will become more fierce."

The steel mother mentioned by Zhao Xing is called "manganese" in modern times.

70% of manganese ore in the world is stored on the seabed, while 70% of manganese ore in the seabed is stored in the Pacific Ocean. 90% of manganese ore in the Pacific Ocean is stored on the seabed from the Philippines to Malaysia.

In the era of sailing, there was a saying that "Whoever owns the Philippines will own the whole world." Since then, historical facts have proved the authenticity of this sentence - the Spaniards hired local natives to dive to catch manganese metal blocks on the seabed near the sea like collecting pearl shells. This has begun the era of great sailing. Then, Britain intervened in Malaysia and shared manganese ore, thus gaining capital to compete with Spain. In modern times, the United States has even risen since the occupation of the Philippines and become a century-old overlord. Starting from the 20th century, they used submarines to salvage manganese steel blocks on the deeper seabed, further controlling most of the earth's strategic resources.

With this small manganese steel block, muskets and cannons immediately eliminate the danger of explosion. The hardness of steel can be greatly improved, and more powerful explosives can be used - as Zhao Xing said, it created an era, opened a door, and led to the arrival of the era of steel and artillery.

This also means that Pandora's Magic Box is opened.

Those present did not know that they had witnessed the arrival of an era, and Xie Lin did not know what the "Pandora's Box" was. Therefore, he could not understand Zhao Xing's excitement. Jing Niang was not interested in the preferences of men like Steel and Tie, while Li Qingzhao only focused on its value. She asked curiously: "Uncle Zhao, is this thing very expensive?"

Zhao Xing replied: "It's very expensive... If you sell the two pieces hidden in your sleeve just now, it's worth about a thousand guan. But no matter what price you use, it cannot explain its true value - this thing is extremely rare and has not been found in the Song Dynasty. If you have money, you can't buy it. Fortunately, we have Ma Yi."

Wan Qi Yong looked happy: "It's not expensive. The news just now came that the children had already fished half of the boat, and this thing was very heavy. The warship was very heavy. The water pressure was very deep. As soon as the warship entered the port, they immediately sent a letter."

Zhao Xing quickly instructed: "Let them start the furnace and smel immediately, and test the appropriate proportions. I want to know the best formula for mixing steel mother... change the clothes, and change the army immediately."

Zhao Xing said this and stared at Xie Lin and suggested: "Sir Xie, aren't your soldiers planning to use muskets? I have a batch of new guns in the warehouse. I didn't have time to send them down, so I'll deal with them at a cheap price - each gun is thirty straits."

Xie Lin shook his head: "I will buy at most ten handles... I personally prefer short hand guns, just the kind you use with your guards. This thing is better than bows and arrows. I want to buy more than ten handles and match my guards... You just said about the Fujian Civil Rebellion. I remember that in that incident, your fifty musketeers repelled the attack of 500 chaotic civilians. Was they all equipped with this weapon... I will try it with fifty people."

A musketeer of Zhao Xing was equipped with seven auxiliary soldiers. According to the usual saying of this era, Xie Lin automatically ignored the number of auxiliary soldiers. After he said this, the opposite girl giggled, and she covered her mouth and said, "When I was drifting on the river, I heard that Lord Zhao once blocked 30,000 Tubo with ten people alone, and killed those ruthless Tubo people in one go... Hehe, fifty people killed 500 people away. What kind of cruel people are they? They are not as cruel as Lord Zhao...

You men always like to talk about fighting and killing, but the little girl doesn't understand. However, Lord Zhao, since you have found the treasure, the little girl will dance to congratulate you."

Li Qingzhao pouted and muttered, "No, no, Uncle Zhao, you won't be able to play with your short pistol. This time you found the steel mother and need to come up with some things for me to play with you."

Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "Miss Li family, how about I cast a batch of steel chess pieces for you? The chess pieces are black and white. The white ones are made of sterling silver, and the black ground is made of steel. If you are poor in the future, sell these steel chess pieces and keep you safely through the disaster."

Zhao Xing talked about a real experience of Li Qingzhao in real history. It is said that after the Jin soldiers broke the city of Bianliang, Li Qingzhao's husband died. She fled across the south of the river and left all the things at home. She had no money to cross the river and had to sell her jewelry. She collected shipments to carry the gold and stone copybooks left by her husband...

Having said that, Li Qingzhao was not aware, Zhao Xing stopped abruptly. After a while, he said thoughtfully: "No, silver is too light and cannot afford such a heavy manganese steel mine... Ah, I actually forgot the 'Mistanite' mine of Dali and Zhenladi."

Li Qingzhao blinked and asked curiously: "Uncle Zhao, what is 'Misin'?"

Zhao Xing seemed not to hear Li Qingzhao's words, but his words happened to answer Li Qingzhao's question: "'Mercent Silver' is the saying of Western alchemists. They extracted this metal from the silver mine and gold mine, which was as white as silver but heavier than gold. Because they didn't know what to call it, they called it Mithrcent Silver.

I have studied this metal and thought that this metal is likely to be another metal different from silver and gold. Because it is as bright as silver, I privately call it 'platinum'. Western legend says that this metal carries magic or can carry magic...

Speaking of which, only mitesilver, or white (platinum) gold, can match black manganese steel on the ground…”

Zhao Xing suddenly remembered several gold and silver mines in Yunnan. In modern times, they are called "platinum mines". Because the platinum content inside is relatively high, the benefits of refining platinum grounds actually exceed those of silver mines and gold mines themselves.

Platinum is a catalyst, and manganese dioxide is also a catalyst. The birth of the two has promoted the rapid progress of the chemical industry, and platinum is also the main material for making pen tips. Its discovery has created the arrival of the information age because the platinum-iridium pen tips are written. A large amount of information can be easily and quickly recorded. Therefore, the information age has arrived. People can obtain hundreds and thousands of times more information than before, which has triggered a modern information explosion. Therefore, platinum and manganese are also called "changing the world's metals."

Zhao Xing was leisurely and fascinated there, but Li Qingzhao was not interested in it: "The thing Uncle Zhao must be a treasure - I decided that if Uncle Zhao can get me a set of platinum black gold chess pieces, I can consider dating Zhao Feng."

Xie Lin didn't know why, so he took advantage of Zhao Xing's bargaining with Li Qingzhao. He whispered to Jing Niang and enthusiastically invited Jing Niang to go back to Jiangling Mansion with him. Jing Niang was just not asking, but Zhao Xing's words attracted Xie Lin, and Zhao Xing said: "In this way, what you want is too precious, and I paid too much, so I only received your reply to agree to date my son - no.

You don't know that this kind of mitril silver is very troublesome to refine. I don't even know the specific method of refining this metal, because the success rate of refining this metal is too low, so Western alchemists believe that this metal has magic and can cast magical objects.

There is no such thing as the word "Misin" in the Central Plains, but Taoism has had various legends about "Thousand-year Steel Mother". It is said that this steel mother is a star falling from the sky, or a divine object emerging from the Nine Nether Underworld. Taoism believes that this metal has been tempered by the fire of hell, so it has become invasive of water and fire. Taoists even say that this steel mother can make Taoist magic tools, which can ward off evil spirits, kill demons and evil spirits, and can even help people ascend in the sun and become gods...

Look, my game of chess includes the highest 'artifact' of 'Western Magic' and 'Central Plains Taoism'. According to legend, as long as you have these two things, both in the East and the West, it is a category of gods and magicians, and they are extremely fierce people... Such a game of chess. Can't you decide to marry?"

Li Qingzhao bit her finger and replied with her big eyes, "Uncle Zhao, don't lie to me - this is the first time I have heard of the 'Misin' thing, but I have also heard about the Tang Dynasty legends about it. Although I know their preciousness and wonder, I promised to date your son. That fool, whether I marry him or not depends on his efforts."

Zhao Xing no longer teased Li Qingzhao. He took the letter handed over by Wan Qi Yong. Wan Qi Yong's expression showed that there was still material in the letter. Zhao Xing glanced at the content in front of him and turned his eyes to the end of the letter.

At the end of the letter, Qi Shisan, who was responsible for searching for ore for Zhao Xing, reported to him. After three years of search, he finally discovered Qiongzhou iron ore in the deep mountains of Qiongzhou Island - this is the best iron ore in China: Qiongzhou low-phosphorus iron ore.

Most iron ore in China is not high-grade iron ore, only Qiongzhou iron ore, which belongs to the residual veins of the Indian and Vietnam iron ore belts, and happens to be the best low-phosphorus iron ore. The steel smelted from it can cast high-quality armor and giant cannons.

After reading the letter, Zhao Xing turned his hand to Wan Qi Yong with an expressionless face. Although he tried his best to calm down, he still expressed his excitement in his words: "Send the order and reward Qi Shisan with a prize of 500,000 yuan to reward his discovery."

Five hundred thousand coins, this number made Xie Lin's eyes tremble. Jing Niang, who was talking to him absent-mindedly, also had a stiff face. When the two returned to normal, Zhao Xing stood up happily, pointed to the scenery by the river, and said excitedly: "People often say that Yizhang has 'Eight Ancient Scenes'. These eight ancient scenes were all left by the Han and Tang dynasties and were called the model of 'Zhongxia Culture'. Lord Xie, let us add two more scenery to Yizhang.

My students left a "ten-day pavilion". This is not enough. The world has entered the physics era. We must speed up our pace - I want to use 10,000 stonemasons from the Angkor Dynasty to build a university town with stone here. Let this junction of Huguang become our Huguang cultural exchange center, so that students from both places can have free talk here!

Lord Xie, the scenery here is wonderful. My teacher, Mr. Po, likes the climate and scenery here. This time I plan to keep all the demoted officials in Yichang and let them teach in Yichang City. I will recruit disciples to provide sufficient teaching staff here. What do you think?”

The founding of a sect was the greatest pursuit of the literati. Xie Lin was leaning against it and suddenly became very excited. He completely forgot about Zhao Xing’s previous topic. He said excitedly: “Since it is called the ‘university town’. Yichang is also convenient for transportation and waterways can lead to the Yangtze River and the sea. In our school, the number of students cannot be small…just one thousand, I have to occupy 500 places in both lakes - that’s it.”

"One thousand students, I, the Guangdong academician, are willing to provide full payment - free textbooks, free accommodation, and also pay ink, charcoal money, clothing money, and summer money..." Zhao Xing calculated happily: "It's 15 guan a month. It's equal to the salary of a magistrate. In this way, it costs about 200,000 guan a year to raise these 1,000 students, which is worth it!"

Xie Lin couldn't save money, so he quickly interrupted: "Since I, Jinghu, account for 500 students, I, the students of Jinghu, shouldn't be discriminated against in the academy... By the way, why don't you call it a 'academy' but a 'university'?"

Zhao Xing replied: "I need to teach all the knowledge in this school, not the omitted knowledge, so this school must be called a 'university' and compared to the Taixue, it is only a little less (pun, only a little less word 'too and big)... Does Lord Xie know that the world's number one university has been born there in the West. I hope that the university we established in Yichang can be preserved forever and become the 'world' second university'."

Xie Lin murmured to himself: "University, Taixue. Well, I work together with Guangdong and Guangxi, and I can be considered the second highest in the Song Dynasty. It is lower than Taixue, but higher than the rest. It is called university. I am very satisfied with this name!"

With Xie Lin’s final decision, the No. 1 University of the Song Dynasty was established!

The school established by Zhao Xing covers multiple disciplines. Because he advocates applying what he has learned, the students from the school have extraordinary abilities to get rich, so millionaires later emerged one after another. Therefore, soon after, everyone privately called it the "Rich School" or the "cradle of the Rich Land".

In this school, Zhao Xing taught his "Technique of Management of the World and the People" as a textbook to students for the first time. Because many of the concepts mentioned in the book are means to govern the economy of one county and one place, it attracted many overseas students to study abroad. In the early days, some people privately called this school "Imperial Academy", while the teaching of "Tianshi" was called "Imperial Arts".

The emergence of this noun unknowingly changed the content of the traditional "imperial arts". Traditional imperial arts emphasize intrigue, frame-up, rejection of dissidents, and increase internal strife to consolidate one's own position. It is the legacy of ancient ergonomic arts, while the set of "imperial arts" founded by Zhao Xingxin emphasizes "management".

Fortunately, this was the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was an open era. The people of the Song Dynasty confidently learned from others and tried to do their own things well, without the mind to curse things that they did not understand. Therefore, although the knowledge taught by the Huguang University of Economics jointly organized by Zhao Xing and Xie Lin was a bit shocking, it grew quietly in the cracks of various schools. After this school in the shooting place cultivated a group of capable officials, officials, millionaires, and commanders, its influence was no longer something that could be suppressed by casual people...

That summer, "Huguang University" was established. At the same time, heavy rain continued in the capital. The 6th Battalion of Gongsheng Army stationed at Angate was flooded, and the water in the camp reached three feet and five inches. While publishing this news, the imperial court newspaper published a large-scale locust plague in the Gaoyou Army. The Gaoyou Army reported that it was a peaceful and prosperous era. The locusts felt that the prosperous era had arrived, but they stopped eating grass and died with grass.

"Hahaha, looking at this memorial is like reading a fantasy novel. I guess this memorial must be written by Mao Pang, the flatterer." Zhao Xing was so happy to watch the music. When he said this, he was sitting in a carriage and rushing to Guangzhou with Qin Guan: "Shaoyou, this man has been addicted to making up stories after compiling "The West Chamber".

Qin Guan smiled, and he shook his folding fan and said leisurely: "Li Ren, you shouldn't blame Mao Pang like this - if a sage comes out, the world will be peaceful. This is the 'response of heaven and man', and the basic theory of Confucianism. You have denied the 'five virtues' and then denied the 'response of heaven and man', what are you left for Confucianism?!"

"True Confucianism! I left Confucianism a 'true Confucianism theory' left by the ancient masters. It may not be the best. We don't need to respect it alone, but it is simple and not distorted." Zhao Xing replied happily. He then asked: "I said that the teacher and several senior brothers are willing to stay in Yizhang to teach, why don't you stay? I see, you are just a hopeless romantic ghost. You must be disgusted by Yizhang's hardship, so you don't want to stay."

Qin Guan's expression was sad: "To be honest, among the brothers, you are the only one who does not control me. I stayed in Yichang, especially Huang Luzhi's side, for fear of being scolded to death by him every day."

After Zhao Xing arranged the Yichang land affairs, he left to return to Guangzhou. At this time, most demoted officials were willing to stay in Yichang, which was cool, but unwilling to return to the hot Guangzhou. Qin Guan was not willing to stay. Before leaving, he climbed onto Zhao Xing's carriage and firmly demanded to go with Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing shook his head and said, "Huang Luzhi is a gentleman. He thinks you are a friend, so he advises you. As for me, I know that everyone's talents are different. Your talents are not about governing civil affairs. Not about hearing litigation, but about being romantic and elegant, and responding. That's why I don't care about you at night of romance and snow."

Qin Guan nodded slightly, and later, he looked at Zhao Xing with his eyes slanted and asked dissatisfiedly: "Now, the court is full of fools and mean people. On articles, they are better than me on the ground, but they are still in the high hall, but I am going to wander across the south of the country.

I admit that I can't compare to your ability to govern the local area. But can I not compare to those ministers in the court? How can they compare to me? According to you, I am only worthy of being Liu Yong, not being a minister of the museum, nor being a guardian of the local area - I am too underestimated."

Zhao Xing clapped and smiled: "There are indeed many ministers in the court who are not as good as you, but you can't vent your anger on me - I know that you can't bear to leave the romance there when you go back to Guangzhou. Yichang has just started construction and has become a large construction site. It is indeed not suitable for living and living. So you and I go back to Guangzhou. I don't complain."

Qin Guan snorted, shaking the fan and not speaking.

In recent years, with Zhao Xing's efforts, the urban area of ​​Guangzhou has expanded three to five times. Among them, the huge foreign trade fair in Guangcheng takes half a day to run on a fast horse. In addition, there are also large entertainment venues for merchants from all over the country. Everything that the Song Dynasty has, Guangdong has, and it is ahead of the entire Song Dynasty everywhere.

All this originated from Zhao Xing, who was a person who pursued enjoyment, so he built the entertainment facilities in Guangzhou in an extremely comprehensive way. Later, he became famous. Not only did he not realize that even the music from the capital had to come to Guangzhou to see. Qin Guan, who has become the "pope" and "leader" in the entertainment industry in Guangzhou. In this case, he certainly could not give up the respect of the local people in Guangzhou. If Qin Guan stayed in Yichang and compared with literary talent, he could not compare with Su Shi; if he had his past official titles, he could not compare with Liu Anshi, and he could not compare with Huang Tingjian with calligraphy.

In addition, several brothers in the master know his faults and like to say a few words to him. In comparison, he is only at ease and comfortable in Guangzhou...

After a moment of silence, when Qin Guan was not speaking, Zhao Xing had nothing to say and said, "Do you know, the chief censor An Dun impeached Lu Huiqing's brothers one after another. First, he said that he had impeached Huainan, inspected Lu Wenqing in the two Zhejiang provinces, and asked Jiangdu magistrate Lu Yue and Lu Xinran to force the purchase of houses in the house, and so on, the Political Affairs Hall has not yet received a reply. Therefore, this edict asked the imperial court to send the Censor Zeng Zhen to Yangzhou to investigate.

Then, An Dun impeached the deputy envoy of Hebei Transportation. Because he had a conflict with his boss Gao Zunhui, he actually created an unjust prison and framed his boss. He was also preparing to take his boss to the yamen for interrogation. He was lawless..."

Qin Guan flattened his mouth and said sneeredly: "Come on, this is not your hand or footsteps. Isn't Lu Yue and Lu Xinran the magistrate of Jiangdu? I heard that the Fujian bandits destroyed Lu Huiqing's ancestral house in Fujian not long ago - Look, An Dun is now attacking, and the time happens to be the time when the news from Fujian is transmitted to the capital. Who is behind this scene? Do you still need to guess? I just didn't expect that An Dun has become your person."

Zhao Xing did not deny it, and he replied without blushing, "These censors like to attack others when they are idle. I thought, instead of asking him to find fault for himself, it would be better for me to help him find fault for others... So I asked Cheng Xia to reveal the news to An Dun and ask him to bite Lu Huiqing.

I guess Lu Huiqing is in a hurry and can't deal with it. Hehe, I'm just knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger now. I'm dealing with the Lu clan members in order to warn him and let him know that I, Zhao Laohu, can't mess with me... I believe that he will know this soon and will be upset to provoke me..."
Chapter completed!