Chapter 147 Read Together

The old man took the bamboo ruler with a smile and said: "Well, it's really beautiful. Let's write a few words, 'If you are pampered, you will be surprised if you are favored.' Come on, stretch out your palm and try it."

Su You stretched out his little hand, and the old man compared it with a ruler in Su You's palm, and nodded with satisfaction: "The size is just right, not bad."

Su You quickly retracted his palms and put them behind his back: "Old man, what do you want to do?!"

The old man shook the piece of bamboo in his hand: "Can't you understand the meaning of those eight characters? Those are the original sentences of the Tao Te Ching. Isn't it appropriate to write them on a ruler?"

Old man, you are so bad! How can you bully an honest person like this!

I'm going to criticize myself, but I still have intangible cultural heritage obsessive-compulsive disorder. Even though I knew this thing was intended to be used by the old man to beat me, I still couldn't help but write on it with acid, sprayed the words black with an alcohol blowtorch, and dipped it in fine cotton cloth.

I polished the bamboo ruler with tung oil until it was translucent, and finally wrapped white rattan around the handle, as if I was afraid that the old man would have trouble using it.

It was getting dark, so Su You prepared the ruler and carefully took out a lamp from his suitcase.

This is a gas lamp.

The "steam" used in later generations of gas lamps refers to the vapor of kerosene; the gas lamp fully burns the kerosene vapor, heats the asbestos mesh, and then emits strong white light.

Meizhou has no oil resources, so Suyou still used alcohol blowtorches transformed into gas lamps. Compared with kerosene gas lamps, they have one more advantage: no bad gas and smoke.

In the era of electric lighting, the complicated operation methods of gas lamps and the danger of fire caused them were nothing short of a joke compared with electric lamps.

However, during a long historical period, even from the early days of liberation until the 1980s of New China, gas lamps were lighting artifacts in many villages, and were precious gadgets that could only be used in temple fairs and social performances.

In the village where Su You later lived, he once found this thing in the old warehouse of the village office.

However, after tinkering for a long time, I finally lit it, but there was no lighting effect at all. Instead, the old branch secretary laughed.

In the words of the old party secretary, this thing is just an antique, like an 80-year-old old woman, without good breasts, it is useless.

The so-called milk is a stalactite-shaped lamp gauze cover woven with asbestos yarn. Without this thing, the lamp cannot light up.

Su You first poured alcohol into the lamp pot, poured some into the lamp plate and lit it, and put a carefully woven and pickled asbestos lampshade on the lamp head.

The lampshade is stalactite-shaped. Although it is heated after being ignited, the flame is still an elegant red flame.

Carefully increase the valve little by little, and the alcohol vapor is forced into the asbestos gauze screen, allowing for more complete combustion.

The steam flow grew larger and larger, and finally with a bang, the hot asbestos lamp gauze was bulged into the shape of an incandescent bulb by the steam, and at the same time emitted a strong and dazzling white light.

The gas lamp made a slight squirting sound, indicating that it had finally entered optimal operating conditions.

Su You took the thin metal mesh to protect the lamp head and put it over the gauze mesh. The lighting work was finally completed.

When he raised his head, the whole room was already as bright as daylight, and even the wrinkles on the old man's face could be seen clearly.

What is also clear is the old man's expression of confusion and his white beard that is shaking as if it is alive: "This... Mingrun, what are you doing? Why are you so bright?"

Su You was very satisfied with the lighting effect: "This is called an alcohol vapor lamp. It is only a small one. If there is a large one, two lamps can illuminate a large stage."

After saying that, I was still a little dissatisfied with the lamp: "It would be perfect if there was a glass lampshade outside. Okay, the lamp is on. I haven't read a book all day today, so hurry up and catch up."

The old man also happily took down a book from the shelf: "Let's put a table together, let's put a table together... Let me tell you, let's make two big ones and hang them in the hall of the academy. Do the scholars also do it at night?"

Can you continue studying?"

Su You nodded: "Theoretically, this is true, but one bottle of the alcohol used in this lamp is equivalent to two bottles of Yongchun Dew. Our little lamp can consume half a bottle in one night, which is, well, three or four bottles."

"If you want to light up the hall of the academy, the lighting cost for two big lamps will be almost twelve guan per night."

"There is also the asbestos gauze cover of the gas lamp head. After the gas lamp is extinguished and cooled, it will turn into white ashes. As long as you pinch it with your hands, the gauze cover will turn into powder and fall off. If it is used again, it must be replaced with a new gauze cover."

"You must have heard of fire cloth. This asbestos gauze cover is made of the same material as fire cloth. It has to be selected and processed, and the workmanship is finer. Therefore, the cost is higher than that of fire cloth. A gauze cover only costs 500 yuan.

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"And large gas lamps can easily cause fires, so if they are used in the academy hall, the entire building must be fireproofed. Water glass solvent is used as a fireproof coating to repaint the wooden structure. That thing is now in short supply in the salt wells, and it is not available on the market yet.

Sales costs are also quite high.”

"If you can get the Jiang Qing family to agree to pay the money, it won't be technically difficult at all."

The old man almost cried out of fright: "This little lamp burned four holes in one night?! Yes... I'm sorry, I didn't know you were so rich..."

What a joke! Two big ones would cost thirteen lanterns a day! Thirteen thousand dollars! Almost half of the students in the Academy spend a day!

Su You said with a smile: "There is a golden house in the book. This can actually be understood the other way around. Only when you have a golden house can you dare to study. I, a descendant of Jiang Qing, never consider the cost of studying.

.Four dollars in exchange for two more hours of daylight per day than others, what a bargain it is..."

The old man sat down quickly: "Hurry up, hurry up, this is money every moment..."

After a while, Tang Yan came in with a few books: "I know you are studying. This thing is a magical tool for us scholars. Mr. Long, let me share a table..."

The next step was to study. Tang Yan also pointed out tomorrow's content to Su You and started to preview and Xiaozao tutored.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Su You's current level of Confucianism is almost equivalent to that of a novice. The questions he asks have generally been thought about by the other two people and are basically not difficult for him.

Tang Yan himself had questions to ask Long Changqi. While the two were asking and answering questions, Su You eavesdropped and admired their knowledge greatly.

Confucianism is a branch of Chinese studies, but every Confucian master is definitely a master of Chinese studies who specializes in multiple abilities, without exception.

Even if you only study the Thirteen Classics all your life, you won't be able to catch up with the masters of Confucianism.

Because this subject is very special, it has a network structure and is also a comprehensive subject.

A Confucian master, based on the era of the Song Dynasty, must also be a historian, politician, writer, and most likely a philosopher;

His theories often cited astronomy, geography, Taoism and Buddhism;

His research even involves medicine, horoscopes, agriculture and industry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting...

Confucian issues are actually social issues; social issues are always complex issues.

Therefore, it is particularly important to have a teacher who is knowledgeable and able to clarify the context and outline the situation.

The only way to make progress in this knowledge is to learn from each other, to learn from each other, to sharpen and sharpen, and to learn from each other through teaching.

This is the reason why the Master said, "When three people walk together, there must be someone who is my teacher." It is also the reason why the Master's theory of "Three Friends Who Benefit" especially includes "friends with more knowledge".

At the same time, this is also the key reason why scholar-bureaucrats attach great importance to friendship, and the children of aristocratic families are often talented in one discipline. Because they not only have learning materials that others do not have, but also have learning methods, learning conditions, and even learning costs that others do not have.

Su You looked at the two people who were asking and answering with a smile, feeling like a mouse falling into a rice vat.

Being able to follow along and listen, is really not an ordinary happiness...

A hundred years later, "Shuxi Magazine" recorded: "Long, Tang, and Su all studied together in the Jingshe of Meishan Academy. It is said that at that time, the brilliance was full, the cave was like daylight, and even the smallest fiber could be seen ten feet away.

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"After that, it will appear every night and stop when the oil goes away."

"It's very nonsense, but it has always been said that the three generations of Wenhua gathered together in one place. From this, it inspired the heaven and the earth and illuminated the clouds of pure auspiciousness."
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