Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 116 Candidates for Chemistry Lecturers and Geography Lecturers

"Academy? Who will edit the textbooks?"

Bassund's eyes lit up, and then he asked excitedly.

He just thought of the crux of the matter in an instant. It can be said that no matter who is able to write this first edition of the textbook, his name will be passed down through the ages.

As a scientist, he knows how powerful what they have is, which is much more useful than that.

Squinting at Bassund, Zuo Ming said mockingly, "What you should consider is not who will make it up, but who can make it up! Of course, in my opinion, you must not be able to do it."

"Why can't I? I can get out pure sulfuric acid that you can't get out, and I can get out plastic that you can't get out! Why can't I!?"

Bassund blushed and said.

This is a good opportunity for him to become an existence like "Confucius". Even if he is afraid of Zuo Ming, he still wants to fight for it.

"Because you can only teach them to fish, but you cannot teach them to fish!"

With a slight smile, Zuo Ming took out a booklet from his arms, and threw it to Bassund, "You did produce concentrated sulfuric acid and plastic, but do you know what they are? You don't even know How do you teach others?"

After hearing this, Bassund's expression gradually eased, and then he opened the booklet Zuo Ming gave him.

Then, there was not a single Chinese character on it, and some were full of inexplicable symbols, which he couldn't understand at all.

"What is this?"

Bassund frowned.Although asking the question showed his ignorance, he wanted to ask anyway.

"What is recorded here is the essence of this world! Nothing in this world can escape the laws in this booklet! You can call it the 'Creation Manual', but I prefer to call it 'High School Chemistry' !"

Zuo Ming laughed with a trace of evil taste.

"The Genesis Manual? What a big tone, I just hope it won't be ostentatious!"

Bassunde is not a person who is easy to fool, and it is not the first time he saw Zuo Ming pretending to be aggressive. He thought that Zuo Ming just took out something to fool him, and immediately said in disbelief.

"Excessive appearance? Do you see this symbol? It is the name of 'iron' in our secular world, and this is the name of 'copper'! As for the latter one, it is the method of turning iron into copper! One A manual that can turn iron into copper, how dare you call it a show?"

Zuo Ming glanced at Bassund as if looking at a country bumpkin, and then pointed to the chemical reaction equation for replacing copper with iron in the pamphlet.

"Turning iron into copper? You're blowing your cowhide a bit too much! This is the trick of a god! Even if you want to fool me, at least find someone more reliable!"

Bassund immediately sneered and said, "Or are you sure that I can't understand these ghostly symbols you mentioned, so I am making up nonsense here?"

Not only Bassund, but also the surrounding scholars in the Forbidden Garden also expressed disbelief, and started discussing in low voices.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Ming smiled softly, and then directly brought a beaker of copper sulfate from the shelf beside him.Then, he grabbed Bassund's prosthetic hook like a pirate captain, and stretched it into the beaker.

Then, something magical happened.As time went by, a layer of red slag-like substance slowly appeared on the iron hook.

And the originally blue copper sulfate solution also turned into a light green color.

"It's—it's impossible! It's impossible! It's definitely not copper! It's rust! Yes! It must be rust, isn't it?"

Seeing the reaction happen with his own eyes, Bassund said with an expression of disbelief.

In fact, he already believed it a little bit in his heart, but these things challenged his cognition too much, so he still struggled and refused to believe it.

Other Forbidden Garden scholars also expressed their doubts.

Seeing this situation, Zuo Ming smiled again, and then gently scraped off the simple copper on the iron hook with a poke, and then poured them into a grinding tool for making new copper coins, and threw them into the The furnace beside him.

Not long after, when Zuo Ming asked people to take out the mold, a purple-red copper coin appeared in front of everyone. Of course, because of the small amount of single-quality copper, this copper coin has only one side.

However, although there is only one side, it is made of single copper after all, so it is much brighter and more beautiful than ordinary copper coins.

After the copper coin was slowly cooled and shaped, Bassund couldn't wait to pick it up with a piece of tweezers, and then looked left and right with a magnifying glass.

"What a miracle! This is really copper!"

"That's right! Zuo Hou is really amazing! He actually turned iron into copper!"

While Bassund was pretending to be doing research there, the surrounding Forbidden Garden scholars were all amazed.

"So! Everything recorded in your booklet is true?"

Hearing everyone's admiration, Bassund finally came to his senses, and then said to Zuo Ming with a complicated expression.

All along, he thought that he was close to the essence of all things, but now he realized that he was still so far away.

"These are just trails! There are deeper things, such as atoms, protons, and electrons! That is the essence of essence, but I haven't sorted it out now!"

Seeing everyone's expressions of shock and amazement, Zuo Ming raised his chin and said, "I will leave this booklet for you to study first, and you must master this knowledge as soon as possible! Now, if you have any questions, you can write a note and send it to the Hou Mansion."

After hearing this, all the scholars in the Forbidden Garden were quite happy. Zuo Ming gave them priority in learning these things. Obviously, he wanted them to become teachers in the New Academy, which was much better than being promoted to the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry is responsible to His Majesty. Although the position is high and powerful, the real core knowledge has always been in the Forbidden Garden, and will appear in the Academy in the future. The most important thing is that the salary of the Ministry of Industry is definitely not as high as that in the Forbidden Garden and the Academy!

Because we all know that the biggest local tyrant in Datang is not His Majesty, but their Zuo Hou.

His Majesty's wealth is indeed huge, but a large part of his wealth must be used for the empire, Zuohou is different, he can spend his money however he wants!And no matter how much money is spent, his eyes won't blink even once.

Following such a boss, which employee is not rejoicing?

After leaving the forbidden garden, Zuo Ming went to Yuan Tiangang's Taoist temple.

There are already lecturers in chemistry, so he has to find a group of lecturers in astronomy and geography.

Xuanjimen has had the habit of studying the geography of the stars, the sun, the moon, and mountains and rivers since ancient times. To put it bluntly, it is the "astrology and geomantic omen" in the eyes of the ancients. Such a person is naturally the best candidate for a geography lecturer.

Yuan Tiangang was naturally overjoyed when he heard that Zuo Ming was going to build a new type of college and invite his disciples to be lecturers.

However, when Zuo Ming put forward his earth theory and asked him to insert it into the geography textbook, he hesitated a little.

In the final analysis, he did not agree with this theory of round earth in his heart. As a Taoist heir, he still insisted on the so-called "round sky and earth".

This is also because of Zuo Ming's special status. If it were another person, he would have closed the door to see off the guests.

Seeing his expression in his eyes, Zuo Ming didn't know what he was thinking, so he smiled slightly, "Looking at the Taoist priest's expression, it seems that he doesn't agree with the theory of the earth's shape?"

"Zuo Hou's whimsical ideas are truly extraordinary"

Yuan Tiangang smiled helplessly.

After all, he didn't want to get into too much trouble with Zuo Ming, so he chose a euphemistic way of saying it.

"Hehe! The Taoist priest is right to have doubts in his heart. After all, if he confirms this theory, he is tantamount to challenging the ancestors. The Taoist priest is a wise person, but he is also a traditional person, so it is naturally difficult to accept!

But it doesn't matter, since this theory is to be publicized, Ben Hou will naturally find a way to prove his accuracy!
In fact, if I want to prove this theory, I also have a lot of secrets in my heart.The most direct one is traveling around the world, by traveling in one direction all the time, to determine the sphericity of the ground.

However, this plan has not been approved by His Majesty so far, and I have no volunteers to participate in this plan, so we can only settle for the second best and choose another plan.

This other solution is actually very simple, that is to take two identical wooden sticks and bury them in the flat ground at a certain distance. Of course, the length of the parts exposed to the ground must be the same.

After that, let's measure the length of the shadows of the two sticks at the same time.If the ground is really flat as the ancestors said, then the lengths of their shadows should be the same.

And if the lengths of the shadows are different, then the ground is not flat, but a curved surface! "

Smiling lightly, Zuo Ming was not surprised by Yuan Tiangang's doubts, but said eloquently.

After hearing this, Yuan Tiangang also nodded lightly, "This method is indeed feasible, I don't think there is any need to look for other places, it can be done on Suzaku Street."

Seeing the confidence on Zuo Ming's face, Yuan Tiangang was also a little surprised.It's just that deep down in his heart, most of them still don't believe, so he chose Suzaku Street, which is entirely paved with marble slabs.

Because in his opinion, Suzaku Street is obviously a straight street, and there is no way it can be curved.

Yuan Tiangang was so impatient, he didn't care about his fate, so he asked Li Chunfeng and other Taoist disciples to get two wooden sticks of the same length and with chassis.

There were also tools and a place for experimentation, so the two left the Taoist temple surrounded by a group of young Taoist priests and came to Zhuque Street in Chang'an City.

Such a big move by the two of them naturally couldn't escape the eyes of the people of Chang'an, and some scholars like Kong Yingda even came over to watch curiously.

(End of this chapter)