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Chapter 813 Natural Experiment
The next day.

small building.

Just after Yang Reform read several important memorials, Wang Chengen reported, "Your Majesty, Master Zhang is here, but do you want to see him?"

Yang Reform put down the memorial in his hand, thought for a while, and said, "I didn't expect it to come so soon, see..." Yang Reform didn't hesitate too much.

"Abiding by the order! Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

……

Zhang Xianyong's life is obviously better than Kong Yinzhi's, his face is rosy, he is radiant, full of energy, and he looks like a master of Taoism.

"I see Your Majesty!" Zhang Xianyong saluted very seriously, without any sloppy, he was a god and a real person outside, but in front of the emperor, he could not afford to put on airs.

"Exemption." Yang Reform said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xianyong replied.

"How are you doing recently?" Yang Reform made a simple opening.

"Thanks to Your Majesty, I'm doing well..." Zhang Xianyong agreed, and then looked at the emperor. He didn't know what the emperor asked him to do. Could there be something new for him?
"Oh, is there any progress in what I ordered you to do?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have been working hard according to His Majesty's instructions, and the progress is not small..." Zhang Xianyong immediately began to report on his work happily.

"That's good..." Yang Reform listened for a while, and said this.If we talk about Zhang Xianyong's enthusiasm, there is no doubt about it. As long as he is not a fool, he will definitely work on this aspect of the supreme glory brought to him by those things. The progress of research on this aspect should be considered acceptable.Judging from the information reported so far, Zhang Xianyong and his apprentices, and even some people who are obsessed with pills and Taoism can even be described as obsessed. The promotion of technology in this area is absolutely beyond doubt, even if they are not so crazy. Scholars are also very interested in various experiments and various experimental equipment. It has become a fashion to buy experimental equipment. This is undoubtedly of great benefit to popularization of science, and it is undoubtedly of great benefit to their own transformation. Of course, this has also caused dissatisfaction among many people. As the scope and depth of science popularization increase, so does the pressure.

"...Well, I have nothing else to do when I call Qing's family here today, except to ask about the recent situation, but there is one more interesting thing that I want to share with Qing's family..." Yang Reform did not hesitate too much, and prepared himself The science popularization project launched.

Step by step, bit by bit, science popularization projects have been continuously launched to brainwash bureaucrats, scholars, and people all over the world for science popularization propaganda, which is what Yang Reform has been implementing.Change needs the support of more people, and it is undoubtedly better to win over more people.Change is not revolution, it is not as bloody as revolution, change is more gentle.

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty..." Without even thinking about it, Zhang Xianyong immediately replied with vigor, his eyes were already full of joy. Every time the emperor said this, there must be many new things coming out. This is undoubtedly another one of his Big capital, I don't know what new and good things will be this time.

"It's like this. A few days ago, I came across something by chance. I found it very interesting. I couldn't figure it out. After thinking about it for so many days, I couldn't figure out why. Therefore, I called the Qing family today to see What can the Qing family do to solve this mystery..." Yang Reform looked at Zhang Xianyong and talked about his own affairs.

Zhang Xianyong listened carefully.

While Yang Reform said, he also did his own thing a little bit.Yang Reform first lit a thumb-thick candle, then dripped some wax oil on the bottom of the bowl, and then fixed the candle in the bowl.Then pour water into this bowl.Then cover the candle with a transparent glass beaker with the rim facing down, and the rim of the beaker goes deep into the clear water.

"...This is what I can't figure out. The Qing family will see what will happen next..." Yang Reform said.

In fact, when Yang Reform covered the rim of the beaker, a strange thing happened, the water rose up in the beaker very quickly.

Zhang Xianyong has been watching the emperor busy with his eyes wide open all the time. He is quite serious. He knows that the emperor will not target him indiscriminately, and he will not joke with him. Observing carefully, the water in the beaker had just risen, and just when there was an abnormality, he noticed it, and stared at the water in the beaker dumbfounded, how could this happen?
Not long after, the candle in the beaker was extinguished, and the rising water also stopped at a certain position.

Looking at the stunned Zhang Xianyong, Yang Reform didn't feel much complacent, but rather felt a sense of oppression. For this kind of science popularization experiment, every time he advances and popularizes science, the pressure he bears will increase. Now that this experiment was launched, he had to be prepared to accept the pressure. Thinking of the pressure that was overwhelming, Yang Reform silently endured it.

"How does the Qing family feel?" Yang Reform asked.

"..." Zhang Xianyong was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses.Said: "...Reporting to Your Majesty, it's really amazing. Why does the water rise? And it has been like this, and it doesn't fall. It's really amazing. I don't know why..." Zhang Xianyong was really shocked, even though he was close Even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he encountered such a strange event.

"...Well, the rise of the water is one. Didn't the Qing family find out that the candle was extinguished? Doesn't the Qing family think this is interesting?" Yang Reform reminded.

"... Well, it's really interesting to report back to Your Majesty. Why did the candle go out?" Zhang Xianyong asked in confusion.

"...The Qing family also saw that this candle was not blown out by me, nor was it extinguished by me with water, it was extinguished by itself after the water gradually rose. When the candle is extinguished, the water will not rise... "Yang Reform said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is true, I can see clearly, it is indeed so..." Zhang Xianyong immediately replied affirmatively.

"This is also the reason why I called Qing's family here today. I discovered this interesting thing by accident. After that, I couldn't understand why it happened. What is the connection between the burning of this candle and the rising of this water? Why does the candle burn? Extinguished? Why is the water in this cup higher than the water in this bowl? What force is holding the water in this cup to rise so high? Why does the water not rise when the candle is extinguished?..." Yang Reformed a series of raised many questions.This is actually an experiment to measure the oxygen content in the atmosphere, which can be used to prove the existence of atmospheric pressure.

Zhang Xianyong listened to the emperor's words dumbfounded. He didn't know any of these questions.I froze there blankly.

"...The Qing family, the Qing family?" Yang Reform shouted.

"The minister is here, the minister is here..., the minister was rude, and your majesty committed a crime..." Zhang Xianyong quickly agreed, and quickly admitted his mistake. He was distracted just now.

"...The Qing family said, why, can't this candle keep burning? Why did it go out?" Seeing Zhang Xianyong standing there in a daze like an idiot, Yang Reform had to give more hints. Fearing that Zhang Xianyong would not be able to touch the door, he felt that he still had to give some necessary hints.

"...This, this, report back to Your Majesty, I am stupid, please teach me..." Zhang Xianyong said immediately, he was very self-aware, he had nothing to hide from the emperor, so he had nothing to say.

Yang Reform didn't say much, and without stopping his hands, he lifted the glass, lit the candle again, covered the glass again, and repeated the experiment.

The process and result were exactly the same as last time, the water rose to a certain level, and the candle went out.

"...What do the Qing family think?" Yang Reform asked.

"...Report to Your Majesty, I'm stupid..." Zhang Xianyong lowered his head and admitted that he didn't know anything.

"...Hehe, don't worry, let's see again..." Yang Reform didn't say much, he lifted the cup and lit the candle again.

"Look at the Qing family, if I don't cover the cup, will the candle go out?" Yang Reform asked.

"...Reporting to His Majesty, no..." Zhang Xianyong thought for a while and replied with some hesitation.

"Yes, no, this is an ordinary candle..." Yang Reform said.After speaking, he covered the glass again. Soon, the water rose and the candle went out.

"...Did you see anything?" Yang Reform asked.

"...Reporting to His Majesty, the candle has been extinguished..." Zhang Xianyong said with his head shrunk.

"...Yes, and what else?" Yang Reform guided.

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, the water has risen..." Zhang Xianyong stammered, all this was so strange to him, he was also a person who had been lighting candles for decades, but at this moment, he never felt that It turned out that the candle would be so strange to him.

"...Well, what else? For example, where the water rises..." Yang Reform reminded.

"...Uh! Your Majesty, I just remembered that the rising position of the water is about the same..." Zhang Xianyong seemed to have noticed him suddenly, and immediately said happily that he was not completely ignorant.

Yang Reform said with a hint of relief: "Yes, the rising position of the water is about the same, that is to say, the missing things in this cup are about the same..."

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Xianyong was still confused.

"...And this thing, every time I opened the glass, it was there again, and every time the candle was extinguished, it disappeared..." Yang Reform said.

"...Report to Your Majesty..." Zhang Xianyong looked bewildered and ignorant.

"... Then, that is to say, several questions can be confirmed, first: the candle needs something to burn, without which the candle cannot burn; second: in this formless and colorless world, there is energy Such a thing that supports burning, the proportion of this thing in the world should be certain; third: what does this thing become after burning? Originally, there were as many as a glass cup, but after burning, there is only about the same amount. Most likely, where did the missing [-]% ​​go; this last question, why did the water rise?" Yang Reform asked many questions in one breath.

"...The minister is dull..." Zhang Xianyong really didn't understand.

"...Yes, I don't understand this, and it's also the reason why I called Qing's family here. After Qing's family returned, they immediately used exhaustive methods to summarize and verify the truth, and strive to draw a more credible conclusion... "Yang Reform said.

"...The minister leads the decree!..." Zhang Xianyong was unambiguous about this. This is not the first time that the emperor's method is very simple and effective. Interesting and useful things, thinking of exhaustive means, Zhang Xianyong regained his energy, thinking that he would be able to find the key to the problem and unravel the mystery.

[I hope this primary school natural experiment is written correctly. 】

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