Zongwu: Give you a chance and get a 10,000 times critical hit return!

Orders for new military guns will also be given to the firearms factory under the institute, with the first batch of orders being around 10,000.

Along with the orders for guns, there were also orders for gunpowder and matchlock.

Got an order.

Relevant workshops can recruit workers for production, create a number of jobs and ease the acute problem of land annexation.

Zhao Wuxian did all this with the intention of accelerating the industrialization process and gradually transforming the Song Dynasty into an economic powerhouse that emphasized both agriculture and industry.

Returning to the institute from the shooting range.

Zhao Wuxian sat down in the reception room and chatted with Shen Kuo about his masterpiece.

"Dream Stream Essays?"

Shen Kuo was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "Your Majesty, are you talking about the book I compiled in Mengxi?"

Zhao Wuxian raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't tell me, you haven't named it yet? I heard from Shen Huchan that you have quite a few manuscripts!"

Shen Kuo suddenly realized, that's what it was.

When Shen Huchan and Gongsun Po went to invite him, they brought even the waste paper with them.

"Dream Stream Essays? What a good name!"

Shen Kuo bowed and said with a smile: "I was just worrying about what title to give the book. Now I have it. Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!"

Zhao WuXian smiled in surprise and said, "Can I take a look? If it's okay, we can have it printed by the government newspaper and published for you!"

Printed and published by government newspapers? ! ! !

Shen Kuo grinned with joy.

Shen Kuo's main purpose in compiling "Mengxi Bitan" was to present it to the palace in order to gain the emperor's appreciation and exchange it for an official career.

Now that he is under the command of Prince Jing's Mansion, it is inappropriate to present him to the palace, so he can only be presented to Zhao Wuxian.

Therefore, even without Zhao Wuxian mentioning it, Shen Kuo was actually thinking of choosing a time to present it.

Now that Zhao Wuxian mentioned it and was planning to print and publish it, Shen Kuo was delighted.

The government newspaper!

Since the reward of 100,000 taels was offered, the sales of the government newspaper have skyrocketed, and it has become the largest semi-private newspaper in the Song Dynasty.

The reason why it is called semi-private is naturally because the Prince Jing's Mansion is behind it. It has great strength and influence, and the government dare not provoke it.

The Fubao is a comprehensive newspaper.

Different layouts.

Sometimes politics can often point out current ills and attract the attention of scholars.

There are also some popular articles and stories, as well as job advertisements, which are popular among peddlers and hawkers.

Although it may seem like a hodgepodge, since it is the first one and more novel than other newspapers, it can naturally get the first chance.

Printed by the government newspaper, it should sell well, even if it’s not a big hit.

With sales comes fame.

Shen Kuo stroked his beard.

He lived to an old age and offended Su Shi and his gang, wasn't it just for the sake of fame?

Shen Kuo took out the edited manuscript of "Mengxi Bitan".

The title of the book above is really blank.

Shen Kuo was clever and brought his writing brush and ink with him, asking Zhao Wuxian to write a name for the poem.

Zhao Wuxian gladly signed his name.

Then read this book.

"Mengxi Bitan" is a comprehensive note-taking work involving natural sciences, technology and social and historical phenomena.

It is divided into 30 volumes in total, including 26 volumes of "Bi Tan", 3 volumes of "Bu Bi Tan" and 1 volume of "Xu Bi Tan".

The book has 609 sections and entries in total.

The content covers various disciplines such as astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., and its value is extraordinary.

After a quick glance, Zhao Wuxian felt that the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

Unfortunately, the above content has not received real attention.

Research talents like Shen Kuo were not truly put to good use, but were instead delayed by fame and fortune in officialdom.

Now that Zhao Wuxian is here, of course all this needs to change.

Chapter 440 "Dream Stream Talks"! Shi Feixuan: My Lord, you are going to use force on me!

Inside the institute.

Zhao Wuxian read Mengxi Bitan again, this time in more detail.

no doubt.

"Mengxi Bitan" is definitely a "epoch-making" masterpiece, which can become an enlightenment book for the emerging industries of the Song Dynasty.

It conforms to the trend of the times, but is buried due to the limitations of the times.

Zhao Wuxian mainly browsed the entries that interested him.

First, astronomy and calendar.

There are more than 20 records on astronomy and calendar in Mengxi Bitan.

He improved the armillary sphere, observed celestial phenomena, proposed the "Twelve Qi Calendar" theory, and carried out calendar reform.

Second, geographical science.

"Mengxi Bitan" has more than 30 entries involving physical geography, political and economic geography, surveying, map making, etc.

With his rich experience, Shen Kuo wrote entries on the evolution and textual research of mountains, rivers and place names, providing valuable information for the study of physical geography.

Shen Kuo's records of the production, sales, and management of important products, important production and living materials in various places.

Shen Kuo also investigated the unique topography of Yandang Mountain and pointed out after analyzing its causes.

"The reason for this is that the great flood in the valley washed away all the sand and soil, leaving only the huge rocks standing tall."

This view of "water erosion" is quite correct.

Third, physics.

There are more than 10 records in Mengxi Bitan involving fields such as optics, magnetism, and acoustics.

Such as the correct description of "the principle of imaging and light focusing of Yangsui concave mirror".

Observation and analysis of the "string resonance" phenomenon.

Research and analysis on how to properly handle the relationship between the convexity and concavity of the mirror and the size of the image when "the ancients cast mirrors".

The correct inference of the principle of the ancient magical light-transmitting bronze mirror.

The use of magnets to magnetize iron needles to make compasses.

The discovery, description and research of the polarity of magnets and the phenomenon of the magnetic needle not pointing completely south (i.e. magnetic declination) are all of great research value.

Fourth, mathematics.

There are 7 notes in "Mengxi Bitan" involving mathematics, covering a wide range of topics and many of them are original.

These include the gap accumulation method and circle collection method first invented by Shen Kuo.

The so-called "gap accumulation method" refers to how to calculate the "stack accumulation".

Shen Kuo used analogy and induction to propose an accurate calculation method, and illustrated it with the example of stacked wine jars.

In fact, Shen Kuo used the volume formula as the basis and transformed the cumulative number (sum of series) of discontinuous individuals into a continuous overall numerical value to solve it. It can be seen that he already had the idea of ​​using continuous models to solve discrete problems.

It opened up the research field of the summation of higher-order arithmetic series in the history of mathematics.

The so-called "art of calculating a circle" actually refers to the method of finding an arc from a chord.

The main idea is to replace the curve with a straight line locally, and a more practical approximate formula is given for the arc-sagitta relationship of a circle.

There are also those in the field of mathematical research and application.

A method is proposed on how to calculate the total number of possible games of Go.

And pointed out.

"But it is not a problem to learn a lot of arithmetic. If you can use the simple ones and change the complex ones, you will become a master of the art!"

This actually reflects his idea of ​​not sticking to one method, diversifying solutions and simplifying them.

In the theory of image and number, Shen Kuo denied the mystery of numbers and affirmed the relationship between numbers and objects.

Also.

The notes include methods of measuring the water level difference of the Bian River.

They all reflect Shen Kuo's extraordinary mathematical talent and his mathematical thinking of coordination and application from different aspects.

Fifth, biology.

There are many entries related to biology in Mengxi Bitan, more than 30 in total.

Description of the classification and morphology of animals and plants.

A description of the geographical distribution of animals and plants.

An investigation and description of a group of medicinal plants.

The study and description of paleontological fossils.

The observation and analysis of the phenomena of mutual promotion and mutual restraint among organisms have extremely high research value.

Sixth, music.

There are more than 40 records related to music in Mengxi Bitan.

Shen Kuo was an expert in music.