Heaven's Formula

Zhou Sheng clenched his fists secretly - when Liu Ruyan was kicked out of the bureau, he must let the other party know what would happen if he betrayed him!

Chapter 239 Jinxia's First Lesson

The day the school started finally arrived.

The first day of class was held in the open space in front of the lobby of the Privy Council Headquarters.

A hundred or so low tables are lined up one by one, with straw mats placed under the tables, and the children who come to class sit on the floor. Under the warm sun in the morning, they don't feel too cold.

Beside these low tables, there are also an equal number of chairs, which are the seats reserved for the spectators.Participating in the observation included local people and scholars who came from other places after hearing the news, but the most were the family members of the class attendees.

Openly recruiting all school-age children and waiving tuition fees was unheard of in the past hundreds of years.Coupled with the news that masters from all over the world boycotted the Bureau's practice, everyone's curiosity about the school reached a peak.Compared with the children who signed up, there were more people who applied to sit in. Not even one of the hundreds of chairs was vacant.

At the same time, Zhou Dacai also chose a teahouse closest to the secretariat as his counterattack location.In order to increase the momentum, he booked the entire third floor, and invited many poor scholars who would not pay attention to it at all, to add a torch to this act of righteousness.

Of course, another aspect is also out of self-safety considerations.

Scholars will not be punished for their words. This is a law set by Daqi at the beginning of the founding of the country, but the Prime Minister of the Privy Council does not play cards according to common sense. What if he becomes angry after being exposed and wants to find someone to vent his anger?Obviously, it is the safest way to recruit more people to share the risk.Zhou Sheng did not forget the essence of the Privy Council - alchemists are executioners who have been granted privileges, their abilities can be used to deal with evil spirits, and naturally they can also be used to kill people.

He didn't want to be remembered by a high-level alchemist all the time.

"Brother Zhou, it seems that the school has started teaching." Someone leaned on the railing and watched.

The best thing about this teahouse is that you can use the height of the three-story building to cross the wall of the Privy Council Mansion and see a corner of the mansion.Although separated by more than half a street, but with the observation mirror of the West Pole Land, it is still possible to barely see the movements of the people on the open ground.

"Everyone must be ready, right?" Zhou Sheng looked at the crowd and asked.

"Don't worry, everyone can't wait." The invitees are gearing up one after another. Scholars not only value fame, but fame is also very important.If I could add an experience of defeating the Prime Minister of the Privy Council in my biography, it would be a good face to say it, and it might become a great achievement when I was an official in the future.

After all, anyone who knows a little bit about current affairs knows that the conflict between the six ministries of the imperial court and the Privy Council is not something that happens every day.

"Hey, look at the roof of the lobby..." Mr. Hu suddenly yelled, "There seems to be a woman standing there, she looks so beautiful!"

"Where is there?" Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but become agitated, even more interested than Wendou.

Zhou Sheng also subconsciously aimed the lookout at the top of the command hall.

The other party was actually right.

In the blurred vision, I saw a beautiful woman standing on the ridge of the roof, a snow-white robe fluttering in the wind, like a fairy who is not close to the fireworks of the world.Even if you can't see the whole picture clearly, this temperament alone is enough to make people feel that she is outstanding.

Zhou Sheng felt jealous.

This person will be standing on the top floor of the Privy Mansion, and she is probably also a member of the alchemists. In other words, she is either Xia Fan's subordinate, or the guardian of the Privy Council Mansion. Either way, she has a close relationship with Xia Fan.

And that Princess Guangping who is petite but not inferior in facial features...

Xia Fan why?

And Ruyan Liu...

This woman had an affair with Fu Cheng was a rumor he intended to spread, but in fact he already had a similar guess in his heart.No matter how absurd the actions of the Jinxia Affairs Bureau—or the Privy Council behind it—is an organization that can be put on the table, it is not a place where lowly brothel girls can get in.If it wasn't for Liu Ruyan's special relationship, how could the school lift her to such a high position?

Thinking of this, the boredom in his heart became even worse, "Okay, it's better for everyone to focus on the business."

"Liu Ruyan has come out!" Mr. Hu was the first to spot the target again.

The students holding the binoculars immediately adjusted their vision, "Is that the bitch who betrayed Brother Zhou?"

"Why are there several people behind her?"

"Wait, what's in the cart?"

Everyone quickly discovered the strangeness. The child sitting on the straw mat stood up and was guided to the cart, and then got plates, bowls and chopsticks from it.

"Are they... going to eat?" Someone asked in surprise.

As it turns out, it really is.I saw the children passing the cart one by one, receiving their own food, and then returning to their seats to bury their heads in eating.

what is this……

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wanting to say something, but they didn't know where to start.

It is only natural to eat when you are hungry, but shouldn't this be done before coming to school?

Reading the books of sages is a solemn thing. Bathing and burning incense before class starts is an ancient method. It is understandable if they can’t do it now. No one will blame them for not following the rules, but isn’t it too maverick to eat breakfast directly in school? point?

"Glamorous!" Finally Mr. Chen concluded.

Fortunately, this accidental episode only took about two quarters of an hour, and they finally got what they wanted to see - Liu Ruyan stood in front of the children and opened the book, and began to teach the first enlightenment lesson in the school.

At this distance, it is impossible to see exactly what she taught. Everyone is waiting for the students in the audience to bring them first-hand information.

At about a quarter of an hour, there was a brief pause in the square.

The scholars in the teahouse also waited for the classroom record sent back from the front.

But when Zhou Sheng spread out the messenger, the onlookers couldn't help being dumbfounded—what are these weird symbols talking about?

The letter was written in Zhuyin, but no one present had ever seen a Zhuyin like this!

Could it be that Liu Ruyan's attainments are so high that she can independently invent a new set of phonetic rules?Looking at this point throughout history, only a very small number of great Confucians can do it.

"Don't worry about it!" Zhou Sheng said in a deep voice, "Whether the phonetic notation works well or not has to pass the test of time. She can't just teach pronunciation without teaching poetry and chapter theory. We just need to continue to wait for the opportunity."

But the facts did not develop as he expected. After a quarter of an hour, it was no longer Liu Ruyan who re-entered the podium, but another woman.

She claimed to be the chief engineering consultant to Her Royal Highness, the person in charge of the New Machine Building Bureau, Mo Yun.

Although I don't understand the specific meaning of these titles, this person's status is obviously extraordinary, and what she is responsible for teaching is arithmetic.

This time, the content of the letter sent to the teahouse was much shorter.

Probably the transcriber himself was also shocked by what Mo Yun said, and on the second page he simply summed it up in one sentence: "This method seems to be quite different from the current calculation method, but the more I listen to it, the more I feel it is more Reasonable and complete. It’s just that there are still many things I don’t understand, so I won’t go into details, so as not to make you laugh and mislead everyone.”

Zhou Sheng suddenly had a bad feeling.

At noon, there was a second meal in the school.

Although there were a lot of snacks and pastries in the teahouse, the atmosphere in the air was obviously a bit depressing—everyone had held back a stomach full of ink, and planned to rely on their wit and writing to identify Liu Ruyan, who represented the bureau, and become famous in one go, but Now that the ink has been rubbed dry several times, there is not a word written on the white paper in front of them.

Finally ushered in the afternoon class, the third person on stage exceeded everyone's expectations.

The other party is none other than the Prime Minister of the Privy Council, the founder of the Bureau, Xia Fan.

The course he teaches is called Gewu.

2 Forty Chapters From Getting Started...

"These days, there are not many people who dare to talk about things in public. This person is very courageous."

On the other side of the auditorium, a little girl who seemed to be only in her early teens said in a low voice.Compared with the careless adults around her, her delicate dress and deep clothes and long straight dark hair looked out of place.And her sitting posture with her hands folded over her chest and one leg resting flat on the other also has an aura that does not belong to her peers.

"Hush..." Fang Yanni quickly made a small gesture, "There are Jinxia people here, if they hear it..."

"So what if you hear it?" The black-haired girl tilted her head slightly, "If the truth is not allowed to be questioned, the truth itself will lose its meaning. I don't think that Master Xia should be so narrow-minded. What do you think? , Qianzhi?"

Qianzhi shrank his shoulders in a rare way, "Qianzhi... I don't know."

This is really rare, Fang Xiandao raised his eyebrows, and actually made Qianzhi, who is good at everything, say such words.

This person is the living dead newly sent by the old lady, Qian Yan.

Fang Xiandao has stayed in Fang's family for more than ten years, and has heard many rumors about Qianyan, but this is the first time he has actually seen his true self.

Among all the living dead, Qian Yan can be said to be the most special one.Her age is untestable. It seems that she was born in her ancestors. During the war against the rule of Yongguo, many living dead died forever, but Qianyan survived.Not only that, she has never been "sleeping", in other words, she has all the memories from birth to the present.

In the Fang family, every living dead will become the guardian of the alchemist, except for Qianyan.She rarely showed up, and would talk to the old lady and the old man alone if she had any needs, and she never appeared in battle, so there was a joke among the disciples that the living dead protected the Fang family, and the Fang family protected Lord Qianyan.

Unexpectedly, the old lady would send this special living dead person to Jinxia because of a letter from her.When the elder sister introduced the other party as Qianyan, he was really surprised.

Could it be that something happened in Lingzhou that I don't know about?

But with those two Patriarchs in charge, there shouldn't be any major problems.

"Why does no one dare to talk about Gewu nowadays?" Fang Xiandao asked with his head tilted.No matter what, this person is a living history book. It is not easy to see him, so it is always right to ask more.

"The so-called study of things to gain knowledge is to explore the truth of all things, and to ask things based on things, but what is the Tao, there is no unified answer for thousands of years." Qian Yan said indifferently, "Let's study it at a young age. There is nothing to say about wood, bricks and stones. Maybe the farmers in the village know more than you. If you study it in a big way, it is Vientiane, the universe, luck... and even the way of heaven. Except for the last one, the rest are all You can’t see things that you can’t touch, and most of your research is empty talk, and you can easily be caught in the loopholes, and the arguments are useless. Therefore, in the long run, gewu has been seldom mentioned.”

"Um... how long ago did you say that things are going on forever?" Fang Yanni asked cautiously.

"Probably more than 100 years. At least when Yongguo was still there, almost no one in the various schools talked about studying things. After all, it is easy to say with a small view, but I really want to find out the connection between the grass, trees, bricks and the Vientiane universe. , it is not so easy. After all, we humans are just mayflies living in this world."

"One, more than 100 years ago?" Fang Yanni's eyes widened in surprise, "Isn't that older than Shizu? Should I call you... Taishizu?"

When Qian Yan looked at the chief disciple of the Fang family, his eyes softened a little, "You don't have to be so cautious, the living dead exist to protect the Fang family, and age is not the point."

"But you just mentioned that Heaven is an exception..." Fang Xiandao frowned, "Isn't this something worthwhile?"

"At least it's not just empty talk." Qian Yan stretched his waist, "Otherwise Yongguo wouldn't have died because of it."

"Can you be more specific?" He asked, "In the books I read, it is attributed to the tyrannical rule of King Yong."

"This summary can't be wrong, but it can only be said that it is in and out of each other with the actual reason. As for the more specific, let's talk about it after you become the head of the family."

"I am not qualified to be the head of the family." Fang Xiandao shrugged, "The head of the family will definitely be selected from the senior sister's generation, it depends on who can get the favor of the senior sister."

"Oh? But I don't think she's—"

"Master Qian, Qian, Qian, Qianyan, look at Xia Fan's lecture!" Fang Yanni interrupted stammering.

"He finally started speaking." Fang Xiandao immediately focused on the podium, which made the senior disciple secretly heave a sigh of relief.

"I want to ask you a question." After a few brief introductions, Xia Fan went straight to the point, "Not only the children, but also everyone present. Do you think this square is empty or crowded?"

The adults are still reserved, but the child has already raised his hand to answer.

"open!"

"Crowded!"

"The people sitting on the chairs are crowded, but the people sitting on the straw mats are empty!" Finally, someone summed up the strengths of the two.

"Why?" Xia Fan asked with a smile.

"Because they have people next to them, but we don't."

"That is to say, if there is only one person in this square, it is empty, right?"

The children nodded in unison.

"What exactly is he trying to say?" Fang Yanni asked curiously.

Qian Yan closed his eyes indifferently, "Probably it's the idea that there is truth in the fiction, and that the truth and the truth depend on each other. It seems to be a great truth worth thinking about, but if you savor it carefully, you will find that nothing has been said."

"But I want to tell you——" Xia Fan looked around and said loudly, "Your surroundings are not empty, but like fish, you live in full water. It's just that you can't see the 'water' .Usually, people call it air."

The concept of air is not unfamiliar to everyone. Some people realized very early on that what people breathe is air, and the lack of air will lead to suffocation. This is not a new saying.However, people's basic understanding of qi is only conceptual.

"So when I'm walking back and forth, I'm actually swimming; I'm walking through turbulence and eddies, and there's waves in front of me from collisions with the gas. If you run, you can feel it To this kind of collision—usually we would call it a wind. But in fact, you are splitting the layers of obstacles and pushing the gas forward together."

"Don't underestimate this resistance. If you go fast enough, it will even become as strong as a wall. If you hit it head-on, the air can kill you."

Everyone couldn't help showing expressions of disbelief.

"Xia... Teacher, are you telling the truth?"

"But even if I run as fast as I can, I can't feel the air blocking me."

"That's because you're not fast enough." Xia Fan smiled, "Why don't you think about it from another angle, what do you think fish will feel in the water?"

"I'll feel heavy!" A child raised his hand and said - I have to say that the previous morning's lessons and guidance have made everyone invested a lot, "At least... I will feel heavy. When soaked in water, it takes a lot of effort to breathe Already!"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

"That's because the water is heavy and presses on you." Xia Fan nodded, "The same is true for the air—it also has weight, and it presses us all the time."

"Hey, is there?" Fang Yanni held out her hand, "Why can't I feel it?"

Qian Yan also opened her eyes in a little surprise, she vaguely noticed that what the other party said seemed to be quite different from the previous Gewu.

"Next... I will prove this to everyone." Xia Fan took out a big glass and placed it on the podium.

Chapter 241 To take off

This is a classic air pressure test.

The device with the highest technical content is probably this glass.It was entrusted by Xia Fan to Luo Weiwei to be specially fired with dragon scales. Although it is dark green due to the impurities in the sea sand, it does not hinder its excellent light transmission.

Put four candles in a basin filled with water, light the candles, and put the glass upside down.

In full view, the candle quickly ran out of oxygen and went out.

Then the water level inside the cup rose rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than a few breaths of time, the water pouring into the cup surpassed the basin outside and rose to almost one-third of the cup wall. From a distance, it looked like a new "hill" had risen in the basin.

And before that, the inner and outer water surfaces were still at the same level!