Dress to be a celebrity

During the three Taoist examinations, the professors and instructors from Fucheng and Zhuzhou counties had to go to the examination room to judge the papers. Although the magistrate did not need to supervise the examination room, he had to watch outside to deal with emergencies in the examination room.

In the Song Dynasty, Huan Ling asked the King of Zhou for orders to take Governor Yang to try out gasoline products for him.

King Zhou wanted to see it himself, so he took a team of guards out of the city with them, crossed the Han River, and stopped until he reached a remote mountain depression.There are bare soil and rocks all around here, no trees, flowers and plants, and the ground is scorched black and scorched. It looks like it has been burned many times, and even the stones will have burnt marks.

Without Huan Ling's introduction, Governor Yang and King Zhou both guessed that this was the place where he had tried to throw a bottle.

Huan Ling really admitted the fact that he and Song Shi tried to throw a gasoline bottle here before: "It took a few times to know the shape of the bottle, the amount of gasoline used, how to wrap the fuze cloth outside, and what to soak to ignite it."

He skillfully removed a cylinder from the carriage, several light green thick glass bottles with a round belly and long neck, unscrewed the protruding screw cap on the top of the iron cylinder, and asked someone to pour half a bottle of oil into the glass bottle. Wrap the cloth and drag out a long strip.

While doing it, he explained its material and use, and then asked someone to set an iron target in front of the distant rocks, and personally ignited the fuel bottle and threw it at the target.

With a bang, the fire exploded and black smoke billowed upwards.The air seemed to be separated by a curtain of fog, blurring and swaying the rocks.The target is made of iron, and there are only bare earth and stones underneath. The flame does not need to be ignited by vegetation, but it is hunting and burning among the rocks, and the wind will not extinguish it.

Before the fire was extinguished, another explosion followed.Amidst the flames and black clouds, Huan Ling was seen holding his right sleeve, neatly and accurately catching a Molotov cocktail and throwing it into the distance.

It turned out that the ground was scorched black in pieces. It was not the original grass that was burned, but the traces of the stones being directly scorched.

Zhou Wang, Governor Yang and others who were far behind Huan Ling were all attracted by the explosion and fire, and couldn't recover for a long time.It wasn't until Huan Ling came back to them that King Zhou woke up from the explosion and murmured, "This is the oil refined from stone fat water... Wouldn't this burn a mountain of rocks?"

Yes, gasoline and water can't be extinguished, so he took the prince and the governors to this barren hill with no people and no vegetation.If there is a place with grass and trees... He inexplicably remembered the fire prevention slogan that his junior brother personally inscribed and engraved, and sent people to publicize it every Qingming.

He looked back at the sea of ​​fire he created, and nodded heavily: "Here are all stones. When the gasoline burns out, the fire will be extinguished. If there are grass and trees, the surrounding branches and leaves will be dried by the fire soon, and it will become a natural place." For firewood, there must be a big fire."

Thinking of the situation, the King of Zhou also felt sympathetic: "No wonder Mr. Song strictly seized those who lit the fire on the mountain. When the paper was burned in the Qingming Festival, he went to the place where the chiefs and chiefs were sent to inspect everywhere. Still got a fine paper."

In the past, most of Hanzhong Mansion’s income came from fines for fighting, stealing, and adultery. Now the atmosphere has improved, and criminals in the past are all reformed through labor in official factories, and most of the fines come from burning paper and firing cannons. Here comes a place that is dangerous but cannot be changed due to traditional folk customs.

Different people have different opinions on this fire, Zhou Wang saw that fire safety should be paid attention to, but Master Yang saw how to use this thing in war.

This gasoline bottle ignites when it sees a fire, and the fire is so powerful that it is indeed usable.But be careful of the wind and don't get too close.Mr. Yang had already sketched out how to use this bottle in actual combat, and immediately said: "This thing is very practical, or it can be used with crossbows and catapults, or it can be placed in advance on the way of the captives' invasion, and it can be triggered by rockets. ..."

Immediately, he pulled Huan Ling to study the usage of this thing, and when he returned to Hanzhong Prefecture, he wanted to see their oil refining tower and see for himself how the dark petrolatum produced turned into clear gasoline.

Oil refining is actually not difficult. The furnace has been built long ago, and a bimetallic thermometer is installed on the top. Just pay attention to the temperature, and pay attention to safety when feeding and discharging materials.

During the interval between the three exams, Song Zhifu was able to spare time to accompany the inspector to inspect the fractionation tower, sell fracture splints, water pipe elbows, joints, etc. Water-saving irrigation methods such as drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation used for water pipes by jointing bamboo pipes.

Although Hanzhong Mansion is facing the Han River, there is also a shortage of water in the mountains to the north, and there is a danger of crop failure when there is little rain.Mr. Song, an atheist who is still learning Marxist political economy, naturally would not pray for rain, but would rather spend money to subsidize farmers in arid areas to lay water pipes.

The experience he explored in Hanzhong can also be used in the dry and rainless land in northern Shaanxi.

The word "water saving" deeply touched Mr. Yang's heart, and made him more interested in building an oil workshop, refining various fuel oils, and extracting Eucommia gum.

This thing can be used not only for civil affairs, but also for military settlements!The prefectures in northern Shaanxi have experienced nine droughts in ten years, and there is a desert outside Yulin Town. There is little water to irrigate the land, and not much food can be grown.Most of the soldiers' food was brought by merchants from southern Shaanxi and Sichuan. The local area can't even build military settlements, and they can't grow and eat by themselves, which always makes people feel uneasy.

With this method of saving water and growing crops, at least the army can supply wheat and coarse grains.

Governor Yang's heart became hot, and the more he looked at the small oil refining tower, the more he loved it. He wished he could immediately take the tower and a few students who could refine oil back to build an oil refinery.

President Song is looking forward to him being able to help him expand oil production, how can he refuse?Not only willing to give him students, but also to give him the best - the two of them specially held a test, first written test, then experiment, and then interview, and screened out the students with the most solid theoretical and practical skills in the vocational school class. Recommended to the governor as an aide.

The officials around the governor and the officials around the prefect knew who was superior and who was inferior even with their eyes closed.

Most of the students in the colleges came to sign up for this exam, and even the postgraduate class had students who didn't want to take the imperial examination, but only wanted to be gilded in this school and donate to officials to take the exam.Jin Tixue took the exam in the school temple, and Governor Yang took the exam outside the school temple. The purpose of the two exams was to screen out talents from thousands of students. The discipline in the exam room was extremely strict. It's an interesting contrast.

The entire Hanzhong mansion was filled with the fragrance of ink, and the fragrance of ink made Tsinghua look so popular.Infected by this atmosphere, no matter which college students or ordinary people who have attended literacy classes, they seem to be a little more eager to learn.

Jin Tixue finally got an extraordinary talent, and Governor Yang also selected the most pragmatic staff.

After the exam was over and the exam rooms on both sides were tidied up, Jin Tixue came to say goodbye to Song Huan and the two, and took out an exam note to Governor Yang, explaining: "As soon as the next official goes, he will turn from south to north. In the last circle, students from Quanquanfu will not return to Hanzhong without taking the exam. The prefect of Song Dynasty will be evaluated in early April, and the officials are afraid that the post horse will send letters back and forth at that time, which will delay his evaluation, so they write the language in the exam. Here, I hope the adults will accept it."

Lord Yang did not shirk, accepted the note, and sighed: "I also want to go back to Yulin to deal with oil refining matters, so I can't stay in Hanzhong for a long time. Now my virtuous brother reminded me that I should also check his profile in advance. How to write the test language."

Mr. Yang acted vigorously and resolutely, starting from the investigation of his achievements, integrity, and talents when he served as the magistrate in Song Dynasty, and listed his deeds in detail.At the beginning of April, when Song Shi's salary expired for 36 months, the Chang'an government was ordered to investigate whether he had money and food arrears during his 36-month tenure.

Sacrificing gods, nursing homes, grain taxes, fields, post horses...the assessment forms with rich achievements were spread out in front of Mr. Zhang Ge, the Minister of the Ministry of officials, and he was very happy to see him. .

However, after boasting, this disciple could not stay in Hanzhong like Huan Yushi.

Master Zhang gritted his teeth, plucked off a few clear beards, and finally picked up the assessment sheet with a big "competent" written on it, handed it to the subordinate, Wailang, and said lightly: "Song Shike, the magistrate of Hanzhong, can stay in his original position. Take this commentary and file it."