The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 817

[Chapter 817 Various Research Institutes]

Nowadays, there are various Fangxiu academies all over the capital.

Moreover, different academies have different admission ages.

Let’s talk about the liberal arts academy. This is the most basic academy. It usually only admits children. After that competition and the strong requests of many parents, Xin’an Houfu opened two more academies.

They are the First College of Arts and Sciences and the Second College of Arts and Sciences.

The dean is still Chang Ru. Although his standard is not as good as that of the liberal arts college, he still makes many people scratch their heads and think about sending their children there.

In addition, there are other colleges, such as the College of Science and Technology, the College of Construction, and the College of Engineering.

These academies are also strange to say, except for the Polytechnic Academy and the Liberal Arts Academy, the main teaching content revolves around the imperial examination.

Other academies train some craftsmen.

When it was first founded, few people could understand it.

What is there to learn from this craftsman?

If you have that skill, you might as well find a master and learn from it.

But as time went by, the number of people in these two academies gradually increased.

Only then did they discover that the contents taught in the two academies were not the same as they had imagined.

For example, in the Engineering College, they were originally just doing carpentry and masonry work, but in fact it was much more difficult than these.

Carpenters and masons need to know how to do it, and they need to know how to do it; even if carpenters and masons don’t know how to do it, they also need to know how to do it.

Not only are they learning, but the teachers are also constantly groping forward.

It seems that Xin’anhou also founded an engineering research institute some time ago.

The man who built the College and the Engineering College often studied some novel things in the Engineering Research Institute.

Experimenting with various materials all day long.

What kind of stone is harder, what kind of wood is not easy to corrode, and what kind of lime mortar have all been studied.

I heard that adding different water will have different effects.

If they had gone through so much trouble before, within a few days the family would be unable to open the pot.

It’s different in this institute. As long as you have a suitable reason and come up with a suitable plan, you can apply to Xin’an Houfu for a sum of money specifically for this kind of research.

This money is more than imagined.

Then he said that lime mortar, an ordinary thing used in building houses in many villages, was tinkered with by a gentleman. It is said that it is much stronger than before.

After reporting it to the Marquis of Xin’an, he received five hundred taels of research funding.

How much money can we spend on lime mortar no matter how much we tinker with it?

I’m afraid a lot of the five hundred taels of silver ended up in that gentleman’s pocket.

What a good job!

It is precisely because of this that many gentlemen in the construction colleges and engineering colleges went to the institutes to tinker with some stuff after school, hoping to get some money.

I heard that many of them have been sponsored by Xin’anhou.

The students in this academy are all young and have reached the age of starting a family and starting a business. Because they have no skills, they want to come to this academy to learn a trade.

Seeing that the gentleman could get so much money just by tinkering with lime mortar, he naturally studied harder, hoping that one day he could become one of these gentlemen!

It was another noon, and when get out of class was over, the gentlemen from the Engineering College gathered together, as usual, discussing and tinkering with what interesting things they could come up with.

“The last letter I wrote to Xin’an Hou got a reply. Xin’an Hou also gave the new lime slurry a name, cement.”

“Really? Cement, it sounds a little strange.”

“But cement is indeed It still works. My relatives wanted to build a hut yesterday, so I tried the method you mentioned and added some slag to the lime slurry. It turned out to be much stronger than before. “

” Of course, otherwise Xin’an. How come you attach so much importance to this project? Lao Tian, I heard that yesterday the Marquis of Xin’an allocated another one thousand taels of silver, of which two hundred taels are your bonus, so that you can study this new lime mortar with peace of mind.

“

A thousand taels of silver? Really? We brothers will never earn so much money in our lifetime!

“

“A new research institute?” When

everyone

heard this, they all looked at each other and asked, “What’s the new research institute?”

“What’s this about ?”

You can’t tell, but you are not outsiders. I told you not to tell others.”

The stonemason, who was called Lao Tian, looked around and said.

“Of course, tell us what research institute it is.” Everyone looked curious.

When Nao Tian saw everyone’s curiosity, he couldn’t help but feel a little proud.

After feeling proud, he smiled again and said: “This new research institute is called the Materials Research Institute, and it specializes in the study of construction materials.”

“Ah? There is a special research institute for construction materials .

Institute research?”

After everyone heard this, they all felt incredible.

But Lao Tian smiled and said: “Of course, this material is more sophisticated than you think. Recently, Xin’an Hou seems to have transported a batch of material back from Nanyang, called rubber.

It seems to be of great use, except In addition, there is cement, stone, wood, steel, and many more.”

He paused and continued: “Let me tell you, this materials research institute is not only researching what materials are good, but also making new ones.

“Making new materials?”

Everyone

was curious when they heard this and asked, “What does it mean?”

Nao Tian stroked his beard and said.

Whether it is a construction academy or an engineering academy, there is always a teacher who teaches these students how to read and write.

These gentlemen who teach other courses also need to learn, otherwise it would be unjustifiable if they don’t even know a word.

When the people around saw this scene, they laughed and spat, saying, “I’ve only been able to read for a few days, why are you pretending to be so pretentious and talking in human language!”

“You are different, you already know how to be literal.”

“Come on, let’s get down to business.”

“That’s what we’re talking about. For example, this lime mortar, after adding some other things, it becomes new lime mortar. The hardness and other things are all improved.

Another example is that after the wood has been burned for a long time, It turns into carbon, and if you use the right method, you can make iron from iron ore.

Isn’t that steel also made from iron?

This Materials Research Institute does these things. Those things I just mentioned can still be researched into other things.”

Lao Tian looked at the crowd and explained seriously.

(End of chapter)