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Tang Tong was preparing to read two books, which were absolutely epoch-making for this era. One was a junior high school physics textbook, and the other was a junior high school chemistry textbook. Tang Tong felt very lucky to have studied these two books so hard when he was studying that he could still basically remember them after all these years.
For people in later generations, these two books naturally do not have anything profound to them. However, for people of this era, the contents of these two books are very profound, especially the chemistry, which is very mysterious and profound to people of this era.
"Mr. Song, in this era, others may not know what kind of person you are, but I know very well. So please don't rush to refuse, Mr. Song. You might as well take a look at these two books first." Tang Tong smiled and put the two books in Song Yingxing's hands. It took him a lot of time to write these two books. Tang Tong paid someone to print a batch of them. Originally, they were for the students in the school he ran to learn. Unfortunately, those students had not yet learned the basics of Chinese and mathematics. It was too early for them to learn these things. He didn't expect that they would come in handy here today.
"This..." Song Yingxing looked at the two books in his hand with some hesitation. It was the first time he saw the words physics and chemistry, so he naturally didn't know what they meant.
"This is some scientific research result of my research in the past few years. Mr. Song may wish to take a look at it first." Tang Tong was not a shameless person, but what he said now was extremely shameless, and he did not even blush. The contents of these two books were the results obtained by countless scientists with countless efforts, but now he, Lord Tang, stole them for himself with just a few words.
"In that case, I, Song, would like to read Lord Tang's works first." Song Yingxing can be regarded as a technology fanatic of this era. He did not waste any words and immediately opened the physics book to read.
Junior high school physics is easy to understand, and Song Yingxing naturally understood it at a glance, but the theories in it really shocked Song Yingxing, and the more he read, the more he was attracted by the content.
If it were someone else, no matter how much they understood the book, they would not be attracted by the content. However, Song Yingxing was an enthusiast in this area. Not only did he understand it, he was also extremely interested in the content. So soon he forgot about Lord Tang who was standing beside him. When Song Yingxing's wife saw that her husband had this stupid problem again, she had to come forward to entertain Tang Tong and Yagyu Saburo. No matter how much she cared, she couldn't let Lord Tang, who came from afar, stand outside the door for others to watch.
Tang Tong naturally did not have the official airs of officials in this era. He was afraid that Song Yingxing would not like the book. Now that Song Yingxing was so fascinated by it, Tang Tong was very happy in his heart and did not care about Song Yingxing's attitude.
A genius is a genius. Song Yingxing finished reading the physics book in just two hours, then he let out a long sigh, his expression as excited as if he had eaten a ginseng fruit. Then Song Yingxing opened the chemistry book and read it. At first, it was fine, but later his brows were furrowed more and more. It was obvious that there were many parts that he didn't understand and it was very difficult for him to read.
Halfway through, Song Yingxing finally closed the book and realized that he had been standing outside his house for a long time. His whole body ached and his stomach was rumbling with hunger. He remembered that he had left Lord Tang aside for a long time. He couldn't help feeling a little apologetic and lifted his numb feet to go into his house.
Song Yingxing's wife had already prepared the food. It was Tang Tong who asked her not to disturb Song Yingxing. Seeing Song Yingxing come in, Tang Tong smiled and said, "Mr. Song, how about these two books?"
"I admire Lord Tang's ingenuity. Although the physics book is easy to understand, the principles described in it are thought-provoking. There were many things I couldn't understand before, but now after reading Lord Tang's book, I suddenly understand everything. However, Lord Tang's chemistry book is difficult to understand, and I find it a little difficult to understand. Some of the things it talks about are really incredible." Song Yingxing admired Tang Tong very much at this time, and he wished he could worship Tang Tong as his teacher and learn these things he had never seen before.
"We can discuss the content of this chemistry book slowly in the future. It involves a lot of experiments, and you won't be able to understand it without doing some experiments yourself. Also, I have some more advanced theories in physics, and I really want to discuss them with Mr. Song in the future. I wonder if Mr. Song is willing. Of course, Mr. Song has followed me, and I will not let Mr. Song down. I will set up a school and a large laboratory, with Mr. Song as the principal, and a monthly remuneration of two thousand taels of silver. Mr. Song can freely do the experiments he wants in the laboratory. In the future, when Mr. Song writes a book, I will help Mr. Song print it in large quantities so that it can be widely disseminated throughout the world and benefit our people. Mr. Song, what do you think?" Tang Tong once again began to recruit Song Yingxing, offering very high conditions and remuneration.
Song Yingxing was indeed tempted by the two thousand taels of silver a month. After all, his family was only a small landlord. What attracted Song Yingxing even more was the contents of the two books. He was eager to put them into practice immediately. Finally, he had failed the imperial examinations many times and his future was bleak. If he could follow Tang Tong, a third-rank official, he might be able to have a good family background in the future. Song Yingxing no longer hesitated and bowed to Tang Tong, saying, "Sir Tang, I am deeply grateful for your kindness. I am willing to serve you. Song Yingxing greets you, my host. I hope you will forgive my previous negligence."
"Haha... Yingxing, you're welcome. We are a family from now on. Come, let me introduce you. This is my personal bodyguard Yagyu Saburo. Saburo, this Yingxing is an extraordinary figure. He will definitely have a place in history books in the future." Seeing that he had persuaded Song Yingxing, Tang Tong was in a very good mood. He introduced the two of them and hinted that they would be his confidants in the future. Not only was Yagyu Saburo happy, but Song Yingxing was also very happy when he heard Tang Tong say that he would have a place in history books in the future.
These two books are just scientific enlightenment materials for later generations, but in this era, these contents are extremely advanced. Song Yingxing is a rare scientific and technological talent in this era and has rich practical experience. Tang Tong believes that after reading these two books, Song Yingxing will surely enter a new field of science and leave more and better things for future generations. Then it will be natural for him to leave a great name in history.
Since Song Yingxing agreed to Tang Tong, Tang Tong did not stay in this place for long. After leaving a silver note of five thousand taels to Song Yingxing's family, the three of them set out to return to Changzhou. Along the way, Tang Tong explained to Song Yingxing some questions in the chemistry book, which completely opened two doors of science for Song Yingxing.
After Tang Tong and his two companions returned to Changzhou, they set up a school based on the original students and recruited another five dozen refugee children. They also hired twenty or so Westerners who could speak Chinese to teach physics, chemistry, foreign languages, and navigation knowledge at high salaries. These twenty Westerners came from various European countries, including missionaries and colonists from the East. In order to make these guys work for them with peace of mind, they all signed lifelong contracts with them.
In order to find more talents, Tang Tong sent another Portuguese to Europe to find scientific and technological talents who were not tolerated by religion. He promised the Portuguese that he would pay him five hundred taels of silver for each useful talent he found. People in this era, whether in the East or the West, did not know the importance of scientific and technological talents. Such a high price made the Portuguese want to kidnap some people as soon as he returned home. This business was much better than that of the slave traders.
Time passed unknowingly, and Tang Tong welcomed the first New Year after traveling through time. Although material life was not rich in this era, people attached great importance to the New Year. The New Year in this era was also known as the New Year's Eve. Whether rich or poor, it was a critical moment in the year, because the poor usually had to pay off debts at this time, and the rich usually had to collect debts at this time.
So at this time, there were many cases of poor families selling their children to pay off their debts. There were also many landlords like Huang Shiren in later generations, who were busy bringing home the daughters of their tenants whom they liked. In the past, at this time of year, there were many cases of military households in Weizhen selling their children, but this year was different. Among the military households, because they worked in the factory opened by Tang Tong, every household had some spare money. At this time, some families were busy looking for wives for their sons, while others thought of selling their poor children. So while they had money, they all wanted to redeem their children.
Tang Tong also felt very sympathetic towards those families who wanted to redeem their children. As the saying goes, how could one abandon the heavy bond between family members? Tang Tong could not save those poor people in the world now, but he would still try his best to help his subordinates. For this purpose, Tang Tong specially opened an interest-free loan office to help those families who did not have enough money to redeem their children. Tang Tong's move touched many of his subordinates' military households, and they gradually developed a loyalty to Tang Tong.
Tang Tong was a high-ranking official with a big business. Naturally, his home was crowded with people during the Chinese New Year. The first person who came to wish Tang Tong a happy new year was Xu Si. The business dealings in the past few months had made the relationship between the two sides very close. Tang Tong also intended to let the Guijiayuan represented by Xu Si be included in the cement factory that was to be opened. Therefore, Xu Si naturally knew how to return the favor and tried hard to build a good relationship with Tang Tong. This time, he even brought an outsider who made Tang agree.
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