"Qiyue Wuyi? Qi Xi. Not as good as Zi's clothes, peaceful and auspicious. Qiyue Wuyi? Liu Xi. Not as good as Zi's clothes, peaceful and auspicious … "
Li Zexuan returned to Yunshan and coincidentally met Wang Ji, who was humming a tune as he walked down the mountain. Having transmigrated to this era, Li Zexuan had experienced the influence of many great scholars around him. Very quickly, he was able to distinguish what Wang Ji was humming. It was the "Qin Feng – Naked" from the "Book of Songs"!
Modern people usually only studied and appreciated the "Book of Songs" from a purely literary point of view. Little did they know that every line in the "Book of Songs" was a beautiful line of lyrics. It was more commonly treated as a song in ancient times!
Listening to Wang Ji's melodious and rhythmic hum, Li Zexuan paused and savored it. When Wang Ji walked up to him, he couldn't help but interrupt, "Mr. Wang, what happy occasion did you catch? Why are you so happy ~? "
"Yo ~! It's Yamachō! "
Wang Ji was immersed in humming and didn't notice other people on the side of the road. When he heard Li Zexuan's voice, he subconsciously paused and turned his head to look. Then, he smiled and walked up to him.
"Haha! I finally finished marking the papers. Of course I'm happy! Sigh! There are too many papers. Our academy needs to recruit a new batch of teachers! This time, if Mister Yan hadn't used the 'assembly line' method that Mountain Head Elder suggested and mobilized everyone in the academy to mark the papers, it would have been impossible to finish marking more than ten thousand papers in three days! "
This time, there were nearly ten thousand people participating in the Yanhuang College's medical and engineering entrance exams. There were more than ten thousand papers accumulated. Under normal circumstances, with the current number of teachers in the academy, it would be impossible to finish marking so many papers without at least ten days to half a month. However, they couldn't let the students from all over the Tang Empire wait in Chang 'an for ten days to half a month, could they?
At the crucial moment, Yan Silu made a prompt decision and decided to use the "assembly line work" method. Questions with fixed answers such as multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and judgment questions were given to teachers who didn't specialize in the subject and other people who could read (such as the guards of the academy, the editors in the editorial department of Datang Daily, and the scribes urgently sent by Li Tai, Li Ke, and Li Chengqian) to mark them. The rest of the questions, questions, and policy questions that had more flexible answers were given to teachers who specialized in the subject to mark.
In these three days, the teachers who were marking the papers in the academy could only sleep for four to six hours a day, let alone leave the academy. They ate, drank, and lived in the academy! In addition, all the papers in the entrance exam were covered. Moreover, every paper that had been marked was checked by a special person, so generally, there wouldn't be a situation where students and teachers colluded with each other to cheat!
It was because of this "assembly line work" method and the hard work of all the workers in the academy that Yanhuang College was able to finish marking all the papers in the entrance exam on the eve of the release of the results!
Of course, this incident also exposed a serious problem that the academy was facing at the moment, and that was the lack of teachers. Especially when the next batch of students came, the lack of teachers would be more serious, so this problem had to be solved as soon as possible!
"The academy is indeed in urgent need of teachers. I have already discussed this matter with Mr. Kong Gui. After tomorrow, we will start to recruit teachers. A few days ago, Datang Daily has already published a notice for teachers in the academy. I believe this problem will be solved soon!"
After pondering for a moment, Li Zexuan looked at Wang Ji and said.
Wang Ji shook his head, sighed, and said, "Sigh! It's troublesome to recruit these people. Who knows, we might even have to tutor them! We won't have any free time! "
Li Zexuan thought for a moment and said, "The teachers of Classics and Mathematics don't need special guidance because the academy's Classics and Mathematics teaching materials have long been circulated outside. However, the teachers of Physics, Chemistry, and Geography need specific guidance from the original teachers of the academy. After all, they have never learned this knowledge before. But this doesn't matter. Didn't the current teachers of the academy start from scratch? "
When Yanhuang College was established last year, many people didn't even know what Engineering was. This caused the academy to be in a great predicament when recruiting teachers. In the end, Li Zexuan took a special approach. He first recruited a group of people with strong learning abilities, flexible minds, and not pedantic pedantry. Then, he let these people start school a month earlier than the students. Because the first month of school was military training, these people had two months to study the academy's teaching materials. Moreover, Li Zexuan also formulated a strict assessment, reward, and punishment system. Fortunately, in the end, all the teachers passed. Wang Ji even obtained the first place in the Chemistry group and became the subject leader of the Chemistry group in the academy!
Engineering had been developed for nearly a year. The Classics and Mathematics teaching materials in the academy were not confidential to the public. Now, the Classics and Mathematics teaching materials of the academy could be bought in every county in the Tang Empire. Therefore, in this year, there were probably many masters of Mathematics among the people!
But why didn't these people participate in the Yanhuang College's entrance examination? It was mainly because they didn't fit the age requirement. Yanhuang College's admission age was twelve and below! However, those who didn't fit the age requirement but had outstanding Mathematics ability weren't unable to get into Yanhuang College. They could apply for the teachers of Yanhuang College!
Therefore, in theory, the teachers recruited by the Mathematics Department of the academy this year were much better than last year's!
But physics, chemistry, and geography were different. The teaching materials for these three subjects were classified in the Academy, and students were not allowed to take them out of the Academy, much less buy them outside. Li Zexuan would never allow these books that could rapidly increase the people's understanding of the natural world and their understanding of tools to be leaked to other countries. At the very least, before the Great Tang became invincible in the world, he would not allow these teaching materials to be made available to the outside world!
Therefore, the recruitment of teachers for the three departments of the academy was actually similar to last year's. They would pick some people with good aptitude to 'apply what they have learned'. The only difference was that after these people were recruited this year, there would be many 'seniors' guiding them in their learning!
"Haha! Back then, when the teachers of the academy were collectively assessed, I almost lost my life to fight with Yan Konggui. Let's not talk about it! Let's not talk about it! If Yamachō doesn't have any other instructions, this old man will go down the mountain for a drink ~! "
Wang Ji laughed and said half-jokingly.
He was talking about last year's examination organized by Li Zexuan after the teachers of the academy had self-studied for two months. At that time, in order to get first place in the chemistry group and win the bet with Yan Silu, he studied day and night for two months. In the end, after the examination, he directly fainted!
"Haha! Mr. Wang, please wait for a moment. I have something to discuss with you! "
Li Zexuan smiled. He suddenly recalled something and hurriedly said.
"Oh ~? What is it ~? "
Wang Ji stopped in his tracks and asked curiously.
"Haha! This isn't the place to talk! Mr. Wang, please follow me to the meeting room. I won't take up too much of your time! "
"Haha! Okay! "
The two of them quickly arrived at the meeting room on the first floor of the Academy's Guanghua Building. Li Zexuan took out a piece of Xuan paper and handed it to Wang Ji. Wang Ji took a look and saw that the paper was full of strange symbols. If an outsider saw this, they would definitely think that it was scribbles. However, Wang Ji could see that this piece of Xuan paper was full of chemical equations ~!
"Yamachō, this is …?"
Wang Ji's face suddenly became serious. He had a hunch that what Li Zexuan was going to say next was very important. This was because in the chemical equations written on this piece of paper, there were a few chemicals that he had never seen before. To be precise, he had never seen the real thing, not the chemical symbols!
Li Zexuan stood up and said with his hands behind his back, "I plan to ask the workshop to build a few special lathes. These lathes need a new alloy, and the new alloy needs a few new metal materials. I have just told Faubert to look for the corresponding mineral veins for these new metal materials. I believe that it won't be long before the new ores are shipped back. When the time comes, I would like to ask Mr. Wang to help me refine the ores. This piece of paper has recorded the refining principles and conditions for these ores. Please keep it well, Mr. Wang!"
"What? New metal materials ~? "
Wang Ji heard this and suddenly stood up. He said excitedly, "Yamachō, are we going to find new metal materials? That's great! "
Speaking of this, he took the piece of paper in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. Then he murmured, "Tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, hehe, Yamachō, there is finally hope to add three new actual members to the periodic table of chemical elements that you previously wrote!"
When Li Zexuan was writing chemistry textbooks, he encountered a very awkward problem. In this era, there were many chemical elements that people could not recognize. Chemistry was mainly about the way to transform the elements. If they did not even have the basic material elements, how could they write textbooks?
In the end, he still couldn't solve this problem. He could only act as a "charlatan" and "prophetically" put the complete periodic table of chemical elements in the textbooks. The textbooks often involved some unknown substances. Li Zexuan always told the teachers in the academy that although these substances weren't found yet, they would definitely be found in the future!
Therefore, verifying the accuracy of the periodic table of chemical elements became the lifelong pursuit and goal of all the teachers in Yanhuang College's chemistry department. Now that he heard that Li Zexuan might find three new metal materials, how could Wang Ji not be excited?
"Yes! That's right! "
Li Zexuan nodded and then said solemnly, "These metal materials have a wide range of uses. Extracting them as soon as possible will be very important for the future development of Tang Empire's industry! I'll be leaving Lantian County the day after tomorrow. I'll leave these matters to Mr. Wang. If there are any problems, remember to ask Qingque to contact me! "
Wang Ji immediately cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Yes! Yamachō! "
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said half-jokingly, "Alright! If there's nothing else, I won't disturb Mr. Wang from going down the mountain to drink! Haha! "
"Haha! No disturbances! No disturbances! Yamachō, if you can find a few more new materials, I'm willing to not drink for a month! "
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