Ren Baqian stayed at home for a few days, enjoyed his family's affection, and received all kinds of gazes. Then, he returned to Dayao.
After changing his clothes, Ren Baqian carried a bag to Yangxin Palace Hall. The bag contained the dumplings, braised pork, and eggplant boxes that Ren Baqian's mother gave him.
The empress was curled up on the sofa watching Qing Yunzhi with a tomato-flavored potato chip in her hand.
Seeing that Ren Baqian had returned, the empress glanced at him indifferently, ignored him, and focused on watching the television series.
"Your Majesty, I brought you some dumplings. They were made at home, and I insisted on bringing them to you." Ren Baqian lifted the bag in his hand.
He took a look behind the empress, pointed at the main character on the screen, and said, "I always felt that men look ugly like this, and they are almost the same as women."
The empress glanced at Ren Baqian, looked at the gigolo on the screen, and ignored him.
Although the one in the television series was indeed similar to a woman.
However, Ren Baqian wasn't much better. He was just a little stronger now.
When Ren Baqian first arrived, he was also thin and weak. His waist wasn't even as thick as a human's arm.
As for his appearance, there was no need to talk about it.
"Mount Damo has installed solar furnaces. With three solar furnaces, they can produce 3,000 kilograms of iron a day." The empress thought for a while and told Ren Baqian this good news. Even though a day had passed, she still felt happy.
And Ren Baqian was the one who could share this joy with her.
"They did a good job!" Ren Baqian's face revealed a happy expression. Although it was much worse than the modern world, it was already a good start with Dayao's foundation.
With the remaining iron, he could also make other things.
For example, steam engines?
Ren Baqian and the empress curled up on the sofa, each sitting at one end. Their actions were surprisingly identical, and they were hugging their legs.
The empress realized that he was copying her, so she quietly picked up a potato chip and threw it at his face.
After being seriously injured previously, the two of them consciously kept some distance between each other. Ren Baqian was really too weak to be hurt.
A light blow could seriously injure him.
He was no different from tofu residue.
However, this kind of small action was much more natural.
Both of them felt that it was pretty good.
From the next day onwards, Ren Baqian resumed his normal life.
Practicing martial arts, getting beaten up, and at the same time, preparing to teach the students. After all, the day was approaching.
In another three weeks, Dayao's New Year would be over, and it would be time for the students to report for duty.
While preparing the teaching materials, Ren Baqian realized that being a teacher wasn't an easy task.
The students in Dayao were different from when he was young. At that time, he had no other choice. Everyone else also learned the same things and went through layers of examinations to enter university.
Furthermore, these things were still new to Dayao. They needed to be interesting and attractive to Dayao in order to do so.
For the time being, Ren Baqian's courses were Chinese, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
Among them, language was still easy. The main thing was literacy. Simplified Chinese characters. He was ready to spread simplified Chinese characters to this world.
Mathematics was a necessity. Adding and subtracting with less than two digits required one to break one's fingers. Anything with more than two digits required one to guess. This was a common situation among the aboriginal commoners.
The officials were not much better off. They could do simple addition and subtraction, but if it was slightly more complicated, they would have to scratch their heads.
Only the people from the Ministry of Revenue had mastered the multiplication and division of two-digit numbers.
There was almost no foundation in physical chemistry in this world.
For example, when you hit a rock, your fist would hurt. Everyone knew this. If one were to ask why, it was simply nonsense. After all, a rock was harder than a fist.
These were all reasons that should be taken for granted. He had not even considered the deeper effects of power, let alone others.
If they wanted to build Dayao into a well-off imperialist society with Dayao's characteristics, it would not be possible without these foundations.
No matter how strong one was, he could only destroy and not use it to build.
Except for brick-moving.
Dayao had tens of millions of god-level brick-moving workers who could carry hundreds of kilograms of bricks as if they were flying.
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At this moment, Ren Baqian was surrounded by darkness. He could only see a little bit of light when he raised his head.
He was completely surrounded by water. The huge pressure almost kneaded Ren Baqian together. Every inch of his body was under tremendous pressure.
The last bit of air in his lungs was squeezed out.
Ren Baqian knew that he was going back soon.
However, he still tried his best to dive down, even if it was just a little bit.
At this moment, his fingertips seemed to have touched something, causing his body to tremble.
The lake was dead silent. There wasn't even a single water plant. It had been a few months since he touched something in the water.
"Could it be that I have touched the bottom of the lake?" Ren Baqian was ecstatic.
Did touching the bottom of the lake mean that he had finally reached the threshold of the Man Wheel level?
However, his strength had also dissipated. His vision started to turn black. Soon after, he returned to the real world and felt extremely tired.
After waking up, Ren Baqian felt his body and didn't seem to have changed much.
At this moment, his strength was about 250 kilograms, which was achieved bit by bit during this period of time.
Other than that, his strength and speed didn't change much from yesterday.
"Have I reached the Man Wheel level?" Ren Baqian wasn't too sure.
He went out of the house and asked someone to prepare a medicinal bath. After soaking in the medicinal bath, he was still pondering. The Man Wheel level was a barrier, and there should be some changes after he passed it.
It seemed that he hadn't reached the Man Wheel level yet. In that case, he would have to wait until he practiced at night.
After soaking in the medicinal bath, Ren Baqian left the palace with the guards and went straight to the glass factory.
At this time, the end of the year was approaching, and there were a lot more people in Lan City.
Many men and women wearing animal skins bought some salt, cloth, and other things in Lan City and brought them back to the village.
They also brought a lot of furs and other things when they went down the mountain. Many of them simply tied up the wild beasts and carried them over.
Ren Baqian saw a sharp-toothed tiger tied up and hung on a tree trunk. Two people carried it, one in front and one behind, into the city.
In addition, there were many other things, such as strange horns, birds in cages, and other things that Ren Baqian had never seen before. They could only be found deep in the mountains.
Ren Baqian brought the ox rider and ran all the way to the glass factory. Under Jiao Zuo's lead, they entered a house. Inside, there were neatly stacked wooden boxes that emitted a fragrant smell of wood.
He went forward and opened one of the boxes. Inside, there were crystal clear glass cups. Every two cups were filled with hay to prevent them from being damaged during transportation.
Ren Baqian was used to seeing glass products and didn't think much of it. However, when Jiao Zuo looked at these cups, his face was filled with pride.
These were made by him and those craftsmen.
After that, Ren Baqian went to the side and opened another box. Inside, there were many vertical silver mirrors. They were basically round and inlaid in a wooden disc.
Ren Baqian examined them carefully and nodded his head in satisfaction.
These were the goods that would be sent to the other three countries after a period of time.
At present, if the gold, silver, and gemstones in the palace's treasury were exchanged for medicine, they could support him for three months at most.
Although there would be a batch of gold and silver being sent to the palace at the end of the year. However, these gold and silver were the expenses of the palace next year, including the salaries of the palace guards, palace maids, the imperial concubines, and the daily expenses of the empress.
Therefore, what Ren Baqian needed for his future training would depend on this batch of goods.
At this time, it was close to the New Year. The two caravans that belonged to the imperial family had already returned. When they left after the New Year, they would bring these goods to the other countries and let them spit out some of the profits that they had previously earned in Dayao.
"The craftsmen will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver each, the apprentices and handymen will be rewarded with 3 taels each, and you will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. You will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. I will get someone to send the money over later. Everyone will have a fat New Year, "Ren Baqian said faintly as he closed the box and left.
"Sir is wise. It is our fortune to be able to work under you!" Jiao Zuo quickly said.
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