Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 1175 Postscript 31·The Charm of Journalism

In the eyes of countless scholars, the charm of that scale is a hundred times greater than that of the eldest princess.

They didn't care at all what the princess was doing. Some turned around and went back to continue playing with the scales, some gathered around Xie Yan and asked if he had any drawings, and some were discussing with each other what experiments to do next.

The eldest princess was completely left standing there.

She didn't feel left out, so she simply walked to the auditorium and sat down, asking the maid to comb her hair into a bun again and put the jewelry she had taken off back on.

Except for the maid who was combing her hair and doing her job seriously, all the other maids were peeking at Xie Yan. They witnessed the grand scene just now. Although they didn't know exactly how awesome Xie Yan was, it didn't stop them from admiring the handsomeness of little Bachelor Xie.

One of the maids named Qingluan was the absolute confidant of the eldest princess. She was once arrested and placed under house arrest in Prince Yong's Mansion together with the eldest princess.

She leaned over to the eldest princess's ear: "Your Highness, did you really give him your hair?"

The eldest princess's cheeks heated up and she pretended to be nonchalant: "He took it himself. This little guy doesn't understand anything. He has a missing string in his brain. Whatever he does is normal."

Qingluan covered his mouth and snickered.

The eldest princess was being served to comb her hair, and it was difficult to turn her head, so she gave Qingluan a sideways glance and warned the maid to be more serious.

Qingluan immediately held his head high and put on a serious expression, but the corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously.

The university students and bigwigs outside the door couldn't get a word in, so they simply went to call their friends.

Academic reports were also being given in the next few halls, and many students were lying outside the doors and windows to listen. While he was listening intently, suddenly there was discussion next to him.

"Hurry over and take a look, something big has happened over there, Bachelor Xie!"

"Did he verify that?"

"I didn't verify it on the spot, but it's almost the same. He built a balance that is accurate to three digits after the millimeter."

"Isn't that just 0.001 millimeter?"

"Not only that! I heard that he also used the hair of the eldest princess to weigh it, and a strand of hair was weighed at 0.615 millimeters!"

"Fake, right?"

"There will be no lies. The old president bowed to him in public to thank him, and many Emerald Bachelors, Rose Bachelors and Fleur Bachelors also bowed to him. I was dumbfounded at the time!"

"You're not talking nonsense?"

"Do I dare to make up such a thing?"

"Let's go and have a look."

"..."

More and more Tai students came from nearby to watch the excitement, but they did not dare to disturb them. They could only whisper from a distance of one or two feet and eavesdrop on what the big guys were discussing.

Even some liberal arts students came over. They had been listening to a history lecture.

A liberal arts student was very puzzled: "It's just a balance, is it worth such a sensation?"

Immediately, a science student offered him popular science: "You know about astronomical telescopes, right?"

The liberal arts student nodded: "I know, I've also seen the moon with an astronomical telescope."

"Bachelor Xie's balance is as important as the original telescope. Without an astronomical telescope, it is impossible to observe celestial bodies more intuitively. It is also like those who engage in medicine, who do not have a microscope to observe bacteria and insects. In the future, many people who will study physics and chemistry in depth will need to use it. This instrument."

"Master Xie looks very young."

"I heard he just turned seventeen."

"Duan is so charming! We have a cultural gathering this month, and we must invite Bachelor Xie to attend."

"Stop daydreaming. I don't know how many invitations I will accept, so how can I have time to attend your literary meeting? Bachelor Xie is a science major!"

Another liberal arts student asked: "Who just heard about the eldest princess's black hair?"

"The scale was taken out, but Bachelor Xie couldn't find a suitable weighing object. The eldest princess took out her hairpin, cut off a strand of hair, and weighed it for Bachelor Xie. The strand of hair weighed 0.615 millimeters."

"It's so elegant that the blue silk is so elegant, it's really a good story in the academic world! It's like when Bachelor Xie started writing a famous article, the eldest princess personally researched the ink and laid the paper for it."

"Haha, you liberal arts students still know how to speak."

The Royal Society has a president and three vice-presidents, as well as many branch presidents and vice-presidents.

While the old president usually doesn't care about anything, the vice president who really oversees the society's affairs is called Lu Gai. He did not attend any report meeting at the moment, but was chatting in the office of the president of the Taipei University.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the president of the Taixue School did not have an official official name. Usually, a court official was sent to take charge of the official affairs of the Taixue School. His deputy is "tong in charge of Gou Taixue's official affairs", and the temporary one is "power in charge of Gou Taixue's official affairs".

Nowadays, Ming Dynasty has a full-time principal, whose official name is "Governor of a certain Imperial College", and his deputy is "a Tongzhi of a certain Imperial College".

The governor of Luoyang Imperial College is named Peng Huanzhi. He is chatting with Lu Gai, the vice president of the Royal Society, and is discussing allowing scholars from other places to come to Beijing to give more lectures to Luoyang Imperial College students.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a knock on the door, and the sound was a little urgent.

"Come in." Peng Huanzhi shouted.

Taixue Zheng, who was in charge of the school's rules and regulations, walked in: "Something big happened! Bachelor Xie Yan took out a balance with an accuracy of three digits after millimeter. The old president and many bachelors bowed to Bachelor Xie on the spot. "

Peng Huanzhi and Lu Gai looked at each other and saw each other's shock.

They stood up quickly and walked quickly outside.

Peng Huanzhi quickened his pace and asked, "Has that scale been verified?"

Taixue is a pure liberal arts scholar. In recent years, he has not even engaged in academics and has devoted himself to being a bureaucrat in the education system.

He also couldn't explain the situation in the balance, but instead paid more attention to the elegant affairs, and said with added jealousy: "The eldest princess took out her hairpin to untie her bun, cut off a strand of black hair and put it into the balance, and said to Bachelor Xie: Can you measure its weight? Xie Xie said, this is easy to say, even if a strand of princess hair is 0.615 cents."

"Is there such a thing?" Peng Huanzhi and Lu Gai stopped at the same time.

Tai Xuezheng said: "It's absolutely true. This matter has been spread wildly among the students. The eldest princess is still there."

Look, the publicity effect is just like this.

If Xie Yan didn't use the princess's hair to weigh her, the scale incident would probably be limited to the academic circle and then spread outward little by little.

With Princess Qingsi, it is instantly full of gimmicks. It is estimated that it will spread throughout Luoyang City in a few days, and various versions will evolve.

Han Chengyi, a reporter from "Da Ming Xun Bao", was also walking towards the news scene at this moment.

The "Da Ming Xun Daily" will naturally pay attention to such a grand national academic event, and will also report it in the cultural and educational section of the newspaper.

He has been worried that it is not interesting. Most ordinary people cannot understand the academic content at all, which will lead to weak readability of news reports.

Now I don't have to worry anymore.

A young bachelor who has just turned seventeen, a eldest princess with a beautiful hair, and an epoch-making scale that can verify Taizu's teachings. As long as this article is written, ordinary readers will definitely respond enthusiastically.

Han Chengyi was faster than the two leaders. When he arrived at the scene, Xie Yan had already taken out the blueprint of the scale, and a large number of scholars were marveling at the blueprint.

He found that the big guys were chatting about professional matters, so he ran to interview the Tai students nearby who were watching the fun.

After revealing his identity, Han Chengyi asked: "Which gentleman saw with his own eyes what happened?"

"I!"

A Tai student volunteered to stand up: "I was lying outside the door, closest to the podium. I heard Bachelor Xie explaining the structure and usage of the scale."

Han Chengyi led the interview: "Have you ever weighed the eldest princess's black hair?"

"It's weighed, it's weighed," said the student. "It seems that Bachelor Xie took the initiative to ask for it. The eldest princess was reluctant at first, but then agreed."

Another imperial student immediately interjected: "That's nonsense. It was obviously the eldest princess who cut off her black hair to test Bachelor Xie's balance."

"Where were you at that time? Were you as close to the podium as I was?"

"I'm over there by the window."

"Then you should stay further away. I can't hear you clearly. Could it be that you have a pair of gentle ears?"

"Everyone said so. It was the princess who intercepted the hair and asked for the scale."

"They're talking nonsense!"

"Yes, yes, we are all talking nonsense, you are the only one who understands."

"..."

More and more Taipei students joined in the quarrel and added fuel to the fire.

Han Cheng didn't know whether it was true or false, so he jotted everything down in shorthand.

After writing for a while, he ignored the students who were still arguing, walked around the scholar at the door and looked inside, and found that the eldest princess and the maid had not left yet.

On the other side of the podium, scholars have been surrounding each other, taking turns operating the scales to try new things.

No one was left to maintain order at the venue. Han Cheng stepped in and came to the princess to bow: "Da Ming Xun Bao, Han Chengyi, pay homage to Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!"

The eldest princess nodded in return.

Han Chengyi asked: "Can the matter of being called a hairy hair come to light?"

The eldest princess's expression was as calm as water: "Don't write nonsense, just tell the truth."

Han Chengyi asked again: "But the princess takes out her hairpin to untie her bun..."

The eldest princess said angrily: "Could it be that he helped me solve it?"

Han Cheng smiled awkwardly and didn't dare to ask any more questions.

He was thinking about how to write the story so that he could write the black hair incident in a romantic and elegant way without deviating from reality and angering the princess.

It is best to mention it in just a few words, but still make people think about it. It seems that nothing has been written, and it seems that everything has been written.

This is a great test of writing skills!

The eldest princess found that she had been ignored by the scholars for a long time, and that she had become the center of gossip for no reason, so she simply left with her maids.

Along the way, I met many teachers and students of Imperial College. When they saluted the princess, they all looked at her with inquiring eyes.

This kind of look made the eldest princess a little angry, but she also had an indescribable strange emotion.

She hurried to the carriage. After getting on the carriage, she subconsciously touched her hair. She quickly realized that her hair was already pulled into a bun and she couldn't touch the place where the strand was cut off.

The age difference is still too big.

He is already 24 years old, and Bachelor Xie has just turned 17.

With such a major scientific invention, Xiao Xie's bachelor's level will be improved, at least he will be a Furong bachelor.

The 17-year-old Bachelor of Furong was the first person since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

He won't think that I'm too old, right?

And I was married.

Is he really willing to give up his official career for me?

The more the eldest princess thought about it, the more entangled she became. She had a feeling of powerlessness that she wanted to grasp but could never grasp.

The eldest princess did not dare to ask anyone for marriage, but after much thought, she could not find a good solution. She asked the only maid who could sit in the carriage: "Qingluan, what gift do you think you can give that will appear sincere and not rude?"

Qingluan covered his mouth and snickered.

"Stop laughing!" the eldest princess said angrily.

Qingluan said: "Why not write to Mr. Xie and ask him about his molecular theory. Isn't his paper questioned by many people? He must be looking forward to being recognized. After the first letter, there will be a second one. After a few letters back and forth, won't we become familiar with each other?"

The eldest princess nodded in approval: "Your contribution will be remembered."