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Chapter 382 Current Situation of Education

In the Nobel Laboratory

Richard saw many novel and interesting invention ideas. This was a large-scale scientific research team led by Professor Nobel, participated by more than 30 scientific and technological experts, and assisted by more than 100 junior students. There were as many as 11 scientific research groups.

No wonder Professor Nobel obtained nearly 200 advanced technological patents in just seven or eight years. This vigorous creativity is breathtaking and spans many unrelated fields.

In the explosives laboratory, a total of 6 scientific and technological experts and 17 student assistants, including Professor Nobel's brother, are working together to tackle a new topic of smokeless explosives. This is a method of adding trace elements to make diatomaceous earth explosives more durable.

The new field of rapid and full explosion belongs to the improved and enhanced version of diatomaceous earth explosive.

Professor Nobel is indeed a scientific and technological giant in the field of chemical industry. The topics he selected are very precise, very consistent with the current international needs for weapons and equipment, and will help push the advanced weapons and equipment industry of the Datang Empire to a higher level.

Among the planned scientific research projects, Richard also saw various world-leading topics such as plastic explosives, jet gunpowder, solid ductile fuels, directional blasting explosives, etc. He couldn't help but be amazed.

The field of explosives has been played out by Professor Nobel.

No wonder no one has been able to surpass this genius inventor for more than 100 years. He has always continued to use various explosives and explosives pioneered by Professor Nobel, with at most minor modifications in the process, but no revolutionary progress.

In a word, as long as humans can come up with fancy tasks, Professor Nobel has already solved them, so how can we innovate?

besides

The Nobel Laboratory also conducted cutting-edge exploration of fuses using nitroglycerin, advanced silent guns, metal hardening, welding, and welding, and related process inventions will effectively promote the development of the Tang Empire's shipbuilding industry.

There are also new designs for bullet charges, a series of underwater equipment using gas, and new explorations such as rescue rockets for shipwrecks, which demonstrate the unbridled imagination of this inventive genius, but they are all in the cutting-edge exploration stage.

In addition to the above-mentioned topics, the Nobel Laboratory is also working hard on research and development in artificial rubber, artificial leather and their production processes. The relevant introductions made Emperor Richard excited and excited.

He knew it clearly;

This chemical industry has extremely broad application potential. Once successfully developed, it will ensure that the Tang Empire will be among the top in the world's chemical industry for the next 50 to 100 years and have its own unique skills.

Professor Nobel personally presided over the project of producing lacquer or dye based on nitrocellulose, and was also distractedly directing the artificial gemstone project. Richard could only be speechless about this.

Richard could not imagine how wide-ranging the interests of an inventive genius were, but today he really saw it.

"Professor Nobel, as far as I know, a person's energy is limited. How do you manage to take care of so many scientific and technological fields?" Emperor Richard asked with great interest.

Professor Nobel looked humbly and bowed while stroking his chest, and then replied;

“It is an innovative passion to improve human life and promote scientific and technological inventions, which allows me to always pay attention to scientific and technological progress in various fields, and try to further promote the development of related fields with my modest efforts.

Your Majesty

When I am alone, I often imagine the wonderful scenes of human life in the future, and many novel ideas come to mind.

maybe one day

Human beings will drive giant ships weighing millions of tons on the ocean, just like the giant mysterious creatures once described in 1001 Nights. Each giant ship on the sea is a town.

maybe one day

Human beings can soar into the sky, even escape the constraints of gravity and fly into the universe to explore the ultimate mysteries of the world.

maybe one day

Just like what is described in the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", human beings can even live in the depths of the ocean and exploit the endless precious resources of the ocean. Hungry and survival are no longer problems.

Passionate fantasies allow scientists to always remain creative and identify the science and technology needed for social development to tackle key problems. I will grasp the direction of every scientific research project without getting involved in the specific research details, nor will I do everything myself.

A business, but leave it to capable experts to complete.

Generally speaking, I am responsible for the idea, and other experts are responsible for realizing the idea.

Of course, the research and development process is not that simple. I can always find ways to solve technical problems during mutual discussions. Maybe this is the difference between geniuses and ordinary people?"

"That's very good, Mr. Professor. This makes me more confident about the car project."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have sufficient time and energy to invest in the perfect research and development of the automobile project. I believe that in a few years, you will be able to see the birth of a satisfactory product."

"I have great confidence in you, Professor Nobel. The government science and technology fund will focus on supporting this project, providing financial and tax concessions, and providing R&D support to relevant scientific and technological experts. If you have any difficulties, you can directly contact the royal secretary

The department will coordinate with relevant government departments to solve the problem."

Richard finally made a big move in order to develop the automobile industry. After hearing this, Zheng Yuan, the head of the Royal Secretariat, immediately took out his name sticker, handed it to Professor Nobel and said, "With this name sticker, the Secretariat will be the first to

Provide full assistance to ensure the stable and orderly passage of key research and development projects."

"Thank you, Mr. Director, this will give me more confidence." Professor Nobel showed a cheerful smile. He actually did not understand the importance of this name sticker and just put it into his pocket casually.

How can people outside the system understand the extraordinary ability of the internal minister "Zheng Gongbao"?

Normally, ministers from various government ministries cannot meet "Zheng Gongbao" just because they want to. Firstly, it depends on the time. Secondly, it depends on whether there is something important. Thirdly, it depends on whether "Zheng Gongbao" is willing to pay attention to him.

That's right, that's how awesome it is.

When the carriage left the University of California, Emperor Richard always kept a vague smile on his face. Today's trip had made him gain a lot and he was in a very happy mood.

The Royal Household Office and the government allocate a certain amount of funding to the University of California every year. The combined total of the two is close to 600,000 yuan, which is mainly used for scientific and technological innovation and the recruitment of talented scientific and technological experts. The effect is quite remarkable.

Today, the University of California has gathered more than 350 scientific and technological experts, as well as a large number of young and middle-aged academic backbones of Chinese descent. It has achieved fruitful results in many scientific and technological fields, and has gradually developed into a comprehensive research university focusing on education and cutting-edge research and development. It has achieved great success around the world.

Very prestigious.

After fifteen years of development

The Tang Empire formed a relatively complete higher education system, with universities such as the University of California, Chang'an University, Chang'an Lecture Hall, Imperial Army Advanced Infantry School, Imperial Naval Academy, Los Angeles Institute of Technology, Los Angeles Artillery School, and Taoyuan Administration College.

A series of higher education institutions including the California Institute of Technology, North American Institute of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Royal Medical College, California Normal College, Salem Institute of Technology, Northern University, Jinling University, Mexican Institute of Liberal Arts, Mexican Normal College, Los Angeles Normal College, etc.

62, covering comprehensive universities, military education, liberal arts, engineering and normal colleges, showing a thriving pattern of hundreds of flowers blooming.

On the desk of the Imperial Ministry of Culture and Education, there are still more than 10 applications for construction of higher education institutions waiting for approval, and hundreds of private primary and secondary schools waiting for approval, which reflects the trend of overseas Chinese attaching great importance to education.

In the Tang Empire

Education is divided into three types: public education, charity education and private education. Generally, public education charges relatively low prices. It focuses on promoting the basic five-year primary education system and improving the overall quality of the people. It is a subsidized school run by the government education department.

Charitable education is mainly focused on the royal family and nobles. In recent years, many private capitalists, squires and churches have also participated. It is mainly aimed at children from relatively poor social groups and is a useful supplement to the education system.

Among them, the royal family has the largest scale of charity education. There are two series of "Renji Schools" and "Renji Schools" in the empire, with a total of 331 schools, almost all over the provinces and cities and towns, with more than 460,000 students in school. The quality of education and reputation

Ranking among the best in the country.

Under the leadership of the royal family, the imperial aristocrats and big capitalists donated generously to charity education, which became a common practice.

If a noble family or a big capitalist does not invest in a few charity schools, and does not hold the position of director of a charity school, his confidence in speaking will be reduced by three points, and he will feel inferior to others.

An important criterion for selecting “gentlemen and celebrities” in various provinces and towns is whether they have philanthropically funded education and persisted in doing so.

If the education in your hometown doesn't support you, what kind of "country gentleman" you are?

Under the leadership of this trend, churches, temples and Taoist temples have also participated in the effort, contributing their own efforts to prepare charity schools and promoting religion at the same time. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

The third way of running schools is private schools.

Private schools have a long history in the Chinese social tradition, with a history of more than 3,000 years. Both Confucianism and Confucius and Mencius were private teachers. Private school education has been the main way of knowledge inheritance in Chinese society for thousands of years, so it has a high social acceptance.

high.

Most of the princes of the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty and the children of major aristocrats studied in aristocratic private schools. These aristocratic private schools spared no expense in hiring famous teachers. There were many reputable Chinese scholars who devoted themselves to aristocratic private schools.

Not only many former officials of the Qing Dynasty, but also the top two scholars and even the number one scholar in the past were hired to teach with high salaries, which made many aristocratic private schools famous. Of course, the fees were also quite expensive.

The Chinese have always valued education and are willing to invest in their children if their financial conditions permit. Especially those Chinese immigrants who got rich first. Many people have suffered enough from being uneducated and are scrambling to send their children to better schools.

As for the wealthier families of retired soldiers, this is especially true. If they had not suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated, they might have been able to hold an official position in the army, and the title of nobility was not hopeless.

In the final analysis, isn’t it still uneducated?

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