The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

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Chapter 469 Future Dean of Geology College [1]

Xu Xiake, a professional donkey friend for 30 years, has traveled all over China!

Alone!

These days, when it comes to looking for oil, no one has more professional qualifications than Xu Xiake!

Sure enough, behind Hu Xueyan, a young man with a dusty face but a dignified appearance and piercing eyes came out.

This is the famous Xu Xiake.

According to the original history, Xu Xiake should have been born when Jiajing's grandson, Emperor Wanli, why did he come to Jiajing all of a sudden?

"Brother Xu!" Yan Song treated each other with kind words, and Yan Song had 1 admiration for Xu Xiake.

Xu Xiake didn't expect that the Chief Assistant of Ming Dynasty would be so respectful to a corporal, so he hurriedly returned the gift.

Hu Xueyan said excitedly: "Mr. Yange, everyone, thanks to Brother Xu, we were able to find enough oil in Dongying, Shandong to increase the temperature of steelmaking and solve a big problem."

Xu Xiake smiled and said: "I also happened to meet the meeting. When I went to Dongying, Shandong, I saw the local people there using this thing for cooking, so I asked them where it came from. They pointed me to a mountain, and I went deep into the cave in the mountain. I found a spring bubbling black oil. It is the oil mentioned by Shen Kuo.”

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Yan Song's heart moved, and he knew that it must be in the Dongying Shengli Oilfield in Shandong Province in the future. It is a relatively rare and easy-to-exploit large oilfield in eastern China.

Yan Song is excited!

This is really help me too!

He is worried that many industrial products in the future will need strong power energy support.Just relying on the temperature and energy of firewood is not enough.

Now, Xu Xiake has discovered Dongying Shengli Oilfield, which is easy to exploit and close to. His contribution to the technological and industrial progress of Ming Dynasty is immeasurable!

Yan Song took Xu Xiake's hand and said repeatedly: "Brother Xia, you have done a great deed for Daming. I want to present an invitation to the imperial court to commend your achievements, and give you rich fame and rewards." You!"

Hai Rui was a little unconvinced.

Although he had also heard of oil, Yan Song was so excited, as if Xu Xiake had made a major contribution to changing the history of Ming Dynasty, which made him a bit unconvinced as a scholar.

Of course he knew Xu Xiake.This Xu Xiake was born in a well-known and wealthy family in Jiangyin, Nanzhili, and his ancestors were all scholars.It's a pity that when Xu Xiake was young, he set up the travel ambition of "a man should face the blue sea and the evening (bfab) Cangwu".When Xu Xiake was 15 years old, he should have passed the boy's test, but failed, so he started his great travel life.

In the eyes of orthodox scholars like Hai Rui, Xu Xiake is called idle and not doing his job properly.

Nowadays, this kind of idler can get fame in one jump?

Hai Rui feels dissatisfied on behalf of the scholars all over the world.

Yan Song seemed to know what Hai Rui was thinking, and said with great emotion: "Although brother Xu has not passed the examination, his contribution to the science and technology of our Ming Dynasty far surpasses those pedantic and pedantic scholars! In the future, I will definitely establish a Ming Dynasty Imperial Academy of Sciences, among The School of Geology still lacks a dean who really understands Chinese geography. Is Brother Xu interested in taking up a position in the future? Well, the grade, probably the fifth grade."

Xu Xiake was stunned.

He didn't expect that Yan Song actually valued his study tour experience so much, and even directly promoted him to be the dean of the fifth-rank imperial academy?

Hai Rui felt dizzy for a while.

Positive five products!

It's the fifth grade!

This is a height that ninety-nine out of ten scholars of the Ming Dynasty will never be able to reach after struggling for a lifetime.

Today, Xu Xiake can get such a high position just by traveling around?

Xu Xiake was a little embarrassed: "But Xiake still has many places that he hasn't been to, and he still wants to travel around and write a travelogue so that he can teach with peace of mind."

Yan Song would not let Xu Xiake go, and said with a smile: "It's okay! It's okay! I know Brother Xu, you have already spent all your property for the geological career. When you go to Daming Academy of Sciences in the future, you will be on a business trip to explore geology. Not only will you have 100 taels a month With a salary of silver, you can also get generous travel subsidies. In addition, there are many students who will help you carry your bags and pens and ink, you just need to take them on a study tour!"

When Xu Xiake heard this, his eyes lit up.

That's okay, there are students who carry bags, subsidies, and it's something I like, this job is simply tailor-made!

Hai Rui almost fainted.

What's happening here?

Just by taking students on a tour, you can hold a high position, get more than 100 taels of silver every month, and subsidies?

Pity him, Hai Rui, who is exhausted and exhausted. Up to now, he is only a fifth-rank official, and his year-round salary is only more than 100 taels.

Hu Xueyan smiled and said: "Brother Xu doesn't know something, Yan Ge's love for talents is well known in the world, and he has been desperately recruiting all kinds of talents from the whole Ming Dynasty who don't take the imperial examination and specialize in science. The Westerners who were persecuted and trafficked by the Holy See were all gathered together by him to jointly promote the research on the path of scientific progress in Ming Dynasty. When you go there, you will definitely find many like-minded partners, as well as smart and studious students!"

Xu Xiake thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement: "In this case, Xiake is very grateful to Mr. Yan Ge for his support."

Although his family is well-off, years of traveling and exploring have cost too much money.In addition, he never managed the family affairs, and his family was in decline, and he could no longer afford the funds to continue the exploration.Yan Song's position as the dean of the Geology Institute of the Imperial Academy of Sciences was tailor-made for him, Xu Xiake.

From then on, he was also an official of the fifth rank of the Ming Dynasty. Who else in his hometown would dare to underestimate him?

Yan Song pulled Xu Xiake, feeling refreshed, and laughed loudly: "Brother Xu, please take care of me, this is about the opening of the sea in Tianjin."

Xu Xiake nodded and said: "I have walked this area of ​​Tianjin no less than 20 times, and I am very familiar with the terrain and landforms. I have done all the geological surveys for Mr. Yan Ge, and the safekeeping can determine the best terrain for Mr. Yan Ge. , the best port!"

Hai Rui looked puzzled and asked curiously, "What is the best good port? Does Xu Xiake, a geologist, have the final say on where the port should be located?"

"Of course!" Yan Song looked contemptuously: "This port, because of the large ocean-going cargo ships with deep drafts, is of course the best deep-water port. Not only deep water, but also shelter from wind and waves, to prevent being affected by large waves and tsunamis, The port was destroyed, so the knowledge inside is very deep. Even in Tianjin, there are many places where ports can be set up, and geologists are needed to survey them one by one. Do you understand this?"

Hai Rui was speechless. To be honest, he didn't understand at all, and he couldn't understand some of the words Yan Song said.