Chapter 93: Another great achievement, but the wealth is not exposed After leaving the martial arts hall, Liang Qu didn't even have time to put away his medicine bag and rushed to the academy without stopping. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and today is the last day of classes in the academy. After that, there will be the seven-day Spring Festival holiday. Naturally, he should come here, show up, and explain. Otherwise, if I haven't seen him for half a month, I'm afraid that people will misunderstand that I'm being lazy and unwilling to study because of my status as a direct disciple, which will leave a bad impression. The sun shone down along the clouds, the walnut table reflected the shadow of the window, and the whole room was stained with a light crimson color. The boys were dressed in uniform, sitting upright with focused expressions. Si Hengyi, who was teaching, caught a glimpse of Liang Qu through the window. He didn't even bother to talk about the classics, but walked out quickly and bumped into Liang Qu. "Mr. Si?" "You are finally here, come with me to see the headmaster!" "Meet the headmaster?"
The Shanzhang, or the host of the academy, is responsible for the organization and management of the academy. He also shoulders the responsibility of teaching and educating students, so he is also called "head teacher" or "lecturer", which is similar to the later principal. For a moment, Liang Qu didn't know why Si Hengyi wanted to take him to see the headmaster. "The 'Phonetic Method' you showed me last time was a brilliant idea. I showed it to the headmaster the next day. He was full of praise for your idea. He worked with the hall master and lecturer for several days to improve your method and started teaching it yesterday. I have just started, so I cannot see the results yet, but I believe that in a few days, it will be much faster than the current Fanqie method! The number of characters I can learn every day will definitely increase several times more!" Liang Qu was shocked. He didn't expect Si Hengyi to move so quickly, but this was exactly what he wanted. He took this thing out just to get a chance to win an invention award. I dare not even think about a low-level title, but earning some money or getting tax-free privileges would be good. Naturally, the sooner the better, and it would be even better if it can be done before May, so that we can save some summer tax money. Under the guidance of Si Hengyi, Liang Qu met the headmaster, a white-haired old man wearing a blue robe and sitting in a small pavilion, named Zhao Ji. "Student Liang Qu greets the headmaster." "No need to be polite." Zhao Ji raised his hand to support him, and without further ado, he placed several stacks of papers on the table, "Take a look. I studied the book with a few lecturers and made some improvements. How is it different from your original idea? Do you have any better suggestions?" Liang Qu reached out to take the paper and read it page by page. The number on this version is less than the seventy-six pronunciations he summarized, only sixty-three, including twenty-three initials, twenty-four finals, and sixteen syllables to recognize as a whole. The selected characters are also simpler. Some of them cannot even tell what the radicals were at the beginning of their evolution. The difference between them and the original glyph system has become greater. They can be drawn in one stroke, and the differences between them are also greater, so they are not confusing. Liang Qu himself did not recognize some of the words with changed pronunciations, but he could recognize them after reading them several times with the pinyin marked at the back. The headmaster is really amazing, this can almost be called a version iteration. A major overhaul, the framework remains unchanged, but the content has changed a lot! "I admire it! It's much better than the student's version!"
Zhao Ji shook his head: "I should respect you. If it weren't for your wonderful ideas, I'm afraid I would never have thought of using symbols to indicate pronunciation. I would have fallen into the vicious circle of using characters to indicate words. Separating the pronunciation is not only less prone to deformation, but also greatly simplifies the bloated fanqie system." The bloatedness of the Fanqie method is obvious to all. There are more than 400 characters for upper-cut initials and more than 1,000 characters for lower-cut finals. Just learning this system is enough to give those kids a headache. It turns out that the world was not much different. It was not until the Song Dynasty that a monk had a sudden idea and created the Shouwen thirty-six-alphabet alphabet, which greatly simplified the system. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that people thought of creating phonetic symbols using an independent Tibetan writing system. The appearance of Liang Qu is equivalent to a god descending to earth. He accomplished both the summary of rules and the independence of the system in one go. He can be said to be a master of children's enlightenment! If the invention award is not given to him, who should it be given to? "It's true that every generation has talented people." Zhao Ji sighed, "Perhaps only a beginner like you who is not bound by the text itself can come up with such a fantastic idea. In my opinion, using another set of symbols to replace the written phonetic notation is the most ingenious part. Yang Dongxiong has really found a good disciple. You have a high level of comprehension and are very creative. You will become a martial arts master in the future without having to study hard for a lifetime." He dares to call Master Yang by his name, it seems that the headmaster's identity is not simple, Liang Qu thought to himself, and said a few humble words on the surface. "Take another look and see if there is anything that can be improved." Liang Qu shook his head: "Students are dull, the previous one was the best solution I could come up with. This version is much better, and I think it is very suitable." "Okay, in that case, I will report your achievement. I don't know whether you can be awarded the title of nobility, but I will definitely be exempted from taxes in the future. I can guarantee this to you." "Thank you, Shanzhang." Liang Qu bowed and followed Si Hengyi to retreat. He studied in the academy for another hour. After showing up, he went to the pier and rowed towards Yixing City. He went to meet the three beasts. The water was surging, and the three-headed water beasts were overjoyed to see the god again. They swam back and forth on the water, creating whirlpools, and the black-sailed boat began to shake uncontrollably. The three beasts had grown noticeably in size, needless to say the two beasts were long enough to compete with the black-sailed boat under him. The "fist" was more than a foot high, and its claws were raised to Liang Qu's knees. Ordinary fish could not escape its claws at all. Tianshui centipede Awei felt the rich water vapor, slowly slipped off Liang Qu's wrist, crawled into the water, and floated quietly on the water, looking very comfortable. It is a "water centipede" after all. Gada gada gada. A pair of dark red horns were clamped by the "fist". It jumped onto the bow of the boat, moved its six legs quickly, raised its claws horizontally, and placed them in Liang Qu's hands. Liang Qu took the red horn, which was the horn of the ox-horn pomfret. It was vermilion in color with a glossy luster, and at first glance it looked like jade. He held them in his hands and rubbed them, and was surprised to find that they were a pair of huge ones, each two inches long. The fish must have weighed nearly ten kilograms. I once ate a pomfret weighing just over a pound, and obtained water essence. The actual meat yield of black pomfret is not high. It is not as exaggerated as the edible fish with a ratio of over 50. It is only about 40. That is to say, if you only eat five taels of meat, you will get nearly two points of water essence, which is a very high content. It is the highest species among the three types of precious fish. A ten-pound black pomfret can provide nearly forty points of water essence. Only a small portion was eaten by the fist, and the rest of the big head was from the fat catfish and the pig dragon.
Yesterday, Liang Qu went to kill a mountain ghost, and the two beasts found a red blood bass. He thought that the two beasts were about to evolve, and he was busy, so he didn't come over. The red blood bass entered the stomachs of the two beasts, and there were also five or six points. [Can consume points of water essence to evolve Taihua Crocodile into Hornwood Crocodile] [Can consume points of water essence to evolve the six-barbel catfish into a tiger-head catfish] Just a fraction. Liang Qu felt uncomfortable, as there were fourteen points missing in total. If he was lucky, one precious fish would be enough, but if he was unlucky, he would need two or three. I don’t know where the opportunity for evolution lies. Liang Qu encouraged him: "Explore the area more. If you see red blood perch or tiger grouper, eat them. Whether and when they can evolve is up to you. I will come back and look for them with you later." The fat catfish shook its whiskers and the pig dragon swung its tail, both indicating that they would work harder. Liang Qu nodded and called Awei back. After Awei reached his wrist and turned into a blue bracelet, he rowed to Shangrao. I guess it's time to start putting up the beams for the second courtyard, so I have to put in a copper coin to bring good luck. Once you're done, come back and explore the waters with the three beasts to make up the last bits as quickly as possible. "One, two, three, hey yo!" "One, two, three, hey yo!" "Everyone, work harder. We just had a meal this afternoon. How come we don't have any strength at all?" It was getting late, but the workers had no intention of stopping work and carried the large pillars in the dim moonlight. Carpenter Liu Quanfu stood on the roof and yelled at the men who were carrying the piles below. Several big men were carrying a big pillar and walking in unison, panting and sweating in the winter, which was uncomfortable. Suddenly, everyone felt a sense of relief on their shoulders. A large pillar that required three or four people to lift was actually carried by a young man, and it looked extremely easy. Several strong men looked back and exclaimed: "Master Liang! Master Liang is back, how can we let you come? Put it down, we will do it!" Liang Qu took a step back while carrying the pillar, avoiding the crowd's hands and feet: "Why call me Master Liang? We are all from the same village, so it's okay to be distant. Just call me Ah Shui." "Liang" Liu Quanfu opened his mouth, and seeing Liang Qu looking at him, he forced himself to say, "A Shui, they ate the rice and got the copper coins, so they should work. There's no need to help them!" "It's okay. I'm strong and can do things quickly." Liang Qu carried the big pillar to the yard alone and turned back to shout, "Uncle Fu, where should I put it?" "Just put it here, just put it here!" Liu Quanfu quickly ran down from the rack and helped Liang Qu put down the pillar. "Ah Shui, you are here to check the progress, don't worry, no one is slacking off, we will put up the main beams right away, and after that I will hurry to lay the planks, leave the wing rooms alone for now, the main house will be finished before the spring, you will definitely be able to live in it."
"It's okay, uncle. Just go slowly. I'm not in a hurry. I just came to take a look." Liang Qu looked around. "Uncle Liu, which beam is the horizontal beam of the central hall? Since we are going to put up the beam, I will put a copper coin first." "Look at my memory. I almost forgot about this." Liu Quanfu pointed to the longest and thickest pillar among the many piled up pillars and said, "It's this one." Liu Quanfu took out a small chisel and quickly dug a small hole. Seeing this, Liang Qu took out a copper coin and put it in. Liu Quanfu found some clay and filled the gaps around it, while pressing the copper coins flat and firmly. This is called “not showing off wealth” and it has a certain effect of increasing wealth. In addition, there are methods of hanging money on red ropes and putting money underneath, but there is no need to do these. (End of this chapter)