Shen Kuo felt that he had to wait.

When Zhao Xu saw this, he smiled and shook his head, and asked, "Why don't you take the stake?"

"Are you afraid of being caught in the fish before I did?"

"It's okay!" Zhao Xu chuckled and looked at the water in front of him: "I am not as kind as my ancestors!"

"If the fish in this pond don't give me face, then I won't spoil them! I'll order someone to pump water tomorrow!" He licked his lips and smiled strangely.

As soon as he finished speaking, the fishing rod in Zhao Xu's hand moved.

He pulled a carp that was about half a pound, and he pulled it up.

Feng Jing, who was on the side, had quick eyes and hands. He immediately took the net and picked up the carp and put it in the fish basket. He kept complimenting the "Everyone's Divine Power" and "Shocking the Fish". "This fish is really blessed to be caught by everyone."

Zhao Xu was naturally very happy when he got caught in the fish and said to Shen Kuo proudly: "Chen Qing, look, is it better to pump water?"

Shen Kuo obviously didn't know how to pump the stalk, so he had to laugh with him and then throw off his fishing rod.

Zhao Xu got on the fish and his interest came.

After Feng Jing grabbed the fish and took off the hook and put it in the fish basket, he continued to hang the bait and continued to pull down the pole.

Taking advantage of the effort to put the ball, Zhao Xu said to Shen Kuo: "Chen Qing, I suddenly remembered a story from my ancestors..."

Shen Kuo raised his ears and said respectfully, "I don't know what happened to Your Majesty?"

"It also happened here!" Zhao Xu smiled: "It is said that during the reign of Emperor Taizong, there were also elephants who paid tribute to Jiaozhi in the back garden!"

When Shen Kuo heard this, he knew what was going on?

He quickly started supporting the role: "I have heard of it... It is said that the elephant is quite spiritual. Emperor Taizong loved it and once watched the elephant from the left and right in the back garden..."

Zhao Xu nodded and then said, "You know what happened after death, right?"

Shen Kuo nodded and said respectfully: "I have heard a little... Legend has it that Taizong once ordered people to cut off the elephant and take the gall to see the gall... But the butcher cut off the abdomen, but could not find the gall..."

"The Xu Qisheng (Xu Xuan, who was accompanying him at that time, was called the "Qisheng" because he was once an official, and the people called him "Qisheng") and said, "I beg for him to ask for him in front of me!"

"Taizong ordered people to dissect the front foot of the elephant, and they would find the elephant gallbladder!"

"Taizong asked about the reason, and Xu Qisheng replied: The elephant gallbladder follows the four seasons and is in the foot. It's just two months, so I know it's on the foot of his left foot!"

After hearing this, Zhao Xu pleaded with his hands and said, "You are really knowledgeable!"

"Just..." Zhao Xu suddenly turned his head, stared at Shen Kuo's face, changed into an extremely serious and serious expression, and asked, "In your opinion, you are as brave as Xuan's words, are you following the four seasons?"

Will the elephant's courage wander back and forth on its four legs due to the changes in the four seasons?

In his previous life, Zhao Xu might believe such a story.

But in modern times, after receiving scientific education, Zhao Xu knew that this was another story made up by a literati.

Shen Kuo swallowed his saliva and replied, "I know that your Majesty, I... I have never seen an elephant... I dare not tell the authenticity!"

Zhao Xu looked at him, suddenly laughed, and stroked his hands and said, "Good!"

"You are sincere!"

"The way of the saint [to investigate things and gain knowledge] requires the spirit of his beloved..."

"Know what you know, know what you don't know!"

"Only after there is no empirical evidence, we can make a conclusion! This is the true intention of the saint of [Survey of Things and Enlightenment]!"

"What do you think?"

Shen Kuo listened, but it seemed to be enlightened.

He murmured to himself: "Only after empirical evidence can we make conclusions...only after empirical evidence can we make conclusions..."

Then, he knelt down to Zhao Xu, kowtowed and bowed: "Your Majesty's virtue is deep, the sages are deep... I thank Your Majesty for your advice!"

Half of these words are flattery, but half of them are sincere.

Because since Shen Kuo began to use the banner of "Survey on Things and Learning" and advocated practical learning, he and like-minded people such as Su Song buried their heads here together.

Although, a lot of results have been made.

However, there has been no major progress in theory and academic matters.

He was always trapped in the way of Confucius and Mencius, and although he had thought about borrowing stones from other mountains.

But in addition to Confucius and Mencius, the things that scholars and officials like to use to fill in their theories and opinions - Zhuangzi, Laozi or Buddhist statements, are all too metaphysical.

It is of little use to the [empirical] or [real learning] he wants to leave.

Unexpectedly, now, when he entered the palace and was fishing, he was woken up by the official.

Just like when the official said, "Surveying things and achieving knowledge is the way of saints", he was able to open up a new path that was different from other contemporary schools.

Seeing Shen Kuo's appearance, Zhao Xu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to do this..."

"Get up!"

Shen Kuo thanks again.

At this time, neither Shen Kuo nor Zhao Xu were concerned about the fishing rod in front of him.

After Shen Kuo sat down, Zhao Xu said to him: "To be honest, today I asked you to enter the palace, but it was also a question similar to Emperor Taizong's request for elephant courage. I want to ask my beloved..."

Shen Kuo lowered his head and said, "I beg your Majesty for your advice!"

"That's it..." Zhao Xu raised his head: "Some time ago, I was enjoying the cool air in the pavilion in the imperial garden. When I walked out of the pavilion, a fruit fell on my head..."

Zhao Xu reached out and touched his head, pretending that he was really hit by the fruit.

Shen Kuo looked at Zhao Xu for no reason.

Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes: "I have been thinking about this for the past two days..."

"Shen Qing... Why do you think the things in the world fall from high places to low places? Instead of the other way around?"

Shen Kuo listened, but at first he didn't care. He subconsciously replied without thinking: "I'll tell you that your Majesty... Since ancient times, everything in the world has been... "

Then, he was stunned.

yes!

Why do everything fall from high places to low places?

Why?

Goosebumps all over his body were already rising.

Zhao Xu looked at his appearance and nodded in his heart, praising: "It is indeed a great scientist who is highly praised by modern times!"

If it were someone else, it would be impossible to react quickly like Shen Kuo.

Even if I react, I will probably act.

Unlike Shen Kuo, based on Zhao Xu's observation, he really began to think, "Why do everything in the world fall from high to low?" This opens up the eternal question of modern science.

So Zhao Xu decided to give him some extra effort, push him forward, and let him open the door to "science".

Zhao Xu continued to ask, "There are still..."

He picked up his side, ganged up the bait used to make nests, and divided it into two spheres of different sizes.

Then he weighed it in his hand and asked, "Chen Qing..."

"You think that if the two balls of bait in my hand are thrown down from the Kaibao Temple Tower at the same time..."

"Which one will land first?"

"Big?" Zhao Xu threw it: "Or small?"

Shen Kuo swallowed and replied, "Your Majesty, I think, I am afraid that these two balls of bait will break up before it lands... or be blown away by the wind..."

He is a person who specializes in various experiments and empirical practices.

He once used the bird method to draw maps and create the tool of sand tables for Zhao Xu, making theoretical and technical preparations.

He also invented the [layered dam construction measurement method] to accurately measure the gap between the Kaifeng section of the Yellow River and Sizhou, laying a feasible technical argument for guiding the Luoqing Bian project.

After carefully studying some marine shellfish fossils in the Taihang Mountains, he concluded that the local area might have been oceans, at least the coastal areas countless years ago, so he inferred that the North China region might have been a plain formed by river impacts and sedimentation...

He was also a pioneer in acoustics and discovered the [Ying Hyun Resonance] phenomenon for the first time.

So, he is a very scientifically sensitive person.

To be precise, he is the "Innate Science Holy Body".

One can only be produced in five hundred years!

So, Shen Kuo was trembling all over.

"Your Majesty..." He gasped: "I beg to Kaibao Temple Iron Tower and use two iron balls of all sizes as evidence!"

Zhao Xu nodded with a smile: "If you want to do it, go do it!"

“As for now…”

"Let's accompany me to fish first!"
Chapter completed!