Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Mohist Masters
After getting up the next day, Zhang Qian ordered the housekeeper Ren Quan to prepare a carriage and thirty copper coins, and then sent Zhang Fu to the guest room to invite Qi Moluo to the main hall to eat together.
The reason why he gave an extra carriage was not because he was pitiful for Luo's hard work, but because the copper coins were too heavy. Thirty hanging coins, converted into the standard of another time and space, there are 100 or dozens of kilograms. If you don't give a carriage, carrying it home from Chang'an is enough to exhaust the head of Luo to death.
However, to Zhang Qian's surprise, Luo Huaizu's master and apprentice have not arrived for a long time. waited and waited until he was a little impatient, and was ordered to invite Zhang Fu, the servant of the head of Luo, before he brought Steward Cui in to reply. And the latter's first sentence was that the guest left early in the morning, and explained to Zhang Yi, the keeper of the door, that there was an urgent matter, and it was inconvenient to wait for the owner to wake up and resign in person. However, this person took the initiative to leave a letter and a silk roll for the owner of the village, and asked the family Ding Zhang Yi to hand it over.
"Master, the old servant saw that he had a good conversation with you yesterday, so he didn't tell his subordinates to keep an eye on him. The old servant will take the family to chase after him on horseback, and no matter how far he runs, he will be caught for you! "Steward Cui now cherishes his position as a housekeeper very much. Seeing that the expression on Zhang Qian's face didn't seem to be very pleasant, he immediately took the initiative to ask for meritorious service.
"What catch? He's not a thief? Zhang Qian glanced at him, then smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, you and Ren Quan, take someone to move the copper coins back to the warehouse and put the carriage away." It was better for him to go by himself, but it made Zhang worry-free! ”
After saying that, he shook his head again, unfolded the letter left by Luo Huaizu for himself, and looked at it intently. The first thing that caught my eye was a string of kind words that were neither humble nor arrogant: Senior Brother Zhang, the head of Qin Mo, personally opened it, and my master and apprentice came uninvited yesterday, which was very presumptuous, but was warmly entertained by Senior Brother Zhang......
Obviously, he was very satisfied with the courtesy given by Zhang Qian yesterday. However, the next words are not very polite. told Zhang Qian very "frankly" that through a conversation yesterday, he found that Zhang Qian, as a big disciple sent by Qin Mo to enter the WTO, was too keen on the fame given by the imperial court, and did not focus on promoting the Mohist mastery. And Zhang Qian always puts personal enjoyment and personal preferences first, which does not conform to the ancestral teachings of the Mohists of "love", "non-happiness" and "thrift".
Although as the head of Qi Mo, he Luo is not qualified to manage Qin Mo's head. However, out of the righteousness of the same family, I want to remind Senior Brother Zhang that even though the Mo family has long been divided into three, its "Ten Disciplines" are the common code of conduct of the three branches.
The Mohists have always existed in the world as a whole, not as a single person. What the Mohists are determined to pursue is to save the people of the world from suffering, not to enjoy personal promotions and wealth...... Yunyun.
sprinkled with enthusiasm, leaving nearly a thousand words of "admonitions". Luo Zhangmen turned sharply again, praising Zhang Qian's windmill and machine well, showing the profundity of the Mohist family's knowledge, and there was already a legacy of the ancestors in the capital of Chu State, and the legacy of the Gong Losing class. It's just that this time Zhang Qian's opponent is not the ancestor of the skilled craftsman, but the flood that has plagued the people of the world.
Therefore, before leaving, as the contemporary head of Qi Mo, Luo Huaizu was willing to copy one of the four classics of the Mo family, the "Index Atlas of the General Scriptures of the Organs", and temporarily lend it to the senior brother of Qin Mo to figure it out. On another day, he returned from a trip with his apprentice, and then asked Senior Brother Zhang to return it. I also hope that Zhang Qian, the senior brother of Qin Mo, can make good use of this map, and don't live up to the original intention of the first saint Mo Zhai to leave this map.
"Damn, this guy is really smart enough, don't blame Wu Zhou, the hundred horsemen and the bad people in the world didn't catch him!" Zhang Qian's gaze slowly withdrew from the letterhead, and at the same time raised his index finger in his heart.
The guy surnamed Luo yesterday didn't see Zijuan at all, and even if he did, I am afraid it would be difficult to associate a thin little girl with a little girl who was five or six years old.
However, from the sense of alienation or vigilance that Zhang Qian inadvertently revealed during the meal, this person found that he would definitely not achieve his goal by leaving the dead beggar in vain. Therefore, he simply didn't wait for Zhang Qian, the host, to try to send off the guests, and took the initiative to float away.
In this way, the friendship between the two sides is not broken. And if Zhang Qian, Senior Brother Qin Mo, is so "a little" true, I am afraid that he will also feel deeply guilty because of the "frank" words in the letter and this person's behavior of drifting away. In that case, the next time this person comes back, he will seize the initiative in the interaction between the two sides. Whether it is to go further, or to be patient and not hasty, you can respond freely.
As for the "Index Atlas of the General Scriptures of Organs" left to Qin Mo's senior brother Zhang Qian, it is a bait for fishing. If Zhang Qian is obsessed with mechanics, after seeing the atlas, he will definitely be itchy and scratchy. and even went all over the world to find the corresponding "General Scripture of Organs". At that time, whether the "General Scripture of Organs" is really from the hands of Mo Zhai, the patriarch of the Mo family, or whether it is done by a certain generation of Qi Mo's juzi in the name of Mo Zhai, Zhang Qian will inevitably seek Luo Huaizu, the head of Qi Mo.
It's a pity that Luo Huaizu, the great onmyoji, has made a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate that Zhang Qian, the senior brother of Qin Mo, doesn't even have the slightest authenticity!
Zhang Qian hadn't even heard of the "Four Classics of the Mohist Family". Moreover, the latter, the young superintendent of the ordnance superintendent, did not rely on the introduction of windmills and machine well maps to the imperial court, as introduced by the official.
The reason why Zhang Qian's promotion speed is faster than the crossbow arrow, most of the reason is that the Shenlong Emperor Li Xian was blocked by a giraffe in the critical moment of Zichen Hall that day, and among the dozens of civil and military officials around him, only Zhang Qian and Zhou Jianliang rushed forward with their lives.
"If you want to be here in Zhang, give it first, and then take it, what you take out must have some value!" Throwing the letterhead to the purple cuckoo standing aside, silent as a cicada, Zhang Qian smiled and unfolded the map drawn on the silk.
As someone from after the Industrial Revolution, he really didn't believe that the Atlas of Organs, which was born in BC, could have any appeal to him. At that time, pig iron had just appeared, and the most widely used metal for mankind was bronze. Most of the production tools are made of wood, and heating depends on shaking, transportation by walking, and communication by roaring......
However, the moment he unfolded the map, his smile froze on his face.
There are twenty-four drawings in total, all of which are embroidered on silk cloth with silk threads. The lines are simple and clear, like stick figures. However, each stick figure sketch hits the limits of Zhang's imagination.
The first sketch is of three wheelbarrows. Each unicycle consists of two wooden poles with one wheel in between. There are three planks on top of the car, and a wooden nail sticks up at the rear of the car.
The wheelbarrow on the far left is in the marching state. The nails are folded under the wooden poles and do not affect the manual pushing. One of the wooden planks on the top of the body is horizontally in front of it, and the other two are folded inward and vertically on the left and right sides of the body, just together with the horizontal planks, forming a semi-enclosed compartment!
In this way, whether it is used to push grain or goods, as long as you pay a little attention when loading, you don't have to worry about the contents falling out during transportation.
The wheelbarrow in the middle and on the right is in a stopped state. The nails are lowered and smashed into the ground, preventing the body from moving forward or backward. The horizontal plank in front of the car is still in position, and when it is folded on the left and right sides, it is pushed forward to form a parapet wall with the horizontal plank. After the right side guard plate of the wheelbarrow in the middle is unfolded, the bulge at the end of the board and the bulge on the left side of the unicycle on the right side of the unfolded bulge bite each other in one place, and they are tightly fitted!
In this way, two wheelbarrows can be parked side by side, and the guards can be unfolded to protect six to eight soldiers. If twenty or thirty wheelbarrows were to move side by side, it would be a moving shield wall!
In front of this wall, the enemy's cavalry and the steppe peoples' proficient galloping skills will be useless. However, the warriors of the Central Plains, with the protection of the shield wall, calmly took off the strong bows and crossbows and sharp arrows from the wheelbarrow, and slaughtered the target!
In the second picture, there are three wooden boxes, each with two long bamboos attached to them. A bamboo is erected high and placed horizontally. When the bamboo is placed horizontally, the round hole in the head of the erected bamboo will spray liquid at the enemy army or enemy weapon at a high place. Two bamboos are erected at the same time, and a rope net is pulled in the middle, which is a ladder with a base.
Two boxes are placed opposite each other with bamboo, forming an improvised bridge, ignoring the trenches dug by the other party. If it is a combination of several boxes, it is a simple ferry boat, which can easily help soldiers cross most of the rivers in northern China......
The third picture appears to be of three wooden tower cranes, which can not only lift heavy objects, but when combined with each other, they can be turned into large wells that suppress the archers at the head of the city. And the parts change slightly, and it's a trebuchet, or what is called a whirlwind cannon in another plane...... (Note: Catapults appeared very early in China, but the Xiangyang cannon is an imported technology.) )
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The objects on each piece are made of simple wood, rope and bamboo. However, each artifact has reached the limit of scientific and technological application in the Warring States period. The design of individual artifacts directly crossed the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties in another time and space history, and touched the edge of the industrial revolution!
On the last picture, only one artifact is depicted, not a combination of several artifacts. When Zhang Qian's gaze moved to it, in an instant, the hair on his whole body stood on end, and he was sweating profusely.
It was an unfinished map, and it was clear that its designers were not sure whether their ideas would be realized in reality.
In the atlas, the consumables used are still wood, bamboo, and rope.
The wood made the carriage and the small wheels of the carriage, and the bamboo poles formed two huge wings and two small wings, which were tied horizontally above the trunk and the end of the carriage.
At the end of the carriage, a nozzle is made of a set of bamboo.
At the nozzle, a silent flame burned, pushing the carriage without a horse directly into the sky!