"I really don't know what this culture does." Zhang Dake shook his head.

Jiang Yuyan pulled out the saber at his waist, this knife was obtained from an unknown small cottage, which was once regarded by the villagers as a treasure symbolizing inheritance.

The long knife has a slender blade, and the whole body is a clear black, and the regular texture is faintly visible, with a solemn and solemn beauty.

Jiang Yugang knows a lot about ancient swords, but it is precisely because he knows a lot that he knows that there are some very advanced smelting processes in ancient times, and even in the 21st century, the casting process of thousands of years ago cannot be completely restored.

And this knife obviously belongs to this kind of work created by some unknown smelting process, and it is surprisingly sharp and extremely solid. However, even the most magical cold weapon is only a cold weapon, which is an insurmountable technical obstacle.

"Can you make this knife?" Jiang Yu asked.

"Impossible, this knife looks like the hand of a famous artist, and my family craftsmanship is much worse than this." Zhang Dake shook his head again and again.

"So, in the Alchemy Academy, is there anyone who can do it?" Jiang Yuxuan continued to ask.

"This ······" Zhang Dake scratched his head: "The family is full of people who have made firearms for several lifetimes, and people who have skills in forging swords are rarely seen." ”

Jiang Yu pointed to the lancet on Zhang Dake's waist: "That's what I said, but we are using a lot of war knives now, why can't the skill of making a good knife be passed on?" ”

"It is said that... These masters are extremely strict about the inheritance of skills, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have accidents in later generations. Zhang Dake analyzed.

Hearing that his analysis gradually approached the point, Jiang Yu couldn't help but smile: "Then why hasn't the knife-making skills you learned been lost?" ”

"Ordinary iron-making and casting skills, looking around for a blacksmith, you can understand, why is it lost?" Zhang Dake was puzzled.

Jiang Yu clapped his hands: "The key is this" understanding ", why can't the skills of famous masters be learned, because the process is too complicated and it is difficult for ordinary people to 'understand', while the widely spread casting process is relatively simple, and you can gradually become familiar with it after a few days with the master, that is, 'understand'." ”

Here he also left some words not to say, that is, the skills of those ancient casters are so complex, many finished products have shown the effect that can only be achieved by modern technology, those ancients thousands of years ago, using the poor conditions at that time, how to do it, is simply incredible.

"And what does this have to do with culture?" Zhang Dake asked.

"Culture is the key to making complex crafts simple and people able to 'understand'," Jiang Yu said: "When there is no cultural involvement, complex skills rely on word of mouth between master and apprentice, and personal teaching, once the apprentice has a problem, the end is the loss of skills." ”

"However, through the participation of culture, the use of words to explain the process in detail, and the use of illustrations and annotations of pictures, even without the guidance of the master, the students can gradually understand and master the mysteries, as long as the explanation is detailed and subtle, even the most difficult techniques can be learned by everyone."

Zhang Dake heard Jiang Yugang's introduction, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, but then he frowned: "But, Brother Yugang, in this way, wouldn't everyone be a craftsman?" ”

"So what? Now the most lacking thing in Mang Castle is craftsmen," Jiang Yuyan sighed at Zhang Dake's flexible mind, and immediately discovered the hidden problem: "And we can limit the spread of this culture to our hands through various means of control, so that it will not cause a situation where everyone can be a craftsman, and the original craftsmen have lost their means of livelihood." ”

In fact, Zhang Dake's worries are also groundless, before the arrival of the era of real and completely intelligent production, human beings rely heavily on the human brain's ability to judge and process the environment, and have always needed a large number of manpower to participate in various production activities.

And if Jiang Yu's current environment is used as the basis for judgment, then there is no need to worry about the overabundance of craftsmen. Because Jiang Yugang basically relied on his own memory of the written history and physical history of all walks of life to restore the future technology in the time and space of the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, this technology is essentially detached from a large number of basic scientific research.

And the biggest possible consequence of this way of restoring technology is to create a steampunk world with a completely chaotic technology tree, and all kinds of creations that do not rely on basic scientific principles to support but only rely on mature technology and experience are rampant.

Without a coherent scientific basis for coordination, the final product could be presented with a steam engine and an internal combustion engine on the same warship, and a horse-drawn cart and a tank could shine on the steppe desert at the same time.

Because there is not enough theoretical and scientific support, the monopoly of technology will have an immediate effect, and the scientific center that may control a large number of technologies already has a basic power system, and a large number of people still use ancient candle lights, and people sit on donkey carts, watching the empty boats overhead slowly fly by.

In that environment, scientists will be immersed in reverse engineering, pondering how to find the underlying natural principles in a multitude of processes with different underlying principles, and limiting the spread of technology that such exploration may lead to, and will require countless craftsmen to keep the steampunk world running.

Hearing the method proposed by Jiang Yugang, Zhang Dake couldn't help but think of his previous confidentiality requirements for various technologies: "Brother Yugang arranged before, the new firecracker and the bird gun can only be made in the Mang Castle, and the skills must not be passed on, and even the use of the bird's gun is extra careful, presumably for this." ”

"Therefore, learning the written word and gaining cultural education is a very important thing for the transmission of skills." Jiang Yugang finally emphasized: "This is the lifeline that sustains the survival of skills, and if we do not ensure that all craftsmen and other people living in society are finally educated enough, everything we have will be rootless, sealed by the fragile brains of people, and disappear with the death of people." ”

Jiang Yu thought for a while, and comforted: "You must not feel that you have given all your skills to others, and you will have no use for yourself, I can tell you now that the future Mang Castle will only need more skills, just like the chalk and pencil I give you now, endless." ”

"I trust your ability to master technology, and there will be a place for you to play a role in the future." After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he patted Zhang Dake's broad shoulder.

Zhang Dake heard Jiang Yu's words, and he was also very moved. It seems that although Jiang Yugang has become a hundred households, built a Mang Castle, and has more than 2,000 people under his command, he still has not forgotten his friendship with himself in the past: "Brother Yugang, I must do a good job." ”

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In March of the 14th year of Orthodoxy, the Council of Cardinals was established, and below the Cardinals, the Yuan Court in charge of diplomacy and trade was established, the Alchemy Institute was reconstructed in charge of equipment manufacturing, the Creation Institute was established in charge of the production of daily objects, and the Tiangong Institute was established in charge of construction projects.

In May of the 14th year of orthodoxy, the first literacy education class of Ah Tian ended early, and after many assessments, the first batch of students with the first grade of primary school education graduated, and they became Ah Tian's assistants to participate in the study and teaching assistant work of the second phase of literacy education.

Around these people, the literacy education class was renamed Xuanjing Academy, from the original literacy of some words, some cultured an intelligence officer, named Zhang Xi as the head of the dean, of course, the actual person in charge of affairs is still Ah Tian.

At the end of May, Mang Castle was officially completed, and the number of residents was more than 2,600.

Later generations of scholars in the look at this period of history, deeply sighed: the spring of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, is a period of qualitative change in the power of Manggu Castle, Luchuan Army because of the lack of organization and strategic and tactical backwardness, although there is a crushing advantage in troops, but after the troops of Manggu Mountain were wiped out, they were not able to organize a strong attack on the defense line of Manggu Mountain, so that Mang Gubao completely controlled the entire Manggu Mountain Range, and in half a year, it laid a key foundation for the later Luchuan Zhenhu forces.

The regrouping of the Luchuan army took place at the end of May, after the construction of Mang Castle was completed. On this day, Jiang Yugang had just taken a few intelligence officers to patrol around the entire Mang Ancient Castle, and when he returned to his camp tent and wanted to take a rest, an intelligence officer in charge of reconnaissance rushed in.

In the past few months, Jiang Yugang also rebuilt the Intelligence Department and re-established it into two courts: one is the Shenjia Yuan, which is the open department of the Intelligence Institute, docking with the army and acting as Jiang Yugang's agent to control the army.

The basic members of the Divine Hunting Academy no longer use the name of the original temporary intelligence officer of the Ministry of Intelligence, but are given the rather mysterious "Apostle", which is divided into three levels: high, medium and low, among which the low-level apostle serves as Jiang Yu's guard, and the middle-level and high-level apostles are the high-ranking officers in the corresponding army, and their authority and responsibility are higher than those of ordinary officers, so that they can completely control the army.

The name "Apostle" seems to have a novel-like romance, and it is also taken from the abstract and exaggerated concept of "God's Apostle", which is similar to the name of "Shenjiaoin", but this is also Jiang Yugang's design - to make the members proud.

As members of the Divine Hunting Academy, when they have more power, they also have to shoulder heavier responsibilities and be subject to stricter supervision, and they have to direct this distinctive peculiarity to the good, the glorious side, rather than in a biased and isolated direction.

Whether it is "Kamikain" or "Apostle", this name is to let the members clearly recognize their own differences, and at the same time, they can maintain a sense of honor and pride as a member of the Kamikain, instead of using more power to do bad things because of the heavier burden and pressure of affairs.

Of course, even if everyone has a sufficient sense of glory and pride, as well as a sense of responsibility and mission that comes from it, when they have more power and more intelligence information, it is difficult to guarantee that they will do something harmful to Mang Castle.

The second department reorganized from the Ministry of Intelligence, the "Secret Academy", perfectly undertook the task of supervision, in addition to supervising the Divine Hunting Academy, it was also responsible for collecting all intelligence information and secretly carrying out some affairs inside and outside the entire Manggu Castle.

It can be said that it is an intelligence department that does not interact directly with the military, and it is also close to the original state of the "intelligence department", which is a special service department like the "intelligence department", which investigates all kinds of intelligence, supervises internal personnel, and secretly carries out tasks.

Having disconnected from the military, the Secret Institute reined in all external negotiations and became a relatively independent department, directly under Jiang Yu's personal command and dispatch.