"So this sea market, if it is not a miracle, what is going on?"

On the way to Jimo City, after hearing the news from the Western Regions, the curious baby Zhang Cangfa asked, although he didn't know that his erudite man was Mao always going to ask the old man and the rough black man, but he always felt that the black man should be able to explain this problem.

It's strange to say, some common sense of this era, Heifu doesn't understand at all, but some things that Zhang Cang can't even figure out, Heifu can point out to the point.

"This is the so-called, there must be differences between capable people, right?" Zhang Cang could only comfort himself like this.

Heifu simply asked him to get into his carriage and come up to talk in detail, as soon as Zhang Cang boarded the carriage, the horse suddenly let out a sad roar, after all, the carriage suddenly weighed two hundred pounds.

After the two sat down, Heifu said: "This thing is called Haishi, and it often appears on the sea, and the warlock said that it is the fairyland, and some people think that this is a mirage of the genus of Jiaolong, and it is called a mirage. ”

"However, mirages are not only found on the Yanqi seaside, but also in places such as snowfields, deserts or the Gobi, where there are occasional illusions such as tall buildings, city outlines, and trees. I saw it once when I was on the edge of the Saibei Desert, but unfortunately it came and went quickly. It's just that there are dragons on the seaside, but there are also them on the desert snowfield? ”

"But if the mirage that appeared in the desert of the Western Regions is the ruins of Kunlun, the Western Queen Mother State, I don't believe it......"

Zhang Cang, like Xun Qing, is a staunch solitarian, strange and confused, and scoffs at everything, but the things in this world cannot be explained one by one.

Heifu said: "As early as when I was in Saibei, I talked about this matter with the ink man who was ordered to go there to assist, among them, Tang Duo under Gongzi Fusu thought that the art of ghosts and gods, but Cheng Shang felt that it should have nothing to do with ghosts and gods, it was because of the light......"

"Light?"

Zhang Cang raised his head, looked at the sky and clouds, and thought about it.

At this time, Heifu asked Zhang Cang a question first.

"I heard that Xun Qing was not the twelfth son back then, including Mozi."

Zhang Cang laughed, it was the map cannon opened by his master, not only Mozi, but also Song Yu, Shen Dao, Tian Piao, Hui Shi, Deng Xi, Zisi, Meng Ke and other twelve masters of various sects in modern times were criticized by Xunzi.

Among them, it is said that the problem of Mozi is that he does not understand the law of building a country in one day, advocates utilitarianism and practicality, attaches importance to thrift and despises hierarchical differences, and even does not allow the existence of differences and differences between people, nor does he allow the disparity between monarchs and ministers. It's just that when the argument is based on evidence, and when the argument is explained, it is enough to deceive and deceive the ignorant people......

In Heifu's opinion, this is not so much black as a boast, because the Mo family's logical ability is really the most solid in the hundred families.

In addition, the Mo family is good at ghosts and ghosts, and uses ghosts and gods as banners, which is also a point that has been criticized by Confucianists.

"But does Mozi really believe in ghosts and gods?"

Heifu threw out this question: "As early as the first time I was in Chu, I had dealings with the ink masters, and I got a ...... from Cheng Shang to read the "Book of Ink" for a while."

Of course, Cheng Shang showed Heifu the Ink Sutra that was easily unrevealed, and also had the intention of pulling him into the church, but Heifu had a unique feeling from it.

"Thanks to your blessing, I have read hundreds of books in Xianyang, and I have also read the Confucian "Analects", and I can see that when Confucius entrusted Zhou Gong, he believed in Zhou Gong with devotion in his heart. But when I read "Ming Ghosts", I felt that although Mozi must be called ghosts and gods, it is really difficult to say whether he himself believes in ghosts and gods wholeheartedly. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Mozi is both a ghost and a non-fate, it is really full of contradictions, if you believe in ghosts and gods, you should not be like this...... I have a guess that maybe Mozi just wanted to rely on the ghosts and gods to control righteousness, and it was not the ghosts and gods themselves that were offered, but the rewards and punishments of the ghosts and gods, which were used to make the world fearful. With ghosts and gods as the skin, but in fact, Mozi spent more of his thoughts on telling about love and non-attack, the world is still the same, and the study of things......"

Gewu is the definition given by Heifu and Zhang Cang to study the changes and properties of matter. If you want to prove something, you must first study things, that is, observe and study things, and understand the principles of things thoroughly.

Heifu's so-called fireflies are not transformed by rotting weeds, and Zhang Cang found out the principle of the method of drenching brine and salt, which is the result of observation and lattice.

The Mo family also has Gewu, and their Gewu is really at the forefront of the world!

"For example, light, it was only after Cheng Shang explained to me in detail that I was surprised to see how far Mozi had achieved back then!"

In the "Sutra of Ink", Mozi did an experiment: a small hole was made in the wall of the sunrise of a dark hut, and a person stood outside the house facing the hole, and an upside-down figure appeared on the opposite wall of the house. Why this strange phenomenon? Mozi believed that the light passed through the small holes like an arrow, traveling in a straight line, the human head covered the light above, the shadow was below, the human foot covered the light below, and the shadow was on the top, forming an inverted shadow......

After listening to the ink man's speech, Heifu suddenly lay down on a big grass! Isn't this the first law of optics that "light travels in a straight line" is the small hole imaging experiment!

Mozi's experiments did not stop there, but also used this property of light to explain the relationship between matter and shadow. The shadow of the bird in flight seems to be flying. The Mohists analyzed the relationship between light, birds, and shadows, and uncovered the secret that shadows themselves did not directly participate in the movement.

At the same time, in the "Sutra of the Following", the imaging of plane mirrors, concave mirrors, and convex mirrors is also expounded, and the relationship between focal length and object imaging is explained.

The most amazing thing is that these "Eight Optical Points" theories recorded in the "Book of Ink" are all verified by using water surface and copper in the absence of glass!

"How did he come up with the idea to do it?"

After reading it, Heifu admired Mozi so much that he even said: "Mozi, isn't his old man also a traverser?" "Thoughts.

And it's definitely a science and engineering one! Because in addition to optics, mathematics, mechanics, and the law of levers are all involved.

It is not surprising why the black technology of the Mo family is endless, because people are not only craftsmen, they have a whole set of theories, and Mozi is in the real sense......

"Scientist!"

Mozi, he is simply the light of hope for ancient Chinese science.

Heifu didn't know who the ancient Greek power was to tinker with optics, but the time must have been much later than Mozi, and after learning about this, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and at the same time had a question.

"What will China do in the next 2,000 years?"

It was not until modern times, when gunboats forced the door and the West learned from the East, that the Chinese opened their eyes to the world, planned to master the skills of Yi to control Yi, and desperately translated various scientific books. While admiring Newton's greatness and being fascinated by those Western physical laws, I opened the old "Mozi" and suddenly found that our Mozi had proposed these things as early as the Warring States Period!

It is conceivable that the scene was very embarrassing at that time, it turned out that it was not that the ancestors were not smart, but that the later students were not angry!

This is also something that can't be helped, in history, Qi Mo and Chu Mo all declined, but Qin Mo was also declining. The successors of the Mo family did not pay much attention to this part of the "Book of Ink", and few people studied it.

When a Qin fire came, the books of the hundred schools of folk were extinct, and the works of Moxue were also affected, and there was not much left. After Emperor Wudi of Han respected Confucianism and deposed the Hundred Schools, the Mo family completely declined, and then these things were forgotten by the Chinese for two thousand years.

So in the matter of stopping the burning of books and letting the Mojing escape, Heifu is very complacent!

After talking about the Mohists' research on optics, Heifu said to Zhang Cang: "According to the records in the Book of Ink, Cheng Shang thinks that this mirage seems complicated, but if it is thoroughly understood, it is not surprising, or it is the shadow cast by the sky from a certain mountain or city in the distance, and the fool does not know it, so he thinks it is a god, which is like rotting grass and turning fireflies." ”

"It's just that the sea market is hard to find, and there is no way to start studying, and if you are lucky, you can only bump into it, and if you are unlucky, you ......"

Heifu smiled: "Then it will be like a magician, even if there are more spices and more altars in the corner of the mountain, Haishi will not come out to let them meet, this is also another kind of 'not for Yao, not for destruction'......"

"It's amazing how amazing nature is, and I hope that one day, I'll be able to see it for myself."

Zhang Cang recognized Heifu's statement, and at the same time became interested in the theory of the Mo.

Heifu also suggested: "Brother Zijiao, when you return to Xianyang, you should read more about the doctrine of the Mo Scholar, and talk more with Cheng Shang, all things in heaven and earth, there are no wonders, and it is not enough to rely on one person alone, and the Mo Master may be our best companion." ”

"Definitely!"

Zhang Cang bowed his head heavily, and lowered his voice again: "So you also think that the mirage in the desert is just a coincidence, and it has nothing to do with the Western Queen Mother State and Kunlun Ruins?" ”

The two of them were probably the only ones who explained the matter thoroughly, and the ministers outside were all congratulating Qin Shi Huang for this, and the emperor believed it.

Heifu said firmly: "It has nothing to do! ”

"I still don't know anything."

The carriage stopped at the side of the pavilion, and before Zhang Cang got out of the car, he waved to the black man and said: "You have repeatedly obstructed the matter of the east crossing of the Lou boat to find immortals, but why do you have a happy attitude towards the west's search for the queen mother state in the west?" If I'm not mistaken......"

Zhang Cang said: "Wu Ya, who talked about the Queen Mother of the West in front of His Majesty, was it you who received it from Chen Baoci?" ”

Everyone is a smart person, and it goes without saying that he can see through it, Heifu said with a smile: "There seems to be little difference between hollowing out the Western Regions and exploring the East China Sea, but in fact, it is a world of difference." ”

The reason is simple: the cost of time spent and the benefits gained are not of the same magnitude at all.

"Although the west is far away and there are desert snow-capped mountains, it can go back and forth in three and five years at most, and the mission caravan may be able to bring back some good things that are not available in the Central Plains."

Horses seven or eight feet tall at the shoulders, alfalfa grass that people can eat even livestock, watermelons and cantaloupe grapes, and cotton that Heifu has always forgotten...... How much change can bringing back so many good things bring to life in the Central Plains? Not to mention, domestic silk and sugar are also constantly being shipped out in exchange for what the Central Plains needs.

And in the East, the Americas have corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, yes, but to what extent are these things cultivated now? I don't know. With Qin's seafaring skills, how long does it take to arrive? I don't know. Can you come back if you go? I don't know.

As for Japan's Ginzan...... Daqin has a population of only about 30 million, and the countless gold and silver mountains in the Jiangnan area are not enough manpower to develop.

As a sane person, Heifu believes that going east early is just a waste of water. Hollowing out the Western Regions, connecting with West Asia and Europe, which are also civilized, and no longer playing self-entertainment in the East Asian circle, and finally resting on their laurels is the right way.

None of these reasons could be told to Zhang Cang, and Heifu could only tell him like this......

"Therefore, I support going west, and I have nothing to do with ghosts and gods."

Heifu said solemnly: "It's only about the common people! ”

"And everything Your Majesty sees in Jimo next will also be pure people's livelihood, how people transform nature, and animals control it, and have nothing to do with ghosts and gods!"

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ps: Chapter 2, there is no need to wait at night, it's a holiday to go out and surf, happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone.