Mozi took the bird slippery to the back mountain, pointed to a thick tree, and said to the bird slippery: "You cut the big tree into one meter and eight lengths, and split it into two planks with a width of forty centimeters and a thickness of five centimeters. Then use the remaining wood to split into ten centimeters, one meter long, and four wooden strips; Ten centimeters square, one meter long, two eight wooden strips; It is ten centimeters square and eighty centimeters long, and there are four wooden strips. These are the wood of the table. In addition, you cut the rest of the tree into a mound sixty centimeters high. I'll do the rest, but the planks and strips of wood can be cut straight without warping, and the surface is smooth without convex and concave. ”

When I saw the big tree, half a meter in diameter and thick, towering into the sky, it was actually a pine tree, I don't know how many years it had grown, it had such a thickness.

"Master, did you ask me to cut down this tree with a knife? How can you cut it so thickly. "The fowl is staggering.

Mozi shook the ink knife in his hand, and the ink knife flew up in the air, revealing from the wrapped cloth, after so many years, the ink knife still remained the same, and the blade was still extremely sharp.

"I'll show you first." After that, Mozi danced a knife flower with one hand, mobilized his true qi to enter the blade, and saw that there seemed to be an invisible energy at the blade, and Mozi waved his hand, but there was no sound, and he saw the ink knife passing through the pine tree. The tree was still there, but Mozi had stuck his knife in the ground. "Do you understand?"

At this time, the bird realized that the master asked him to cut down the tree not by brute force, but by kung fu. nodded, thinking about the master's demonstration in his heart, the knife shot out with qi, and it must be the knife in the hand that was stirring in the qi body. The knife belongs to gold, and the wood, fire, earth, gold and water are the representatives of the five elements, which correspond to the five organs of the human body's liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys, and the meridians correspond to the foot and yin and liver meridians, the hand shaoyin heart meridian, the foot Taiyin and spleen meridians, the hand Taiyin lung meridians, and the foot shaoyin and kidney meridians. If you want to lose gas, it must be the best output qi with the same attributes, so that you can form a resonance, just like that sound attack.

Thinking of this, holding the master's ink knife, stepping on the lunge, the qi hair dantian, the qi walking Ren Du, a stream of air flow formed in the body, walking the hand Taiyin Lung Sutra, since Shaoshang injected the knife handle, suddenly a knife dizziness appeared. The fowl let out a loud shout, leaped to his feet, rounded his arms, and swept across the tree to the size of the tree.

This knife passed, just like Mozi, the big tree did not change much, and it still stood there.

"Good!" Mozi smiled, he just demonstrated, and this bird was able to comprehend and deduce the inner trick.

With the master's approval, Yu Huali was full of confidence in his heart, stepped forward, and his luck was in the palm of his hand, and he struck it out with one palm. And he saw a trunk of a tree about two meters long fly out of the big tree three feet away, and rolled to the ground, but the body of the tree on the trunk did not fall over, but fell vertically on the stump. Once you get the hang of it, you can concoct it according to the law. Soon, the trunks of several lengths were ready, and all that remained was to dissect and decompose the trunks. Splitting the trunk is not as simple as cutting the trunk, this trunk is one meter eight long, and there are those requirements, the bird thought about it, first set a position on the trunk, raised the knife to split, but stopped. Turning his head to look at the rest of the tree, he walked over, took a section of the trunk with his sword, stood it on the ground, set the size, and slashed it with all his strength. The trunk of the tree opened at the sound, and the bird went up to inspect the cut, which was not smooth and skewed. Bird slippery and carefully pondered, many tests, and finally touched the right method, speed, strength, direction, accuracy are indispensable, soon, a pile of planks, wooden strips appeared. Looking at these results, I also felt a sense of accomplishment, and I checked them carefully and returned to the master.

"Very well, it seems that you are very talented in this area." Mozi exclaimed.

The age of the bird is five years younger than Mozi, but after listening to Mozi's words, he took it for granted, and he was not dissatisfied at all.

"Now I'm going to start working on the bookcase assembly structure, and if you look closely, that's where the carpenter's foundation lies. I didn't have that many utensils, so I used this knife to make it. After Mozi finished speaking, he took the wooden board and wooden strip, looked at it, and said, "It's done well, the wood is connected, and the tenon is mainly mortising, and whether the tenon is good or not directly affects whether the wood is reliable and strong." According to my father, Lu is very good at it, and he compiled a book, combining pictures and texts, to tell about the types of tenons, a total of seventy-two kinds, cleverly conceived, and it is difficult for ordinary people to understand. To make this book case today, first of all, I will use the 'rope sleeve connection tenon', you read carefully. After speaking, he took out another short sword, the width of the sword was 2.1 centimeters, the length of the sword was 34 centimeters, the length of the blade was 23 centimeters, and the thickness of the spine was 0.7 centimeters. This Mozi held a short sword, looked around, and there were just a few bamboos on the side, so he walked over, snorted a few times, took a piece of bamboo from the bamboo body, hung the wire with his eyes, trimmed it several times, and formed a simple bamboo ruler.

"This wood production, need to be supplemented by rules, if there is no scene, you need to make your own, this bamboo grows straight, make a ruler just right." After confirming the position of the lines again, Mozi took the two wooden boards and used the bamboo ruler to set the position, and used the short sword as the pen to depict the line, and after confirming the position of the line again, he used the short sword as a chisel to remove the yin and leave the yang, and the two wooden planks were staggered with yin and yang, and soon the tenon was formed into a swallowtail shape. Mozi placed two wooden planks on a bluestone, and the two boards were intertwined with yin and yang, and they became one. "This kind of tenon is the 'rope sleeve connection tenon', which has a variety of uses, and this time I use it to splice two planks into one plank." Mozi didn't forget to explain after finishing it.

"Next, I will make a tenon splicing for these wooden squares to form the legs of the book. According to the conditions, I used the 'wear belt tenon' this time, as the name suggests, the two pieces of wood square splicing first do a good job of card slots, and then use dovetail belts to intersperse and connect into a whole. And look closely. After speaking, he took the wooden square, still used the short sword as a tool, and after marking the positioning, he quickly completed the various card slots, compared the position and shape, and matched them, and then cut a few dovetail strips with branches, and passed the dovetail strips through the card slot. So the book case leg is formed.

"The connection between this leg and the tabletop, I use the 'dovetail' method." After some preparation, make dovetail tenons at each corner of the table board, and make dovetail grooves above the table legs. After some operations, yin and yang are intertwined, and a book case is formed.

"It's amazing how you can make a bookcase with just a short sword." The bird slippery circled around the bookcase a few times, and pressed the bookcase with his hand, which was extremely firm.

"The materials used in this book case are too large, mainly so that Uncle Zuoqiu can use them for a long time. This tenon production seems simple, but in fact there are high requirements for size, position, and accuracy, and the reason why I can do it at one time is the result of frequent practice since childhood, of course, if there are some deviations in the tenon, it can also be repaired. Mozi explained, cleaned up briefly, and went down the mountain with the bookcase and wooden pier.

When Zuo Qiu Ming saw that Mozi's master and apprentice came back with a big bookcase, he was overjoyed, sat on the wooden pier and felt the new bookcase, very comfortable, took out the bamboo slips and pen and ink, compared it, and felt refreshed, both happy and grateful: "Good!" Good! Good! Thank you so much, little brother, with your new book case, my "Zuo Biography" can speed up again! ”

Since then, Zuo Qiu Ming has used this new style of calligraphy to create "Zuo Chuan". Perhaps due to the restrictions of clothing in that era, this high-legged table did not appear since Zuo Qiu Ming used it, and it was not until thousands of years later, around the Sui and Tang dynasties, that high-legged tables and chairs appeared.

Bidding farewell to Zuo Qiu Ming, the master and apprentice left Dujunyi and traveled westward, resting a little in that Pingyin City (now Pingyin County, Shandong) to continue their journey. In the middle of the line, a large river blocked the way, and the water was fierce and surging.

"Master, what kind of river is this, it is so wide, how can we cross it?" Bird Slip asked.

Mozi held a short sword with his hands behind his back, and the ink knife was carried by a bird slippery. Looking at the big river, Mozi smiled: "I have several ways to cross this river, but we have to find the easiest and lightest way to cross." ”

"Master, are you saying that you have several ways to cross this river? Can you tell us about it? It is also good to let the disciples follow along, and if they encounter this situation again in the future, they can learn from it. Bird Slippery grinned, since he untied the knot with Mozi, although he respected from the bottom of his heart, his words were more and more relaxed.

Mozi smiled: "It's nothing, since you want to know, I'll tell you." This first one, I can use that Qi Method Lingyundu, of course, I can also do it if I have cultivated successfully back then; In the second way, I can hold my breath and walk under the water. This third way, collect a few reeds, tie them well, and cross the river with reeds, this method is based on your current cultivation, and you can also practice it after some practice; The fourth type collects a few pieces of bamboo, throws them into the river, and crosses the river with these pieces of bamboo; As for the fifth, of course, it is the most trouble-free, which is to find a boatman, and there must be a boatman nearby to ferry this kind of river. ”

"Master is Master, and there are five ways to cross the river alone." Bird Slippery laughed.

"In fact, there are several solutions to any thing, and there are upper, middle, and lower methods, and they are the best and the worst. Depending on the situation in the venue, sometimes the best method becomes the worst method, and sometimes the worst method becomes the best method depending on the environment. But there must be one way to do it. ”

"The disciple has been taught, thank you Master!" The bird was overjoyed, "Disciple, let's take a look around and look for the boatman." ”

After a short time, Yu Huali walked back quickly, and shouted with a smile: "Master, I found it, about a mile to the south, there is a ferryman, I have already told him to let him wait for us." ”

"Let's go, don't keep the boatman waiting."

When the master and apprentice came to the ferry, the boatman was ready, and Mozi said: "There is a big brother of the boatman!" So he got into the boat with the fowl, and the boat staggered to the other side.

"Brother boatman, I don't know what the name of this big river is, the waters are very wide!" Mozi sat on the boat and chatted with the boatman.

"You two are from other places, haha, this river is very famous, this is the ancient water."

The boatman's mention made Mozi pat his thigh: "How did I forget this Jishui!" But it made the birds and boatmen laugh, "Then there should be a big river on the west side of this Jishui, called Pushui, right?" ”

"It seems that the little brother really knows, yes, there is another Pushui." The boatman replied, "So, you cross this Jishui, in fact, you have to cross the Pushui, this water, Jishui and Pushui are separated by a certain distance, I put an ox cart in the sandwich area, when there are guests to pass, I will use the ox cart to pull the boat to the Pu Shui again, otherwise in the sandwich area, there is no one to live, you can be trapped there!" ”

"It's still the big brother of the boat family! Don't worry, we'll count the boat money with you later! Fowl Slippery smiled and said, "By the way, big brother of the boat, which city is on this side?" ”

"Huh?" The boatman looked confused, "You don't know where you're going?" ”

"That's right, we came from Taiyue and went west to the Jin Kingdom, we only knew to go west, but we didn't know much about passing through those cities, so we had to walk all the way and inquire all the way." Mozi saw that the boatman was a little scared, probably worried that he had encountered robbers, so he explained.

"I see, I said, I've never seen anyone in such a hurry." The boatman was also relieved when he heard Mozi's explanation, "Walking up along this river, the nearest city on the other side of the river is Na'a City (now Dong'a, Shandong), which is a border town in Qi State, and there is some chaos, you two should be careful!" The boatman kindly reminded.

"Thank you boatman, I'll be careful!" Mozi replied.

As he spoke, the boat came to the other side of Jishui, and sure enough, there was an ox cart parked not far from the shore, and a buffalo was scattered not far away, grazing.

The boatman got ashore, put the ox on the wheel, and beckoned, "Two little brothers, take a handle and help me carry the boat to the cart." ”

Looking at the size of the boat, the bird smiled and said, "Brother boatman, you pull over, and I will move the boat to the car." After saying this, before the boatman could reply, his arms scrambled, and the boat was lifted, put on his shoulder, and went to the carriage.

"Good strength!" The boatman shouted, "This little brother is the material to be a general!" ”

Put the boat in the car, and under the driving of the boatman, the ox cart ran to the bank of the Pushui River. In this sandwich, the rutted road has been formed, which shows how many times the boat has traveled back and forth to step on the grass for the rut.

Another bird unloaded the boat from the cart and put it into the water.

Looking at this Pushui like that Jishui, Mozi praised: "The merit of the big brother of the boat family is not small, and he is among the people who cross the water." This water level respects the four desecrations, but it is not shocking, gentle and elegant, this kind of moisturizing all things, Ze is the character of the hundred generations, it is the necessary grace of the virtuous people, and the temperament of not seeking to be heard! The eldest brother of the boat family is ferrying people but he is crossing himself, great merit! ”