Chapter 4 Section 35 Birth

At the beginning of August, after several months of preparation, Di Bao was officially launched in Qingzhou.

The purpose of the newspaper was to convey the policies of the government, to explain the laws of the government, and to publish cases of trials and judgments in various places so that judges could learn from each other. Therefore, it is called "Di Bao".

However, the emergence of "Di Bao" still brought a great impact to people.

First of all, it was the first time that this newspaper used punctuation marks to break sentences, and the great Confucian Guan Ning wrote a text that was punctuated and sentence-breaking, which aroused the interest of Confucian students. Subsequently, a wave of articles poured into the Di Bao newspaper, and Confucian scholars from all over the country wrote articles one after another, breaking sentences on ancient scriptures in their own way of understanding, which led to fierce debates.

Di Bao selectively picked out some ideas and published them, and paid the authors for their contributions, and for a time, the Confucian scholars' interest in arguing became even stronger, and as a result, the role of punctuation was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With the introduction of the new edition of Qingzhou's ancient book code, this controversy has become more and more intense.

In China, as long as a person invents a new way of breaking a sentence on a certain verse, he enjoys a great reputation and is respected as a founding scholar. This led Confucians to bury their heads in the Taixuan Sutra in order to find a different way of breaking sentences, although such sentences had no effect on the development of productive forces and scientific and technological progress. Countless elites in the past have been immersed in the study of scriptures, resulting in an extreme lag in China's productivity, and the use of punctuation, although it cannot completely eliminate scripture evidence, at least, makes the scriptures after the Han Dynasty no longer need to waste energy.

Secondly, this debate on the scriptures has also led to the surging of academic views of various schools, and under the guidance of Liu Bei's "double truth" view, various academic views coexist. They stopped attacking each other and focused on fleshing out their arguments. As a result, similar to the beginning of the Renaissance era, the phenomenon of a hundred schools of thought contending, after 300 years of "deposing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism", gradually rose in Qingzhou.

The most striking story in the newspaper was an advertisement-like story about Izumo's newly developed timekeeping tool, a mechanical clock powered by a hammer drop and geared. The birth of this timekeeping tool marked the beginning of a new era for civilization.

"The six basic physical quantities (length, area, volume (volume), weight, temperature, and time) were all born." Liu Bei held the newspaper and faced Zhou Yi who came to report the news silently: "With these six basic physical quantities, even if Qingzhou Izumo disappears after a hundred years, we will not fight in vain." ”

"Not only that", Zhou Yi smiled indifferently: "In the past five years, the study of clocks and watches has made me revisit the knowledge of mechanical production, and most importantly, the study of clocks and watches has raised my understanding of gear bearings to a very high height. On this basis, I studied the Vitruvia water mill invented by Rome in 100 BC (more than 200 years ago) (the Vitruvia water mill can adjust the speed of the water mill by appropriately selecting the number of teeth of the large and small gears, and its power is about three horsepower, and finally increased to 50 horsepower, becoming the most powerful prime mover in ancient times).

The newly developed water mill power can reach 45 horsepower, which will greatly improve our production efficiency. I'm going to name it the Izumo Water Mill.

I am also going to write a book and explain the basic laws of gear meshing that I have learned from this research, so that future generations can learn and understand them. The study of the fundamental laws of gear meshing will lead to the creation of textile equipment similar to Jenny machines. In other words, we can spin wool. ”

"Okay, in this way, Qingzhou Izumo's control over the northern nomadic tribes will be more solid. We will be partners with them in the same economic tie, and the forces of the economy will bind them firmly to our chariot. Liu Bei praised repeatedly.

The principle of the Jenny machine is actually very simple, as long as the spindle of the existing loom is changed from a horizontal state to an upright state, so that the spindle can rotate vertically, this is the prototype of the Jenny machine. If several spindles are rotated side by side at the same time, several yarns can be spun, and a spinning machine with 8 vertical spindles is called the "Jenny Spinning Machine". It is human-powered, and the whole machine consists of a hand-crank wheel and a row of side-by-side spindles. Shaking the wheel by hand, without the help of fingers, cotton wool can be spun into 8 yarns at the same time. It is at least 40 times more effective than in the past.

However, the seemingly simple Jenny machine is the highest technology in modern industry, and its precision gear bearing transmission equipment cannot tolerate the slightest error, and the eight vertical spindles must rotate in unison precisely (if there is an error, it is impossible to weave a uniform density of cloth). This kind of machinery is only possible on the basis of understanding the fundamental laws of gear meshing. So, first there was the steam lathe (precision lathe), then the clock (a precision gear system that measured time), then the law of gear meshing (the force applied precisely and evenly on 8 or even 18 shafts), and finally there was the Jenny machine.

With Jenny machines, low-intensity textile work can be carried out in large numbers of women. Linzi has a long history of weaving, and there is no shortage of skilled craftsmen. Through the use of a large number of Jenny machines, the economy of Qi County can be driven to a high speed, and various tribes can go back and forth to Qi County to sell wool and buy daily necessities, and the influence of Guanghuan can be extended to the depths of the grassland.

"Well, I already have a purpose for the 150,000 sinners in Dongrai, let them renovate the river and install the Izumo water mill on the river. Then, start our textile era. Liu Bei squinted his eyes and said with his chin in his hand.

"Didn't you plan to send them in the direction of Qiongzhou (Hainan Island), and then let them sail to India, to Rome?"

"When sailing to Qiongzhou, there must be pick-ups along the way, and let's talk about it when Lianyungang is completed," Liu Bei explained.

"But wouldn't it be a pity that Indian civilization has already begun to come into contact with us, and a few decades later?" Zhou Yi's face was full of fascination.

"If we can't even defend the fundamental land, how can we talk about civilized exchanges?" The troubled times of the Central Plains have risen, and in this **** era, 150,000 fresh troops will be sent to the sea, and if something happens, it will be too late to cry.

Looking to the west, around the same time, the Mediterranean had entered a golden age (which some historians also call a false golden age). Previously, about 500 years before the Han Dynasty, Ptolemy II of Egypt successfully excavated a canal connecting the Red Sea port of Suez to the easternmost part of the Nile Delta. This canal provides direct access to the water between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. At this time, a Greek sailor with an unknown surname ascertained the season and direction of the monsoon ("Hipparaus" was not the name of the Greek sailor, but the nickname of the boat he sailed).

The discovery of the monsoon pattern shortened the time for the Romans to travel from Egypt to the Indus Delta. By the Han Dynasty, their sea-going ships had been able to sail directly across the high seas between the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the southern tip of India, and even bypass Ceylon to establish a cargo distribution center in Alikamadur on the eastern coast of India.

The Roman Empire, relying on its own navigation technology, plundered countless treasures, food, and luxury goods from the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, resulting in low prices in Rome. Compared with the price of grain in Qingzhou at 22 yuan per stone, the currency of the Roman Empire at this time had depreciated to the point of worthlessness, which also laid a hidden danger for the later fall of the Roman Empire.

In the same century, Indian sailors followed the example of the Greeks and learned the art of crossing the Arabian Sea straight away. Some Indian sailors sailed directly across the Bay of Bengal from ports on the east coast of India to the Malay Peninsula. Some Indian sailors sailed to the Kra Isthmus, brought their cargo ashore, and then loaded the cargo from the Straits of Siam onto the ship and continued its voyage to the China Sea. They brought both goods and Indian religions. During the same period, Buddhism began to spread in China. This is what Zhou Yi said: "Indian civilization has begun to come into contact with us."

At the same time as the war in the Central Plains, several other major civilizations began to penetrate and communicate with each other. The seafaring techniques of Egypt, the philosophical art of Greece, the architectural art of India and the culture of Rome developed into new regions. During this period, in present-day Cambodia and southern Vietnam, the first upsurge of Indianization was set off, and Buddhism began its own course of conquest. Greco-Roman architecture was also in the Kushan Empire (a branch of the Otsuki clan. At the beginning of the 2nd century BC, between Dunhuang and the Qilian Mountains in western China, he was defeated by the Xiongnu in about 165 BC and moved to the Amu Darya River, where he conquered Bactria . and further invaded India, capturing the Punjab region in the northwest) and gaining new territory, especially in the capital of the Kushan Empire, Tsui Cha Sira (Kashmir).

The four major civilizations are so close, but it is a pity that China is mired in war and has no time to take care of anything else. Missed the opportunity to take off. It's sad to think about.

"I'm so angry" Just when Liu Bei was more and more sad and angry the more he thought about it, Sun Jian of Taigu City was also trembling with anger: "Ce'er, this is the Qingzhou soldiers and horses you recruited?" ”

In front of Sun Jian, a team of more than 1,000 people neatly accepted his review, what kind of people is this? The old, the young, and among the thousands, a group of seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys accounted for about twenty percent. Although the men were standing fairly straight, the queue seemed to be very neat. But the clothes are messy, and the temperament seems to be a little more arrogant.

And this group of scum is the soldiers that Sun Ce recruited in Qingzhou a month ago according to the alliance signed with Qingzhou.

"Father, don't underestimate these people, they were all handed over to us after Qingzhou was examined and considered qualified, especially those boys. Those 200 boys were the boy scout soldiers that Liu Bei had trained for five years. It took me a long time to get the Qingzhou Overseer's Office to approve them to come here. Sun Ce tried his best to argue.

For the first time, Qingzhou people joined the troops of their allies as foreign soldiers, and in order not to disgrace Qingzhou, each recruited soldier had to pass the review of the Overseer's Office. However, the people of Qingzhou are rich, and for Qingzhou people, performing military service in their hometown, or working in their hometown, is enough to support their families. As for treating soldiers as a profession and fighting as a kind of fun—the martial habits that Liu Bei cultivated were not so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"What are you doing with such a lame leg?" Sun Jian pointed to an old man with a wooden leg and angrily asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Report to the general, I am a veteran of Zhuo County, Jizhou. His name is Lu Yi, six years ago, he followed his lord from his hometown to Qingzhou, and he lost a leg in the next battle in Linzi City, and his lord arranged for me to settle in Guangrao. But I was injured early, and my companions who joined the army with me are now all shimin (samurai), and they are still meritorious people. I heard that the general is rewarded for the same merit here, and I want to come here and earn some more military merits. ”

"Earn some more military merit? What can you do, what will you do? ”

"Report to the chief, after being injured and retiring, he has been helping my lord train the villagers in the countryside. The training skills of the soldiers have been specially trained by my father-in-law, and I can train an army for the general. ”

Oh, the talent. People who can train the army, even if they learn a little bit of skin, are similar to forbidden talents. Sun Jian immediately changed his face: "Rude and rude, sir, please enter the account and discuss with Sima in our army." ”

The veteran straightened his chest and replied: "When the officer asks, the non-commissioned officer must stand up and salute and answer - this is an iron law in the army." The general didn't finish asking, and the soldiers didn't dare to be calm. ”

After hearing this, Sun Jian didn't dare to force it, so he approached the next soldier and looked carefully.

The soldier's face was pale, but his hands and feet were unusually thick and calloused. Sun Jian asked, "What's your name?" What identity? Why did you come here to be a soldier? ”

The soldier puffed out his chest and replied briefly: "Under the surname Liu, the name Huai, the word Ziying, the person of Le'an, quasi-Huimin (preparation Huimin), can write and calculate, and know a little about logistics and supply work, and I came here to earn military merits." ”

"I can write and calculate, and I know a little about logistics and supply work. Well, he is also a talent, but such a person will not come to me to be a soldier when he is not trying to get ahead in Qingzhou, why? Sun Jian muttered secretly, looking at Liu Huai again suspiciously.

The veteran Lu Yi knocked on his breastplate and said, "Report to the chief, I have something to say." ”

Sun Jian looked back and ordered: "Speak."

Lu Yi struck the breastplate again, gave a military salute, and said: "Report to the chief, Liu Huai was originally a criminal, his father Liu Bu launched the Le'an rebellion, and he himself instructed the assassins to assassinate my lord, and was later pardoned by the lord's mother.

Three years ago, he passed the exam to become a quasi-Huimin, but because of his status as a guilty citizen, he could only work as a scribe within three generations, and could not be an official himself. His mother and sister still live in a dilapidated house outside the city, and they are not allowed to go out during the day. Only after obtaining military merits can he officially obtain the status of Huimin, and his mother and sister can live in the city. However, the Qingzhou army will not accept him. In order to achieve military success, he had to go to the general to participate in the war. ”

Sinners? Sun Jian took a deep breath. Without waiting for Sun Jian to speak, Lu Yi muttered in a low voice: "Actually, except for those two hundred little soldiers, a few veterans like me who don't know whether they are alive or dead, the rest of them have been criminals. ”

"However, don't worry, general", Lu Yi straightened his chest and proudly added: "In order to earn military merits, they will definitely fight to the death and never stop." ”

Sun Jian understood.

Immediately, Sun Jian asked Lu Yi again: "Veterans like you, how many are here, you find out all of them, I will reuse you." ”

"General", Lu Yi puffed up his chest and replied: "We can help you train the team, but we can't take this team from Qingzhou." ”

"Oh? Sun Jian asked, "Why?" ”

Lu Yi replied in a low voice: "Those 200 little soldiers, we can't command them, they are higher level than us." ”

Sun Jian approached the Scouts with interest and took a closer look.

The Boy Scouts were not yet as tall as spears, but they were a rare group of neatly dressed people in the ranks. These seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys all had their little faces high, their faces full of pride, and they looked straight ahead without squinting.

"Have you ever killed someone?" Sun Jian asked one of the boys.

"Nope!"

"And what are you doing here?"

"Come and kill!"

"Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, I killed wolves in the grassland."

can kill wolves, good guts, at least it shows that he is familiar with fighting skills and archery skills. Sun Jian turned his head and asked, "What have you all learned?" ”

The kid tilted his head, looked at Sun Jian carefully, and replied categorically: "Military secrets, I will not advise." ”

Such a big little kid, what did he say about "military secrets", Sun Jian was furious, and was about to further threaten, Cheng Pu ran in in a panic and reported: "Tian Chou, the governor of Qingzhou Governor's Mansion, Tian Zitai, is visiting, looking at his appearance, there is something urgent." ”

"Please", Sun Jian was full of bitterness in his stomach, and he just needed to find someone to vent.

Tian Chou ran in sweating profusely, and when he saw Sun Jian, he asked him, "What about the group of children?" ”

It's so rude, Sun Jian frowned and gestured with his chin.

Tian Chou saw the group of boy scouts, let out a sigh of relief, and turned to Sun Jian: "Brother Wentai, I am busy with Taishan affairs, and the person acting as the overseer is not familiar with the situation, so I approved these children to come, and I hope that Brother Wentai will allow these children to go home for the sake of friendship between the two families." ”

Sun Jian replied unhappily: "I heard that Xuande Gong attaches the most importance to faithfulness, but you see, is this how you fulfill the agreement?" Besides, these soldiers have arrived in our camp, will they have to go back as soon as Xuande Gong summons them casually in the future? ”

Tian Chou's face turned slightly red, and he replied: "I brought 500 cavalry with me, and I exchanged 200 cavalry for these 200 boys, how about it?" ”

There are problems, there are big problems. Fools know that the combat effectiveness of adults is stronger than that of children, and Qingzhou would rather exchange 200 adult soldiers for 200 boys - Liu Bei is not stupid, he will do things that do not take advantage?

Sun Jian categorically refused: "As soon as you enter my camp, you will be my soldiers, and you will belong to me." Now that the school has been completed, according to the agreement, they will only accept my command until the end of their term of service. At this time, Sun Jian also forgot to complain to Tian Chou, thinking that he definitely didn't want to replace this group of troops composed mostly of criminals.

Tian Chou gritted his teeth: "Give you 500 cavalry, do you want to change it?" ”

Sun Jian shook his head: "If Tian Gong is entangled again, I will go to the letter to ask Xuan Degong." ”

Tian Chou turned around a few times on the ground, returned to Sun Jian's side again, and said, "Okay, please allow me to say a few words to them." ”

Sun Jian didn't say a word, and stretched out his hand to invite Tian Chou.