Chapter 112: Give the Mohists a chance at the industrial revolution

The metaphysical is the way, and the metaphysical is the instrument.

Zhou Yishang said: "Imaging in the sky, forming in the ground." ”

The meaning of this passage, according to the modern understanding, "like" and "form" should be like this.

"Image" is a subjective summary based on objective laws, and "shape" is the concrete manifestation of objective laws.

The ancients generally attached importance to "imagery" and believed that it played a leading role. In fact, this point should not be regarded as wrong, after all, theory guides practice and practice perfects theory, which is a truth that has been fully affirmed by the rapid development in modern history.

But unfortunately, none of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism have perfected theory with practice. They sit and talk and try to improve the theory with a lower cost, or more lazy way, to put it mildly.

Coupled with the lack of the escort of logical thinking, until the Song Dynasty, there were many scholars, such as Sima Guang, who played and discussed things that were quite plausible.

By the Ming Dynasty, this atmosphere had improved, but it was not so good that it satisfied Kangning.

Therefore, Kang Ning is not ready to wait any longer, he wants to carry the banner of the Mo family and put the values of later generations in.

In terms of the combination of theory and practice, among the hundreds of schools of thought of the pre-Qin dynasty, I am afraid that only the Mo family and the military family have done the best.

However, the military family is not suitable for the current identity of Kangning, so the Mo family has become his best choice.

In this way, anyone who relegates the Mohists to metaphysical studies will become Kangning's enemies.

Sangtian Wu lived in the Jin Jinggong period, a little earlier than the era when Mozi lived. So I haven't seen the subtleties of the Mo family.

After hearing about it from monks and monks, he became interested in this doctrine.

Now, Kang Ning even proposed that the reason why the black face glue is different from the White Lotus Sect is precisely because the Mo family has blackened his faith. It would be interesting to be able to image the thoughts of this lord, right?

Sang Tianwu couldn't wait to see what the Mo family could bring to Qingzhou Mansion.

So he stepped forward and said, "Childe, Xu Hongru has already photographed a team of craftsmen, ready to promote their skills in Qingzhou Mansion by hand. At first, the monks and Taoists disagreed. However, Gongzi did not give them the right to refuse. ”

Corning sneered. Thankfully, he just let the gang go and see, and didn't give them more power. But even so. Nor did these people become their own qualified eyes and ears. They want to instill into their brains conclusions that are not in line with the facts before they even use their brains. Eyes and ears like this, in fact, don't do it.

If they don't come to their senses, Corning is probably going to kill the killer.

But the person in front of me is called Sangtian Wu. It's an interesting guy.

With such deafening words just now, Corning even felt that he was about to be infected. Chai Yinbin was even about to cry in shock, this guy turned out to be indifferent, but looked looking forward to seeing him.

Well, it just so happens that my eyes and ears have not yet seen Xu Hongru's new teachings. Then let's go with him and see him.

"Kuwatian Witch. Take me to meet the artisans. I wonder, what can they bring to our home base, Qingzhou Mansion? ”

When Chai Yinbin heard Kang Ning say this, he also became curious in his heart. The wolf doesn't know what to expect, and he needs to keep an eye on it.

A group of people waited under the leadership of Sang Tian Wu and came to the temporary resting place of the craftsmen. They had apparently not yet been properly accommodated, and the stewards were presumably waiting for their own arrangements.

Although the monks and Taoists in the crowd were in a somewhat depressed mood, they were a large number of people after all, and it was difficult not to pay attention to such a large-scale walk through the streets and alleys.

Even the King's Key, who was drinking, was attracted by them.

"I've seen Childe!"

By the time Corning met the craftsmen. only to find out that the leader turned out to be Yin Chuanzhang. Unexpectedly, Xu Hongru would send such an important cronies to escort a group of craftsmen. It can be seen that in Xu Hongru's mind, their status is extremely important.

Wang Zhikey and Chai Yinbin didn't know the relationship between Kang Ning and Yinchuan Zhang, and they wouldn't have guessed that Kang Ning had the ability of Filthy Earth Reincarnation that they had never heard of. So just take every word they say between them as an official article between the two denominations.

However, in fact, almost none of such official articles hide deep meanings.

"How is Brother Xu lately?"

For Chai Yinbin and Wang Zhikey, greeting each other's leaders is a proper etiquette.

"Thank you Brother Kang Xian for your concern. Big brother, he's just overworked, you know, he's an idle man. Recently, in particular, there has been an increase in the amount of relief for the victims. ”

This sentence actually means that Xu Hongru has already begun to carry out his plan.

Then Corning should also start as soon as possible.

"The little brother is incompetent, and he can't share the worries of Brother Xu."

This set is even more familiar with Chai Yinbin and Wang Zhiji in officialdom. Which minister did not say the words "the ministers are incompetent" in front of the emperor.

"Brother Kang Xian is busy with his side. It's the best support for big brother. If the virtuous brother really can't rest assured, it's a big deal to go to Yanzhou Mansion to have a look. I'm not there, and I think Big Brother might be missing a mastermind. ”

"Okay, then follow my brother's wishes."

After the "greetings" are over. Corning began to set his sights on the craftsmen.

"Please also introduce these people to my brother."

"Okay." Yin Chuanzhang turned around, pointed to one of the groups and said, "They burn cement." Brother Xian should have seen cement, I don't know if I still have an impression? ”

"Of course there is, Mr. Shi Ziming from Xiya Academy seems to have made that thing too. So the younger brother is still very concerned about this thing. ”

"I see, I forgot. The virtuous brother is still a famous student. Yin Chuanzhang took two steps back, pointed to another team of people, and said, "They are building rotary typesetters." ”

"Hmm." Kang Ning just nodded this time, in fact, he could not say the last sentence, but if he said it, he could attract the attention of Chai Yinbin and Wang Zhikey. Let them see that some things about Xu Hongru actually coincide with Mr. Ziming.

They are all the classic development models of the traverser, and there is no coincidence, but it seems abnormal? Could it be that you traveled from the Qing Dynasty?

Yin Chuanzhang continued his introduction: "They built water mills and water wheels. ”

"Whoever makes farm implements."

"Spinning and weaving."

"Steel-making and iron-making."

……

Chai Yinbin and Wang Zhiji didn't think there was anything remarkable about this group of people. But Corning was shaken up.

The master of steelmaking and ironmaking handed over a drawing to Kangning, saying that it was a small gift from Xu Hongru.

As soon as Corning received it, he was taken aback by the title.

"Blast furnace ironmaking." He was so excited in his heart, but he had to put on a puzzled look and asked, "Why haven't I seen this before?" ”

"You've seen it." The master said, "What you saw when you went to visit may not match the actual thing with the things on the drawings. ”

"Oh, it should be. Then wait for it to be built, and I'll look at it. ”

Next, a machine behind a group of middle-aged women piqued his interest.

Corning asked, "What's that?" ”

"Weaving, spinning, and ginners."

Cotton gin? Isn't this a machine that makes lint out of cotton? Skinning the picked cotton is just as strenuous and drudgery, but with this thing, things are much easier.

This is the rhythm of preparing to carry out cotton planting and cotton textile industry on the land of Qingzhou Prefecture.

Corning should have been more surprised by a few other things, but he was so devastated by the lovely posterity that he didn't recognize Jenny's spinning machine when he saw it in his textbooks.

As for the group of people who are responsible for manufacturing farm tools, they seem to be more cared for by Xu Hongru.

They brought with them many European style farm tools, including horse-drawn plows, and of course many improved versions of Chinese farm tools.

I really didn't expect Xu Hongru to generously take out so much family resources.

However, he didn't know that such a huge effort was not actually for him Kangning, but for the prefect's teacher, who had already begun to inspect the place, but he did not go to Shi Ziming, the new governor of Shandong in Yanzhou Mansion.

Xu Hongru still did not give up his efforts to get in touch with Shi Ziming. After already knowing that Shi Ziming was a traverser, he also wanted to indirectly identify himself, so as not to let Shi Ziming recognize himself as Xu Hongru who would eventually rebel in history.

Of course, in fact, he can use a more direct way, but that is too impactful, and Xu Hongru still likes to use this euphemistic way. If Shi Ziming came to visit him after seeing all this, it meant that their relationship was based on friendship. If you pretend not to see it, the relationship between the two will be as delicate as ever.

In Xu Hongru's view, Kangning is obviously not as important as Shi Ziming. But this just happened to make Corning unknowingly, a huge benefit.

Yin Chuanzhang pulled him aside and quietly told him Xu Hongru's thoughts, and explained that these craftsmen were all temporarily loaned to him and must be returned at the end of the year. He needed to find a group of people to learn the craft of these people.

For Corning, recruiting such people is not difficult. Since we have been able to decide to give the Mohists a chance for an industrial revolution, let's get Mozi and Luban out first. Then, I just thought of a name and asked Chai Yinbin to agree to invite some foreign experts in his name.

Of course, he would not forget to instruct Chai Yinbin and tell his teacher that Xu Hongru's technical accumulation has been exposed to a lot in Qingzhou Mansion.

Of course, Corning will not forget to report to Jin Yiwei and Yang Ji, and he is one step closer to completing the task.

Corning is even already looking forward to the next mission. (To be continued.) )