Chapter 170: Craftsmen and Drawings
Liu Xin has realized the necessity of having someone in the palace. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
If it weren't for Bi Lan, Liu Xin wouldn't know that Zhao Zhong had arranged people to deal with him, of course, even if he didn't know, it wouldn't be much of a problem, after all, he had Su Jia, a 24-hour humanoid early warning plane, by his side, unless Zhao Zhong arranged someone to give him a 10,000-arrow shot, he wouldn't be able to hurt himself.
However, since Bi Lan was able to obtain these news in advance, it means that Bi Lan is still well-informed in the palace, especially Bi Lan's identity as a double agent, no, it should be Liu Xin's spy in the Ten Standing Servants now.
Now the news in the palace is very important to Liu Xin, because these news directly affect Liu Xin's next plan, after all, Zhao Zhong's means to deal with himself, and Zhang Rang's attitude towards himself are worthy of Liu Xin's careful response, Liu Xin doesn't want to let his originally happy trip to Luoyang become frightened, step by step.
And although Liu Xin is a traverser, he has both a golden finger and an old grandfather, but Liu Xin has not swelled to the point that he thinks that the ancients are all vegetables, and feels that he has been able to crush Zhao Zhong, a dead eunuch, in all aspects, ignoring all the means of Zhao Zhong, a dead eunuch.
After all, the wisdom of the ancients is infinite, and sometimes even modern people can't figure it out.
The limitations of the times apply not only to ancient people, but also to time-travelers like Liu Xin.
Because as a traveler, Liu Xin's education and the three views he shaped are different from those of the ancients, and the starting point for looking at some things may be completely different, which has caused the so-called misunderstanding, and Liu Xin is easily blinded by this world.
For example, in the patriarchal system, the distinction between the elder and the younger, in Liu Xin's opinion, these have long been the dregs of the times, but in the eyes of the ancients, these are all rules, iron laws that will never change; The equality of all beings in Liu Xin's eyes is just a joke in the eyes of the ancients.
Therefore, Liu Xin has developed a good habit, and now when he encounters anything, he will discuss it with the people around him and learn from others.
A person who is thousands of years ahead of the times will eventually be eliminated by this era, or even torn into slag.
Copernicus and others are Liu Xin's examples.
Liu Xin has to admit that his life has become more and more like a Han Dynasty person.
Liu Xin chatted with Su Jia for a few words, focusing on how to improve Bi Lan's status in the palace.
The higher Bi Lan's status in the palace, the more information he can obtain, the more important his voice in the palace will be, and the greater his influence on Emperor Han Ling.
Therefore, Liu Xin and Su Jia's views are very consistent, that is, the higher Bi Lan's status, the better, and by the way, Bi Lan's reputation has also been raised to a certain height.
Why raise Bi Lan's reputation?
Because Su Jia felt that after Bi Lan's status in the palace was raised, he would be able to have more autonomy, and he would be able to establish a mansion in Luoyang City like Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong and other high-level figures of the Ten Standing Servants, and then Bi Lan would be able to attract guests, and his reputation would be very important.
Of course, Liu Xin didn't expect Bi Lan to be able to recruit many famous figures of the Three Kingdoms for himself, after all, Bi Lan's identity as a eunuch was there, as long as he had a little identity, or a little bit of heart, he would not devote himself to the eunuchs.
The second party disaster a few years ago has made the eunuchs become rats crossing the street in the eyes of the officials of the noble clan, and everyone shouts and beats them.
Therefore, Liu Xin hopes that Bi Lan can recruit more capable craftsmen for himself.
Shinong Industry and Commerce, the status of craftsmen is not very high now, but the importance of craftsmen is undoubted, in Liu Xin's opinion, a capable craftsman, comparable to Fang Yuecheng Yuanzhi, those third-rate generals are still useful.
Especially for Yizhou, which is now in ruins, although Su Jia has a large number of drawings of all kinds, there is still a lack of suitable craftsmen to turn them into reality.
Although Su Jia can also make it, he is one person after all, and it is impossible to meet the needs of the entire Yizhou, and these drawings are not something that can be understood by just one person, and even if he can understand them, he needs to have professional ability.
Just like Liu Xin can understand the various structures of a pistol, but if he really gave Liu Xin a bunch of parts and asked Liu Xin to assemble them, Liu Xin could only look confused.
Therefore, if Liu Xin wants to develop Yizhou, what he lacks most is all kinds of craftsmen, especially the kind of master-level craftsmen.
And with the development of Yizhou, the gap in this area of the craftsman will become wider and wider, becoming the shortest board in the barrel.
That's why Liu Xin took precautions and established a junior college in Chengdu, but the reason why he has not yet established a special engineering major is because of the lack of master-level craftsmen to preach and solve doubts.
Therefore, Liu Xin hopes that Bi Lan can find more capable craftsmen for himself.
Su Jia agreed, Bi Lan had the support of Emperor Han Ling behind him, as long as Bi Lan had enough status and reputation, it would not be a problem to recruit craftsmen.
Of course, the profession must be matched, and Bi Lan wants to recruit a large number of craftsmen who are justifiable, so he has to let Bi Lan get closer to this aspect.
Therefore, Liu Xin was ready to hand over the drawings of the overturned car to Bi Lan.
The overturned car, also known as the keel waterwheel, is the world's earliest appeared, the oldest agricultural waterwheel, and can now be seen in many places.
Rollover can be hand-cranked, pedal, ox turn, water turn or wind turn as power drive, keel blade is the chain, lying in the rectangular long groove, the body is obliquely placed by the river or pond, the lower sprocket and the body part of the submerged, as long as the drive sprocket, the blade plate will rise along the groove scraping, to the upper end of the long groove will send the water out, so that it can be continuously circulated, the water is transported to the place where it is needed to take water continuously, the effect is greatly improved, the operation is extremely convenient, and the water intake point can also be transferred in time, irrigation can also be carried out, and drainage can also be carried out.
Therefore, the earliest application of chain drive in ancient China is in the overturn, which is a major improvement of agricultural irrigation machinery.
In addition, Su Jia also prepared a drawing, that is, the Quyuan plow.
Quyuan plow, also known as Dongjiang plow.
According to relevant information, the Quyuan plough was first invented in the Dongjiang region of the late Tang Dynasty, and now the plough of the Han Dynasty is straight, long, and the whole is very heavy, so in some paintings of the Han Dynasty that reflect agriculture, the ploughing field is often ploughed by two oxen at the same time.
And this curved plough has several major improvements, first of all, the straight wheel, the long wheel is changed to the curved wheel, the short wheel, and the plow disc that can be rotated freely is installed at the head of the wheel, so that not only the plow frame becomes smaller and lighter, but also convenient to turn around and turn, the operation is flexible, so the curved wheel plow generally only needs a cow on the line, greatly saves manpower and material resources.
Therefore, once the Quyuan plough of the Tang Dynasty came out, it was quickly popularized and was a great weapon for agricultural progress.
Liu Xin picked up the drawings of the Quyuan plow, which not only had three views of the finished product of the Quyuan plow, but also exploded views of each part.
Liu Xin didn't know if he didn't see it, this Quyuan plough seemed simple, and the number of these parts was quite a lot, there were eleven of them.
And the name of this part - ploughshare, plough wall, plough bottom, press the iron, plow forehead, plow arrow, plow wheel, plow tip, plow evaluation, plow construction and plow plate, Liu Xin was stunned, completely unclear.
However, Liu Xin was very shocked that Su Jia was able to take out the Quyuan plow, because before this, Liu Xin had discussed with Su Jia whether to promote the Quyuan plow in Chengdu.
At that time, Su Jia clearly refused, for a simple reason, that is, it was easy to cooperate with the enemy.
The role of the Quyuan plough is undoubted, it was able to liberate a large amount of manpower, and what was the most important thing in the Three Kingdoms period?
It's manpower!
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars have broken out everywhere, and the people have no livelihood.
But what does war depend on, that is, people and food and grass!
Where did the grain and grass come from, and it was not cultivated by man!
So at the end of the day, talent is important.
And as long as you use the curved plow, you can liberate at least half of the manpower, and this half of the manpower will become combat effectiveness!
Therefore, Su Jia believes that even if it is only promoting Quyuan plow, the whole Yizhou will know the benefits of Quyuan plow in a year, and the entire Han will use Quyuan plow within five years!
What is this concept?
To put it simply, the enemy that Liu Xin will face in the future, the total strength will increase by at least three percent!
That's why Su Jia resolutely opposes the promotion of Quyuan plow, because in Su Jia's view, this is a naked collaborator.
Liu Xin couldn't convince Su Jia, but was persuaded by Su Jia with various data analysis, so in the end, Liu Xin also gave up promoting Quyuan plough in Chengdu.
Su Jia looked at Liu Xin with an unbelievable look, couldn't help blushing, and said helplessly: "I didn't have feelings before, so I put interests first, and felt that promoting Quyuan plough would do more harm than good, so I would try my best to oppose it." ”
"But I've figured it out now, although the promotion of Quyuan Plough will increase the strength of the enemy, but for the common people in the world, this is a great blessing, and I believe in the master's ability, there is absolutely no prince who can prevent the master from unifying the Han!"
Liu Xin smiled, this is the first time Su Jia has complimented herself, and she feels secretly refreshed in her heart, Su Jia who has feelings is really good.
However, Su Jia is also spurring herself, if she wants to defeat a more powerful enemy, Liu Xin has to continue to work hard.
Liu Xin nodded and said seriously: "Su Jia, what you said is very right, we can't give up the opportunity to benefit the people of the world for our own selfish interests, after all, they will all be my people in the future, I can't bear to let them be displaced and separated like in history, and I still need me to complete my grand wish." ”
Su Jia smiled and nodded, and took out two new drawings from her arms.
Liu Xin took these two drawings and looked at them closely, this is not an improved version of the overturned car and the curved plough - the cylinder car and the short wheel plow.
Liu Xin looked at Su Jia with some doubts, and said, "Su Jia, since there are drawings of the cylinder car and the short wheel plow, why didn't you take it out earlier?" Wouldn't it be beautiful for us to go straight over the overturned car and the curved plow? ”
ps: The first watch will be sent, and the second watch will be timed. (To be continued.) )