He Wujian saw Zhang Rou bowing to him, and thought that Zhang Rou had agreed to be his apprentice and was about to say something.

Zhang Rou spoke first: "Mr. He, speaking from the heart, the little woman still agrees with the Mohist thought, and believes that the Mohist theory will shine one day." However, the little girl cannot be your apprentice. ”

"Huh?" He Wuji seemed to be stunned by Zhang Rou's big turn, and then asked slowly, "Why is this?" Doesn't the little lady also agree with the doctrine of my faction? Do you think that my faction is in decline? ”

Zhang Rou shook her head and said, "That's not the case! ”

"The old man knows that the little lady is good at business, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is rich and rivals the country. But my Mo family is not bad, although I don't have as much money as your mansion, but I have sent hundreds of master craftsmen, proficient in all kinds of vehicles, ships, houses, cities and weapons construction, and there are hundreds of martial arts and strong ink people. It can be said that as long as you worship the old man as a teacher, you can respond to every call, should the little lady consider it? He Wuji still tried his best to ** her without giving up.

"Mr. He, you don't need to say much! The reason why the little woman doesn't worship you as a teacher is for the sake of you and your faction, and the little woman's talent in the way of machine mathematics is self-aware. If you really become your closed disciple, it will be detrimental to the Mohist school...... Although the little girl can't worship her subordinates, I can guarantee that the Mo family will definitely carry forward in the Great Song Dynasty in this life. Therefore, the little girl has a request, and I ask you to grant it. ”

He Wujian couldn't help but feel a little depressed when he heard that Zhang Rou was dead and didn't want to be an apprentice for herself, but she still politely signaled her to finish her words.

"As far as I know, some of your faction's ideas are unfavorable to the imperial court, and they have not been recognized by the imperial court and the emperor, and have even been in a suppressed position. Because of this, you have been very deeply hidden, and there are few public activities, and there have been no major achievements in the present world, at most it is the method of restoring your ancestors, so you do not have much influence among the people. Do you think I'm right? ”

"What the little lady said is not unreasonable, but the people I sent do not want to be famous in the world, they just want to inherit my Mo family."

"I know that you are all a group of noble people with great wills, but most of this society are ordinary people, to be honest, it is difficult for you to push Moxue to the top. Therefore, I hope to take you as the leader to guide the people of the world, so that they can recognize the existence of Moxue, so that Moxue can be integrated into the daily life of the people, if one day the people of the whole world can enjoy the fruits of Mohist scholarship, then who can stop Moxue! ”

He Wujian still shook his head and said, "Although the little lady said it well, it is not easy to do!" The court and those guys who are full of benevolence and morality will not let me wait for me to show my head. ”

Zhang Rou was not discouraged by this, and the long-standing concept was definitely not so easy to change, so she decided to change her approach.

"Mr. He, the little girl has an idea, do you think it's okay?"

"Tell me about it!"

"Listen to what you mean, aren't you just worried about the embarrassment of the court! We might as well swear here, with a period of five years, if I can't change the attitude of the court or the emperor towards Moxue after five years, then I will be your apprentice and manage Moxue with your heart. However, during these five years, all of your faction will have to obey my arrangement...... Would you like to? ”

He Wujian listened to Zhang Rou's suggestion, pondered for a moment, and thought: "Anyway, everyone's life is not bad now, it can't be worse, and it's only five years, and this time can still be afforded." ”

"Alright! Anyway, it's only five years, and the old man will play with you for five years. Say, what should I do in the future? He Wujian slapped his thigh and made up his mind.

"Then it's decided, we are now a family, I won't talk about the two families, I don't know how many master craftsmen we are proficient in shipbuilding now?"

"Let the old man think about it!" He Wujian pondered for a while and said: "Most of the members of my Mo family are concentrated on the southwest coast, so there are many people who are proficient in shipbuilding, and there are also many ink masters who have gone to sea by boat...... Seeing that the little lady is still young, the old husband relies on the old and sells the old, is it okay to call you a niece? ”

"With this uncle, the little girl can't ask for it!" Zhang Rou said with a smile.

"Hahaha...... My niece is really good at talking! Let's continue to talk about this craftsman, the old man thought about it, and he could probably get together forty or fifty! ”

"It's really a lot, Uncle He, can you summon them to Jinling as soon as possible, the little girl plans to build a ship research institute in Jinling. On the one hand, we vigorously train shipbuilders, and on the other hand, we improve existing ships in order to build better new ships. All this is paid by the little girl, what do you think? ”

"Shipbuilding? As far as the old man knows, since my dynasty, the world has generally been peaceful, maritime merchants have increased year by year, and the shipbuilding industry has also revived. ”

"Hehe, it is true that as you said, now everyone is looking at sea boats, and there are fewer inland river vessels, although the profits of this river boat are not as good as sea boats, but they are also promising. You know that I make money by doing business, but now the scale of business is limited by transportation. You must also have a deep understanding that the current land transportation is not able to transport a large number of long distances, even if the sea transportation is good, don't you have to be assisted by river transportation! ”

"That's right, even now this carriage really can't run far, and being able to shorten the land transportation distance as much as possible is also a good thing for my Mo family." He Wujian also nodded in agreement.

"Since the land route is inconvenient now, we can set our sights on the waterway! If there were a large number of ships suitable for river transport, we would be able to sell our goods along the Yangtze and Yellow rivers to most parts of the country, rather than being confined to a corner of Jinling as we are now. ”

"The old man agrees with the large volume of ship traffic, but this convenience is not enough! When going downstream, it does save time and effort, but Jinling is downstream, and almost all of them go upstream, so what my niece says is not necessarily true! ”

"Well, according to the current ships, it does. However, the technology is progressive, and the ship is also man-made, and I believe that we can work on this, so I have the idea of establishing a ship research institute. ”

"This is also true, it is incredible to think that the wooden bird made by the ancestor can fly in the sky, and the idea of the niece is very much in line with the old man's appetite. The old man went to gather people, and the materials had to be prepared by his niece. ”

"Don't worry, the little girl will be properly arranged. According to the little girl, Uncle He will still live at home in the future, so if there is anything in this way, let's discuss one or two. ”

He Wujian thought about it, and it was also the same reason, anyway, now that everyone is tied together, it doesn't matter, so he said: "That's okay, the old man will contact them first." ”

After He Wuji finished speaking, he walked out of the hall vigorously, and a few ups and downs disappeared in front of everyone.

"Wow! I really didn't see that this old man was still a martial arts master! At this moment, Fu Zhongcai was surprised.

Zhang Rou stroked the bangs on her forehead and shook her head speechlessly, don't you feel that you have been dragging people for a long time and haven't found it boring, otherwise Miss Ben would have used to speak so softly as she does now, not all to hug her thighs!

"Alright! Don't shout anymore, ask you something for the teacher, do you want to sail the sea in a big boat in the future? ”

"I don't want to, I just want to cook." Fu Zhong shook his head decisively without thinking about it.

Zhang Rou's face turned black when she heard this, and she shouted at him: "Then don't cook your food, you will starve to death for the teacher!" ”

"You didn't say, how do I know." Fu Zhong muttered quietly as he walked out.

"Smack!" A book fell on Fu Zhong's head.

Fu Zhong turned around and saw Zhang Rou with his hands on his hips, grinning his teeth, hurriedly smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and when he arrived in the kitchen, he was still wondering: "The master is so young, why is he as grumpy as his mother!" Well, it's not good, it's not good, it must have been angry with the old man just now, and the whole soup has to be vented to the master! ”

For this ship research institute, Zhang Rou did not plan to involve other shareholders, after all, the demand for ships in the Song Dynasty was not large at this time, because the transportation efficiency of the existing ships was not outstanding enough to attract enough attention. Although the Song Dynasty also had a water transportation system, most of them were escorted by the imperial court to collect tax grain, and the people had not yet risen on a large scale, and the maritime merchants were developed in front because of high profits.

Since Zhang Rou found out that the current emperor is likely to be his lover in his previous life, his mind has suddenly come to life, instead of getting by like before. She believes that her lover will definitely not be willing to be lonely when she comes to such a special era, but everything needs the support of money and technology. Although she also looked like she would go to the capital to meet him immediately, she knew that it was not an easy thing to do, and the palace compound was not something she could enter at her own gate. She has been waiting for an opportunity, that is, the emperor's draft, I believe that with her beauty and wisdom, coupled with the wealth of the rich world, it is not difficult to enter the palace, and everything will fall into place when the time comes. More than ten years have passed, and I am not in a hurry at this time, it is not beautiful to make mistakes in the busy, isn't it all played like this on TV.

It's not her style to just wait and do nothing, she just wants to earn as much dowry as possible for herself, so that she can share a little for her lover. This unexpected appearance of the Mo family gave her a flash of inspiration, a ready-made opportunity, why not take them under her command! If these masters are let go, and they can be imagined with their toes, someone will surely pinch his nose and call out affectionately—big fool.

So she thought of taking the opportunity of creating a ship research institute to gather them as much as possible. As a future generation, I must know the importance of the ocean, although the land is not quiet now, it is not a bad thing to be able to study it in advance.

"Poof!" Zhang Rou imagined the scene where she appeared in front of Zhao Zhen with rich wealth and the elite of the Mo family, and couldn't help laughing.

Early the next morning, Zhang Rou took the maid and her eldest apprentice to the Yangtze River for a field trip. Fortunately, Jinling is next to the Yangtze River, and Zhang Rou and his party traveled along the Qinhuai River by boat for only half an hour before coming to the edge of the Yangtze River. Everyone swayed back and forth on the Yangtze River, and finally Zhang Rou decided to build his own Jinling Shipbuilding Research Institute in the early Ming Dynasty, where the Baochuan Shipyard was built. When there are no more professional surveyors, it is also a good choice to borrow the site of the later generations.

Of course, this shipbuilding is not a simple task, even a wooden ship requires a lot of materials and complicated processes. Later, in order to prepare raw materials such as tung oil and palm cables for shipbuilding, Zhang Rou also deliberately bought Zhongshan in Jinling, and opened up lacquer gardens, tung gardens, palm gardens and other gardens, which are all later words.

After Zhang Rou and others surveyed the terrain, they began to prepare for related matters in full swing. A series of things such as recruiting apprentices, recruiting workers, and buying materials keep everyone busy. Fortunately, the Mo family's ink masters rushed over one after another after receiving the summoning order, and with the assistance of these professionals in all aspects, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

As more and more ink artists arrived, Zhang Rou was reluctantly freed and basically handed over the establishment of the Ship Research Institute to He Wuji and others. Although they are all professional, after all, due to the limitations of the times, Zhang Rou will also give them some advice from time to time based on the insights of later generations.

With the strong support of manpower and material resources, He Wujian led a group of Mohist elites to complete the construction of a huge research institute and shipyard in only three months. Of course, this is inseparable from the help of various instruments inherited from the Mo family, although in later generations it seems that it is only a simple use of the principle of levers and pulleys, but in this era it has improved a lot of work efficiency.

"The Mo family's mechanism technique really lives up to its reputation!" Zhang Rou touched the boom that was still on the construction site and sighed.

"It's a prize! It's a prize! This pulley set designed by my niece is exquisite! With this, it not only saves a lot of effort, but also greatly improves the speed of delivery. Sure enough, he deserves to be a genius! The old man's vision is still so accurate! He Wuji praised others and didn't forget to praise himself very stinky.

"Huh!! Uncle He, you're laughing! From now on, it will depend on you and the masters of the Mo family. Zhang Rou said modestly with a smile.

"Well said, well said! We must let our children see the power of my Mo family, and when the time comes, we won't ask my uncle to accept you as an apprentice! Hahaha......" He Wujian quipped with a smile.

"Definitely not!" Zhang Rou grimaced at him and said playfully, since the two got acquainted, Zhang Rou did not deliberately pretend to be so quiet.

"Hahaha......" He Wujian couldn't help laughing when he looked at her playful appearance.