It is said that the Mohist mechanism has a long history, and all the craftsmen who have devoted their lives to the study of Moxue are the masters of the Mo family. Finally, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, among the princely states, a wave of unheard-of "skill fever" was set off: for a time, all the talented people who had special skills in bows, crossbows, cars, ships, pavilions and pavilions also found the helm of the Mo family in various countries, hoping to join this mysterious and enlightened technology house organization, and participate in the "Craftsmanship and Skill Conference" that can make the winner admired by all countries at that moment - in today's terms, it is the so-called gathering of people from all walks of life"Trick Skills Competition".

It is said that Ou Yezi, who won the championship in the last competition, has been hired by King Wu with a high salary because of the invention of the sword that can seal the secret method, and has become the royal swordsmith under him. Inspired by this, this year's "Craftsmanship and Machinery Conference" is also unprecedented in scale, attracting a total of no less than 10,000 skilled artists from various vassal states to compete for the name of "Mozi" in this session. Among them, the few people with the loudest voices are naturally the three old-fashioned and stubborn masters in front of Ah Xia and me.

At that time, the bearded guest's entry was a wooden machine called "Canghai Listening to Songtai". As soon as I heard this poetic and talented name, I was also interested, although I said "hurry" in my mouth, pretending to urge Ah Xia to go quickly, but I wished that he would quickly take out the exquisitely conceived wonder and open our eyes.

With the memories of the long beard and the long beard, the bearded guest who was in a hurry to see us was in a hurry to leave, where would he put it? He hurriedly spoke, promising us that after we had seen his work, he would give me a treasure. I rolled my eyes and thought to myself that this was not a loss: a quarter of an hour of delay, and look at his proud work, I would get a treasure, and maybe it would be useful later! Thinking like this, I glanced at Ah Xia and agreed.

When the bearded man saw that we agreed, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and then with a shake of his hand, he had already pulled out a thick flat wood the size of a bench from behind his waist, like the square solid wood stool in the furniture city—except that there were no four legs.

As soon as I saw that this guy was not good-looking, he was suspicious, and the bearded man had already chuckled, picked it up, turned it over, and laid it flat on the colorful ground, and his hand slid on the surface of the stool, and he had already touched the wood about one-third of the way from head to tail, and his palm shook, and he had injected a breath of fresh air, and then excitedly motioned for me to stand in the middle of the "stool" that was about two meters long.

After I stood still in disbelief, I only heard the big Han sect shouting angrily, "Get up!" I was surprised to find that the stool under my feet had somehow bounced two wooden buckles to stabilize my feet, and the wooden bar in the middle had bloomed into countless flakes connected from end to end, and the folding ladder swayed and rose up like unfolding.

In a few moments, I had been lifted to a height of dozens of meters above the ground, and I could even look beyond the high white wall and vaguely see the view of the courtyard behind the mist. As the wooden bench under my feet continued to climb upward, I also suddenly had a feeling like flying clouds, just wanted to take a breath of air, but the wooden bench under my feet suddenly came to a 180-degree flip, and hung me upside down in the air, if it were not for the feet firmly grasped by the wooden buckles, I would have been unprepared to be lifted down.

Between the reversal of heaven and earth, I suddenly found a strange thing, that is, the vast gray-white sky, from my upside-down perspective, in an instant, it was so similar to the sea of clouds we saw on the top of the ancient village on the top of the old mountain. It's as if the world under our feet and the world we usually live in before are like the inside and outside of the mirror, which are both opposites and magically unified in the dark......

Looking back on the wonderful experience in just a few minutes, I also suddenly realized why he wanted to give this portable ladder-like machine such a poetic name as "Canghai Listening to Songtai" - just imagine, move this light "stool" to the edge of any famous mountain and river, open the mechanism, and really let a mortal instantly experience the thrill of the Taoist's ascension. It should be able to grow to a lot of fans, probably.

It's just that I already knew the result. Since he did not win, then this is similar to our common folding portable tower crane ladder, and there is no possibility of large-scale launch. It's a pity, it's a pity.

"Isn't it just an elevator? There's something rare. I jumped off the wooden bench, and also took a telescopic wooden claw that the bearded customer said he wanted to give me, and put it on my hand to see, hey, I can still move according to my temperament, not bad! I tried it, and sure enough, I could catch the petals more than 20 meters away - the practicality is okay, this lightweight "Flying Dragon Cloud Exploration Claw".

After pinning the wooden claws to my waist, I did the same, continued to pretend to be in a hurry to leave, and impatiently asked the eager slender face: "What about you, what are the masterpieces, take them out quickly!" ”

The empty man was waiting for my words, and after hearing it, he couldn't wait to show his masterpiece that he had spent half his life working on - the Eight Treasure Kirin Lock.

Well, when I look at it, the name sounds so majestic, but it doesn't look good - this class of technical nerds really needs to be improved in terms of aesthetic sentiment. Well, let's talk about what this thing is for.

The empty man originally wanted to wait for us to take the initiative to ask him, but he only waited for me to disdain a white eye, and he couldn't hold his breath first, so he quickly explained to us: This box adopts a three-layer design to isolate water and fire, and the rattan in the central mezzanine can also be insulated.

Seeing that Ah Xia and I were still expressionless, the empty man was even more anxious, and hurriedly beckoned us to pay attention to the three jade plates nested together at the top of the box. ”

"The little brother really has a wisdom root, just one point, one point!" The slender face was introduced for a long time, and it was rare to be accosted, and I was also very excited, and I couldn't help but praise me. It's just that I was praised by him, a person who is not good at words, and I still don't feel very comfortable, and I can't help muttering in my heart: It's not that you always bump into each other when you speak, and I don't help you summarize, and I don't understand what you're talking about when it's dark. Thinking about it this way, I simply went straight to the point and asked him what he wanted to give him a gift:

"Cut, it's just a safe with a combination lock, what's the fuss, na, what about me? Bring! ”

The slender face was defeated by me, and when I saw that I took out the wooden claws given by the bearded guest to play, I deliberately made a liking appearance, who was willing to admit defeat, gritted my teeth, and also took off the copper lock from my neck, and handed it to me, while saying disdainfully: "What is so rare about that kind of wooden thing, take it, the old man's string of 'soul suppression golden locks', put it on, even if you meet the nine ghosts crying, you are not afraid that it will hook your soul away!" ”

Ho~ Sounds pretty good, although I don't have time to ask about the principle of the realization of this treasure, but it seems to be very powerful, so let's take it first!

After letting Ah Xia put on the golden lock, I also turned my head to the long-bearded old man who saw that the two colleagues had already shown off their masterpieces, and couldn't help but stand on the side, and asked curiously: "This Taoist leader, what is your work?" ”

When the long-bearded master heard this, he quickly followed my words, and he lowered his head and took out a handful of carved dragons and phoenixes from his sleeves, which was exquisitely shaped, and was about half a meter square.

"The old man's entry is called 'Yin and Yang Ring Ding'. What is its function, please see-" As he spoke, the old man also bent down and picked up a handful of Luoying on the ground, put a large handful of fragrant petals in the middle of the small ding, and then conjured a wooden scoop out of nowhere, and received half a scoop of dew on the branches and leaves of the peach tree, and with a stroke of his long sleeves, he had touched the mechanism on the edge of the copper tripod, and covered the ancient tripod that was originally wide open, and then, with a jingling sound at the bottom of the small ding, a burst of ethereal purple smoke had risen from the small hole on the top. There is quite a sense of the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun described in "Journey to the West".

"That's it!" I just didn't think I could see the lifelike reliefs around Xiaoding, only to see the long-bearded old man pinching his fingers, waving his long sleeves early, and patting the top of Xiaoding from afar, and the top cover also heard a "whoosh" sound, and automatically put it away. Immediately, a refreshing floral fragrance emanated from Dingli - in the blink of an eye, a pot of qi-benefiting peach blossom porridge with full color and fragrance had been boiled!

"Well, I really didn't expect that a thousand years ago, there were capable people who could make this two-in-one fool-style cooker with pressure cooker and microwave oven, but it's a pity that you didn't win the championship, otherwise, the revolutionaries and leaders in the home appliance industry, you should also be decided, old man."

Thinking about it this way, I am more and more curious, the masterpieces of the three of them, at that time and even in modern times, are epoch-making inventions, what kind of mechanism is it compared to? It's really itchy. Forget it, I'll ask this later, let's get the treasure first.

Facing my expectant gaze, the white-bearded old man hesitated again and again, and finally found another thing from his sleeve, only to see that this thing looked at it, it was nothing more than an old rattan lantern covered with cowhide, not only made crudely, the materials used at will, but also, it didn't look like there was any ingenuity at all, could it be that this dead old man was going to use this thing to send me away? Hey, don't be so perfunctory!

Maybe seeing my disappointment, the old man also shook his head and sighed lightly - obviously complaining that I don't know the goods! Driven by curiosity, Ah Xia asked, and the three masters all looked at the shabby and simple "lantern" with respect, and said in unison:

"Don't look at this thing as inconspicuous, it's the winning work of the year!"

Did I hear me right? That's it?!

(End of chapter)