Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 667 Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology

"My subordinate, Ma Su, welcomes the lord on behalf of the Academy of Science and Technology!" In the Hongdu Academy of Science and Technology, a middle-aged Confucian scholar led a total of 18 people recruited by the Academy of Science and Technology. Mu Jing bowed his hands and saluted.

"The subordinates are waiting to welcome the lord!"

Following Ma Su's salute, everyone in the Institute of Science and Technology also saluted.

The people in the Academy of Science and Technology are a bit miscellaneous, some are from engineering, some are from easy subjects, and some are from miscellaneous subjects. Compare.

"You don't need to be polite!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, he jumped off the horse, walked up, looked at Ma Su, and asked in a deep voice: "Long sky, how is the preparation of the Institute of Science and Technology going?"

Ma Su, whose name is Changkong, is a Mohist disciple.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, but Confucianism has been at the top for 400 years since the Han Dynasty.

But this does not mean that the brilliance of other schools of thought has been extinguished.

Although the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, it did not kill other schools of thought quickly. There was no such thing as Qin Shihuang who burned books and buried Confucianism. There will always be academic knowledge passed down, no matter it is the military school, the Mohist school, the peasant family... all schools of thought have inheritance of.

It's just that these schools have become dimmed under the brilliance of Confucianism. Gradually, there are fewer and fewer people who can learn.

But if you are determined to look for it, you can still find a lot of talents.

Especially in this chaotic world where the court is in turmoil and the world is chaotic, people's hearts have become extremely restless, and some hidden talents will have the heart to choose the master and want to seize the opportunity of this great world.

And Ma Su is also a talent hidden in the world. He has a pair of skillful hands, reads well, and inherits Mohism. Before he was discovered, he was actually just a villager in Xinye. People regard it as a different kind, indulge in Mohism, and are not inherited by scholars.

The Xu family was the first to discover him.

Xu Lin is a person who values ​​skills. He has searched for blacksmiths in Nanyang and recruited them under the Xu family's command, but the Xu family did not dare to make a high profile in Nanyang, so some people gave them favors and sent them to Guanzhong.

And this Ma Su, a craftsman is a craftsman, but he is not very good at iron smelting, so he was sent to Hanzhong by Xu Lin.

But for Mujing.

This is a man of great talent.

It was precisely because of meeting him inadvertently, and his long sighs, that the idea of ​​establishing a science and technology institute came into Mu Jing's mind.

The times are developing.

Minghou Mansion must go ahead and not lag behind.

"My lord, the Academy of Science and Technology has gathered 18 people. I think these talents are suitable for joining the Academy of Science and Technology!" Ma Su said.

"I sent you more than a hundred people, and you picked eighteen?"

Mu Jing pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a little helpless.

"My lord has said that the Academy of Science and Technology gathers talents, and they are rare talents. How can they just pretend to be numbers!" Ma Su has a somewhat straightforward personality, which is why he can only be reduced to a farmer when he is full of talents. one of the reasons.

"Okay, you have the final say!"

Mu Jing said: "Then how is the first task I entrusted to you?"

"It's half done!"

Ma Su replied.

"Go in and see!"

Mu Jing strode in.

Across the school yard in the front courtyard, we entered a handicraft workshop. This handicraft workshop is very spacious, surrounded by wood workshops, and there is a small stove on the back side. It is a self-smelting iron workshop for making parts.

The most important research room in the middle of this handicraft workshop, as soon as you walk in, there are many tools scattered on it. All desks have tools, and all desks are concentrated on a research object in the middle.

This thing is not big, small and special.

But when Mujing saw it, it was as if he saw a treasure: "Changkong, you have already researched it!"

"Not yet!"

Ma Su replied: "My lord, although most of the parts of this thing have been built, there are problems with the initial combination. We still need to solve many problems. The problem of gear fit requires a more ingenious blacksmith to build, and the spring also needs to be adjusted. There is something wrong with the shaft!"

This is a dial.

Time has become Mujing’s biggest discomfort in this era. No matter how fine the hourglass is, it’s not very fine. Estimating the time is always up to God, but the sun can’t be seen all the time.

Every second counts when fighting on the battlefield. Sometimes, even if the two armies attack together, even if the time is right, there will be a time gap once they fight. A time gap of more than half an hour is not too much, and it is easy to cause the war on the battlefield. on failure.

So Mu Jing really wanted to get the watch out.

But he is not an inventor.

What I know is nothing more than a well-known principle. It is very difficult to invent a watch based on this principle.

Until Mu Jing met Ma Su.

Ma Su is definitely a genius craftsman, he can rely on Mujing to describe some principles for him, and make a thing, which makes Mujing have the idea of ​​making a watch. Careful calculation, this will improve the combat effectiveness of the Mu army.

"how much time is required?"

Mu Jing suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked in a deep voice.

He doesn't understand technology.

He just wants results.

"One month!"

Ma Su said confidently: "As long as you give me a month, I can make it. I would like to issue a military order!"

"it is good!"

Mujing laughed loudly: "Changkong, if you make this thing, I'll give you whatever you want!"

"My lord, the internal structure of this watch can be made, but the glazed plate you mentioned is probably a little difficult!" Ma Su said: "We have tried to use many materials to fire it, but we can't make the glazed glass that the lord said!"

"Success lies in daring to try!"

Mu Jing said softly: "Liu Li, as long as you work hard, it will always burn out. As for the watch, it can be made into a pocket watch. The iron plate forms a flip cover on the outside to protect the dial!"

He also wants to burn glass, but he doesn't know the principle of glass, what he knows is only vague things, and he doesn't know whether these memories are right or wrong, but he can only give it to Ma Su to try.

The key is that most of the chemical knowledge I learned was sent back to the teacher, and I can't keep it now, so even Mu Jing, an old monster with a memory of 2000 years, has nothing to do.

But this sentence is not wrong, successful invention lies in trying.

"I'll keep trying!"

Ma Su nodded.

"Long sky, the science and technology academy lies in the accumulation of talents. The science and technology academy I want is a product that can surpass the times. Next to it is the Hongdumen School. There must be talents in a school. You must learn to recruit talents!"

Mu Jing instructed.

"Yes!"

Ma Su nodded, and he glanced sideways at the Hongdu School of various departments, and he understood why Mu Jing put the Academy of Science and Technology here.

He has to admit that there are many scholars in Hongdu School.

Not as good as the few people he recruited, Huang An and Fu Ze, who studied the subject of Yi in Hongdu, these people have great achievements in arithmetic, and this time they solved the problem of the dial, relying on their arithmetic ability, actuarial to the point.

In addition, Hongdu people who study miscellaneous subjects are even more attractive to him, and there are many Mohist scholars among them.

"My lord, apart from the dial, our Academy of Science and Technology has completed the first invention!" Ma Su asked for credit.

"Oh!"

Mu Jing was overjoyed: "What is it?"

"My lord, please go to the backyard!"

Ma Su leads the way.

Mu Jing followed closely behind.

The backyard is actually the back mountain. There are a lot of farmland in the back mountain. Hongdumen is proud of it. In terms of food, it is absolutely self-sufficient. Therefore, this piece of farmland is all Hongdumen's, but tenants are hired to cultivate it.

On the west side of the farmland, there is a small river flowing down from above, and then flows into the moat, the river in the city flowing into the Han River.

In the river water, there is a windmill.

This is the waterwheel.

"The research on the waterwheel was successful?" Mu Jing's eyes brightened.

"Report to my lord, this was completed a few days ago. It is currently undergoing experiments. The research technology of the waterwheel is not very profound, but the key is whether it can use the power of the water flow to rotate automatically!"

It was Qiu Ping who answered Mujing's question.

Qiu Ping is Ma Su's deputy, and he is also a clerk of Gongcao. He was transferred from Gongcao to Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology. He is good at carpentry. The waterwheel was guided by Ma Su, and he brought people to complete it himself.

"What is the result of the current experiment?"

"very good!"

Qiu Ping replied: "As long as the water flows continuously, our waterwheels will not stop. Bringing water into ditches from waterways is equivalent to bringing water into plateaus from low-lying areas. This will surely solve many problems for farmland. !"

"Okay, great!"

Mu Jing laughed loudly: "This is a great achievement, and I will remember it on the head of the Academy of Science and Technology. What you have done will be your honor in the future. This waterwheel has been ordered by the Academy of Science and Technology, and the waterwheel in Hongdu will also be honored." Let those Confucian scholars who studied in Hongdumen be honored, and tell him that they are not the ones who can make the name of Hongdu go down in history, and you Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology can also do it!"

"Thank you my lord!"

Everyone was a little excited. Although they are all skillful craftsmen, they are still inferior to Confucianism. It is definitely a rare honor to be able to declare this aspect and be comparable to them, and it will make future generations proud.

"Qiu Ping!"

"exist!"

"Contact Nong Cao, and spread the waterwheel to Hanzhong, Wudu, and Nanyang as soon as possible!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)