warring states careerist

Chapter 886
When I got home, it was a show of emotion.

After crying and laughing, the family sat at the dining table and ate a sumptuous meal.

As the elder sister, Shu Junzi looked at his brother's half-blind eye and thought of another thing about eyes.

After she came back from Chudi, she has been tidying up in the Xiangxu University Hall for a period of time. During that time, a very sensational event happened in the University Hall.

Someone poked his own eyes blind in order to find out the real reason why the human eye can see colorful colors.

Because Mozi's research on optics is very deep, he has proposed the eight optical methods and the reflection principle of concave mirror and convex mirror, as well as the imaging of small holes and the propagation of light along a straight line.

Therefore, as "one of the most valued disciples" of Mozi, of course, he should wear this skin well on his body, which is why Sishang did a series of light-splitting experiments with prisms and telescopes related to optics very early on. invention.

This can also be regarded as a kind of good from the top and the bottom must be effective.However, when it develops to a certain level, some people really want to explore the principles of the will of heaven, so all the stories that make people sigh or laugh at each other often appear in the Xiangxu University Hall.

It is said that sunlight has seven colors in essence, and everything is black without sunlight, so how do human eyes perceive different colors?

So someone put forward a conjecture - the human eye is also a device like a prism.

According to the fact that the prism must have a special shape to split the seven colors of light, and the human eye can see the seven colors of light, he conceived an experiment to verify whether his conjecture was correct.

Assume...the human eye also has a star shape similar to a prism
To prove this, he first poked his finger in the eye, which is the part under the eye socket, and squeezed hard, trying to deform the eye.

After poking it hard a few times, I found that all kinds of fantastic and colorful colors really appeared in my mind.

So to prove it, he increased the power by a few points, as he often did, and recorded what he observed.

As a result, one day I used too much force and poked too deeply...the left eye was broken.

After it was broken, he finally came to a conclusion: the human eye is not something similar to a prism, but another reason that caused the world to be colorful. As for the reason, there is no result yet, but it is absolutely denied another possibility.

After this incident happened, it also led to a new regulation issued by the Xiangxu Academy-prohibiting self-mutilation in order to seek the truth of Tianzhi.

Because there have been several terrible situations before, where people risked their lives to seek the truth of the so-called will of heaven, and this eye poking incident was just the trigger for the prohibition of self-harm.

Before that, someone tried the taste of various strange ores, and recorded the feeling after taking it, and several of them died.

Of course, there are also a few rather strange notes left behind—for example, the phosphorus used in the witches and men who were poisoned to death in the incident of Sishang Sacrifice. After phosphorus poisoning, there is a smell of garlic, and it is suspected that the phosphorus content in garlic is very high.

As for how the conclusions were drawn and how the observations were made, that was another story of careful thought and horror.

This kind of thing that looks too weird outside of Sishang, and even feels too weird outside of Xiang Xu, is nothing more than normal in the eyes of Shu Junzi and other people in the circle.

Not to mention that Shu Guitian was blind in one eye, even this time when drawing the geographical map of mountains and rivers, several people died. Shu Junzi felt that his younger brother was lucky to be able to come back alive.

During the interlacing of toasts, the family drank a lot of wine.

Seeing that her younger brother was still sober after drinking a lot, the concubine said with a smile, "Okay, I only drink when I'm leaving, so much alcohol now?"

Shu Guitian put down the white porcelain wine glass, and said hesitantly: "At sea, we drink less water and drink more. Wine can be preserved, but water can't be preserved. You don't know, there are people who go out in the South China Sea to exchange Qilin beads for gold. A businessman, but turned the bagasse in Panyu into wine."

Looking at a plate of bean sprouts in winter on the table, Shu Guitian pointed to those bean sprouts and said, "As long as it lands, I won't eat a single bite of bean sprouts."

The father just laughed, and the mother's hand deftly changed the position of the bean sprouts, and replaced it with a plate of vermicelli and stewed chicken.

After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Shu Guitian looked at Shu Junzi and asked, "Sister, I have never been able to figure out how you draw that map? I look at the stars every night and walk so far from here. The stars in the sky are all similar. The moon is also similar. We can also calculate the latitude here, how did you calculate the longitude?"

The term Jingwei has naturally existed for a long time, and these people in Sishang are also accustomed to it and think that it should be called this for granted.

"Kao Gong Ji" said that there are nine longitudes and nine latitudes; "Zuo Zhuan" also said that the longitude and latitude of heaven and earth are also.

Originally referring to the longitude and latitude of linen fabrics, it was used to extend the north, south, left and right roads. After the appearance of Sishang's cosmology, it borrowed the meaning of north, south, east, west and longitude and latitude.

Shu Junzi was very proud of participating in drawing the map of Kyushu this time, but after thinking about it, he felt that it would be too troublesome to explain to his younger brother, so he said: "You don't understand. In short, the Tai Sui star can be the best water leak in the world." A timer. Twelve hours in a day, different longitudes and different hours, so it can be calculated."

"Looking at the height of the stars and the moon, you can know what time it is at night here; looking at the position of Tai Sui and the moon, you can know what time it is at night in Pengcheng. After a little calculation, you will naturally know the longitude and geometry of this place."

Speaking of this, she thought of one thing, looked at the young brother with a blindfold on one eye, sighed and said: "It's a pity. The ground under her feet is round. It seems that there is no need to go around it." The earth has turned in a circle. The longitude can be measured, and the distance of each degree becomes smaller as you go north. The earth is definitely not flat, but a sphere."

None of the people present believed that the earth is flat, so Shu Guitian pondered for a while and asked, "Sister, can your method of measuring longitude be used on a boat?"

The gentleman immediately shook his head.

"I can't use it. Even if there is a telescope, the moon of Tai Sui Xing is too small, and it can't be seen if it is slightly bumped. Besides, it is always very troublesome to calculate. But if it is on land, it can be calculated."

Only then did the family members come to their senses, and asked repeatedly, "Are you still going to sea?"

Shu Guitian nodded his head as a matter of course and said, "Of course. After the world is unified, I may often go to sea. After the war, I have to live."

Mother muttered: "You can't spend the money you have now."

This kind of money is all in exchange for life. Only one-third of the people who went to sea together at the beginning came back. This is still enough for all kinds of food and logistical preparations.

Of course, there are also many profits, not to mention the one-twentieth of the shares shared by those members of the chamber of commerce that Shu Guitian said in the future, even this time one-fifth of the gold belongs to them, which is also a huge wealth.

Shu Guitian snorted and said, "Who cares about how much money is? The world is so big, it will always be recorded in the history books in the future. I, Shu Guitian, also participated in the first voyage to India. In the future People who are sailing merchants must remember."

"It's just that... I'm an intern this time. People mostly remember our captain and Mohist's representative, but they don't remember me."

"I want to do something spectacular, and it must be remembered. Money... I really don't care, because I don't need it."

He glanced at the second brother who was at home all the time, and said, "Second brother, why don't you go and register, and I'll find you a job to go to the South China Sea? As long as you are willing to work hard, you can make a lot of money. I have a lot of classmates over there .”

The prisoner shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'm fine at home. Besides, if I go, what will your sister-in-law and nephew do? I don't want to go. Some people go to the village, some get rich, and some die of illness. of."

Shu Guitian curled his lips and said, "I said a long time ago that when the giant gave us names, we should switch."

He looked at the concubine Mi again and said, "Brother, before I left, I heard that Juzi intends to find a place where sulfur, gold, silver, and copper were mentioned by his two masters. And it's not far from us. Yet?"

Shu Pu Mi nodded and said, "I found it. It's not far from Juli, just across the sea. But there...it's not like the rich place you went to this time."

"The people there are still using stones, not even slash-and-burn farming. I went there with Qilin beads and got back a bunch of clay pots. Who wants to go?"

"Instead, a company of people was left there, and a small town was set up by the sea. Some fugitives from the whole area were recruited, and there were not many people. Three to five hundred people went there."

"Businessmen don't want to go, so they can only look for gold mines, copper mines, sulfur, etc. But even if they are found, mining is still a problem."

"The fleet has traveled a long way around the coast. I heard that it is very large. Some tribes do have some gold in their hands, and they are all picked up in the water. They don't know how to pan for gold. I heard that they will send people to look for it after a while. mine."

"In fact, as long as you find gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, even sulfur mines, as long as there are people mining them, there will definitely be more. But there is no one."

"Why are you asking this?"

Shu Guitian clapped his hands and said, "What are you doing? This is an opportunity to leave a mark in the history books! Brother!"

"Think about it, there were [-] people in Panyu City back then, and the [-] people took down Panyu City. No matter how poor Panyu City is, there are still bronze wares. What do you think is there on that island? The tribal people are still using it. As for the stone, it still looks like it did before Yanhuang in ancient times."

"As long as you have the means, 300 people are enough to traverse such a large island."

"There must be fighting between the tribes. Emperor Yan and Huangdi fought wars. If I take people to the island, it doesn't take too many people. 300 people are enough to make a big deal."

"No one mines? It's simple. What did Sishang do when it was first established? Each village community took turns sending people to mine and dig canals. Could it be that Sishang can be used, but not there?"

"There are tens of thousands of people on such a huge island, so there are still mines that cannot be mined? Now sulfur, gold, silver, and copper are all urgently needed."

"Think about it, you don't need many people, three to five hundred people, plus some craftsmen who can mine and prospect, it's enough. Since the giant said that his two gentlemen knew that there are there, there are naturally there. Such a great achievement..."

Speaking of this, the prisoner Mi staggered and patted his younger brother on the shoulder and said, "You can think of it, but the higher-ups can't think of it? It's not that simple."

"A friend of mine who went to camp earlier participated in the first expedition. There are many things in it, and it is not as simple as you think."

"Let me just ask you, there is still plenty of land in Kyushu. There is plenty of land in Huaibei and Jiangnan, but no one has gone there yet. Who would risk their lives to go to the island?"

"Isn't it for gold and silver? But for gold and silver, the digging of gold, silver and copper must be managed by the higher-ups. It is impossible for private individuals to dig casually, and even if you dig, you have to grow food, right? This can't be done overnight. "

"Indeed, those tribes are still using stones, but they are not a state like Panyu, but a primitive village community. The land is owned by the public, and everything is owned by the public. There is almost no private ownership, and there is no organization at all. The people there , There are indeed slaves, but even if they are slaves, after they are released, they know how to obey orders and what they can and cannot do. Those primitive villages where everything is owned by the public, do they know what it means to obey orders?"

"Mining... People don't want to dig. At worst, they go to the mountains and drink their blood. They used to live like that. We have to find a way to get them to dig, and find a way to make them accept it. You see... Nanhai is not willing to want Nanhai locals. Why, because they are familiar with the environment of the South China Sea, so what if they run into the jungle?"

"The higher-ups are also thinking about how to control it without causing chaos, spend less money, employ fewer people, and provide a large amount of gold, silver, copper, and sulfur. The things inside are too complicated, not as simple as you think. If it really There is a state like the states in the South China Sea, where the nobles divide the fields and those who cultivate them have their fields, and everyone is equal, and the hearts of the people belong to each other, so things are actually simple."

"The members of the village community there are originally equal, the land is originally owned by the people of the world, and the wealth is even more equal than the equal exchange imagined by the farmers. How can we do it? Who will do it? Let those who want to seek self-interest People who harm others go, it is impossible for the above to agree, and they are not willing to go to that kind of place. After all, there are many places to make a fortune in Sishang. They will go to change pots? Let the Mohists who have the world obey discipline and firmly believe in equality and love do it. ...it doesn't make sense."

(End of this chapter)