Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 454 Change of Chess

After instilling some thoughts of loving the people into Ying Zheng, Ziyou left the Qin Palace and headed towards the Academy of Sciences.

When he was almost at the Academy of Sciences, Ziyou realized that he had forgotten to tell Ying Zheng about Yun Mengze. If you want to detonate the Jade and Stone Burning Formation on the overseas fairy islands, you must first go to the overseas fairy islands. It is simply impossible to cross the ocean with the current shipbuilding technology of Qin State alone.

"It seems that we need to discuss with the Yin Yang family and the public loser to get the mirage out." Ziyou muttered.

A behemoth like a mirage is basically on the same level as the treasure ships used by Zheng He in his later voyages to the West, or even worse. But the cost of building such a huge sea-going ship is also very huge, which is a big headache for Ziyou.

The guard of the Academy of Sciences saw Ziyou walking slowly and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"Meet the dean."

"Well, is Gong Shuqiu here?" Ziyou nodded and asked.

"If the family leader is included, should we notify the doctor?" the guard asked.

"No, I haven't been to the Academy of Sciences for a long time. I'll go in and take a look myself." Ziyou said.

Since the Academy of Sciences was officially established, Dean Ziyou has never intervened except to confirm the detailed plans of the Academy of Sciences. At most, he has left the things in his mind for future generations to the relevant departments and asked them to study them. The family's gunpowder, the Mohist's steam engine, the farmer's hybrid rice, and the Taoist study of physics.

As for how their research was going, Ziyou didn't know at all, and he didn't even bother to ask. At the beginning, Ziyou only left a few words and I gave it to you. You can tell me the finished product after you get it.

The gatekeepers of the Academy of Sciences could only take Ziyou to the inspection place. Only after the inspection was completed, Ziyou was released. There are three such inspections in total. No matter who enters the Academy of Sciences, they must undergo inspections inside and outside, except for Ying Zheng.

After entering the Academy of Sciences, Ziyou stopped asking others to follow him and looked around by himself. The first thing Zi You went to was the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which is under the jurisdiction of the farmer's family.

What catches the eye are the pepper houses, which are equivalent to the greenhouses of later generations. Farmers are barefoot and shirtless playing with their things in the ground. Situ Wanli, the chief farmer, and the steward of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences Xu Huan, the two of them were talking about something with some old farmers on the field over some fruits.

"What are you doing?" Ziyou stepped forward and asked.

Hearing Ziyou's voice, several people looked around blankly. After seeing Ziyou, they all saluted and said

"Greetings to the dean. I didn't know that the dean was coming. I'm sorry for the delay in welcoming you."

"Nothing, I just returned to Xianyang. What are you talking about?" Ziyou picked up a fruit and said.

"We are discussing how to increase the yield of melons and fruits. We have studied many methods from the books left by our husband and found some suitable methods after selection, but there is nothing we can do to increase the yield to a higher level. . So we thought about the hybrid rice and hybrid wheat proposed by Mr. Wang, and wondered whether the fruits could be hybridized in this way during the flowering stage to increase the yield." Situ Wanli said.

After hearing Situ Wanli's words, Ziyou immediately didn't sigh with emotion for their bold idea, but asked

"So you have made new discoveries about the hybridization of rice and wheat?"

Xu Huan, who is in charge of hybrid rice and wheat, said

"It can't be considered a new discovery. The dean is coming with us."

Under the leadership of Xu Huan, Ziyou came to another pepper house. In this pepper house, rice with full ears grew. Xu Huan proudly introduced to Ziyou

"In the days when the dean was away, although we did not completely complete the hybrid rice that the dean mentioned, we have made some achievements. These rice are the third crop of finished products we have developed, and their yield has reached unprecedented heights.

And this is just rice. In the next pepper room is wheat. The cultivation of wheat is much faster than that of rice. Now the fourth crop of wheat has been cultivated, and the yield is more than three times the previous one. "

Xu Huan pushed open the door of another pepper house. The wheat inside was growing very ferociously. Ziyou nodded.

"It seems that you are doing a good job. Wheat and rice are the first priority. Cultivate these two crops first. As for the fruits, you can leave them a little. If you want to cultivate them, you can try it yourself." Ziyou encouraged road.

Good ideas should always be encouraged, even if it does not help their ideas.

After leaving the farmhouse, Ziyou came to the place where Qin Mo was. The style in Qin Mo's territory was different from the heavy and simple farmhouse. Everything was solemn and solemn with a hint of unrealistic science fiction style.

In the wide courtyard, there are three huge White Tigers. Some Qin Mo disciples are studying and learning new things around the White Tigers. Some old people are leading the young disciples to learn about various parts or assemble something.

Xiangli Guan also saw Ziyou after being reminded by his disciples. After handing over the affairs in hand to his disciples, he came up to him.

"Dean." Xiang Liguan saluted.

"Master Xiangli, why are the white tigers here?" Ziyou said, looking at the three white tigers.

The mechanical blueprints for the four mythical beasts of the Mo family are all in the Mo family's machine city. Even the finished products are only owned by the Mo family, not Qin Mo.

"After the Mo family settled in the Great Qin Academy, the relationship with our Qin Mo family has eased a bit. The Six-Fingered Black Man of the Moh family is now in charge of the Great Qin Academy, but all the big and small matters are left to Jing Ke and his wife, Princess Gongsun Liji. The two wanted to reunite the Mo family and bring the Mo family back to its original peak.

In order to show their sincerity, they specially sent us five White Tigers for Qin Mo to study. "Xiangli Guan said.

When the Mohists from the Xiangli lineage entered the Qin Dynasty, because Qin was not accepted by the Mohists at that time, Qin Mo from the Xiangli lineage was not allowed to take away the Suzaku, White Tiger, and Xuanwu drawings. Able to assemble a White Tiger by myself.

"Five? Why are there only three here?" Ziyou asked.

"There are two more that we modified and sent to the Chu battlefield. Those idiots from the Provincial Public Losers said that our Mohist machine skills can only cultivate the land." Xiangli Guan said angrily.

"So that's it. I have something to ask you." Ziyou said.

"Dean, please speak."

"What is the Mohist shipbuilding technology like? If I want to build a large ship that can sail across the ocean, what do you think it can be made with Qin's existing technology?" Ziyou asked.

"This depends on the dean's specific requirements. At present, Qin Mo's shipbuilding technology is enough to drive safely in places like Yunmengze. If it is necessary to travel on the sea for a long time, Qin Mo's technology is still a little behind." Xiangli Guan said. Shipbuilding technology was nothing in the Mohist family, but sea-going ships were different. Mohist shipbuilding technology was aimed at river ships, and sea-going ships and river ships were two different things.

Ziyou stated his request, and Xiangli Guan frowned after hearing it. What Ziyou asked them to build was not so much a boat, but a small Qin Palace that could travel on the sea. Relying on the current technology, if there was no speed requirement, Qin Mo could still give it a try, but Ziyou had unprecedented requirements for technology and sturdiness, which made Xiangli Guan shake his head.

"Qin Mo's technology cannot be supported now. If we start researching it from now on, it will probably take many years to hope to achieve it." Sagari Kan said.

"Where are the public losers? Do they have such technology?" Ziyou asked.

Hearing Ziyou mention Gongshujia, Xiangli Guan's first thought was how could it be possible that Gongshujia didn't have technology that even the Mo family didn't have. But seeing Ziyou looking so serious, Xiangli Guan said

"I don't know about that, and it's impossible for me to know about the public loser."

"Well, please take your time and get busy. I heard that White Tiger has Unit Zero, which was built by Mo Zi, the founder of the Mo family. Do you want to give White Tiger wings and let it soar in the sky?" Ziyou asked before leaving. asked.

"There was such a thing, but it failed in the end. After that, the Mo family also shelved the matter." Sagari Kan said.

"I think you can do some more research. Didn't Suzaku succeed in his research? Maybe you can think about it again. As the saying goes, the attacker moves above the nine heavens. Even if it can't be used for fighting, wouldn't it be convenient if it can be used to transport goods? A lot?" Ziyou said.

After hearing Ziyou's words, Xiangli Guan still thought about the feasibility of it. Ziyou did not disturb him and continued towards the Gongshu's territory.

After entering the Gongshu family's territory, the atmosphere changed again. The Gongshu family's territory was filled with a solemn and heavy atmosphere. The sound of gears turning around came and went. The huge red-trained king snake machine beast was placed in the middle of the yard. Gongshu Qiu was giving Disciples demonstrate how to drive the red-trained king snake.

In addition to the red-trained king snake, there is also a broken earth Saburo and eleven sculptures in the yard. These sculptures correspond to the twelve zodiac animals. There were originally twelve Gongshu beasts, but due to various reasons, only the Red-trained King Snake is left. The drawings of the other Gigaku beasts have even been lost.

When the disciples exclaimed for a while, Zhong Gongshu Qiu stepped down from the head of the Scarlet Lian King Snake, pushed aside the crowd and came to Ziyou.

"Sir, why are you here?"

"I just returned to Xianyang, and I have something to ask you. How is Gongshu's shipbuilding skills? Can it sail on the sea?" Ziyou stated all his conditions.

After hearing Ziyou's words, Gongshuqiu's reaction was as clear as a tack.

"That old guy Xiang Liguan is right. Gongshujia is indeed unable to meet Mr.'s requirements. As far as I know, Baiyue's building ship technology may meet Mr.'s needs. According to records, the ancient Yue people "water flows through the mountains. The ancient Yue people have always been good at making boats and controlling boats. This building boat is a large warship invented by the ancient Yue people. The deck building of the building boat is particularly huge, the ship is tall and the bow is wide, and the appearance is like a building, so It’s called a “building ship.”

"I've also heard about this. If we have the technology of building ships, can we build a treasure ship like the one I mentioned?" Ziyou said.

"You can try it. May I ask why you want to build such a treasure ship? According to what you said, it would cost countless money to build such a treasure ship." Gong Shuqiu asked curiously.

"Of course it's useful." Ziyou didn't say the reason.

Seeing that Ziyou was unwilling to talk, Gongshu Qiu also knew that the matters involved were beyond his control.

After Ziyou didn't get what he wanted from Gongshujia and Qin Mo, he left the Academy of Sciences and prepared to return to his royal palace.

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Chu State, Dangyang.

At this time, Dangyang City was no longer as peaceful as before. The Qin army had begun to attack the city, and the Chu army defending Dangyang City naturally spared no effort to resist. Xiang Yan, who is located in the governor's mansion, has received a letter from Xiang Liang at this moment.

Xiang Bo looked at Xiang Yan with a gloomy face and asked

"Father, is there something wrong with my second brother?"

"Wang Jian took the city of Tang with an army of 80,000, and is now attacking Suicheng. According to the news from the spies, there are still 100,000 troops in Qin State heading towards Chu State." Xiang Yan said in a low voice.

At this moment, Xiang Yan also understood why Li Mu had surrounded him instead of attacking him before. He was not looking for an opportunity for a decisive battle, but just to help Wang Jian delay time. As long as Wang Jian opened up the Han River to Yunmengze, he could directly bypass the defense line they deployed in Dangyang and attack Yingdu directly by just going down the river.

Although Xiang Yan was wary of this before, otherwise he would not have allowed Xiang Liang to lead his men to garrison in Tang City, but he underestimated the Qin State, and did not expect that the Qin State would directly launch two armies. Although the combined number of the two armies is not much, the logistical transportation pressure has increased exponentially.

Xiang Yan handed the information in his hand to Xiang Liang, and Xiang Liang sighed with emotion after reading it.

"This Qin country is really rich."

"I underestimated Qin's national power. I just finished attacking Zhao and then launched another war to destroy the country so quickly, with two armies. I underestimated it," Xiang Yan said helplessly.

"Then what should we do now?" Xiang Liang asked.

"Abandon Suicheng. Let Xiang Liang and the others retain their troops and withdraw to Jingling!" Xiang Yan said.

"Ah?" Xiang Bo was startled by Xiang Yan's words. If Suicheng was abandoned, all the land north of Yunmengze would fall into the hands of the Qin State. In this way, there would be no defense line north of Yunmengze. By then, I don’t know how many people in Yingdu City will impeach them.

"Suicheng is a dead end now. Qin's idea is very clear. It wants to fight on multiple fronts to wear us down and make us overwhelmed. The distance between Suicheng and us is too far. Even if we want to support, it will be useless. Cheng Ben The city is small and there are not many soldiers defending it. If we insist on holding on blindly, there will be no benefit except letting more soldiers die.

But Jingling is different. Jingling is the main road between Yunmengze and Yingdu. Its walls are solid and thick enough to withstand the siege of a hundred thousand troops. Controlling Jingling is enough to withstand the attacks from Ganyukou and Yunmengze. If Liang Er and the others withdraw to Jingling with their army, they will use Dangyang as the front line and unite with Jingling, Yingdu, and Jiangling. Relying on Yunmengze and the river water is enough to form a solid line of defense. Xiang Yan said.

"But will your Majesty allow it? If we really give up Suicheng, although our defense line can be connected, we will not be willing to give hundreds of miles of land to Qin!" Xiang Bo said.

(End of this chapter)