warring states careerist

Chapter 724

He understood that his official position was closely related to the trade of the Mohists. The annual border tax provided the king of Chu with a large amount of income, and it was also a source of military expenditure for the new army of Chu.

Hearing the news that the Lechang Gorge was halfway under construction, I felt relieved, and thought that I would have to deal more in the future, so I reminded a few words.

The other one is also because of the batch of arms bought by Lord Linwu. He doesn’t know the truth about it. It’s no problem to report it normally, but Wang Ziliang’s husband is patrolling the border on behalf of the king, and Lord Linwu is also in the city, so it’s better to have a reminder .

If it's a normal transaction, it's easy to say; if it's a secret transaction, it's good to be careful.

Although he doesn't know the current turmoil in Chu State, but he can probably feel some of it.

The leader of the caravan hurriedly thanked them, paid the full amount of customs duties according to the quantity of goods on the list, got the stamp slip, and told the caravan to move forward quickly, trying to arrive at Linwu tomorrow morning.

In the last few cars of the convoy, Shu Junzi, who has graduated for a year, is talking about some measurement knowledge with several "disciples" in the car.

She is young and a woman, yet she is not used to being called Mister.

After finishing his studies, he took some people who had not been admitted to Xiangxu, but who were not bad, to start surveying work. This time, he wanted to draw a map of Kyushu. He spent a lot of effort and sent out many people.

Three years ago, the disciples of the crystal craftsmen in Zang Kingdom finally made a telescope that could see several moons around the Tai Sui star. After nearly two years of observation and recording, the Tai Sui satellite was used as a timer. The knowledge of measuring longitude and drawing accurate maps already has enough conditions to be implemented, so today she brought her disciples to Linwuguan.

After talking for a while, when everyone was tired, a female disciple couldn't help thinking of a lace news she heard, and said with a smile: "Sir, have you heard that the prince Liangfu of Chu State likes masculinity the most?" , It is said that the wife next to me is there to give birth to a son, and the people next to her pillow are all beautiful boys."

Just now when I heard Linwu Siguan talk about Wang Ziliang's husband patrolling the border on behalf of the king, this female disciple's mind is full of images of those two beautiful men together.

The gentleman smiled and said, "The nobles of the Chu state are so masculine, and it's not something that only happens now. Why, do you like such things?"

The female disciple covered her mouth and said with a smile: "It's not that I like such things, I just think that when we go to Linwu, we can see the beautiful boys next to Wang Ziliangfu, and see if their babies are really so good-looking."

The common gentleman said disdainfully: "Those who pay with wealth will lose their money when their wealth is exhausted; It's beautiful, but I don't want to take a second look."

"But you are all women like me, you have to learn more knowledge, it will be useful. Even if jade is hidden in a stone, it is still jade."

Those female disciples hurriedly said yes, but they thought in their hearts, I am not ugly, and besides, I am looking for a husband and I will not look for someone who will be the male favorite of the princes and nobles, I just look at the skin.

How did they know that what the gentleman said was not only educating them, but also missing his little brother Guitian.

When she came back from Zhao land four years ago, she was caught up with the big debate among the hundreds of schools, and her little brother's fate was changed because of this debate.

Since elementary school, she has always believed that the ground under her feet is round, and her current surveying work is also based on that theory, so she is naturally very concerned about that controversy.

Those who supported Gaitian's theory at that time proposed a perfect model, which was called Qiheng Liujian.

It is said that there are changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter because the sun has seven orbits, and the orbits are constantly moving, so there are changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

And the sun is like a candle, you can't see it if you are far away, so you can calculate the height of the sun by the one-inch shadow of the sun, and the sun is far away because it is dark.

On the day of the summer solstice, the sun revolves on the inner balance. Because the radius of the inner balance is very small, it is absolutely possible that the sky is not dark all day long to the north of Sushen in the extreme north.

When the sun is rotating in the external balance, then the extreme north will naturally be dark forever, because the sun is too far away in the external balance to be seen.

As for solar and lunar eclipses, it is because there is a dark star in the sky. This dark star is orbiting in the sky, but its height is lower than that of the sun and moon, so solar and lunar eclipses appear.

The debate on this model of heaven and earth is not just an academic debate, but an extremely serious political debate.

The sky is round and the earth is earthly. Under this model, the hierarchical system coincides with the way of heaven and earth. The sky is superior and the earth is inferior. That's why the emperor can rule Kyushu.

However, if the earth is round, and the circle is equal everywhere, up and down are just relative concepts, so the legitimacy of the Son of Heaven has been greatly impacted.

The weirdness of such a model is that it can explain spring, summer, autumn and winter, day and night, and even solar and lunar eclipses... The orbit of the "dark star" that causes solar and lunar eclipses can also be calculated. Even if it does not exist at all, it is in line with the theory of nine numbers and exists in this model, just like negative numbers and imaginary numbers in calculations.

And with the premature appearance of the compass, this Gaitian theory has its own revision: the earth is a circle, not a square, so even if you can go around from west to east and come back, it does not mean that the earth is a ball.

As long as the theory becomes a system, it can figure out the calculation rules that match, and the dark star that does not exist that causes the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse can be calculated.

There were also many debates at that time, and the Sishang Mohists also raised many questions, which triggered a big discussion about the circle of heaven and earth.

Fortunately, this theory has not been fully perfected. Si Shang seized a little bit and pursued it fiercely, and finally came up with two verifications that can prove that this theory is wrong.

One is whether you can see the Big Dipper at the external balance. Gaitian said that the external balance is the Tropic of Capricorn.

The other is to go to Zhongheng, where the sun is directly overhead on the day of the spring and autumn equinox, to observe the starry sky in the north and see if the distance between the stars has been shortened... If it is really formed by covering the sky , then the distance between the stars will be gradually shortened as the naked eye observes to the south.

This involves a question of "rank and inferiority". The sun is the sun, so the height of the sun must be higher than that of the stars.

The controversy left a deep impression on Shu Junzi, because at that time Shi Shi came forward and said something, saying that it was a good thing.Because the model of Gaitian theory can be justified, at least now it can be justified, and it is constantly revised, which requires a lot of mathematical calculations. No matter whether the dark star that causes the eclipse of the moon exists or not, the progress of number nine and geometry is predictable.

Shortly thereafter, Sishang Mohists began to advance into the South China Sea, copying the strategy of Zhou Jianshang in those years: Taibo ran to Wudi, and went east to west with Xiqi to cut off the Shang Dynasty; Sishang went straight to the South China Sea, intending to take advantage of the North-South confrontation In this way, along the longitudinal line of the Pearl River and the Xiangjiang River, the encirclement of Chu State was completed.

With the increasingly mature coastal navigation technology, some rumors brought by Solucan's westward journey also moved many people.

Solucan had heard of a city named Bhaktra in Persia, which was the closest city to Persia in the Central Plains, and the people there had exchanges with India in the south; I got some news, and the remote country over there also heard rumors of a wealthy country in the west.

The development of industry and commerce brings the desire for wealth. The land reform in the South China Sea is also aimed at expanding the market, but the improvement from scratch is too slow. The rumors of those rich places have prompted many people to hope that they can directly and have developed places. Do business to get gold, silver and copper.

Just like treating Fulou in the South China Sea, productivity is bound by slavery, and there is no way to sell much. Only after the land reform can the market be expanded and the industry and commerce continue to prosper.

Now the trade on the westbound road is in the hands of the Qin State, and the Qin State has to go west, and there is no business to do with the barbarians. Only with the developed and wealthy areas can it be possible to sell things.

Together with that debate about Gaitian or Earth, it prompted a voyage from Yangyu to the west along the coastline a year and a half ago.

One is to train the sailing skills, this thing was originally piled up by human life.

The second is the compulsory order promoted by the Sishang Mohist School. Under the centralization of power, as long as you want to do it, there is nothing you can’t do. At this time, the giant just knows that there must be a wealthy person who can sell low-end Kelin beads, cotton cloth, A place where ironware was sold at a premium price.

The third is to have a tradeable object. The trade volume of rich and developed areas is completely different from that of poor areas.However, the development of industry and commerce in Sishang is abnormal, and there are many things that exist in this era but are extremely expensive. According to estimates, if a broken glass bead is traded in a rich area for the first time, it can always be exchanged for the same amount of gold.

In some remote areas, even if you want to exchange for gold and copper, you can't exchange them, you can only exchange some animal skins. If you want to open up the market, you have to carry out land reform and development of production under the leadership of Sishang, which is too slow.

In the end, it was to verify that what Gaitian said was wrong, that when looking at the stars in a place like Shendu, the distance is still the same.

Even if the Xiliu boat masters in Sishang have developed in recent years, they are not directly capable of ocean voyages. It is still possible to go to Japan from the southernmost tip of North Korea, but it will take a lot of experience to go any farther.

Relying on this kind of newborn calf not afraid of tigers, young people's belief that verifying the will of heaven is a kind of dedication fanaticism, and their desire for wealth and trade, a fleet of six sailing ships sailing westward along the coastline left.

All that can be relied on is the newly developed astronomy. In a place where the North Star can be seen, relying on the compass will not make mistakes.

Shu Junzi's youngest brother, Guitian, had just graduated from the Xiliu Military Academy at that time. Because of his excellent performance and the impulse to petition, he became a member of the fleet that sailed westward in search of India a year and a half ago.

Apart from silk, the goods carried on the ship are all kinds of kirlin beads. Each ship can only accommodate 40 to [-] people, half of whom are young people who have just grown up and just finished their school career.

The gentleman feels that those people are exposed to the sea breeze and the sun all the year round, and some people need to observe the height and angle of the sun all year round, and they may be blinded by the sun, so naturally they will not look good.But she thinks those people are very good, they are all people who, like her, desire to accomplish something that "benefits the world".

Just like this time when he came to Chu State to survey and map the map, Shu Junzi felt that this was the unity of benefiting himself and the world that Sishang often said. As for Italy, she feels that she has already achieved the "equal distribution of duties and everyone's happiness" as said in "Datong".

(End of this chapter)