Chapter 934 Qiu Yu
The autumn rain in the south of the Yangtze River is no less than the plum rain season. It has been raining intermittently for half a month. The humidity is quite heavy and cold to the bones, and it has no intention of stopping.
But even on such a rainy day, there is still no desertion on the wharf of Huating Town, and everything is in full swing. Cargo ships kept arriving and departing from the port, and specialty goods from various inland capitals arrived one after another. They were then unloaded to the shore by devices equipped with iron booms at the pier. The porters drove horse-drawn carriages to transport the goods. Store in the warehouse designated by the merchant.
As you go in, you go out. Here we are busy unloading, but other ships are busy loading. Either the wood, rice, spices and other goods arriving from the Southeast Asia were loaded onto ships and transported along the waterways and canals to Guanzhong, or the cargo ships of Hu merchants were loaded with a ship full of silk or porcelain and sailed down the river. Yangtze River, transported across the ocean to foreign lands.
Busy and thriving.
Fang Jun, Kong Yingda, and old man Yu Ming each held an oil-paper umbrella and walked leisurely on the cement road of the pier.
Kong Yingda pointed to the iron gantry cranes on the riverside and praised: "This thing is extremely physical and logical. It can easily load and unload hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cargo on board with just one person. It is really amazing." Clever.”
Fang Jun chuckled: "Why, don't you always criticize this as a strange skill that cannot be put on the stage?"
Craftsmen everywhere have been enjoying themselves since ancient times. In the eyes of readers, all people need to do is master the Four Books and Five Classics and know the ways of the sages. In that way, there will be no struggle and no struggle in the world, and the world will be unified.
The best life is to farm and read for pleasure, grow food in the fields to feed your belly, and then read the books of saints. This is the most perfect world.
Craftsmen are the most useless people. As long as people can eat for free and understand the way of saints, what is the use of making so many things for pleasure?
Kong Yingda snorted and glared at Fang Jun: "Do you really think I am as ignorant as those rotten scholars?"
The old man Yu Ming was deep in thought, looking at the gantry crane and asked: "Boy, why is it that just the position of the fulcrum of a mere iron beam can make such a huge difference? The fulcrum leaps forward, and what is needed to lift the goods? The greater the strength, the closer the fulcrum is to the cargo, the less strength is required...I have been thinking hard day and night recently, but I can't figure it out. Why can you teach me?"
The old man is a mad scientist. Just like his grandson Yu Minglei, when he encounters such a problem that he doesn't understand, he has to figure it out, otherwise he won't be able to sleep without thinking about food.
Ever since the gantry crane was erected on the dock, the old man had become very interested in it.
He understood the phenomenon of leverage, but had never cared about it before. Ever since he saw this gantry crane, he began to ponder the reason behind it. In his opinion, this must be the most incredible truth between heaven and earth. As long as he understands the principle, it will definitely be of great benefit to gain a glimpse of the supreme way of heaven...
Fang Jun smiled bitterly.
How to explain this?
The law of leverage is there, he has told this scientific madman countless times. But the old man has to get to the bottom of things to figure out why such a phenomenon occurs, which involves profound mechanical issues and even the movement of atoms...
Well, anyway, the scientific principles of this era that old Yu Ming has mastered cannot be explained at all.
The old man just asked for the reason, but Yu Minglei was even more crazy.
Fang Jun told Yu Minglei that an old man in the West said something hundreds of years ago - give me a fulcrum in the universe and I can lift the earth...
But Yu Minglei went crazy.
First of all, Fang Jun has said many times that the ground under his feet is probably a round ball. Yu Minglei cannot understand this, let alone accept it, but it can be witnessed at least. He can take a long voyage in a boat and keep moving in one direction as Fang Jun said. If he can return to the original point, then the earth under his feet will be a sphere, but not vice versa.
But even if the earth beneath our feet is round, how big must it be?
How is it possible for one person to tilt the earth up with a stick?
So Fang Jun asked him to do an experiment.
The Manufacturing Bureau recently trial-produced a super artillery weighing two thousand kilograms. Fang Jun prepared a hard wooden stick, placed an anvil on the bottom of the artillery, and then asked a craftsman's child to pry the artillery with both hands. Moving...
Since a child can pry a 2,000-kilogram artillery piece, then a stick that is ten times as long can naturally pry something that weighs 20,000 kilograms. Then, can a lever that is countless times longer be able to pry something that weighs countless times? , including the earth beneath your feet?
Yu Minglei's worldview collapsed instantly...
This is a mysterious and mysterious experience, just like "there is something outside the universe". It is a phenomenon that cannot be explained or understood by common sense.
Fang Jun expressed regret for Yu Minglei's madness. The child could only slowly free himself from the nest and accept the reality that there are too many things in this world that our knowledge cannot explain. No one can help him. .
Kong Yingda was just curious about these things, and what he really cared about was no longer about this.
It was misty and rainy on the Wusong River, and the hills on the other side were faintly visible, like a tiger perched on a dragon's plate.
The old master sighed and said: "There is news from the capital that your Majesty intends to move the Naval Academy to Chang'an and does not allow it to be established here in Huating Town."
Fang Jun was shocked and lost his voice: "Seriously?"
Kong Yingda glanced at him and said nothing.
In terms of his mastery of news from the DPRK and China, Fang Jun was naturally unable to compare with Kong Yingda, who had experienced three dynasties. Although the old master is old and his influence has been greatly reduced, he has disciples and grandchildren all over the court, so it is naturally very easy to get some information.
Fang Jun was silent.
In fact, this has always been something he has been worried about, but he believes that such a situation will only occur after the Naval Academy is established and its influence becomes greater and greater.
His Majesty Li Er is worried...
According to Fang Jun's vision, the Naval Academy is almost equivalent to the Naval Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty, and all future naval officers will come from here. The person in charge of this school will inevitably have unparalleled influence among these naval officers. This is a great threat to every emperor.
It's not that His Majesty Li Er can't trust Fang Jun, but that he can't trust anyone...
Fang Jun said disappointedly: "Are you planning to cancel?"
Under the auspices of the Yu Ming family, the overall building of the Naval Academy has been basically completed. Some supporting buildings will be built and some software will be added. Classes can start in the spring of next year...
Kong Yingda stood still, first looked up at the gloomy sky, then looked back at Fang Jun, who looked disappointed, and asked: "Why are you so disappointed? Do you want to do something with this school?"
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Fang Jun said casually: "Of course I have to do something, it's not what you think..."
After the words came out of his mouth, he realized the meaning of Kong Yingda's words.
Fang Jun couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "We have been in contact for such a long time. Although our families are different in generations and ages, we can be regarded as close friends. Don't you understand the temperament of this junior? In fact, he is the most lazy at heart. As long as he can be lazy, he can be pushed to me. I never fight over other people's affairs, so how could I have such rebellious thoughts? This junior has never had any ambition for that position. He is obviously looking for trouble..."
Kong Yingda nodded and agreed with Fang Jun's statement.
Such a school for training naval officers will provide unparalleled prestige to the school's controllers. Those who have different aspirations will definitely benefit from it. Fang Jun's disappointment was not concealed, and Kong Yingda thought this boy had something on his mind...
If this is really the case, there is no need for some serious persuasion.
However, he completely accepted Fang Jun's explanation. This kid is a lazy guy. Letting him become the emperor is definitely the most uncomfortable torture...
But as a result, Kong Yingda became more and more curious.
"Then why are you so persistent in building such a school?" The manpower and material resources required for such a grand school are simply astronomical, and there will be countless years of investment in the future, all of which are real money. , not a penny of profit is visible!
What's the point of doing something so unrewarding?
(End of chapter)