Becoming an Immortal from the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 65
Several craftsmen in charge of casting this object are holding blueprints and explaining to Zhang Yuqing in detail where they started to modify it to achieve the purpose of hydraulic transformation.

"I referred to the structure of the water reel, improved it into a water wheel, and used the belt linkage device proposed by His Royal Highness Daozi, so that the whole printing machine always reciprocates in accordance with the corresponding steps through the gears."

A white-haired craftsman explained in a respectful tone.

Seeing this scene, more than a dozen disciples did not dare to make a sound for a while, until Master Daozi nodded and waved to the craftsman to signal him to step back, then they all stepped forward and bowed: "I have seen the master."

Zhang Yuqing hummed lightly, and told Lu Liang on the left: "You have done a good job, and the craftsmen have also worked hard. Each of you will be given fifty guan as encouragement. If you can improve the equipment on the current basis, continue to reward !"

All the craftsmen were delighted when they heard the words.

Someone rolled his eyes, bowed rather cautiously and said, "Your Highness Daozi, the villain has an idea, may I try it out?"

Zhang Yuqing nodded: "Speak."

"Yes!" The man seemed to be greatly encouraged, raised his head with a ruddy complexion, and said, "The villain was inspired by His Highness Daozi's application of the hydraulic printing machine, and thought that this water wheel seemed to have a lot of potential. He tried to do it at home by himself. After tinkering a bit, I connected my wife's spinning wheel with a water wheel to make a hydraulic spinning machine, I wonder if it will be useful for His Royal Highness Daozi?"

"Hydraulic spinning machine?" Zhang Yuqing pondered for a while.

'This craftsman is quick-witted, and he has the thinking of drawing inferences from one instance, which should be appreciated. '

Thinking of this, he immediately announced: "You did a good job, I will give you three hundred guan."

Many craftsmen were envious when they heard the words.

It's not because of money rewards, all the craftsmen are from the military department of the Ministry of Industry, and how many rewards they get, when they go back and close the door, they have to share the rewards according to their official ranks.

The main reason is that this person has been favored by Dao Zi, and his future is boundless.

'The water-powered printing machine and the water-powered spinning machine have been produced. The craftsmen of the Northern Song Dynasty are really not to be underestimated. If you explain the principle of the steam engine to them, I wonder if they can make a prototype machine? '

Zhang Yuqing remembers that the first industrial revolution was essentially a revolution in which machines replaced manual work.

If the first industrial revolution could be promoted hundreds of years in advance in this era to come to the Northern Song Dynasty, then Changshengjiao, as the leader behind the scenes, would surely be able to share the biggest profits.

This is also one of his long-standing plans.

The productivity in the Northern Song Dynasty was too low, and if the productivity did not increase, it meant that the grain output could not increase.

Without food, the population cannot explode, and without population, the total amount of aura will be limited.

This will seriously affect his great career of cultivating immortals.

Now that the first machine to replace the handicraft industry has been successfully tinkered with, it is a good start for the next thing.

He must make the best use of the situation, subtly influence more people to develop machines, and educate the people of the Northern Song Dynasty through religion and profit to stride forward on the road of the first industrial revolution.

"Very good, this is the apocalypse given to you by the celestial being." Zhang Yuqing faced many craftsmen and disciples and began to speak, he said: "Since weak and boneless water can radiate such huge energy, does it mean that Everything in the world has an unknown power?"

"For example, elements such as fire, wind, and thunder may contain ways that can be used by humans."

"I followed the immortal master's knees to practice climbing the fairy book, and I read these records. I know that in the fairy world, everyone can use the power of water, fire, wind, and thunder to accomplish many strange things."

"For example, fleeing thousands of miles in one day, or calling the wind and rain, or talking across the air, or harvesting tons of food, it is still amazing to look back on now!"

When everyone heard the words, their eyes showed yearning, and they thought about what a beautiful holy place that distant fairyland was.

"I was influenced by this, so I thought of using water power instead of manpower to print Daoist scriptures. You must continue to work hard and strive to comprehend the usage of the other three elements of heaven and earth as soon as possible, so as to benefit the common people in the world."

"Yes, Daozi!"

After Zhang Yuqing drew a big cake for the craftsmen, he left contentedly, leaving everyone thinking hard about how to make good use of the power of Feng Huo Lei.

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'It's time to start with education to cultivate a cultural class that is completely loyal to me, and leaving everything to the officials of the court will only make a mess of things.And if you want to manipulate public opinion, you also need to start from it. '

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuqing asked the two daughters Zixuan and Solanum nigrum who were accompanying him.

"How many new disciples have you accepted in the church now?"

"Reporting to His Highness Daozi, 270 eight new disciples have been enrolled in the Changsheng General Altar, all of whom are willing to practice meditation."

"So much? What about accommodation?"

"...I live in a hut for the time being, and I only come to the temple every day for morning and evening classes, and I will not move in until the construction of the entire hall is completely completed."

"In addition, I received teaching fees from believers and donations from many disciples totaling 230 million guan."

"Among them, it is estimated that 150 million yuan will be allocated for the construction of the temple, and the rest will be deposited in the treasury."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuqing nodded.

"Send someone to build an academy on the top of the mountain, and I want to teach."

The two girls Qiqi looked at each other and said in surprise, "Teaching?!"

Zhang Yuqing nodded: "That's right. Since I am a disciple of the Longevity Sect, I must be familiar with the moral classics of the Longevity Sect. I will personally compile the textbooks used by the academy, and hire a group of lecturers to teach my disciples for me."

"This..." Zixuan could barely be regarded as someone who had studied with Dao Ziniang for a few days, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know what you want to teach?"

"Taoism."

"Daoist?"

The two women looked blank, but Lu Liang's eyeballs shone slightly, and he nodded secretly.

’ Daozi really is a man of practical use, and he even knows Taoism well. '

Since ancient times, Taoism and Taoism have hardly had much similarity except that they were born in the same line.

It can only be said that the family is the origin of Taoism, and Taoism is a branch of Taoism.

Now Daozi, the head teacher of Changsheng Dao, wants to explain Taoism to his disciples. Naturally, he wants to revive Taoism and counteract the Confucian disciples who have gradually become the mainstream since the Han Dynasty.

Naturally, Zhang Yuqing couldn't tell them that his Taoism was different from the Taoism that emphasized inaction and governed by nature.

This will be a Taoist who mainly studies how to cultivate immortals scientifically and ascend to the Cyber ​​Paradise as soon as possible.

Of course, it is impossible to teach the people of the Northern Song Dynasty what historical materialism is from the beginning, which is contrary to his idea of ​​establishing a country by religion.

The main courses in the early stage will be simple and easy-to-understand things such as geography, simplified characters, elementary school mathematics, and mechanical structure.

At least hundreds of thousands of literate people who can understand simplified characters must be developed, and then start to transform this backward Northern Song plane!

(End of this chapter)