Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 411: A strange conspiracy

After a pot of tea, the three of them were on the road again.

"Mr. Su, why can't we carry it? Find a thinner stick, tie these three pieces of wood together, and then carry them one by one."

Just when he started, Liu Banxian began to express his opinions again.

Without him, it would be too tiring.

Although it was divided into three parts, each part still weighed less than [-] kilograms.

Because Liu Banxian was the oldest, Su Jing asked him to drag him the least.

But Liu Banxian really couldn't stand it anymore.

Su Jing smiled and said: "Liu Banxian, I wonder if you have heard the story of the monk carrying water."

Liu Banxian shook his head and said: "Mr. Su, I am a Taoist and do not practice Buddhism. Don't you know this? I don't know the story of the monk."

Su Jing said: "Then let me tell you briefly. It's like this. There is a temple on a high mountain. There is a young monk in the temple. If you want to drink water, you have to get water from the river at the foot of the mountain."

"When I was a monk, the water tank was full every day and I couldn't finish it."

"Then a monk came, and it became two monks carrying water. There were two people on one pole, one for each, and the water was enough to drink."

"Then, another monk came, and there were three monks with a carrying pole. None of them were willing to fetch water. As a result, the three monks ran out of water."

Hearing Su Jing's story, Liu Banxian's expression changed slightly.

"No, Mr. Su, we are not three monks. We just have to take turns picking each other up. There is still one person who can always take a break."

Liu Banxian replied.

The story of the monk carrying water can naturally be understood at once.

It's just that after switching to a lifting one, it became unbalanced and no one was willing to do it.

Su Jing said with a smile: "That's okay, then I don't want to lift it first, and I will come first. It's almost here anyway, I guess it won't be my turn."

Liu Banxian had no idea how much road was left.

"Then forget it. Since we're almost there, there's no need to bother."

Liu Banxian immediately laughed and said nothing more.

Su Jing smiled and continued on her way.

The situation was the same as what Su Jing said. Not long after, the three of them arrived in the small courtyard.

"Just put it in the yard. I'll use it later."

Su Jing hesitated, then walked into the kitchen, poured a ladle of water and splashed her face.

I still sweated a lot along the way.

Zhu Di also followed Su Jing's example and simply washed his face, while Liu Banxian sat slumped on the stone bench in the yard, not wanting to move at all.

"I'm exhausted!"

Liu Banxian gasped and looked at Su Jing's house.

It was somewhat different from the tall gated courtyard he imagined. Although the courtyard was not small, it looked simple.

At the same time, it is not the core location of Lishui County. It can only be said to be an above-average residence.

Of course, Liu Banxian did not despise Su Jing for this reason.

A true noble person must have his own style.

"Liu Banxian, don't you wash your face?"

Su Jing walked towards Liu Banxian and placed a ladle of water on the stone table.

"Thank you Su Gongzi."

Liu Banxian took the water ladle and rinsed his face briefly, feeling much better.

"I wonder what's going on today, sir?"

Zhu Di said to Su Jing, he was very urgent because he only had three days.

Su Jing smiled and said: "It's okay. If you have any doubts, just ask."

He naturally knows what Zhu Di is thinking now, whether he should go to class more.

Zhu Di glanced at Liu Banxian next to him, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't.

Liu Banxian was a sensible person and stood up immediately and said: "Since we already know Mr. Su's residence, I won't bother you and will leave first."

Liu Banxian wanted to follow Su Jing to find wealth, but he was not the type to stalk her.

Previously, I just couldn't find Su Jing, so I kept wandering on the street.

Now you can find Su Jing's address, which will make it easier to find her in the future.

"and many more."

Su Jing called out to Liu Banxian.

Liu Banxian stopped and asked, "Is there anything else Mr. Su can do?"

I saw Su Jing taking out two bunches of copper coins from her arms: "Half of these twenty coins are for you to tell fortunes on the wood, and the other half are for you to help me transport the wood. Keep it."

Twenty words!
Liu Banxian's eyes lit up and he immediately took it over: "Boss Su is really grand, so I will be disrespectful."

Although Liu Banxian also wanted to be tough, he was really short of money now. Twenty coins was not a lot, but it was a lot.

"Then I won't send it away."

Su Jing waved her hand and found Liu Banxian somewhat interesting.

A half-immortal who can count as a fool should still have some skills.

As soon as Liu Banxian walked away, Zhu Di immediately asked Su Jing: "Mr. Su, what do you think of Liu Banxian?"

"What do you mean? Why don't I understand."

Su Jing looked at Zhu Di and said.

Zhu Di said: "I thought Mr. Su would have no interest in things like fortune telling."

"My eldest brother once told me that what Mr. Su is obsessed with is science, and science is about seeing the essence of things, and fortune telling is obviously not one of them."

Zhu Di had done enough homework before coming to Su Jing.

Su Jing smiled and said: "I see, King Yan thinks that fortune telling is not a science, so I shouldn't get too entangled with Liu Banxian, right?"

Zhu Di immediately lowered his head and said, "Students don't dare."

Su Jing said calmly: "You don't have to be so reserved. It's a good thing to speak out your thoughts. Like your father, I don't believe too much in fortune telling. I would rather believe that man can conquer nature."

"But, you also saw it with me just now. Liu Banxian really calculated the quality of wood. I'm really curious."

"Science is about seeing through the essence of things and phenomena, so what is the essence of fortune telling? Science is about seeking answers, not directly having ready-made answers."

This was Su Jing's truth. He really wanted to know how Liu Banxian calculated it.

Two pieces of wood that don't look much different in appearance can actually tell the difference between them just at a glance.

Su Jing is really interested in this secret.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Students will be taught."

Su Jing smiled and said, "Just tell me what King Yan wants to learn today. Anyway, I will probably spend the rest of the day doing carpentry in this yard."

While talking, Su Jing had already taken out the tools and continued the unfinished work.

Of course, I still used the same wood as before, after all, the practice is not over yet.

The two wheels have been completed, and all that remains is to complete the main frame of the bicycle.

On this issue, Su Jing had carefully considered and designed it.

Because there is no chainring or chain transmission, Su Jing’s initial consideration was to pedal directly on the ground.But Su Jing immediately rejected this plan. A bicycle that pedals on the ground does not conform to the function of human legs at all.

Then, Su Jing had another plan, which was the plan for children's bicycles.

Two pedals are added directly to the central axis of the front wheel.

There is no need for gears and chain transmission, and the pedals are directly on the wheels. This is the bicycle most commonly used by kindergarten students.

However, due to her adult body shape, Su Jing had to move the center of gravity of the bicycle forward, otherwise she would easily fall while pedaling.

"Sir, you talked to the students yesterday about the guarantee of food and grass for this large army. The students were thinking that food and grass are extremely important. If they fall into a situation of no food, how can we ensure the stability of the army?"

Zhu Di asked Su Jing respectfully.

His perspective is also very unique. Since food and grass are important, what should he do if he encounters a situation where he runs out of food?

Simulate the dangerous situations you may encounter and think of countermeasures in advance, so that you can win every battle.

Su Jing raised her head and glanced at Zhu Di and said: "I don't know about this kind of thing. Being without food means starving. One or two days is fine. If it goes on for a long time and you are extremely hungry, anything can happen."

"Humans' desire to survive often leads them to do unimaginable things, such as chewing tree bark, eating Guanyin soil, and even cannibalism in years of great disaster."

"The army may be better, but it's about the same. If I have to give you one piece of advice, it would be to fight with your last resort before you are completely defeated by hunger and lose your combat effectiveness."

After saying that, Su Jing began to make the pedals. This part was not difficult because Su Jing had never thought of making it hollow. She only needed to connect the wooden boards with a curved stick.

Zhu Di was a little disappointed because he didn't get the answer he wanted from Su Jing.

He was still wondering whether Su Jing was unwilling to teach him because he was not good enough.

"King Yan, instead of thinking about how to maintain stability and maintain combat strength in the desperate situation of food shortage, it is better to make full preparations early and defeat the opponent head-on."

Su Jing said calmly: "The weak defeated the strong, the small defeated the large, and there are various cases in history of defeating the opponent under disadvantageous conditions. Although it was very exciting to watch, it showed the incomparable wisdom of the leader."

"But if you want to be victorious in every battle, you must always use the right combination. Cunning strategies can be used, but they are not the right way."

Su Jing has never fought in a war, but she has experienced a lot of business wars.

In the business world, the easiest way to win is actually to have more money.

Capital thickness is always the primary condition that determines victory.

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, because what Su Jing said seemed to be no different from what his teachers usually said.

Does Mr. Su really have nothing to teach?

Doubts arose in Zhu Di's heart, but when he thought of the mandarin duck formation and the golden ratio of troops, he put the doubts away.

Not to mention the theory of deep warfare!

That's right!

Zhu Di suddenly realized that most of the tactics or tactics that Su Jing taught him seemed to be futuristic.

In Su Jing's mouth, those strange firearms and means of transportation such as trains were all things that the Ming Dynasty did not have.

"Students should remember what the teacher said."

Zhu Di nodded, and then continued: "Sir, what do you think is the most important thing in the future war?"

"The future? How far into the future?"

Su Jing answered directly without raising her head.

Zhu Di immediately said: "A hundred years later."

Su Jing smiled and said: "It's the same as now, there's not much difference in how to fight or how to fight."

"What if it's a thousand years?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Su Jing's work stopped, and then he realized that this was Zhu Di's problem.

"A thousand years is too long, I can't guess."

Su Jing shook her head.

This is not a lie, after all, after a thousand years, Su Jing's previous life was considered to be hundreds of years in the future.

Zhu Di looked at Su Jing and said, "Why do you say that the war will still be like this a hundred years later?"

Su Jing smiled and said: "Can't we just push it forward 100 years? Isn't the war a hundred years ago very different from now?"

Zhu Di thought for a while and replied: "It's not very big."

Su Jing said: "Isn't that right? There was no big difference between a hundred years ago and now, so there won't be a big difference between now and a hundred years from now."

"But now that Mr. Su has improved firearms, won't the way of war change?"

Zhu Di said curiously: "The in-depth theories and the cooperation between different arms and weapons you told me before are not at all what war should look like now."

"And now sir, you said it will be similar in a hundred years. Doesn't that mean that what you taught me before will be something that will appear hundreds of years later?"

Zhu Di's brain is actually not stupid at all, except that he doesn't like reading.

Now, he has noticed something unusual about Su Jing.

"Yes."

Su Jing did not deny it, and nodded directly: "These are all what I saw and learned in my dreams."

Su Jing and Zhu Yuanzhang had explained it once before using the reason of being a nine-year compulsory education teacher in their dream.

Now that I can explain it to Zhu Di, it will be even easier.

"In a dream?"

Zhu Di looked surprised, still unable to accept this sudden turn of events.

Su Jing smiled and said: "Otherwise King Yan thinks, how can I know so much? There is no one who knows it from birth. I also need to learn, but I only learned it in my dream."

"I see, Mr. Su is really a strange person!"

Zhu Di quickly accepted this setting, just like his father Zhu Yuanzhang.

……

At the same time, Beijing.

The Forbidden City, inside Fengtian Hall.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of supervisors recommended by each prefecture."

Song Lian bowed and lowered his head.

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, a booklet was spread out, with a full list of supervisors on it.

The so-called Jiansheng refers to the Jiansheng of the Imperial College. To put it bluntly, they are the students of the Imperial College.

This is Lao Zhu's stipulation that every school in every prefecture and county in the world will select one person to study in the Imperial College every year.

Later on, those who failed the examination could also be imprisoned. Of course, this is a later story.

Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose was also very simple, so that these outstanding scholars could study better in the Imperial College, so that they could get good results in the imperial examination and increase talents for the Ming Dynasty.

But he is not stupid, and he knows that the quota for the prison student will probably not go to the scholar he wants to give it to.

"Song Lian, have you personally tested these supervisors to see if they have all the talents and learning?"

Lao Zhu asked Song Lian.

Song Lian immediately replied: "Reporting to your majesty, I have read the articles of these prison students. If you have talent and learning, you can enter the prison."

"article?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Articles alone are not enough. Governing the world requires more than articles."

Song Lian bowed and said: "Old minister, I understand that entering prison is just the beginning. In autumn, the pillars of the Ming Dynasty will appear."

(End of this chapter)