Chapter 282: Hundreds of Families Surrender
"Yuanzhi, what you said is very good. But such a large ironworks was built in just one month. It is still a bit too amazing. Can you tell me how they did it?"
Tian Ze and others have a better understanding of the development progress of Heitu Village, but the scholars of the Baijia School are not clear.
Although they learned the "truth" from Xu Shu, they still wanted to know how the Mohists did all this.
After hearing the questions from the scholars, Xu Shu began to tell the story.
"My lord, everyone, I won't talk much about my work here. After all, when it comes to government affairs, many people here are better than me. I will only talk about what my senior brothers have done."
"Everyone, please follow me."
Following Xu Shu's footsteps, Tian Ze and others came to a small factory building next to the ironworks.
I saw cartloads of raw materials being transported along wooden tracks, then poured into mixers, and then going through a series of processes including firing, cutting, baking, ventilation... and finally becoming cartloads of bricks.
Xu Shu pointed at the mixing, firing and other equipment and said.
"When we first arrived, the four brothers started making machine tools and water wheels. With the help of some villagers, they spent three days to make a small brick-making equipment and set up the initial brick-making factory."
"The original brick factory could produce tens of thousands of bricks every day, which were sold in the town and were worth a lot of money."
"The small group of people who helped build the brick factory became workers, and their wages were paid daily. They made a lot of money, which was several times more than usual."
"Later, other villagers found out and wanted to join in."
Zhuge Liang and others' eyes twitched slightly when they heard this.
Got it, familiar operation, spend money.
As long as productivity is sufficient and money and food are plentiful, there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit people.
Xu Shu continued, "Because of the considerable income, plus the improved farm tools made by the eldest brother, by making machinery to help dig canals and plow fields, he also bought a lot of oxen, freeing up a lot of labor."
"Most people in the village have joined in, leaving only some women and the elderly to take care of the farmland at home."
"So the output of this brick factory was expanded several times, and this factory building was built."
"But the eldest brother and others felt that brick making was not profitable fast enough, and there must be many villages around that would consider this industry, so they mobilized most of the manpower to build this ironworks."
Not fast enough!
Zhuge Liang thought of the ceramic factory in his village, and compared it with this semi-automated brick factory. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he silently made up his mind to focus more on Mohist mechanical technology in the future.
The other students from hundreds of schools also almost lost their faith after hearing this.
Is Mohism so terrifying?
"Because we made all the bricks and stones ourselves, there was almost no cost. The quality of the iron ore in the village was very good, and there was also a small coal mine, so it took only ten days to build this iron smelting plant."
"Is it so fast?" Tian Ze frowned.
Xu Shu spread his hands and said, "Each person will be paid 500 coins per day, and many of the tools for collecting resources are designed by Senior Brother, which saves a lot of effort."
"For example, these transport vehicles are directly connected by wooden sleepers. The vehicles can run along the sleepers and transport by human power. The transportation efficiency is directly increased by dozens of times."
Got it. Five times the salary, plus a tool hack.
Tian Ze's mouth twitched slightly. All the things in the mines of the future were almost made by this guy without any instruction.
Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others looked at the pedal-operated rail vehicle nearby with shining eyes, and could not help but study it carefully.
What a sharp weapon!
Mo Chen, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke up when he heard this: "Actually, I wanted to make a steam-powered one, but time was running out, and the result was too small to be meaningful. And I was afraid that after I left, the villagers wouldn't know how to repair it."
Tian Ze's mouth twitched slightly.
This guy's thinking is really advanced, and his hands-on ability is very strong. He can rub the steam engine by hand, which is so terrifying.
After hearing this, Zhuge Liang and others looked at each other in silence.
The power of science and technology is so strong that they can't believe that tools can increase the productivity of a village by several times or even dozens of times.
"You will see what is behind it. Some textile factories and grain processing plants have been built," said Xu Shu.
At this point, all doubts were resolved.
As for the blast furnace in the ironworks, Tian Ze was not surprised at all with Mo Chen, who was in charge of everything, there.
"By the way, Senior Brother also made use of the natural terrain and water flow to build a relatively large reservoir in a large lake on the mountain." Xu Shu said again.
"Because these factories can operate semi-automatically, they mainly use the water wheels and windmills built by the senior brothers."
"But considering that wind power is unstable and water power has certain seasonal restrictions, we use the energy generated by wind to transport water to the mountains and store it."
"When needed, we open the sluice gates on the mountain, and the water flowing downward can continue to generate kinetic energy, facilitating production."
"In this way, stable production can be achieved throughout most of the year, except when it is extremely cold. It can also solve some problems during droughts and floods."
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang and others fell silent again.
What is dimensionality reduction attack?
In terms of development, they don't seem to be worthy of being Mo Chen's opponent.
The productivity of both parties is simply not at the same level. Mo Chen has already taken into account continued development and some unexpected issues.
Pumped storage station!
Tian Ze looked at Mo Chen with shining eyes.
So advanced, what a talent!
This is going to God!
After figuring out everything, Tian Ze turned to look at Zhuge Liang and the others and asked, "How is it? What do you think?"
Zhuge Liang and others were silent.
After a long time, they all stood up and bowed respectfully to Mo Chen.
"In this debate, all of us are convinced that the Mohist School has won!"
At this moment, the Mohist school completely overshadowed the other schools of thought.
Even Confucianism had to bow to it.
With the ironclad facts before them, they deeply felt for the first time the qualitative gap between them and the Mohists in promoting development.
Seeing this, Mo Chen was suddenly at a loss.
He was just a science and engineering guy who devoted himself to research, and even had some social anxiety. He didn't dare to deal with big situations in the Mohist school.
Seeing Zhuge Liang and others bowing in submission, he became even more panicked.
Seeing this, Tian Ze pursed his lips slightly and patted Mo Chen's shoulder.
"Don't panic, you deserve this."
His purpose has been achieved.
At this point, Mohism became a sensation and became a school of thought comparable to Confucianism.
The status of craftsmen will also be completely reversed.
(End of this chapter)
