Tianming still didn't reveal his purpose, and followed Master Ban's response and continued:
"Is there no solution?"
"For example, make the machine arm simpler. It doesn't need all kinds of complicated tools or extra mechanical power. It only retains the basic function of grabbing me and is purely a substitute for the arm."
"Uh...for now, it's not possible." Master Ban explained even more awkwardly, "No matter how difficult it is to reduce functions, maintain and replace parts, it is not something that ordinary people can do casually. It still requires a specialized pilot to do it."
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As long as it cannot be separated from the maintenance of the pilot at all times, it is an unsolvable problem for the Mohists.
"Can't it be maintained regularly?" Tianming continued to ask, "Although it is somewhat inconvenient, it is at least better than having no arms."
Under frequent use, there is a high chance of problems with the mechanism, so a personal mechanic is required to perform maintenance at any time.
But this defect is not intolerable. At worst, it is better to repair it more diligently than to be missing arms and legs.
"No." Master Ban immediately shook his head and replied, "The Mo family...can't provide this kind of service to outsiders at any time. It's not that we don't want to, but that we really can't."
The Mo family does not specialize in selling machine tools, so it is impossible to allocate a large number of manpower to provide after-sales services to outsiders.
If this thing is really done, almost all the pilots of the Mo family can be involved.
Now that they have become rebels, they can only operate in secret, let alone.
"Then why don't the Gongshu family do it?" Tianming asked subconsciously.
The Mo family was neither capable nor convenient, but the Gongshu family, which had already surrendered to the empire, had relatively less worries.
"They..." Master Ban sneered and replied disdainfully, "With the consistent concept of losing the family and the empire, they would never even think about such a thing, let alone do it."
"All they think about is war."
Master Ban's words are not slandering the Gongshu family and the empire. Their understanding of machine arts is indeed only violence. Although the Gongshu family has made achievements in the civilian field, they are basically used to serve the emperor and the powerful.
As for the common people...who are going to provide services to them since they are all controlled by the ruling class?
"Then your machine skills are too..." After Tianming thought about it, he used an adjective that he thought was as appropriate as possible, "It's useless."
"Those who can use it don't need it, and those who need it can't afford it. In the end, isn't it like Gongshu's family, who can only meet on the battlefield?"
Compared with the Gongshu family, although the Moh family has many inventions for civil institutions, they can only be circulated within the Moh family from beginning to end, and very few are provided to the outside world.
After all, it is too rare for Liusha to ask the Mo family to help pave the road.
On the one hand, there are too few people with similar needs, and now basically only the empire is possible, but their relationship with the Mohist family...
On the other hand, Moh's fees are too expensive and not everyone can afford it.
There is nothing the Mo family can do about the price issue, because the human resources to be used are there, and it is impossible for the Mo family to devote the entire sect's strength to generating electricity with love for others.
The Mo family will do small jobs for you for free, but big jobs cost you not a penny.
Therefore, the only ones the Mohist family is really familiar with are the four spirit beasts that represent violence.
After hearing Tianming's words, Master Ban sighed, with a rare lonely look on his chubby face, and his shoulders slumped a little feebly:
"You're right……"
Then Master Ban faintly stated, "The art of mechanism was born in ancient times. It is unknown how long ago it appeared. In short, over the long period of time, the art of mechanism seems to have experienced a drastic change, and it has declined and been lost."
"It wasn't until hundreds of years ago that Mo Zhai, the founder of the Mohist family, carried it forward again, created the Mohist Mechanism, and used it to defeat the ancestors of the Gongshu family and prevent the Chu and Song dynasties and became famous in one fell swoop."
"After that, there was a centuries-long dispute between the Mohists and the public losers in the art of organization."
"The mechanism skills of both companies have continued to evolve and progress in this process, becoming more complete, powerful, and complex."
"However, no matter how much progress is made, it seems that the art of machine learning is inseparable from war and gets mixed up in the quagmire of cathartic violence, from which it can never extricate itself."
The more Master Ban talks, the more he becomes depressed, like a frustrated poet and poet.
Master Ban is a person who sincerely hates war, and has always rejected the application of mechanism techniques in war. However, without the mechanism techniques of war, it seems to have lost its meaning.
Used for people's livelihood... He has always had this idea, but there is nothing he can do.
The threshold for mechanism technology is too high. Whether it is research, manufacturing, repair, maintenance, or even disassembly, all require sufficient professional technical capabilities.
And the most terrible thing is that the learning threshold of mechanism art is also very high.
In martial arts, basically anyone can learn two hands, even if they are illiterate, they can learn a posture and practice it in a similar way.
But if you don’t have talent or smart enough in machine arts, you won’t even be able to get started.
Over the years, one of the focuses of the Mohists' research on organ skills has been to lower the threshold for learning. However, after so many years of research, not to mention remarkable results, it can be said that there have been very few results.
Even Gu Xun helped research this issue.
When he had a good relationship with the Mo family, he tried to help.
He described himself as a serious engineering college student trained in modern society. Although his major was useless in ancient times,... at least his rational scientific literacy was pretty good.
Then he was taught a good lesson.
Mohist machine arts can indeed be classified as science and engineering, and it also includes a lot of mathematics knowledge from middle and high school, but... that is only a small part.
There are only these simple contents at the beginning, and then the difficulty rises sharply, and even Gu Xun can't understand it in a short time.
By analogy, it's like going straight from high school to a PhD in nuclear physics.
That's nonsense.
Gu Xun couldn't accept it at first, but after thinking about the perpetual motion machine beasts of the Mo family and Gongshujia, he felt it was very reasonable.
Moreover, the study of machine arts is not only profound and difficult to understand, but also extremely complicated and complicated. It not only tests one's thinking and understanding abilities, but also tests one's patience.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Gu Xun studied for a long time, he found that it would take a long time to make achievements in the art of mechanism, so he helped the Mo family simplify the learning process.
That's all.
He regretted this, but he could accept it.
If the technology of Mohists or Gongshuists could really be popularized at this time in the pre-Qin period and benefit people's livelihood, it would be somewhat counterintuitive.
If it cannot be promoted, it cannot be promoted. The historical process is not so easy to be promoted.
But Master Ban has always been thinking about this matter and is deeply saddened and depressed by it.
When Tianming saw that Master Ban was depressed, he quickly began to comfort him. However, he did not understand the thoughts in Master Ban's heart. He only thought that his own words had stimulated him:
"Old man Ban, don't worry too much. Our Mohist family is different from the empire and public losers. We all want to prevent unjust wars."
Master Ben gave a wry smile and said nothing more.
Who is responsible for the war is not what he cares about, and Tianming doesn't really understand his thoughts.
But he can't always blame Tianming for this.
"Tell me, why did you suddenly ask me about the trap?"
Although Tianming has not revealed his purpose yet, Master Ban has dealt with him a lot and has long guessed that he has an ulterior purpose.
At this time, he made his words clear directly.
Tianming didn't care after being seen through, and still had a playful smile on his face.
It doesn't matter if Master Ben sees that he has another purpose, as long as he doesn't let him guess that his purpose is to climb the mirage.
Tian Ming knew very well that under normal circumstances, Master Ban was very tolerant of him, which could even be said to be conniving, especially when it came to things related to mechanism techniques.
As long as he pretends that he is just looking for a new mechanism-created toy, Master Ben will not be suspicious and will definitely try his best to arouse his interest in mechanism art.
"I just want to know, since you can make things like mobile phones and legs to make up for the shortcomings of disabled people, can you also make something to make up for other shortcomings?"
"What else is there?" Master Ben was stunned and asked, "I can make arms and legs, individual hands and feet, and even fingers and toes, so what else is needed?"
"Ears? Nose? There's nothing I can do about these old men... I can make them, but they don't have corresponding functions, so I can only pretend."
"It's not these, I mean to make up for some aspects that are more... important but not urgent." Tianming showed a polite smile and finally made his request, "For example, making up for height, adjusting body shape... something like that.
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Upon hearing this, Master Ban crossed his arms and squinted at the sky.
It turned out that this was the idea...
"So what you want is?"
"I think I need to make up for my height." Tianming no longer concealed his purpose and explained his purpose frankly, "As a giant of the Mohist family, I am always a head shorter than others. It's outrageous. You said
right."
Master Ben snorted, not commenting on this, but asked, "Why haven't I seen you care so much about height before?"
"Didn't I need to show my face in the past?" Tian Ming explained to himself with his head held high, "Now as a Mohist tycoon, I often need to meet with the bosses of other forces, such as the former peasant hero."
"When I meet people, I am always shorter than others. Is it ridiculous?"
Master Ban was still unconvinced by Tianming's statement and asked again, "But I think you didn't feel uncomfortable at all when you met the farmer Xiakui last time?"
"Nonsense, can I still show it?" Tianming spread his hands and responded matter-of-factly.
"Then why didn't you ask me about this after meeting the peasant hero, and why did you come to me now?" Master Ban continued to question.
Tianming responded as usual, "I wasn't in the mood at the time."
"If you hadn't suddenly been willing to let me participate in the Qinglong Project today, I still wouldn't have mentioned this matter."
Master Ban had no doubt that this kind of operation was in line with Tianming's character.
Before responding to the topic of heightening, he first corrected the mistake in Tianming's words, "I did not agree to your participation in the Qinglong Project. I just said that we can discuss it with others."
"I know, I know, let's talk about heightening first." Tian Ming waved his hand impatiently, not wanting to talk too much about the Qinglong Project with Master Ben.
Master Ban didn't want to get entangled with him on this matter, and instead started talking about the height-increasing equipment Tianming wanted.
He didn't say whether he had any solution, but asked about specific requirements first.
If there is no requirement, how can it be said?
"What method do you want to increase your height? It's not like walking on stilts to meet others, right?"
Tianming thought about his needs and replied, "It definitely won't work like you said. I need to be hidden enough so that others can't see that I used props to increase my height, and I also can't be covered by three layers of clothing.
, and at the same time, it cannot affect my normal movements. If possible, it would be best if it would also allow me to fight. Of course, this is not mandatory."
Master Ben glared and cursed angrily, "You've done a lot of shit, kid!"
Tianming didn't feel that he was asking for too much, and replied naturally, "If it's not troublesome, why should I go out of my way to find you? Wouldn't it be easier just to walk on stilts?"
It’s really hard for Master Ben to refute this.
He thought for a moment and replied, "It's simply impossible according to your request."
"You are basically asking me to stretch you out of thin air, there is no chance!"
"Of course, if you need equipment to lengthen your body, I can provide it. I guarantee it will be useful, but I am not responsible for whether it can increase your height."
Tianming's face turned dark when he heard this.
Although he has never read the fable about encouraging people to grow stronger, he would not believe such nonsense.
"How come there is nothing we can do?" An anxious Tian Ming personally came up with an idea for Master Ban, "You are just like making this kind of machine to close the legs with a mobile phone. Make me a half leg that can be used normally, and I will install the soles of the feet.
Isn’t it okay to just go down?”
"Well... your plan is feasible in theory." Master Ben touched his chin and thought about it carefully in his mind as he spoke, "But it will be troublesome in practice."
It is easy for a person who is missing a leg to install a prosthetic leg that he can control freely, but it is very troublesome to install a half-length prosthetic leg that can be controlled by a person who has legs.
"You can't do it?" Tianming looked at Master Ban with questioning eyes, deliberately irritating him.
Master Ben still accepted this trick, and immediately replied with a glare, "You are kidding! I can't handle this kind of gadget!?"
"Then you can make one for me." Tianming put away his questioning eyes and replied with his hands spread out.
"I don't have time now, let's talk about it after I finish my work." Master Ban didn't refuse, but he didn't agree either.
This is not because I am deliberately perfunctory, but because I really don’t have time.
Although he is a little more leisurely now, it does not mean that he has nothing to do.
Judging from Master Ban's experience, the process of creating the device Tianming wants must be very cumbersome, and it is impossible for him to spend too much energy on such a trivial matter at this juncture.
Tianming definitely doesn’t want to wait.
When Master Ben is finished with the Qinglong Project, they will officially board the ship to rescue people, so what is the use of this thing?
He doesn't really care about his height.
"That won't work. I'm waiting to use it."
"Why are you so anxious?" Master Ban looked at him suspiciously, "You don't need to see anyone else recently."
"That's not what you said. I still have to show up for the Qinglong Project. I can't let my height diminish the name of the Mo family!" Tianming quickly defended himself and diverted Master Ban's attention.
