Chapter 342: Shui Shui Conquers Sand and Names Luozhuang
Charlie said modestly: "The great sage would not take it seriously. The Eastern civilization is very great, especially the recording and preservation of culture, leaving behind splendid treasures. It is hard to imagine that such technology actually appeared hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
..." He was full of praise for the Middle-earth civilization, but then he also said: "But I found that Eastern science pays too much attention to recording and observation, is too abstract, and even tries to abstract an ultimate truth that covers the operating rules of everything, and is too
Abstract theories lead to a lack of details, so I always have a strange feeling that Eastern science seems to have been wandering on the edge of civilization and mystery."
Jia Lan nodded slightly after hearing this, and had to say that as a bystander, Charlie's views did make sense.
Moreover, he was very tactful and did not point out the deepest point of Middle-earth civilization.
China is not without science, but it has been difficult for science to develop healthily in China. Compared with the West, scholars in China prefer to study human nature. After a hundred schools of thought contended, Confucianism finally won. With patriarchal laws, rituals and music systems, it became
The official education of being honored in the temple has led to the subconscious mind of the people who are all keen on "learning literary and martial arts and selling them to the emperor's family". Being an official will bring glory to the ancestors and be an official in the countryside. Only power can satisfy people's inner vanity and face to the greatest extent.
complex.
But it is precisely only by breaking away from superstition and blind obedience to authority and having the curiosity to dare to question predecessors that science can be nurtured.
The sages have tried their best to leave an extremely stable social structure to future generations, but it is precisely this structure that has become an obstacle to development in the end, because this extremely stable structure is enough to kill all accidents. History has proven that even if
Even though China was in decline, with this extremely stable cultural structure, it was able to preserve the inheritance of Yan and Huang.
Therefore, our traditional culture is not bad, but it is very good.
And this is why Jialan decided to let Professor Charlie prepare to teach as an assistant. He hoped to ignite a fire so that the light of science can shine on the eastern world.
Facts have proved that Charlie is indeed an all-rounder.
With the idea of windmill, although the general direction has not changed, many details have to be re-planned by Jia Lan. Unfortunately, the timing is not coincidental. Jia Lan will have to participate in the Jinke Examination soon and cannot go to explore in person, so he can only ask Charlie
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"I proposed the windmill method, so naturally I should do it." Charlie did not shirk and agreed.
The two of them just lay on the map, drawing here and there, discussing.
With the windmill, draining the water from the lake is no longer a time-consuming and difficult task. In this way, where to pump the water is a problem. Jia Lan knows that humans who try to change nature will eventually lose their confidence.
It was a bitter fruit, so he planned to build a comprehensive river project between the two Zhuangzi.
Confining water to form the main river channel, at the same time, building a dyke to fix the main channel of the river bed to increase the flow rate of the Yongding River flowing here, and building a remote embankment at a certain distance away from the dyke to prevent the dyke from breaking and causing floods.
At the same time, it can also play the role of collecting water and returning it to the trough, and then it is equipped with grate embankments and moon embankments. Finally, just in case, an artificial lake is dug for flood discharge, and the Zhuangzi is built at the highest point of the terrain, thus forming a multi-level
system of protection.
Confining water to attack sand was a method of controlling the Yellow River proposed by Pan Jixun in the pre-Ming Dynasty. He believed that the main reason for the flooding of the Yellow River was sedimentation. To control the Yellow River, it was necessary to change the previous idea of diversion and flood discharge, block the diversion of water from the Yellow River, and collect it into
In the main stream, the river water velocity is increased to wash away the sediment and solve the problem of sedimentation.
Hejian Zhuangzi is located in the lower reaches of the Yongding River system, and the Yongding River is also called the Little Yellow River by the people. Legend has it that an evil dragon caused trouble during the construction of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty. Taishi Liu Bingzhong designed a "Nezha Suppresses the Dragon" bureau for Dadu. Some people say
This evil dragon is actually the Yongding River.
Jia Lan combined the water control books he had read and Charlie's Western experience to gradually improve the design of the two Zhuangzi.
At the center of Zhuangzi is a four-corner building, which is responsible for storage and final defense. The other residential buildings are densely scattered along the four corners of the building, separated by rivers and canals, forming a settlement.
"What a beautiful Zhuangzi." Jia Qiang praised in a low voice and looked up at Jia Lan: "But Brother Lan, your picture is still missing something."
Jia Lan was surprised: "What's missing?"
"The name is missing!" Jia Qiang clapped her hands and said with a smile.
"Oh..." Jia Lan was suddenly enlightened and started to laugh: "It's true that I'm missing a name, why not..." After pondering for a while, he said to the two of them: "Is this Zhuangzi called Luo Zhuang?"
"Luozhuang?" Charlie was stunned for a moment, and then realized: "Is it difficult, is it?"
"That's right!" Nodding to him with a smile: "Da Luo Village, Xiao Luo Village, this is the village named after you, don't you like it?"
Charlie blushed and waved his hands repeatedly: "How could it be! Just, it's not appropriate to just use my name to name it, isn't it? This kind of thing is the privilege of the nobility."
Unexpectedly, the suave and unruly Charlie blushed because of this. Jialan laughed loudly: "What's the problem? I can even transfer these two Zhuangzi to your name, making you the legitimate owner of these two Zhuangzi."
Master, apart from being unable to confer a title on you, from now on you can also confidently call yourself 'Charlie from Luozhuang'!"
"No, it doesn't have to be like this!" When he heard that Jia Lan wanted to give him both villages, Charlie shook his head repeatedly and declined firmly: "There is no reward without paying. This gift, Master, is too precious and I can't accept it.
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Jia Lan said: "Then change your name first. When the product you test is sold well, I will give you dividends and you can buy your own property. Later I will have someone sign a contract, but it will only be limited to you, a foreigner."
As a person, your property will be temporarily held by me."
He really values talents. Even if a scientist like Charlie is offered thousands of dollars to recruit him, it is not an exaggeration. He is not some miser on the island over the sea who only gives him a salary of 250 stone.
Charlie touched his head, smiled, and made no further excuses.
A scientist also has to make a living. If he were not forced by life, he would not become a mercenary and be eventually defeated and captured.
If it weren't for this Eastern country's resentment towards foreigners, and in order to help Hedram complete his mission, Charlie would really want to stay here, walk around and look around. In his eyes, this is a magical country.
, the magnificent city, the exquisite embroidery, the magnificent canals, and the capital here, the towering city wall with no end in sight...
Also, Jialan.
Charlie promised that he had never seen such a special person. He was knowledgeable, very familiar with the relations between Western countries, and had a humble personality. Unlike the priests in Charlie's hometown, who had a kind of twisted fanaticism.
Seeing that Jia Lan valued Luozhuang so much, Jia Qiang was moved and offered to stay and help.
"Master Zhao is here in the south, so I am free. Anyway, it will take a while for the next batch of goods to be shipped south, especially tea. It will take more than two months before the next harvest...
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Seeing that Jia Qiang was willing to help, Jia Lan nodded happily and asked Qin Shi and Ban'er to help. By the way, he also gave them some experience. He planned to gradually make the two of them familiar with the property under his name, so that he would not have to do it himself, just
It's okay if you need to explain it.
The three of them chatted for a while, and Jia Qiang mentioned Hedram in Guangnan, saying that he was very busy on his own, training seamen for Jia Lan as the captain, and presiding over the construction of new ships.
Jia Qiang sent a message to Jia Lan asking him to send more people.
After finishing speaking, Jia Qiang looked at Charlie, who spread his hands helplessly: "I really can't help with the shipbuilding matter, but one of our companions is very proficient in shipbuilding. He turned out to be a shipbuilding engineer.
, was sold to the East together with us, and Hedram was eager to sail around in order to find these companions."
Although this was not the first time he heard it, Jialan couldn't help but clicked his tongue. What kind of war was this Swedish king fighting? Even talents like engineers were recruited to the battlefield. In his memory, the war in Europe did not seem to be so intense.
, this is already a total war.
Hearing this, Charlie could only smile bitterly and explained that Sweden is a weak country. Although it is known as the Lion of the North, it actually relies on continuous victories on the battlefield to barely maintain its status as a big country. In fact, it is surrounded by powerful enemies. Even if it is no longer
No matter how unwilling you are, you can only keep fighting until you are defeated.