Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 788 Irony
The concept of a submarine has long existed. From the fifteenth century to the beginning of the sixteenth century, the great Da Vinci proposed the idea of ​​a submarine. In 1620, the first submarine was built by the Dutch-British Cornelius Yabu. It was built by Silong Debor, mainly based on the former design, and the propulsion force was generated by a human-operated scull.But some people think that it is just "a bell-like thing tied to the bottom of the surface ship", and it is not a submarine at all. Between 1620 and 1624, two modified versions of it were experimented on the Thames.However, the submarine at this time can only be regarded as a toy for the rich, and has no practical value.When Yang Menglong was chatting with Catherine, he would occasionally hear her mention these fun things, and he felt itchy. Why come out of a sealed tank that can't move underwater?Is it useful?
But now, he saw a submarine appearing in front of him that was quite similar in appearance to a modern submarine, and could move at a speed of several kilometers per hour underwater. What rhythm?Could it be that I met a traverser who was born in science and engineering! ?
When the big bamboo bird flapped its wings and flew in front of him, his eyes widened bigger than pig urine bubbles!From such a close distance, he could see Yang clearly. The big bamboo bird was glued together with bamboo pieces as thin as a cicada's wings.Of course, this is only on the surface, there must be more ingenious mechanisms inside, otherwise how could this thing fly.Legend has it that during the Warring States Period, the capital of the Song Dynasty was besieged by the Chu army. Mohist, who assisted the Song people in defending the city, used a wooden bird to communicate with the outside world and convey information. He always thought it was pure nonsense before. How could a wooden bird that looked like a paper airplane be possible? Can it fly?But this bamboo bird proves that the legends more than 2000 years ago are true!

My goodness, how the hell is this done?This is too bad!

His tongue sticks out, even the psychological impact of the submarine is not as great as the bamboo bird hovering above his head.Not only him, but Xue Siming, Hong Niangzi, Catherine, Shen Tingyang... one counts as the other, they are all dumbfounded, like a group of toads that have been struck by thunder.Catherine habitually crossed herself on her chest: "My God, it's incredible, it's incredible!"

The red lady blinked her eyes vigorously: "Could it be that I'm dazzled? I must be dazzled!"

The bamboo bird probably had a good time flying, and it landed lightly on the deck, while the old man standing on the submarine bowed his hands to Yang Menglong with a smile, and said loudly, "See the champion!"

Yang Menglong calmed down and returned the salute: "Sir, there is no need to be polite... This submarine and the bamboo bird are both your masterpieces?"

The old man said: "Ashamed, ashamed, I made the champion laugh."

Yang Menglong smiled wryly: "If you are still ashamed like this, we should all die...Old man, can you let me visit your submarine?"

The old man said: "It is the honor of the old man that the champion marquis takes a fancy to this little toy of the old man. How dare you disobey?"

Yang Menglong was overjoyed, he threw off his hat and weapon two or three times, and directed his men to put down the boat.Xue Siming, Zhong Ning, Li Yan, Shen Tingyang and others were all taken aback, and said in unison: "My lord, this old man's origin is unknown, so don't be careless!"

Yang Menglong smiled: "Don't worry, I'm just going to visit, it's fine!"

Li Yan lowered his voice and said, "You must be on guard against others, my lord!"

Yang Menglong said: "It's too tiring to guard against this and that every day, right? I'll go down first. When I've had enough fun, I'll change it for you. This is a very fun toy, don't miss it!" Ignoring the persuasion of his subordinates, he was excited Jumped into the boat and rowed towards the submarine.Li Yan, Zhong Ning, Xue Siming and the others could only stare blankly, making the entire fleet tense up to prevent accidents.But Yang Menglong didn't have such self-consciousness at all. As soon as the boat approached the submarine, he jumped over it impatiently, and the whole submarine sank.He managed to stand still, and apologized to the old man: "Hehe, I was too excited, and my behavior was a little rude. Don't blame the old man."

The old man smiled: "Master Hou has an open-minded temperament and no city in his chest, which is admirable."

At this time, Yang Menglong couldn't wait to poke his head into the submarine cabin to see what happened... This curious baby's curiosity is too strong, he just ignores what he is interested in, and no one can do anything about him.He saw that the interior space of this submarine was really pitifully small, it could only accommodate four or five people at most—but it was already very spacious compared to those toys in Europe that could barely accommodate one person at this time.There are two young men in the submarine cabin, wearing the same black and white clothes as the old man, each stepping on a rotating wheel with both feet, and the two rotating wheels are connected to a complex and delicate transmission system, driven by the rotating wheel , turning fast.Yang Menglong pouted his buttocks high, his posture was similar to that of an ostrich with its head buried in the sand. After marveling at the extremely complicated transmission system, the ostrich pulled out its head and looked at the sides of the boat.According to his estimation, there must be a set of paddle wheels on both sides of this thing, and the two young men stepped on the wheels to drive the paddle wheels to rotate and propel the submarine forward.However, when he looked left and right, he couldn't even see the shadow of the paddle wheel, so he couldn't help wondering: "Old man, where is the paddle wheel? Why is there no paddle wheel?"

The old man chuckled and said, "It is true that paddle wheels were used in the past, but inspired by Champion Hou, the old man canceled the paddle wheel and replaced it with a propeller, which is more labor-saving, faster, and stronger and more durable than the paddle wheel."

Yang Menglong's eyeballs almost fell off: "Screw... propeller!?"

The old man pointed to the back of the submarine and said, "It's there, but it's completely submerged in the water, so you can't see it."

Yang Menglong finally closed his chin and asked, "You...how did you think of using a propeller?" If he remembered correctly, it should have been moved to the ship after the steamship appeared, right?It's a foul for you to do that, you bastard!

The old man smiled triumphantly, and said, "In the end, it's thanks to Hou Ye for your inspiration... Hou Ye, don't you want to go in and have a look?"

Yang Menglong's heart itched unbearably: "That's exactly what I meant!" He jumped in with a thud.

The old man climbed in, closed the hatch, and said to the two young men, "Dive!"

A young man left the wheel and walked to a piece of equipment that looked somewhat similar to a well. He turned the crank handle vigorously. As he turned, Yang Menglong clearly heard a thumping sound. Needless to say, that thing The submarine is used to pump water. Turning it will pump a large amount of seawater into the watertight compartment, and the submarine will slowly sink...

The red lady screamed: "It's sinking! It's sinking!"

Shen Tingyang looked gloomy: "Where did that old man come from? Water ghost, go down and have a look!"

More than a dozen sailors who had been on standby for a long time took off their clothes in twos and threes, exposed their tight water chests, and jumped off the deck holding a spear gun with amazing lethality, and dived into the sea.These water ghosts are the best marines in the entire fleet. They can hold back underwater for three to four minutes, and they can move freely. They can be regarded as the earliest frogman troops.This is a trump card, and Shen Tingyang will not use it easily, but now the situation is full of weirdness, so he has to work hard for these water ghosts.

The bastard couldn't understand the anxiety of his subordinates at all. After the submarine dived, he found something interesting: the center of the submarine's bow is made of transparent glass, which is similar to a concave lens, through which you can see the seabed The next scene.I saw groups of fish curiously circling around the submarine, seaweed rooted on the sand and stretching its branches and leaves, beautiful corals everywhere, red like balls of flames, burning under the seabed.He even saw a giant clam the size of a plate cling to the coral reef, the shell opened, and a pearl the size of a pigeon egg glistened...

By the way, there are quite a few water ghosts with spear guns showing their teeth and claws outside. If the resistance of the water is not too great and they don't have a suitable guy in their hands, they would have smashed the submarine.Yang Menglongdong waved to them and waved hello to them, gesturing to tell them to stay away, don't block him from enjoying the beautiful scenery of the seabed... Uh, it's too exaggerated to say the bottom of the sea, in fact, this primitive submarine just dived to death It's less than 20 meters, but the underwater scenery is already so beautiful and fascinating!Those water ghosts looked at each other in blank dismay, as depressed as they could be, everyone was worried, worried to death, this bastard was fine, and they were leisurely playing underwater sightseeing!

The old man said with a smile: "I have long heard that Lord Hou has an elite soldier who is the best in the world. Seeing him today, his reputation is indeed well-deserved!"

Yang Menglong smiled openly: "Old man, you are over-rewarded. In fact, I don't have many such elites. By the way, old man, may I ask your surname?"

The old man said: "Miangui's surname is Mo, and his name is Zhizhi."

Yang Menglong looked at him, a little puzzled: "Why do I think you look familiar?"

The old man said: "Master Hou is a noble man who forgets things. In Nanyang, the old man has visited Lord Hou many times and talked with him all night, which has benefited a lot."

Yang Menglong scratched his head and thought about it, vaguely impressed... In the past few years, there was indeed an old man who visited him often. A perverted thing like points has unique insights, which made him dumbfounded.The most powerful thing is that this old man's attainments in organ skills can be described as perfect, and some big problems that make him have a headache are like a piece of cake to this old man.But he has too many things to do, and this old man always loses sight of his head and tail, so he forgets it after a long time, and he didn't know his name until now.He looked at the two runners again, and the more he looked at them, the more they looked familiar, and he said, "I must know you, who are you?"

Mo Zhiming said: "These two are my disciples, the older one is named Meng Lianggong, and the younger one is named Huo Tiangong, both of them worked under Lord Hou."

Yang Menglong started scratching his head again: "They all did things under my command? Why don't I remember?"

Meng Lianggong smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, I am working under Master Ye to help make crossbows."

Huo Tiangong said: "I work under Master Liu and help improve the machine tool."

Having said that, Yang Menglong remembered again that the old men in the arsenal had indeed mentioned to him that there were two very outstanding young people who had made great contributions to their ingenuity.For example, the development of the formation-breaking crossbow had been bumpy, but since these two young people joined, it has suddenly progressed rapidly.He patted his head and said: "Hey, I really have these eyes for nothing. I don't know how many times I have been to the arsenal, but I didn't find such two national treasures in it! By the way, Mr. Mo, you If you say that they are all your disciples, can you tell me who you are from?"

Mo Zhiming said: "Don't hide it from Lord Hou, we are descendants of the Mo Sect."

Yang Menglong jumped three feet high: "You are the Mohists!?"

Mo Mingzhi said: "Yes, we are all descendants of the Mohist school. I am the head of the Mohist school, and they are my first and second apprentices." Having said this, he sighed sadly: "Now there are only old people left in the Mohist school. with these two disciples."

Yang Menglong: "..."

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Mohism was very powerful. It fought against Taoism and became the two largest and most influential schools at that time. Confucianism?Sorry, Confucianism at that time was not yet on the table.But in the Western Han Dynasty, the Mohism declined at an alarming rate and gradually disappeared.However, this school survived tenaciously, and the theories and wisdom inherited from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were also tenaciously passed on from generation to generation. Yang Menglong had heard of these, but he never dreamed that such a brilliant school would be so miserable that only The level of the next two disciples, rely on me, this is too bad!
In fact, it is not bad to have two disciples.

(End of this chapter)