From Chief to Ball

Look at the forms of struggle there and the conflicts between clans, fellow villagers, official kilns, private owners, artisans, hired workers, pigment monopoly family monopoly, official kiln and private kiln clay disputes, etc., accumulate experience, and write first-hand reports to analyze study.

This can be said to be the first-hand information of the civil class riots and struggle for interests in the Ming Dynasty. It is far more accurate than I guessed. How can I say that this year is also an important year in the history of porcelain, so I remember it very clearly.

The Zigong Salt Well has gone through hundreds of years, and the level is far beyond Chen Jian’s imagination. There are many things to learn. At least the drill bit broke and fell inside. It is still a big problem in Nan’an oil well area, but the Zigong Salt Well has long been solved. Mijing, which can be called a fantasy, is made by bamboo. The wisdom of the people is infinite, so why not take this opportunity to organize it into a system.

In addition, after the civil uprising in Jingdezhen, the identity restrictions for many craftsmen and craftsmen were also relaxed a lot. It is also profitable to find opportunities to hire a few back, exchange technology and summarize experience.Keeping pace with the times, this point should also be paid attention to, otherwise Wedgwood in the UK will counterattack in ceramics in a few years.

These things used Xu Guangqi half-truths and half-truths, and basically achieved their goals. What was left to Xu Guangqi was a long-term unsettled heart and confusion in the three views. It was difficult to sleep every night, which was really painful.

Xu Guangqi recalled the three views mentioned by those guests, and basically summed them up in twelve words: matter is immortal, the law of heaven is eternal, and the universe is constantly changing.

From the theory of basic particles to the reason for fertilization, Xu Guangqi also figured out the general concept of these people regarding change and invariance: After death, people turn into fertilizer and return to the earth, the earth nourishes grass, trees, rice and wheat, cattle and sheep eat grass and trees, humans Eating cattle, sheep, rice, and wheat...the particles do not change, but the sky and the earth are constantly changing.

As for the soul, these people didn't say anything, so Xu Guangqi was given a lot of room to think.However, Confucius said to respect ghosts and gods and keep them far away, the Lord said heaven and hell, and Buddha said six reincarnations... Even if you accept those twelve words on the material level, how should you face it on the soul level?

Once a person starts to think about this problem, and when he thinks that this problem is that many things he believes in contradict each other, he will inevitably feel unwilling to describe it as haggard...

The story of him seeing foreign guests has been spread in Shanghai and its surrounding areas. Guo Jujing came to enlighten him several times, and the students also came to visit many times. However, once he started to think about these things, not one or two people can explain clearly, and he can only rely on himself. Enlightenment.

But on this day, a student of Xu Guangqi came to visit.

The student's surname is Sun, his first name is Yuanhua, his style name is Chuyang, and he is from Jiading.

When Xu Guangqi was young, his family was poor, and he made a living by teaching the children of Lizhong. Even after he won the exam, he also taught in Shanghai before the exam.Shanghai is adjacent to Jiading, so Sun Yuanhua also studied here. The two know each other well and are called mentors.

Sun Yuanhua's family was wealthy, and he was also a descendant of the eunuch. He didn't worry about food and clothing.

Sun Yuanhua was Xu Guangqi's disciple, and it was not uncommon for him to come to visit him. He walked into Xu Guangqi's study without any notification.

A few days ago, he also listened to his teacher tell the stories about those people from other countries, and read the book "Arithmetic and Geometry", and he was immediately fascinated.

These days, his mentor is sick, and many disciples are worried, but he laughs.

Everyone was puzzled, he only told the story of the seven-day story of the newly built Berg object, and said that the master was enlightened at this time, and if he suddenly enlightened one day, it must be a great event worthy of celebration.Everyone laughed, but he didn't care.

Entering the study at this time, Xu Guangqi is not in the study, only a half-volume new book.

Sun Yuanhua thought, if his teacher went out for a walk, this book is here, he must have learned something from reading this book, he was curious, so he picked up that book and read it carefully.

The title of the book is "Summary of the Classic Battle of the Unification War". The title is weird, but it is fascinating at first sight.

The book contains illustrations, formations, and even a few "illustrations" that Sun Yuanhua has never seen before, which are lifelike.He only thought it was Fanbang's painting method, and couldn't help being amazed that this black and white color could paint things as if he saw them with his own eyes.

What amazed him the most was an illustration called "Concrete Model with Fort Bastion", which was drawn later in ink, using geometry and arithmetic, and explained in detail the range, position, fan, dead angle, Cross face these things.

I just heard it before, but now I look at the picture, even though there are still many words I don’t understand, I can understand what I’m talking about just by feeling.

When I saw the application of some trigonometric functions and bastion guards, the second power algorithm and artillery correction introduced later, I was even more fascinated.

There is a saying that writing can satisfy hunger and ink can intoxicate people. Unknowingly, it was already dark. He picked up the match that his teacher showed him a few days ago, skillfully lit the kerosene lamp, and was adjusting the brightness. There are people behind.

After getting out of the book, I realized that I had been reading it for a long time. At this time, the sky was already dark, and the teacher was behind me, so I hurriedly got up.

Xu Guangqi smiled and said, "Chuyang, I saw that you were fascinated, so I didn't call you. What, can I get something?"

"Men, is this book also given to you by those foreigners?"

"of course."

"Good book. Good book."

"Did you see the pages I read?"

"I see. The student is dull. I don't know why the teacher likes these pages the most and marks them more?"

The few pages where Xu Guang used the pen standard were a classic battle in Chen Jian's unification war decades ago.It is neither a siege, a siege, a bastion, nor a surprise attack, ambush, or strategic lure, but a classic daytime battle.

There are a lot of pages, and Chen Jian also described in detail the terrain from the beginning of the battle, the layout of the two sides, the artillery equipment, the position of the reserve team, and the timing of the cavalry attack, etc.

Compared with the other classic battles in the book, this is not a classic battle. Even the generals of the winning side performed far worse than the losing side. In the end, it was a battle of defeat rather than a war of annihilation.

Sun Yuanhua read the introductions of the previous battles, and this novel way of introducing the battles opened his eyes, especially when he saw a few examples of victorious schemes.

Therefore, he didn't really understand why his mentor made so many notes at the end of this battle. He felt that this battle was really lacklustre, and even if he was in command, the result might be better than this.

Xu Guangqi smiled and didn't answer, looked at Sun Yuanhua, and said after a long time: "Chuyang, it's getting late now, you should take this book home and read it carefully, and we'll talk about it in ten days. You've just tasted it now, and you can't do it." say clearly."

"Teacher, if I want to understand this book, how can ten days be enough? Even the previous chapter, if there is no teacher to teach me geometry, I can only understand one or two of them."

Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "I just want you to read these few pages, not the complete book. It only takes a few days to read the complete book, but it takes three years to understand it, and five years to master it. Read the book in ten days, but swallow it whole , like to study without seeking a deep understanding, this is a taboo in studying."

"Yes."

"Go."

Sun Yuanhua bid farewell, and was about to leave with the book in hand, when he was stopped by Xu Guangqi, who handed over a kerosene lamp and said, "Take this too, the flickering candle hurts the eyes, and this oil lamp is bright, perfect for night reading."

After speaking, he sighed again.

"Why is the teacher sighing?"

"Sigh, this oil lamp is so exquisite. The glass is transparent, and the threads are neat. In the country of the republic, it is actually something that citizens can use on a daily basis. I am not lamenting that they are rich, and I heard that it is nothing more than that. It's just... the revolving thread that makes the oil lamp. A skilled craftsman, if a day's war starts, he can make the thread lock of the firecracker in an instant, isn't that amazing?"

After speaking, he sighed again, waved his hand and told Sun Yuanhua to leave.

Chapter 65 Prophecy

Ten days later, Sun Yuanhua brought the book to Xu Guangqi's study again. At this time, Xu Guangqi was flipping through a dictionary-like reference book with Qieyin notation.

Seeing Sun Yuanhua coming, he ordered someone to serve tea and asked, "Can I get anything?"

Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said, "Teacher, I went back and looked at it for ten days, but I still don't know what my teacher meant. From my point of view, there are more than ten battles recorded in it, and every other battle is more exciting than this one. The student is stupid. I really don't know what to say, sir."

Xu Guangqi told him to sit down and asked, "Chuyang thinks that if he is the general of the Republic, he might win this battle?"

Seeing that Sun Yuanhua didn't answer, Xu Guangqi smiled and said: "But it's okay to say. I might as well tell you that when I first read it, I also felt that if I was a general, I would not only be able to win a battle, but also win a big victory."

"The disciple is arrogant, in fact, he also thinks so."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xu Guangqi laughed a few times, but he didn't mean to blame or mock, and sighed: "This is the reason why I let you read it. According to the book, this general made three mistakes. Even if the opponent's general has no Sun Wu's plan and Li Lian's plan are not mediocre."

Sun Yuanhua nodded. He totally agrees with this point. The defeated general has a unique vision for seizing the opportunity on the battlefield. It can be said that he seized all the opportunities he could seize.

"Chuyang, this is what's scary, what's worth watching, and what's sad. Why did you seize all the opportunities, but lose? And this side obviously missed a few opportunities, but they still managed to win." ? The book said that the country of the Republic can afford to lose, but the opponent cannot afford to lose, so this battle does not need a big victory, only a miserable victory, and the opponent has no power to turn it around."

After finishing speaking, he opened a part of the book, pointed to a few lines and said: "In just a few words, it is said that the left wing went too far, so that it was attacked by the opponent's cavalry. But the infantry on the left wing immediately formed an formation, using arquebus guns in a blind spot, The spears were densely arrayed and the cannons bombarded. Although the opponent's general seized the opportunity and dispatched the cavalry keenly, he just couldn't break through the infantry formation and forced his own cavalry to help... Isn't it scary? Is it readable?"