"Useful knowledge!"
Everyone couldn't help but think of this word. Mo Jiazi insisted that Mo's theory of usefulness and advocated useful knowledge, which had long been known by everyone.
Only three of Mo's skills were shown in this exhibition, and it was enough to benefit countless people in the Tang dynasty. What was it if not useful knowledge?
Many Confucian scholars couldn't help but frown. In the past, Mo Zi had once ridiculed Confucianism as useless knowledge, but in the end, Confucianism grew stronger and stronger, while Mo's family gradually died out, and Confucianism had the last laugh.
However, now Mo Jiazi appeared out of nowhere and led Mo's family to rise again, and he brought Mo's useful knowledge to the extreme. Even a group of Confucian scholars had to admit that Mo's useful knowledge was really amazing.
"Maybe some people will ask why Mo's family is so enthusiastic about this. Farmers are farmers, while Mo's family is workers. The rise of farmers and the prosperity of farmers is the guarantee of Mo's existence. Mo's skill of developing Mo's skills allows farmers to harvest more food and feed more people. Mo's family doesn't produce food, so they naturally rely on farmers to produce food. Secondly, farmers are rich, so they naturally have money to buy Mo's products. Mo's family and farmers support each other and develop together. This is a win-win situation, "Meton explained.
Everyone suddenly understood. Mo's win-win theory had long been known. Just as Meton said, Mo's and farmers' families were indeed win-win situations.
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction. The importance of agriculture was self-evident. He was really satisfied that Meton could recognize this point.
"Poor people should take care of themselves, and rich people should help the world. Now that Mo's family is rich, although I dare not say that I will help the world, I also have the heart to help the world. Now Mo's family is just getting rich first, and the rich will drive the rich behind. Tomorrow, Mo's magazine will announce this grafting technology to the world, and people will plant fruits and melons in this way. In this way, the villagers will have a income, and the Tang dynasty will no longer lack fruits and melons. "Meton said proudly.
"Good!"
The audience in the stands immediately applauded. Last year, the Mo Family's Village had announced the secret skill of living fish. The artificial hatching technology had benefited countless people in the Tang dynasty. Now that the grafting technology, which was comparable to the artificial hatching technology, had appeared, the number of people who would benefit would definitely double again.
How much could a single person do? Meton spread the grafting technology and gathered everyone's strength. It would not be long before the Tang dynasty would be filled with fruits and vegetables. Even ordinary people could afford to eat them.
"Get rich first to drive those behind?" Li Shimin carefully savored this sentence. Although Meton sometimes hated him to the core, he had never let him down. Based on this thought alone, Li Shimin knew that this move of his would have a great return.
"The grafting technique is the result of the cooperation between the School of Mohism and the School of Agriculture. It is not unique to the School of Mohism, and the true Mohism techniques of the School of Mohism are power and light," Meton said frankly.
The audience could not help but nod. Meton was indeed sincere and did not take all the credit for himself.
As for power and light, what had happened in the School of Mohism exhibition last year had long been known to everyone. Qin Huaiyu had single-handedly pulled up a thousand-pound cauldron, which had shocked the audience. Coupled with the miraculous formation of the small holes, they had long been talking about it.
"Power is the core of the School of Mohism. The strength of one person is no more than a hundred pounds, but the strength of machinery is infinite. If one person controls the mechanical arm of the School of Mohism to lift a thousand-pound cauldron, it is enough to win against ten people."
Meton waved his hand and another curtain fell.
"A thousand-pound cauldron!" Seeing the item that appeared, the audience exclaimed.
They naturally recognized this cauldron. It was the thousand-pound cauldron that was displayed last year. They did not expect Meton to transport it here again.
"Although the cauldron is heavy, it is as light as a toy in the hands of the School of Mohism. This is the crane arm produced by the School of Mohism. It uses steel cables as a rope, and a single person can easily lift a thousand-pound object." Meton instructed one of Mo Jiazi's younger brothers to use the crane arm to easily lift the thousand-pound cauldron. Twisting the turntable, the thousand-pound cauldron spun in front of the audience, causing the audience to cry out involuntarily. Only then did he place the cauldron on the paved road in front of the audience.
"I believe that everyone has seen the crane arm in other places before. However, today's main character is not this crane, but another type of jack that also has the strength of a thousand-pound cauldron." Meton stretched his hand and pulled, and a commonly seen moving cart appeared in front of the audience.
After Meton's request, Old Zhang's eldest son, Zhang Mu, finally managed to make the first moving cart equipped with a jack before the School of Mohism exhibition.
"Jack?"
In an instant, everyone's gaze focused on Meton's hand.
Meton nodded. "The crane arm is used to lift the cauldron. This is the pulling force, and the jack is used to lift the thousand-pound cauldron. This is the lifting force."
As Meton explained, he personally pulled the moving cart to the thousand-pound cauldron on the brick road. He forked the moving cart into the bottom of the cauldron and shook the pulling rod hard.
"The giant cauldron is being lifted!" A sharp-eyed person exclaimed.
Under Meton's manipulation, the three legs of the giant cauldron actually slowly lifted off the ground. After tax, the cauldron rose higher and higher. In the end, it was a full inch high.
Meton nodded. Although the jack made by Zhang Mu could not be compared to the ones in the future, it was still rare and valuable.
"Normally, it would take at least ten people to move this cauldron, but today, I can move the thousand-pound cauldron by myself."
Under the gaze of the audience, Meton used all his strength to pull the moving cart and walked back and forth in front of the audience twice along the paved road in front of the audience.
When they saw a young man pulling the thousand-pound cauldron back and forth in front of them with one hand, everyone was shocked and could not help but open their mouths wide.
"What a show-off!"
Li Shimin could not help but snort coldly, looking at Meton who shocked the audience unhappily.
"No wonder the Mo Family Village is so rich. One person can do the work of ten people." Everyone clicked their tongues.
"This is the power of the Mo Skills. One person can do the work of ten people." Meton operated the moving cart in his hand, and the thousand-pound cauldron was placed on the ground intact.
"This trip is not in vain!" Everyone sighed.
Everyone could not help but recall last year, it was Qin Huaiyu who pulled the giant cauldron with one hand. But this year, they actually saw Mo Jiazi pulling the thousand-pound cauldron with one hand and running back and forth.
Meton wiped the sweat off his forehead and could not help but miss Qin Huaiyu and his three bad friends. If they did not enter the army, perhaps they would all fight to be in the limelight, and he would not have to do it himself.
Many people's eyes could not help but flash. The crane and the moving cart were a perfect match. One could lift heavy objects, and the other could move heavy objects. The efficiency would be increased by many times.
Laymen could see that Mo Jiazi was pulling the giant cauldron with one hand and it was worth the ticket. But the insiders could see the huge value in it. Once this object was released, there would be countless places in the warehouse of the station dock that needed it.
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