Meton did not pay attention to the heated discussion in Chang 'an. When Apple became popular in the Tang dynasty, they would naturally know how profitable this business was.
However, just when Meton was immersed in his private time with Princess Changle, a piece of news interrupted the peace in the Mo Mansion.
"Young master, Li Yun is about to arrive in Chang 'an with the Xiangfu Clan." Uncle Fu hurried to report.
Modun's heart couldn't help but tremble. Revealing a dumbfounded expression, he said, "In that case, Li Yun actually managed to convince the stubborn old man of the Xiangfu Clan?"
Uncle Fu shook his head and said, "According to Brother Mo Jiazi's information, there are only about 20 people following Li Yun here, which is less than 10% of the Xiangfu Clan."
The Xiangfu Clan had been living in seclusion. Compared to them, there were more descendants of Mo Jiazi. Of course, Li Yun's clan was the most direct descendant.
"More than 20 people are enough. As long as the Xiangfu Clan is no longer ignorant, the rest will not be able to sit still." Meton was in a good mood. He did not have any prejudice against the Xiangfu Clan. After all, the Mo Family's ink skill was all-encompassing. The Mo Family's village alone was not powerful enough. It was naturally very difficult for the Mo Family to make the common people accept the Mo Family's ideology. However, the Xiangfu Clan was the best choice to strengthen the Mo Family. After seeing the strength of the Mo Family's ink skill, Meton did not believe that the Xiangfu Clan would not be moved.
However, before the majority of the Xiangfu Clan's people arrived, Li Yun led a thin old man in a black robe and quietly appeared outside the eastern gate of Chang 'an City. If Meton were here, he would definitely recognize this man as Tian Qiong, who had wantonly spread the secret skills of the Mo Family.
"How extravagant it is to pave the road with bricks. According to the Old Man's knowledge, the brick road has already stretched for thousands of miles. The imperial treasury is so empty that Mo Jiazi has simply thrown Mo Sheng's frugal philosophy to the back of his mind." Tian Qiong reprimanded. Even though he had come out of retirement again, he still found Meton an eyesore.
Li Yun said with a wry smile, "Second Uncle, on the way here, you have also seen the advantages of brick roads. Although it's a little expensive, we can still travel through wind and rain. Otherwise, take the heavy rain from two days ago as an example. It would have stopped us in Luoyang for three to five days. Furthermore, brick roads are durable and durable. We don't need to serve the corvee every year to repair the roads.
In the past, the most important project of the corvee labor was the construction of roads. But this year, with the popularity of brick roads, most of the people's corvee labor was used to build brick roads. For a time, the brick roads of the Tang dynasty spread again. They even crossed the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and spread to the north and south first.
"Let's not talk about brick roads for now. What about the rumor in Chang 'an that Mo Jiazi used a fist of gold to exchange for a fruit?" Tian Qiong snorted coldly.
"This is just Mo Jiazi buying horse bones with a thousand gold coins!" Li Yun waved his hand. He had personally dealt with Mo Jiazi and naturally did not think that Meton was such a person.
Tian Qiong snorted coldly and said, "Even if it's a thousand gold coins to buy horse bones, he still spent a thousand gold coins. How contrary is this to the Mo family's way of doing things?"
The Mo family's way of doing things had always been coarse clothes and shoes. This was the Mo family's way of doing things. Meton's behavior had already deviated from Li Yun's impression of the Mo family. He could not help but be speechless.
However, Tian Qiong laughed and said, "Mo Jiazi is extravagant and extravagant. He induced the imperial court to build brick roads, but he doesn't know that this is the opportunity for the Xiangfu family of the Mo family to prosper. The world's brick roads are unimpeded, but they are blocked by rivers. In the world, only the Xiangfu family has the most exquisite secret technique of bridge building. Once the bridges are built for the rivers of the world, the world will be unimpeded. Isn't this just in line with Mo Sheng's concept of loving the world with impartiality? "
Li Yun looked at the excited Tian Qiong and could not help but hesitate. He wanted to remind Tian Qiong that when it came to bridge building, the arch bridge he designed lost to Meton's beam bridge. Even the design of the Wei River Bridge this time was provided by Meton.
When he confessed that he had competed with Mo Jiazi in bridge building and lost miserably, the entire Xiangfu family was in an uproar. Later, when Li Yun placed the design of the combination of the chain bridge and the beam bridge in front of the Xiangfu family, the entire Xiangfu family was only half-convinced. But the design of the combination of the arch bridge and the beam bridge completely shocked the Xiangfu family.
Because of this, he had the opportunity to bring out more than twenty disciples of the Xiangfu family. After all, even the extremely conservative Xiangfu family who had lived in seclusion for hundreds of years could not resist the temptation of the Wei River Bridge.
"Let's go and see the arch bridge you built in Chang 'an City!" Tian Qiong waved his hand and proudly strode into Chang' an City.
On the Qu River Arch Bridge, Tian Qiong looked at the arch bridge under his feet with satisfaction and praised repeatedly, "Not bad. It has the essence of your grandfather."
The Qu River Arch Bridge built by Li Yun had used the machinery of the Mohist family. Together with the financial support of the Mohist family and the unique bridge building techniques of the Xiangfu family, the arch bridge built by Li Yun was the best bridge Tian Qiong had ever seen. In terms of bearing capacity, the Qu River Beam Bridge was even better than the Zhaozhou Bridge.
"Your nephew is ashamed. How can I compare with my ancestor?" Li Yun smiled bitterly. After Li Chun built the Zhaozhou Bridge, he became famous all over the world. However, when he built the Qu River Arch Bridge, he was defeated by the Mohists' bridge. Everyone praised the Mohists, so how could they remember him?
"You were defeated by this bridge!" Tian Qiong looked as far as he could at the busy Qu River Beam Bridge. Even though he was not close, he could still see that the Qu River Beam Bridge was endless. In contrast, although the Qu River Arch Bridge built by Li Yun had a lot of people, most of them were pedestrians and there were very few carriages. Just from this point of view, the arch bridge had already lost.
Li Yun nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, this is a beam bridge. Crossing the bridge is like walking on flat ground, effortless. So even if the passing carriages have to take a detour for several li, they will still choose to cross the beam bridge."
In front of the two, a fully loaded carriage did not hesitate to turn in front of the arch bridge and go straight to the beam bridge. After all, no matter how well the arch bridge was built, there was still a certain slope. Even a fully loaded carriage might not be able to go up. What's more, some carriage drivers who cherished the horses would not use the arch bridge even if they were empty.
"Beam bridge!" Tian Qiong could not help but fall silent. When he argued with Mo Jiazi, although he was twisting words and forcing logic, he found that in terms of practicality, the Xiangfu Clan was indeed much worse than the Xiangli Clan. The only thing they could use was the bridge. In the end, he agreed to leave the mountain with Li Yun because he wanted to prove the strength of the Xiangfu Clan to Mo Jiazi.
When he personally stepped on the beam bridge and touched the bone-chilling reinforced concrete, he could not help but sneer and say, "The workmanship is crude and a waste of natural resources. Mo Jiazi is just relying on the advantage of reinforced concrete and some strange ideas! The art of bridge building is not at all. "
In the eyes of outsiders, Tian Qiong's sarcastic remarks about Mo Jiazi would definitely be regarded as a fool. However, Li Yun knew that Tian Qiong was telling the truth. The beam bridge built by Meton could be said to be piled up with reinforced concrete. Even the ordinary members of the Xiangfu Clan could build it as long as they had these materials.
"However, this is the most amazing thing about the Village Mo. They always have an endless stream of new materials, which easily beat the craftsmanship that we have painstakingly studied for many years." Li Yun said bitterly.
When he competed, he naturally knew why he lost. The Qujiang Arch Bridge was the crystallization of the bridge building craftsmanship of the Tang dynasty, while the Qujiang Beam Bridge was the first show of the new materials of the Village Mo. However, the beam bridge built by Meton was the complete winner.
Just like the Xiangfu Clan and the Village Mo, the Xiangfu Clan paid more attention to theory and craftsmanship, while the Village Mo focused on materials. Although sometimes craftsmanship and theory could bring about incredible effects, the foundation of craftsmanship was materials, not to mention that the Village Mo's industry was not bad.
Tian Qiong sneered and said, "Don't worry. The Old Man had set up a plan a year ago and cracked many of the secret skills of the Mo Family, and spread them to the big workshops in Chang 'an. Now it's time to reap the harvest. Maybe we can get rid of the limitation of materials in the Village Mo. At that time, the Xiangfu Clan will not be controlled by Mo Jiazi. "
Looking at Tian Qiong's complacent expression, Li Yun could not help but smile bitterly. It seemed that Uncle Tian was too optimistic. There was almost no craftsmanship that could surpass that of the Village Mo in the Tang dynasty.
"Whether there is or not, we will know when we arrive at the East Market." Tian Qiong said confidently. When he spread the craftsmanship of the Village Mo in Chang 'an, these results would naturally appear in the East Market.
In the East Market of Chang 'an, the two soon came to an iron shop. Tian Qiong said loudly, "Come on, bring me the best steel bar in your shop."
"Okay!" A shopkeeper waved his hand, and a worker carried out a heavy steel bar.
Tian Qiong reached out his hand and found a fulcrum. He bent it hard with the principle of lever, and it bent down. He could not help laughing angrily and said, "This is your steel!"
"Of course, these are the best steel bars in Chang 'an. It took us a lot of effort to crack the craftsmanship of the Village Mo in those years." The shopkeeper said proudly.
Tian Qiong was so angry that he could not say a word. It was he who cracked the craftsmanship and passed it to the steelmaking workshop, but he did not expect that the workshop was still using the same craftsmanship as he did in those years.
"How about compared with the steel of the Village Mo?" Tian Qiong sneered.
"This craftsmanship is from the Mo Family, and of course it is equal to that of the Village Mo. But now the Village Mo has developed the second generation of steel, and it is slightly better than ours." The shopkeeper boasted.
Tian Qiong was disappointed. When he cracked the craftsmanship of the Village Mo, he had seen the steel of the Village Mo. Even then, the steel produced by the Village Mo was better than this steel. These workshops took the craftsmanship he provided, but they did not make any progress, and even had a tendency to regress.
Later, when he was in the East Market, he found that many workshops were using the craftsmanship of the Mo Family that he had passed on, but only a few of them had improved the craftsmanship. Even so, they were still far behind the products of the Mo Family.
"It seems that the Old Man overestimated these workshops." Tian Qiong said helplessly.
According to the blueprint of Mo Jiazi, the most high-quality steel was needed. It seemed that the Xiangfu Family could not get rid of Mo Jiazi in a short time.
Ninth Heaven Divine Emperor
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