Chapter 88. Spring and Autumn, Warring States Period (27) Juzi Ye Mo! (2)

     Having concluded today’s military matters with Meng Sheng and the other officials, Ye Mo and Qiong returned to the northern suburbs’ jade mine.The main goal was to let Qiong tell her about the ancient witches, and the second was to prepare lessons.

     Qiong’s physique is also suitable for staying in the jade mine.

     In the jade mine, she can feel comfortable, although it is far less obvious than Ye Mo, but a gold-attributed spirit gathering array can be made for her, which will be beneficial to her body in the long run.

     If it is in the Irish town copy, Qiong must be a good gold magician or alchemist.

     “Thank you, Master”

     Qiong continued to study quietly, while Ye Mo began to prepare for the class with full concentration.

     This class has the Five Elements Formation, but the content is more scientific. Ye Mo knows that scientific research is endless.

     She just wants to open a door to science in Momen. The master leads the way, and the practice depends on the individual. Confucianism has its own way, and Mohist has its own bridge. I hope that some people can walk on the road of science.

     Qiong took a break and took a look at her teacher who was working frantically, smiled, and continued to browse the bamboo slips in front of her.

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     In the evening of that day, groups of people appeared outside Chuyang City. They were discovered by the logistics team who were burying the bodies outside the city.

     “Who is it?!”

     “Please wait. I am Shi Lei, a minister from the Wei state of Yue. I have long heard of the great victory of your noble lady, Chu Mi, and the Juzi Meng Sheng over the Chu army. I have come to pay my respects. Please help inform her, thank you.”

     “I am XXX from Qi State…”

     “I am Chu Xucheng…”

     Not only Shi Lei, but also spies from Qi and Qin State came to visit. Not only spies, but also people who returned from Chuyang City, and people from more than 70 other fiefdoms, and even one person from the Hundred Schools of Thought.

     At this critical moment, Chuyang City actually welcomed many worshippers, who were really going against the wind. They sent some news from the outside world, such as Mi Wenjing’s fame, the woman in red fighting against 300,000 Chu troops, Mi Wenjing, a female disciple of Mohist School, and the Juzi Meng Sheng, the first counselor of Chu State, etc.

     Soldiers: “???”

     Ye Mo was currently preparing lessons, and could not be disturbed unless it was emergency, so Meng Sheng will handle this matter. The visitors are seeing Mi Wenjing as a formality or out of curiosity, but most prefer to meet Meng Sheng of the Mohist school.

     Because in their eyes, no matter how powerful Mi Wenjing was, she was just a woman, and at most she could be a female commander, and it was impossible for her to bring more benefits to them and the world.

     But Meng Sheng and Mohist mechanical arts could.

     With Meng Sheng, the strength of the various schools of thought was reshuffled, and Confucianism and Mohism were compared again, with Mohist mechanical arts, it was a blessing for the people of the world, with Meng Sheng and Mohist mechanical arts, it would not be a problem for Qi/Qin/Zhao to unify the world… In short, their goal was to ask Meng Sheng to leave Chuyang City.

     And Meng Sheng was an upright person, and he was quite angry about this distorted public opinion.

     He first explained to others that all the strategies for this battle were from his female disciple Mi Wenjing alone, and she was the main mechanical arts, and he was purely auxiliary like other Mo Men disciples.

     Some believed it, some doubted it, and most people, especially those related to the ruling class, did not believe it very much. Some even suspected that Meng Sheng had “compromised” because of Mi Wenjing’s strength.

     Meng Sheng laughed dumbly and said, “Everyone came to Chuyang City today to find Juzi, but I am no longer the Juzi. The current master Juzi of Mohist School is the master of Chuyang City – Mi Wenjing!”

     Everyone was shocked.

     Some people said that Mohist School actually let a woman be the head of the family, which was an insult to the ancient sages and not in line with Zhou Li, but Meng Sheng responded on the spot with Mozi’s words “People do not distinguish between young and old, noble and humble, and choose the wisest and suitable people in the world.”

     The other party was speechless.

     In the points they argued in the past, there were only men, and the relationships were only monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, brothers, etc. Few people would add the relationship between husband and wife to it, or even give the wife an independent personality.

     Meng Sheng stroked his beard and said, “Tomorrow is the first lecture of the new master Juzi of Mohist School. If you don’t mind, you can join us.”

     After that, he asked them to go down and rest. There were foreign spies who used their spy skills to inquire about the situation of the people in Chuyang City.

     The result was naturally-Long live the young lady! The people of Chuyang City only knew that the young lady became a master Juzi in the afternoon. Unlike the visitors, in their minds, the young lady could do anything.

     Of course, she could become a master Juzi. If someone refuted them in person, especially how the noble lady was not good, the people could drown them with a mouthful of spit.

     The visitors then knew that the situation in Chuyang City was different from what they imagined.

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      From dusk to the next morning, in addition to those who escaped from Chuyang City and returned, more than 40 people came one after another.

     It was only when Ye Mo went to the farm for dinner that she learned that there would be another group of people in the tomorrow’s lecture.

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     The weather was very good the next day. The end of spring was almost over and summer was coming. The sun was shining and the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant.

     Ye Mo’s lecture was held at the Momen Academy. In addition to the Momen disciples, there are also people who come to Chuyang City, as well as Wang Xue, Li Si, Wang Wu and other people who really got in through the back door in the back row.

     The first part of her lecture was about basic mathematics and physics. It was not Mozi’s theory, but a more complete modern theory than Mozi’s theory, including definitions, basic theorems, basic formulas, etc. She also referred to books such as “Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” to make the problem down-to-earth.

     First, simple numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

     It is now around 380 BCE, the concept of Arabic numerals was beginning to take shape in the Punjab region of northwest India, pioneered by the astronomer Aryabhata. Several centuries later, Baghdad would introduce the Arabic numeral system, including the concept of 0.

     The reason why Ye Mo briefly talked about this is not only because it is simple, but more importantly, zero has an important position in mathematics. In many calculations, the concept of zero cannot be ignored.

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     The second part, from points, sides, lines to geometric figures such as rectangles, triangles, trapezoids, circles, arcs, etc.

     Ye Mo took a pile of steel scraps and directly showed everyone these geometric figures, and then from figures to simple mechanical problems, and used some small experiments of mechanical art to demonstrate the role of force.

     When she pinched mud, no, pinched steel blocks, some people felt that she was pinching their neck and felt cold all over.

     In the realm of mechanical devices, mechanics is fundamentally applied.

     However, they proved their results through countless experiments. If they had known the reasons, then mechanism engineering would have flourished without much complexity, based on principles like Hooke’s law, friction, gravity, and Newton’s laws.

     Wang Xue & Wang Qi & Wang Wu were confused: “… Aren’t we talking about mechanical arts?”

     They were not confused, after all, they had learned elementary and junior high school knowledge. The ones who were invited by Meng Sheng were confused. They seemed to be listening to a gibberish, and their minds were full of only – force, force, force?

     Ye Mo looked at the Momen disciples who were writing furiously and smiled slightly. If they could understand, they would understand.

     As for the agents, there were also several talents in science and engineering. They understood the theory without being taught. In addition, they were a little dizzy when they were talking about mechanical arts, but they were not completely confused.

     They and the Momen disciples were classmates with opposite ideas, and they could complement each other.

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     In the third part, Ye Mo supplemented the basic knowledge other than mechanics, geometry, and mathematics. Some of them did some interesting experiments, and some were just mentioned, waiting for them to study by themselves in the future.

     The afternoon was the last experimental class.

     Using the knowledge learned today to make mechanical arts, Ye Mo gave different students different problems.

     For example, the agents, their task was to carve the array they wanted, and they got what they wanted.

     The foundation of engraving formations lies in measuring one’s Five Elements talent. Engraving a repulsion formation is challenging due to the complexity involved. The fluency, speed, and precision are essential. Apart from 100% memorization, it is also influenced by spiritual energy. the more complex the Five Elements formation, the more difficult it is. Besides the difficulty in controlling fluency, speed, and precision, there is also the aspect of simultaneity. Some formations of the Mohists are created by several people together, which requires years or even decades of tacit understanding. Lastly, understanding the distribution of Five Elements spiritual energy is essential.

     In short, the agents found that engraving arrays is far from as simple as drawing. This is the fundamental reason why there are so many people in the world, but it is difficult for Mohist disciples to exceed 1,000.

     The agents couldn’t figure out how Li Jing managed to do it.

     The task of Momen disciples is wooden mechanisms for the time being, so it has little to do with war weapons, and is mostly related to planting and textile industries.

     If successful, the farms in Chuyang City will have a lot of new farm tools.

     To create one finished product, a Mohist disciple would often end up with one or two unfinished pieces, or even more waste. Like the agents,, they too encountered challenges, finding that some tools were not as straightforward to use.

     It doesn’t matter, they still have a month to digest, absorb, and even discover some new knowledge to understand the world of science.

     It is worth mentioning that in the experimental class, Ye Mo of course combined the above two – in front of the visitors, she built a simple device at lightning speed to let them know that the equipment for making weapons was made by her, Mi Wenjing.

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     The Chuyang City visitor were completely baffled by the lecture. After the Mohist academic exchange, Ye Mo invited them for tea to discuss the current world situation.

     For example, the issue of men and women? Women can only do things in the backyard? Noble ladies can’t go to the battlefield?

     The visitors: “…”

     The noble lady in front of them, no matter how graceful and elegant, she is also a female general who fights 300,000 troops alone. She just squeezed iron like mud. They believed she was more than qualified to be a Jǔzǐ or the Lord of Chuyang City!

     Ye Mo: “Zi Yi, write it down.”

     “Yes, young lady.”

     The next day, the new great man of Mo Men, Mi Wenjing, gradually spread outside Chuyang City.