"Subordinate Ma Su, on behalf of the Academy of Science and Technology, greet the lord!" In the Hongdu Science and Technology Institute, a middle-aged Confucian student led a total of eighteen people recruited by the Science and Technology Institute, walked out of it, saw Mu Jing's figure, and quickly bowed to Mu Jing.

"Subordinates greet the lord!"

With Ma Su's salute, everyone from the Academy of Science and Technology also saluted.

The people of the Academy of Science and Technology are a bit miscellaneous, some from Gongcao, some from Yi disciplines, and some from miscellaneous disciplines, but it is undeniable that these people are all selected talents, at least their ability in craftsmen is unparalleled.

"You don't need to be polite!"

Mu Jing waved his hand, he jumped off the horse, walked up, looked at Ma Su, and asked in a deep voice: "Changkong, how is the preparation of the Science and Technology Institute?" ”

Ma Su, the word is empty, a disciple of the Mo family.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, but Confucianism since the Han Dynasty for four hundred years, dominated the leader, the development was prosperous, disciples were all over the world, Confucianism was prosperous, scorching like the sun, and no school could shake one or two.

But this does not mean that the brilliance of other schools of thought has been extinguished.

Although the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, it did not rush to kill other schools, and did not burn books and pit Confucianism like Qin Shi Huang, there will always be academic knowledge passed on, not to mention the soldiers, Mohists, and farmers...... All the sons have a heritage.

It's just that these schools of thought have become dull under the brilliance of Confucianism, and gradually, fewer and fewer people can learn.

But if you have the heart to look for it, you can still find a lot of talents.

Especially in this turbulent world of the imperial court and the chaos of the world, people's hearts have become extremely restless, and some hidden talents will also have the heart to choose the master and want to seize the opportunity of this great world.

And Ma Su is also a talent hidden in the world, he has a pair of skillful hands, reading reasonably, inheriting ink learning, before being discovered, he is actually just a village man in Xinye, and because he often does some handicrafts and is regarded as an alien, indulged in ink learning, not inherited by scholars.

The first to discover him was the Xu family.

Xu Lin is a person who values skills, and he searched for the blacksmiths in Nanyang and recruited them to the Xu family, but the Xu family did not dare to be high-profile in Nanyang, so some people sent favors and sent them to Guanzhong.

And this Ma Su, a skilled craftsman is a skilled craftsman, but he is not very good at iron smelting, so he was sent to Hanzhong by Xu Lin.

But for the pasture.

This is a man of great talent.

It was precisely because of the inadvertent meeting with him and his long sigh that Mu Jing had the idea of establishing a science and technology institute in his heart.

Times are evolving.

The Minghou Mansion must go ahead and not fall behind half a point.

"My lord, at present, the Academy of Science and Technology has gathered 18 people, and I think these talents are suitable to join the Academy of Science and Technology!" Ma Su said.

"I sent you more than a hundred people, and you picked eighteen?"

Mu Jing pinched the bridge of his nose, a little helpless.

"The lord said that the Academy of Science and Technology gathers talents, and it is a rare talent, how can it be indiscriminately filled!" Ma Su's personality is a little straight, which is one of the reasons why he can only become a farmer with all his talents.

"Okay, you have the final say!"

Mu Jing said: "Then the first task I gave you, how did you complete!" ”

"We're halfway there!"

Ma Su replied.

"Let's go inside!"

Mu Jing strode in.

Beyond the school yard in the front courtyard, there is a handicraft workshop, which is very expansive, surrounded by a woodworking workshop, and a small stove on the back, which is a self-smelting iron workshop for making parts.

The most important research room in the middle of this workshop, as soon as you walk in, there are many tools scattered on it, all the desks have tools, and all the desks are concentrated on a research object in the middle.

It's not big, it's small, it's special.

But when Mu Jing saw it, he seemed to see a treasure: "Changkong, you have already researched it!" ”

"Not yet!"

Ma Su replied: "Lord, although most of the parts of this thing have been built, but there is a problem with the initial combination, we still need to solve a lot of problems, the gear fit problem needs to be built by a more ingenious blacksmith, and the clockwork also needs to be adjusted, and there are some problems with the hinge!" ”

This is a dial.

Time has become the biggest discomfort of Mujing to this era, even if the hourglass is fine, it is not fine, the estimated time always depends on God, but the sun is not always seen.

Fighting on the battlefield is a race against time, and sometimes the two armies attack together, even if the time is accurate, but once the battle starts, there will be a gap in time, and the time gap of more than half an hour is not excessive, and it can easily lead to defeat on the battlefield.

So Mu Jing really wanted to get the watch out of this thing.

But he wasn't an inventor.

All I know is a well-known principle, and it is very difficult to invent such a thing as a watch with this principle.

Until Mu Jing met Ma Su.

Ma Su is definitely a genius craftsman, he can closely rely on Mu Jing's description of some principles for him, to make a thing, this gave Mu Jing the idea of creating a watch, if the concept of time can be carefully calculated, this is a boost to the combat effectiveness of the Mu Army.

"How long will it take?"

Mu Jing suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

He doesn't know how to be technical.

He just wants results.

"A month!"

Ma Su said confidently: "As long as I am given a month, I can make it, and I am willing to make a military order!" ”

"Good!"

Mu Jing laughed: "Changkong, if you make this thing, I will give you whatever you want!" ”

"Lord, the internal structure of this watch can be done, but the glass plate you said is probably a little difficult!" Ma Su said: "We have tried to use a lot of materials to fire, but we can't burn the glass that the lord said!" ”

"Success lies in daring to try!"

Mu Jing said softly: "Liuli this thing, as long as you work hard, it will always burn out, as for the watch, you can make a pocket watch, and the outside is made of iron to form a flipping cover, which protects the dial!" ”

He also wanted to burn out the glass, but he didn't know the principle of the glass, all he knew was vague things, and he didn't know whether these memories were right or wrong, but he could only give it to Ma Su to try.

The key is the little bit of chemistry knowledge that I learned, in fact, most of it was sent back to the teacher, and it can't be left until now, so even if Mu Jing has an old monster with two thousand years of memory, he is helpless.

But this sentence is not wrong, successful invention is all about trying.

"I'll keep trying!"

Ma Su nodded.

"Changkong, the Institute of Science and Technology lies in the accumulation of talents, I want the Institute of Science and Technology, is a product that can transcend the times, next to it is the Hongdu Gate School, among the institutions, there must be talents, you have to learn to recruit talents!"

Mu Jing instructed.

"Yes!"

Ma Su nodded, his eyes squinted at the Hongdu Sect of various departments, but he understood why Mu Jing put the Academy of Science and Technology here.

He had to admit that there were many scholars in Hongdumen.

It is not as good as a few people he recruited, Huang An and Fu Ze of Hongdumen Xueyi Discipline, this person has made great achievements in arithmetic, and this time to solve the problem of the dial is to rely on their arithmetic ability to actuarial to the point.

In addition, people from Hongdumen who study miscellaneous subjects are more favored by him, and there are many Mohist scholars among them.

"My lord, in addition to the dial, our science and technology institute has completed the first invention!" Ma Su asked for credit.

"Oh!"

Mu Jing Daxi: "What is it?" ”

"Lord, please go to the backyard!"

Ma Su led the way in front.

Mu Jing followed.

The backyard is actually the back mountain, there is a lot of farmland in the back mountain, Hongdu Gate is proud, in terms of food, it is absolutely self-sufficient, so this piece of farmland, all of which are learned by Hongdu Gate, just invited tenants to cultivate.

On the west side of the farmland, there is a small river that flows down from top and then flows into the moat, in the middle of the river that flows into the Han water.

In the river water, there is a windmill.

This is a waterwheel.

"The watermill research was successful?" Mu Jing's eyes lit up.

"Report to the lord, this was completed a few days ago, and it is currently in the test, the research process of the waterwheel is not very profound, but the key is whether it can use the power of water flow to automatically rotate!"

It was Qiu Ping who answered Mu Jing's question.

Qiu Ping is Ma Su's deputy, he is also the scribe of Gong Cao, transferred from Gong Cao to Hongdu Science and Technology Institute, good at carpenter, this waterwheel is Ma Su's guidance, he personally led people to complete.

"What are the results of the trial so far?"

"Good!"

Qiu Ping replied: "As long as the water flows endlessly, then our waterwheel will not stop, and bringing water from the waterway into the ditch is equivalent to bringing water from the low-lying into the plateau, which will definitely solve a lot of problems for the farmland!" ”

"Okay, great!"

Mu Jing laughed: "This is a great achievement, I will remember it on the head of the Academy of Science and Technology, what you have done, will be your honor in the future, this waterwheel, has been ordered by the Academy of Science and Technology, on the Hongdu waterwheel, let the Hongdu Gate learn those Confucian students, tell him, not they can make the name of Hongdu go down in history, you Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology is also possible!" ”

"Thank you, my lord!"

Everyone was a little excited, although they are all skilled craftsmen, but compared to Confucianism, that is, it is always inferior, to be able to state this aspect, comparable to them, is definitely a rare honor, can make children and grandchildren proud.

"Qiu Ping!"

"In!"

"Contact Nong Cao and popularize the waterwheel to Hanzhong, Wudu, and Nanyang as soon as possible!"

"No!"