The next day, on the banks of the Blackwater River, it was crowded with onlookers.

Whether it was the Hao people or the Han people, they were all stunned to look at the two huge, mountain-like building boats moored on the river.

This kind of warship, which is the largest on the water in the world today, does have an unparalleled visual impact.

However, what is even more surprising to countless people is the huge net that is slowly opening on the river.

Not to mention the Hao people, even immigrants from China have never seen such a huge, complex and sophisticated net.

The net was pulled open by two boats, one on the left and one on the right, and slowly sank underwater.

Even though they were hundreds of paces apart, people could still clearly see how thick the ropes were.

Zhang Weiyang took his hand and gestured.

In the end, it was found that each of the net ropes was at least as thick as his thumb.

This discovery made Zhang Weiyang breathe a sigh of relief: "Taiyi is on top, how did such a thick hemp rope be weaved?" ”

As a farmer, especially in the Western Han Dynasty, it is certainly impossible not to have been exposed to ramie and woven ramie.

China mainly uses ramie as a raw material for linen and rope.

In the countryside of China's hinterland, ramie is widely cultivated.

The mulberry industry is even the backbone of the economy in many regions.

Zhang Weiyang also personally participated in the linen weaving operation.

It was a long and arduous process.

First, you need a large field of ramie, and then you have to chop down the ramie, bundle them into bundles, and finally throw them into a pool dedicated to picking hemp and soak them for half a month.

Half a month later. The ramie is then removed from the pool and the skin is torn off. to start spinning.

The spinning method used in Handan is a pure handmade yarn wheel.

Specifically, two small round wheels made of stone or pottery are used to hang the ramie fibers taken out of the water at one end. One end is constantly stretching these scattered fibers.

Through persistent and repeated work, twine is gradually acquired that can be used for weaving cloth and as rope.

But even the best yarn pullers can't guarantee the quality of the twine they twist themselves.

In other words, no one can guarantee what the twisted twine will be used for until the finished product is seen.

As a farmer, Zhang Weiyang is well aware. Each rope of this giant net may require an acre or even several acres of ramie to make raw materials.

In other words, every rope in this huge net is made of gold.

Even if you don't talk about that.

Even if this huge net is dismantled on the spot, and the hemp rope obtained is taken back to weave, its value is hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars!

"Is the court crazy? Spending so much just to make a net? Zhang Weiyang felt that he really had no way to keep up with the rhythm of the imperial court.

"This trawl can really catch thousands of stones at a time. Or even tens of thousands of stones? Standing on the deck of a ship, Bo Shi was also quite skeptical.

And most importantly: even if you catch so many fish, will you be able to pull the net?

You know, thousands of stone fish. With the addition of water and net ropes, the weight is simply not something that human power can pull.

But soon. The facts made Bo Shi's inner complaint come to naught.

When the huge net was completely submerged, the two huge ships began to raise their sails. With the help of the wind, drive downstream.

Huge building ship. Effortlessly pulling the huge fishing net, only countless schools of fish were jumping on the water, and a huge rope as thick as an arm was pulled by a few soldiers to the machinery on the top floor of the building.

Bo Shi recognized the machine at a glance: it was a pulley!

As the elite aristocratic class of the empire, Bo Shi is no stranger to pulleys.

As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, Chinese craftsmen began to use pulleys to build cities, mausoleums, and military fortresses.

By the time of the Qin Dynasty, pulley technology ushered in great development.

Pulleys with specialized loading pulley machinery appeared.

Legend has it that Qin Shi Huang used a pulley to lift boulders and bricks to build the Afang Palace.

In the Han Dynasty, there are many similar pulley mechanisms.

But the giant pulley machine in front of him was obviously not any pulley machine that Bo Shi had seen in the past.

It's more complex and it's more sophisticated.

The whole machine was fixed to the cabin on the deck of the building—apparently the cabin had been modified by the Shaofu so that it could hold the behemoth in place.

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is that the whole pulley machine is composed of several pulleys of different sizes, which are closely connected to each other, so that the whole pulley machine is full of an artistic beauty that fascinates the world.

And this kind of machine, which consists of multiple pulleys working together and working with each other, has never appeared in China before.

In other words, this is the latest scientific research achievement of Shaofu.

And the ink man who commanded the soldiers in front of this pulley group and controlled the movement of the pulley set turned his head with a smile and said to Bo Shi and Xu Yan: "This machine is a machine specially made by Wu Mo Yuan after adopting the law of 'compound pulley' in the "Mechanical Principles" written by the great sage of the Western Great Qin: Ya's great sage, and combining the skills of my Mo family, it is specially used for dragging and lifting artifacts beyond the reach of human power!" ”

The ink artist stroked his beard and praised: "That great sage of the Western Great Qin Kingdom, who is called the Ya clan, if he was born in China, he will be the choice of my Mo family!" ”

This evaluation, in the opinion of this ink artist, is already very, very high.

"Western Great Qin?" When Bo Shi heard this, he also remembered that it is said that a few months ago, the Huns sent a group of slaves to Chang'an to make gifts to the Son of Heaven.

Among them was a slave who claimed to be the envoy of the Great Qin State in the West.

Even Bo Shiyuan in Xinhua also knew about this from some newspapers and letters.

But I didn't take it to heart.

For China, whether it is Great Qin or Rest, it is an unknown country far away in the sky.

The high-ranking scholars and nobles, many of whom didn't even want to care about the affairs of the Huns.

Therefore, everyone treats it as an anecdote.

But at the moment. When Bo Shi learned the manufacturing principle of this huge pulley set in front of him. When he came from the country called Great Qin, his attitude also changed.

"So to speak. This Great Qin can probably be regarded as a country with Taoism! Bo Shi commented: "If I have the opportunity, I will go back to Chang'an, or I can call the Great Qin envoy to ask ......."

Such an evaluation is already very rare for the Chinese scholarly aristocratic class.

After all, today's Chinese people, for the outside world, basically regard the people of those countries as beasts walking on two legs. It takes Chinese fathers to 'educate' and 'reform' in order to know how to be a person who is truly beneficial to the world.

To make a nobleman make such an evaluation of a foreign country as 'there is a way' is a huge leap in itself.

"Brother Ziren, I have seen the envoy of the Great Qin...... Xu Yan smiled and said: "His appearance is generally similar to that of China, and he is also considered polite, it is said that His Majesty ordered him to study with the prince of the doctor of "Poetry", and the next day, he may be able to sit with his brother and discuss the Tao. Maybe! ”

Bo Shi nodded.

The Book of Poetry is a holy book recognized by all schools, and the same as Shangshu, Hong Fan and other works, at this time, not limited to Huang Lao Confucianism and law. will be studied and elaborated.

Of course, in terms of understanding some details, the various factions are at odds with each other.

Even if it's the same faction. Different genres, and arguments may also arise.

Between words. The boat had already sailed a thousand steps downwind, and a few soldiers. Drag a huge anchor and sink it to the bottom of the river.

Both Bo Shi and Xu Yan shifted their focus to the giant net that was still sinking in the water.

The Son of Heaven mobilized Dongyuan Temple, the most skilled in Shaofu, hundreds of the top and most dexterous craftsmen in the world today, and spent countless sums of money with the wisdom of countless professionals in Shaofu and Moyuan to finally make three trawls.

Just for these three trawls, not counting labor, and just in terms of materials, Shaofu spent at least six or seven million yuan of huge funds.

On average, a trawl is worth millions of dollars on its own, even if it is broken down on the spot.

Moreover, the cost of maintaining and caring for this trawl made of ramie is also very high.

Just to ensure that the trawl can work properly, Shaofu sent a repair team of up to 100 people!

In other words, if these trawls do not achieve the fishing efficiency for which they were designed: thousands of stone in one net, then they are losing money.

Because ramie is soaked in water for too long, it is easy to erode and rot.

Judging from folk experience, the service life of fishing nets also woven with ramie is often less than one year.

This is also a situation where fishermen often dry and maintain.

And once the trawl proves in practice that it cannot achieve its design goal, then, of course, the Son of Heaven will be disgraced, but what will happen to Bo Shi and Xu Yan, who are actually responsible for and directing the operation?

It is normal for the lord to humiliate his ministers to death, the Son of Heaven to lose face, and the courtiers to lose their officials and even lose their heads!

But on the other hand, suppose the trawl is successful in practice.

Well, obviously, this is a political achievement!

It doesn't matter who designed and manufactured the trawl, or who pushed it.

At least half of the military merit medal is given to the courtiers who are specifically responsible for the operation.

What's more, once this matter is successful, the names of Bo Shi and Xu Yan will immediately enter the sight of the Son of Heaven of Weiyang Palace.

It's Jane in the heart of the emperor immediately!

Since then, of course, the career has been smooth sailing.

What's more, this trawling practice is very likely to go down in history!

If it can indeed achieve its design goals, then, for China, this means that the Han regime has found a new source of food - the exchange of ramie for fish and meat, even if it is a reciprocal exchange, 1,000 catties of ramie for 1,000 catties of fish, for China, which is mainly agricultural, this is tantamount to an additional source of food, which is equivalent to expanding the area of cultivated land out of thin air.

As a result, Bo Shi and Xu Yan's breathing began to thicken.

Because they know that the turning point has come to decide their fate.

In the future, whether the carp jumps over the dragon gate, the sea and the sky will be wide from now on, or the crowd will be silent in the sea of more and more emerging talents, just look at this time.

"Bless Erlang Guankou, this catch must be a bumper harvest! If it is true, this year's sacrifice, a certain wish to sacrifice the blood of three animals! Bo Shi secretly prayed in his heart, even if he didn't believe in the Shu people's Guan Kou Erlang God, it would not prevent him from temporarily holding Buddha's feet, not to mention, a few days ago, he had just sacrificed Guan Kou Erlang.

Anyway, within the scope of Jiro's obligations, there is a business of blessing the harvest.

I believe that for the sake of the blood food offering a few days ago, Jiro Gukou should be able to fulfill his wishes. (To be continued......)