There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

The pottery merchant was a little curious when he saw Zhuge Liang go and return.

"Liang'er, why are you back?"

When Guo Jia heard the potter's words, he couldn't help feeling a sudden chill all over his body.

Bright?

Zhuge Liang walked into the main hall, bowed to the potter and Guo Jia respectively, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Mr. , I want to take a look at the teacher and Mr. Guo, and make some corrections."

"Things?" Guo Jia was taken aback when he heard the words, then smiled, and said, "Could it be some military strategy experience or policy advice? Let me show it to Mr. Guo!"

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, then handed the white silk in his hand to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia unfolded it with a smile, but after glancing up and down a few times, his face immediately turned dark.

But seeing Guo Jia walking to the table in dissatisfaction, he threw the white silk in his hand on the table heavily, the sound was so loud that even the potter was startled.

What kind of nerve is this prodigal son.

Guo Jia turned around and said with rare seriousness: "Zhuge Liang! There is a saying in the "Shangshu" that playing with people loses virtue, and playing with things loses ambition! Do you understand this truth?"

Zhuge Liang's face became a little pale, and he lowered his head a little aggrieved, pouted and said nothing.

However, Guo Jia did not soften his tone in the slightest because of Zhuge Liang's grievances, but continued to criticize seriously: "Mr. Have great ambitions and be grand! You should know how much Mr. Taiping expects of you! The school office has been established for less than a year, and you must know a thing or two about how many things need to be handled by Mr. Guo, but Mr. Guo sees you as a good person. You are a talent for making, so I took time out of my busy schedule to teach you!"

The pottery merchant was at the side, coughed heavily, and said in a low voice: "Brother Guo, I remember you said a few days ago that this is a boring job..."

Guo Jia's face froze suddenly.

Turning his head mechanically, Guo Jia stared helplessly at the potter.

"Mr. Tao Mansion, Mr. Tao... When Mr. Guo is educating the children, can you please keep silent! You are so rude, what majesty does Mr. Guo have to talk about in front of the children in the future?"

The pottery merchant shook his head helplessly, got up and walked to Guo Jia's desk, picked up the white silk he had just thrown on the desk, and looked at it carefully.

I saw that there were not many words written on it, but it was an analysis drawing of an object, which looked a bit like a strange object made of a bunch of wooden strips interspersed.

"Extraordinary tricks!" Guo Jia hummed dissatisfiedly at the side: "He has really alienated the righteous way! This brat really deserves to be beaten!"

The potter didn't pay attention to Guo Jia's muttering. He walked up to Zhuge Liang, patted the child on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement, and asked, "Liang'er, the prototype of your picture seems to be Lu Bansuo. Is the teacher right?"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's small eyes that had been dim just now shone with a little brilliance. He nodded vigorously and said, "The teacher recognized this object?"

The potter's face was full of smiles: "I know a little bit, tell my teacher, what's going on?"

Zhuge Liang timidly looked at Guo Jia, who had a rather dark face, and seemed to be hesitant, but under the encouraging eyes of the potter, he still plucked up the courage to explain to the potter.

"Teacher, this thing is a toy created by the disciples with reference to the mortise and tenon structure in the building. It is mainly used for disassembly and assembly. There are six wooden solids on it, which can be assembled and disassembled into different shapes. Look... What I drew here is how to play it. I made a model. Teacher, don’t look at it only has a few pieces of wood, but it’s really not easy to assemble and disassemble it into various shapes..."

Of course the potter knew it was not easy.

There are various types of Luban locks, there are six or nine, and choosing a few of them to complete the "Liuhe Tenon", "Seven Star Knot" and "Bada Button" requires careful thinking and brainstorming.

This kind of thing, like the Rubik's Cube in later generations, is extremely beneficial to the development of the brain and flexible fingers. It is a very tall educational toy.

Guo Jia muttered dissatisfiedly at the side, but the potter ignored him and said to Zhuge Liang: "Lianger, tell the teacher, do you like making inventions very much?"

Zhuge Liang couldn't understand what he said, so he tilted his head and looked at him curiously.

The potter continued to explain to him: "Is it the so-called making all kinds of strange things?"

Zhuge Liang bit his lip, hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Actually, the students are interested in these things, but the elder brother said that this is a strange and obscene skill, which is not a righteous way, so he won't let me do it. Today, Mr. Guo also said……"

"Don't listen to them... let's go, I will lead you to a place for the teacher!" The potter smiled and took Zhuge Liang's hand, and walked out of the hall, leaving Guo Jia alone behind him stomping his feet angrily. shouted.

"You just get used to it! It's a pretty good seedling, but you've got it wrong!"

Chapter 2: Tao Ying and Jiang Dongli

Zhuge Liang in history, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, not only had a pure and noble character and loyalty, but also had many special identities, such as famous politicians, military strategists, diplomats, etc. in Chinese history.

But besides these, Zhuge Liang has another respectable identity.

Zhuge Liang is also a great inventor.

In ancient times, this kind of people were considered to be heretics, but they had some strange skills, but in later generations, the so-called inventors can also be called scientists. Respectable person.

Zhuge Liang is such a person.

Tao Shang didn't want to hide Zhuge Liang's identity, not to mention the child's appearance, he seemed to be very interested in inventions and creations. Since Tao Shang became his teacher, he had to help him develop his talents in this area and continue his hobbies.

This is for Zhuge Liang himself, but also for the progress of this era.

At a young age, he was able to use the mortise and tenon structure of Luban's houses in the Spring and Autumn Period to independently create a high-end toy such as "difficult people's wood". A ten-year-old child who can possess this kind of talent can be called a toy. Heaven's gift is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The potter felt that it was a pity that if Zhuge Liang lived in later generations, with this excellent talent and the level of scientific education of later generations... Maybe he could build an atomic bomb when he grows up.

Now the Jianzhu Mansion in Danyang County is in charge of Zhang Hong. The potter led Zhuge Liang to find him first, and then under Zhang Hong's guidance, he went to visit a manufacturing workshop in Jinling City.

In the manufacturing workshop, keel waterwheels, horseshoes and other things are currently being manufactured in large quantities.

Among them, there is also the idea recently provided to Zhang Hong by the potter, and the craftsmen were asked to reform the drawing plan, imitating the Jiangdong plow, a farm tool widely used in the Jiangnan area in the later Tang Dynasty, and promoting it throughout the county.

When Zhuge Liang saw the newly produced Jiang Dongli in the workshop, the child's small eyes flashed for an instant, and he lowered his head thoughtfully.

The potter wanted to test Zhuge Liang, and asked with a smile on the side: "The plow is the most important auxiliary tool in farming. The soil is broken first, and the soil is turned after. Lianger, I want to ask you, teacher and What is the difference between the Jiangdong plow that Zhang Gongcao made in large quantities and other plows? You may be able to see it?"

Zhuge Liang didn't answer in a hurry. He leaned on his chin and circled Jiang Dongli back and forth, watching and studying carefully.

It wasn't until after going around for several times that Zhuge Liang had a clue, and he said: "Teacher's Jiang Dongli seems to have a lot of new things on it, especially the thing on the tail that can rotate back and forth, and the one on it, this one. What it does, I can't tell at the moment..."

The potter nodded appreciatively, and the child saw the way.

Zhuge Liang examined it carefully for a while, and then said: "The teacher changed the straight shaft and the long shaft into curved shafts and short shafts, and placed a plow disc on the shaft head that can rotate by itself. This will not only make the plow frame smaller. Lighter, easier to turn around and turn, flexible to operate, and save manpower and livestock. The paddy fields in the south vary in height and width, and this plow structure is most suitable for our southern land."

The potter appreciated Zhuge Liang's talent in inventions and utensils. He smiled and said, "Liang'er is right. Can you tell how many parts this Jiangdong plow consists of?"

Zhuge Liang counted carefully with his fingers: "The plowshare, plow bottom, plow arrow... there are ten... no! It's eleven parts."

Zhang Hong, who accompanied the potter and his apprentice, didn't take Zhuge Liang too seriously at first, but now he couldn't help being surprised.

In a short period of time, Jiang Dongli, who everyone has been thinking about for a long time, can be seen so comprehensively. This child... is really a monster!

"Fu Jun, is this child seeing this object for the first time?" Zhang Hong asked Tao Shang uncertainly.

The potter nodded affirmatively and said, "It's the first time."