Mo Fu Zhong
With Merton's order, flat glass was sent to the Mohist house. Merton needed to make mirrors as a bride price. Naturally, the Mohist village should give full support. All the glass sent were the best glass in the Mohist village.
"No! None of these are qualified."
Merton looked at the pieces and shook his head helplessly.
These glasses seem smooth and transparent, but due to poor workmanship and uneven surface, they are naturally unimpeded as greenhouse glass. However, there is still a big gap in using these glasses to make mirrors. He doesn't want to make the mirror face distorted. I'm afraid what can only backfire.
"It is particularly important that the glass I want is not only smooth, but also as flat as the water on both sides," Merton asked.
"Yes! Young master, I'll let the Mojia village make it immediately!" Fubo said urgently. He knew that Merton was going to make a glass mirror as a bride price to marry Princess Changle. How could he be careless and prepare to have these glasses carried away.
"You don't have to carry it away. You can practice with these glasses first, or you can be skilled in the process of making mirrors." Merton waved to stop Fubo. As long as the process of making mirrors is completed, once the smooth and flat glass is made in Mojia village, you can make a perfect mirror in a short time.
He only knows about the process of making mirrors in future generations, and further experiments are needed to improve the process.
"Young master, don't worry. The Mojia village will certainly not delay the young master's affairs." Fubo promised. Now Merton is one of the few unmarried teenagers left in the Mojia village. I'm afraid everyone will go all out for Merton's marriage.
Merton nodded and said to Wu Meiniang, "you take half of the glass. If you need anything, you can talk to Fubo."
"Yes, master!" Wu Meiniang was eager to try, looking like she couldn't wait.
She had a hunch that once the mirror in the master's mouth came out, it would be amazing. How could she not be excited if she was lucky to participate in it, and she had long been longing for the famous ink technology.
Merton looked at Wu Meiniang and couldn't help smiling. The road of Mohism is not only fun, but also an endless road of trial and error. That is an extremely boring experience, which is the only way for every Mohist.
Wu Meiniang happily asked people to move the glass to the backyard and start her own mirror making road.
"Add a bottom to the glass?"
In the backyard, Wu Meiniang kept experimenting with all kinds of objects with a piece of flat glass.
"Paper, iron, wood,..."
However, it is of no use at all. You can clearly see the objects on the back through the glass, not even a personal image, let alone a mirror.
However, Wu Meiniang was not discouraged. She had just come into contact with ink technology with great enthusiasm and kept experimenting with every possible object.
The whole ink house saw Wu Meiniang, who was like a mania, experimenting all over the ink house. She even went to the water tank in the kitchen and the swimming pool in the backyard for half an hour, and then experimented all the time.
People can't help but show a worried look. Wu Meiniang is in her childhood. She is very clever and intelligent, and is deeply loved by the people in the ink house. Now, how can people not be distressed to see a lovely little girl suddenly turn into a science madman.
"Young master, it's true. Meiniang hasn't paid attention to me for two days now!" Ziyi said discontentedly.
"Mei Niang is still young. Is the burden given to her by the young master too heavy?" aunt Xu worried.
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Everyone in the ink house looked at Wu Meiniang who was constantly trying and making mistakes. No matter who tried, it was useless. The only thing they could help Wu Meiniang was to provide her with more materials as much as possible.
After a busy day, night fell.
Wu Meiniang was tired and panting and fell on the bed. The purple clothes on one side asked anxiously, "don't you have a clue?"
Wu Mei Niang shook her head and said, "no, not even bronze mirrors, let alone people's hair."
"By the way, bronze mirror? Why don't I use bronze mirror as the bottom?" Wu Meiniang suddenly thought of this idea, jumped up, picked up the bronze mirror from the dresser and ran out, but she soon came back decadent.
"What's the matter?" Ziyi asked curiously.
"Still not?" said Wu Meiniang with a depressed face. By the way, she put the glass and copper mirror in her hand back on the dresser.
"Is this road not feasible? How deep is the river bottom, our glass is thick:" Ziyi frowned.
Wu Meiniang could not help shaking in her heart. What Ziyi said was not unreasonable. Suddenly she looked up and saw her face clearly reflected on the plane glass in the candlelight.
"This..."
Wu Meiniang couldn't believe it. She got up and looked at her clear face in the glass. The clarity in the mirror was much better than the fuzzy image in the copper mirror.
"This is what the young master said about the mirror?" Ziyi came up and couldn't believe looking at the glass reflection in the candlelight?
"Shifu is really right, but I didn't find the right thing at the bottom!" Wu Meiniang said firmly. She began to fight high spirited, got out of bed and started a new round of experiment.
For the whole three days, Wu Meiniang only slept for five hours, and the rest of the time was intoxicated with the experiment. However, everything was futile and failed again and again. If it were not for the clear image support of the glass reflection at night, Wu Meiniang's confidence would have been defeated.
"What you need now is rest!" Merton quietly appeared beside Wu Meiniang, looked at her red eyes and sighed.
"The disciple is incompetent and has failed hundreds of times. She is ashamed of the teacher's instruction." Wu Meiniang couldn't help but bow her head and cry. Merton had told her the principle of the mirror, but she just followed the diagram and achieved nothing.
Merton couldn't help comforting: "no, I think you didn't fail hundreds of times, but successfully found hundreds of materials that are not suitable for mirrors."
Although Merton imitates the famous sayings of later generations, it is very suitable for Wu Meiniang at the moment. He has an open life, and Wu Meiniang is practicing the concept of Mohism step by step.
"Really?"
Wu Meiniang burst into tears and smiled, clearing away her previous depression.
"Of course!" Merton said solemnly.
"You are worthy of being the person who wrote the" teacher's theory ". With this sentence alone, you are worthy of being a teacher." Master Li couldn't help sighing.
In the Mo mansion, Wu Meiniang's crazy behavior has already alerted too many people. Even master Li couldn't help coming to watch. Hearing Merton's words, he couldn't help looking at Merton differently.
For a long time, Merton was less than the year of his weak crown, but he opened a mountain and taught disciples for the Mohist school. I don't know how many people laughed at him behind his back. If today's story is spread, I'm afraid all previous doubts will be wiped out.
Merton saw that Wu Meiniang's mind was stable and secretly motioned to Fubo.
Faberton came over with a kind face and said, "it's just that today is the day when the ink house distributes the regular money. This is your silver money, Meiniang."
Wu Meiniang was flattered and said, "I still have money?"
The purple clothes on one side proudly said, "that's nature. Everyone in the ink house has it."
However, Master Li's eyes flashed. He was very familiar with the ink house, but he clearly knew that the day when the ink house distributed the regular money was not today. I'm afraid the only thing that changed the ink house was Wu Meiniang in front of him.
"Is money the key?"
Thinking of this, Master Li couldn't help looking at the money in Wu Meiniang's hand.
The craftsmanship of the Mohist school is unique. The money distributed by the Mohist school is forged again with the Mohist technology, and the surface is as smooth as a mirror.
Wu Meiniang picked up the silver money in her hand and subconsciously pasted the smooth silver money on the glass. Suddenly, she was stunned. She found that the place where the silver came into contact with the glass reflected a very clear image.
Wu Meiniang couldn't believe it. She looked at the silver money and glass in her hand, and then tried it several times. Only then did she confirm that she had no dazzle just now. She didn't think that silver was the best thing to make a mirror.
"I see, master, I understand!" Wu Meiniang said excitedly, holding the silver and glass in her hand.
The people around me suddenly burst into an uproar. No one thought that Wu Meiniang had succeeded by chance after hundreds of failures.
"It's good to understand. You can't give up easily in the future. Maybe the next time you give up is the coming success!" Merton smiled.
"Thank you for your instruction!" Wu Meiniang said solemnly.
Merton nodded and said, "there are two days left, enough for you to make a mirror. Now you need to rest. Purple clothes, you go to accompany Mei Niang back to rest and let her sleep for at least four hours."
"Yes!" Ziyi immediately helped Wu Meiniang to leave.
"Master Mo's apprenticeship opened my eyes!" Master Li sighed, looking at Wu Meiniang's figure.
"It's not easy for the Mohist school to have a successor, so it's natural to teach carefully." Merton made no secret of it. Wu Meiniang couldn't see it when she was young. Merton's actions can't hide from Master Li.
Master Li frowned and said, "perseverance and spirituality are indeed materials that can be made, but after all, they are women. Does the Mohist school really want to make a woman a descendant? I'm afraid there will be constant storms in the future."
In this era, after all, men are still superior to women. If Mohism really focuses on women, there will be constant criticism in the future, and there are too many unstable factors.
Merton laughed and said in a loud voice, "Kyushu is angry. Relying on the wind and thunder, thousands of horses are silent. It's sad to study. I advise God to be energetic and not stick to the same style to demote talents. What about women? As long as they are talents, my Mohist family treats them equally."
"Don't stick to one style and demote talents!" Master Li suddenly felt a burst of Hao Ran. He immediately found that he was far from losing Mohist School in this point!
His master's college has always wanted to recruit female teachers, but he is afraid that all kinds of rumors have not been implemented. Now Merton's poem has given him great courage. Maybe it's time for the master's college to accept talents regardless of style.