Chapter 317 The troops are divided into two groups
The flying roc took off into the sky, flying above the sea of ​​clouds.

When the entire cabin was stable, Zhou Tieyi stood at the side of the ship, holding a glass of wine, and looked at the scenery outside through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

I have to say that Mo's Feipeng mechanism is better than I imagined.

In terms of safety and comfort, it far exceeds previous aircraft.

Its load capacity is more than ten times that of an aircraft of the same size.

There are many advantages and many disadvantages.

Slow speed is just one of them, and so is high cost.

But these two points are not fatal. It can even be foreseen that even if there are steam locomotives driven by ordinary people, Feipeng, as a high-end flying tool, is the top enjoyment except for the travel of the top three rank bigwigs.

Even big shots of the third rank would often choose Feipeng when traveling, just like Zhou Tieyi and his group.

Moreover, compared with the aircraft in previous lives, Feipeng can serve as both a fighter and a passenger plane.

This huge mechanical creation itself is like a spider tower. If the cost can be reduced, it can be equipped with various means of attack. The person who controls it must be a fourth-rank Mohist, and cooperate with a group of Mohist mechanical sorcerers. Even if facing a third-rank Mohist mechanical sorcerer, he can fight head-on at an altitude of 3,000 feet. The prerequisite is that the third-rank Mohist does not enter the cabin.

At the same time, the manufacturing price of each Feipeng of this level is six to eight times that of a Zhulou, and there are not many in the entire Mohist school.

But in the past twenty years, with the development of Feipeng, one statistic that everyone can see is that the number of Mohist four-grade people has increased in an exaggerated manner.

The profits brought by Feipeng can support the fourth-grade masters, and at the same time, there are specific mechanisms that can be manipulated by these fourth-grade masters of the Mohist school to help them complete their own practice before the fourth-grade master. Generally speaking, this is a virtuous circle.

Compared to the Spider Tower which can only be used as a combat unit, the Feipeng is superior in terms of combat power, development potential, and even convenience for the people.

"Lord Zhou, how does it feel to ride on the 'Tianpeng'?"

A burly middle-aged man wearing a hemp cloth shirt and long trousers walked up to him. The middle-aged man had a handsome face, and while he was dignified, he had a hearty smile, which made people feel that he was not difficult to approach.

This person is Sun Shiyuan, a fourth-rank Mohist master and the operator of the Tianpeng mechanism.

Both the Mohist and Gongshu School advocated practicality, so in terms of clothing, both schools liked to wear narrow sleeves and long pants, which were convenient for mechanical manufacturing and similar to modern clothing.

But there are differences in subtle details. Mohist school advocates economy on the basis of practicality, so even the core figures of the fourth rank who can control the Tianpeng mechanism wear hemp cloth clothes. Gongshujia is different. Gongshujia likes to rely on powerful people. They want to implement their own ideas through powerful people. Therefore, the formal clothes of Gongshujia advocate practicality while highlighting nobility.

At the beginning, Gongshu Sheng attached himself to General Huwei Zhou Qinlong, on the one hand out of gratitude, and on the other hand out of Gongshu's own habit.

Although Gongshujia was criticized by the Mohists for being domineering.

But in fact, Gongshujia are engineering men. They like to be domineering, but they never think that they have the mind to be domineering, so they have to assist a domineering leader with great talent and strategy.

In comparison, the Mohist school made monarchs more cautious, because they didn't know whether the Mohist they trusted would suddenly give them suggestions like equal land taxation, which would disrupt their foundation.

Zhou Tieyi withdrew his gaze from the sea of ​​clouds and looked at Sun Shiheng, "Not bad, much better than I imagined."

Sun Shiheng smiled and said, "We in the Mohist School have been thinking about how to use steam engines to create a flying machine that ordinary people can fully control. If Lord Zhou is free, you can come to Mo City to teach. I believe that the Mohists in the city will welcome you. With Lord Zhou joining us, flying machines that ordinary people can control will probably appear soon. When that happens, it will benefit the people of the world and will be a great deed."

Sun Shiheng's conversation naturally attracted the attention of people around him.

They were either in deep thought or smiling.

Sure enough, the Mohist School would not give up easily on recruiting Zhou Tieyi.

Zhou Tieyi thought about it and said with a smile, "There is no rush for this merit."

Sun Shiheng looked confused, which was inconsistent with Zhou Tieyi's usual "quick success and instant benefits" character.

Zhou Tieyi pointed to the sea of ​​clouds below and said with a smile, "If we fly too high, we will be shot down by others. It is already very good to be able to run the train on the ground first and connect the north, south, east and west of our Great Xia territory."

Sun Shiheng looked surprised, "Why did Lord Zhou say that? In the prosperous times of Daxia, who dares to shoot Fei Peng down from the sky?"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "You really don't dare?"

His eyes fell on the Minister of Justice Cui Wanxia and the Chief Censor of the Imperial Censorate Deng Zhenquan, "If you two adults hadn't come with us, I'm afraid the flying eagle we took today wouldn't have made it to Shantong Mansion."

Zhou Tieyi was telling the truth. In the previous life, the plane used by the world's number one empire to check the accounts could not fly into the desert to check the military's accounts, even if the plane was sent by the uncrowned king.

There are many rules that are different between local and central governments.

The reason why he dared to ride on Feipeng in such a high-profile manner.

First, Shintoism is now seriously damaged, and second, the Western Paradise has been tricked by its own design.

At most, he is a local military hero, and the vassal king dares to attack Feipeng.

The Feipeng he was riding was not only equivalent to half an aviation formation, but also carried at least three humanoid Gundams. If something happened, he could call upon Yujing Mountain's nuclear strike system within ten breaths at any time. This was why he dared to ride the Feipeng.

After these high-level battles, Zhou Tieyi had a clearer understanding of the battles of this era.

That is, blocking the battlefield is more important than firepower coverage!

As long as the battlefield is blocked, you can retreat safely even if you fail.

On the other hand, if the battlefield cannot be blocked, then the rapid mobilization capability of the strike force in this era even exceeds that of the modern era, and it can project strategic-level forces across space in a few breaths of time. Of course, this strategic-level force is more important than nuclear weapons, and will never be used lightly. Every time one falls, it will really shake the foundation of the country, and it will take an empire dozens or even hundreds of years to recover.

Therefore, in Zhou Tieyi's opinion, Mo's Feipeng is good enough. Compared with Feipeng, the advantage of airplanes is not that great, and in the world of supernatural powers, they have to face a more complex aviation environment, which is also more dangerous.

Even if we build our own internal combustion engine-powered aircraft in the future, we will need to increase its protective capabilities, otherwise it will be very easy for someone to shoot it down in the air.

Cui Wanxia cupped her hands and smiled, "Lord Zhou is joking."

Zhou Tieyi did not take over this sentence, but said something else, "You two, I have a suggestion about this case."

Cui Wanxia restrained her smile and looked at Deng Zhenquan.

This was another unexpected move by Zhou Tieyi.

Deng Zhenquan asked, "What's the proposal?"

Zhou Tieyi said, "This case is divided into two parts locally. One is the inkstone mine in the Mountain Copper Mansion, and the other is the Lake Heart Academy. I plan to investigate both together. Why don't we split up here, one in the open and one in the dark."

Cui Wanxia and Deng Zhenquan thought carefully for a moment. They were surprised at first by Zhou Tieyi's proposal, but after careful consideration, they had to admit that Zhou Tieyi's proposal was brilliant. At least for the case, this proposal was brilliant.

The most interesting point is that neither of them knows how to split their forces.

The three of them formed a joint inspection team, and they checked and restrained each other in the Tianjing court, and no one trusted anyone else.

The troops are divided into two groups, and three people become two teams. One of them will inevitably lose supervision, which is a huge advantage.

Under the premise that no one trusts anyone else, whoever investigates alone will gain a huge advantage, and it is impossible to reach a consensus internally.

They were unable to reach a consensus among themselves, which led to a deadlock. Naturally, people outside would not have thought that Zhou Tieyi would propose the decision to split the troops into two groups at an altitude of three thousand feet.

Deng Zhenquan hesitated for a moment and asked, "How do we divide it?"

If Zhou Tieyi just wanted to act alone, he would definitely not agree.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and waved to someone in the crowd, "Please ask Mr. Deng to take this farmhand of mine to investigate the case."

Seeing Zhou Tieyi waving at him, Wang Mingyi sighed and walked over.

He didn't expect that Zhou Tieyi would bring him along when he came to investigate the case today, nor did he expect that Zhou Tieyi would trust him and Deng Zhenquan to investigate the case.

But things have come to this point, he can't refuse, and Deng Zhenquan naturally can't refuse either.

Wang Mingyi walked up to the three people and bowed.

Deng Zhenquan naturally knew who Wang Mingyi was, he was Che Wenyuan’s follower!

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is Zhou Tieyi's enemy.

Deng Zhenquan certainly would not refuse Wang Mingyi, a Confucian disciple, to go with him to investigate the case. He just still had some doubts.

So he looked at Zhou Tieyi, "Do you trust him?"

Zhou Tieyi asked in return, "Does President Deng think that I should trust Che Wenyuan's character and his ability to select disciples?"

Deng Zhenquan thought seriously for a moment, thinking that Zhou Tieyi could bring Li Jianhu to teach him...

Suddenly, he understood why Zhou Tieyi had so easily agreed to let Wang Mingyi study in the Railway Chamber of Commerce.

They were wrong all along.

They have always thought that Zhou Tieyi was a powerful official who was fighting for power, a jester, or at most a capable official.

But only now did they truly understand that what Zhou Tieyi was fighting for was the orthodoxy!
Compared to the orthodoxy, all his actions can be explained.

Since ancient times, those who can compete for the orthodoxy are all extraordinary people, and naturally they do extraordinary things!

But this does not necessarily mean that Zhou Tieyi will win.

Confucians feel very deeply about this.

When Xunzi taught two Legalists, his own school of thought, including the theory of human nature being evil, was almost labeled as pseudo-learning.

Mozi and Mencius both advocated "righteousness".

But Mencius strongly criticized Mozi, saying that Mozi was a person who had no king or father, so how could he have the face to talk about righteousness.

This is the dispute over the orthodoxy.

Even if the opponents are all saints, their disciples may even take the lead in opposing their doctrines.

On the contrary, their enemies are likely to inherit their doctrines.

For example, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system.

(End of this chapter)