Chapter 328: Human-machine integration, mechanical ascension

A new order came from the Golden Building.

This made the officials of Shantong Prefecture, who had relaxed last night, tense again.

However, after learning the specific orders, they couldn't help but relax again, while at the same time feeling a bit curious.

Zhou Tieyi had the half-beaten Qin Yu taken to the highest point of the Golden Building, his temporary residence.

Zhou Tieyi still wants to punish Qin Yu?
Everyone came up with this idea at first, but quickly put it out, remembering the magnanimity Zhou Tieyi had shown yesterday. Since he said the matter was over, he would definitely not continue to settle scores.

This in turn also awakened the officials of Shantong Prefecture. Up to now, Zhou Tieyi had not really started investigating the case.

Isn't this just like Qin Yu's escape from the capital, which is only temporary peace on the surface?

Thinking of this, everyone's minds suddenly became active again.

Because Qin Yu's case has shown that if one admits the punishment and admits it to the point, the guilt can be wiped out from Zhou Tieyi. Once the guilt is wiped out from Zhou Tieyi, all that is left is to unite with the Zhou family and deal with the Confucian and Legalist officials, and even let Zhou Tieyi mediate.

Everyone has no doubt about Zhou Tieyi's ability to mediate, and the situation in Tianjing speaks for itself.

The golden cup of royal wine that was urgently sent from six thousand miles away was truly the emperor's great grace.

As for whether Zhou Tieyi was willing to mediate, everyone just sent a box of inkstones tentatively yesterday, and Zhou Tieyi took it without hesitation, giving everyone some reassurance. Of course, this does not completely mean that there is no problem. Perhaps Zhou Tieyi just put away the box of inkstones temporarily. So everyone paid more attention to the reason why Zhou Tieyi received Qin Yu today, wanting to read more about Zhou Tieyi's attitude towards the officials of Shantong Mansion.

Although Qin Yu had been treated by the prepared doctors, he was still carried into the house.

Zhou Tieyi took a look at Qin Yu's injuries and made an immediate judgment. He chuckled and said, "It seems that Minister Qin has really invested a lot of money. He even prepared a third-grade doctor."

The Qin family has many children, and the fact that they were able to hire a third-grade doctor just for Qin Yu and make preparations in advance already shows that Qin Zhenming, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, loves this youngest son very much.

Qin Yu, who was lying on a stretcher and trying to pretend to be dead, raised his head awkwardly, "Everyone loves their children, and Lord Zhou knows that."

Although he was beaten half to death the day before yesterday, as long as he survived the most dangerous period of time, his injuries only involved physical damage, without mental damage or high-level power pollution. For a third-grade doctor, it would be as simple as performing an appendectomy operation.

The reason why Qin Yu still had injuries on his body was to pretend to be dead at home so as not to appear in front of Zhou Tieyi, but things did not go as he wished. Today he was summoned by Zhou Tieyi, so he had to come.

Zhou Tieyi did not continue to tease the Qin family. If it were their family, they would do the same. He thought for a moment and asked, "Since you have been punished, are you still willing to be my subordinate?"

Qin Yu was slightly stunned, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face. He nodded quickly, "Yes, yes!"

As he said this, he stretched out his hand, stood up, and knelt down to pay his respects to Zhou Tieyi.

However, the third-grade doctor had a very good control over the injuries. In order to make Qin Yu appear to be still on the verge of life and death, he only repaired the serious internal injuries. The external injuries that looked scary on the outside were only stabilized with medicine.

He moved a little, and the wound split open. The red blood stained the gauze, and he himself grimaced in pain.

"No need to get up."

Zhou Tieyi spoke calmly, then he thought for a moment, "Are you practicing Mohist techniques?"

"Yes."

Qin Yu answered honestly, "It happens to be a seventh-rank Mo Shou."

Zhou Tieyi was not surprised that Qin Yu had the strength of the seventh rank, but he could not help but chuckle.

Among the five small flags under his command, except for Sima Li, who was a real fool, Shentu Yuan was the only one with a simple mind, while the rest were not easy to deal with.

But this is understandable. After all, Gongsun Chou specifically selected those who were difficult to deal with and had strong backgrounds so that he could put them under his command and bring about changes.

Zhou Tieyi glanced at Qin Yu and said with a smile, "Your previous mentality was not like that of a Mohist who could cultivate to the fourth level of Renxia."

Before reaching the fourth level of practice, the Mohist school does not have high requirements for one's character. Like Gongshujia, you can completely regard it as a pure means of practice.

The origin of Mohism lies in the Confucian aristocrat Mozi, but the cornerstone of Mohism is ordinary craftsmen and grassroots civil engineering builders. Although they yearn for a world where everyone is equal, it is too much to ask these small craftsmen to be selfless and loving from the beginning.

As the masters of mechanical engineering, the first thing that the Mohists realized was that "force is the motive force".

No matter how good the mechanism is, it needs a core power to drive it, and no matter how good the policy is, it needs financial resources, power and other forces to support it. Therefore, they do not deny the existence of power, but believe that power should be used to help the weak. This is also the core of the Mohist fourth-grade knight-errant.

Therefore, the entire Mohist practice is divided into two parts, which can be simply called "understanding the principles of heaven" and "practicing the principles of man". The ninth level of Mohist "number theory" has strong rational thinking and spatial imagination, can quickly learn and master mathematical knowledge, and has excellent logical debate skills.

The eighth level of Mohism is "Ingenuity", which uses the mathematical knowledge learned to develop and manufacture mechanical structures.

The seventh rank of Mohist school, 'Mo Shou', can operate multiple machines at the same time, and his own spirit and energy transform into 'mechanical force', which can enhance the stability of the machine itself and make it difficult to be destroyed.

The sixth level of Mohism, "Physics", is to imitate some natural phenomena by understanding the laws of nature with the help of mechanical force. The deeper the understanding, the stronger the mechanical force, the more similar the imitation, and the greater the power.

The fifth grade is 'Standard', the fourth grade is 'Ren Xia', the third grade is 'Fei Ming', the second grade is 'Tian Zhi', and the first grade is 'Jian Ai'.

Zhou Tieyi allowed Qin Yu to become a subordinate again, which gave Qin Yu a big reassurance. Thinking of Zhou Tieyi's performance in Tianjing and his personality in the past, Qin Yu also let go and said with a smile, "After all, not everyone wants to become a superior person. There are always some people who just want to live a comfortable life."

Zhou Tieyi was slightly stunned, then nodded and smiled, "Yes, you can think so, no wonder you can practice to the level of 'Mo Shou', but being a small flag under me, it is not enough to be content with poverty and happiness."

Qin Yu sensed a dangerous aura from Zhou Tieyi's smile. He was confused. It was too late to retreat now, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Please give me your instructions, sir."

Zhou Tieyi took out a white jade chessboard, took out a blood-red peach and plum fruit from it, squatted down, and placed it in Qin Yu's hand, "Eat this fruit first."

Qin Yu looked at the blood-red fruit in his hand that looked like a pregnant baby. His first thought was the same as that of an ordinary person, which was horror. Although he was used to being lazy, he could also hear a lot of evil arts in places like the God-Slaying Division, including a method of prolonging life using purple placenta.

Placenta was originally a legitimate Taoist practice and a medicine used by doctors, but because it was so effective, other evil practices wanted to use the pure vitality of the unformed fetus to prolong life.

However, after a little identification, Qin Yu felt relieved. Even if ordinary purple placenta was taken from a pure baby, the originally pure spirit would be tainted with a layer of innate resentment, which was unavoidable.

The fruit in front of him, which resembled a baby, had pure blood without a trace of impurities and looked more like some kind of precious treasure from heaven and earth.

After making the judgment, Qin Yu ate the whole peach and plum fruit in two or three bites. The pure blood made his face a little red and hot. Zhou Tieyi pressed his palm on Qin Yu's wound, and a drop of blood fell, merging with Qin Yu's flesh and blood while repairing his external injuries. In just a cup of tea, Qin Yu felt that his external injuries were completely healed.

He moved his hands and feet to make sure this was true. Not only that, he also clearly felt that his strength had increased greatly. As a practitioner of Mohist number theory, Qin Yu had a deep understanding of his own data.

He grew taller and stronger.

The surge in strength just now was not an illusory feeling, but a real change brought about by the improvement of my physical talents.

Thinking of this, Qin Yu did not show ecstasy on his face, but became more cautious.

Although his physical talents have been enhanced, he practices the Mohist path, so the improvement in his own strength is limited.

But this did not prevent him from realizing how amazing the methods Zhou Tieyi had just displayed were!
If Zhou Tieyi could improve people's physical talents at will, then it would be a terrifying thing for military strategists!

Even if this matter gets out from here, I am afraid that both Zhou Tieyi and myself will face a real storm of the Hundred Schools of Thought. It is not impossible that the Hundred Schools of Thought that killed Jiang Taiyi will do the same thing again.

The fact that Zhou Tieyi showed this method in front of him without reservation meant that he might no longer be able to escape Zhou Tieyi's control. He must be confident that he could deal with the traitor, especially before he could say anything.

Zhou Tieyi smiled, and in front of Qin Yu, he lowered his height to the same height as before, demonstrating his absolute control over Qin Yu's body.

"I don't need to say anything extra. You are a smart person and you know the importance of things."

Qin Yu bowed quickly and said, "I understand."

Zhou Tieyi continued to take out a piece of artificial inkstone and said, "Of course, it is not enough to have power without favor. I will give you a price that you will never betray me. And as far as I know now, I am the only one in the world who can give this price."

After that, he handed the artificial inkstone to Qin Yu.

When Qin Yu got the artificial inkstone, his first reaction was that it was an inkstone. Then, an expression of ecstasy and disbelief appeared on his face. He held the artificial inkstone with trembling hands and looked up at Zhou Tieyi, "Sir, what is this?!"

Zhou Tieyi smiled and said, "That's what you're thinking. What I want you to do is very simple, which is to take a different path from the current Mohist and Gongshu schools. I think this reason is enough to stop you from betraying me again."

Qin Yu lowered his head quickly, "The grace of enlightenment is beyond measure."

He finally understood why Zhou Tieyi was so confident that this was a price that no one else in the world could offer.

However, he still had some doubts, and asked, "Sir, I am afraid that it is difficult for me to complete the Daotu matter with my intelligence... Please give me some advice."

Zhou Tieyi raised his head and looked at Fei Peng rising and falling in the clouds in the distance, then smiled and said, "Man and machine become one, the machine ascends."

(End of this chapter)