Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Because there is no use in researching it. We only study Aristotle, but his words have been recorded. Even if we update it, it will be of little use, because there are only a few books studied by the world. "

"Well" Yan Qiu thought for a while, "So this creates some obstacles for you to learn history, right?"

"It's really terrible to write all ancient history in such detail, one by one. The ancient history of Greece can only be verified from Homer's epic, but the stories recorded in Homer's epic are very important to ordinary people. The term ‘Greek’ is also an ancient matter. Because in the era of Homer’s epics, those later countries of turmoil did not exist at all.”

"So, you have to accept this view of history, otherwise it will be difficult to score. History is history, and every detail of history can be studied and learned."

"Okay. I understand. So this part is..."

"Ah, just reading the textbook is equivalent to correspondence teaching. There are many contents that you cannot learn through correspondence. For example, our teacher specially emphasized the content of Dayu's flood control during the class. This is what is often said, 'reason comes from benevolence' First'."

"What's the meaning?"

"That is to say, although Confucius later engaged in benevolence, Neo-Confucianism was the most important at the beginning of our civilization. The cornerstone of our entire civilization is Neo-Confucianism. Because from the perspective of history rather than mythology, Dayu's flood control It was a process of nation-building, and the cornerstone of nation-building was engineering in Neo-Confucianism. In the process of water control, Dayu traveled to various parts of the world - the world we know - and in the process, he gradually formed a system by mobilizing manpower and resources. A concept that unites us all: reality is cruel, and we should all treat it from a scientific and prudent perspective.

"To be specific." She added, "Yu's process of controlling floods will definitely involve the deployment of manpower, resources, and even the army. The reason why the world obeyed him at that time was because the people at that time had already formed a The consensus of "need to unite together rationally". From this, our civilization was born from this huge project. Through this, the country emerged. So before, Yao and Shun were myths of many people, eight or six. From the great Starting from the time of Yu, Dayu is the same person, he is the first person to be arbitrary throughout the ages, there is no doubt."

Chapter 579 Property Rights

"Okay." Phaethon took notes on what he just said, "If you review it again with this idea, it should be no problem."

She closed the notebook: "If she calls you over later, thank her for me."

"Why don't you thank yourself?"

"Because I know her very well, it's weird to thank her back and forth. So please thank her on my behalf, so that I can convey my gratitude."

"Okay. So, let's start the next one now?"

"Well, this time it's not 21 days, but 42 days, which is 168 minutes, less than 3 hours. Well, for me, it's nearly a month and a half."

"Let me express my opinion again." Shangluo emphasized, "I don't recommend that you go there for 42 days at a time. Because there is no need for you to test it. I can do it later."

"But you are already a heavenly being, right? Your physique is different. In the final analysis, an ordinary person must go in and test it. Since there must be that person, then I will do it. I have been here all day I have to find a chance to show my value even if I am stuck here, right?"

"You are not here to hang around. I am your employer. I hired you based on my own ideas. I am not pitying you. You have nothing to pity, right."

"Hey, I know." Phaethon waved his hand, "But I still have the most important thing in your hands. I hope I work more so that you, the employer, can return the Spear of the Sun as soon as possible. I."

"Ahem, that's a different story. It's easy to talk about other things, let's not talk about the Spear of the Sun for now."

"Hey." Phaethon curled his lips, "It's usually easy to sell favors, but when it comes to something really important, you refused."

"Because although the Spear of the Sun God is mine, right, it is mine in name. But after all, it was Daozu who helped me exchange it. Although the decision is mine, Daozu spent a lot of effort to give it to me. I can't give out the things I got back casually. Tathagata Buddha also knew that the propagation of sutras requires a floor of gold bricks. And my personal strength is also very important. It is important to everyone, so I can't do it because of 'myself. If you like it, I will give you the most important weapon of the country."

"Ah, I know that too. But do you have any specific standards or something so that I can work hard?"

"Let's put it this way." Shangluo explained, "I won't make it difficult for you. Let me tell you about the current situation: You are working here, right? From your point of view, the current 'Maha Cathay' Real cooperation with Rome is about to begin. This means that even if I give it to you, you are still my ally, right? You probably still have to use it to serve our common cause. On the other hand, If you work here and serve our common cause, then the Spear of the Sun is usually at your disposal."

"But." Phaethon stopped talking.

"But who owns this thing is always a question, right? So what I want to say is: since the right to use is not so important, then only the final property rights issue remains. The property rights issue is an exchange of interests - because it is Exchange of interests, so you can exchange items of equal value with me."

"You mean, the jade pure vase is replaced with purple gold and red gourd?"

"It has to be a real jade purification bottle. After all, both sides have to be real for the exchange to be established. Or you can exchange Grandpa Calabash for Grandson Calabash, or exchange it for someone from the older generation. I don't mind either, right?"

"It would be great if you can find someone of your own generation! Where can I find someone who is older than me?"

"Then just look for it yourself."

"To put it lightly, you have to kill at least one divine machine to get this thing. Apollonia's magic weapon is also left at home and has not been taken out."

[Let me make it clear! Don't even think about exchanging mine! What's mine is mine. Even if I left it at home and didn't bring it with me, it's still mine!]

"Huh? So you have another baby. What's his name?"

【Did not say! Having said that, you want it and are afraid. 】

"Is that the ball?"

[No, that ball is my body, not a magic weapon. To be more specific, that ball is the body of a dragon. The treasure is the Dragon Ball, and the Dragon Ball is another natal magic weapon. 】

"Hey, let's talk about it, it won't lose any meat."

【You really lose meat here! Don’t tell me, I’ll give it to you whenever you really need it. You simply don't need its functionality right now. Or if you convince Victoria to let you take it out, I can lend it to you. 】

"Still trying to convince Victoria?" Shangluo was stunned for a moment, then looked at Phaethon, "Does that mean it's not easy to lead?"

"It's a bit big. Don't look at her small one. In fact, the magic weapon is quite big. If you don't get Victoria's consent for such a big thing, I'm afraid it's impossible to move it out of Delphi."

"Can you tell me what it is?"

[So much for calculations. I sometimes seem unreliable now because I am always calculating orally and don’t have any magic weapon in my hand. If you have it in hand, everything will be fine. Well, literally everything is fine. 】

"Interesting. Okay, let me keep a little secret for now."

[You are really aggressive. You want everything you see, and you are full of the unrestrained nature of a young soul. 】

"This is my job! I don't know what it takes to create a heaven. Do I have to find ways to collect various resources? For an infinitely ambitious goal, of course I have to collect resources without restraint."

[Ah, that’s right. Caesar was also unbridled. Maybe rulers all have this kind of ‘evil’. If you were a little hairier, you'd look more like Caesar. Look at the statue like this. 】

"Huh? What kind of talk are you talking about?"

[Nothing. In short, Phaethon and I did hang out with you for personal reasons. But now, Rome and Cathay are also hanging together. I can clearly say that in this relationship, Rome is undoubtedly at a disadvantage, because the nobles in Rome are obviously more anxious than you. 】

"What's the situation like over there?"

[Because the current situation is different from what we originally planned. Now all the 'dead' will report directly to Alexandria, but they will be like Limbo in the Bible, eternal in the garden of eternal joy and eternal sorrow, living with ancient sages like Aristotle - —But the Elysium we originally planned was not like this. It was not like Limbo, but the model of Aru. This is why we chose Egypt as the center of the other world. 】

"Yaru? Are you talking about the afterlife in ancient Egypt?"

Chapter 580 Oil

【Yes. Yalu, a world where the sun is always shining and the waves of golden wheat are rolling. There are no wars, no famines, good weather all year round, and as long as you cultivate, you will be rewarded. After all, the Romans were a farming nation, and we must have land to farm in order to be practical. Hanging in Cybernia and accepting offerings from others is no different from vampires. They will not feel at ease. They always feel that their life is in the hands of others. The old Romans, after all, still wanted their own one-third of an acre of land to grow something. They want real harvest, real wheat, not growing cyber wheat in the cyber world of Cybernia. 】

"Then why don't you plant it? Where is your land?"

[Amon Zeus and his Dragon Tooth Soldiers are responsible for this part of the work. They are responsible for opening up 'Aru'. They are also responsible for building the core of 'Aru', 'Thebes City', just like burning lamps. The core of the field is the same as Alexandria. But we spent money and invested resources, and now we don’t know where Yalu is. Yaru was hidden by Amon Zeus. Victoria has sent troops, but there is no result yet. 】

"Need a helping hand?"

【Can't pay. You are too expensive. Asking you for help will cost you money. 】

"Forget it. We still have to focus on our own affairs now. So, Miss Phaethon, thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay. Anyway, we have agreed. I will try my best. Oh, by the way, there is a small problem."

Suddenly, Phaethon took out his book: "There is another little knowledge point that I forgot to ask Yanqiu just now. It is this paragraph, the third chapter of the Eight Hundred Years of the Analects."

Shangluo glanced at it, this chapter is:

Offer sacrifices to (ancestors) as if they are present, and offer sacrifices to gods as if gods are present. Confucius said: "I don't offer sacrifices, just like I don't offer sacrifices."

"I would like to ask, what does 'as if' mean?" Phaethon asked, "When worshiping ancestors, the ancestors 'as if'. What does 'as if' mean? Are the ancestors really present?"

"As in."

"Are you there or not?"

"Hey, Ruzai! Do you understand? Ruzai." Shangluo replied.

"Ruzai?"

"As in." Shangluo nodded.

"..." Phaethon slapped his head, "Okay, okay, remember it as you are. In other words, when you are offering sacrifices, no matter what you think, actions are the most important thing, right? After all, actions are used. I’m here to unite strangers. Is this right? Do I understand?”

"If you are right, if you understand."

"See you later." Phaethon went to find the answer with the question.

[By the way, are you here? 】

"I don't know either. I'm not a benevolent scholar. I can only answer Ru Zai. She knows whether she understands or not."

[Tsk, I don’t know what she will learn in the end. 】

"She is not engaged in benevolence. Her research direction should be alchemy, so it's almost enough. There is no need for him to use these knowledge to solve problems like benevolence. Learning these now is just to learn some basic knowledge, which will be convenient later. It’s just an exam—although these are just basic research for alchemy.”

[Okay. What's our next step?]

Shangluo glanced at the world and said, "Let's go get oil."

Jinshen Hall is the last of the three main halls. The place where Zhu Xianfen works. The air conditioning was still on slightly when I came here last time, but now the heating is on.

"Oil?" During working hours, Zhu Xianfen was sitting behind his desk, pouring tea from a purple clay pot. He also had to pour a glass from Shangluo across the table.

"Yes, I need oil."

"Well, about oil, you should have known about it when you were in Yangzhou. We are trialling the 'oil lead' system for all fuels in the world because we are limiting global fuel consumption. Because the fuel itself will accelerate industrialization, but we hope Industrialization is controlled industrialization, not uncontrolled expansion caused by killing civilians. So a very important point is that we control the pulse of the entire society by controlling fuel. So, how much do you want?"

"Lots and lots of unlimited oil - but I don't need fuel, I want crude oil."

"The same goes for crude oil. I know you have to refine oil there, but the refined oil will evaporate. Our production of this kind of heavy industry product across the country is planned. There is no place to consume the extra production. Hmm .You wait a moment, I will bring Master Lan in."

"Lan Zhenren?"

"Well, you'll find out later."

Zhu Xianfen said hello, and then the Jin Yiwei came in and closed the curtains, and then lowered the curtains on the other side of the room. Another plotter with a stand was moved, and Lan Daoxing's image appeared on the screen.

"Fu Sheng Boundless Heavenly Lord." Lan Daoxing bowed slightly to Zhu Xianfen and Shangluo, and they both said hello to each other.

“It turns out we can hold video conferences here.”

"There are not many places where it can be opened." Zhu Xianfen replied, "It's different from your place. You can open it everywhere, right? Here, only a few twins of Tianyi can provide this kind of instantaneous service. Video connection. There are not too many twins, they are all in important places. However, Lan Shenxian, I have sent you everything Shangluo has to say, what do you think?"

"Well, I received it before. Our situation here is roughly like this: Shang Tianjun, you want to introduce your part in domestic oil production. This is okay, but you need to apply. But you said You want those heavy oils? I don't know if the heavy oils you want are the same thing as what we call heavy oils in the industry."

"Perhaps," Shangluo replied, "Although not all heavy crude oil can be used, light crude oil is certainly less usable."

"The oil itself is easy to solve. We occasionally have problems with the quality of domestic crude oil that is not suitable for refining. There are too many weird things in it. But if what you want is weird things, that's just right. I'm afraid there is no place for it. It’s more suitable than what we have here. However, if you want to apply for oil products, you have to file a report and apply.”

"Make a report? Who is the report for?"

"To the Beidou system. The Beidou Large Difference Machine is the 'Central Production Management System' of Beizhili, under the Yuxi Palace in Shuntian. The corresponding one is the Nandou Large Difference Machine of Xuanwu Lake, the 'National Automation System', which is mainly Guanhuang's library is filled with those file cards. Beidou's main responsibility is to coordinate the economic production of Beizhili and manage production and reproduction within Beizhili. So if you want to add something new there, you need to give Beidou Make a report on the large difference machine and then add it to the comprehensive planning for the next year. At that time, we will allocate part of the production capacity from the new year's reproduction to complete it for you."

"Is there such a convenient machine? What should I report?"

"Just report how many raw materials you need, how much input you need, and how much output you need. I will pass you a form now. You fill it out."

Chapter 581 Collaborative Algorithm

"So, our country uses computers to control production?"

"Well, strictly speaking it's not." Zhu Xianfen replied, "I want to think about how to explain it in your terms. First of all, this system is not used all over the country. The Beidou system's central production management that I told you before System' is actually an 'Industrial Collaboration Algorithm based on General Artificial Intelligence'. This system is only used in Beizhili. So you can see that Beizhili has been expanding in recent years, and it is better than you know. , 'Historically' Beizhili was much larger. To the north of the Huaihe River and to the south of Heilongjiang, almost everything was under the industrial coordination of Beizhili."

"Is it because the computing power is not enough?"

"It's because there is no computing power at all. It's a set of algorithms - because we don't actually have a 'large-scale integrated circuit' like yours. We have tried to build one, and we do have a semi-finished chip."

"Are there any chips here?"

"Yes." Zhu Xianfen nodded, "You can play with it if you want. In fact, Lan Zhenren across from you made it himself."

On the screen, Lan Daoxing nodded slightly.

"Handmade?"

"Yeah. Golden elixir level handwork. But the precision of that craft is a big project even for Master Lan himself. He said that after carving one, he doesn't want to carve it again. In terms of computing power, it's about eighteen or so. It’s almost the same as the 19th generation Core or the 19th generation.”

"Eh? Then why not use it?"

"Because it's not finished, it's meaningless. We don't know how to connect that thing at all. It needs an 'operating program' to drive it, and the operating program is software. Although it is true that the layout can be determined based on the wiring of the hardware ——But, Shangluo, you don’t know what the chip layout is. If you don’t know, we don’t know.”

"Ah, that's true."

"So I say that we do have the ability to produce a chip with the same computing power. If it is useful, it is not impossible for Lan Zhenren to work overtime and make hundreds of them by hand. But we do not have the corresponding software to drive it, and we do not know this thing. How should it be designed specifically? After all, Shangluo, your eyes are not microscopes, and you cannot see the microstructure."

"Ah, I'm really sorry."

"Forget it, forget it, it's us who should be sorry, isn't it? After all, it's you who left home to come to us, so we can't ask too much of you. Besides, even if it is made, we have no way to use it. Just like you also have a plan A very powerful quantum computer, right? But you don’t know how to use quantum computers to solve general problems. They can only solve specific problems. But on the other hand, although we don’t have large-scale integrated circuits—”

He looked at Shangluo and said, "Although we don't have integrated circuits or computing power, we do have a large amount of 'general artificial intelligence,' or Tianyi Guiren. By stacking and accelerating those 'peas,' we have Beidou. However, you can see that the beans are not 'large-scale integrated,' and their training and programming takes time. Therefore, Beidou is expanding gradually, just like a tree extending different branches. We only expand the Beidou system moderately, and only gradually incorporate the production and reproduction links of various provinces when needed."