technical type

Innovation is also based on experience. Ji Mo has not accumulated much experience now, and it is too far to think about innovation. He has never built bridges before, and he has no technical accumulation in bridge building. The gravel bridge of experience, in his opinion, is also new, restraining the messy thoughts, looking at it carefully, and just learning from it.

When the mind is settled, there is no need to think so much. First follow the master and senior brothers to see how they carry out each process step, and then think about the benefits of such a process step and how it will play a cooperative role in the future. On the one hand, Ji Mo feels that he still has something to gain. When he was a mechanism engineer, he also made some parts and then combined them to play a role.

From this aspect, bridge building is also the same. Everyone has their own division of labor, completes part of it, and then combines this part, and finally becomes a complete bridge.

Among them, Mr. Ji, the general manager, is the guide, who determines the position of a certain brick and asks them to make adjustments and modifications. There are many times when the uniformly produced bricks do not meet the specifications and are remade.

Among them, the bricks needed for the arched part are wedge-shaped, which does not conform to the general shape of bricks.Because the arc is not obvious when looking at a certain part alone, the adjustment is also slight. If it is a fired brick, there is no need to re-fire it, just make a shape modification on it.

If it is a crushed stone brick bonded with shellfish glue, it needs to be burned on the fire, and it will be changed when the glue layer is loose. Make sure that this piece of gravel brick can withstand a certain amount of heavy impact without breaking and deforming.

Among them, there is the time to wait for the bricks to be fired, and the time to wait for the gravel bricks to dry in the shade. They go back and forth, and most of the time is spent on this.

It took half a year to complete the construction of the bridge. This is due to the large number of people and the strength of the bridge, and the difficulty of the bridge is not high. Otherwise, it may take longer.

Ji Mo did some calculations in his mind. Excluding the waiting time, the actual time required to build the bridge is not long. They all found that it was not necessary for Master Ji to explain in place, these seniors would consciously proceed to the next step, and would not be stopped until something was wrong, and adjustments would be made.

The village chief looked at the completed bridge and smiled from ear to ear: "That's all right, but do you want to... sacrifice?"

This question is a bit deliberate.

Master Ji turned his head and didn't look at the bridge again, he just said: "That's not necessary, Xiaojiang Xiaohe has no real gods, if you sacrifice rashly, I'm afraid it will attract something bad, and it will cause bad things."

"Hiss... it's what it's about, it's what it's about... you guys who are well-informed, it's just different, there were people in our place who said before... ahem, it's nothing, it's nothing, this, let's have a good meal, this It’s been a while, thank you for your hard work!”

The village head smiled and made arrangements, and the little steward sent by the businessman was only responsible for paying the money on the sidelines, and didn't specify anything, as long as it didn't waste money.

Ji Mo waited until the village chief had left before he asked Master Ji, "Do you have to sacrifice to build bridges?"

Having experienced slaves being sacrificed by swordsmiths, Ji Mo felt bloody when he heard the word "sacrifice". Hearing what the village chief said just now, he couldn't help but feel terrified, and thought that sacrifices may not necessarily be human lives, maybe pigs Creatures such as cattle and sheep were pushed into the river and used as sacrifices, so they were relieved again.

"It depends on the local customs." Master Ji whispered to him, caring about the comings and goings of the people around him, he didn't talk about it in depth. Later, after he left there, he continued to talk about this article with Ji Mo.

It is spoken as an empirical principle.

"In some places, the rivers are flooded, and they are used to offering sacrifices every year. They have their own rules. Even at the beginning of the bridge construction, they should ask ghosts and gods whether sacrifices are needed to start the work. There must be sacrifices for divination, and there must be sacrifices for sacrifices. When the construction period is over and the bridge is completed, sacrifices will still be made to tell ghosts and gods, and there are some customs, such as tying red ropes at the bridgehead for safety and stability..."

Master Ji did not specifically mention what kind of sacrifice it was. Ji Mo reckoned that it might be three animal sacrifices, pork, chicken, fish, etc. It is unlikely that cattle and sheep are available. The country's grand festival was just on such a scale.

He also heard Ge Gen talk about some grass head sacrifices, that is, those who don't pay attention to witches or wizards are not going to throw the big heads of meat into the water for nothing, or people are too poor to afford meat, so there will be Using grass to prick the meat and paste a layer of skins of three animals as a substitute grass head sacrifice is very fooling ghosts and gods.

What's more, even the skins of the three animals are not willing to come out, so they use bricks, stones and wood instead, and maybe carve a pattern or two, just like a child's clumsy stick figure, showing what it is replacing. Refers to a deer as a horse, saying that the original stone is pork, and the people below agree like blind people, and then honestly throw the stone and wood into the river.

This kind of sacrifice method sounds very stupid, but rivers are not seas, and if one has perseverance and proper planning, one might not be able to create land on the sea, let alone rivers.

There are too many stones thrown in, and if they accumulate, they may not really be able to increase the height of the river bed, or directly divert the river to flow to a lower-lying place.

Therefore, it is really hard to say whether this kind of sacrifice is useful or not. I can only say, respect the customs.

"...In some places, if you don't believe in these things, you don't need to go to such trouble."

Master Ji is obviously not very optimistic about the sacrifice, so he said this, fearing that Ji Mo might misunderstand, he hurriedly patched up and said, "If there is such a custom in the local area, just pretend you haven't seen it when you see it, just watch it." If you’re not used to it, don’t make a sound.”

"Well, I'm sure not to say."

Freedom of belief, if others want to worship Buddha, if you stop and say that Buddha is fake, Buddha will not be angry and strike you to death with lightning, I am afraid that those angry people will beat you to death first.

Therefore, this kind of public opinion cannot be stopped.

Now that the topic has come to this point, Master Ji simply spoke a little deeper, with a harsh tone, "My disciple, you must not use sacrifices to cover up your failure to build a bridge."

Ji Mo froze for a moment, what does this mean?

He is still young, and he has been raised well during this period of time. Although he eats ordinary food, he grows fast after eating full, and his face has gained a bit of flesh, which makes him look cute as a child. Seeing him look childish , Master Ji softened his voice again, and warned earnestly: "Building a bridge may not necessarily be successful. If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. Just start from the beginning, but don't push such things to ghosts and gods to force sacrifices."

These words are clear, and everyone knows, which craftsman has never missed?Be extremely careful, and when you hold the carving knife, you will inevitably shake your hands for a while, or there may be some loss of depth, is it the painter's brush and ink, really there is no ink left on the paper?How do you know it wasn't him who covered it up so that no one could see it?

Before the success comes, it is inevitable to make mistakes in the trial work. Even after many years of success, there is no guarantee that the skills in the hands will be consistent, and there will be advances and retreats. How can there be so many foolproof.

The same is true for the skill of bridge-building, just like Master Wang's bridge-building is prone to tilting the bridge deck. Maybe there is a mistake in the calculation somewhere, and there is a difference. As long as this difference does not make the bridge impossible, it seems indifferent.

But if it is true that the calculation has lost too much and the bridge fails in the end, then it can only be said that the skill is not good enough and some effort has been lost. If it is inferred because of this that ghosts and gods do not allow the bridge to be completed and insist on people offering sacrifices, then that is true. Those are incompetent people.

"I definitely won't do that." Ji Mo was categorical. He came to learn how to build bridges, not to learn how to be a magic stick. It is not his task to speak for ghosts and gods, and there is no need to force him to explain anything .

Seeing Ji Mo's resolute assurance, Master Ji was quite relieved, and as soon as his expression eased, he told Ji Mo a truth, what is the benefit of putting on airs.

In the past, Ji Mo only thought it was for the convenience of building the bridge, just like the scaffolding outside when the building was built, for the convenience of construction and for the sake of safety, but he didn't want Master Ji to say another benefit at this moment.

"You stand on the top, you can compare your arms to see if the two ends are right, and how much is wrong, you can make appropriate adjustments. If there is something wrong, just add arch..."

This is really a trick. Ji Mo heard the words "Jia Gong" and felt curious. If he asked more carefully, he was reprimanded by Master Ji: "Learn to walk first, don't talk about other things. You can't use such a little cleverness!"

Didn't you mention that?Ji Mo only felt a little wronged, but seeing Master Ji's embarrassed look, he couldn't help but realize that this was probably Master Ji's own experience.I also want to know that when the young master Ji built the bridge for the first time, it might not be a one-time success, but he kept a straight face and pretended to be serious, and no one realized that he was bound to fail. Experience, on the basis of the original, add more arches at the bottom... Ahem, can't say, can't say-it can't be said that it is really like this!

"Master is amazing, you can do this!"

Ji Mo smiled, and felt that Master Ji wanted to show off but couldn't help but hide it. It's really interesting. Think about it, it was supposed to be a failure in building a bridge in his black history, but he succeeded in saving it because of his cleverness and wit. , This kind of thrilling, I must want to say it to show off, but if I say it, I have to say how I almost failed back then. Master Ji's reputation is a bridge-building success, does this kind of almost fail sound? How embarrassing?

So I can't say it, I hold it back, and I want to say it a little bit, but in the end it becomes this awkward look, which is really interesting.

This kind of understanding made Ji Mo's heart get closer to Master Ji, and it was brought out in his words and demeanor. Master Ji didn't know it was because of this, but he only thought that Ji Mo really worshiped him, and taught him more attentively later. , to be honest, he has never received half a respect from his own son, and he is really a little flattered to be treated like this by his disciples.

It's also because he has never received such a young student before. He is so obedient, and it seems hypocritical and utilitarian when he talks about it. How can it be like this... This trip back, Master Ji and Ji Mo are more like father and son. up.