Chapter 121: Su Wang Li
As everyone left, Luo Chang closed his eyes slightly, feeling the divine artifacts of different colors stored in his body. The surging power contained in them made Luo Chang feel like he could destroy the world from time to time.
In fact, the idea of establishing Luomo was not only inspired by the Mohists. He had always wanted to establish a secret organization, and the Mohist model gave him inspiration.
Among the artifacts of destiny are two items: [Heavenly Soldiers: Train an invincible army of 3,000 people in one month] and [Guardians: Summon 10 guards with a force of 80].
Compared with the divine artifacts that can easily call the wind and rain and make snow fall in June, these two divine artifacts do not seem to be that powerful.
Especially for the current Luo State, these two props are relatively useless.
Although the Luo Kingdom's brave warriors are not as powerful as the army created by the artifact, and their training time is much longer than that of the artifact, the effect they produce is that of a weakened version of the heavenly soldiers.
The Heavenly Soldiers are a Xuan-level artifact and are relatively precious. The Guards can only summon 10 loyal warriors. There is no telling how many killers and assassins there are in the dark side of the Luo Kingdom, so this artifact is of no use at all.
But when he began to consider turning the country into his home and the Luo family could no longer legally own a large army, Luo Chang discovered the power of these two artifacts.
The Heavenly Soldiers can completely distort reality and train an all-around army with constant full morale in just one month. The Guards can create the most loyal death squad.
Following this line of thought, the purpose of establishing Luo Mo is to train weakened versions of heavenly soldiers and guards in reality. They are certainly not comparable to the divine artifacts of destiny, but they are not limited to three thousand and ten people, and slightly lower quality is acceptable.
Luo Mo began to draw personnel from the dark forces of Luo State, and at the same time, open research also began. Luo State had always been studying astronomy and numerology, which was one of the core skills of the Luo family.
In Luo State, there is an open space with a very wide view. Every night, many people come here to look up at the stars. There are also many stone pillars and copper pillars standing here, on which many measurements are engraved. The calendar that Luo State is currently studying is based on observing the sun and the moon here.
Luo Chang came here with a group of people. Because a new calendar was about to be born, which was an important event worthy of being recorded in history, so he brought the historian with him as well.
How important is the calendar? It almost represents the height of astronomy and mathematics of an ancient civilization, especially for agricultural nations, it will affect the progress of the entire civilization.
Since ancient times, humans have liked to look up at the starry sky. Among all the stars, the sun and the moon are the two closest to humans and have the greatest impact on human life.
Whether it is the Chinese or the barbarians, countless countries and tribes have the customs of sun worship and moon worship.
Countless ancestors transformed their bizarre and magnificent imaginations into layers of myths, which were concentrated on the sun and the moon, becoming totems and beliefs.
The Chu people's Taiyi pantheon had an extreme worship of the sun. Dongjun, who represented the sun god, was the second most powerful god after Taiyi Supreme God in Chu mythology. This lofty status was rarely matched among other nations.
The calendar is a summary of human beings' understanding of the laws governing the movement of the sun and the moon.
Since ancient times, people have discovered that when the sun and the moon appear in different positions, the spring, summer, autumn and winter, and day and night on earth will change with the changes of the sun and the moon.
The length of the shadow cast by the stone pillar standing on the ground is different every day. Our ancestors knew that this was because the sun was at different distances from the earth. When it was close, it was summer, and when it was far, it was winter.
The ancients recorded the time of the solar season change and called it "year".
The changes of the moon are even more obvious. It always changes from a crescent to a full moon, over and over again. People on earth believe that this regular beauty must contain the will of heaven.
The ancients also recorded the moon's changing cycle and called it "month".
These are the solar calendar and the lunar calendar. Through the study of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, countless functions are derived from them.
The first is the “first month” which is full of political implications!
Since the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, it revised its own calendar and established its own first month. When the Shang and Zhou dynasties were established, they both established their own calendars and established their own first months.
However, when these calendars appeared, they naturally had inaccuracies due to lack of experience or problems with calculation methods.
The difference in the number of days between the alternation of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar will cause the season of the first month to change, which is a serious political disaster. The beginning of the year must be in spring. If it is in winter, it would be a major political failure.
The errors in the solar calendar will lead to errors in the farming time set according to the calendar. Agriculture is the foundation of the world, and farming is the most important thing, nothing else.
Once the farming season is missed, the impact on all the countries in the Xia Dynasty will be huge, so revising the calendar is an urgent hope of all countries.
But revising the calendar is not a simple matter, and the usefulness of the calendar will change with changes in geographical location.
For such an important event that can demonstrate orthodoxy, promote reputation, and is related to the agricultural affairs of the Xia people, the Luo family, which has many talented people, is naturally the best choice.
Therefore, the royal family of Luo State observed the sun and the moon day and night, found the rules of their movements, and then recorded these rules to form a calendar that could guide farming time and accommodate the first month of spring.
This calendar has undergone several generations of revisions, and was refined bit by bit from the Zhou calendar. It was also used to guide farming time in several of the most important countries in the Central Plains, and achieved considerable success.
After the test of time, it was proved that the error of this calendar was extremely small, and Luo finally decided to make the calendar public.
In order to create this calendar, the astronomy and numerology skills of the Luo family were far ahead of other countries.
"Brother, based on the practice of these years, this calendar can basically make very accurate calculations of farming seasons. In recent years, the yields of farmlands planted according to the solar terms of the new calendar have obviously increased compared to those of the old calendar.
There is basically no phenomenon of delaying farming time.
Now we can even predict the changes of the stars. I can say without hesitation that this is the most accurate calendar that has ever appeared. If we want to be more precise in the future, we will have to rely on more advanced mathematical knowledge. "
Relying on his own strength, he mastered the laws of the operation of the heaven and earth, and even the laws of the changes of the stars. This is a favor from heaven. How could the Luo family not feel proud?
Although it is really great to have the ancestors protecting you, but living forever under the shadow of the ancestors, the more you look up, the higher you find the ancestors are standing, which sometimes makes the descendants of the Luo family feel discouraged.
"Brother, this calendar is groundbreaking and should have a resounding name so that everyone in the world will pay attention to it. How about calling it the Su Wang Calendar?"
Su Wang is the belief of all the descendants of the Luo family. The calendar, a divine object that communicates with heaven, should naturally be named after Su Wang. Only in this way can everyone continue to look up to Su Wang.
Luo Chang pondered for a moment and said, "The Su Wang is supreme. The calendar comes from the sky, the sun and the moon. It's good to put the Su Wang on the same level as the sky, but the key is whether the completeness of this calendar can bear the name of the Su Wang."
All calendars named after the King of Su are meant to be passed down through the ages. Can this calendar do that?
"Brother, I understand your concerns, and the current calendar time is very accurate.
In the past, calendars would have errors after a period of time. Although the calendar in the family will also have this problem, the time may be at least hundreds of years later.
As time goes by, the calendar will inevitably deviate. This is inevitable, but there is no need to worry. Just readjust and correct it according to the method of numerology.
Since the calendar was born, there has been a special member of the family to take over the task of revising the calendar.
Whenever the calendar starts to deviate, it should be recorded immediately and spread far and wide.
Let all countries using this calendar adjust in time so as not to delay their farming seasons. "
The calendar created by Luo State was naturally not meant to remain in Luo State alone. The calendar was to be circulated throughout the world, and every adjustment of the time would be a major event that would shake the world.
Given the importance that various countries attach to astronomy and calendar, a family that masters astronomy will be respected in any vassal state. This is another layer of the Luo family's foundation.
"Since there is a way to correct it, let's call it the Su Wang Calendar. This calendar will be handed over to you from now on. You will be in charge of Luoguo's 'Qin Tianjian'. In the future, you will select the children of the royal family to inherit the position of 'Qin Tianjian Zheng' and pass it down from generation to generation."
In just a few months, two branches, "Luo Mo Juzi" and "Qin Tianjian Zheng" have emerged within the Luo family. It is foreseeable that the direct descendants of the Luo Kingdom will begin to be divided into different internal positions.
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In the brilliant history of science and technology in ancient times, the development of astronomy is equally remarkable. As one of the important branches of astronomy, the achievements of our ancient Chinese calendar are equally amazing. Let us once again turn our attention to the Luo State more than 2,000 years ago.
The birth of the Su Wang Calendar was epoch-making. It was the earliest lunar-solar calendar in the world, combining all the advantages of the solar calendar and the lunar calendar. Its error was so small that it far exceeded other lunar-solar calendars that appeared 1,500 years later.
In particular, Luo's continuous adjustments to the Suwang Calendar have resulted in the world still using this extremely ancient calendar more than two thousand years later, even in modern society.
It is hard to believe that this was created by the ancients more than 2,000 years ago, but when you think about the fact that it was born in the legendary country of Luo, all this has a reasonable explanation. ——"History of the Development of Ancient Science and Technology"
Now we are pushing two lines together, one is the war between nations, the other is Luo State. I hope you like it.
PS: This chapter was really difficult to write. It was much more difficult to write than the war that advances the plot. I hope you all like it.
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