Chapter 319 Mohist Machine City

I stood there in a daze, staring at the bronze gate in front of me with my eyes wide open. I felt like I was struck by lightning and it took me a long time to come back to my senses. 7K妏敩

In fact, this gate that suddenly appeared was too majestic and too amazing.

Even though I had been mentally prepared before, I was still shocked when I saw this gate.

Not only me, but even Pao Zhen beside me was shocked. He stood there in a daze for a long time without saying a word.

If it was just a gate, Pao Zhen and I might not be so shocked.

But this gate was made of bronze.

My God!

What is the largest bronze artifact unearthed so far?

I have read in a book that the largest bronze vessel unearthed in China so far is called the Houmuwu Ding. It is not only the largest bronze vessel unearthed in China, but also the heaviest bronze ritual vessel. As soon as it was unearthed, it enjoyed the reputation of being a national treasure. The Houmuwu Ding

is rectangular, with a mouth length of 112 cm, a mouth width of 79.2 cm, a wall thickness of 6 cm, a height of 113 cm, and a weight of 1,700 jin.

This is already the largest bronze vessel unearthed in China, and it is even known as a national treasure. However, compared with the city gate in front of me, it is really a small witch compared to a big witch, not worth mentioning.

The bronze gate in front of us is nearly 20 meters high and 10 meters wide. At this moment, Pao Zhen and I stood in front of the gate and looked up at it. We seemed so small, like two ants. The

reason why the Houmuwu Ding is known as the treasure of the country is that it is the largest and heaviest bronze artifact unearthed so far, and secondly, it has an exquisite shape, representing the pinnacle of ancient human craftsmanship.

According to legend, the Houmuwu Ding is covered with thunder patterns, and the surrounding reliefs are carved with Panlong and Taotie. The whole thing not only gives people a heavy feeling, but is also extremely exquisite.

Although I have never seen the Houmuwu Ding in person, I have only seen relevant pictures in books. However, when I saw this city gate, I still felt that the Houmuwu Ding was nothing compared to this city gate.

The relief on this city gate was really exquisite.

It was so exquisite that both I and Pao Zhen were instantly attracted.

I saw that a dragon was carved on the top of the city gate. The dragon's head appeared above the clouds, while the dragon's body hung below the clouds. At this moment, the dragon opened its mouth and roared to the sky.

This dragon was carved so realistically, whether it was the dragon scales, or the dragon whiskers and claws, they were all carved vividly, especially the angry expression and the eyes that were about to spit fire, which were carved extremely vividly.

I looked down along the dragon's body, and then my eyes widened immediately, with a look of horror on my face. I

saw that there were four sacred beasts carved below.

They were the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird, and the Black Tortoise.

However, the four sacred beasts seemed to be fighting with the dragon.

The dragon body hanging from the clouds was tightly entangled with the four sacred beasts, and the four sacred beasts also made a series of attacking movements such as biting the dragon's body.

But there is one thing that is very strange. The dragon should be the supreme mythical creature, but the dragon in this relief has eyes that emit evil auras. In order to make it more realistic, the craftsman even replaced the dragon's eyes with black gemstones, so that it emits dark evil luster in the dark.

As for the other four beasts, they exude a neutral and peaceful aura, especially their eyes. Although they are full of anger, they do not have a single evil look.

"What does this mean? Why do we have to blacken the dragon to set off the four beasts?"

I know that whether it is an ancient mural or some reliefs, there may be some metaphors, and it is impossible that they are carved just for beauty.

But what does the relief on the gate represent?

"If... the divine dragon is likened to the True Dragon Emperor, then the four beasts below should be... the four ministers, or the four forces that oppose the True Dragon Emperor!"

My heart was shocked for a moment.

"Could it be that this relief is a metaphor for a battle scene? And the people in the battle are... the True Dragon Emperor, and four super strong men?"

In an instant, I was shocked beyond words.

The relief on this bronze gate looks exquisite, but in fact it is very likely to hide a shocking secret, and this secret may even involve the political power at the time.

This is not to be said to be unashamed, and it can even be said that the information given by the relief on this bronze gate alone may be enough to uncover a historical secret that has been sealed for thousands of years.

But then, my eyes suddenly fixed, because I saw a plaque above the city gate.

Because the city gate was too tall, although the eyes of the dragon relief and the four beasts relief were inlaid with gems, the light emitted was not enough to illuminate the entire city gate, so I did not see the plaque at the first time.

But when I saw it, I immediately squinted my eyes and looked at it carefully.

But my eyesight is really limited. I could only see one word vaguely.

And this word was the word "ink" at the beginning.

"Mo? What does it mean?" I looked suspicious, and then turned to look at Pao Zhen.

Pao Zhen's eyesight and five senses are definitely beyond my reach. Just because I can't see it doesn't mean that Pao Zhen can't see it either.

However, when I turned around and saw Pao Zhen's expression, I was shocked.

The dim light emitted by the gemstone made Pao Zhen's expression uncertain, and his eyes were full of solemnity and shock. Even his hands were tightly clenched on the handle of the pig-killing knife. I don't know if it was because he was too nervous or too strong, causing veins on his palms to bulge and his arms to tremble slightly.

"Pao... Uncle Pao?" I swallowed and called him softly.

Pao Zhen came back to his senses after I called him like this. I saw him take a deep breath and then said something that shocked me.

"This is a... Mohist institution!"

"What!" I exclaimed, my eyes widened, and my eyes were full of shock and horror.

This sentence was like a thunder, exploding in my mind, shaking my whole body, and even my mind trembled again and again.

In fact, Pao Zhen's words are so shocking.

As for Mohism, I believe that anyone who knows some history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period will be familiar with it.

And whenever Mohism is mentioned, Gongshujia has to be mentioned.

According to historical records, Mohism and Gongshujia were both experts in equipment during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. They had profound knowledge of both daily equipment and military equipment.

Among them, Gongshujia's cloud ladder, building and catapult were all siege weapons at that time. These weapons have been used for hundreds and thousands of years and have been used by later generations. Even today's fire trucks and many folding ladders are inspired by ancient cloud ladders.

The core idea of ​​Mohism is universal love and non-aggression. They do not advocate war, but promote a pastoral life of peaceful coexistence. Even if they are caught in the vortex of war, they will not take the initiative to attack, but will only passively defend.

Therefore, the great men of Mohism in all dynasties are very good at the manufacture and use of city defense and city defense weapons, and this is how the so-called "conservatism" came about.

But whether it is siege equipment or city defense equipment, it is not the real core technology of Gongshujia and Mohism.

The core technology of these two schools is not recorded in history books, and it has not even been circulated in the world. It may have been lost long ago.

I only know about it from some ancient books.

The core technology of these two schools is puppetry.

Puppetry was the foundation of the two schools during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Its usage was extremely mysterious. Ancient books described that the Mohist school had four beast puppets that could shake thousands of troops without being driven by humans. Their power was extremely terrifying.

And the Gongshu family also had corresponding puppetry.

These are not the most important things. The most important thing is that the ancient book records that the reason why all the core technologies of the Mohist school have not been passed down to the world is because the last generation of Mohist masters locked all the Mohist technologies in a mysterious city before their death.

And that city is... the Mohist government city!