In early June, Li Zhen set off from Laoshan and headed for Xizhou for the second time. This time, many members of the Biological Research Institute were brought along. The planting work of hybrid rice will be carried out together, and the development of planting machinery will also be thoroughly promoted.
'buzz'
The mainstream aircraft airship rose into the sky.
Experienced pilots rely on their experience and familiarity with maps and mountains and rivers. Without relying on any navigation, just relying on a pair of naked eyes to determine the direction, I thought about flying straight to Xizhou.
The reason why it is difficult to be a pilot in New Kyushu is that it is very valuable. It's because it's not easy to train a pilot.
Not only must you be proficient in telegraph technology, but you must also know mechanical maintenance technology. Not easy to get dizzy. Height and weight are modest. There is a wealth of learning covering a wide range of categories.
In addition to these basics. Pilots must also have a far superior sense of direction and a far superior memory.
There is no navigation, so I can only rely on my own eyes to judge the direction and distance.
Everything is handled by the pilot's naked eyes.
So it's difficult.
On the way, we made three temporary stops to rest in three counties. On the second night, we arrived at Jincheng County, Xizhou.
Wang Huan, the governor of Xizhou, personally brought people to greet him. After seeing Li Zhen, Wang Huan shook hands with Li Zhen very enthusiastically:
"Dean Li, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Li Zhen nodded and walked with him to the steam car in front, while asking: "A batch of goods was sent from Dongzhou some time ago. Has it arrived?"
Wang Huan was stunned: "Dean Li, are you talking about those steel monsters?"
"Haha, yes."
"It's here. People from the Kyushu Academy of Sciences personally escorted it and recruited a lot of people from the Jincheng County Government. Now they have gone to all counties in Xizhou."
Wang Huan agreed and then asked: "However, I'm sorry to speak frankly. Is it possible to farm the land with those iron knots?"
Li Zhen said expressionlessly: "Nature can do it. The principle is the same. Machinery replaces manual labor. This is an inevitable historical process."
Wang Huan said with some worry: "Of course I believe in science and the Kyushu Academy of Sciences." However, for thousands of years, everyone has used one hand to dig food in the ground. Is food grown with hands more spiritual? After all, food is the foundation of the country, the blood of the country, something that goes into people's mouths and keeps people alive. Will those grown by machines lose their spirituality? "
Hearing this, Li Zhen frowned: "Governor Wangzhou. What does food have to do with spirituality or lack of spirituality?"
Wang Huan said seriously: "Of course there is. It has been said since ancient times that one must be sincere when planting the land, and sincerity will lead to spirituality. When you plant seeds, you must take good care of them and nurture them. It is the food given to the people by God. It is It can keep people alive."
"It is the people themselves who give the people food! It is not God, let alone some mysterious spirituality. Not to mention the problem of agricultural machinery, your thinking is wrong. I always feel that the land cultivated by machines is not Spirituality, then maybe you can explain clearly what spirituality is?'
Li Zhen is really a little angry. Is this what most people in New Kyushu think
I keep saying that I believe in science, but I still believe in superstitious inheritance from ancient times to the present.
Times are changing and society is progressing. Today is different from the past. What was said in ancient times may not be applicable today.
However, if you say this, everyone knows the truth. But I understand, but no one agrees...
This has to be said to be a very serious drawback.
But Li Zhen can understand it, because today's era is in a transitional stage of 10,000 years of slash-and-burn farming and rapid progress towards modernization. Many people have not woken up, and many people are accustomed to the 10,000-year history. Inheritance has not yet adapted to the convenience brought by rapid development. I always feel that there is no spirituality in this way, and there is no spirituality in that way. In fact, they are all the same.
Although Li Zhen was angry, he didn't blame Wang Huan.
Because Zhang Zhi told himself that even their era was an era of high development. There are countless people who are superstitious about handicrafts. Regardless of precision, they always feel that hand-made products are more spiritual than mechanical ones.
What does this spirituality refer to? No one can say it specifically. This is a mysterious and mysterious thing.
Li Zhen sighed: "Governor Wangzhou, today's society is developing at a rapid pace. No one knows what it will be like in the future. But one thing is for sure, the future will definitely be more developed than now, and machines will replace more people in the future. Work. Farming is just the beginning, but it is not the end. There is no such thing as spirituality or lack of spirituality. With the same principles, the only difference between machines and manual work is that machines are more efficient."
Wang Huan shrank his neck, hearing that Li Zhen's tone was not kind, and did not dare to say anything more: "By the way, Prime Minister Xun is still stationed in Lingpeng Village. Prime Minister Xun said that he must see with his own eyes what Lingpeng Village has become. A rich village. Is Dean Li going?"
Li Zhen shook his head: "No need. There is more than just one Lingpeng Village in Xizhou. In fact, are you in charge of Wangzhou Governor?"
"what for?"
"There is no need to be secretive. Xizhou is poor just because it is poor. People will starve to death in some places. This is something the whole country knows. Why do you need to be secretive and do superficial things?"
Wang Huan laughed dryly: "Ah... no."
Li Zhen stopped, frowned and pointed at the dense crowd of people in the distance who were watching him with their feet up, and said calmly:
"You are wrong because you went too far. Anyone who practices science knows that there are no absolutes, no limits, and no extremes in anything in the world. Governor Wangzhou has achieved the ultimate."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
Li Zhen sighed: "I looked around and saw that the countless people watching all have one thing in common. I don't know if you, Governor Wangzhou, have noticed it. Maybe your orders were a bit direct, so the officials below gave them You have reached the limit. According to the conclusion that the world has no limit, this limit is false!"
Wang Huan was stunned and looked at the people in the distance. He didn't see anything wrong.
The common people who heard that Li Zhen was coming had already blocked the place tightly. At first glance, I saw that they were all excited people, so there was nothing wrong with them.
The people from the Kyushu Academy of Sciences and those who came with the luggage were also stunned. Looking at the people carefully, they really didn't see anything.
Li Zhen said: "Is there a place where all the people in the state are strong or fat? There is not a single thin person."
Wang Huan said subconsciously: "This is naturally impossible. He is tall, short, fat and thin. He is naturally balanced. How could it be..."
As he said this, Wang Huan was suddenly startled.
Li Zhen continued: "Looking around, I can see about ten or twenty thousand people. There is not a thin person among these people. Moreover, everyone is from the same class, and they all belong to the middle class of society. Look at the clothes, look at the clothes, Judging from the appearance, spirit and temperament, they are so similar. Are all people in Xizhou like this kind of middle-class people with very healthy bodies and excellent spirits? I don't believe it."
When Wang Huan heard this, his face turned red.
Li Zhen patted him on the shoulder: "I didn't ask for anyone to come to greet me, nor did I ask for the streets to be deserted or for people to come out to see me. Governor Wangzhou just wanted to let me know that Xizhou The people are passionate about me, and if I do this deliberately, what is it but appearance?"
"Governor Wangzhou, some unnecessary little things. Don't go around screening some fake audiences, right? Haha, fat envoys greet you? When the two countries were at war thousands of years ago, was it a way to show the prosperity of the country? Xizhou is so poor. At this point, let’s not bother the common people, okay?”
“…”
After watching Li Zhen finish speaking, he got into the car and left. Wang Huan stood on the spot, his legs shaking like chaff. His face was extremely embarrassed.
(End of chapter)