Volume 2: Jade Promise Chapter 30: Newton's Apple on Xingyao Continent
Tang Zheng was first forced to "hand in the paper", and then he was forced to "be possessed by a monster" as soon as he came out. After finally rushing all the way to the garrison camp, he was immediately surrounded by a large number of people. Several commanders who were originally ready to follow Wang Danyang to Tulun Pass were all waiting here.
From beginning to end, even a seasoned funny guy like Tang Zheng didn't dare to ask a single question.
Everyone looked murderous, so he had better figure out the situation first.
"Tang Zheng, please come this way." Wang Danyang got off the horse, but used the word "please".
"Oh..." Tang Zheng followed him into a two-story building, while Leng Buchen and others followed them.
Not many people came in.
There are only Wang Danyang, Leng Buchen and Tang Zheng, plus two commanders of the same level as Wang Danyang.
“Let me introduce you first.” Wang Danyang arranged them to sit around a simple wooden table and said to all of them, “There’s no need to introduce Deacon Leng. Everyone has met him. The one on my left is Tang Zheng, the reason why Deacon Leng released the signal fire. And the two on my right…”
"Li Hongjia." The first woman sitting on Wang Danyang's right, wearing a dark blue cape, introduced herself to Tang Zheng, "I am responsible for the garrison and logistics of Tulun Pass and Feishi City."
"Hello, Commander Li." Tang Zheng greeted him quickly.
"I am Yuwen Yimao." The second commander on Wang Danyang's right also nodded to Tang Zheng.
Of course Tang Zheng also greeted him in the same way.
After a few people briefly introduced their names to each other, Wang Danyang and Leng Buchen spread Tang Zheng's test paper on the table.
Li Hongjia and Yuwen Yimao followed the smooth flow of the text and found that the whole process was not much different from that of Leng Buchen and Wang Danyang...
However, after reading it, Yuwen Yimao still had a trace of confusion between his brows: "At first glance, many things seem too general, but no matter which sentence I think about carefully, I feel deeply. Why is this?"
His question didn't stump others, but it stumped Tang Zheng.
However, after Tang Zheng thought about it for a while, he understood that in his era when there were not many wars, Sun Tzu's Art of War was just an entertainment in online games. However, in this era with war as the theme, the sensitivity of soldiers to the art of war was different.
Because what they have to face every day is war!
The Art of War may look one way to a soldier, but it may be more profound to a non-commissioned officer. But if it is a commander, a general, or even a marshal...
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is one person's art of war, but it is also everyone's art of war.
Tang Zheng saw Yuwen Yimao's gaze shooting towards him, smiled and replied: "Let me tell you a story."
"Story?" The three commanders were all surprised. They seldom heard any serious stories in the military camp.
"A long, long time ago, there was an autumn. A man named Newton was sitting in the yard of his house thinking about something. Suddenly, an apple on his head fell down. He thought, why did the apple fall down instead of flying up?" Tang Zheng still started the story with the standard "A long, long time ago" beginning.
"Why?" Several commanders were immediately attracted by him.
"Many scientists began to study this problem, and then they couldn't stop... They found that any two particles have a force in the direction of the connecting line, which attracts each other. This is the law of gravity!"
“……”Several commanders felt as if they were listening to a divine book.
"Well, it doesn't matter what gravity is. What's important is that his research on gravity has promoted the development of science and made outstanding contributions to human progress..." Tang Zheng skipped the explanation about the technology tree, "In Newton's world, development is the theme, so the apple that fell on his head opened a door for development..."
After hearing this, several commanders vaguely understood what Tang Zheng was talking about.
Wang Danyang said thoughtfully: "In the world where that man named Niu Dun lives, development is the theme... In our world, survival is the theme..."
Tang Zheng almost laughed his mouth off - what the hell is a surname like Niu and a name like Dun!
However, Wang Danyang did explain Yuwen Yimao's confusion.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is the apple that Tang Zheng mentioned.
In their world facing a survival crisis, they can do without the apple of gravity, but they cannot do without the apple of Sun Tzu's Art of War.
"Let me study it carefully." Yu Wen Yimao said as he was about to roll up the test paper.
“No, no.” Wang Danyang quickly snatched it back. “Such an important thing must be sealed up. It’s best to save it by cutting out the words and storing it in secret…”
This time it was Tang Zheng's turn to be confused: "Cut out the words and save them secretly?"
Li Hongjia explained: "It is a purely artificial way of preservation."
"You will all learn it in the academy from now on." Leng Buchen said briefly, "For longer secret texts, find 100 unrelated people, and have the first person memorize the first character, the 101st character, the 201st character... and so on. The characters that each person memorizes are unwritten, and it is impossible to tell what they are about."
Tang Zheng's lips opened slightly: "What if... he died?"
Leng Buchen shook his head: "This is the beauty of the Central Plains language! For example, when using this secret text, if two or three out of a hundred people die, the remaining ninety-seven people are still there, and it will not affect the final reading."
Tang Zheng was shocked and said: "A human safe..."
"Of course, this way of preservation will definitely cause the risk of being lost, but some things... would rather be lost than leaked to foreign races..." Yuwen Yimao said.
"I understand, I understand." The last time Tang Zheng saw Lu Huang sealing his folding fan design, he thought that kind of seal was quite high-end. He didn't expect that the safest way of sealing was the most primitive one.
The transmission and preservation of these important information are also essential teaching contents of the Aristocratic Academy.
Tang Zheng also knew that the human safe must have many complicated execution details such as selecting people and numbering, but this was not the focus now. After he entered the academy, he would be able to learn more than just the use of the human safe, there would be many more...
"Well, now there is a decision to be made, and it will take the five of us to make it." Leng Buchen knocked on the table and said, "Who should we present this military strategy to, and who will be responsible for presenting it?"
When everyone heard Leng Buchen's question, they fell silent.
Only Tang Zheng didn't quite understand what he meant: "If you really think it's important, why don't you just submit it to higher authorities?"
"It's not as simple as you think." Wang Danyang shook his head.
"You wrote this article at Yisu Academy, but you live in the territory of Tianqin family, and your ancestral home on your nameplate is Liuyun family..."
"The situation of the Changyuan Leng family is a bit complicated now. If we only send Master Leng, he will probably be detained in the Leng family for ten or eight years. Will the Tianqin family have a rift with the Leng family because of this?"
"But as the Leng family's garrison, we have no right to directly bypass the family temple and send such an important thing directly to the Tianqin family."
"Besides, the Liuyun family is not a front-line family. They will definitely not preserve this military strategy as carefully as the Leng family and the Qin family. There is a greater risk of leakage..."
They talked for about half an hour, but Tang Zheng actually didn't understand most of what they said. In his opinion, it could be summed up in one sentence - if he handled this matter well, everyone would be happy, but if he didn't handle it well, it might cause a rift between the two families that had been cooperating well!
However, how to deal with this trouble is not what Tang Zheng needs to worry about.
"Well, thank you all for your hard work in dealing with these troublesome matters. I will go back first..." Tang Zheng calculated the time. Xiaotang and the others should be almost done with the exams. If he didn't go back for a long time, they would definitely worry.
Plus, there are people out there saying he’s a monster or something…
Just as Tang Zheng was about to say goodbye, Leng Buchen stood up and said, "Wait a moment."
The principal asked him to stay, so Tang Zheng had no choice but to stay. He turned around and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"For your second test, I will take your test paper right here and give you full marks." Leng Buchen changed the subject and said, "However, I can recommend you to go to Jiuhua Academy in the capital of the Leng family..."
Jiuhua Academy is the first of the four academies of the Changyuan Leng family!
Tang Zheng was also stunned when he heard the news. Was this the rhythm of getting a high score in the exam and being directly recommended to graduate school?
However, he really had no intention of going so far to make trouble, so he immediately shook his head and said, "No need. I heard that the Star-Tracing Towers of every family are the same."
"That's true..." A smile appeared in the corner of Leng Buchen's eyes. Although he said this, he still hoped that Tang Zheng could stay in Yisu Academy.
In the future, he will be the miracle of Yisu Academy, not the miracle of anyone else’s academy!
Wang Danyang exchanged glances with the other two commanders, then stood up and said, "Tang Zheng, is there anything you want? Or, is there something we can do for you? We can make you a promise, as long as you ask for it, we can do our best to satisfy you."
"Anything?"
"Most of them are fine. If you want some gold, silver, or jewelry, or a position in the army, or even if you want to marry a girl from the Changyuan Leng family, it should be possible..."
Tang Zheng had no interest in what they said.
Instead, he almost blurted out, "Then find me forty three-star Shadow King Tokens so I can report to Yingshan."
But he changed his mind and realized that he had already arranged for Zheng Qian and the others to pay off Shadow King Ling's debt slowly, so there was no need to trouble Wang Danyang and the others.
"I really can't think of what I want right now." Tang Zheng scratched his head, "How about keeping it?"
"Haha, of course." Wang Danyang and the others handed Tang Zheng a nameplate with the names of the three leaders signed on it. "Take this. Come back to us when you want something in the future."
"Yeah." Tang Zheng nodded and put away the nameplate.
Tang Zheng and Leng Buchen left the small building together. As soon as they reached the door with their horses, they saw a deacon from the Yisu Academy riding towards them.
The steward dismounted in front of them and handed a long piece of paper to Leng Buchen: "Twelve examinees from the Yisu Academy have jointly reported Tang Zheng..."
