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Everyone hastened to persuade Yuan Tiangang.

The current holy stone is not a holy stone, but an evil thing that can produce will-o'-the-wisps.

Chen Chu actually wanted to get this kind of evil thing into his new mansion.

Isn't that asking for a dead end?

Just imagine, when anyone mentions Chen Chu in the future, they will say that there is an evil thing in his house.

I'm afraid no one will date him anymore.

Therefore, Zhang Sifeng spared no effort to persuade Yuan Tiangang, wishing that Chen Chu would transport the holy stone away as soon as possible.

Yuan Tiangang was disturbed by the crowd's quarrel, and said: "Junior brother, this holy stone is always a sacred object of my Taoism. It's really inappropriate to give it to you directly."

Seeing this, Chen Chu smiled slightly: "Brother, don't worry, I didn't say I want it, can I borrow it? How about it, lend it to me for three years, what do you think? After three years, you will send someone to pick it up."

Yuan Tiangang listened, thought for a while, and nodded: "That's fine!"

Chen Chu waved his hand: "Then it's settled. I, Chen Chu, have borrowed this holy stone for three years. You are all witnesses. If there is no problem, I will call someone to transport it away."

Without waiting for Yuan Tiangang to speak, Zhang Sifeng hurriedly said: "Master, hurry up, if you don't have enough manpower, I can send some disciples to help you."

Zhang Sifeng felt that this was the best thing that happened recently.

He was afraid that Chen Chu would regret not wanting it.

Yuan Tiangang smacked his lips, but didn't say anything.

So, Chen Chu turned around and walked out.

Zhang Sifeng laughed, and said: "Uncle Master, fellow Taoists, let's go and see what magical powers our little uncle has, and take away the incomparably huge holy stone."

Everyone went out with curiosity.

Not long after, everyone came outside the mountain gate.

Looking around, I saw countless torches suddenly appearing on the official road in the distance, slowly coming here.

After a stick of incense was gone, Chen Chu came back.

Behind him were hundreds of craftsmen, as well as many horse-drawn carts and ox carts, all of which contained many things that people had never seen before.

Yuan Tiangang stepped forward and said, "Junior brother, you... have you coveted this holy stone for a long time?"

Chen Chu waved his hand, "What did you say, brother? I just came here on a whim to help Baiyun Temple solve the difficulties."

Yuan Tiangang pointed to those strong craftsmen and dozens of horse-drawn carts and ox carts, and said in a daze: "You brought so many people, so many cattle and horses, it seems that you came prepared."

Chen Chu said with a smile: "Brother, don't pay attention to these details, come on, you stop later, my people are going to start fighting."

Yuan Tiangang scratched his head, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

Chen Chuchao waved his hand behind him, and then he pulled Yuan Tiangang to the side.

The craftsmen immediately drove the carriage forward. The sackcloth on the carriage was opened, and all of them were wooden or iron tools.

The craftsmen were divided into three groups, surrounded by three directions of the boulder, and began to assemble.

ding ding dong.

Bang bang bang.

The sound is endless.

In a short time, three one-story tower-like things were built.

A few good hands came forward with several ladders, carried thick ropes on their backs, climbed up the boulder, and wound around the boulder at intervals to tie up the boulder.

Finally, dozens of ropes, in several directions, were sent to the place of the tower.

More than a dozen shirtless men, distributed on the tower, lifted out several wooden boxes, passed the ropes, and then shook the handles outside the boxes.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

Rhythmic chant sounded.

Dozens of ropes gradually became taut.

Yuan Tiangang and others had never seen such a big scene, and everyone was dumbfounded.

From their point of view, Chen Chu's group of people was well-trained and orderly. Hundreds of people had a clear division of labor and dispatched together, and the momentum was very scary.

Yuan Tiangang asked: "Junior brother, you... what are you trying to do?"

Chen Chu said with a smile: "Brother, I plan to knock down this boulder now, and then send it to the carriage and transport it away."

"Impossible..." Zhang Sifeng of the Baiyun Temple next to him exclaimed and said, "Master, this is impossible. This holy stone is too big. With dozens of people, it is impossible to bring it down."

Chen Chu didn't speak.

A Taoist priest not far away shouted in surprise: "Move, move..."

Everyone heard the sound and looked, and saw that the boulder, which was still planted in the soil before, was slowly moving in the direction of the two towers in front.

Quack quack.

At the bottom of the boulder, dirt and stones turned up one after another.

The onlookers turned pale with fright.

A gust of cold wind blows.

Thinking of the will-o'-the-wisps that appeared on the boulder, many people were terrified and terrified.

In the dumbfounded of the crowd.

The boulder slowly rose from the ground and fell slowly in one direction.

Cheng Chubi had been prepared for a long time, he picked up a copper gong and thumped it.

The remaining craftsmen rolled out four-wheeled carts from the distant darkness.

There are more than 50 four-wheeled vehicles.

These four-wheelers are sent to where the boulders are about to fall.

The bottom of the boulder approaches the ground first.

boom.

Click click.

Several four-wheeled vehicles were instantly crushed to pieces.

But as the boulder fell, more and more quadricycles withstood the pressure and there were no more quadricycle smashes.

The towering boulder just lay on dozens of four-wheeled vehicles.

Yuan Tiangang and the others stared wide-eyed, unable to believe that what they saw was true.

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Chapter 218 Popularizing Scientific Knowledge

A huge rock.

Let Yuan Tiangang and others be helpless.

But now, under their noses, Chen Chu had someone successfully put him down on the four-wheeled cart.

Watching those craftsmen step forward and connect the four-wheeled vehicles with thick ropes.

Yuan Tiangang stunned and asked: "Brother, I don't understand one thing... This holy stone is extremely heavy. It has stood here for hundreds of years and has not moved more than half a cent. Why did you find dozens of people to bring it down?" Come down? Can manpower really be so powerful?"

In Yuan Tiangang's view, this kind of thing is beyond human capabilities.

Chen Chu said: "Brother, your suspicion is not wrong. This kind of thing cannot be done by manpower alone...but it can be done by tools. When I was building the mansion, I invented many tools to save time and effort. There are pulleys, levers, and mechanical arms. Among them, the most important ones are levers and pulleys. Someone once said that if you give me a fulcrum, I can move the entire planet, and this boulder is actually not as heavy as imagined. , Naturally, it can also be pried."

Yuan Tiangang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly grabbed Chen Chu's sleeve excitedly, and asked, "Junior Brother, what do you mean by the leverage you mentioned?"

It is very difficult to explain the principle of leverage to an ancient man.

Seeing that the boulder could not be transported away for a while, Chen Chu simply pulled Yuan Tiangang to the side not far away.

In the clearing, there is a knee-high stone.

Chen Chu pointed to the stone and asked, "Brother, can you pick it up?"

Yuan Tiangang stepped forward and used all his strength to make his face flushed, but he didn't pick him up. He smiled and said, "I'm too old to hold him anymore."

Chen Chu didn't laugh, but asked: "Brother, do you think anyone in this world can lift it up with one finger?"

a finger?

Yuan Tiangang's expression changed.

Zhang Sifeng and the others all stared wide-eyed.

Yuan Tiangang said with a smile: "Junior brother, you really know how to joke. This stone weighs at least two hundred catties. Some strong men can lift it up, but if you talk about a finger, it would be a bit alarmist."

Zhang Sifeng said: "Yes, uncle, you can't scare us."

Others mean the same thing.

Chen Chu waved to the distance.

Cheng Chubi rushed over and asked, "Uncle, do you want to fight?"

Chen Chu: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Chen Chu said speechlessly: "Chu Bi, go and get our leverage."

"Oh!"

Not long after, Cheng Chubi brought a few craftsmen over.

The craftsmen drove a carriage.

The tools were unloaded from the wagon and assembly began.

In a short time, next to the boulder, a thing that was as tall as a person and similar to the horizontal bar of later generations was installed.

Then, he took out a wooden pole more than two feet long.

Put the wooden pole on the horizontal bar, tie the short end with a rope, and tie the two hundred kilograms of stones under the rope.

Chen Chu smiled slightly, walked to the long end of the wooden pole, looked at Yuan Tiangang and the others, stretched out his right index finger, and pressed down on the top of the wooden pole.

The stone on the opposite side was brought up.

The crowd was stunned.

It turned out that what Chen Chu meant when he lifted the big rock with one finger.

The corner of Yuan Tiangang's mouth twitched.

Zhang Sifeng said with some disdain: "Master, this is too simple, and the ancient craftsmen already had such tools during the construction process."

Chen Chu came over, clapped his hands, and asked, "Is it very simple?"

Zhang Sifeng said: "It's a little simple..."

Chen Chu sneered: "Then do you know how long a lever is needed to lift something weighing one hundred catties?"

"This……"

Chen Chu asked again: "What about five hundred catties? One thousand catties?"

Zhang Sifeng was dumbfounded.

Chen Chu asked again: "Then you know, this stone weighs about two hundred catties, with a lever of two feet, how much strength is needed to lift it up? How much strength is needed to keep the two ends parallel?"

Zhang Sifeng: "..."

Most of the rest of the Taoist priests also looked confused.

The use of leverage has actually existed in ancient times.

But it's just a matter of experience.

As for the distance, no one has studied it deeply.