The wisdom of the ancient Chinese people makes today's people sigh beyond their reach, our ancient people are very smart, today we may think that the people at that time were very ignorant, but the development of history is our people step by step to explore out, from Chinese characters to the four major inventions, which one was not created by our ancestors themselves? In the labor, the wisdom of the ancestors was brought into full play, although today's science and technology is very developed, but many of us have lost the ability to create, today Xiaobian will introduce you to the three most cattle inventors in Chinese history, one of whom invented the machine gun, which could have made China the first power at that time, but in the end was exiled by the emperor and died tragically!
First place: Cai Lun
Everyone knows that Cai Lun invented papermaking, became the promoter of Chinese civilization, the invention of paper has a very important role in the transmission of China's civilization, he entered the palace during the Han Ming Emperor period, because of the merit of being favored by the empress dowager to become a constant attendant, Cai Lun during his tenure, actively explored the papermaking experience of the predecessors, and finally invented Cai Hou paper, in 105 AD, Han And Emperor began to promote his papermaking method, papermaking technology was therefore included in the four major inventions, the American Times magazine once listed Cai Lun as one of the greatest inventors in history. However, Cai Lun's character is not very good, in order to gain favor, he helped Empress Dou design to frame the prince and his virgin, deposed the prince, and helped Empress Dou take away the sons of other concubines, in short, Cai Lun killed many people, and then Empress Dou died, Cai Lun became a thorn in the eye of Han he Emperor, but at this time Cai Lun found a patron, that is, Empress Deng of Han he Emperor, so he spent a few years peacefully, but in 121 AD, Empress Deng died, Cai Lun knew that he had done bad things, and finally took poison and died!
Second place: Zu Chongzhi
Zu Chongzhi's greatest contribution is to calculate pi, more than a thousand years earlier than the West, Zu Chongzhi this person in mathematics, astronomical calendar and mechanical manufacturing are very successful, more rare is that Zu Chongzhi is not partial to science, not only know the rhythm but also good at playing chess, but also wrote a novel called "Shu Yi Ji", always Zu Chongzhi is very cattle, although there are many works but most of them are lost, although very talented, but the fate is not very good, because Zu Chongzhi lived in the era of China's chaotic Southern and Northern Dynasties, At this time, there were many dynasties in the Central Plains, there were wars everywhere, Zu Chongzhi originally wanted to find a quiet place to study his scholarship, but there was no place for him to live in the chaotic world, and later he became a career and wrote the famous "Anbian Theory", Emperor Qi Ming saw this article, and planned to send Zu Chongzhi to travel around and set up some causes that were conducive to the national economy and the people's livelihood. But because of years of war, his proposals have never been realized. Not long after, the remarkable great scientist lived to be seventy-two years old and died in 500 AD.
Third place: Dai Zi
Dai Zi this person is more cattle, because he invented the earliest prototype of the musket and the machine gun, Dai Zi is a person during the Kangxi period, he liked to invent and create since he was a child, he was very talented in mechanical manufacturing, he liked to tinker with mechanical guns and cannons at home when he was idle, he could be said to be a weapons expert in the Qing Dynasty, Dai Zi was erudite and versatile, he knew the art of war, understood astronomical algorithms, was good at poetry and painting, was familiar with astronomy, calendar, river canals, poetry paintings, historical books, etc., was a famous mechanical and weapon maker, and once made "LianZhu Zhen" (also known as "Lian Zhu Huo"). " ) and "Weiyuan General Cannon" ("Zimu Cannon"). Kangxi's favored missionary Nan Huairen once boasted to the Kangxi Emperor that only they Belgians could build the Flang machine, and it took a year not to build it, but it was handed over to Dai Zi and it only took five days to build it, which made the Kangxi Emperor very happy, but what Dai Zi did not expect was that his move made Nan Huairen very dissatisfied, so Nan Huairen often rumored in front of the Kangxi Emperor, framing Dai Zi for smuggling in the East, and as a result, Dai Zi was exiled to the northeast and died in hunger and cold.
After Dai Zi's death, no one in the Qing Dynasty was able to make such a sophisticated firearm, and finally returned to the era of cold weapons, so it was defeated in the Opium War in 1840, and it is worth mentioning that the prototype of the later machine gun was invented by Dai Zi, who invented a weapon called "Lianzhu Fire Hammer", also known as the Twenty-Eight Lianzhu Fire Hammer. The back is a magazine that holds 28 rounds of gunpowder lead balls. There are two machines, connected to each other, pulling one machine, the ammunition falls into the barrel, and at the same time frees the other machine and fires. It is shaped much like a lute and is capable of firing 28 rounds of bullets in a row. Its power is very huge, if the Qing Dynasty can innovate in time at this time, I am afraid that after 1840, it will be a different scene!