General Qin

When Zhao Tuo met Li Xin.

The young general spoke concisely and directly: "Can you manufacture the siege weapon you mentioned?"

"General, yes."

Zhao Tuo replied firmly.

"Okay, I will call in the army inkmen and craftsmen to assist you in making this siege weapon."

Li Xin was very forthright, without asking any more questions, and directly gave Zhao Tuo the authority to mobilize the corresponding resources.

Zhao Tuo was surprised, he didn't expect Li Xin to trust him so much. If it was another general, I'm afraid he would have to ask one or two questions first to see if Zhao Tuo was telling lies.

After all, manufacturing siege equipment takes time, mobilizes a lot of resources, and bears the risk of failure in the end.

"Please rest assured, the general, the officials will surely succeed!"

"Um."

After Zhao Tuo left, another short soldier, two or five hundred masters, couldn't help but speak.

"General, this boy has achieved great ambitions at a young age. He has become a hundred generals at a young age. His words are too frivolous. Even the Mo family can't make a device that can throw a hundred catties of boulders, let alone a boy like him. It's a big talk. Publicly spread rumors, and I don't know if it's true or not."

Li Xin turned his head and glared at him. The sharp gaze made the body of the two or five hundred masters tremble.

"I was going to let him try it, not because of the so-called siege equipment. He has a youthful drive in him. As a general, he should have this courage."

"And this son has always been very thoughtful in his actions. If he dares to say it, he will definitely be able to do it. I will, trust him."

Li Xin stood where he was, looking at the direction where Zhao Tuo's back disappeared, with piercing eyes.

He saw his shadow in this young man.

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"The stone-throwing hundred will come."

"Hey, what is a hundred stone-throwing generals? I think it should be called a big talker. I know very well that the trebuchets in the army can shoot more than ten catties of stones at most. Make a device that throws a hundred catties of boulders? Never possible!"

"That's right, this person must be talking big. If there is such a weapon for siege, Mo Zhe has already made it. We will wait and see how it will end if he can't make it in the end."

It has long been rumored among the short soldiers that Zhao Tuo was going to make a siege weapon. Wherever he passed, everyone looked at him with strange eyes, and even whispered behind his back, talking about Zhao Tuo's imagination and lies.

Zhao Tuo ignored them.

The so-called summer insects cannot be described as ice, and crickets do not know spring and autumn.

These people are limited by the times, and they can't imagine how terrible weapons humans can create when the level of technology develops to a certain level.

Dongying Craftsman Office.

Zhao Tuo walked among them with several cronies, including Shejian and Heiyu.

Li Xin was very supportive of Zhao Tuo and asked him to take full charge of manufacturing siege equipment. The original short-armed defense task was delegated to others.

So Zhao Tuo could devote himself to the research and production, and took away a few of his cronies as assistants.

Everyone walked into the depths of the artisan camp, and two people who had received orders in advance were waiting for them.

These two men were dressed in commoner clothes and hemp shoes, and they were not military officials, but they were different from the shrinking and restrained state of ordinary craftsmen.

They hold their heads high and hold their chests high, quite energetic.

"Mr. Lu."

Zhao Tuo strode forward and bowed to the elder among the two.

The man was about fifty years old, his hair was half white, but the skin on his face was still shiny, and he looked healthy.

"Meet General Zhao Bai."

Mr. Lu also returned a salute, and his manner was quite elegant.

Qin Mo.

This is the identity of the person in front of him, and it is the most important faction after the split of Mohism.

Zhao Tuo recalled the knowledge he had read in his previous life, and knew that since the death of Mozi, the Mohism had a tendency to separate.

Especially when Meng Sheng, the giant of Mohism, led 180 Mohists to die in Yangcheng of Chu State, the Mohism suffered heavy losses, and then they inevitably split up.

Mohism was divided into three parts, and finally split into southern ink, eastern ink and western ink.

Mo in the South is also called Chu Mo. They wear brown fur and qíjué as clothes, and live a hard and simple life. The absolute "righteousness" and "faith" are the first in the heart, and for the ideals in the heart, even if you go up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​​​fire, you will never back down.

At the same time, Chu Mo also inherited the Mohist philosophy of "universal love and non-aggression", believing that it is "unjust" for a strong country to attack a weak country, or for the strong to bully the weak.

They travel among the nations, trying to prevent big nations from bullying small ones, and at the same time, they also travel to and from the market, helping the weak against the strong, and their behavior is very similar to that of an ideal knight.

Oriental ink likes to debate and study logic. Pay attention to using verbal arguments to make the other party submit, because the Qi State is prevalent, and most of the oriental ink is gathered in Qi State, also known as Qi Mo.

They wag their lips and tongues all day long, study the logic of name and reality, and debate with various schools of thought. Many viewpoints of the famous school come from Qi Mo.

Western ink is quite different from the two. They don't like to discuss national affairs, nor do they like to play with lips and talk in lobbying debates.

They devote their energy to exploring the truth behind the natural world, working hard, concentrating on the principles of science and technology and the mysteries of mathematics, and making various exquisite and practical instruments and tools.

The traits of a "technical man" like Xiximo coincide with Qin Guo, who likes to do practical things.

Western ink entered Qin from this, so it was called Qin Mo.

As a pragmatist, and not participating in political disputes, Qin Mo got along very well with the powerful Legalists in Qin State, and contributed a lot to the rise of Qin State. In times of war, Mohists even accompanied the army to help the Qin army make complex siege equipment and build important military buildings.

The old man named Lu Jun in front of him and the young man named Zhao Ji behind him are the most outstanding Mohists in this army.

After the ceremony was over, Lu Jun asked unceremoniously: "I heard that General Zhao Bai is the heir of the former Gongshuzi, is it true?"

Zhao Tuo was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered that Lu Ban and Mozi were both famous craftsmen in the world. They not only knew each other, but also had grievances against each other.

When the state of Chu wanted to attack the state of Song, Lu Ban made a ladder for the king of Chu. When Mozi heard about it, he came to persuade the troops to stop fighting. The two refused to admit defeat, so they decided to have a debate, and Mozi took off his belt on the spot.

Zimozi untied the belt into a city and used the ultimatum as a weapon. Gongshu Panjiu set up nine opportunities to attack the city, Zimozi nine times away from it. Gongshu Ban's offensive weapons are exhausted, and Zimozi's defense is more than enough.

Lu Ban lost the deduction, and Chu State's attack on Song Dynasty was over.

Of course, the two reconciled in the end. Lu Ban also said, "Mozi, Mozi, when I didn't see you, I wanted the Song Kingdom. But since I saw you, I don't even want the Song Kingdom for me."

There was a grievance between the Mo family and Lu Ban, so when they heard that Zhao Tuo might be the descendant of Gongshu Pan, the two Mohist attitudes were very positive.

Zhao Tuo's eyelids twitched, he is not a descendant of Luban. He just wanted to use Lu Ban's name to find a reasonable source for his invention and creation, but he didn't expect to attract two excited ink scholars.

"Mozi·Lu Wen":

Gongshuzi said to Zi Mozi: "Before I saw it, I wanted to get Song. After I have seen it, it would be unjust to give me Song, and I will not do it."

Zi Mozi said: "Before Zhai saw him, Zi wanted to get Song. Since Zhai got to see him, it was not righteous to give Zi Song. I don't want to do it. I gave Zi Song. Ziwu is righteousness. Zhai will give it to the world again."