Chapter 172 What Is Professionalism?

Streams in the mountains fall from the cliffs, forming spectacular waterfalls. Huge water wheels rotate in the river water under the waterfalls, transporting water from the rivers to nearby farmland through canals.

There is a mill not far away, and the windmill is turning in the wind.

When a group of young disciples of the Mo family entered the land of Qin and Chu, the largest stronghold of the Mo family, what they saw in front of them was not as majestic and grand as they imagined, but there was a tranquility unique to the mountains and countryside.

“The scenery here is so beautiful!”

Mo Yuan pulled Li Ji and sighed at the scenery here. Zhao Shuang stood on the river bank in front of the water wheel. Everyone came behind him and bowed their hands.

"Great Commander!"

Zhao Shuang was watching Gong Shuxiu and others repairing the water wheel when he heard the sound behind him and turned around.

"You are here."

A group of young Mohist disciples were about to ask for orders, but saw Zhao Shuang waving his hands.

"It just so happens that we are short of manpower here and have the tools over there to dig ditches."

Dig a ditch?

This group of young Mohist disciples were stunned. They all admired the reputation of the Mohist leader and were specially transferred here from the government city.

Why do you have to dig ditches as soon as you come here?

But just when a group of young disciples of the Mo family were dissatisfied, people who were more dissatisfied than them came over from the water wheel with a loud voice.

"I, the heir to the domineering mechanism skills of the loser, come here to help you repair the water wheel?"

Gongshu Xiu walked over, and suddenly his eyes were fixed, why were there so many beautiful girls from the Mo family in front of him?

Zhao Shuang had no time to pay attention to this guy. He turned around and searched among the young disciples of the Mo family. When he saw Li Ji, his heart tightened inexplicably.

"Where is Mo Yuan?"

Beside Li Ji, a pretty woman came out, with a slender figure and a delicate face.

"The disciple is here!"

"You lead a group of Mohist disciples. The men dig water channels and the women prepare meals. Spring is about to begin. We must repair the water channels before sowing. Time is running out. There are thousands of disciples in our Mohist family and several surrounding strongholds. This year's This is what our rations depend on, so we can’t afford to be careless.”

Hearing what Zhao Shuang said, all the young disciples seemed to have a sense of mission.

"Disciple, obey!"

Li Ji's eyes were a little disappointed, but she still followed Mo Yuan and others. Gong Shuxiu came to Zhao Shuang's side and leaned against him on his shoulder.

"It turns out that our Mo family has so many beautiful women. Commander, you should have told me earlier!"

Zhao Shuang looked at Gong Shuxiu and asked.

"How's the matter I gave you going?"

"Don't you feel relieved, Commander-in-Chief, that I'm doing things?"

With that said, Gongshu Xiu led Zhao Shuang to a hut on the river bank. As soon as he entered the door, Gong Shuxiu placed a large stack of drawings in front of Zhao Shuang.

"Commander, you see, from the purchase of angle steel, wood, iron sheets, and oil, to the design drawings, and then to the production process, I have already taken care of it."

Saying that, Gong Shuxiu looked at Zhao Shuang with some confusion on his face.

"But with just the manpower from several nearby strongholds, even if we add the people I brought, if we want to make a hundred bed crossbows and three thousand Jin crossbows before Gongshu Qiu, there is not enough time and manpower. !”

Zhao Shuang didn't answer. He looked at Gong Shuqiu's drawings and asked a question.

"Can you make a crossbow that becomes useless after being fired a dozen or twenty times?"

Gong Shuxiu opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhao Shuang. As the descendant of a loser, he has always strived for excellence in making mechanical objects, and he has never heard such a request.

"Commander, do you mean to pass off a shoddy weapon as a good one and pass it off as a good one?"

After Gong Shuxiu finished speaking, Zhao Shuang remained unchanged. Not only did he look around, he moved closer to Zhao Shuang and spoke softly.

"Great Commander, as a commander of the army, don't you know that the Qin army has extremely high requirements for ordnance? Not only does each crossbow have to be marked with the production time, the name of the craftsman and the place of production, but there will also be a special weapons fortress. Supervise and inspect the quality. If something goes wrong, you, the commander of the army, will be the first to lose your head."

Then, Gong Shuxiu came a little closer to Zhao Shuang, his face looked a little strange, and he hesitated to speak.

"What do you mean?"

Looking at Gong Shuxiu's look, Zhao Shuang asked.

"Commander, this is what you asked me to say." Gongshu Xiu said to Zhao Shuangpu with an expression on his face like he was an expert, "Commander, even if you are tired of embezzling military pay, don't use this method!"

"You can make a bed crossbow with about fifty gold, so you pay a hundred gold. For the remaining fifty gold, if you take care of it up and down, isn't the remaining money your own? Why use it as a charge? Well, make fun of your own head.”

Zhao Shuang glanced at Gong Shuxiu with a smile on his face.

"You are quite professional!"

"That is, every time the chief officer of the Qin Army comes to Gongshujia to order ordnance, I am the one who receives him. Let me tell you."

Gongshu Xiu talked at length, looking quite proud of it.

Zhao Shuang interrupted him and asked.

"I have obtained the drawings of Gongshujia. Can you also make it according to their mechanical style?"

Zhao Shuang asked Zhuan's question, and Gong Shuxiu became serious.

"It's not difficult if you just make a frame, but if you want to shoot it more than ten or twenty times before it's useless like you said, Commander-in-Chief, then you have to design something else."

"The important thing is that there are many veterans among the Qin army. If the material of the crossbow changes, they can see it at a glance. If you want to hide it from them, it is no less difficult to fake it than to make it. Maybe this crossbow will be made , more expensive than real ones.”

"You don't have to worry about money. As long as you can build the first batch before Beginning of Summer, that'll be fine."

"I'll try my best!" Gongshuxiu took a few steps outside the house, turned around, and asked with confusion on his face, "But what are you doing this for?"

"I have my own opinion, just go ahead and do it."

Looking at Gong Shuxiu walking away, Zhao Shuang sighed helplessly.

"This corrupt person, I still have to pour money into it."

Changping Junfu.

"Your Majesty!"

In front of Lord Changping, a tall general saluted with his hands raised. He was very respectful to the person in front of him.

"Fan Yuqi, I won't say anything more. This time Chang'an Lord leads the army to attack Zhao. You are here to help me."

"The final result will be the work of dogs and horses."

Fan Yuqi raised his head and saw that there seemed to be worry on Lord Changping's face.

"Your Majesty, what are you worried about?"

"Chang'an Lord is young and energetic. He has just subdued Lu Buwei and others, and now he has a large army outside. If something goes wrong, I am afraid that others will take advantage of him.

"In this case, in the court that day, the ministers talked about attacking Zhao. Why didn't your Majesty stop Lord Chang'an from asking for orders?"

Mr. Changping shook his head helplessly and sighed.

"It is difficult to manage a child when he is older, let alone the son of a country? Chang'an Jun wants to use this opportunity to attack Zhao to establish prestige in the army, what can I do?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely swear to keep you safe."