The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1067 Disassembling Wooden Ox No. [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

Mohist Mechanical City (new).

Jing Ke brought the three Xiahou clan members back to the newly built headquarters of the Mohist school.

"It occupies quite a large area, it's like a country within a country, except that the population is a little smaller!" The three people commented on the new mechanical city.

"Bingzhou spans from east to west, with a territory of thousands of miles. Its only drawback is its small population. Therefore, in Bingzhou, the least valuable thing is land. As long as you can endure hardships, the government will even provide you with free production tools. The only requirement is to pay the land tax on time. Otherwise, the group of people in charge of grain will have weapons and troops at their disposal."

Jing Ke reminded.

In Bingzhou, even if you are smuggling contraband, as long as the transaction takes place in Bingzhou, you must pay various taxes.

As for refusing to pay and playing tricks, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will tell you that they are more terrifying than the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has troops?" The three Xiahou clan members were stunned.

Is it because they haven't been out for too long and can't keep up with the times?
"Not only in Bingzhou, but also in the Qin State's Grain Administration Office."

"The Qin State's Yellow River patrol troops and Bingzhou's anti-smuggling troops are all under the jurisdiction of the Grain Administration Office."

Jing Ke smiled and shook his head. As for combating smuggling, what is smuggling? That is up to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to decide.

Moreover, the Nei Shi is in charge of the troops in all the counties across the country. How could the Nei Shi in charge of grain not have soldiers under his command?
"Meng Sheng, the former leader of the Mohist school, greets the three seniors!" The emergence of the Yanshi lineage naturally alarmed the Six-Fingered Black Knight, who had retreated behind the scenes to concentrate on martial arts and mechanical engineering.

"No matter you are great or not, you are all the same in our eyes. In the entire Mohist school, apart from the four mechanical beasts and the non-attack, there is only the Wooden Ox No. 1 that is worthy of our attention." The three Xiahou clan members maintained their usual arrogance.

And they have the qualifications to be proud of this.

“I wonder why the three seniors have come out this time?” The Six-Fingered Black Knight did not feel embarrassed.

After all, she is Yanshi. How can she still be called Yanshi if she is not arrogant?
"The Wooden Ox No. 1 is in our hands, but we found marks left by your Mohist school on it. We are very interested in the Wooden Ox No. 1, so we came here specially to study it with you." Xiahou Wu explained.

"Ah?" Six-Fingered Black Knight and Jing Ke looked at each other. Is it that simple?
Then why did they come here with such great fanfare to gather so many commanders, including retired commanders?
They also thought that the Yanshi lineage came into the world to show their presence and to seize power.

The result... is it really just for the sake of mechanical engineering?

"What else? Why do you think it is?" Xiahou Ke looked at the Mohists in confusion.

"No, we thought so too!" Everyone in the Mohist School shook their heads.

They are just too complicated and think too much.

Yes, the Yanshi lineage could become the originators of mechanical engineering, so they are naturally a group of science fanatics. How could they be interested in those mundane and vulgar things? They are just overthinking.

"There is no order of learning, the most accomplished are the teachers. We in the Yanshi lineage are not arrogant. We admit that we have not figured out the power of Wooden Ox No. 1, and we will not dismantle it without the consent of the Mohists."

"We also brought Wooden Ox No. 1 with us on this trip. We want to dismantle and study it in front of you Mohists, so as to avoid being laughed at by the world for not knowing the rules."

Xiahou Wu signaled his disciples to bring up Wooden Ox No. 1.

"The Xiahou clan actually admitted that they are inferior to them?" The Mohist leaders who had already retreated were all extremely surprised.

Is this still the arrogant Yanshi lineage they know?
However, this character is worthy of admiration, and it is no wonder that Yanshi is respected as a teacher.

"When we came here, friend Jing Ke told us that you guys don't know how to make this wooden ox number one." Xiahou Yang looked at the six-fingered black knight and asked. "That's true!" The six-fingered black knight held his forehead and glared at Jing Ke. After two glasses of wine, he was dizzy and hot, and he said everything out.

Jing Ke spread his hands in embarrassment. It wasn't his fault. He hadn't expected that there would be something that could stump Yanshi in terms of mechanical engineering.

What's more, even if he didn't say it, the Yanshi lineage would know sooner or later when they came to the Machinery City.

It is better to be frank from the beginning and make a good impression.

"Forget about the nonsense and useless etiquette. Anyway, you Mohists also advocate frugality and saving. Let's get straight to the point. Describe in detail the specific steps and time you took to make Wooden Ox No. 1. It would be best if you could also describe the details such as time and temperature." Xia Houke said seriously and solemnly.

On the way, they already knew that Mo Jia had tried several times according to the original operation steps, but all failed.

So there must be some details that have been forgotten.

Therefore, after the three people discussed it, they came to the conclusion that either someone concealed some details, or some details such as the time and temperature were missing.

"Yes, that's it, it's the temperature and time!" The Mohist people also reacted.

Just thinking about this, everyone felt embarrassed again. They only remembered the techniques and materials in the production process, but who would remember the time and temperature difference?

"You don't have records of time and temperature, but the Bingzhou Imperial Observatory has them!" said Xiahou Wu.

In the past few days, he also got a general understanding of the duties of various government offices in Bingzhou.

The Imperial Observatory kept detailed backups of daily temperature differences and even rainfall numbers in different places.

And few of those who can become masters of mechanical engineering have poor memory.

As long as he remembered the time, with Mohist abilities, it would not be difficult to go to the Imperial Observatory to get a backup copy of the data.

"Well, let's dismantle Wooden Ox No. 1 now. The three of us will be the main ones, and the master craftsmen of each unit who made Wooden Ox No. 1 will serve as our assistants. Do you have any objection?" Xiahou Wu looked at Six-Fingered Black Knight and Jing Ke, then looked at the others and asked.

"No objection. It is our honor to serve as assistants to our seniors!" Naturally, everyone in the Mohist School had no objection.

Although they are masters of mechanical engineering, there are differences among craftsmen.

How many of those sent out by the Yanshi lineage are there just to eat and do nothing?

"Okay! Xiahou Wu, you can roll over and record it!" Xiahou Yang and Xiahou Ke looked at each other.

This time, they were still in charge of the dismantling, Xiahou Wu took notes, and other Mohist school members assisted.

However, all the Mohist family members looked at the three people with strange expressions. If they remembered correctly, Xiahou Wu was the patriarch of the Yanshi lineage. How come his status was so low?

"Only trash would be thrown into the position of clan leader!" Xiahou Yang and Xiahou Ke said calmly.

Six-Fingered Black Knight and Jing Ke touched their noses awkwardly, feeling offended.

"Watch carefully, I will only demonstrate this disassembly technique once. For your sake, we will slow down." As Xiahou Yang and Xiahou Ke stepped onto the workbench, they seemed to have become different people, truly possessing the demeanor of a teacher.

The Mohist craftsmen also stared at the hands of the two men intently and listened attentively.

(End of this chapter)