Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Craftsman's Choice, the Stone Castle's Flaws
"It's a ballista !!" Huang Chengyan suddenly said loudly, and the surrounding craftsmen walked in the direction of Huang Chengyan with puzzled faces after hearing Huang Chengyan's shout.
When everyone saw the simple design on the wall, they were stunned and began to discuss, looking incredulous.
"As you can see, on this wall is a blueprint of a ballista, and one of the features of this ballista is that it can shoot crossbow arrows continuously!" Qin Feng also walked up to everyone with a torch and said.
"Although there are drawings, some of the essential designs are still unclear, and we don't know anything about the materials, which is what I called you for!"
As Qin Feng finished speaking, the craftsmen suddenly began to talk again, and they all felt that what Qin Feng said was a little incredible.
"And it's not just the Ballista! There are also small repeating crossbow arrows and catapults in the back, there are detailed design drawings here, but there is no material to pay attention to, all of this depends on your own development! Qin Feng said as he lit a torch and led the craftsmen to observe all kinds of design drawings on the surrounding stone walls.
"I think you can also see that the carvings on these many stone walls are deadly weapons that cause killing, so Kaede still asks everyone not to leak it out." Qin Feng said solemnly again.
After strolling around for a while, Qin Feng walked out with the people who had not finished with the aftertaste, this house full of killing drawings, and walked to another wooden house, at this time, tea had already been brewed on the table, and a guard was guarding a teapot and kept pouring hot water.
"Everyone, please take a seat!" Qin Feng pointed to the rectangular table and chair in the room and said, then sat down on the main seat and picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a sip gently.
Many craftsmen looked left and right, but no one dared to sit down, after all, at that time, people with poor status could not sit with these dignitaries, which would have to be beheaded.
Qin Feng didn't say anything, for him this was a way to break the inherent thinking of these craftsmen, this group of people was the most capable now, but they still didn't meet the requirements in Qin Feng's mind.
What Qin Feng wants is a craftsman who has the ability to be creative, the ability can be cultivated slowly, but creativity is not something that can be cultivated, Qin Feng has discovered in the past few years that most of the craftsmen in the Han Dynasty can only build houses or something, and there is no improvement at all, so it can be said that the creativity of the craftsman class has been limited.
Qin Feng's move is to find a capable person who is willing to break the old shackles among the more than ten craftsmen, and then increase his cultivation because he can bring a bright future to Youzhou, instead of relying on Qin Feng to sit and eat nothing.
In the end, Huang Chengyan walked out of the crowd and pulled Huang Yueying to sit on Qin Feng's left hand, and then took two cups of tea and put them in front of him and Huang Yueying.
Seeing that Qin Feng showed no signs of anger, everyone couldn't help but relax in their hearts and walked to their seats, but after they reached the edge of the chair, they couldn't sit down, and there was always a voice in their hearts reminding them that they couldn't sit down, and once they sat down, they would die.
Qin Feng looked at the struggling craftsman with a smile on his face, and Huang Chengyan also looked at the sweaty craftsman with interest while drinking tea, how could he not know what Qin Feng meant, but he didn't expect anything from Qin Feng's method, after all, these shackles had been pressed on them for too long, and this could not be released in a while.
In the end, many craftsmen still suppressed the magic sound in their hearts, and began to slowly sit down towards the chair, but the movements were extremely slow, and Qin Feng didn't speak but let them sit down slowly.
When everyone sat down, the tea on the table had become cold, but Qin Feng was still quite satisfied, at least they began to break their shackles, although it was a long time, but it was also a good start.
"Come on, take down these teas and make a new cup, the tea won't taste good when it's cold!" Qin Feng said casually to the guards on the side, but his eyes kept scanning the craftsmen present.
Looking at the craftsmen present, except for Huang Chengyan's father and daughter, they all thought that they were all resigned to their fate, and they couldn't help but feel a little funny in their hearts: "Okay, everyone, we have finished reading the drawings, but I have a request, and I ask you to agree!" ”
After Qin Feng's words were finished, everyone was still staring at the table in front of them, and the extremely pale beads of sweat kept flowing down their heads, Qin Feng looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly felt that he was extremely strange now, when did he become a character who made others dare not speak.
"Ahem! Listen to me, everybody! Qin Feng couldn't help but raise his voice a little and said, Qin Feng's voice suddenly woke up the people who had fallen into silence, and Huang Chengyan was holding his teacup, looking at his nose and nose and looking at his heart as if he was sitting still.
"Okay, I think you understand the importance of those drawings, and I have a request for you to discuss." Qin Feng said out loud after seeing that everyone was looking at him.
"Because of the importance of these drawings and the fact that there is a lot of secrecy in the development process, those who want to stay and develop them must stay in this stone fort and not leave this place until the weapon begins to be used on a large scale." Qin Feng said with his hands crossed to support his head.
Everyone couldn't help but gasp after hearing this, and their faces were complicated, Qin Feng's treaty was very simple but also very complicated, and he couldn't leave at will until the weapons he developed were not used on a large scale, this clause was undoubtedly a kind of overlord treaty.
But everyone didn't have any disgust with Qin Feng's request, because Qin Feng's reasons were very good and couldn't be refuted, yes, they were afraid of leaking out, after all, these weapons were indeed monstrous killings, and Qin Feng's secrecy measures were still very necessary.
But they themselves are craftsmen, and with so many intricate blueprints, how could they develop only one weapon? But if you develop more weapons, you will spend the rest of your life in a stone castle, after all, some weapons may not appear in front of the world for the rest of your life.
"Okay, I will stay here for an hour, and after an hour your stay will be in your own hands, and even if you don't stay, I will give him a large amount of wealth, as well as the approval of Your Majesty's edict." Qin Feng said with an evil smile.
Then Qin Feng got up and walked out of the house, completely ignoring the tangled expressions of the people behind him.
Walking in the stone castle that was still under construction, Qin Feng nodded with some satisfaction, but there were still some deficiencies, and he finally found Xu Shu who was commanding the alien race in one of the stone castles.
"Yuan Zhi! Your stone castle design is flawed! Qin Feng took Xu Shu's hands and said earnestly.
"Dare to ask the general, what's the problem?" Xu Shu said with some doubts.
"Yuan Zhi doesn't need to say much, then you can follow me for a spin and you will understand!" Qin Feng didn't say much, just pulled Xu Shu around the castle.
After turning around, Qin Feng asked Xu Shu again, "Yuan Zhi, did you find any problems?" ”
"Shu is really stupid, please make it clear to the general!" After hearing Qin Feng's question, Xu Shu arched his hand and said, "General, in the entire castle, whether it is the layout of the house or the size and address of the workshop, it is just right, and even the sewer system that the general said I have made some achievements, although it is not perfect, but the cleaning consumption in this city can still be satisfied." ”
"Yuan Zhi, what you said is indeed very perfect, and you have done all of this very well, but Yuan Zhi, what do people need to survive here?" Qin Feng walked slowly towards the front, looked at the alien race and the Han pawn who were still busy and said softly.
"It's food and water!" Xu Shu replied without thinking about it. "But I have built dozens of wells in the city, and I have all the granaries ready, so that I can store a large amount of grain and grass. Enough for hundreds of thousands of people to eat and drink. ”
"Then what if Youzhou cuts off the supply of grain and grass here? Yuanzhi, how long can you hold out at that time? Qin Feng glanced at Xu Shu beside him, and said expressionlessly, as if he was talking about an inconsequential trivial matter.
"This place is the foundation of Youzhou, so there is no possibility of a large-scale grain transportation operation, once or twice others will not suspect it, but this time there are too many..."Qin Feng shook off his robe and said in a cold tone.
"General, Shu understands, Shu will go and arrange the matter of growing grain!" Xu Shu was also frightened by Qin Feng's words, yes, if you continue to transport grain like this, those who have a heart will definitely find the castle in the mountains and forests, and at that time, two-thirds of this research institute will fall.
"Yuan Zhi don't worry, this matter can be dealt with later, so many people can deal with it in a few clicks, and you have been eating the grain dogs in this city for two years." Qin Feng pulled Xu Shu, who wanted to run away, and said lightly.
"It's Shu Menglang." After Xu Shu heard Qin Feng's words, he also reacted and touched his head in shame and said.
"Also, Yuan Zhi, do you know a word?" Qin Feng looked at Xu Shu with a smile on his face and said lightly.
"Dare to ask what the general is talking about?" Xu Shu suddenly felt uncomfortable when he was stared at by Qin Feng like this, and hurriedly asked Qin Feng.
"It's the so-called full of wine and food, full of lust." Qin Feng said with an evil smile on his face.
"This...."Xu Shu suddenly stammered a little, and his face became rosy.
"This is the nature of human beings, Yuan Zhi, you look at your city except for the house is a workshop, there is no entertainment at all, you say that a person works in this environment, how much vitality and interest can he have!" Qin Feng squinted slightly and looked at a clearing not far away and said.
"What the general said is very true, but he didn't think it through." Xu Shu thought for a while and said seriously, "The general doesn't know what entertainment facilities to build. ”
"None of the yellow gambling and wine can be missing, and leave me a vacant land to come out, I will be of great use in the future......"