The "Gong Yi clan" that Qiu Liang thought of by the Mo family Juzi Qiu Liang is the Gong Yi clan that was once in charge of the craftsman in Lu State, and it is also the representative of his family after the surname Ji, which is none other than the "Gong Loss Class", also known as the Gong Loss Plate, Class Loss, and Gong Loss Son, which is also known as the "Lu Ban" in the world.

He invented many tools such as saws, curved rulers, ink fountains, stone grinders, etc., and invented the method of digging wells in mountainous areas, and even invented war weapons such as ladders and hooks, and was known as the originator of craftsmen.

At the time of the birth of the Gong Loss Class, the state of Lu was still controlled by the "Three Huans" - that is, the three families of Mengsun, Shusun, and Jisun, which originated from the branches, uncles, and Jizi of Duke Lu Huan, that is, the second, third, and fourth sons in addition to the eldest son of Duke Lu Huan, who could inherit the throne.

At that time, the state of Lu was dominated by the three huans and manipulated state affairs, but the office had begun to fight back: Lu Zhaogong was defeated by the three huans and fled to other countries; Lu Dinggong used Confucius to fight against Sanhuan, but Confucius was driven out of Lu by Sanhuan; Lu Aigong once again crusaded against Sanhuan and failed again; Lu Mourning Gong Representative Office defeated Sanhuan for the third time but failed again; Then Lu Yuangong fought again, and it was not until the period of Lu Mugong that the office defeated Sanhuan and returned the power of the country to the office.

The public loss class was born in the period of Lu Zhaogong, and personally experienced the first half of the 100-year-long struggle between the domestic office and Sanhuan.

When he was in his fifties, his family couldn't stand the struggle between the public office and Sanhuan, so he left the Lu State with his family and defected to the Chu State to seek refuge in the "Chu Hui King Xiong Zhang".

The father of Xiong Zhang, the king of Chu Hui, is "Xiong Ren, the king of Chu Zhao", and his ancestor is "Xiong Ju, the king of Chu Ping".

King Chuping was ignorant, killed the minister Wu Haoman, forced his son Wu Zixu to flee to Wu, and assisted Wu Wang Lu to take revenge on Chu, which led to the succession of Xiong Ren, King of Chu Zhao, Chu was frequently attacked by Wu, and then Wu became the overlord.

After the death of King Zhao of Chu, Xiong Zhang, the king of Chu Hui, succeeded to the throne, he married the daughter of Goujian, the king of Yue, and united the Yue kingdom against the state of Wu, who was already dead and was succeeded by his son-in-law.

It was during this period that the public loser class settled in Chu with his family.

At that time, the public loss squad invented a water warfare weapon called "Hook Rejection" for the Chu State, and helped the warships of the Chu State defeat the warships of the Wu State.

Then, the state of Wu was destroyed by Goujian, the king of Yue, and the state of Chu, as an ally of the state of Yue, finally got rid of the nightmare of the state of Wu and launched an offensive against the state of Song in the north.

At that time, the public loss class invented the "Cloud Ladder" for the Chu State, which was ready to be used in the war against the Song State.

However, at this time, Mo Zhai (i.e., Mozi), the first generation of the Mo family, was in the Chu State, and when he learned that the Chu State was preparing to attack the Song State, which had not lost his virtue, he came forward to dissuade it, and told the King of Chu that even if there was such a strange thing as a cloud ladder, it would not be easy for the Chu State to attack the Song State.

The king of Chu and the Gongyi class did not believe it, so Mozi and the Gongyi squad practiced a siege battle outside the city, with Mozi leading his disciples to defend the city, and the Gongyi squad used the cloud ladder as the side of the siege.

In this exercise, Mozi defeated the Gongyi Ban, and finally made the king of Chu change his mind and give up attacking the Song state.

From this moment on, the Liang Zi of the Gong Yi clan and the Mo family was on the shelf.

Of course, there is no grudge between the Gongyi class himself and Mozi, because within a few years after that, the Gongyi class passed away, but his descendants could not bear the craftsmanship of his Gongyi clan, and they would be defeated by the Mo family.

What's more, after Mozi's death, the Mo family split into three factions, among which the best chivalrous and righteous "Deng Ling's Mo (Chu Mo)", which also remained in the Chu State.

At that time, the Gongyi clan was a family of scholars and doctors of the Chu State, and almost all of the weapons of the Chu State came from the handwriting of the family, while the heroes of Chu Mo always prevented the Chu State from crusading against other countries, and even sometimes it was inevitable to face the siege weapons created by the Gongyi clan.

Later, they were directly regarded as opponents, and the Gongyi clan tried to build more powerful siege equipment to defeat the Mo family, while the Mo family studied more powerful siege weapons to resist the weapons of the Gongyi clan, and the two sides used the battle of Chu to attack other countries as the battlefield, and fought again and again.

I have to say that in terms of the level of craftsmanship, the Gongyi clan is on par with the Mo family, but the former is a family in the same lineage, while the latter is a prominent scholar in the world, with many disciples.

At this time, the Qin State rose rapidly after the "Shang Dynasty Reform" and became a major problem for the Central Plains countries, so the Gongyi clan, which gradually lost power in the Chu State, moved to the Qin State one after another, so that the grievances and grievances between the Gongyi clan and the Mo family came to an end temporarily.

And today, Qiu Liang of the Mo family saw the Song army's well car, this perfect siege weapon, which made him think of the old opponent of the Gongyi clan again, and was wary of it, after all, the Gongyi clan is a family that is very good at building offensive war weapons, if the family really has someone defecting to the Song State, this is afraid of a disaster for Tengcheng.

What's more important is that Qiu Liang really can't think of how to restrain Song Jun's "building car".

After thinking about it, he decided to discuss it with Teng Hu.

When Qiu Liang came to Teng Wang's palace to see Teng Hu, Teng Hu had already pulled out the arrows on his body with the help of the palace people, and at this moment he was naked, and several young palace maids applied ointment to his wounds.

I have to say that he let the palace people pull out the arrow clusters from his body while his face did not change, and he still drank wine and talked and laughed with the person sitting in the palace, which is really worthy of a warrior.

And the object of his conversation and laughter is his younger brother "Teng Qi (shì)". [PS: The word 耆 is pronounced qí today, but the ancient Tong hobby, pronounced shì, is a fake word (essentially a typo). 】

Teng Yuangong Teng Hong has three sons, the eldest son is Teng Hu, who is about thirty years old, which is the age of strength.

The second son, Teng Qi, is four years younger than Teng Hu, not as powerful as his brother Teng Hu, and likes to read Confucian classics on weekdays.

The brothers also have a younger brother named "Teng Hao", who is not yet at the age of a weak crown.

Since the death of his father, Teng Hong, Teng Hu inherited the state and devoted himself to uniting his subjects against the Song army, while Teng Qi helped his brother deal with the affairs of the country—the city of Tengcheng, to be exact, so that his brother could devote himself to the cause of fighting the Song army.

Today, Teng Qi suddenly heard that his brother Teng Hu was hit by several arrows in his body, and he was shocked, so he hurriedly ran to visit, until he saw his brother smiling freely, drinking wine, and asking the palace people to remove the arrow clusters for him, then he knew that it was a false alarm, but he still used words such as "Brother is the king of Teng Kingdom, why don't you care for yourself so much?" and taught his brother a lesson.

It's no wonder, after all, Teng Hu is now the confidence of Teng to resist the Song army up and down, and most of the Teng people believe that their brave monarch can eventually lead them to repel the Song army, if Teng Hu dies, the consequences are really unimaginable.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Facing his younger brother's nagging, Teng Hu waved his hand absently.

Seeing this, Teng Qi frowned and persuaded: "Brother, you are the monarch of my Teng country, and the Teng people up and down rely on you, I hope you will cherish yourself, and don't take risks alone in the future." …… If anything happens to you, what should you do with your subordinates and your subjects up and down? ”

Teng Hu smiled when he heard this: "If I die, you will inherit the throne of the king......

Hearing this, Teng Qi glared at his brother angrily, and Teng Hu hurriedly changed his words and said, "But don't worry, I won't die so easily." …… Heaven will bless me. ”

Teng Qi had to say a few more words, and at this time, someone from the palace entered the palace and reported: "Teng Hou, Juzi asks to see." ”

Teng Hu's face turned pale when he heard this, and he hurriedly said, "Fast forward." ”

Not long after, Qiu Liang of the Mo family came to the palace, and at this time, Teng Hu had put on his coat and stood up to greet him.

"Teng Hou, Childe."

After saluting Teng Hu and Teng Qi with fists, Qiu Liang took out the cloth painted with Song Jun's kind of building car from his bosom and spread it on the low table in front of Teng Hu.

Seeing the well cart on the cloth, Teng Hu asked in surprise, "Is this thing ...... Is it Song Jun's building car today? Can the Ink Maker be crafted? ”

Qiu Liang nodded and said, "Yes, it's not difficult to build this thing, if necessary, my Mo family disciple can start to build it, but this is not the purpose of my visit." ”

Hearing this, Teng Hu immediately put away the joy on his face, and hurriedly said, "Juzi, please speak." ”

Seeing this, Qiu Liang said in a deep voice: "I have identified that the building car of the Song army should be improved from the building car invented by Mozi, the first generation of my Mo family...... It has been converted into a very terrible siege machine. I suspect that there are clever craftsmen who defect to the Song Kingdom. ”

After a pause, he frowned and said: "Today, the Song army only used four of these building cars, and it almost broke through the city wall, and in time, when the Song army builds dozens or hundreds of building cars, it will ......."

"What if we also build this kind of building car?" Teng Qi interjected and asked.

"It doesn't mean much." Qiu Liang glanced at Teng Qi and explained: "Tengcheng's strength is far inferior to the Song army, after the moat outside the city is filled by the Song army, only the city wall can block the Song army, if the Song army crosses the city wall with this object, even if there are more such building cars in the city, it is difficult to stop the Song army, after all, this is better than the siege equipment." ”

Teng Hu was silent for a long time when he heard this, and suddenly asked, "What does Juzi mean...... Is it no longer possible to adopt a rigid strategy? ”

Qiu Liang nodded, and stopped talking.

In fact, in his opinion, when the Song army mastered such a building car, it was already a matter of time before Tengcheng was breached.

But he couldn't say these words directly, so he said to Teng Hu euphemistically: "My Mo family will do everything to help your country, but Teng Hou must also plan early." ”

Looking at the "Song Army's Building Car" painted on the cloth, Teng Hu's face was serious and fell into deep thought.