"Lu Guo's tricks?"

When Wang Fu was called into the house by Zhao Hongrun, and after hearing the latter's inquiry, the master of the Smelting Bureau was really stunned for a moment.

"His Royal Highness King Su has also heard of Lu Guo's tricks?"

"When Benwang dealt with the Smelting Bureau last year, he heard the craftsmen in the bureau talk about it." Zhao Hongrun explained simply, and then asked: "Does Wang Jucheng know anything about mechanical techniques?" ”

Wang Fu thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "The mechanism technique originated from the Lu State, and it is the secret of the Lu State, whether it is my Great Wei craftsman or the lower official, I have long coveted the mechanism of the Lu State, but unfortunately, the Lu State will never spread it." ”

"What if you use gold and silver for riches?" Zhao Hongrun rubbed his thumb and index finger.

Wang Fu looked at Zhao Hongrun with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "Your Highness, behind the Lu State, that is the Qi State and the Qi Wangxi!" ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, and immediately came to his senses.

You must know that Qi is said to be the richest country in the world, claiming that its national wealth accounts for fifty percent of the whole world, what an arrogant and arrogant statement.

It seems absurd to say that a Qi country accounts for half of the world's wealth, while the rest of the countries share the other fifty percent, but in fact, it is said that anyone who has been to the country of Qi will not doubt this.

Qi country, rich and oily.

A Qi State with strong economic strength, coupled with a Lu State with a prosperous mechanism, it is no wonder that the Chu State is afraid of the "Qilu Union" like a tiger, and it is no wonder that the "Qilu Song" Three Kingdoms Alliance almost broke through the royal capital Shouying of the Chu State.

As Wang Fu said, behind the Lu State is the King of Qi, so it is simply nonsense to want to use money to buy the craftsmen of the Lu State.

As we all know, Lu is an ally of Qi for more than 100 years and a vassal state for more than 100 years. The relationship between the two is like lips and teeth, inseparable, if it weren't for the disagreement between the Lu State and the Song State, otherwise, Wei Tianzi and Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, would not be able to destroy the Song State at all.

"Money cannot buy ...... Can you steal it? ”

Zhao Hongrun asked in a low voice.

Wang Fu was stunned when he heard this. It seems that he is surprised that His Royal Highness the dignified King would say such a potentially shameful thing.

But obviously, Zhao Hongrun was not ashamed of this, in his opinion, any move that could strengthen the Great Wei was allowed, otherwise, "unscrupulous means" would not become a warning to their princes.

"Can you steal it?" Zhao Hongrun asked again.

Seeing Zhao Hongrun ask again, Wang Fu hesitated slightly. "It's hard," he whispered. …… It is said that the state of Lu has a copy of the "Secret Record of the Duke of Lu", which records in detail all kinds of tricks. Once, Chu, Han, Wei, and even my Great Wei had sent people to steal it, but ...... It is said that no one can get out of the secret room of the organ where the "Secret Record" is stored in the Lu State alive. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and said incredulously: "No one has ever succeeded?" ”

"No one has ever succeeded!" Wang Fu Zhengse said: "Nowadays, it is said that there are only two people who can read this "Secret Record", and one of them is the lord of Lu State. The second is the king of Qi. "Speaking of which. Wang Fu added with some unacceptability: "But it is said that after reading it a few times, the king of Qi returned it to the lord of the Lu State, and did not ask the craftsmen of the Qi State to learn the mechanism recorded in the secret record......"

"That's why the Qilu Alliance will be unbreakable."

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Fu, who looked sorry, and secretly remembered Wang Xi of Qi in his heart.

In his opinion, it was a very wise King of Qi.

Possible. It's not that Wang Xi of Qi doesn't want the "Lu Gong Secret Record", but the other party thinks that if his Qi craftsmen learn the mechanism recorded in the "Lu Gong Secret Record", it will affect the alliance between Qi and Lu, and it will make Lu people feel uneasy: Now Qi has learned the mechanism of my Lu State. Will there be no need for me in the future?

Perhaps it was with this in mind that King Qi sensibly gave up the "Secret Record of Duke Lu", anyway, Lu Guo is his younger brother of Qi for more than 100 years, and there is no need to snatch his own little brother's things.

Of course, Zhao Hongrun understands this truth, but if it were him, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to make a conceited and rational decision like Qi Wangxi.

Why is it conceited?

Because the king of Qi is confident that the Lu State will not turn his back on him, the Qi State.

And the facts also prove that the judgment of the king of Qi, no, the judgment of the kings of Qi in the past dynasties is correct, and the state of Lu, which is not strong in its own economic strength, has been the most reliable ally and younger brother of the state of Qi for more than a hundred years.

『Qi Wang Xi ......』

Zhao Hongrun silently kept this King of Qi in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think of the sixth brother who was far away in Qi at the moment, Zhao Hongzhao.

Sighing slightly, Zhao Hongrun put the sixth brother behind for the time being, looked back at Wang Fu and asked, "In other words, Lu Guo's mechanism technique, can't he learn it secretly no matter what?" ”

Wang Fu shook his head with a regretful expression, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he touched the beard on his chin and pondered: "Lu Guo's mechanism technique can't be learned, but the Mo family's mechanism technique may be able to learn it......"

"Mojia Tricks?"

"Exactly." Wang Fu nodded, and said with a straight face: "The Mo family, also originating from the Lu State, was originally set up to defend the Lu State, but later it is said that the internal split was made, and some of the Mo family members left the Lu State......"

"Where did you go?" Zhao Hongrun asked tightly.

"This ...... The lower officials also do not know. Wang Fu said embarrassedly.

"So you're not talking nonsense?"

"......" Zhao Hongrun looked at Wang Fu speechlessly.

Facing Zhao Hongrun's eyes, Wang Fu became more and more embarrassed, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something again, and said in surprise: "Wait a minute, Xia Guan remembers the ...... in the warehouse."

After that, Wang Fu didn't care about saying goodbye to Zhao Hongrun, and hurriedly ran out of the house.

Zhao Hongrun felt inexplicable, so he had to continue to think about the reform of the Smelting Bureau.

Unexpectedly, after about a stick of incense, Wang Fu ran back in a hurry, and looked at him again at this time, his official clothes were filthy, and his face was covered with dust, and the most incredible thing was that this guy's hair and shoulders were still stained with some cobwebs, which made Zhao Hongrun silently avoid him.

However, Wang Fu obviously didn't notice that His Royal Highness King Su was a little farther away from him. With great interest, he put a dirty black wooden box in his hand on the table, and blew the dust on the wooden box with his mouth.

"What is this?" Zhao Hongrun asked from afar.

I saw Wang Fu wipe the wooden box with his sleeve, and said mysteriously: "The crossbow box of the Lu Kingdom." …… The Lu State relied on this thing to defeat the army of the Chu State and abandon their armor, and almost even lost the royal city. ”

"Crossbow box?"

Zhao Hongrun walked over with great interest and asked curiously, "Where did you come from?" ”

Wang Fu wiped the dust on the large wooden box with his sleeve. While guessing: "It should be the previous term of the lower official, who found a way to get it in the big battle of Qi and Lu jointly attacking Chu." …… When Xia Guan was tidying up the warehouse a few years ago, he turned it out. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the row of small holes in front of the big wooden box, gestured and said: "Xiaguan has heard of that battle, it is said that the Lu people put thousands of these things on the battlefield, and when the Chu army charged them, they would open the mechanism. Then from here, from these small holes, many iron crossbow arrows were shot out suddenly, and then the army of the Chu State was all dead. ”

"Tutubul? It's not ......

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Fu with a strange expression, and immediately, carefully examining the wooden box in Wang Fu's hand, he was surprised to find. There is not a single nail on the top and bottom of this wooden box, and it is all made of a special structure. The three diamond-shaped structures on the other side of the corner are firmly engaged with the other planks.

However, Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this, after all, they would also be able to use this kind of craft.

"Wait!"

As if thinking of something, Zhao Hongrun asked Wang Fu: "Wang Jucheng, I have the process of putting together nails without nails in my big Wei." Isn't that what you learned? ”

Unexpectedly, Wang Fu didn't seem to hear this, and after checking it, he neatly opened the wooden box.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun nodded secretly: Sure enough!

But wait for the wooden box to be opened. Zhao Hongrun was a little disappointed, because the wooden box was empty.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Fu speechlessly.

And Wang Fu seemed to see through Zhao Hongrun's thoughts, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, this is probably the only thing in my smelting bureau that has anything about the mechanism of the Lu State." ”

"But just an empty box, and the beautiful name of that crossbow box, is there a?"

Zhao Hongrun shook his head in disappointment, and was about to walk away, when suddenly his heart moved, and he turned his head suddenly, staring intently at the inside of a wooden board in the wooden box, only to see that there, there was a circular concave surface, and there was a shallow round hole in the center of the concave surface.

"This can't be...... Gears?'

Zhao Hongrun touched the concave surface, his brows furrowed.

Tsai carefully inspected the inside of the wooden box, and Zhao Hongrun found several traces of gear installation, as well as an obvious trace of being pierced by arrows.

"I see, this machine crossbow box broke down on the battlefield, so the Lu people abandoned it, but the internal parts, the Lu people took it and destroyed it in advance...... No wonder the previous director of the Smelting Bureau piled it up in the warehouse at will."

Zhao Hongrun nodded with relief.

In his opinion, it is very likely that the previous director of the Smelting Bureau, after getting this so-called machine crossbow box, opened it and found that it was empty, full of loss but reluctant to throw it away, so he stacked it in the warehouse.

After all, people who don't have a certain amount of knowledge can't judge what this thing works through from the internal traces of the wooden box, even if it is Zhao Hongrun, he only sees something slightly.

『Lu Guo Organ ......』

Zhao Hongrun's face was really a little ugly.

Once upon a time, he thought that their Great Wei's craftsmanship was already first-class, but he didn't expect that Lu Guo's craftsmanship in this regard far surpassed their Wei State.

"Take it out." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and asked Wang Fu to take the big wooden box away.

He didn't think about whether to restore this machine crossbow box, after all, even if it was enough to pick up people's teeth, the painstaking restoration process was just a leftover from Lu Guo ten or twenty years ago, what was the point?

"It seems that I, Dawei, must step up the research and development of technology......

It is undeniable that the machine crossbow box that Wang Fu found not only did not let Zhao Hongrun learn anything, but made him feel more stressed.

The bronze craft is not as good as the Chu State, and the wood craft is not as good as the Lu State, and the only advantage of the Great Wei is that the iron-smelting technology still maintains a relative lead.

Steel!

What Zhao Hongrun wants most at the moment.

But the problem is that the current iron-smelting technology of Dawei cannot smelt steel in one step.

"Since you can't do it all in one step, then ...... Pig iron is smelted first, and then forged into steel!'

Zhao Hongrun clasped his fists together and exhaled as if relieved. But immediately, he was stunned.

Because he suddenly found that their current iron-smelting routine of Great Wei seemed to be like this.

It's just that it's smaller. (To be continued.) )