The oldest in the Qi Workshop is the old man who stopped Li Zhuo at the beginning. Everyone affectionately called him "Wang Lao".

Of course, there is no such thing as the old king next door at this time, please don't think crookedly.

When Wang Lao was discussing Chen Fei's drawings with several older craftsmen, Li Zhuo introduced Wang Lao to Chen Fei.

After listening to Li Zhuo's introduction, Chen Fei knew that the lean and lean old man in front of him was actually a big guy who improved the bow and crossbow technology and researched and designed the Mingguang armor.

It can be said that Wang Lao's whole life has been dedicated to the tool making of the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as a milestone person in the early Tang Dynasty, even if Li Shimin saw Wang Lao, he was polite, because his contribution to the Tang Dynasty was too great!

A very important reason for the strong military strength of the Tang Dynasty is that the weapons are advanced.

There are winch crossbows for long-range attacks, long-distance crossbows and crossbows with strong lethality, and Mo knives for close combat, and Mingguang armor for both offense and defense.

The combat effectiveness of the Tang army can often be reduced by one to five, and if the morale is strong and the army is at its peak, it is not impossible to reach ten by one.

Advanced weapons can often determine the outcome of a battle!

And the people who make and develop these weapons are naturally recognized and respected by everyone!

After listening to Li Zhuo's introduction, Chen Fei was also in awe of the old man in front of him.

Invincible! But who knows that the people behind the scenes are like a microcosm?

Wang Lao took the drawings, pointed at the design above, frowned deeper and deeper, and finally looked bitter and shook his head with a bitter sigh.

"These designs are very complex, and I don't understand them very well, and I may have to make the finished product to know."

Elder Wang returned the drawings to Chen Fei, and the people around him blew up.

"Isn't it? Wang Lao can't see if it's good? ”

"Are these strange designs reliable? Wang Lao can't say why, I think it's a little hanging, it can't be this kid's fooling, right? "Some people questioned it.

The doubts quickly spread, and several people who were already prejudiced against Chen Fei became more and more arrogant.

"That's it! I think it's this kid's fool! ”

"I think so too, I beg you, don't waste our already small resources, okay?"

"This rice cutter is even more impossible to design, boy, don't bother."

"That's right, although your idea is very good, but it's not useless if you can't step on this machine?"

.......

Everyone was talking, and Li Zhuo's face was getting darker and darker. He lowered his head and asked Chen Fei softly. "Are you sure?"

To be honest, Chen Fei is not sure, he is not learning mechanical principles, so he naturally does not know whether it will work or not, but it is a technology that is ahead of the times and wants to develop it, which will inevitably consume countless materials, energy and manpower.

Even if Chen Fei took a shortcut with the memory of his previous life and the knowledge in the system, it was just a few detours.

Chen Fei ignored the clamor of others, sighed lightly, and said to Li Zhuo: "Try it, if you don't even try, it will be even more impossible to develop something new." ”

Before Li Zhuo could speak, the lean man shouted loudly: "Even you are not sure if it is feasible, I don't think you can even try, let's use the limited materials elsewhere." ”

The man's shouting was recognized by most people, and everyone agreed to give up the rice harvester that Chen Fei had studied.

The strange and indifferent attitude of everyone finally made Chen Fei's heart ripple.

Even if a person with good cultivation can't withstand the repeated provocations of a group of people, right? What's more, Chen Fei's temper was not very good.

"Enough!"

Chen Fei just wanted to open his mouth and drink, but Wang Lao rushed to say what he wanted to say before him.

So Chen Fei opened his mouth wide and was stunned, and most of his enthusiasm dissipated, and he was stunned and didn't know what to say.

As soon as Wang Lao spoke, the shouting crowd suddenly quieted down, in the Qi Workshop, Wang Lao's qualifications were the highest, and no one dared to argue with him.

"Elder Wang, this..."

Wang Lao stretched out his hand to stop what the man wanted to say, and said, "I think everyone has opinions on the invention of the rice harvester, and I won't say the reason, you know it in your own hearts." ”

As he spoke, Wang Lao's eyes glanced at everyone sharply, and many people lowered their heads weakly.

Wang Lao continued to speak: "The research and development of new things will inevitably go through twists and turns, when I first researched the winch crossbow, didn't I also experience countless failures, and spent countless materials, manpower and material resources before I succeeded in the final research?

As this little brother said, if you don't try, how do you know if you can do it? If you don't even have the courage to try, how can you come up with something new, and what can you use to benefit the people?

I think everyone knows why our Strange Workshop's funding has been getting less and less recently. Because we are no longer the strange workshop we used to be, we are now going downhill! It has been several years since we came up with decent things, and the imperial court naturally allocated money and food to places that are more needed, so our strange workshop is declining more and more, there is no capital, no manpower, and even novel ideas are drowned in everyone's hearts!

Ladies and gentlemen, we need new thinking, we need new design, now, we have seen the prototype of the rice harvester, at least from the prototype to see that this design is feasible, but there are still flaws, why are we not willing to give it a try? Just because of your little selfishness? Yes? ”

Elder Wang's somewhat stern tone dispersed the momentum of the original clamorous person.

Chen Fei was a little surprised, he thought that this Wang Lao was an old sour and rotten, and his stubborn concept would be heavier, but he didn't expect that he was the one who wanted to open the most among these people, which made Chen Fei awe-struck and felt a little ashamed at the same time.

Wang Lao finally waved his hand and said, "Now, if you are willing to give me a thin noodle, come with me to try this rice harvester!" Success or failure, we always have to give it a try! Who wants to come? ”

After Wang Lao finished shouting, everyone fell silent, for a full five minutes, no one spoke, seeing this scene, Wang Lao couldn't help but feel a little sad, shook his head and sighed: "That's it, you guys are busy with your go, the old man is useless, and he can't do any work, so he will do his last bit here." ”

Wang Lao shook his head and turned around, and suddenly, a weak voice came from the crowd behind him.

"I... I got it. ”

Wang Lao paused, turned around and saw that it was a young man about a teenager, looking at his dress, he should still be an apprentice, but this is better than no one coming!

"Good, good! Child, what's your name? Who is the master? ”

The young man's expression suddenly twisted. "I... My name is Du Fan, and I don't have a master, so I'm here to do chores. As he spoke, Du Fan lowered his head shyly.

Wang Lao pulled Du Fan over, smiled and touched his head: "Du Fan? Well, you can follow me in the future, I will be your master. ”

"Really?" Du Fan was a little overjoyed.

Wang Lao nodded firmly: "The old man will not come to lie to you." ”

With Du Fan at the beginning, a few young people who came to do chores suddenly stood up and wanted to join the production of rice harvesters, and at the same time, several younger craftsmen also chose to join.

But the old craftsmen just stood there and didn't react at all.

Wang Lao looked at these people with a lot of disgust, and no longer paid attention to them, turned to everyone and said, "In this case, let's start work." ”