Lu Ban is the talent that Qingji wants to get the most now!

He almost forgot that Lu Ban was born in this era.

And Mozi, who was the same age as Lu Ban, would not be born in a few more years.

At this time, when Lu Ban put down the wooden magpie flying in the sky, Qingji stepped forward, saluted him, and asked, "I don't know what Mr. is called?" ”

"Lose in the next game."

"Mr. is from the land of Qilu?"

"Don't hide it from the doctor, I'm from Lu."

Seeing such an approachable Qingji, Lu Ban bowed back and saluted, "In the early years of Xia, I heard that King Wu attached great importance to craftsmen, and the Jixia School Palace of Wu State also opened an engineering college to train a large number of craftsmen for the benefit of the world, or to create weapons and equipment for the army. ”

"Pan is not talented, dare to enter Xianyang, and ask for a 'gong'!"

Lu Ban was born into a family of craftsmen and was considered a nobleman.

Since he was a child, he has been involved in engineering work with his family, mastering many craftsman skills and accumulating countless time and experience.

Lu Ban served the Lu State in his early years, designed the "machine seal", and buried the mother of the current ruling minister of the Lu State Ji Sun Fei (Ji Kangzi) by mechanical methods, and his skills are convincing.

However, at this time, thick burials were prevalent in the Lu State, and this method was not adopted.

Lu Jun was conservative, unwilling to make reforms according to the situation, and knew that his ambitions were difficult to display, so Lu Ban, who had never met talents, left Lu State, planning to enter Wu thousands of miles away to seek fame.

"I don't know, doctor, can you introduce King Wu to you?"

Lu Ban had a hot look on his face and pleaded: "In the future, if I can soar, I will not forget to repay the doctor for your kindness!" ”

Hearing this, Qingji asked with a smile: "Why does Mr. have to meet King Wu?" As far as I know, the scholars of the nations can enter the Jixia School Palace, and after the assessment, if the people with excellent grades must be promoted. ”

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

"I ......"

Lu Ban was scolding in his heart for a while.

Originally, he was a man of nature, and he was not good at communicating with strangers, so he never took the initiative to talk to others.

In other words, Lu Ban is similar to the otaku of later generations, but he does not have the symptoms of loneliness.

He rushed to Xianyang from the country of Lu, thousands of miles away, and spent all his money along the way, and had to sell the carriage and dismiss his entourage.

If he hadn't been forced to go hungry, how could Lu Ban go to the bazaar to sell the objects he invented?

Isn't this "condescension"?

"Doctor, don't hide it, before entering Wu, I once told my parents and wife that if I can't reuse King Wu, I will return to my hometown in fine clothes, and I will never enter Lu in this life!"

Lu Ban sighed and said, "If the doctor can help me and make me see King Wu, why should I go to the Jixia School Palace?" ”

"Okay."

Qing Ji smiled and said, "Sir, please come with me." ”

……

Qingji immediately led Lu Ban and returned to Xianyang Palace with Xi Shi and Zheng Dan.

"See the King!"

When entering the palace gate, the guards all knelt down on one knee towards Qingji.

"Big ...... Are you King Wu? ”

Lu Ban's eyes widened with fright, and he almost sat down on the ground.

"Exactly."

Seeing Qingji admit his identity, Lu Ban hurriedly knelt down, bowed to Qingji and said: "Lu Rengong loses, see the king, the king is ten thousand years!" ”

"Excuse me, flat."

"King Xie!"

Qingji looked at Lu Ban, who was a little frightened, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Sir, don't be too surprised." There are many people in the bazaar, and it is not convenient for the few people to reveal their identities. ”

"It's the villain who is presumptuous, please don't blame the king."

"It doesn't matter."

Qingji shook his head and said: "Mr. is talented, the widow should be respected, and Wu Guo should be respected." Come, sir, and enter with the widow! ”

Qingji invited Lu Ban to take a ride together.

There is only one person who can ride in the palace, only Qingji, and only King Wu's exclusive car.

This is a great honor for any minister or doctor to ride in the same car with the monarch.

What's more, Lu Ban is just a little person with no name?

After arriving at the square outside the Zide Palace, Qingji also enthusiastically took Lu Ban's arm and entered the Zide Hall together.

This made Lu Ban very flattered, and felt that he was really right to enter Wu to seek fame this time!

King Wu, it is really as rumored, Corporal Lixian.

"Sir, I don't know what official position you want to hold in my Great Wu?"

Qingji asked.

"It's all up to the king!"

How dare Lu Ban be arrogant?

"Sir has great talents, and your talents have been known and witnessed by few people."

Qingji thought for a while, and then said: "Now, there is no high position in the Wu Dynasty, so the widow will set up an additional post of 'Great Creation Order' for you, as the deputy of the Great Work Order, and the position is equivalent to Jiuqing, and the main repair, palace, city wall, salt pond, and garden affairs." “

"However, your real task is to do your best to develop sharp weapons for my Wu Kingdom."

As soon as he heard this, Lu Ban suddenly knelt down ecstatically, kowtowed to Qingji and said, "Minister, thank you for the promotion!" In the future, the minister will be the king, and he will work hard for the Wu country, and he will not give up! ”

"Okay."

The Great Order, according to Qingji, is equivalent to a "Qing" of Lu State, at least in terms of treatment.

As we all know, Luban's achievements in civil engineering are also good.

For example, the "Luban Sutra", which later became a household name.

This is not a work compiled by Lu Ban, but he did achieve something in this field.

"Goo-"

At this time, Lu Ban's stomach screamed very angrily.

"The King's ......"

Lu Ban was very embarrassed.

Qingji smiled disapprenosingly, and immediately ordered the chamberlain to let the imperial dining room cook, so that Lu Ban could have a full meal.

When Luban was eating, Qingji took paper and pen and wrote and drew on the paper.

When Lu Ban finished eating, Qingji showed him the drawings to see.

"King, what is this?"

"This is an improved version of the trebuchet called 'Cannon'."

"Cannon?"

"Gongsun Pan, can you develop and produce it based on this drawing?"

"Yes. It just takes some time. ”

"The widow is not in a hurry."

The "cannon" in Qingji's mouth is naturally not artillery, but a return cannon.

Huihui cannon is also known as Western Regions cannon, boulder cannon, Xiangyang cannon.

This is a kind of catapult with the principle of lever counterweight, which is used for offensive and defensive weapons in war.

This kind of stone throwing machine is just an improvement, improvement, and innovation on the basis of the stone throwing machine to be more advanced and more powerful.

Qingji wanted to invent artillery, but with the current level of mechanical technology, it was impossible to do so.

Not to mention anything else, how to polish the copper and iron cannon is a difficult problem.

Therefore, Qingji can only retreat and let Lu Ban first hammer out the return artillery, and then put it into the battlefield to replace the manpower stone throwing machine as much as possible.