When Zhao Tuo met Li Xin.

The young general spoke concisely and directly: "The siege weapon you said can be made?" ”

"General, yes."

Zhao Tuo replied firmly.

"Okay, I'll bring in the inkers and craftsmen in the army to assist you in making this siege weapon."

Li Xin was very cheerful, did not ask much and said more, and directly gave Zhao Tuo the authority to mobilize the corresponding resources.

Zhao Tuo was surprised, he didn't expect Li Xin to trust him so much. If you change to other generals, I'm afraid you have to ask one or two questions first to see if Zhao Tuo is lying.

After all, it takes time to make siege equipment, and it takes a lot of resources to mobilize, and in the end, you have to bear the risk of failure.

"Please rest assured, the subordinates will succeed!"

"Hmm."

After Zhao Tuo left, another short soldier of two or five hundred lords couldn't help but speak.

"General, this son is a young man, he has become a hundred generals at a young age, and his speech is too frivolous. Even the Mo family can't make a device that can throw hundreds of catties of boulders, let alone a kid, I'm afraid he's talking big. I don't know if the rumors are true or not. ”

Li Xin turned his head and glared at him, his sharp gaze made the body of the two or five hundred masters tremble.

"Ben will let him try, not because of the so-called siege machine. There is a youthful momentum in him. As a general, you should have this bold spirit. ”

And this son has always acted thoughtfully, and if he dares to say it, he will certainly be able to do it. Ben, believe him. ”

Li Xin stood in place, looking at the direction where Zhao Tuo's back disappeared, his eyes blazing.

He saw his own shadow in the young man's body.

……

"It's time to throw stones."

"Hey, what a hundred generals, I think it should be called a hundred generals. I know very well that the trebuchets in the army shoot out more than ten catties of stones. Make a device that throws a hundred-pound boulder? No way! ”

"Also, this person must be talking big, there is really that kind of siege weapon, and the ink man has already made it. We'll see how he ends up if he can't make it. ”

It had long been rumored that Zhao Tuo was going to make a siege weapon, and everywhere he passed, everyone looked at him with strange eyes, and even whispered behind his back, talking about Zhao Tuo's conjectures and nonsense.

Zhao Tuo ignored them.

The so-called summer insects can't talk about ice, and cockroaches don't know spring and autumn.

These people are limited by the times, and they can't imagine what terrible weapons human beings can create when the level of science and technology has developed to a certain level.

Dongying Craftsman's Office.

Zhao Tuo walked among them with a few cronies such as Shiruma and Black Buttocks.

Li Xin was very supportive of Zhao Tuo, and let him take full responsibility for the manufacture of siege equipment, and the original short-range defense task was represented by others.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo can devote himself to research and manufacturing, and by the way, he has to take a few of his cronies as assistants.

The crowd walked into the depths of the artisan camp, where two people who had received orders in advance were waiting for them.

The two men were dressed in cloth and linen, and they were not military officers, but they were different from the state of ordinary craftsmen who cowered and restrained.

They held their heads high and had a lot of spirit.

"Mr. Lu."

Zhao Tuo strode forward and bowed to the elder of the two.

The man was about fifty years old, with half-white hair, but the skin on his face was still shiny, and he looked healthy.

"I've seen Zhao Baijiang."

Mr. Lui also returned the salute with a rather elegant demeanor.

Qin Mo.

This is the identity of the person in front of him, and it is the most important faction after the split of the Mo family.

Zhao Tuo recalled the knowledge he had seen in his previous life and knew that since Mozi's death, the Mo family had a tendency to separate.

Especially when Meng Sheng, the giant son of the Mo family, died in the battle of Yang City of Chu with one hundred and eighty Mo people, the Mo family suffered a heavy blow, and then it was inevitable to split.

The Mohists were divided into three parts, and finally split into the ink of the south, the ink of the east and the ink of the west.

Southern Mo, also known as Chu Mo, they wear fur brown as clothes and qíjué as clothes, and insist on a hard and simple life. In his heart, absolute "righteousness" and "faith" come first, and for the sake of the concept in his heart, even if he goes up and down the mountain of fire, he will never retreat a step.

At the same time, Chu Mo also inherited the Mohist concept of "love and non-attack", believing that it is "unrighteous" for the strong to fight the weak, and for the strong to bully the weak.

They move from nation to nation, trying to prevent the big ones from bullying the smaller, and they also go to and from the bazaar, helping the weak against the strong, and their behavior is very similar to that of the ideal chivalrous man.

Oriental ink likes to debate and study logic. Pay attention to the argument of the tongue to make the other party submit, because the style of argumentation prevails in the Qi country, and most of the ink of the East is gathered in the Qi country, which is also called Qi ink.

They shake their lips all day long, study the logic of name and reality, and debate with hundreds of schools of thought. Many of the views of the famous school of thought come from Qi Mo.

Western ink, on the other hand, is very different from the two. They don't like to discuss national affairs, and they don't like to play with rhetoric and lobbying debates.

They focused on discovering the truth behind the natural world, working hard to develop the principles of science and the mysteries of mathematics, and to produce all kinds of exquisite and practical instruments and tools.

The "technical man" trait of Western ink just coincides with Qin Guo, who likes to do practical things, and the two can be said to be Wang Ba's mung beans - right eyes.

The ink of the West entered the Qin Dynasty from this, so it was called Qin Mo.

As a pragmatist and did not participate in political disputes, Qin Mo got along well with the powerful Legalists in the Qin State and contributed a lot to the rise of the Qin State. In times of war, there were even ink scholars who accompanied the army to help the Qin army make complex siege equipment and build important military buildings.

The old man named Lu Jun in front of him, and the young man named Zhao Ji behind him, were the most outstanding ink masters in this army.

After the two sides finished saluting, Lu Jun asked unceremoniously: "I heard that Zhao Baijiang will be the heir of the former public loser, is it true?" ”

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Lu Ban and Mozi were both famous craftsmen in the world, and the two not only knew each other, but also had grievances against each other.

When the state of Chu wanted to attack the state of Song, Lu Ban made a ladder for the king of Chu, Mozi heard about this, came to persuade the soldiers to stop fighting, the two did not admit defeat to each other, so they decided to deduce a polemic, Mozi untied his belt on the spot.

Zi Mozi unraveled the belt for the city, and used the mu as a weapon. The opportunity to attack the city is changed, and Zimozi is nine distances. The attack of the public defeat is exhausted, and Zi Mozi's defense is more than enough.

Lu Ban's deduction failed, and the matter of Chu's attack on the Song Dynasty was stopped.

Of course, in the end, the two reconciled, and Lu Ban also said, "Mozi, Mozi, when I didn't see you, I wanted to get Song Guo." But since I saw you, I don't want to give it to me Song Guo. ”

There is a grudge between the Mo family and Lu Ban here, so when they heard that Zhao Tuo may be the heir of the public loss, the two Mo people have a very positive attitude.

Zhao Tuo's eyelids jumped, what kind of Luban heir is he. It's just that he wants to use Lu Ban's name to find a reasonable source for his invention and creation, but he didn't expect to attract two excited ink makers.