Da Qin: At the age of six, I beat Qin Shihuang at the beginning

Chapter 199 The Steam Engine Theft

In the imperial palace, the First Emperor sat on the throne.

"Steam engine?"

Zu Long's eyes were deep in thought, it seemed that Qin Mu had come up with something amazing again!

As for where this thing is, Zu Long has no doubts at all.After all, the shadow guard saw with his own eyes that the mechanical arm was actually able to push a heavy load.

However, Zulong did not go directly to the supervision garden.This steam engine, at present, is just a little bit of strength.

It is indeed not small to move a thousand catties, but one must also think clearly that the power of a thousand catties is not a difficult task for the current Daqin.

A brick of the Great Wall weighs hundreds of catties, and it can be built so long just by carrying it on the shoulders of civilian husbands?

Daqin, there is no shortage of people!What can be solved by people is nothing to worry about!
It's just that Qin Mu never did things without a target.He made such a steam engine, he couldn't just move things, right?
Zu Long thought for a while, and then immersed himself in the review of a large number of memorials again.

The Huns have been moving frequently recently. It seems that because of the upcoming late autumn, the mobilization of soldiers and horses has become more frequent.

Although the magnificent Great Wall has been built, Daqin will not just hide in the Great Wall, so in the future, he will definitely fight a few times head-on with the Xiongnu.

It's just that the contest between the Great Qin and the Huns has always been like an unfair struggle.

The soldiers of Daqin are mighty and majestic, and the iron spirit of old Qin has never disappeared from Daqin's army!

However, the army of the Huns is too flexible!
Relying on the strength of the cavalry, they shot a few arrows from a distance and ran away, and then relied on their own mobility to lead Daqin's army around in circles on the grassland.

After all, it was far away from the territory of Great Qin, and the long supply line became the breakthrough point for the Xiongnu.

After several battles, Daqin has never suffered a disastrous defeat, but it has never been able to achieve results, and finally had no choice but to retreat.

Thinking of all this, Zu Long also had a headache.But... Now that there is a three-piece set of cavalry, the combat power of the Daqin cavalry should surpass that of the Xiongnu army!

So in this battle, Zulong also had some confidence in his heart.

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In the supervisory garden, after Qin Mu got up, he came to the blacksmith workshop.

He slept very late last night, thinking about how to improve the steam engine.Finally, when it was almost dawn, I finally thought of a way, so I didn't even bother to rebel, and ran over directly.

but……

After arriving at the blacksmith shop, he was completely stunned.

The steam engine... is missing...

what happened?

He asked someone to call Li He: "Li He, what's going on? Where's my steam engine? Where's my big steam engine?"

Blacksmiths get up early, so Li Hei came very quickly. This time, he has been knocking iron in his room for a long time.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Li Hei ran towards this while shouting.

Before he could finish shouting, however, he realized something was wrong.

The steam engine... is missing...

Li He was so startled that he forgot that he was running. After stretching out his left leg, he didn't stretch out his right leg for a long time, and fell to the ground with a thud.

"Where's the steam engine? What about the big steam engine?"

Li Hei shouted to the apprentices behind him.

The apprentices looked at each other, they didn't know what happened.

Qin Mu gestured with the steam engine, he couldn't believe it, such a big steam engine, it just disappeared?

Although this steam engine is not big, it is more than one meter thick and two meters high.

Such a big guy just disappeared under the noses of everyone?

Qin Mu felt something was wrong.In this day and age, no one collects scrap iron, so what did the thief want to do by stealing such a tall iron pile?
Melt cast iron yourself?Is it because of a mental illness?

Qin Mu thought for a while and said, "Who is the first to come here today?"

An apprentice tremblingly raised his hand.

The blacksmith gets up early, and the apprentice gets up even earlier.Li Hei got up every day to strike the iron, and the apprentice had to get up earlier to make the fire vigorous, so that the blacksmith could start working as soon as he arrived.

Therefore, the apprentices actually take turns to get up early, and one person will come here half an hour earlier every day.

Qin Mu looked at the apprentice and calmed down as much as possible: "When you came here, was the steam engine still there?"

"I'm here...it seems like I'm not here..."

The apprentice frowned and tried his best to think back, but judging by his appearance, he didn't remember it either.

"I got up in the morning, I was only focused on making a fire, and I didn't pay attention to this place..."

Li Hei stared: "What is planted and not there, is it there or not!"

The apprentice shrank his neck in fright: "I'm sorry Master, I really didn't pay attention...I dare not..."

Qin Mu stopped Li Hei, who was about to lose his temper: "Well, he didn't know that things would be thrown here, so it doesn't matter if he didn't notice. What's more, he was in a hurry to light a fire for you, so he forgot to pay attention to this place. "

The apprentice cast a grateful look at Qin Mu.

Qin Mu nodded slightly, then looked around.

There is no trace of confusion here.Under normal circumstances, if a thief enters an unfamiliar place, he always searches around first, trying to find valuables at home.

However, there is indeed no mess around here. Obviously, the person who stole the steam engine is very familiar with this place.

Qin Mu sighed, the matter has come to an end, 90.00% are family thieves!
Although he didn't want to believe it, the facts were clearly in front of him.

Don't talk about this scene, just talk about the function of this steam engine, who knows outside?I just created it yesterday!At this moment, to outsiders, this steam engine is just an iron shell!

Therefore, Qin Mu was even able to narrow down the scope of suspicion to the few people who watched him making the steam engine yesterday!

Could it be Zhao Chuan and Mr. Hu?
Qin Mu shook his head. The two of them were from traditional aristocratic backgrounds, so even if they knew about the steam engine, it was difficult to overestimate its importance.

Qin Mu walked around the scene several times, but found nothing.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up: there was a rut on the pile of wet sand!

Obviously, the time of that mark has not been short, the originally wet sand is now a little white by the sun, and the mark of the rut is about to disappear.

If Qin Mu hadn't looked carefully, he might have overlooked it!
Qin Mu was wondering at first, how did the thieves move such a heavy steam engine away?It now appears that the carriage was used!

As long as the carriage can be found, it will be difficult for the so-called thief to hide!
"Go, go to the stables! See if the carriage is missing!"

A group of people rushed to the stables.

However, when they arrived at the stables, they found that the only few carriages in the supervision garden were parked in place!
(End of this chapter)