Qin Hu

Chapter 22 The young master has improved the whole set of armor-making techniques!

Yingzheng agreed readily, but after the agreement was over, he felt a little inexplicable. Why did this old man suddenly want to marry the clan?
Why did he choose the notorious Zhao Zihu?

In terms of talent and virtue, his twenty or so sons, including the youngest Hu Hai, are actually better than Zhao Zihu.

To put it bluntly, that is an ignorant cub!
Ying Zheng was really stunned, even shocked, that the old man had taken a fancy to him!

This is also the reason why he and Zhao Gaojun and his ministers were stunned and choked by their own saliva after they understood the meaning of the old man's words.It was really unexpected, I was terrified!
"Old Aiqing told me why she favored Zihu as her grandson-in-law?"

The more Ying Zheng thought about it, the more confused he became. He was the king, and he didn't have too many taboos, so he simply asked him directly.

Zhao Gao remained calm, but his ears were pricked up.

His daughter was given the name Diao Chan by Zhao Zihu since she was born, and when she got older, she played with Zhao Zihu all day long, so she can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart.

If there is no accident, Zhao Zihu and his daughter Diao Chan are definitely going to get married, because Ying Zheng has mentioned it more than once!
As for Zhao Gao, of course he despises Zhao Zihu's stubbornness and ineffectiveness, but then again, as a son of the clan, Zhao Zihu actually doesn't need to be talented, especially after the unification of China, there will be no more wars and disputes in the world, and the clan's children will have the opportunity to take the lead Even less, even if you have talent, it's useless.

From now on, Zhao Zihu will be a prince of peace, so he can feel at ease to marry his daughter!

But now there was an accident, an old man came out halfway and wanted to recruit Zhao Zihu as his son-in-law, and Ying Zheng responded with a full response, which made Zhao Gao a little bit blind.

He also wanted to hear what kind of plan this old giant of the Mohist family was planning. Don't be foolish, but he just fell in love with that clan tyrant?
"Your Majesty, you know that Mr. Zihu is quite good at all kinds of ingenuity!"

The old minister didn't hide it, he praised Zhao Zihu generously.

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, but this was another unexpected answer, but immediately he seemed to think of something, and said hesitantly: "I don't remember what Lao Aiqing said. I suddenly remembered an old thing that cowardly child did when he was young, which was about the Mo family's ingenuity."

Now it was the old minister's turn to be stunned, and asked curiously, "Master Zihu understood the tricks of the Mo family when he was young?"

Ying Zheng nodded, picked up the lacquer cup and took a sip of the tea, with a look of reminiscence on his face, he said: "I know that the sages of the Mohists spent three years making a wooden bird that can fly in the sky."

"This is also recorded in the masterpiece written by Han Fei. Mozi is a wooden kite. It was built in three years and defeated in one day."

"No?"

This is a strange talk, and it is rare that he, a diligent king who manages a lot of things every day, can still remember these unremarkable things.

The old man stroked his beard, and said proudly: "Of course, it is true, it is an ingenuity that the Mohist did not pass on to the outside world, and no one without a giant can learn it!"

Ying Zheng put down the lacquer cup, looked at him quietly, and said, "But that coward, who was only five years old at the time, made a fake kite out of a few bamboo strips and two feet of Sichuan brocade silk yarn, and pulled it with a silk rope. , Fly in the sky, fly without falling, if you want to be high, you can go high, if you want to be low, you can go low, retract and release freely.”

The hand that was stroking his beard in the old Xiangli trembled, so he didn't pull off his beard, staring at his cloudy old eyes, he said in surprise: "There is such a thing?!"

Ying Zheng seemed very satisfied with his reaction, and smiled and said, "When I first heard the report from the imperial guard, I also had the same expression as Old Aiqing."

"However, after I went to see it in person, I felt like a joke. Although I had a whimsical idea, it was too embarrassing to use. It's just a child's plaything!"

While talking, he dipped his fingers in the tea from the cup, and drew a stick figure of an eagle kite on the table two or three times.

Well, Ying Zheng can master the skill of stick figure drawing at first glance, which is better than Zhao Zihu's drawing!

"Look, old Aiqing, this is the fake kite made at that time, with thin bamboo strips as the bone and thin silk as the skin. It is so simple that it makes people laugh, but it can fly against the wind and fly. Soar into the sky."

After Yingzheng finished the painting, he invited Lao Xiangli to look at it, and said, "Is there any similarity between this fake kite and the Mohism's mechanism bird?"

The old man poked his neck, squinted his old eyes, and took a closer look.

After a while, the white and beautiful longevity eyebrows began to tremble uncontrollably, and the old face also began to twitch: "Although I don't have a teacher, I'm self-taught. It's not as good as a minister! It's better to be far away!"

The so-called mechanism bird of the Mohists is actually a plaything that is not useful for much use. If it is really a magical weapon, it would have been used to shock the world.

At its root, it is a kite made of thin wood chips. The difficulty lies in that the wood chips must be thin enough, extremely thin, and evenly thin, which is a test of craftsmanship.Otherwise, even if it is made, there will be no symmetrical balance, and it will not be able to fly against strong winds!
Zhao Zihu, on the other hand, made cloth kites out of thin bamboo strips and silk, which simplifies the process of making birds by Mohist tens of thousands of times.

However, it is ten thousand times more useful!
Mohist's mechanical bird made of pure wood can only be released against strong winds, while Zhao Zihu's cloth kite can be released in the sky if there is a little wind, even if there is no wind, it can be released by pulling and running.

This is no less than trampling the wisdom of the Mohist sages into the mud, how can the old man not be surprised!

"Speaking of it this way, that cowardly kid really has a bit of ink crafting talent after playing around?"

Seeing the shocked look on the old man's face, Ying Zheng couldn't help being dumbfounded, and then asked, "But I don't know, how did Lao Aiqing know that that coward is quite good at all kinds of ingenuity?"

The old Xiangli suddenly came back to his senses, his gaze was withdrawn from the cloth kite pattern on the table, and he still couldn't help but say: "Master Zihu has received His Majesty's edict to supervise the reproduction of Feng Chan paintings, and today he is in the craftsman's camp..."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng couldn't help nodding his head in satisfaction: "It's rare for him to know how to do things with his heart."

The old minister continued: "As for the copying of Feng Chan's paintings, Mr. Zihu has already done it, and only tomorrow will be able to copy them in large quantities..."

Ying Zheng's satisfaction turned into astonishment: "Why so fast?"

Old Xiangli's soul gradually returned to the Lingtai, and he explained with admiration: "Master Zihu gave the master sculptor an idea to carve the Feng Chan painting with several pieces of wood separately, so that even if the engraving is wrong in the middle, the whole page will not be ruined. , just discard one of the wooden boards, and the last few pieces of engraving are combined and stitched together, and it can be used.”

"At this moment, there are only two master sculptors who are handling this matter. If you want to go faster, you can let several master sculptors start working at the same time, and each of them will carve a piece of sculpture. After an hour, you can start to copy the Feng Chan painting. !"

Ying Zheng blinked Danfeng's eyes, and said in surprise: "This coward, I used to only see him as naughty, but I never thought that he would be so capable in doing things, kind! Great kindness!"

The old minister shook his head: "Your Majesty, the matter of Feng Chan painting is not the point... The point is that Mr. Zihu finished his business and wanted to make armor to protect himself, so he improved the whole armor-making process!"

(End of this chapter)