Careerist in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 171 The Mechanic Crows
Yangui Ridge is decorated with pure white snow. Compared with Jicheng in winter, the white here is not as thick.

A new gravel path has been built from Yangui Ridge to the Gonggongtang headquarters. Compared with the lush forest on the Bailuyan side, Yangui Ridge is more bare in winter.

There are simple wooden pavilions at regular intervals on both sides of the path. If you go further up, you will reach a mountain village, where the path ends abruptly.

The village is the night residence of the disciples. Their usual training venues are in other locations in Yangui Ridge, and they change every few months.

After careful investigation, you can find some traces that do not belong to Jianghu people in many places in Yangui Ridge, but the premise is that you can enter here and collect little bits of evidence without being discovered.

The number of full-time training disciples that the Gonggong Hall can provide is very limited. A total of 300 people assigned to Lu Chen and the Yan brothers have arrived and are expected to be online. No matter how many people there are, the commotion will inevitably be completely covered up. .

There are also fifty disciples trained by Li Mu and his thirty personal guards, a total of 80 people. They are all trained in the direction of the husband based on their battlefield experience.

There are not many professional soldiers who are completely out of work in any war. Famous professional troops: such as Qin Mengtian's Golden Fire Cavalry and Wang Ben's Armor-Piercing Soldiers.The Tenglong, Shadow Tiger, and Thunder Leopard Legions of Chu State.As an elite team, Wei Wuzu and others from Wei State would only appear at critical moments to take charge of the most important tasks.

It is not realistic to train the entire Gonggongtang disciples. As long as a large number of captain-like characters can be cultivated and dispatched as the skeleton of a ten-thousand-person army when needed, then this army will be a strong army.

Used on any battlefield, it is a power that can determine victory or defeat.

After Li Zuoche took Lu Wei to find Li Mu, he performed a standard military salute, exited the house, and stood guard outside the door.

"General Li invited Wei to come, but for the war between Yan and Zhao?"

Li Mu had become accustomed to life without armor. After standing up, he cupped his fists and saluted Lu Wei, then nodded: "Exactly."

"After the Zhao army was defeated on the battlefield in Zhao Di, there was a fine cavalry on Dai Di, which was once my old unit."

"Hall Master, I have sent someone to contact them to see if Daze Mountain can accept them as farm disciples."

When mentioning the defeat of the Zhao army on the ground of Zhao and the subsequent destruction of the Zhao state, Li Mu's face turned pale.

He has been mentally prepared for this since he was replaced by Zhao Cong and left Zhaoying last year.

As a general, he should not have too many psychological fluctuations for a war that was already destined to fail. Li Mu had never been kind to a woman on the battlefield.When he was besieging the Wolf Clan, he deliberately left thousands of people as bait to arrogantly favor the Wolf Clan. In the end, he lured the enemy to go deep and annihilate the Wolf Clan's cavalry army with an infantry army in one fell swoop.

"I heard Lu Qing report this matter."

Li Mu had informed Lu Qing a few months ago about the news of a team that had been defeated from the front line in Dai. The order to contact the remnants of the army was personally approved by Shouchun's hall master through a letter.

At that time, Zhao soldiers had only more than a thousand soldiers, all of whom were cavalry.

But later, after continuing to gather the lost soldiers and the voluntary participation of the people in Daidi, their number now reaches 5000.

This team was supported by the State of Yan after the Yan army entered the army. Yan Wangdan's initial plan was to let them rest briefly and then rejoin the battlefield to fight the Qin army.

But the situation changed and the Yan army was defeated so quickly that everything was over before they were ready.

After Zhao Gongzijia became the queen of Dai, this team nominally became the army of Dai. However, the false leader of the team always refused Dai Wangjia's order to send dignitaries to take over the army, and did not listen to the announcement.

There were many people close to Gonggongtang in Daidi. When the team only had about a thousand people, the news quickly spread to Daze Mountain and was known to Li Mu.

This is how the subsequent contact came about.

The false leader of the Can Soldiers flatly rejected Zhao Wangjia, but would not refuse Li Mu. When they learned about Li Mu, several leaders of the Can Soldiers were very happy, and even couldn't wait to return to Li Mu's name.

The task of recruiting these people has been completed, but their number has expanded from a thousand to [-] new disciples. The key to Gonggong Hall's ability to absorb these people is to find a place to place them.

You know, originally counting the disciples of Qi, Yan, Zhao, and Wei together, the total number of Gonggong Hall was only more than 3.

The Daze Mountains can accommodate a total of 10 people, and the share allocated to Gonggongtang is already overcrowded. If they stay in Daidi, they will be targeted by the Qin army sooner or later, and they need to find another location.

Lu Wei thought about how to arrange them before returning to Daze Mountain, and finally looked at Jing Lake:

"5000 people is too large. Daze Mountain will send about a thousand people to the old Wuyue land in the south. The headquarters can free up a thousand people."

Li Mu didn't speak and kept listening quietly. He knew that Lu Wei could not have missed the other 4000 people.

"The people in Daidi who later joined the army are best sent home. They can become farm disciples, but we can only give them a disciple name. If they want to survive, they can only rely on themselves in the future."

Lu Wei continued.

"There are about 2000 people in this group." Li Mu had no objection to this and provided information on the number of people.

"The fate of the remaining soldiers who stay in Daidi will either be reduced to coolies or become military leaders."

The master of the hall expressed his thoughts: "We might as well let them fight against Dai, and before the battle between Qin and Yan has begun, they can enter Yan and come to the border of Yan and Qi."

"Next, I will use the power of the farmers in Qi to bribe the border guards, send them in in batches, and then send them to Chudi!"

"The land of Chu is vast and sparsely populated. There is a large lake in the old Wuyue land, which is called Jinghu Lake by doctors. It is located in a remote place, about [-] miles away from Shouchun, the capital of Chu. It is another branch of Gonggongtang."

"After cultivating the fields, you can let the soldiers of Zhao live their lives until the world changes."

"A transfer of thousands of miles will become a disaster if there is a mistake." This plan is a bit unreliable. Li Mu knew that in Yandi and Qidi, the supplies of the remaining Zhao army were provided by Gonggongtang, which was okay. , but after entering Chu Land, the journey will be extremely difficult.

"The State of Yan insists on holding firm in Jicheng. The war in Jicheng should last for at least six months. If the Qin army seeks stability, it will last longer."

Lu Wei analyzed the time: "3000 people will march to Qi first. There will be no war in Qi for five years. After that, they will slowly send people to Jinghu in the form of caravans. Qin's next target will be Wei, and Chu will also Safe for now."

It is not impossible to squeeze in an extra 2000 people near Daze Mountain, but the local cultivable unowned land is gone, and the area near Jing Lake needs people to fill it. These 2000 people are sent to open up new farmland.

With the presence of farm cattle, Gonggongtang's land reclamation speed, Chu Land's water network, and more natural fertilizers produced using methods described in super-era books, Jinghu Lake can become a large grain-producing land.

"Follow the hall master's order!"

After bowing respectfully, the matter was settled, and Li Mu took Lu Wei to inspect the military formation.

When he saw Li Zuoche standing guard at the door, Li Mu suddenly raised his finger and pointed at him: "Hall Master, let Li Zuoche make the trip to contact the soldiers on behalf of the land."

"Oh?" Lu Wei looked at the neither humble nor arrogant young man in front of him and said with a smile: "There are many dangers in going to Daidi. Zuo Che is the grandson of the general. He has a bright future. The general is willing to send him to take risks?"

"It is precisely because this trip is dangerous that I recommend Li Zuoche to go." Li Mu said calmly: "Li Zuoche is calm and capable in times of trouble. This trip is related to the lives of [-] Zhao army remnants, and he needs to go with it." Use your own ability to help the hall master complete his mission."

"Since the general said so," the master of the hall looked at Li Mu's grandson in front of him and decided to take the exam: "Li Zuoche, what do you think of your consul's order?"

"Zuoche is willing to go!" Li Zuoche firmly clasped his fists at Lu Wei: "I am willing to bring back three thousand disciples for the hall master!"

"This trip is difficult, but you are so confident?"

"A wise man will make a mistake after thinking a lot, and a fool will gain something after thinking a lot." Li Zuoche said a famous saying that has been passed down through the ages: "Zuoche will go all out and he will definitely live up to his mission!"

"Okay!" Lu Wei stepped forward and held Li Zuoche's arm, laughing boldly: "After returning from this trip, without General Li Mu's words, you will also be responsible for patrolling the Gonggong Hall all the way!"

He intended to promote Li Zuoche to the same rank as Lu Chen and the Yan brothers.

"Thank you, Hall Master!"

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After activating Li Zuoche, he followed Li Mu to watch the military formation drill. It was already dark when the hall leader returned to the Gonggongtang headquarters.

Lu Qing smiled and asked him to see him holding a wooden box in his hands.

"When did Uncle Qing feel so happy?"

Lu Wei motioned for the other party to sit down and stared at the long box.

If nothing else, the reason why he was happy was because of this box.

"Hall Master, this is the mechanism crow sent from Bailuyan."

Lu Qing opened the wooden box with a smile and took out a mechanical chicken that was twice the size of an ordinary rooster. He placed it on the ground and pressed the comb mechanism. The crowing chicken automatically walked around the hall and actively avoided obstacles. , as if it were a real rooster.

Immediately afterwards, he demonstrated the operation aloud:

"Crowing cock, it's time."

"Gu, it's three o'clock in the hour. Gu, it's three o'clock in the hour."

Lu Mu's voice came from the crow's belly, reporting the time.

"Oh~" This sound must have been recorded in advance, but Lu Wei had no idea how the combination of some metal devices could realize the ultra-scientific principle of recording and playing sounds.

Maybe this is the mystery of mechanism art.

"Crowing chicken has an automatic timekeeping and time reporting function in its body. Although it is not very accurate, it can report the time and hour, which is very helpful to the disciples' lives!"

"It's specially made to look like a rooster, not just to tell the time, right?"

Noticing the songbird's specially polished and shiny beak, Lu Wei put aside his scientific thoughts and raised his eyebrows.

"The hall master is wise!" Lu Qing flattered him more and more recently: "Another function of the crow rooster is to automatically identify pests in the fields and peck them to death."

“Crowing chickens play an important role in the growth of grains!”

"Amu has indeed made great achievements again!" Lu Wei looked at the free-range chicken happily: "I will go to Bailuyan tomorrow."

The next day, accompanied by Lu Shan, I came to Bailuyan and happened to encounter the mechanism workshop doing rooster experiments.

Three songbirds were running blindly in the field.

"Boss! Brother Shan!"

Amu happily explained the principle of crowing to the two of them. Lu Wei kept nodding and praising, seeming to understand completely.

"Unfortunately, there are too many complex parts in the songbird. It is easy to malfunction after being penetrated by mud and water. The reliability needs to be further improved."

At the end of the conversation, Lu Mu touched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"There is always a way to make a breakthrough from scratch, and to make the next step from scratch to excellence." Patting Amu on the shoulder, the hall leader comforted him: "You are the best genius of the mechanism in the farmer's family. Both the mechanism farming ox and the mechanism crowing chicken are very good." important!"

"I just followed the boss's drawings. There is no innovation." The more Amu studied machine skills, the more humble he became. He felt that his insignificant self was stumbling on a road with no end in sight.

Song Ji's improvements were on the right track and only needed a little breakthrough. Lu Wei then told Amu that he was planning to build a larger and more unrestricted mechanism workshop in the south, and the latter was very interested.

After further learning that the lake there was very vast, he decided to set the next research target after the rooster as the 'snake' in the zodiac mechanism.

After spending a morning in the machine workshop, Ah Shan reported on the results of his work at the Gonggongtang headquarters on his way back after lunch.

As the leader of the Four Continents who has held power in Lu Qiu Pavilion for many years, Lu Shan has to study under Lu Qing as his deputy in the headquarters.

He was a little dismissive at first, but after seeing Lu Qing's work ability, he quickly corrected his attitude and accumulated experience in dealing with a larger number of disciples.

With Lu Shan's sincere cooperation, Lu Qing can handle certain detailed tasks much more easily.

The general affairs of Gonggongtang will be left to the two of them, and they will continue to develop and progress steadily and for the better.

In addition to the Gonggongtang headquarters, in Songhai City, Li Shiqi and Ziwu sent a joint letter, and the development of the Songhai branch also continued to flourish.

Confucianism also sent a New Year's gift to Hall Master Lu in advance: a sea fish and a calligraphy work written by Fu Nian.

In return, Lu Wei sent the first bag of grain harvested at this year's Daze Mountain Autumn Harvest Conference and a box of farm tea.

The farmers and Confucians will continue to maintain the friendship between gentlemen and gentlemen in the new year.

At the end of the year, on the morning before the new year, Luna felt inexplicably nervous. She immediately understood that a child was about to be born.

Duan Murong often stayed in the backyard early in the morning these days. After hearing the news, she immediately took charge of delivering babies together with Lu Ni, who had childbirth experience.

Xue Nu and Ji Yan quickly found Lu Wei, and the three of them guarded outside the house together.

Even though he knew that Yueshen was in excellent physical condition and had a descendant of the medical family like Xiao Duanmu to deliver the baby, the hall master still felt a little panicked.

After all, the first time.

Although she didn't show it on her outward expression, Xiao Yan'er noticed this through her abnormal holding of her chest.

After a long wait, with the sound of a baby crying, he finally felt relieved.
(End of this chapter)