Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 297 The Gongshu clan came to seek refuge.

"Oh? Descendants of Lu Ban?"

When King Qin heard this, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, a historian walked out of the crowd and explained: "Your Majesty, Lu Ban is also known as Gongshu Ban!"

"He was the originator of civil architecture in the pre-Qin period. Like the Mohists among the hundreds of scholars, he was proficient in the art of mechanism."

"Since this person claims to be a descendant of Lu Ban, he should be a member of Gongshujia, Gongshujia..."

Then the historian narrated the situation of the Gongshu clan.

When he heard about the various schools of thought, King Qin's face suddenly became clear, and his eyes flashed with brilliance.

In his impression, Shang Yang was the representative of Legalism.

Although Shang Yang is dead, he has made great contributions to the strength of Qin. It is precisely because of the laws created by Shang Yang that the rise of Qin today is possible.

Since someone took the initiative to come to visit, how could it be unreasonable?

Then King Qin waved his hand and said: "Let him come in!"

This descendant of Lu Ban is also a member of hundreds of families. For the Qin State, if they can gain their support, it will be a great help.

I just don’t know what the purpose of Lu Ban’s descendants coming to see him in person this time.

After a while, a middle-aged man in linen clothes who looked slightly shabby, about 50 to [-] years old, walked in slowly from outside the hall with a cane in hand.

King Qin sat on the throne and looked at this man carefully.

Although this middle-aged and elderly man of His Highness looks like he is only 50 or [-] years old, he looks like an old man in his [-]s or [-]s. The only difference is that his facial skin is loose and full of wrinkles, and he doesn’t even have a single hair left on his head. , with a shaved head, and as a whole, a sharp face that is incompatible with his thin body. He looks extremely ugly, as if he is aging prematurely.

People can't help but doubt his age when they see him.

The descendants of Lu Ban came to the front of the hall, looked at the King of Qin sitting on the throne, and immediately bowed and saluted: "The descendants of Lu Ban, a common people, have lost their grudges. Please see His Majesty the King of Qin."

King Qin nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Descendants of Lu Ban, why do you want to see me?"

Seeing King Qin's question, Gongshu Qiu immediately looked respectful and said: "Your Majesty, King Qin, the common people came to Qin this time to represent the entire Gongshu family to surrender to Your Majesty and the State of Qin."

"As long as His Majesty the King of Qin agrees, from now on, the Gongshu clan will be the people of Qin and his Majesty's ministers."

King Qin frowned slightly, with some curiosity in his eyes: "Why does your Gongshu family want to surrender to our great Qin?"

Although the Qin State has always been adhering to the principle of recruiting virtuous people from all over the world, he did not expect that Gong Shuqiu would come to seek refuge on behalf of the entire family.

This surprised him a little.

What's more, except for a few fixed families, the whereabouts of the various families are either erratic or living in the mountains for a long time. It stands to reason that the Gongshu family should also stay away from the world.

He was very curious as to why the Gongshu family took the initiative to visit Qin this time, and why they wanted to seek refuge with him.

When Gongshu Chou heard King Qin's question, he thought for a moment and said solemnly:
"The Qin State has obviously become stronger and stronger since Shang Yang's reform, and the Qin State has adhered to the rule of law throughout the country. There are wise kings in every generation, and the son of the King of Qin is even more brave. Although he is young, he has become a general. In just two months, I then wiped out the alien races in the western grasslands."

"The rest of the countries were afraid and united with millions of people to try to take advantage of the situation to destroy the Qin State, but they did not want to be defeated and disintegrated by the Prince of Qin and the Qin soldiers. Now that the Qin State is united, the morale of the generals in the army is even higher, and the national power is becoming stronger and stronger. Qin Prince Yingjun's literary skills, military skills, and martial arts are far superior to those of ordinary people."

"The grassroots people feel that the war that has lasted for hundreds of years in the world may end at the hands of Qin Prince Yingjun, so the grassroots people come to seek refuge with the king and the Qin State this time just to find another future for the Gongshu family."

Hearing Gong Shuqiu's obviously flattering words, King Qin was delighted. He was extremely happy and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, what a man who sticks to the rule of law and has a wise king!"

The wages of avarice is death!
In this era of constant war, who doesn’t want to plan for their future?King Qin immediately agreed: "Gongshu Qiu, since so few people accept your surrender, you can lead your people to live in Xianyang for the time being!"

Moreover, Qin State is in urgent need of such capable men and wise men to strengthen its national power.

Then he continued to ask: "Gongshu Qiu, I heard that your Gongshu clan is good at the art of mechanism. Now our Qin Dynasty will send troops to attack other countries in the near future. Can you design a more powerful one for our Qin army?" Crossbows and siege equipment?"

According to the report of the historian just now, the Gongshu family and the Mohist family have been fighting non-stop since the pre-Qin period. It has lasted for 200 years, and they have been fighting for the title of the best organ skill in the world.

In his opinion, the art of mechanism should be used in the research and development of bows, crossbows, siege equipment and other ordnance.

Instead of fighting with people in the world.

What is the difference between this and using one's own shortcomings to attack another's strengths?
Seeing that King Qin accepted it happily, Gongshu Qiu showed a happy look on his lips, and immediately bowed and responded: "Your Majesty, since I am a minister of the Qin State, of course I have to pay for the strength of the Qin State. I am not just claiming to be proud of myself, just relying on the institutions of my Gongshu clan. If you dare to think that you are the best in the world, no one will dare to think that you are the second!"

"Since the king wants our people to design siege weapons, we will naturally put our best efforts into it. As long as it is related to wood, we can design it, and we can even improve the already designed things to make them more powerful. "

When King Qin asked about crossbows and siege equipment, Gong Shuqiu boasted about Haikou.

The corners of King Qin's mouth raised slightly, a trace of amusement flashed in his eyes, and he asked calmly: "What if it is compared with the Mo family's mechanism technique?"

"As far as I know, Lu Ban, the founder of your Mohist family, seemed to have lost to Mozi of the Mohist family in a duel of machine arts, right?"

When he was transporting Jiuding back to Qin from Jiyi City, the king of Zhou, he was attacked by assassins along the way.

When returning to Xianyang, King Qin sent spies to investigate the matter.

Finally, it was learned that people from the Mohist family were obstructing the Jiuding from being transported back to Qin.

Now, since we want to unify the six countries, we must face the Mohist family.

If the Mohists secretly help other countries and design equipment for them, it will definitely affect the offensive of the army, so they must be prepared.

Gong Shuqiu was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of surprise: "That... that's... that's because my ancestor was too upright and was tricked by the Mo family."

Obviously, he did not seem to have thought that the King of Qin would know about this matter. Very few people knew about it. Almost only the two of their clansmen knew about it. Even within the clan, it was extremely secretive. This shows how advanced the emperor's art is!
King Qin waved his hand and looked at him with a smile on his face: "Mr. Gongshu, you don't have to be like this. This information was just obtained from the assassins of the Mo family on the way back to Qin when they were transporting Jiuding."

"So I don't have a good impression of the Mohist family, but if I want to unify the six countries, the Mohist family will definitely hinder me, so I'm telling you."

"As for the reputation of the world's best mechanism skill, when I conquer the six kingdoms, unify the world, and destroy the Mo family, the reputation of the world's best mechanism skill will naturally belong to you, the loser."

Gongshu Qiu was stunned when he heard this, and then the two wooden stakes were filled with endless joy. He doubted the belief and said: "Is this true?"

He came to seek refuge with the Qin State because he wanted to secure stability and a future for the public losers.

But he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise. Even the King of Qin would give him the reputation of being the best in the world.

In this way, the leaders of his generation will surely be admired by future generations.

King Qin nodded slightly and said immediately: "As the king of a country, how can I lie with my golden words?"

Then he looked at the ministers below again and said loudly: "As for the destruction of Zhao, we will wait until Wang Zijun comes back to make a decision!"

After all, Yingjun's prestige in the military now is no weaker than that of Bai Qi back then.

Once there is a battle, the commander will definitely go to lead the troops, which can greatly improve the morale of the army's officers and soldiers.

So Yingjun’s idea is also extremely important!
(End of this chapter)