Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 189 183. Persuasion
"Grand Commander, I don't know what you just said..."

The two paused and were silent for a few seconds before Fu Zixun spoke and asked where the words Feng Xi had just whispered to him came from.

"Haha, Mr. Fuzi, do you think I'm an ignorant country bumpkin? I heard that Mr. Gongshu Ban once wanted to make a giant wooden kite that could fly into the sky. The wooden man technique you're using is not much different from Gongshu Ban's idea, so I made this guess."

Feng Xi smiled and said, "What a joke! Who else but the Mohists could have such technical skills?"
"The Grand Admiral is well-informed, and I am the one who was reckless. There is one thing I do not understand, and I would like to ask the Grand Admiral to enlighten me."

Fu Zixun didn't seem too surprised when his identity was revealed. Instead, he took the initiative and actually wanted to ask Feng Xi questions.

"Sir, do you want to ask me how I know the command to operate your Mohist mechanical technique?"

Feng Xi smiled slightly. It was estimated that even Fu Zixun couldn't understand this. How could he know the commands that he adapted from English?

"That's not the case... This password is just based on what was written in our ancestral book, and it is a Western term. Now the Grand Admiral is well-informed, so it's not surprising that he knows the language of a foreign country... What I want to ask is what the Grand Admiral wants my brother and I to do."

"Uh……"

This made Feng Xi feel a little embarrassed. It seemed that the other party knew that this was a foreign language and just thought that he was knowledgeable enough to know this language. However, he was quite realistic and asked directly about the reason and purpose of joining the company.

"Well, this is actually quite simple. I have a lot of technologies and weapons that I want to develop, but although there are great craftsmen in Jingzhou, they don't quite understand the deep meaning of many things, so I'm here to look for skilled craftsmen, hoping they can help me."

Feng Xi did not keep the audience in suspense and told them about the distress of the craftsmen in Jingzhou who were not able to understand his epoch-making ideas. His meaning was very simple: he hoped to find some "talented" craftsmen.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid I can't do anything. Jingzhou is full of talented people. I'm just a country bumpkin who knows some insignificant tricks. How can I compare with the masters of Jingzhou? I'm afraid I'll disappoint the Grand Commander. Please choose someone else."

Unexpectedly, Fu Zixun refused directly and decisively.

"Sir, you are a man of great talent, but you have to live in this wilderness. A hundred or so bandits can kill you. If the Wei Kingdom comes, your life and property will not be guaranteed. Even if you are a noble man and are willing to die bravely, how can your sister be innocent?"

Seeing that the other party was looking for excuses, Feng Xi simply started to persuade him, and directly touched Fu Zixun's soft spot. It can be seen that Fu Zixun didn't care about him and was still very caring for his sister.

"This……"

As expected, Fu Zixun hesitated for a moment.

"I have heard for a long time that the craftsmen of the Mohist School are highly skilled and their ideas are even more imaginative. I am not talented, but I have many ideas that need to be realized. Unfortunately, I am not proficient in mechanical arts, so I only have some ideas for reference. Therefore, I urgently need someone to come and help me implement them."

After talking about life safety, it's time to talk about ideals. For people who have hobbies in special fields, there is no need to talk about the world being united. If they wanted to do something, wouldn't they have left the mountain long ago? We still have to start with interest.

"May I ask what the Grand Commander thinks?"

Fu Zixun was a little interested, but he didn't seem to have high expectations for Feng Xi. After all, in his opinion, Feng Xi was just a military commander, and even if he was quite talented, he probably only thought about ways to kill people. However, out of respect for Feng Xi, he was still polite.

"I heard that Mr. Gongshu Ban's wooden kite could only glide in the air for a short while before falling down, just like a paper kite. Do you know why?"

When Feng Xi saw that the other party had fallen into the trap, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he used his past experience to continue to arouse Fu Zixun's interest.

"We have all considered this for generations, and there are only two problems. The first is the material of the kite. Even if ordinary oil paper is launched into the air, it is difficult to keep it intact for a long time at high altitudes. The strong wind in the sky is like a knife cutting, and it will take no time to tear the oil paper used as wings into pieces. The second is the power. In the past, Master Gongshu asked his disciples to ride on wooden... no, horses as the power. Even if several disciples rode good horses, they needed enough wind to fly into the sky."

Although Fu Zixun made some slips of the tongue that made Feng Xi particularly concerned, since the other party didn't say anything, he just left it at that.

"That's right. Of course, the material issue is easy. After all, people in the Spring and Autumn Period mainly used bronze, but now they have iron tools. It is unknown whether there will be other materials in the future. There will always be something suitable. But I think the power issue is easy to solve."

Feng Xi deliberately created suspense to tease Fu Zixun.

It feels like a mathematician scratching his head over a difficult problem, and then a cleaner comes over, takes a look, and says, "You calculated it wrong," which makes people shocked and astonished.

"I would like to ask the Grand Commander for some advice."

Sure enough, when Fu Zixun heard that Feng Xi actually had a new idea, he hurried to ask Feng Xi for advice.

"Nothing, sir, should I have boiled some water?"

Feng Xi did not answer and continued to ask Fu Zixun.

"Of course, I am not the kind of person who has never touched water."

Fu Zixun nodded.

"Have you ever seen a wooden lid or other cover on a pot being pushed open by steam?"

"Of course I have seen it."

Feng Xi went deeper step by step, and Fu Zixun also followed him into the environment set by Feng Xi.

"Have you ever thought about how, if you just heated the water, you would have the strength to push open the lid? If so, by the same token, if you just make a machine that heats water as a power source, wouldn't you also have the strength to push other objects?"

"This... is unheard of, but it seems to make sense..."

Fu Zixun's first reaction was that it was impossible, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed to make some sense, which made him quite conflicted.

"For example, some of my alchemists have developed a substance called gunpowder. Once ignited, it will explode and can even blow rocks several feet away. If there is a way to control the explosion of this substance, can't it also be used as a source of power?"

With just two short sentences, Feng Xi opened up a lot of ideas for Fu Zixun, and his eyes lit up. He even started gesturing in the air with his fingers, as if he was getting into the state.

"Ahem, Mr. Fuzi, if you were to study these things by yourself in the mountains, you would have difficulty obtaining many things without financial resources. Moreover, you would not have any other assistants, so you would have to do everything yourself. Even if you had an idea, it would take a long time to implement it.

Why don't you come to my Jingzhou? I am willing to fully support you in your research. You just need to help me realize some of my ideas. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could complement each other? "

Seeing Fu Zixun's infatuated look, Feng Xi finally spoke, but he felt that the other party had taken the bait, so it was time to pull the lever.

(End of this chapter)