Heaven's Formula

Things didn't change until three weeks ago.

A team from Qixing stole an iron ball crossbow from the reserve team of Baihe City through lures and bribes, and transported it to Gyeonggi overnight.

Now, the real thing has become two.

Goldman Sachs could feel a slight difference between the two weapons, but he couldn't tell what the specific difference was.

Only then did the old lady say, "The one on the right is my imitation."

The angel of power couldn't help but be overjoyed. The ability of the public loser is really great. He can figure out the masterpiece of the Mohist school in such a short period of time. If it can be mass-produced, Jinxia is definitely not as good as the resources of the other five countries.Although he looked down on this kind of behavior of using foreign objects on the surface, he had to admit that this kind of weapon could greatly bridge the gap between low-level alchemists and ordinary people.

"Okay, okay, as expected of everyone in the agency." Goldman clapped his hands, "I will notify the Xuzhou government and let them prepare for the new workshop. Based on your old estimates, how much can you produce in a year?"

The competition for the Gate of Heaven is approaching day by day, and at this time every increase in strength is extremely important.

"Probably...it won't exceed this number." She stretched out five fingers to compare.

"Five thousand?"

Gong Shuwang shook his head.

"Only...five hundred?"

The other party found a chair and sat down, and said impatiently, "Fifty."

Goldman Sachs was stunned. Seven Stars could at least mobilize the resources of the five countries. As long as there was an order, craftsmen from all over the world could gather in one place. Under such circumstances, only fifty pieces could be produced in six or seven months of the year?

The Jinxia army is far more than this number!

"Why? Is this thing difficult to imitate?" He was a little puzzled. Judging from the parts assembled just now, the structure of the iron pill crossbow is not very delicate and detailed.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's not difficult. But there are no more than ten people in the entire public loser who can have this ability." Gongshu's hopeful expression showed a rare solemnity. "I also thought at first that this thing was just an ingenious idea, and there was no breakthrough in technology. But in practice, I found that it was more troublesome than expected. For example, the mechanism that controls the rotation and air intake of the iron crossbow—— "

She took out a piece of iron from her bosom, and shook it in front of the angel, "Ordinary copper and iron castings can't meet the requirements for use. They will crack and deform after being shot a hundred times, and they must be used a hundred times." Forged steel can only be replaced. The problem is that its thickness is about one-fifth, and it is basically impossible to process it at room temperature. The steel sheet has to be kept in a reddish state throughout the process. In this way, it is difficult for ordinary people to get close to it, let alone fine processing. .”

The angel of power didn't know much about mechanism art, so he could only cough twice, "So you mean...the difficulty in its imitation lies in the forging of high-heat steel sheets? Then how did Jinxia solve it...could it be the living dead Is the family working for the Mohists? If you need Kanjutsu, I can also gather a group."

"No need. I don't know the method of Jinxia City, but it definitely wasn't made by hammering the red-hot steel sheet with a hammer." Gongshuwang snorted, "There is no such thing as too much on the components of that iron ball crossbow." There are many knocking marks, whether it is the air tank or the air box, it seems to be natural, and there must be a trick in it."

"I understand." Goldman nodded slightly, "You hope we can find out the secrets of the Jinxia Machine Building Bureau, right? At present, Seven Stars has indeed dispatched a lot of spies to the south, but it may take a while to sneak into the Machine Building Bureau ..."

"No, my lord, you don't understand what I'm talking about at all." However, the old lady leaned forward with a cane and interrupted, "This kind of skill is of great significance, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a transformative breakthrough. Jin Xiacheng’s mechanism weapons have emerged in endlessly recently, and nine out of ten of them are related to this skill. It means that hard steel can be changed into an ideal appearance at will, which is simply a dream for mechanism engineers! How many do you want to use? For the spies to inquire about such core secrets, I think it's just a dream!"

The last sentence made the angel frowned.

He respected the old man in front of him because she represented the entire public loser, and the public loser was the largest manufacturer of military weapons, and Seven Star needed to use their abilities to enhance its own strength.

But this does not mean that the opponent can surpass the Seven Star Privy Council.

Even Yu Yi had to hold back his edge in front of him.

"Then what do you want to get when you come to me?"

"Girl from the Mo family, Mo Yun." Gong Shuwang narrowed his eyes, "Or the entire Jinxia City is also fine."

Gao Sheng couldn't help but sneered, "Okay, after Ning Wanjun surrenders, I will send Mo Yun to your old man whole."

"My lord, what I mean is that the Qixing Privy Council should immediately mobilize an army to attack Jinxia City, and eliminate the rebels within this year at all costs." Gongshu Wang's tone was a little more unhappy, "This is not a joke! The Wood God Dragon, the Five Kingdoms can gather 30 troops within two months, and then enter the Leizhou border from the border of the Gao Kingdom. I don’t know why you are focusing on an island country overseas. This is undoubtedly giving Jinxia's chance to breathe!"

Tianquan made his face serious, this is not a question that a family of institutions can discuss.Only a few Seven Star Envoys truly understand the importance of the Gate of Heaven. It is the key to awakening immortal artifacts, which is far beyond comparison with a few exquisite magical artifacts or mechanisms. "Your Excellency Gongshu, the strategic plan formulated by Seven Stars is justified. Instead of worrying about this, you might as well create more owl ghosts for our army to use. As for the iron ball crossbow... it doesn't matter if it can't be imitated for the time being, Ning Wanjun is still here. Concentrate on managing her Shenzhou territory, as long as you don't come out to make trouble, we can leave Jinxia for later."

It's not that he hasn't considered taking Jinxia in one fell swoop, bringing the entire Qi country into the seven-star territory, and then thinking about going east.However, the sudden obstruction at sea and the long-distance strike capability demonstrated by Jinxia's side made this plan unrealistic.Since there is no way to take the opponent in a short time, it is also a feasible strategy to control the forces in the north of Qiguo to guard Ning Wanjun, and the main force to compete for the Gate of Heaven.

"That would be too late!" Gong Shuwang suddenly stood up and said.

Chapter 8 and Six

"Too late?" Goldman Sachs said unhappily, "What are you referring to?"

"Qiguo's Privy Council is an example." The old lady said word by word, "They failed to mobilize a large number of troops in the first place, and they ended up in a complete defeat - Jinxia was only given about half a year during this period, and before that, it It’s just a remote Yancheng.”

"You attribute it all to the progress of mechanics?"

"I don't dare to say all of them, but there are at least [-]% of the reasons." Gong Shuwang took two steps forward and said in a deep voice, "My lord, the facts have proved that this technology has brought a qualitative leap to Jinxia City, and its development The speed is faster than you and I imagined, if you continue to hesitate, I think Qixing will follow in the footsteps of Qiguo Privy Council—"

"Presumptuous!" Finally, Gao Sheng couldn't bear it any longer, he scolded and interrupted the other party, "You only have mechanism skills in your eyes, but Qixing needs to see farther! Prioritizing the attack on Yama Island is our primary goal. This will not change, you go down!"

"Master Gao..." The old lady seemed to want to argue.

But the angels are already tired of this kind of discussion. Jinxia City's biped mechanism beast and iron ball crossbow are indeed powerful, but Qixing is not without countermeasures.What's more, there are fairy artifacts and fairy arts on top of mechanism arts and magic weapons. The Gate of Heaven must fall into the hands of the Privy Council in any case to really make people feel at ease.After the "Heavenly Court" is awakened, Jinxia City is just a pocket.

"You should remember your identity, Lord Gongshu." Goldman held up his teacup, "Don't forget that before the action day comes, the Ministry of Industry needs to provide [-] Owl Ghosts to the army. This is a military order issued by Gongshuo."

"..." Gong Shuwang was silent for a moment, finally knocked on his crutches, turned around and walked towards the door of the study, "I will definitely live up to Qixing's expectations."

Back at the station, she waved her hand to let her assistants disperse, and staggered alone to a house full of various utensils.

The two teenagers in the room quickly greeted them.

"Grandma, how are you?"

"Did Mr. Gao accept your proposal?"

The interrogators were one tall and one short, both younger than the age, and the short one was even more childish, with a green look on his brows and eyes.

The old lady shook her head, and stretched out her hand to touch their heads—these two were named Gong Shufeng and Gong Shujin. Although they were not the sons of the clan, they were chosen into the clan because of their talent, intelligence and intelligence, and they accepted it. The same education as the son of the head of the household.This is the reason why the public loser stands out from the many institutional families and has become more and more vigorous so far. As long as it has the ability, the family will not bury it.

Bringing the two out this time is also a kind of experience. Although the two are young, they are already able to serve as the chief technical officers of the Ministry of Industry, and what they lack is a little practical experience.Now Qiguo's court is empty, and the Mo family is squeezed out because of Mo Yun's relationship, which just gives them a chance to intervene.

"Sure enough...those people don't understand the meaning of mechanism art." Gong Shufeng sighed.

"There's no way to do this, right?" Gong Shujin's expression was much more relaxed, "Even when we got the samples of the iron ball crossbow, we were taken aback. If it wasn't someone who specializes in mechanics, I'm afraid It's hard to understand what's changed."

"But is Miss Mo really that powerful?" Gong Shufeng said a little unconvinced, "In the past four or five years of appreciation meetings, I have never heard of such a character. If she is so good, the Mo family should have publicized it long ago. Everyone knows that."

"She broke with the family very early." The old lady spread her hands.

"Eh? What's the reason?"

"The skills of the Mohists should be passed on to men but not to women."

"This..." Gong Shufeng was stunned for a while, then curled his lips and said, "The Mo family seems to be nothing more than that."

"I can understand this." Gongshu Wang went to a chair and sat down slowly, "If the Mo family put all their efforts to cultivate her, but in the end the Gongshu family married her, it would be really... very interesting."

"But grandma, aren't you—"

"That's because I vowed never to marry." She waved her hand, "Okay, that's not the point. The point is that Mo Yun has left the Mo family and went to Jinxia City with the princess. Even if you want to marry her, Feng'er, I'm afraid you won't marry her So many opportunities."

Gong Shufeng's face turned red immediately, "I, I never thought about marrying her! I just want to compete with Miss Mo to see how much she weighs!"

"Currently, the situation is quite pessimistic." Gong Shujin put his head in his hands and said, "The people above are still only using mechanism techniques as a tool to win the war, but Jinxia City is willing to entrust all the mechanism mechanisms to Sister Mo Yun , The type of development is not just a weapon, just from the perspective of attitude, the public loser will fall into the disadvantage."

Gong Shufeng slapped his younger brother on the back of the head, "Grandma... is there any other way? I heard that the envoy Yuheng is the most important person among the Seven Stars. Maybe I can let the Patriarch speak..."

"No!" Gong Shujin shouted immediately.

"It's really not. It can be said from the heart on the front line, but it is meddling in the government affairs in the court." The old lady stroked her cane and said, "Even so, Mr. Gao showed impatience, which proves that we have stepped on On the verge of crossing the border, if you go any further, there will be no good fruit to eat."

"I was reckless." Gong Shufeng said in a low voice.

"However... there may be other ways." She changed the topic.

"What method?" The two asked in unison.

"I heard from the spies that everyone can enter the school in Jinxia City, and they can complete their studies in as little as a month and join the Machinery Engineering Bureau." Gong Shuwang looked at the two of them, "As for the academic issues, you should also read the books transcribed by the spies. Passed... the content is very interesting and refreshing, but in terms of depth, it is not too complicated, at least it is easier to grasp than the Four Books and Five Classics. With your abilities, passing the examination is basically a certainty."

This sentence made the two brothers froze in place.

"Grandma, grandma, what do you mean, let us be spies?"

"Isn't this... not in line with the rules?"

Stealing a teacher is a taboo in any industry. Once it gets out, public losers will definitely become the laughing stock of everyone.

"When is it, are you still talking about this?" Gong Shuwang smiled and shook his head, "I'll just ask you a question, do you want to know the secret of this technology?"

"miss you!"

The answer is almost a no-brainer.

"That's fine." The old lady nodded in satisfaction, "Seven Star's spies are all reckless, and they can't get into the eyes of the Jinxia Machinery Bureau. Only then will it be possible to really get close to Mo Yun. I will arrange a new identity for you, an identity that cannot be found out. You must also forget that you are a disciple of Gongshu, and do not pass any information during the study period, and treat yourself as a real student. By."

She paused, then sighed, "This is a race against Jinxia City. Except for the one-month school transition, the shorter the time to enter the Machine Building Bureau and gain the trust of Mo Yun, the better, even if you can't get the lead , the public loser must at least achieve a balance of power, do you understand?"

The two looked at each other and lowered their heads seriously.

"Yes, the disciple takes orders!"

Chapter 8 and Seven

Yama Island, the eastern suburb of Bumi Prefecture.

This is the second largest city occupied by Dongsheng, and it is also the closest good port of the island country to the mainland.

Now it has been surrounded by the army of the evil horse queen. Thirty thousand troops converged from all sides, blocking the way to break out of the encirclement on the east, south and north sides of it.

Wu Yueyao changed her previous costume of the great witch, and put on the same armor as the soldiers, rode to the front line of the team on horseback, and personally commanded the battle.In fact, she was neither good at battle nor understood the art of war, but she knew that as long as she appeared in front of everyone, it would be the biggest boost to morale.

She could confirm this from the focused eyes of the soldiers.

Today is a cloudy day, and the sea breeze continues unabated after passing over the city walls. Hundreds of flags of the army are fluttering in the wind, and there is a slightly salty smell in the air, which reminds Wu Yueyao of Jinxia City .

"I didn't expect...we were able to hit here in one go." Ningqing patted the horse's head and said with emotion in a low voice.

Ever since Jinxia cut off the private salt trade with Dongsheng and started to support Queen Yama, the enemy's offensive slowed down significantly. Nearly [-]% of the territory, the queen occupies [-]%, and no one can do anything for a while.

Most agree that such a confrontation will continue for a long time.

It is even possible that the island is completely divided into two because of this stalemate.

But the actual situation has changed beyond everyone's expectations.

After Wu Yueyao launched a coup d'etat, she eliminated the princes who opposed her with overwhelming force, and established an official government imitating the structure of the Bureau of Affairs in the territories of these princes.Theoretically, if these measures are to be implemented in an area that has been cultivated by a big family for many years, they will inevitably encounter great resistance, but Wu Yueyao grasped the core of the problem, not only using thunder to uproot the family's forces, It also brought back a group of grassroots preparatory officials who had received education from the Bureau of Affairs from Jinxia.

These people were originally from the Yama country, and they were the first batch of migrants to accept the immigration policy. Wu Yueyao had to ask Princess Guangping for a long time before "borrowing" them back temporarily.A group of local people controlled the political situation, coupled with a series of policies to benefit the people promulgated by the new government, such as the abolition of serfdom, tax reduction for residents, low-price subsidies for agricultural products, etc., instantly gained great popularity among the people.

If the life of the common people at the bottom of the Qi State is still alive, the evil horse is much more miserable. Under the oppression of the big landlords and the big family, the bottom people are completely tied up in the fields, and the output is plundered every year. , the remaining food is only enough to feed a family, essentially no different from slaves.They also have no way to stand up by being samurai or studying - in Yama Island, even buying an iron knife has status requirements, even when Queen Chiba's situation is in jeopardy, these princes are unwilling to control themselves The serfs contributed and organized into battle-ready soldiers.

Therefore, the changes brought about by Wu Yueyao are shocking.

These low-level people chose to stand by the new government with the simplest emotions.With manpower, sufficient equipment, and money, May quickly pulled up a civilian army without any noble families, and those princes who tried to overthrow the great witch were defeated by air rifles and basalt beasts. In less than a month, Wuyueyao completely seized the power center of Izhafu, while Chiba retreated to the second line.

In the next few months, this civilian army grew stronger and marched westward with May's will, piercing through several princely cities one after another, tearing a gap in Dongsheng's territory.

The confrontational situation was unexpectedly broken.

Now as long as they take Bumi Mansion again, the territory they occupy will become five or five times that of Dongsheng.But what the staff members valued more was not the size of the territory, but the special location of Bumi Mansion.If they can get the port on the west coast, the route with Jinxia City will be greatly shortened, and the evil horse can also obtain various resources from across the sea at any time, and it is basically invincible.

"Yeah..." Ning Hong muttered, "I used to think that Dongsheng was so scary, and we had no power to fight against the Samurai Musketeers, but now I think they are nothing more than that."

It's not just about weapons.

Wu Yueyao could feel this.

The army she commands now possesses an incomparable vitality compared to the past.Even if the air tanks of the air rifles were empty, the soldiers dared to insert bayonets and rush towards those samurai whose status was much higher than theirs.

These people are fighting with hope.

— They hope that their descendants will never have to be slaves, and that their children can live a better life.

The more places they occupy, the firmer everyone's thoughts will be.

"My lord, the agreed time has come." Arima Keiichiro reported to May Haruka.He was the first person to follow May to the east to find help. He was originally just a servant of the guards. After some experience in the Jinxia Army, he is now the commander of the Chinese army.

May nodded slightly.

She looked at the city in the distance - above the east gate, Wu Yue could vaguely see a group of people in fine clothes also looking at this side.There is no doubt that it must include the princes who are in charge of this place, Yuanjiu Shidi.I heard that when An used evil methods to seal off the sea, he made a lot of efforts. He not only searched for magical medicinal materials, but also looted the surrounding villages, and sent people to An's hands as raw materials for blood sacrifices.

This person might not have imagined that one day he would be forced to be in a desperate situation with his back to the sea.

May has already figured out how to deal with him.

She would throw these people into the sea with her own hands, to be with the innocents they had slaughtered, and even if this could not comfort the dead, at least it could comfort the descendants who were still alive.

"Blow the trumpet and beat the drum." Wu Yue waved his hand, "Order all the ministries to launch the siege as planned!"

"Yes!"

"woo woo woo woo--"

The sound of the horn suddenly resounded through the countryside.

Ningqing was the first to rush out of the phalanx on horseback, and ran towards the east wall of Bumi Mansion.Behind her were fifteen basalt-type mechanism beasts—these second-generation mechanism beasts were equipped with more flexible joints and more powerful weapons. The organ beasts are like a sentry tower full of crossbowmen.Every time before when the city was attacked, the troops that rushed to the forefront and suppressed the shooters on the wall were precisely the vanguard army of mechanism beasts!

A little behind is the first generation of heavy-duty mechanism beasts. Although they are also called Xuanwu by the Jinxia Machine Building Bureau, the evil horse people prefer to call them monster cars.First of all, most of the monsters driving this kind of mechanical beast are monsters, and secondly, it is the main force for carrying luggage on the marching road, and it is easier to use than a horse-drawn cart.This batch of mechanism beasts, Jinxia, ​​provided nearly fifty units. In addition to the standard large shields, they also carried artillery ammunition, siege mallets, siege ladders and other equipment, and they were the backbone responsible for breaking the door.

Finally, there is an infantry formation that keeps a certain distance and advances slowly.Due to shipping problems, they couldn't do one shot per person like the Jinxia Army. They claimed to be an army of 3000, but in fact there were only [-] to [-] people with guns. Others still mainly used spears and iron-headed guns.However, in the previous battles, they have already proved themselves, whether they are facing noble warriors or the evil spirits summoned by the An family, they have the courage to fight to the end.