Chapter 440: Aftermath (Please give me a reward!)

Boom!

A loud thunderous roar was heard from the empty Mohist Mechanical City. Along with the roar, endless thick smoke rose from the city. The Mechanical City, which had been built by successive Mohist masters over hundreds of years in the mountains and was indestructible and difficult to defend, collapsed.

The city itself has not been completely destroyed, but the caves and buildings built in the city have been destroyed one after another and turned into ruins.

Hey!
As the city collapsed, a deafening dragon roar was heard from the city. This dragon roar came from the Mechanical Azure Dragon, the leader of the four spiritual mechanical beasts of the Mohist school. Once the Mechanical Azure Dragon was activated, the entire Mohist Mechanical City would be destroyed. This was a method prepared by the previous generation of Mohist masters to prevent the Mechanical City from falling into the hands of the enemy.

Now, the person who activated the Azure Dragon mechanism was not a disciple of the Mohist School, but the absurd and ridiculous conqueror who forcefully broke into the Mechanical City and declared this 'magic realm outside the sky' and 'paradise outside the world': the Fourth Prince of the Great Qin Empire: Ying Tianxuan's subordinate - the head of the Gongshu Family: Gongshu Chou.

Brush and pull!

When Gongshu Chou activated the Azure Dragon to destroy the Mohist Mechanical City, Tianxuan, with his subordinates and all the spoils of war, stood outside the Mechanical City. He personally led the destruction of the Mohist Mechanical City. Looking out, he could see the indestructible walls crumbling, the towering city gates collapsing, and flames burning from the Mechanical City...

In the endless smoke, Gongshu Chou and others were riding mechanical bats, avoiding the shock waves and flames rising from the ground, and were flying towards the location of the army.

[Gang City, it's over! ]

Tianxuan paid a huge price to recruit three talents: Master Ban, Master Xu, and Duanmu Rong, who are not far from Tianxuan. These three former Mohist leaders witnessed the destruction of the Mechanical City with their own eyes, and their emotions were complicated. Master Ban and Master Xu spent most of their lives in this magnificent and dangerous Mechanical City. Thanks to the Mohist philosophy of loving all and not attacking, for these two old men, the Mechanical City is not only a place to stay, but also their home. Now, the home where they have lived for half their lives is destroyed. Even though these two old men are used to the wind and rain, tears still seep from the corners of their eyes.

Although Duanmu Rong was a descendant of the medical family who joined the Mohist School halfway, she also had deep feelings for the Mechanical City. She witnessed the Mechanical City turned into ruins with her own eyes, as if it was touched by a hand from heaven, a tofu dregs building made of sand and soil. In an instant, the Mirror Lake Medical Immortal exuded an unusually cold and lonely aura, like a statue carved out of rock.

"Your Majesty."

Gongshu Chou and his party, who were ordered by Tianxuan to activate the mechanical blue dragon and destroy the mechanical city, returned to Tianxuan. The mechanical bat landed on the ground, and Gongshu Chou's feet touched the ground. On his thin and withered face, there was a sense of pride from the heart. He bowed to Tianxuan and did not forget to cast a provocative look at Master Ban.

In the past, Gongshu Ban (Lu Ban) and Mo Di (Mo Zi) debated in front of the King of Chu, and Gongshu Ban was defeated in the end! This incident has always been a source of shame for the Gongshu family. Hundreds of years later, today, Gongshu Chou, as the current head of the Gongshu family, destroyed the mechanical city that the Mo family spent hundreds of years to build. In his opinion, this is undoubtedly revenge for his ancestors.

"Humph!"

Facing Gongshu Chou's provocation, Master Ban came back to his senses from his confusion, snorted coldly, and a fighting spirit rose in his eyes.

"The Mechanical City has been destroyed." Tian Xuan watched the secret battle between Gongshu Chou and Master Ban, but had no intention of intervening. He said in a deep voice, "Mr. Gongshu, after you meet up with Meng Tian and Xin Zhe, I will dispatch 5,000 soldiers to you to escort all the spoils obtained this time back to Guanzhong."

"Master Xu, Master Ban, the two of you should also leave with Master Gongshu!"

"Here."

Gongshu Chou, who had obtained the supreme weapon of Mohism: non-attack, was eager to study it immediately and naturally had no objection to Tianxuan's arrangement.

"As you command, Your Majesty." Master Xu and Master Ban were forced by Tianxuan to surrender to the empire. Such a short period of time was not enough for these two people who had been fighting against Qin for many years to completely return to the empire. After Gongshu Chou received the order, Master Xu lowered his proud head and responded to Tianxuan's order.

"Your Majesty, where are these Mohist disciples?" Master Ban glanced at the Mohist disciples surrounded by the Qin army and asked bravely.

Thousands of Mohist disciples in the Mohist Mechanical City suffered heavy losses after this turmoil. Among them, 375 people were unwilling to give up their anti-Qin ideals and left under the leadership of the new Mohist leader Jing Tianming, as well as leaders such as Gao Jianli, Xue Nu, and Dao Zhi. There were still 592 Mohist disciples left, surrounded by the Qin army.

Surrounded by the Qin army, the faces of the Mohist disciples were filled with expressions of pain, confusion, and vigilance, like a group of chickens being targeted by a butcher.

"Don't worry, I won't break my promise." Tianxuan smiled slightly after hearing what Master Ban said.

“Those of you who are unwilling to serve the empire may all step out. Each of you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver and go your separate ways!” As he spoke, Tianxuan did not look at the Mechanical City which had turned into ruins. In the years to come, it would be exposed to wind and rain, sun and rain, and eventually even the traces of its existence would be wiped out by nature.

He turned around, faced the Mohist disciples, and spoke loudly.

As Tianxuan spoke, Mo Ya, who had returned to Tianxuan's side, clapped his hands and crisp applause was heard.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Heavy boxes were lifted up one after another, and the lids were opened, revealing the silver coins dancing everywhere inside.

Originally, silver coins did not appear in China until the end of the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history. Before that, although gold, silver and copper coexisted, only copper was cast into copper coins, and gold and silver existed more as precious metals. When gold ingots, silver ingots, gold bars, silver bars and other items were used, they needed to be weighed or even broken.

But after Zheng Ge unified the world in this era, he ordered people to start minting gold and silver coins. Each gold and silver coin weighed one or two taels and was mixed with iron and copper, which greatly facilitated people all over the world.

Gulu!

The Mohist School adheres to the philosophy of Mozi, and most of them, from the great masters of all generations to the ordinary disciples, live in extreme poverty. Hearing that even if they don't want to serve the empire, they can still get ten silver coins. The originally uneasy Mohist disciples focused their attention on these wooden boxes, and some of them couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"My Lord, I want to leave!"

Ten or so breaths later, a plain-looking, tall female disciple of the Mohist School walked out from her fellow disciples.

"Give her ten silver coins, make way and let her leave." Tianxuan ordered.

Following his order, someone immediately took out ten silver coins from the wooden box and handed them to the female disciple of the Mohist School who was about thirty years old. The surrounding Qin soldiers also made way for a path leading directly to the foot of the mountain to let her leave.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After successfully obtaining ten silver coins, the Qin army really made way, which made the Mohist female disciple, who was originally alert, look at Tianxuan with a hint of gratitude from the bottom of her heart.

(End of this chapter)