Chapter 534 'Sir, how about my chariot?'

"Weaving a new world of snares? Is there something wrong with my ears?"

"Lao Zhang, I also think there's something wrong with my ears."

"A group of assassins who are only fit to work for the empire actually dared to rebel. They really don't know how to live or die."

"Black Ice Platform? Xuan Jian, the former Luowang Heaven-class First-class Assassin, is the chief officer and reports directly to His Majesty. How interesting!"

"Your Majesty has issued an edict that all the rebels in the net have been wiped out. As long as the rest report in time and join the Black Ice Platform, they will be forgiven!"

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The court meeting is over.

The golden crow, emitting light and heat, rose completely from the eastern sky, driving away the winter cold. In the cold winter, some people still left their warm homes, selling things on both sides of the street, shopping, or just taking a walk.

Zheng Ge made a final summary of everything that happened last night at the court meeting. When the ministers came to court, notices were posted one after another. When the court meeting was over, the civil and military officials who attended the court also spread what happened at the court meeting. In less than half an hour, ordinary people and even high-ranking officials could be seen everywhere in Xianyang discussing all this.

…………

Will be the supervisor.

Wow!
A mold shaped like a dragon, when the dragon's horn is twisted, clear water gushes out of the dragon's mouth, just like a dragon spraying water, and the rolling water splashes out. An iron pipe connected to the faucet is inserted into the ground, drawing the water that should be stored underground and spraying it through the dragon's mouth.

"Amazing!"

"As expected of the successor of the non-offensive mechanical technique, your workmanship is truly extraordinary."

"Master Ban, are you still accepting disciples?"

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The surrounding craftsmen, seeing Master Ban's latest invention successfully draw out the underground water, all had expressions of amazement and admiration on their faces. They praised Master Ban who was surrounded by them.

"Everyone, I'm serious."

Master Ban, whose face was mostly covered by his snow-white beard, was very happy with his beard trembling in response to the compliments from people around him, but he spoke modestly.

"Master Ban, how long will it take for this water extraction mechanism to be popularized?"

Tianxuan, who was wearing a dark cloud-patterned outfit and a pure golden hair crown, stood not far away. Today, Tianxuan did not attend the court. After recovering the energy consumed last night, he went out to play out of boredom and unknowingly came to the General Works Bureau. Unexpectedly, he happened to see Master Ban invent a water-drawing mechanism similar to the water circulation system of later generations.

Looking at the faucet shaped like a dragon head, Tianxuan's dark and bright eyes flashed with admiration from the bottom of his heart, and he asked Master Ban, "Your Majesty."

Master Ban has joined the empire for a year.

In the past year, Zheng Ge fulfilled Tian Xuan's promise to Master Ban and did not ask Master Ban to develop weapons. He ordered him to focus all his attention on developing various tools and mechanisms that can improve people's livelihood. Once each mechanism is developed, as long as it is tested and confirmed to be useful, it will be promoted to the entire empire.

After hearing Tianxuan's words, the successor of the Mohist non-offensive mechanical technique seemed to have just realized that Tianxuan was also nearby. The look in his eyes when he looked at Tianxuan, in addition to hatred for the enemies who killed many of his old friends, also contained a bit of gratitude from the bottom of his heart, which was the kind of feeling that only appears when a good horse meets a good horse trainer.

"If we want to promote this kind of water-drawing mechanism in Xianyang City, it will take at least three months. Because we must first dig for groundwater, and then build a mechanism based on the groundwater to ensure that the groundwater can be delivered to every area in the city. Only then can we install these surface water intakes."

"Is that so?" Tianxuan felt a little regretful, but not surprised. "Master Ban, I will advise His Majesty to install it in Xianyang City first. After it is confirmed that there is no problem, we will promote it to Guanzhong and even the whole world." At this point, Tianxuan looked at Master Ban with a look of helplessness in his eyes.

"Master Ban, you should also accept a few more disciples and pass on your skills! In this way, the various tools and mechanisms you invented can spread throughout the world more quickly and benefit the people."

After saying this, Tianxuan's eyes swept over the dozen black-clothed disciples who were gathered around Master Ban. These black-clothed disciples were all Mohist disciples. After Master Ban joined the empire, he did not recruit a large number of disciples to teach non-offensive mechanical arts. Instead, he selected some Mohist disciples who were talented and had good character from those who left the Mechanical City with him and Master Xu, and accepted them as disciples and taught them skills.

“Alas!” Master Ban sensed the impatience in Tianxuan’s tone and sighed. His face, which was mostly covered by hair and beard, showed a deep desolation. “Your Majesty, please rest assured. Once I finish the things at hand, I will accept more disciples.”

"That's good." Tianxuan nodded with satisfaction.

Rumble!
At this moment, there was a thunderous roar in the distance, shaking the earth. It carried the aura of war and killing, which made Tianxuan, a veteran who had fought on the battlefield for many years, feel a little nervous.

Instinctively, Tianxuan's right hand appeared on the handle of the Hongming Sword at his waist, ready to draw the sword at any time, and his eyes subconsciously looked in the direction he sensed. What he saw was a huge chariot, which had only one wheel in front and back, but it penetrated the seven-foot-wide body of the chariot.

The body of the chariot exudes a sense of smooth beauty. The huge wheels are made of polished logs and connected to the body of the chariot. There are circular holes in front, behind, left and right of the body of the chariot, which are bottomless. If Tianxuan had not seen at a glance that the disciple of Gongshu family who was driving the chariot was stepping on the pedals with his legs to make the chariot move, he would have almost doubted whether he had returned to his bizarre past life.

Inside the chariot, a disciple of the Gongshu family sat, his upper body exposed between heaven and earth. However, there were wooden boards blocking the front, back, left and right sides of the chariot, and the outer shell of the chariot itself was made of bronze. Inside the chariot, in addition to the seat where the disciple of the Gongshu family who was driving the chariot sat, there were several empty seats.

"Sir, how about the latest chariot I developed?"

Tianxuan looked at the entrance of the oppressive chariot. Three of its limbs were missing and replaced with bronze limbs. Gongshu Chou, a bald man shaped like an egg, walked out from the side with a haggard face full of pride, and showed off to Tianxuan.

clang!
Following Gongshu Chou's words, the Gongshu disciple who was maneuvering the chariot gently pressed a button, and as soon as the button started, the chariot emitted a metallic sound. Then, spears and lances were ejected from the four holes in the front, back, left, and right of the chariot, and a wooden fence rose up, enveloping the Gongshu disciple in the chariot.

hiss!
Even if the craftsmen in charge of the chariot had never eaten pork, they had seen pigs run. Seeing this scene, how could they not understand how terrible the power of such a chariot would be once it was on the battlefield. Once it charged, both the heavy cavalry and the chariot would pale in comparison.

Instantly, the sound of people gasping for air was heard throughout the prison.

(End of this chapter)