Most of the prisoners who are just ordinary people may not be able to analyze it so thoroughly, but they can at least understand that if they want to go against the court and go to war with the army, they have absolutely no advantage.

As long as they are still breathing, it will be difficult for them to make up their minds to resist the imperial court.

Any complaints and anger can only be suppressed.

This makes the entire Lishan Mountain look like a continuously pressurized confined space, which may reach the upper pressure limit at any time and explode directly.

It also gives those who are interested an opportunity to take advantage of it.

In the eyes of brothers Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang, this is an excellent opportunity that cannot be missed.

However, during this period, the two of them were just trying to establish good relationships with as many prisoners as possible, and they did not dare to make any real big moves.

They couldn't afford to offend the imperial army at Lantian Camp.

In general, they still need to exercise restraint, whether it is them or anyone else who intends to resist the empire and overthrow the empire, they must exercise restraint.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that today's empire is still far from being "skinny".

While the two rebels Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang were still working hard to build the emperor's mausoleum, a visitor was welcomed at the foot of Mount Li, a visitor wearing a green shirt and a bamboo hat.

He held the edge of the bamboo hat with one hand and looked up at the vast imperial mausoleum project on the mountain.

Tombs are generally only found underground, but the emperor's mausoleum is much more complicated, and a large complex of buildings must be built above ground, which is very conspicuous.

"It has been more than thirty years since the first year of the Qin Dynasty. The construction time is even longer than the construction of the mirage and the Zhengguo Canal project. It is really disappointing... but also scary."

The man wearing a bamboo hat sighed and continued walking towards Lishan Mountain, "I've wanted to see something for a long time, and today I got my wish."

………………

In the evening of the next day, Songhai City.

Gong Shuqiu, who was urged by Zhao Gao in the name of the emperor, rushed to Songhai as quickly as possible and saw the two machine blueprints written by Donghuang Taiyi.

In the main hall of the General's Mansion, Gu Xun was sitting at the top of the chair, holding a tea cup in one hand and sipping tea. Gong Shuqiu was sitting at the bottom, holding the two drawings in his hands, looking attentively.

There were only two of them in the room, Zhang Han and Zhan Ri were not there.

The two of them were deliberately sent away by Gu Xun - it's not that they must not know anything, but Gu Xun didn't want anyone to get too involved in the mirage matter.

The two of them are working tools. They work honestly and obey orders. It is enough that they know what is happening and do not know why.

Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

Gongshu Qiu looked at the drawings for a while. Gu Xun was somewhat impatient and coughed lightly and said:

"Gongshu Clan Chief."

After a sentence, Gong Shuqiu showed no reaction, all his attention was still immersed in the drawing, his eyes were full of admiration and longing, and he was obviously very interested in the content of the drawing.

Gu Xun could only increase his volume and shouted again:

"Gongshu Clan Chief!"

This time, Gong Shuqiu finally reacted. After being stunned for a moment, he looked up at Gu Xun and suddenly woke up to what he was doing.

"The little old man was distracted for a moment and neglected the Imperial Master. Please forgive me, forgive me!"

He quickly stood up, wishing he could kneel down to Gu Xun and admit his mistake.

Gu Xun has been known as a vicious person for many years, but if anyone in the world fears him the most, it is Gong Shuqiu.

Among those who have seen Gu Xun take action with all his strength, the one who is the most courageous is Gong Shuqiu.

He really didn't dare to provoke Gu Xun, who could tear the Demon God of War alive, and he didn't dare to neglect him at all.

Gu Xun put down his tea cup, raised his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense, let's talk about business."

Gong Shuqiu, who stood up and bowed, felt that he was being held by an invisible force, and then he was forced to sit down.

He naturally knew that it was Gu Xun who 'pressed' him down, and he did not dare to struggle. He just replied with an apologetic smile:

"Your Majesty is right, you are right."

Gu Xun continued calmly, "The Gongshu clan chief can consider the content of this drawing in detail later. For now, you should answer my questions first."

"What are the uses of the mechanisms in these two drawings?"

Gongshuqiu sat down obediently, tried his best to keep his mood calm, and answered the questions honestly:

"One of the drawings records a brand new fixed-type powerful machine crossbow with a complex structure and powerful effect."

"What is the effective range of this crossbow, and what is its lethality?" Gu Xun immediately asked.

"The range... I haven't built a real object, and I can't give a completely accurate figure, but it is at least three hundred feet or more, and if nothing happens, it can reach five hundred feet or even further."

"As for the lethality...it depends on the material of the arrow."

"If the arrows are hard and sharp enough, no one or object in the world within three hundred feet can block the arrows fired by this kind of crossbow." Gong Shuqiu frowned and reluctantly gave some data.

Forget about praising Gu Xun, "Of course, you are an exception, Master Imperial Master."

Gu Xun touched the teacup and nodded slowly.

The answers given by Gong Shuqiu were all outrageous.

Most modern firearms cannot reach a range of more than five hundred feet, let alone "backward" crossbows.

Gu Xun has also seen the drawing. The entire crossbow is composed of countless parts, and the structure is so complex that it makes his head spin.

However, if it can achieve the effect of public losing hatred, it will be worth the complexity.

As for the indestructible destructiveness...if the range can reach the standard, it is understandable that the lethality is stronger.

"What about the other drawing?" Gu Xun then asked.

"That... is a very complicated stargazing instrument. I can make it, but I don't know what it is used for or how to use it."

"I don't understand this matter of stargazing and divination. I hope the Imperial Master will forgive me."

It was within Gu Xun's expectation that Gongshuqiu didn't understand, and he wasn't bothered by it either.

Stargazing instruments are for the Yin and Yang family, and if there are any problems, the Yin and Yang family will be responsible for them. As long as Gong Shuqiu can make the instruments and provide them with them.

"How soon can these two things be produced?"

"Uh..." Gong Shuqiu frowned, and after some consideration he hesitated and gave a number, "The fastest... it will probably take one and a half months, or even two months."

"So slow?" Gu Xun was a little surprised.

Seeing Gu Xun's reaction, Gong Shuqiu quickly explained cautiously, "Master National Preceptor, it's not that I'm too old to work hard, it's just that these two things are too complicated."

"One and a half to two months is already the shortest time for Lao Lao to have two lines of work running at the same time and rush to work day and night."

"Can't it be faster?" Although Gong Shuqiu said it very seriously, Gu Xun still asked one more question.

Gongshu Qiu gritted his teeth and replied, "Unless some of the manpower at Lingqu Canal is transferred over, please forgive me for my incompetence."

Gu Xun gave up the idea of ​​losing his revenge without even thinking about it.

Looking at him like that, I knew that it would not be useful just to transfer ten or eight people. It would probably take away a lot of manpower, which would slow down the progress of the Lingqu Canal project.

Gu Xun doesn't know if Yingzheng is willing to exchange Lingqu's progress for Mirage's progress, but he's not very happy anyway.

The Lingnan War was like a knife that kept cutting out the flesh of the empire. As the war continued, the damage to blood and flesh would not stop.

Therefore, it is better to complete the Lingqu Canal as soon as possible. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain.

Although Gu Xun no longer wants to get involved in these messy affairs of the empire, he is willing to help in this matter - because strictly speaking, he does not need to do anything to achieve the goal.

He just needs to do nothing and don't let Ying Zheng know about such a thing.

He and Gongshu Qiu were the only ones who knew about this, but he didn't open his mouth, and Gongshu Qiu didn't even dare to say a word.

Gu Xun ignored the topic of time and continued, "Then prepare to start work as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Gongshu Qiu quickly replied, "Sir, this matter still requires the cooperation of Mirage."

"Whether it is a stargazing instrument or a crossbow, the installation location needs to be determined on the ship before manufacturing and construction."

"I will inform the Yin Yang family to cooperate with you." Gu Xun replied casually for such a trivial matter.

Gong Shuqiu had no other problems, so he bowed his head respectfully and replied, "In that case, I don't have any other problems."

"One more thing." Gu Xun changed the subject and asked, "Can you tell the difference between these two drawings?"

"This..." Gong Shuqiu glanced down at the design drawings in his arms and asked hesitantly, "Sir, I heard that these two drawings were provided by the Donghuang headmaster of the Yin Yang family?"

Gu Xun nodded, "That's him."

"What, is it possible that he is from the Yin Yang family?"

"It can't come from the Yin Yang family." Gong Shuqiu first categorically rejected the possibility raised by Gu Xun, and then analyzed, "Both of these drawings don't look like they were recently drawn. They may have existed for a long time."

"It should have been kept by the Yin Yang family and was only recently taken out."

"Then judging from the skills shown in the drawings, is it closer to the overbearing machine skills of your public losers, or is it closer to the non-attack machine skills of the Mohists?"

"This..." Gong Shuqiu hesitated for a moment in embarrassment, but finally replied, "Master Imperial Master, to be honest, in terms of technical characteristics, this kind of crossbow is closer to the Mohist technology, and

It’s not my father’s responsibility to lose the family’s skills.”

"Even if technology is put aside, these blueprints should have nothing to do with the Gongshu family - if the Gongshu family has designed such an exquisite and complex crossbow, it is impossible for me not to know about it."
To be continued...