Can I get to the other side?

Chang'an, Zhuge Mansion.

At this time, in the study, Zhuge Liang sat behind the desk, looking at the stack of drawings in his hand, his brows furrowed tightly.

These drawings were sent by the Metallurgical Bureau yesterday, saying that they were the latest weapons they had developed, called the Ten-shot Crossbow.

As for why the drawings of this weapon were sent to him, the people at the Metallurgical Bureau said that it was an order from the emperor.

The emperor hoped to simplify the Ten-shot Crossbow and turn it into a crossbow that soldiers could hold, and said that he could ask for his opinion.

"Is this a test given to me by your majesty?"

After looking at the drawings for a long time, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sigh and rubbed his eyebrows.

Although he had studied the Way of Qimen Dunjia, the knowledge of Qimen was vast and all-encompassing, and he had never tried to apply the Way of Qimen to mechanical weapons.

Now the emperor asked the Metallurgical Bureau to ask for his opinion on improving the Ten-shot Crossbow, and he had no idea for a while, and didn't know how to start.

However, the emperor must have his reasons for doing so, and this is also a manifestation of trust in his ability.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang regained his spirit and carefully studied the blueprint of the ten-shot crossbow.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Zhuge Liang's thoughts were interrupted. He looked up and said, "Come in."

The door was gently pushed open, and a woman in a green silk skirt came in with tea.

The woman's hair color was slightly yellow, and her skin color was also wheat-colored, but her facial features were very delicate and beautiful. They did not look ugly, but complemented each other, adding a few different styles.

She put the tray in her hand on the table, and then asked Zhuge Liang with concern: "Husband, why don't you go to bed so late?"

This woman was Zhuge Liang's first wife, Huang Yueying.

Zhuge Liang pointed to the drawings on the table and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty has given me a difficult problem and ordered me to help the Metallurgical Bureau improve weapons."

"But my husband's talent is still too shallow. I have studied these drawings for several hours, but still have nothing to gain."

Facing his wife, Zhuge Liang had nothing to hide.

The couple had a very good relationship and talked about everything on weekdays. Moreover, Huang Yueying was also very talented and could always chat with him.

"Ten-shot crossbow? Can I take a look?"

Huang Yueying couldn't help but say curiously, with a hint of eagerness in her eyes.

She had heard about the reputation of the Metallurgical Bureau for a long time. There were Mohist disciples who were best at mechanical devices, and the world's top craftsmen.

So she was very interested in this weapon drawing produced by the Metallurgical Bureau.

"Of course."

Zhuge Liang nodded, picked up the tea and drank it, while picking up the drawings and handing them to Huang Yueying.

Huang Yueying took the blueprint and looked at it carefully. She was surprised and said, "This... is a terrible weapon."

"The art of mechanism can be used in this way. The Mohist School is worthy of being the originator of the art of mechanism. This design is really ingenious."

Zhuge Liang also nodded and said, "This ten-shot crossbow is indeed good, but Your Majesty hopes to simplify it and reduce its size so that it can be turned into a crossbow that soldiers can hold."

"Yueying, do you have any ideas?"

Zhuge Liang knew that Huang Yueying was quite talented in creation, even much better than him, so he asked this question.

Huang Yueying studied it carefully for a while, shook her head and said, "I can't think of a suitable way. It's really difficult to simplify this ten-shot crossbow into a handheld crossbow."

"Because the two are completely different things, it's easy to say, but almost impossible to do."

"My suggestion is that my husband should not insist on simplifying the ten-shot crossbow, but redesign a crossbow."

"Of course, you can use part of the structure of the ten-shot crossbow, which is easier than simplifying."

Huang Yueying also said that there is no way to simplify it.

In her opinion, it is more direct to find a way to redesign a crossbow than to simplify it time-consumingly and laboriously.

"Redesign?"

Zhuge Liang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then his face suddenly showed joy, "Yueying, you really have a wonderful idea, why didn't I think of it?"

His thinking has always been limited to "simplification", but Huang Yueying's words pointed out a way for him.

Why not redesign a crossbow?

For a moment, Zhuge Liang felt that all the problems that weighed on his mind disappeared in an instant, and at the same time, his thoughts flowed like a spring. He reached out and took a piece of silk and started drawing on it with a charcoal pencil.

Huang Yueying couldn't help but smile when she saw this, and she cleaned up the table for Zhuge Liang and gave him some advice from time to time.

With the joint efforts of the couple, in just over an hour, the rough sketch of a crossbow was drawn.

"This crossbow can fire seven arrows in a row, which is several more than the ordinary crossbow; tomorrow I will discuss with the craftsmen of the Metallurgical Bureau to see if it can be improved to ten consecutive shots."

Zhuge Liang wiped the stains left by the charcoal pencil on his hands with a wet towel, and then smiled at Huang Yueying.

Although this crossbow is still a bit crude and inadequate, it can be improved and perfected later. It is just a sketch now.

"My husband is really amazing."

Huang Yueying praised with a smile, reaching out to tidy up Zhuge Liang's collar.

Zhuge Liang held her hand and said with emotion: "Marrying you is the best decision I have ever made as a husband."

"If the research of this crossbow is successful, it will play a huge role in the southward expedition against the enemy. Yueying, you should be the first to be credited."

Huang Yueying shook her head and said, "I am already very satisfied to be able to help my husband. Why do I need any credit?"

"It's getting late. My husband should go to bed early. I'll go get some hot water to warm your feet."

After saying that, Huang Yueying walked out of the study.

Zhuge Liang looked at her leaving figure, with a gentle smile on his lips, and it took a long time before he retracted his gaze.

What else can a husband ask for with such a wife?

...

Early the next morning.

Zhuge Liang took the crossbow drawings that he had designed after staying up all night to the palace to meet the emperor, wanting to report this achievement.

Because he slept too late, he was delayed for a few hours. When he entered the palace, everyone else had already arrived.

"Kong Ming, why do you look so tired?"

After seeing the dark circles under Zhuge Liang's eyes and the fatigue that could not be concealed, Liu Xie couldn't help but ask with concern.

Zhuge Liang usually keeps time.

This is the first time he is late.

Zhuge Liang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was studying the crossbow yesterday, so I slept late."

"But hard work pays off. I finally got some results and designed the crossbow that your majesty wanted."

"Oh?"

Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Xie's eyes lit up and he was a little excited.

Is the efficiency so fast?

Other ministers also cast curious eyes. There was no court meeting yesterday, so they didn't know about the ten-shot crossbow.

Sima Yi's eyes were filled with doubt and he thought to himself, "This villager Zhuge actually got the important task assigned by His Majesty behind my back?"

"But he is just a scholar, how could he study the mechanical crossbow? When did he even know the mechanical way?"

When Sima Yi was wondering, Zhuge Liang had already presented the drawings in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I was inspired by my wife and thought that it was impossible to simplify the ten-shot crossbow, so I took a different approach and redesigned a crossbow."

"This crossbow can currently do seven shots, which is still a long way from ten shots, but there is still room for improvement."

Zhuge Liang's words shocked everyone.

Seven-shot crossbow?

Jia Xu couldn't help asking, "Is what Kong Ming said true? You, you actually developed a multi-shot crossbow?"

Currently, the highest crossbow in the army is only three shots.

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Seven shots are simply unrealistic!

Moreover, Zhuge Liang said that there was room for improvement, and it was possible to reach the point of ten consecutive shots, which was simply a fantasy!

Jia Xu was born in the military, and he deeply understood the significance of a multi-shot crossbow, which could play a huge role in both offense and defense.

"How dare I speak nonsense in front of your majesty?"

Zhuge Liang said with a slight smile.

Liu Xie took the drawings and read them over and over again. Although he couldn't understand them, he certainly didn't doubt Zhuge Liang's words, so he was also very surprised.

"Good, good, good! Kong Ming is really a genius!"

Liu Xie said with a big laugh, and he did not hesitate to praise and appreciate Zhuge Liang.

"I will order the Metallurgical Bureau to conduct research and development later. If this crossbow can really meet the military standards, I will name it after your surname, Kong Ming."

"It's called Zhuge Liannu!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but envy Zhuge Liang, and Sima Yi's eyes were almost red.

Name the crossbow after the surname, and in the future, whenever you mention the crossbow, you will know who invented it.

Just like the Jian'an machine and Jian'an plow, when you mention them, you will know that they are related to the emperor. This is a good name that will be passed down through the ages!

Zhuge Liang did not expect that the emperor would give him this honor. Even with his temperament, he was very excited for a moment and immediately knelt down to thank him.

"I thank your majesty for your grace!"

"But this crossbow was developed by me with the inspiration of my wife. If we talk about the merits, my wife's merits are the greatest. I dare not take the credit."

Zhuge Liang did not forget Huang Yueying's help. Even if he would lose this opportunity to be passed down through the ages, he told the truth.

Liu Xie smiled and said, "Husband and wife are one, why should we be obsessed with a mere name? If this crossbow can be successfully developed, I will not forget your wife's contribution."

"Okay, get up first. I have other things to announce today. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly in his heart, and had to thank him and get up and return to his seat.

Liu Xie put the drawings in his hand on the table, and then said to the civil and military officials in the hall: "Now that the great cause is about to be accomplished, I am impressed by the achievements of all my beloved ministers and want to build a Lingyun Pavilion to inspire the soldiers to fight against the enemy."

"Since I ascended the throne, all the ministers who have made great contributions to my Han Dynasty can display their portraits in Lingyun Pavilion and enjoy eternal worship!

"Those who enter Lingyun Pavilion will have their achievements and glory preserved in Lingyun Pavilion forever and will be passed down through the ages!"

"There is no limit on the origin of those who enter Lingyun Pavilion. Even the lowest-level soldiers have the opportunity to enter Lingyun Pavilion with their military exploits! ”

In front of all the civil and military officials in the hall.

Liu Xie announced this decision.

This was a decision he made after careful consideration.

There is no limit on family background to ascend the Lingyun Pavilion, as long as you have merit, you can ascend. He did this to inspire the soldiers to fight against the enemy, and it was also a small test of the implementation of the imperial examination system in the future.

After Liu Xie finished speaking, everyone in the hall was shocked.

Lingyun Pavilion?

For a moment, everyone thought of Emperor Wu's "Qilin Pavilion" and Emperor Ming's "Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai".

These two are similar to Lingyun Pavilion, both of which list the portraits of meritorious ministers, which will be passed down through the ages and can be regarded as the greatest honor of ministers.

But the Lingyun Pavilion mentioned by Liu Xie is different from the previous two, because the previous two are final judgments, and the meritorious ministers are included in them only after the unification of the world.

Now that the world has not yet been unified, Liu Xie plans to create Lingyun Pavilion and start to list meritorious ministers, regardless of their origins.

In other words, as long as the merits achieved in the future are enough, anyone has the opportunity to be listed in Lingyun Pavilion!

"Your Majesty has started again..."

After a brief astonishment, Guo Jia instantly realized that this was the emperor's usual method - drawing a big pie!

It's just that this time the pie is a little bigger than he imagined.

Because it is not drawn for one or two people, but for all the civil and military officials in the court and even all the soldiers!

It goes without saying how extraordinary the significance of Qilin Pavilion and Yuntai Twenty-Eight Generals is. From ancient times to the present, countless people have wanted to be among them.

Now, the emperor has clearly placed this opportunity in front of everyone!

What is more attractive than rising to prominence, glorifying the ancestors, and leaving a name in history?

"Why don't men take Wu Gou and take over the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty?"

"Please go to Lingyun Pavilion for a while and make a scholar a marquis of ten thousand households!"

Liu Xie chanted softly, and his clear and seductive voice echoed throughout the hall.

"A real man is born in the world, how can he live a mediocre life? Make some achievements and climb to the top of Lingyun Pavilion, so that this life will not be in vain!"

Liu Xie waved his sleeves and said heroically.

Hearing this straightforward but vigorous poem, all the ministers in the hall felt an indescribable sense of pride rising in their hearts.

Only Lu Bu scratched his head, wondering in his heart-why did the sentence His Majesty said later sound so familiar?

"Why don't men lead Wu Gou and take over the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty!"

"This is the ambition of our military generals!"

Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and other military generals were extremely excited and wanted to take up their weapons immediately to recover the Han Dynasty!

"Please go to Lingyun Pavilion for a while and be granted a title of Wanhu Hou as a scholar..."

Kong Rong was shocked and muttered to himself.

Even at his age, he felt his blood boiling when he heard this poem, let alone those young people?

All the scholars and literati in the world who have ambitions in their hearts will regard this poem as their motto!

He can imagine that after the news of Lingyun Pavilion spreads, scholars and literati everywhere will be restless!

What scholars seek is nothing more than fame, and if they can go to Lingyun Pavilion and be granted a title of Wanhu Hou as a scholar, what a great honor it is?

No one can refuse!