The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Shengyuan Continent, Jiaguo, Lu County.

Lu County is located in the hinterland of Jia Kingdom and is surrounded by an excellent climate. To the south is a famous hemp-producing area, and to the north is a famous cotton-producing area. This makes Lu County, a city with a radius of several hundred miles, become the largest linen and cotton manufacturing base of the human race.

Viewed from a high altitude, there is a dam on the west side of Lu County, from which four rivers branch out, crossing the county seat of Lu County. The houses in Lu County are row upon row, and are extremely grand, but fully 70% of the houses are textile workshops!

There are five strong textile counties in Jia State, two of which are almost completely controlled by the Mohists. Lu County is one of the counties controlled by the Mohists.

Whenever an outstanding talent from the Mo family participates in the palace examination, they will inevitably take office in Lu County.

In a Catapult Square with more than 5,000 people, Mo Shan was discussing with hundreds of Mo scholars from Lu County.

Mo Shan not only entered the Holy Market, but also followed Fang Yun into the Jinshi hunting grounds. Like other members of the Holy Market, he fought bloody battles with Fang Yun and forged a strong friendship.

There are many aristocratic families in the Jia Kingdom, but originally only the Mo family was qualified to compete for the first-class fortification department. Now Lei Shushan has appeared out of thin air, and after the transformation, it has put great pressure on the Mo family and Mo Shan.

The Lei family is not good at workers and farmers, but as the Lei family with a trace of dragon blood gradually grew up, the Lei family began to slowly extend their hands to farmers and workers, and Lei Shushan was the leader among farmers and workers.

An old Mohist scholar said: "Young Master, it is most correct for you to first improve the Huazhong Bow. After hundreds of years, no one has been able to make real innovations, and it has almost become a shortcoming of the textile machinery. However, , Fortunately, the senior Gong family members don’t hide their secrets. After years of research, the direction is clear, and I’m afraid it’s just a matter of time.”

"The 'box-type slingshot' you designed, young master, is definitely a real innovation. After all, a bachelor had proposed this direction before, but it could not be realized due to some technical problems. Now, as the craftsmen's technology is improving day by day, they can already make it." Box-type pop-up mechanism!”

"We have been discussing this plan for half a month. I think we can start making box-type slingshots!"

"Hmph, that Lei Shushan is really insidious. He actually improved the rollover in just a few days. He must have been preparing for this palace test for more than ten years! Fortunately, he has almost stopped it. If he can improve another mechanism, it will be very useful. Maybe we can win the first-class fortification and take away the title of No. 1 Scholar in the Jia Kingdom from the top of our Mo family’s head!”

"The Mo family finally produced Mo Shan this year, we can't let anyone else lose the number one scholar in Jia Kingdom!"

"Yes, the Mo family can't compete with Fang Xusheng who has won two or three first-level subjects, but they can never be compared with the Lei family!"

"right!"

The Mohists share the same hatred of the enemy and have high morale.

Mo Shan's eyes were determined, and he nodded and said: "Start improving it immediately! I will turn on the box-type slingshot bow. If it fails, I will bear the responsibility alone!"

As soon as Mo Shan finished speaking, the official seal moved. He hurriedly checked and was stunned after looking at it.

The people around him closed their mouths and looked at Mo Shan in surprise. As one of the most outstanding disciples of this generation of the Mo family, Mo Shan must keep his emotions and anger a secret, but suddenly being stunned in front of so many people must have happened. What a big deal.

Everyone observed carefully and found that Mo Shan had a solemn look on his face. He read the letter several times before putting away his official seal. He lowered his head in deep thought and remained silent.

An old member of the Mo family who had a very good relationship with Mo Shan said in a low voice: "Xiao Shan, what big thing happened that made you lose your composure?"

"Oh? Oh!" Only then did Mo Shan realize that he was absent-minded. He stood up straight and looked around everyone, like a general in the army, with the blade hidden in his eyes.

Everyone didn't dare to speak and waited quietly for Mo Shan.

Mo Shan smiled calmly and said: "I heard two bad news. The first news is that under the leadership of Fang Xusheng, the workshops in Ning'an County seem to have made a major breakthrough."

"Ah? I heard that it was blocked by the Palace of Punishment, how could..." Someone stopped mid-sentence because it might violate the laws of the human race.

Mo Shan smiled and said: "So I just said there seems to be a breakthrough. Although the Xingdian personnel can protect the workshop, outsiders can see which workshop Fang Xusheng is mainly in, and can also see the expressions of the workers in the workshop. Fang Xusheng has been in the cotton ginning workshop a few days ago, which means that he must be improving the cotton ginning mechanism. But today, cheers suddenly came from inside, and the workers there were very happy. It was obviously a great breakthrough. "

"However, Fang Xusheng is not from a Gong family after all, so the improvement may not be much. You don't have to worry."

Mo Shan said: "You have never fought side by side with Fang Xusheng, so you can't imagine his exaggeration. Only by experiencing those battles personally can you appreciate his genius. However, compared to other nine subjects, I have no confidence, but as long as I try my best, I may not lose to him! Fang Xusheng once said that if you have the lowest expectations and make the greatest efforts, you will definitely get the best results!"

"You're right to think so!"

Mo Shan continued: "However, the second news is more serious than the first. After Lei Shushan improved his car and overturned, he entered the workshop a few days ago, but he never knew which workshop he entered. After all, Ning'an County It’s different from Ting County, which is heavily besieged by the Lei family. However, just today, Lei Shushan himself revealed that he is also improving the Danhuazhi Bow!”

"Ah?" Everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, Lei Shushan was one step ahead of the Mo family.

"Then where is he going to improve?"

Mo Shan was silent for a moment and said: "Judging from the mechanics they hired and the mechanics materials they used, I'm afraid they want to make a box-type catapult bow just like us!"

"What a Lei family, they actually played this trick! Young Master, since Lei Shushan overestimates his own ability, let's let them see the nearly thousand-year heritage of the Mo family! We may be a step behind them, but we are more prepared and our skills are more sophisticated! As long as we work overnight and all the staff work in two shifts, we can definitely catch up with Lei Shushan's improvement progress!"

"Yes! Young Master, you give the order! We will draw the best mechanism masters from the whole county! Just like what Brother Wang said, we can lose to Fang Xusheng, but we can never lose to Lei Shushan! In terms of mechanisms, the Mo family must not fall behind!"

"Yes! Work overnight!"

"Since the Lei family wants to fight our Mo family head-on, let them try!"

"Okay! Now I give the order to immediately mobilize the best mechanism masters in the county to build a box-type popping flower bow mechanism with all their strength!"

"Yes!"

The crowd responded loudly, and the sound almost broke through the roof of the workshop.

At the same time, Lei Shushan of Ting County was in the workshop, playing with the official seal, with a sneer on his face.

"Sir, now even Fang Xusheng's mechanism has been successfully improved. What are your chances of winning the first-class fortification?"

Lei Shushan chuckled and said, "If I compete with Mo Shan, I only have a 50% chance of winning. After all, Mo Shan is a genius in mechanisms, and the Mo family is powerful, and the forces mobilized in the construction industry far exceed our Lei family. If I compete with Fang Yun in the fortification department, I have a 90% chance of winning! Don't mention Fang Yun, and don't worry about Ning'an County. He can't have much achievement in fortification. I deliberately said that I wanted to improve the flower-spinning vertebral bow, one because the project was nearly half completed, and the other was to persuade Mo Shan to quit and let him improve other mechanisms. If Mo Shan also improves the flower-spinning vertebral bow, and completes it on the same day as me, it will definitely be a fight to the death! Keep staring at the Mo family!"

"Yes!"