After finishing his words, Gu Xun turned around and looked behind him.
Behind him were all the senior officials of the Yin Yang family on the ship - the two guardians and the five elders.
His dignified Imperial Master came to the mirage to inspect the project, and of course everyone from the Yin Yang family had to come out to greet him.
"Two guardians of Moon God and Star Soul, what do you think?"
Xinghun put his hands behind his hands and looked sideways, as if he didn't hear anything and didn't answer the question.
He was not interested in some inexplicable naming rights, and he didn't want to join in the fun.
He just wanted to get over this so-called inspection quickly and send Gu Xun, the god of plague, away.
Star Soul has no such interest, and the same goes for Moon God.
But Moon God can no longer be as incommunicative as Xinghun, otherwise he will not give Gu Xun face.
In public, Gu Xun wouldn't slap them to death, but it would be easy to make them feel embarrassed and uncomfortable.
I disgust you to death!
"It is inconvenient for us to offend the Eastern Emperor's teachings. Only the Imperial Master has this qualification." Moon God declined.
Gu Xun grinned and raised his eyebrows, "Why, don't you give me face?"
Hearing this, the eyes behind the veil of the Moon God couldn't help flashing with helplessness.
She glanced sideways and saw that Xinghun was still pretending not to hear.
Between dragging Star Soul into the water and dealing with it himself, Yueshen chose the latter without much hesitation.
Anyway, it's not a big deal, it's better to do more than to do less.
"Since the Imperial Master has an order, we should do as we please." Moon God said a few words, and then gave a name, "This crossbow is used to kill mirages and clear the fog, so why not call it... Poyun , what do you think, Imperial Master?"
Gu Xun smiled and said nothing, but gave Gong Shuqiu a wink.
The latter immediately understood and said with a flattering smile, "Lord Moon God has got a good name, nice and appropriate!
"This crossbow will be called the Poyun Crossbow from now on!"
"How long will it take for the remaining Poyun Crossbows to be completed?" Gu Xun took advantage of the situation and asked Gong Shuqiu.
Gongshuqiu's smile stiffened slightly, "Well... Sir, there are two more crossbows under construction, but due to the special construction location, I'm afraid it will take about a month."
Gu Xun had previously set a two-month deadline for him, and now nearly a month has passed - there are still a few days left.
According to what Gongshu Qiu said at this moment, the remaining crossbows will still need about a month, and it is possible that the deadline will be exceeded.
Although it is estimated that it will only be overdue for two or three days at most, overdue is overdue.
Military orders are like mountains, and disobeying them will result in death.
Gu Xun's order was not a military order, but it was obviously more fatal to Gong Shuqiu than a military order.
Looking at Gongshu Qiu, who was a little worried, Gu Xun laughed and said, "The Gongshu clan chief will just follow the steps. There is no need to rush. Make sure to maintain quality and quantity."
"Your hard work has paid off, and I'm still willing to give you an extension of the three to five days."
That deadline was the reason he used to urge the public to take revenge. It didn't matter whether it was earlier or later.
Hearing this, Gong Shuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face returned to its previous brightness, "Thank you, Master Imperial Master, for your understanding."
"By the way, how is the stargazing instrument made?" Gu Xun then asked.
"The renovation project has come to an end and will be completed in two or three days at most."
Gu Xun's eyes immediately turned to the Moon God, "We have the means to kill the mirage, but I don't know how to locate the mirage. Is the Yin Yang family confident?"
"We still need to wait until the instrument is fully completed to find out." Luna responded in a deep voice, "I think there will be no problem."
"Then I look forward to good news from you." Gu Xun replied with a smile.
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"There's another big thing on the mirage!"
Pirate Zhi Feng Feng Huohuo broke into the stronghold lobby and shouted something carelessly inside.
Master Ban was the only one in the room, fiddling with a Shang Tong Mo Fang out of boredom—but it was not a third-level one, but a fourth-level one.
In the field of playing Rubik's Cube, the Mohist family has not actually summed up enough rules. In many cases, they still rely on experience and brain power. Even for a class master, playing a fourth-level Rubik's Cube is very difficult.
Being forced to give up Tianming was a huge blow to Master Ban. Although he knew that this was for Tianming's future,... he might understand it intellectually, but it was still difficult to accept it emotionally. He suddenly became much older.
I can't muster the energy to go work on the front line again, so I leave everything to the junior pilots, and I am naturally free.
Gao Jianli and the others have left Songhai again. After all, the problem of the Book Burning Order is far from being resolved, and they still have plenty to do.
Since Tianming can't save them, there is no need for them to stay in Songhai.
Of course, if necessary, it is still possible to rush back in time. After all, the Mo family has flying units.
Only Thieves Zhi was left, responsible for keeping an eye on the mirage so that he could get the news as quickly as possible in case of any emergencies.
Then today, Thief Zhi saw the giant crossbow standing on the deck of the mirage.
The Mo family actually knew this news a long time ago. After all, it caused quite a stir. However, they didn't know what it was until the crossbow machine was built.
Master Ban put down the 'toy' in his hand and asked in a nonchalant manner, "What on earth did the Gongshu family come up with?"
"Uh... to be honest, I can't tell." Pirate Zhi sat down on his seat and spread his hands and replied, "It's very big and slightly square. It's not regular enough to say it's a long box, but it's something else. I
I really couldn’t think of it for a while.”
"You, I usually ask you to read more books and learn more knowledge about machine arts, but you don't listen and you can't even recognize what the thing is." Master Ban shook his head and sighed, hating the iron.
Robber Zhi was very dissatisfied with this, "Is that because I am ignorant? That is a man-made thing created by public losers!"
"If they come out with something that looks like a machine white tiger, I will recognize it as a machine beast at a glance!"
"Why don't you let them put up a sign for you and write some information on it?" Master Ban rolled his eyes and choked him.
Then he thought to himself and said, "Old man, I have to go out and take a look at this matter myself."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Pirate Zhi chuckled, "I guess it doesn't matter if you don't read it, right?"
"It's nothing more than a destructive weapon, probably used to deal with monsters in the sea. The specifics have nothing to do with us."
"That's hard to say." Master Ben shook his head, "If it is a weapon, it can be used to deal with monsters, and it can be used to deal with people."
"Maybe we will meet in the future, so it's better to get to know each other in advance."
"That's okay." Thieves Zhi shrugged, not commenting on what Master Ban said.
Anyway, Master Ben was flying the Suzaku, flying from high altitude. Even if he was discovered, there was no danger, so don't worry.
However, in this matter, Master Ban was obviously overly worried.
Of course, the Poyun Crossbow can be used to deal with people in theory, and it is also an indestructible super weapon. One arrow shot through it can even open a big hole in the city wall. When it comes to people, it is even more powerful than a catapult.
Strong or not weak.
But this thing has a very fatal flaw - not the excessively long cooling time, nor the extremely low durability, but the fact that this requirement must be fixed.
This requirement is very strict. It does not mean that it can be converted into a mobile unit by building a frame and putting it on it.
The Cloud-breaking Crossbow must be mounted on a sufficiently stable and stable base, such as the earth or a mirage.
A base that is slightly unstable will be directly crushed by the strong reaction force generated by the crossbow machine during operation, and a crossbow machine that loses its base fixation will inevitably collapse during operation.
Therefore, this thing can only be installed on the city wall as a fixed fort, but its size means that the city wall is not suitable for directly installing it, and it must be modified separately.
Even if all difficulties are overcome and installed, this thing is just an enhanced version of the trebuchet. The attack frequency is surprisingly low compared to Nike. It consumes a lot of materials and is not worth it.
In a word - flashy.
If this thing was easy to use, Gong Shuqiu would have told Gu Xun long ago.
But if he makes improvements, that's another matter.
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As time went by, Songhai became more and more peaceful, but outside of Songhai, almost all areas of the empire were becoming increasingly turbulent.
The Lingqu Canal project is gradually completed, and the war in Lingnan is about to restart.
Before a war, the first thing to do is to prepare and transport military supplies and grain, and then recruit and mobilize soldiers.
Both of these require the recruitment of a large number of civilians. The former will serve as corvees, and the latter will serve as garrison service. The former will tire people to death, while the latter will directly kill people.
At the same time, with the onset of autumn, the entire north, including the three counties of Beidi and the Jibei and Liaodong areas, began to be invaded and harassed by nomads.
This time was not a planned large-scale invasion by an organized system, but a spontaneous plundering operation carried out by various nomadic tribes.
Winter is coming soon, and their supplies are not enough, so they must go south to plunder, using the lives of their own people and the lives of the people in the Central Plains to exchange for living supplies for the clan.
The previous wars between the north and the south used too many manpower, resulting in weak border defenses. Once the nomadic tribes went south to plunder, the people on the border would surely suffer.
The empire certainly couldn't leave it alone, so it had to recruit garrison troops.
No common people like to serve, not to mention that the severity of corvee service in the empire has far exceeded the normal level, and has even reached a level that people cannot afford it at all.
The people's dissatisfaction is boiling, and those who are interested will naturally take the opportunity to agitate, causing turmoil all over the country.
The only exception is the area just visited by the Eastern Patrol Team.
No matter what, not many people dare to face the bad luck of Ying Zheng, the First Emperor.
But after all, the places that Ying Zheng can inspect are limited, and the effect of inspections is also limited.
He could leave Xianyang for a few months, or even a year and a half, but he could not keep running back and forth around the empire's borders like a never-ending train.
After all, the mobile court was only a temporary measure.
Amid the turmoil of the empire, Mirage finally pulled anchor and set sail again, embarking on a journey to seek immortality.
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Somewhere in the cabin on the ground floor of the mirage, Tianming was bored and lying on the bed in a daze.
He now lives exactly the same life every day. He eats when he wakes up, sleeps when he is full, and eats again when he wakes up. He is not much different from a pig.
The funny thing is that his fate is similar to that of a pig. He is 'raised' by the Yin and Yang family and only waits for the right time to kill him and eat his meat.
Of course, his ability to resist is much stronger than that of a pig, so it's not completely hopeless.
However, Tianming had no plans to escape in the short term.
Chitaki also told him all the information about Tianming's physical problems.
Unlike the people of the Mo family, even though Tianming knew that he and Gu Xun had a grudge against him for killing his father, Tianming still wanted to believe that Gu Xun would not harm him—at least not using such deceptive methods to harm him.
For the sake of his own life, Tian Ming was of course willing to take a chance and go to sea with the Yin Yang family - that's why he lived so decadently during this period, otherwise he would have to study how to escape from this prison.
Tianming, who was lying down thinking, suddenly felt a shaking, and sat up in a daze. After carefully sensing it, he confirmed that there was indeed a shaking feeling, and it was getting stronger.
With no windows and no other people around him, he could not actively obtain any information from the outside world, and could only feel the sudden vibration and shaking in a daze.
At this time, Chitaki's voice sounded in his ears:
"At dawn, the mirage sets sail again."
During this period, Chitaki often came to see Tianming. Although she was still unable to determine the specific location of Tianming, her perception of others became clearer and clearer, and she could communicate across the air without pulling people into the mysterious space of the Phantom Sound Box.
When Tian Ming heard this, he immediately understood, "I told you, it turns out the ship has started to move."
The mirage is so large that it is as stable as land even on the sea, and you can't feel any shaking at all.
But once the ship starts moving, there will definitely still be some fluctuations.
Tianming followed curiously and asked, "Qiantaki, what can be found on the sea?"
"Uh... sea water." Chitaki gave a dry answer.
"Ah? Just water?" Tianming was a little disappointed.
"Of course it's not just water, but the most important thing is sea water. Over time, the only thing that can leave an impression in your mind is water." Qiantaki replied with a wry smile, obviously not very... longing for a trip to the sea.
"Huh..." Tianming became even more disappointed, but then he thought about it, he couldn't see anything, whether it was water or other things.
He would rather see the water!
"Qiantaki, do you know how long it will take Mirage to go to sea?" Frustrated Tianming immediately changed the subject.
"This... I guess no one knows now, no one can say for sure."
Chitaki hesitated for a moment and then added, "If I guess, it could be as short as two or three months, or as long as about half a year."
"What did you base your speculation on?" Tianming asked curiously.
"The mirage sails very fast, faster than a small boat. Assuming two months round trip and one month in one direction, I estimate it can travel at least thousands of miles."
"If the voyage lasts for three to four months or even longer, it will be tens of thousands of miles."
"The Fairy Mountain... I don't think it's that far away, right? And the sea should have a limit, it can't be truly endless."
Tianming lay down again and replied with a leisurely smile, "Hey, it's not necessarily true. Don't people say that the sea is boundless?"
"But my father told me that the sea also has an end." Chitaki replied with a smile.
"Uncle Gu...does he know the sea very well?"
"Maybe, my father used to own a fleet."
"Before? What about now?"
"It was requisitioned by the imperial court... and has never been returned."
"Isn't this a robbery? Can Uncle Gu tolerate this?"
"I don't know, dad doesn't seem to care much."
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The two of them chatted aimlessly, talking to each other.
In this process, the mirage went out to sea at dawn, and the mind that was confused and confused about the future gradually regained its calm little by little.
