In order to facilitate production and unify the format, Shen Bing drew several sketches.
A sketch is really a sketch, because it is drawn on sheepskin with a brush, and the lines are inevitably crooked.
However, this sketch with a front and side view still amazed Xun.
Xun stared at the sketch in a daze, his heart in turmoil.
"What's going on?"
"I've never been taught these things!"
"Especially what the hell is this 1:100?"
Of course, as a master, Xun wouldn't ask directly, and that would be a big deal in terms of face!
As the saying goes, ginger is still spicier when old. He rolled his eyes, lightly brushed the goat's beard around his mouth, and nodded pretending to be appreciative.
"Not bad!"
"You have made great progress these days!"
After saying that, he handed the picture to Cang beside him and explained:
"Just make it according to this picture!"
Of course Cang didn't know it was a trap, so he accepted the picture and was confused on the spot.
"Master, this 1:100 is..."
Xun pretended to be busy looking through the bamboo slips in his hand and raised his head impatiently.
"If you don't understand, just ask your senior brother!"
Shen Bing took the picture, looked at it, and explained:
"This is a scale!"
"1 to 100, that is, one foot in the picture is 100 feet in reality!"
"In this way, all trebuchets can be unified, and they will not be uneven in size!"
Then Cang's head was searched.
"You don't even know this?"
"Learn more from your senior brother!"
Cang:......
In fact, Xun was secretly relieved.
"Fortunately, I'm smart, otherwise my secret would have been exposed just now!"
"But it looks like that guy Shen Bing has more than just that!"
"He comes up with new gadgets easily and they are very practical!"
"Damn it, my master is so difficult!"
…
With the drawings and the cooperation of Zhou, the trebuchet was made smoothly.
During the Qin Dynasty, there were not many craftsmen in an army, usually around five hundred.
Its organization is roughly the same as that of the army, with a group of people and a team of people, but the names are slightly different.
The captain of the corps of craftsmen is called Gongcheng, the chief is called Gongcheng, and the centurion is called Gongshi just like Xunze.
Further up are the stingy men, and the Chess Case in charge of the craftsmen of the First Army.
On the other hand, these craftsmen include wheel people, bow people, Lu people, etc.
To put it simply, they are those who make wheels, those who make bows and arrows, and those who make weapons.
Those who build trebuchets are called "cannon men".
This name sounds a bit unsightly in modern times, but the ancient word "gun" does not extend to that meaning.
Yang Duanhe led only a hundred "cannonmen", which was the team led by Xun.
One hundred people are certainly not enough to make large-scale trebuchets for sieges.
What they did was to pull all the soldiers down with a "hula" sound.
These one hundred "gunners" actually play the role of guidance, supervision and review.
You must know that there are tens of thousands of soldiers of the Qin Army in Ci County alone. Some of them were asked to put down their weapons, cut down trees and build cannons. In an instant, there was a bustling scene of huge crowds of people.
During this period, Yang Duanhe also came for an inspection, but he was a little dissatisfied.
He found Shen Bing who was busy discussing with Xun, frowned and said:
"You seem to have said that this cannon still has many flaws and shortcomings!"
"But as far as I can see, your changes are not big!"
"It just turns the counterweight into a stone!"
"Does this mean..."
As he spoke, Yang Duanhe glanced at Shen Bing's neck intriguingly.
Shen Bing felt a cool breeze blowing by, like a blade waving beside him, and he was so frightened that he couldn't help but shrink his head.
Shen Bing swallowed hard and replied:
"I wonder if the general has ever heard of this!"
"You should have reservations in life and never show your trump cards easily!"
Yang Duanhe looked confused: "True card? What is the trump card?"
"That's it..." Shen Bing thought for a while and then replied: "It's the last move!"
Yang Duan said "Oh", although he was shocked in his heart, he pretended to be calm on the surface.
Be philosophical!
There is depth!
insightful!
Although I have done this before, in fact everyone who is an official or in government does this.
Those who don't do this will basically be lying in a coffin with the grass on their graves several feet high.
But no one has ever summed it up into one sentence like Shen Bing.
It's easy to pronounce and easy to remember.
At that moment Yang Duanhe immediately updated his motto.
Seeing Yang Duanhe's reaction in Shen Bing's eyes, Shen Bing made up his mind and continued to explain:
"If only we had made the trebuchet the best it could be and put it on the battlefield the first time!"
"Then soon Zhao Jun will learn to use the best trebuchets against us!"
"but if……"
Yang Duanhe understood what Shen Bing meant before he finished speaking.
"If we improve step by step!"
"Zhao Jun can only learn step by step!"
"So we can take advantage again and again!"
Shen Bing smiled and cupped his hands and replied: "The general is wise!"
Yang Duanhe could no longer hide the shock in his heart.
Damn, did these words come from a soldier?
It is not an exaggeration to say that Sun Wu was reborn and Wu Qi was reincarnated!
What kind of virtue did I have accumulated in my previous life to be able to bump into such a Buddha!
However, Yang Duanhe finally resisted the urge to recruit Shen Bing into his sect.
As mentioned before, promoting Shen Bing means losing this talent.
Thinking of this, Yang Duanhe pretended to be calm and cleared his throat.
"Just do as you say!"
"However... for reasons of confidentiality, this matter cannot be known to outsiders!"
"Including you improving the trebuchet, do you understand?"
At this time, Shen Bing never thought that Yang Duanhe had other reasons. He only thought that keeping secrets was aimed at the enemy.
So he responded without any hesitation: "No! The villain must keep his mouth shut!"
Yang Duanhe nodded and left with his subordinates with satisfaction.
Just as he was not far away, Li Yan chased after him from behind.
"General, I have something to report!"
"That Shen Bing said a few days ago that this trebuchet still has many flaws!"
"I also thought it would be different when he made it in large batches!"
"I didn't expect that when I saw her today, she was still the same as before!"
"Could it be that Shen Bing is deceiving?"
…
Yang Duanhe raised his eyebrows, looked back and saw that Shen Bing was far enough away, so he said to Li Yan meaningfully:
"General Li Yan!"
"Have you ever heard a word?"
"You should have reservations in life and never show your trump cards easily?"