Chapter 142 Semi-automatic Machine
Qu Ji held the spear in both hands, he gritted his teeth, veins bulged on his forehead, his feet sank into the mud, blood dripped down his arms.
Li Mu looked down at the young man in front of him as if he was looking at a trapped beast. The muscles in his arms tensed up and he suddenly exerted more strength. With a "click", the spear broke.
Although he tried his best to dodge, his right arm was still stabbed hard, leaving a bowl-sized wound that almost pierced his entire arm.
At the same time, the broken gun flew straight towards Li Mu's face.
Li Mu had to roll over to dodge, but in just a moment, Qu Ji had already grasped another long sword in his hand and slashed towards Li Mu.
With a "puff", the sound of iron entering flesh was heard. Qu Jimun coughed up a mouthful of blood and looked at the extra gun head on his chest, his eyes full of regret.
He fell to the ground, looking at the clouds in the sky, and thought of his mother, father, brother Zhang, and his brothers...
I promised them I would go back!
Li Mu frowned, dismounted, and looked at his deputy general with disapproval, "I can take him down, you don't need to do anything."
When two generals were fighting, someone suddenly intervened. This was not a fair fight, and his victory was unfair.
The deputy general defended himself, "I'm worried that the general is in danger."
At this point, Li Mu had nothing more to say.
He was just a pawn of the Qin State, and if he died, he died.
Li Mu was about to leave, but he saw out of the corner of his eye that the fingers of the person who was already dead moved. He paused and leaned over to check the other person's breath.
His chest was stabbed, yet he was still alive!
Li Mu's eyes were filled with surprise. The young man's resolute face flashed through his mind. He stood up and ordered, "Take him back and hand him over to the military doctor."
The deputy general didn't understand why the general wanted to save this Qin soldier. He looked at his general, then stared at the face of the young man on the ground, and a bold guess arose in his mind.
He called people over, lifted the people on the ground onto carts, and took them back to the city.
The military doctor had seen many seriously injured people, but he had never seen anyone leave a corpse here. Although this person was still breathing, he would be dead once the breath dissipated. It would be a complete waste of effort to pull him back. Moreover, if he was not mistaken, this person was Qin Jun!
The military doctor looked embarrassed, "Deputy General, what does this mean?"
"The general wants to spare his life. You can treat him as you see fit. If he can be cured, that's the best. If he can't be cured—" The deputy general was troubled. "The general won't blame me, will he?"
He felt a little guilty about the second half of the sentence. After all, he was the one who stabbed the person, and if he died, it would be his fault.
In fact, Li Mu didn't really care, but seeing that this person had such a strong desire to survive, he felt a little sympathy.
The news of the Qin army's defeat in Zhao State soon spread to Qin State, and Li Mu's name spread throughout the world.
In the previous battles, the Qin army was unstoppable and attacked Handan directly, but now it was defeated by a young general with little reputation.
Not only was the entire Qin state shocked, but even the other five states were in an uproar.
Zhao Yuanxi felt complicated when she heard about this. It seemed that many things could not be changed even if she wanted to. Meeting Li Mu was a great disaster for the Qin army.
Historically, the Qin State attacked the Zhao State for a long time but failed. Finally, it relied on a counter-espionage strategy and made the King of Zhao personally order the execution of Li Mu. Only then did the Qin army get the opportunity to conquer the Zhao State.
If Li Mu had not died, Qin would have had difficulty in destroying Zhao.
Zhao Yuanxi tried hard not to think about it and simply picked up a newspaper to read.
As a result, the front page of the newspaper was the students' discussion on the failure of the attack on Zhao.
She immediately lost interest.
Zhao Yuanxi simply ran over to Li to see how his loom had been modified. After installing the spring, the weaving efficiency was indeed improved.
He even combined the loom with a water wheel, allowing it to automatically control the raising and lowering of the heald as the water wheel turned. Using a spring device, the weaver controlled the weft yarn to pass through the shed, and then beat the weft to complete the weaving process.
This loom was almost semi-automatic, and Zhao Yuanxi was stunned. He walked around the machine several times, exclaiming in amazement, his eyes full of unconcealable joy. The unhappiness caused by the war between Qin and Zhao had dissipated a lot.
Zhao Yuanxi patted Li's shoulder and said, "Li! What would I do without you?"
"Do you know what you have created?"
Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and it really was true. With this machine, Zhao Yuanxi felt like a lot of money was rolling in towards her.
Li was a little embarrassed. "I didn't make this by myself. Master Meng Xi and other Mohist disciples also participated. And the spring was made by you, Queen Mother. Without it, I don't think it would be possible to achieve the current state."
"You are all amazing, all amazing! You are all my great talents!" Zhao Yuanxi couldn't stop smiling. Accepting this group of Mo family members was indeed one of the most correct decisions she had made.
Zhao Yuanxi waved his hand and said, "Whatever you want, as long as I can give it to you, you can ask for it!"
Qu's eyes sparkled, "Really?"
"certainly!"
"I want a bigger storage room. The room here is a little small."
......
Zhao Yuanxi looked at him with a complicated expression, unable to put into words, "That's it?"
She wanted to grab Li's clothes and shout, "Can you please wake up!"
"If the Queen Mother wants to reward me with some more money, I would also like it."
......
Waiting for him to open his mouth, but this is the result——
Zhao Yuanxi had a worried look on his face, not knowing whether to say he was stupid or too stupid!
She sighed deeply, "All of these will be available. Not only that, I can also build a large house specifically for you, the Mo family, to use."
Zhao Yuanxi has already tasted the benefits brought by the Mo family, so how could he just stop like that? A talent like Li needs to be given a big enough stage to perform.
Now Li and the other members of the Mo family are still living in the paper mill, and Zhao Yuanxi feels it is necessary to provide them with a separate place to live.
Fortunately, all the shops on this street were bought by Zhao Yuanxi, and there was a large open space behind for her to use.
Zhao Yuanxi took out a map and pointed to a spot. "There are about ten acres of land here. I'll give it to you. I'll give you one month to design the residence you want. Don't worry about the money. You just need to consider your own needs and create the perfect Mohist research center in your mind."
"This?" Li's hands seemed to be shaking. "Really?"
"Do I sound like someone who's lying?" Zhao Yuanxi chuckled. "Don't worry! I can afford to build you a building. What's more, the value of what you've built far exceeds these buildings, and you are priceless treasures."
Li's face flushed, not knowing whether it was out of embarrassment or excitement, "Thank you, Queen Mother."
"Didn't Meng Xi get dismissed from office? When he finishes building the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests, you can let him move in. And your fellow disciples, the more the better. Let them consider living here! Anyway, I definitely won't be short of food for them here."
Zhao Yuanxi set his sights on Meng Xi again.
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