baby?
That black kid?
Wang Zebang looked grim.
General, wake up! He's not a treasure at all. He's a spy sent by the enemy country, and he's poisoned. Can't you see you're getting a little out of your mind?
He muttered irritably, "General, stop joking."
With a flick of his fingertip, the paper crumbled into snowflakes and flew up. Yuwen Sheng changed the subject and asked about the matter at hand: "Has the military craftsman developed the lifting machinery for the Julu Kingdom?"
"...There's been some initial progress, right?" He'd been so busy these past few days that he'd forgotten to ask about it.
"Call Li Guo over."
All the military craftsmen who accompanied the army were assigned by Yuwen Sheng to the weapon workshop in Fu County. Not long ago, he also sent the weapons assembled by Zheng Quchi there for them to develop. As a result, Chen Guo was so busy that she hadn't had a break for several days.
When he ran over, his hair was a mess, he had dark circles under his eyes, and the fatigue on his face was impossible to hide.
"Chen Guo greets the General," he said, bowing.
"What stage has the project reached? Is it possible to replicate an exact replica?"
Chen Guo's expression froze instantly. He lowered his head and said, "It's only been half a month. Please grant us more time, General. We will definitely—"
Before she could finish speaking, Yuwen Sheng interrupted her with a sneer. His voice was slow and then deepened: "Half a month after half a month, Chen Guo, do you think that I, this general, have spent so much time and effort just so you could kill time?"
The air froze for a moment.
Chen Guo was so frightened that she knelt down.
However, the icy aura above his head, mixed with the biting cold wind, made him clearly feel the oppressive feeling that his blood was about to freeze.
"The weaponry of the Ju and Julu kingdoms is decades ahead of that of the Ye kingdom. We have tried our best, but there are still some things we don't understand. Please calm down, General."
Wang Zebang was worried that the general might kill Chen Guo in a fit of anger. They had only managed to find a few skilled craftsmen in Taiyuan. If he killed them, where would they find craftsmen?
"General, please give them some more time," he quickly added, pleading.
The State of Ye lacked the ability to create, so it could only adopt a "borrowing" approach, but this "borrowing" approach was not so easy.
"Half a month, your deadline."
Upon hearing this, Chen Guo showed no joy at surviving a disaster, but instead looked distressed. He thought the task was too heavy and the time too short, and that he might as well be worn out by it.
After everyone left, Yuwen Sheng looked at the vast expanse of barren yellow earth in Fu County, but his mood was very gloomy.
Do you think he can do it?
he?
Wang Zebang's eyelids twitched. Could it be that dark-skinned kid again?
The general mentioned him quite frequently today.
"No, General! Although we're unsure if he's on Mo Ye's side, he's definitely not someone we can trust!"
He has already sent people to investigate the other party's current background and identity, and he believes the results will be available soon.
Yuwen Sheng took out the Nine-Dragon Mechanism Box.
Click!
The box was opened.
"Trust? It's just a useful tool. If he really can't do it, then we'll just kill him."
Seeing that he had this idea, Wang Zebang felt relieved.
Looking at the opened box, he frowned and asked, "What secret does Master Chen's secret box hold that makes Mo Ye go to such lengths to steal it?"
Although in the end they were the ones who benefited from the situation.
There was a piece of paper folded inside.
Yuwen Sheng skimmed through the document, his eyes deep in thought. He handed it to Wang Zebang: "The list of elite weapons ordered by the Southern Chen and Western Ze Kingdoms from the Mo family. Such a huge quantity suggests that another major battle is imminent."
After reading it, Wang Zebang gasped, a chill rising from the soles of his feet.
But soon he felt a surge of excitement, like the sun breaking through the clouds.
"Excellent! The location and time of the transaction are even specified on it. As long as we send someone to intercept it in advance and ruin this three-way alliance transaction, let's see if the Mo family, Nan Chen and Xi Ze can still cooperate without any resentment."
"Even without these weapons, Julu, Nanchen, and Xize will not let this go; they have long been itching to make a move."
Wang Zebang agreed, and then he thought of something: "If Gongshu Ji knew about Chen Shi's betrayal, do you think he would come out to clean house?"
Gongshu Jiruo was the chief craftsman of the seven kingdoms, and Chen Shi was one of his disciples. However, he betrayed his master and country and fled to the Southern Chen Kingdom, where he became a guest of honor.
"I will arrange for Qiu Qi to handle this matter. The more important thing now is the matter of Fu County."
His Majesty had a conflict with the general over the Battle of Julu, and demanded that he govern Fuxian into an impregnable fortress within a year to resist the long-standing harassment of the border by the Julu Kingdom and to resolve the local drought and food shortage. Otherwise, he would have to obediently return to marry Princess Sheng'an.
Fuxian County may seem inconspicuous, but its unique geographical environment may make it the first fortress for defending the Ye Kingdom in the future.
"General, if you don't want to marry the princess, then hurry up and marry a wife. Whatever your requirements, I can find you a woman of any kind."
Yuwen Sheng glanced at him with a half-smile: "Really? But I don't like women. You should find a man to marry me, preferably the kind who is unwilling and would rather die than submit."
Upon hearing this, Wang Zebang's eyes widened in astonishment.
Are generals and commanders really going to play this wildly?
Although he knew the general might be playing a trick on him, it wouldn't do for the general to remain unmarried for so long. If he didn't want to marry the beautiful and passionate Princess Sheng'an, he could at least keep an eye out for a virtuous and capable woman in Fu County.
As December approaches, in the State of Ye, if a woman is sixteen years old and still unmarried, the local county will arrange for her to be married off to a groom in a wedding procession.
There must have been many suitable candidates at that time. He had to help the general choose a suitable person to warm the general's bed in advance.
——
Construction of the camp came to a standstill once again.
The foreman summoned Lei, Qing, and Lai Tou for an emergency discussion.
"What's going on? Why is the battle tower collapsing again and again? Do you guys even know how to do your jobs?"
"I'm clearly building it according to the blueprints, so why does it always collapse halfway through?" The bald-headed man was also baffled.
The others were even less understanding. This was their first time building military structures like watchtowers and observation towers. Unlike the craftsmen in Taiyuan who had experience building large-scale buildings and had guidance during the process and could ask for help when in trouble, they were completely clueless.
"We only have half a month left. If we don't finish building the camp, we'll all die!"
"But...we don't know how at all." The young worker's face turned pale with anxiety.
"Even if we don't know how, we have to keep repairing it! With so many craftsmen, I refuse to believe that not a single one can..." At this point, the foreman suddenly remembered someone.
A person who keeps a low profile but has done a series of amazing things.
"Sang Xuanqing".
"What?" The man with the scabies head froze reflexively.
Why are they suddenly mentioning her? Could they be suspecting something?
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