After a series of failures, Lei Gong gave up on relying on Danbian. He gathered all the carpenters, intending to pool their wisdom and efforts to come up with a good solution.
The project is challenging, but the situation is even more serious.
However, Fu County was located on the border of Ye State, and those urgently conscripted here were all rural carpenters, with only two "workers" at the highest level. Who could possibly be more outstanding than the other?
They all looked dumbfounded. Lei Gong's blueprints were almost crumpled up, but no one could utter a single useful suggestion.
"Let me take a look at the blueprints."
At that moment, a deep yet clear voice came from outside the shed.
They turned around abruptly.
I spotted Zheng Quchi, and got a general idea of his outline.
She was still short and dark-skinned. Her gray and white cloth clothes were always a bit too long for her, so she rolled up her sleeves and trouser legs several times to reveal her thin wrists and ankles.
Her hairstyle was also different from the craftsman's. Her messy natural curls were combed into a bun on top of her head, fluffy and full, with a round face underneath and a pair of round, bright and spirited eyes.
Perhaps due to the added impression, she didn't seem as slovenly as when she first arrived at the camp.
The young worker didn't react for a moment: "What?"
Zheng Quchi sighed: "If it keeps collapsing, if it's not a problem with the foundation, then there's a problem with the design. I need to take a closer look at the Yangshi Lei drawings."
In modern times, they are called design drawings, but in the Ye Kingdom, they were called Yangshi Lei drawings.
Foundation? Design?
Most of the carpenters didn't understand the term, but they saw her speaking with such conviction and eloquence that it seemed to make some sense.
Lei stared at her sternly: "Can you understand this kind of Lei diagram?"
Zheng Quchi casually made up an excuse: "My Sang family is also a family with a hereditary artisan household registration. My ancestors for three generations were carpenters, so naturally I can understand some of it."
Hearing her say that, Engineer Lei and the young engineer exchanged a glance and handed her the blueprints with some skepticism.
Everyone present had seen the blueprints, so showing them to her wouldn't mean anything.
Zheng Quchi guessed that they definitely didn't trust her, and now she was just desperate and had no other choice but to try anything.
She took it, glanced at it, and thought it was all flashy and just a display of skills.
The watchtower was designed so ornately, but it had many practical shortcomings. Structurally, it was top-heavy and bottom-light. She squatted down, picked up a stone, and began to calculate.
"Embedded volume and depth...As-built materials, total horizontal projected area..."
She was muttering something, and it sounded pretty impressive.
While Zheng Quchi was concentrating on calculating the formula, he was unaware that more and more people were being attracted and gathering around him.
They waited with curiosity, amazement, and quietness, perhaps instilled with awe by the profound academic atmosphere, all of them unconsciously standing at attention.
After some calculations, Zheng Quchi frowned.
Wait a minute, this number is wrong.
She calculated it again and finally understood where the problem lay.
“There’s something wrong with these blueprints. If we try to fix it according to the dimensions and materials specified in the blueprints, it’s bound to collapse.”
She made a firm judgment, and as soon as she looked up, she felt a large shadow fall over her. She was stunned to meet the bewildered and inquisitive eyes of a group of burly men.
But as soon as he said that, he immediately drew the ire of some arrogant craftsmen in the county. He retorted angrily, "Impossible! This watchtower map was made by craftsmen from Taiyuan, and was specially drawn for General Yuwen's camp. You can't just say you're wrong!"
Yes, what level are the Taiyuan craftsmen? In the entire Ye Kingdom, the highest-level craftsmen are said to only reach the "master" level, which is a threshold that they probably can't reach in their entire lives. How could the design drawings of such a master craftsman be wrong?
If there's anything wrong, it's because this little black guy is pretending to know what he's talking about.
Suddenly, they felt an indescribable disappointment.
He acted like a tiger after a series of impressive actions, but turned out to be a complete idiot.
Zheng Quchi also knew that she was currently insignificant and her voice carried little weight. Compared to the highly accomplished and renowned masters in the big city, everyone knew who to choose.
"If it's correct, then why does it keep collapsing when you build it according to the diagram?"
She silenced everyone with just one substantial question.
"Perhaps we did something wrong, or maybe the wood shouldn't have been used..."
"Even the most capable people in this world make mistakes; it's better to trust yourself than to trust others."
Her legs were getting numb from squatting for so long. Just as she was getting up, supporting herself on her knees, she saw the bald-headed man rushing over in a panic.
What she had just done attracted a large crowd of craftsmen, and the commotion quickly spread throughout the small camp's workers. The bald-headed man was terrified, fearing that her show-off would backfire, and hurriedly came to stop her.
He was now truly panicked: "What are you going to do?!"
Zheng Quchi's eyes at this moment were like the stars and the morning sun, slowly descending into indifference, but in an instant, the gloom was swept away, and a rising sun and rosy clouds rose up.
What is she going to do?
After several sleepless nights of reflection, she finally knew what she wanted.
If being a nobody means being destined to be used, sacrificed, and controlled, then she must make herself strong. She may not be as good as others in every aspect now, but she has one thing that no one else can match.
That is, her mind is equipped with technology that is thousands of years ahead of others.
In her previous life, she died a very unfortunate death. She had clearly paved the way for her future, but in the end, she died in an accident.
Even if she were to live another life, she would still have ideals. She does not seek to build a divine tower in this world to enshrine her soul and bring forth boundless glory, but hopes to create absolute value in her field.
"Shan Bian, I want us to live."
These calm and collected yet powerful words reveal the unwavering confidence and domineering presence of a civil engineering expert from a thousand years in the future.
Although at this time, no one could understand the true meaning behind her words.
The craftsmen thought she was referring to the current construction project, while the bald-headed man thought she was referring to the mission.
...Alive?
It's a very simple word, but how to live is something that most people can't control.
Dan Bian's heart clenched, and he gritted his teeth: "You...you're telling the truth? The reason it keeps collapsing is because there's a problem with the blueprint?" He suddenly realized and exaggeratedly said: "I knew it! How could there be a mistake? I clearly built it according to the blueprint. I didn't expect that the craftsmen in Taiyuan might not be as skilled as the rumors say."
Cooperate! She said we must unconditionally cooperate with her plan.
Although he didn't understand what she was trying to do, even if he was so embarrassed that his scalp tingled and he was so red in the face that he was spewing accusations, he was determined to stand on his partner's side.
When Shan Bian echoed this sentiment, some people began to hesitate.
After all, Shan Bian had previously boasted in public that his cousin was a student at the Jixia Academy, so such a background carried some credibility.
Zheng Quchi didn't have time to argue with them. She went straight to the point: "There are less than half a month left. Are you planning to continue building according to the original blueprints, repeatedly trying and making mistakes, or will you trust me this time and correct the mistakes?"
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