Seeing this, he sighed helplessly, as if he had foreseen it all along.
General, you still haven't let go of Sang Xuanqing.
Gongshu Lan looked disgusted. Yuwen Sheng was not only embarrassing the craftsmen, but also slapping her in the face.
"This should be a lifting device, but its construction is too simple to bear the weight of such a heavy object. I wonder who drew the blueprints; perhaps the general has been deceived—"
"Gongshu Girl," Wang Zebang quickly interrupted her, not letting her continue.
If she completely angers the general, even if Gongshu Jiruo comes, he cannot save her life.
They had witnessed the authenticity of the blueprints firsthand, so even if her guess was reasonable, the general would still think she was slandering and questioning it.
He told her, "These blueprints are real. This is called a 'earth-lifting tool,' which was made by a carpenter in Fuxian County when he was building a camp. It's not just a name without substance, nor is it a fake or a hoax."
Gongshu Lan's eyes widened upon hearing this.
The craftsmen were even more incredulous upon hearing this.
A carpenter from Fuxian? A carpenter from the countryside like that probably wouldn't even qualify as a craftsman. How could he possibly make such wooden implements?!
Looking at their dull and dejected appearance, Yuwen Sheng found them to be a far cry from their previous smug and self-satisfied demeanor, as if they had achieved something great.
Yuwen Sheng lowered his voice, which sounded like a spell being chanted: "Now you should know that Ye Kingdom is not without skilled craftsmen, it's just that you have always been working behind closed doors, that's all."
That's all. This four-word evaluation utterly crushed the pride and arrogance of the craftsmen into dust.
Their faces immediately turned ashen, as if they had lost their parents.
In the general's eyes, these outstanding craftsmen selected from all over the country were not as skilled as a carpenter in the countryside. What was the point of their lives? They might as well be dead.
Wei Yao and Wang Zebang exchanged a glance, both feeling puzzled. The general seemed to be in a much better mood than usual. If it were at this time in the past, he might have already buried a few incompetent craftsmen as a warning to others.
Today, though his emotions and mental state were in danger several times, they never quite reached the point of being out of control… After thinking it over, they realized that nothing particularly unusual had happened to affect him recently, except—
The general married the general's wife.
The two of them suddenly realized what was going on.
They exclaimed in amazement.
So, to cure the madness and bloodlust left behind after someone loses control on the battlefield, all you need to do is give him a soft, gentle wife?
At this moment, a soldier jogged over and said, "General, Chief Engineer Mu has brought the list of stonemasons, saying there is something he needs you to review in person."
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