He saw Ying Zheng getting angry.
Instantly, Zhangtai Palace fell silent.
The voices of objection disappeared in a split second. Even Prime Minister Wang Wan, Imperial Censor Li Si and Chief Justice Feng Quji who were about to step out to remonstrate stopped.
All the civil and military officials in the court knew.
Although His Majesty the King of Qin was a wise ruler.
He was also an Overlord.
The court could not tolerate any opposition to him.
Once he made up his mind, he could not change it.
Since His Majesty had already said so.
They naturally did not dare to persuade him to stop, lest they hurt themselves.
"The attack on the Yan, Han, and Zhao empires will be delayed for three months. After Mr. Gongshu and the Gongshu family have equipped the bows and weapons that were tailor-made for the Qin army, we will attack the Yan, Han, and Zhao empires.”
Ying Zheng ordered.
"Yes."
The throne and Meng Ao, who were the commanders of the attack on the three kingdoms, agreed.
As for the other general, Wang Jian, he was still in the old capital of Wei, Daliang, leading troops to guard the land of Wei.
"Mr. Gongshu, I'll give you three months. That should be enough, right?”
Ying Zheng turned his gaze to Gongshu Chou.
"It's enough."
Gongshu Chou nodded.
"Alright, in three months, it will depend on Mr. Gongshu and your Gongshu family's ability.”
Ying Zheng nodded.
"Alright, let's withdraw."
Then, Ying Zheng waved his hand.
……
After the morning assembly.
The entire State of Qin was like a huge war machine that began to operate in an orderly manner.
Since the battle had been postponed.
The plan to assassinate the Han and Yan Monarchs was also delayed.
However, the entire State of Qin, from the Imperial Court to the people, was silently accumulating strength, preparing to launch that earth-shattering blow.
The head of the Gongshu family, Gongshu Chou, also secretly returned to Qi State after this morning court session.
The ancestral land of the Gongshu family was in Gaomi County, Linzi County, the capital of the Qin country.
He brought the entire Gongshu family and moved to Xianyang, the capital of Qin, after committing treason.
After that, in the place that Ying Zheng had prepared for the Gongshu Family, they began to custom-make bows, crossbows, siege weapons, and other armaments for the Qin army.
In this tense atmosphere.
The three years of King Zhuang Xiang of Qin passed just like that.
Time had entered the first year of Emperor Shi Huang.
Ying Zheng was fourteen years old this year.
However, what Ying Zheng did not expect was that in less than half a month's time…
Gongshu Chou led the members of the Gongshu family to research new results.
"Your Majesty, this is the repeating crossbow that Mr. Gongshu Qiu led the Gongshu clansmen to develop.”
On this day, Li Si came to the palace with a strange object in his hand, and reported to Ying Zheng excitedly.
Ying Zheng had handed over all the affairs of the Gongshu Family to Li Si. Therefore, Li Si was the happiest when the Gongshu Family designed the armaments suitable for the Qin army.
"Compared to our Qin army's crossbow bolts, how are they stronger?”
Seeing Li Si running in excitedly, Ying Zheng raised his head and asked curiously.
He had thought that Gongshu Chou would not disappoint him.
However, he didn't expect that the research would produce results so quickly.
"That's much stronger."
"Your Majesty, the crossbows that our Qin army is equipped with now are all single-shot crossbows. After firing a round, we have to reload the crossbows, which is very time-consuming and laborious.”
"Crossbowmen have no ability to protect themselves when they are reloading their crossbows.”
"But this repeating crossbow is different. There is a wooden box on the top of the crossbow arm, which can be loaded with more than ten bolts at once. After firing the bolts, you just need to pull the lever to quickly load the bolts.”
"It can be said that with the Gongshu family's repeating crossbows, the strength of our Qin archers has increased by several times.”
"And this isn't the only benefit. The crossbows that our Qin army was originally equipped with only had a range of fifty steps.”
"However, the Gongshu family's repeating crossbows have a range of 120 steps. From now on, only our Qin country's crossbowmen can shoot the other party, but the other party can't shoot us.”
Li Si's tone was filled with incomparable joy.
He told them all the benefits of the repeating crossbow that the Gongshu family had developed without reservation.
He was so happy that it was as if he had personally researched it.
"Is it easy to manufacture?"
However, Ying Zheng did not feel happy just because he heard about the benefits of the repeating crossbow. Instead, he asked the question with a sharp gaze.
Many military weapons were powerful.
However, due to the difficulty of manufacturing, it could only be considered a deterrent weapon for a small number of units.
"It's almost as powerful as the single-shot crossbow we made. Moreover, because the Gongshu family helped us solve a few manufacturing difficulties, the difficulty of manufacturing it now is even lower than the difficulty of manufacturing the single-shot crossbow before.”
Li Si replied.
"That's good. Go and give the order to mass-produce these repeating crossbows and equip the Qin army.”
Then, Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Li Si nodded excitedly and left.
"Your Majesty is wise. I finally understand why Your Majesty paid such a huge price to win over the Gongshu family.”
Before he left, Li Si left behind a sentence of admiration.
"Is the price high?"
Hearing this, a mysterious smile flashed across Ying Zheng's eyes.
In his plans for the future, the department set up in the court was not just for the Gongshu family.
Rather than saying that it was set up for the Gongshu family, it was more accurate to say that it was set up to manage the world's water conservancy projects, all kinds of civilian equipment, and military equipment.
This was what he wanted to do after he swept through the six countries and unified the world.
In that case, it was fine for him to give the Gongshu family some benefits in advance to recruit them.
As for whether they could stay in this movie forever, it would depend on their own abilities.
To put it bluntly, what Ying Zheng had done was nothing more than drawing a pie.
At that time, if the Gongshu family did not do well, or if Ying Zheng was dissatisfied with them, their lives would be in his hands.
"Your Majesty, the Gongshu family invented the crossbow…”
"Your Majesty, the Gongshu family invented the catapult…”
"Your Majesty, the Gongshu family invented the charging car…”
After that, every ten days, the Gongshu family would invent an extremely powerful weapon of war. Li Si would rush into the palace every time and report happily.
Of course, the war machines developed by the Gongshu family were too big for him to carry with him. He could only bring the blueprints with him and explain their functions to Ying Zheng.
As long as it was not something that could not be manufactured on a large scale, Ying Zheng would approve all of them to be used in the Qin army.
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