Chapter 292

"It actually came from the hands of the Mohist Leader?! No wonder it is so extraordinary."

Ying Zheng was very surprised. The reputation of the Mohists was already loud enough, and the Mohist Leader, as the head of the Mohists, was clearly even more extraordinary. However, this could be considered an explanation for why these two farm tools were so impressive.

After all, it was the handiwork of the Mohist Leader!

"The waterwheel is indeed unalterable, but the seed drill can actually still be modified," Su Xuan said calmly.

"Oh? Does Mr. Su have any high insights?"

"Does Your Majesty not feel that wood is too fragile?"

"If the shovels on the feet of the seed drill were replaced with something sturdier, the wear and tear when tilling the land would also be greatly reduced, and the seed drill would also become more durable!"

Su Xuan put forward his own suggestion.

Ying Zheng pondered for a moment and found that it was indeed so.

At the same time, he could not help but feel curious. Clearly, a very simple modification could make the seed drill more durable, so why did that Mohist Leader do it this way?

He naturally did not know the Mohists' persistence regarding wood and stone, just like the Gongshu family's persistence regarding bronze.

Various thoughts flashed by one after another. Ying Zheng asked Su Xuan another question. "Mr. Su, since this Mohist Leader is willing to help you manufacture farm tools, then I wonder if it is possible...?"

In the past, the Mohists had always only mingled among the lower-class populace and never gave a good look to the upper-class people of various states.

Ying Zheng had not taken the Mohists too much to heart, but right now, the Mohist Leader had developed two agricultural contraptions for Su Xuan. If promoted, many Qin farmers could benefit.

Since the Six-Fingered Black Hero helped the Qin Guo so much, could he be used by the Qin Guo?

Su Xuan knew what Ying Zheng wanted to ask and said, "After returning, I will tell Your Majesty in detail about the Six-Fingered Black Hero!"

Ying Zheng nodded.

After testing the seed drill and the waterwheel and handing the blueprints of the various farm tools to Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng immediately ordered people to imitate them, and at the same time, tried to see if they could be improved.

Although it was the handiwork of the Six-Fingered Black Hero and the role of these two things was indeed impressive, perhaps they could still be improved.

After arranging various matters, Su Xuan and Ying Zheng returned to the Zhangtai Palace.

Su Xuan told Ying Zheng about the Six-Fingered Black Hero.

"In other words, the Six-Fingered Black Hero had long been in contact with Yan Dan, and this time he came to Xianyang to escort Yan Dan?"

After learning the purpose of the Six-Fingered Black Hero coming to the Qin Guo, Ying Zheng was somewhat surprised.

He could not help but feel indignant in his words. "I do not know what is so good about Yan Dan that the Six-Fingered Black Hero would actually value him?"

After seeing the two farm tools created by the Six-Fingered Black Hero, his status in Ying Zheng's heart rose accordingly. Ying Zheng very much wanted to recruit him for his own use.

As a result, he had not expected that Yan Dan had already taken the lead.

"Perhaps it is because Yan Dan is better at disguising himself than ordinary people!"

Su Xuan gave his own view.

"Yan Dan is indeed good at disguising himself!" Ying Zheng agreed deeply. He was indeed qualified to say this. When he was in the State of Zhao, he had known Yan Dan, so he had some understanding of Yan Dan.

"So, it was Yan Dan who used flowery words to deceive this Six-Fingered Black Hero, which made the Six-Fingered Black Hero favor him? Not hesitating to bring the Mohists to help him?" Ying Zheng guessed the reason for the Six-Fingered Black Hero helping Yan Dan.

"It should be like this!"

"Truly hateful!" Ying Zheng said bluntly. "What virtue or ability does Yan Dan have to be able to obtain the help of the Mohists?!"

This kind of prominent school among the Hundred Schools of Thought, even if they wanted to help, should help the Qin Guo.

Su Xuan heard Ying Zheng's resentment and said softly, "Although the Six-Fingered Black Hero and Yan Dan have a close relationship right now and are unwilling to be used by the Qin Guo, Your Majesty may not lack the opportunity to subdue the Mohists and make them your own!"

"Oh?" Ying Zheng looked at Su Xuan curiously.

"Wanting to subdue the Mohists is very simple. First, you must let the Mohists see Your Majesty's heart. The Mohists advocate universal love and non-aggression, pitying the lowest-class populace. And Your Majesty's raising of troops to crusade against the various states is also to save the suffering lower-class populace of the various states. If this point is known to the Mohists, they will clearly gradually identify with Your Majesty. And secondly, let the Mohists, especially the Six-Fingered Black Hero, see clearly the true face of Yan Dan!"

"The true face of Yan Dan?"

"Although Yan Dan advocates Mohist doctrines, he is ultimately the Crown Prince of the State of Yan. When the State of Yan and the Mohists are placed together, especially when the State of Yan encounters danger, he will undoubtedly only choose the State of Yan!"

"The Mohists, to him, are nothing more than a tool used to achieve his goals!"

Su Xuan did not say how to make Yan Dan reveal his true face.

Ying Zheng looked deeply at Su Xuan, revealing a thoughtful expression.

In the following time, under Ying Zheng's orders, many craftsmen fully imitated the waterwheel and the seed drill, and then, many agricultural officials and officials at all levels of the Qin Guo promoted them quickly.

Among them, after the Gongshu family learned that these two things came from the hands of the Mohists, the contemporary Sect Master, Gongshu Chou, specifically went to study these two things. He did not disparage them as worthless.

If he really wanted to disparage them as worthless, he would have to be able to produce something better.

If he could not produce something better and yet disparaged the two things that the King valued so highly, it would only arouse the King's anger. Therefore, while praising these two agricultural contraptions, Gongshu Chou also slightly offered some suggestions for improvement.

He saw it very clearly.

Although he did not know why the Mohists would suddenly help the Qin Guo and also manufacture these two agricultural contraptions, the credit could not be entirely taken by the Mohists. Although these two things were developed by the Mohists, the ones improving them were the Gongshu family.

This meant that the Gongshu family had a better plan than the Mohists.

Ying Zheng naturally saw through the Gongshu family's little schemes, but he did not point them out. In the final analysis, it was because the Mohists were not used by the Qin Guo, while the Gongshu family had truly helped the Qin Guo a lot.

Many of the weapons used by the Qin Guo for warfare and siege came from the hands of the Gongshu family.

If not for the help of the Gongshu family, it would not have been so easy for the Qin Guo to annihilate the State of Han.

Time passed slowly.

Just as Ying Zheng was fully promoting the new farm tools and the Qin Guo was striving to digest the gains after annihilating the State of Han and recuperating, on this day, Su Xuan found Ying Zheng once again and presented him with a scroll of medical books.

Through the first draft written by Lord Yunzhong, Xu Fu, and then after the deletions, additions, and proofreading by Nian Duan, this scroll of medical books was finally initially completed.