Chapter 1080

Hearing that the firing range was within meters, Lin Cheng's suspended heart finally settled; he had been worrying earlier about what to do if the Xiangyang Cannon's range fell short of a hundred meters.

What if he had bragged too big earlier? Wouldn't that cost him face, and how would he show off in front of Miss Qianhui in the future?

Just at this moment, Lord Xuan Wuji also extended an invitation to Lin Cheng.

"Lin Cheng, your abilities are indeed worthy of my brother Dongfang's regard. Would you be interested in staying with my Eternal Night Legion?"

Merely by improving the trebuchet, Xuan Wuji had already seen the talent and potential within Lin Cheng.

Recalling the other novel gadgets Lin Cheng had invented from the intelligence reports, if he were willing to stay within the Eternal Night Legion, he could improve more of the empire's military equipment and make outstanding contributions to the empire; given time, Lin Cheng would surely be able to restore the glory of his ancestors.

What he hadn't expected even more was that Xuan Wuji would directly extend an invitation to him. He knew his own talents, but very sorry, his soul was free — it didn't belong to anyone, because it belonged to the whole world! After a difficult struggle on his face, Lin Cheng finally deflated like a deflated ball.

"I'm very sorry, Lord Xuan, but I think the current me is better suited to traveling the entire empire and broadening my horizons, rather than exerting my remaining heat in one place." When speaking, his body looked exactly like a powerless weakling, but his voice was exceptionally firm and resonant.

"That's true too. After all, you're only a youth; forcing you to stay in my Eternal Night Legion would be like strangling your potential. Since that's the case, I can only trouble you for a few more days." Xuan Wuji was also very open-minded — since Lin Cheng was unwilling to stay in the Eternal Night Legion, then so be it.

However, he had to finish the trouble right before his eyes before letting him go.

"Don't worry, Lord Xuan, I will leave behind the detailed blueprints for making the Xiangyang Cannon…" The extra trouble, those few days, was about the matter of the Xiangyang Cannon.

"Actually, regarding the blueprints of the Xiangyang Cannon, leaving them in detail would naturally be best, but the matter I'm troubling you with is the hope that you can repair the trebuchets and cannon artillery in my armory. The dedicated craftsmen originally responsible for maintenance work have been transferred by me to other legions, so now I can only trouble you, Lin Cheng."

"Alright then." Lin Cheng could only agree.

Who let it be that only he had the ability to repair the trebuchets.

"By the way, Lord Xuan, although I previously repaired one heavy trebuchet, I still feel that the empire's heavy trebuchets are extremely inconvenient in terms of transport and excessively labor-consuming. If you permit it, I can lead those craftsmen to refit them all into new-style Xiangyang Cannon trebuchets, and I guarantee I'll teach those craftsmen how to maintain and repair them."

"That's actually a good idea." Xuan Wuji considered it for a moment and felt that what Lin Cheng said did indeed make sense.

Every time the empire's heavy trebuchets were transported, even just between nearby cities, it would excessively drain the people and resources. If they could be refitted into mobile trebuchets like the Xiangyang Cannon, then in terms of transport, it would no longer be as draining of the people and resources as before.

Although the Imperial Ministry of Works had already given up on subsequent research and maintenance of trebuchets, this batch of empire heavy trebuchets was, after all, empire property. If one were to rashly refit them, it would still need to be reported to Your Majesty.

However, refitting could also count as putting waste to use.

"Let's refit half of the heavy trebuchets first; leave the rest for now, Lin Cheng. I wonder if you have any improvement views on cannon artillery?"

Xuan Wuji had not forgotten a piece of news he had seen in the intelligence reports — Lin Cheng possessed mobile magic crystal cannon technology. The power was small, yes, but that was small relative to magic crystal cannons; relative to ordinary siege weapons like cannon artillery, the power was much greater.

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"Traditional cannon artillery? I recall it was passed down from the goblins. Aren't they responsible for improvements?" Lin Cheng vaguely remembered that the empire's cannon technology originally came from the goblin race. Those shorties, apart from being somewhat greedy, were not stingy when it came to business — as long as you gave them money, they'd sell anything.

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Speaking of this made Xuan Wuji angry.

"Those damnably greedy goblins. In the past, every time the empire asked them to maintain the cannon artillery, it required a large amount of gold coins. Because we felt we could never satisfy the greedy goblins, the empire severed ties with them. Now, don't even mention hoping for them to improve the cannon artillery…"

"Before this, the modification and maintenance of cannon artillery also belonged to the Imperial Ministry of Works. But later, the Ministry of Works heard that the Western Empire was attempting to restore the magic-craft technology of ancient times, so the Ministry of Works advised Your Majesty, saying they should engage in some kind of military competition with the Western Empire, just in case."

"And now the mess left behind by the Ministry of Works still requires our Eternal Night Legion to find people ourselves to maintain and repair.

Truly a bunch of trash!"

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Cheng, Xuan Wuji, Lord Xuan Wuji, Eternal Night Legion, Xiangyang Cannon, Miss Qianhui, Imperial Ministry of Works, Your Majesty, Lord Xuan, Western Empire, goblin, goblin race, magic crystal cannon, cannon artillery, heavy trebuchet, trebuchet】