I have no choice but to do my duty... I'm not a science major! No, even if I am, I'm not like that Emperor Taizu, whose graduation thesis was about weapon systems, and who traveled through time in person, not only with a bow and arrow, but also with a good rapid-fire skill, and even with reference books!
Zhang Shou was so angry that he wanted to rant, especially about Chu Kuan's fanatical look at this moment, which was exactly the same as some middle school boys who were obsessed with trivial matters. But to say that this guy was wrong in his suspicion... Then he was not wrong in his suspicion. He immediately sighed deeply again, and then laughed.
"It turns out that Eunuch Chu went through all this trouble just for this."
This time, before Chu Kuan could say anything, Duke Zhu Jing of Zhao immediately frowned, "How come I haven't heard about the Military Equipment Bureau? And, Zhang Shou, what are you talking about? What do you mean by just? If there is a problem with the Military Equipment Bureau, those magical weapons that enabled our dynasty to be superior to the Northern Barbarians and even caused chaos several times without causing a disaster will never be produced again, then..."
Before Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing finished speaking, Zhang Shou calmly interrupted him and said, "Father-in-law, let me refute you. So what if you can't make it? The so-called magic weapons are never important. What's important is the people."
"For example, in a war, no matter how good the soldiers are, if they are led by a weak scholar who has only read a few military books and can only talk, then it will be a loss of troops and a disgrace to the country. However, even if it is a group of farmers or miners who have never been on a battlefield, if they are led by a famous general who is proficient in leading troops, it may not take three to five years, but three to five months to form an army."
"It's the same with magic weapons. Nowadays, because there are no people who truly understand the principles behind them, the blueprints are gone, and there are no people who can assemble them, so they are in danger of being lost. But if someone knew how to draw such a blueprint, what the function of each component is, and how to minimize the error during assembly, wouldn't there be as many magic weapons as possible?"
"Besides, because people are constantly studying and refining them, the original magic weapons can soon be updated to the second, third, and even Nth generation." Zhang Shou didn't bother to care whether the two people in front of him could understand what the so-called N meant. He smiled and said word by word, "Otherwise, if we stick to our ancestors' things, they will be lost if we are not careful."
This time, although Zhu Jing was upset by the rebuke, he had to admit that Zhang Shou was right. However, Chu Kuan was not annoyed by the squeeze, but the expression on his face became stronger.
"I knew that the person who could unlock the secret box of Emperor Taizu would not be like those mediocre mortals. No wonder you have devoted yourself to various schools in the past two years. It turns out that you have understood the intentions of Emperor Taizu a long time ago."
"Everyone in the world thinks that the most proud thing in Emperor Taizu's life was his unprecedented achievement of expelling the Tartars and establishing his rule over the world. They all think it was the magic weapons in the Military Equipment Bureau, but they don't know..."
"Emperor Taizu was most proud of the various colleges and universities in the Imperial College. But now, the Jiuzhang Hall has reopened, but those miscellaneous subjects have disappeared. Emperor Taizu even wanted to open a school to train carpenters and blacksmiths, but he had to give up temporarily because of strong opposition. Even the story about him setting sail after abdicating has another version."