Shengyuan Continent, Jia Country, Lu County.
Lu County is located in the heart of Jia Country, surrounded by an excellent climate. To the south is a famous hemp-producing area, and to the north is a famous cotton-producing area, making the cities within hundreds of miles of Lu County the largest linen and cotton cloth manufacturing base for the human race.
Looking from the sky, there is a dam on the west side of Lu County, from which four rivers flow across the county seat of Lu County. The houses in Lu County are lined up one after another, and are extremely magnificent, but 70% of the houses are textile workshops!
There are five major textile counties in Jia State, two of which are almost completely controlled by the Mohist School. Lu County is one of the counties controlled by the Mohist School.
Whenever there are outstanding talents in the Mohist School who participate in the palace examination, they will definitely take office in Lu County.
In a flower-shooting workshop with more than 5,000 people, Mo Shan was discussing with hundreds of Mohist scholars from Lu County.
Mo Shan not only entered the Holy Ruins, but also followed Fang Yun into the Jinshi Hunting Ground. Like other Jinshi candidates from the Holy Ruins, he fought side by side with Fang Yun and forged a solid friendship.
There are many noble families in Jia State, but originally only the Mo family was qualified to compete for the first-class fortifications. Now, Lei Shushan has appeared out of nowhere and modified the overturned car, which has put great pressure on the Mo family and Mo Shan.
The Lei family is not known for being a worker or a farmer, but as the Lei family members with a trace of dragon blood grew up, the Lei family began to slowly extend their hands to farmers and workers, and Lei Shushan was the best among them.
An old scholar of the Mohist School said, "Young Master, you are right to improve the cotton bow first. The cotton bow has been around for hundreds of years, but no one has made a real innovation so far. It has almost become the shortcoming of textile machinery. Fortunately, the predecessors of the craftsmen are not secretive. After years of research, the direction is clear. I am afraid that only the finishing touch is needed."
"Young Master, the 'box-type flower-popping bow' you designed is definitely a real innovation. After all, a university scholar had proposed this direction before, but it was not realized due to some technical problems. Now, with the increasing technology of craftsmen, we can already make a box-type flower-popping mechanism!"
"We have been discussing this plan for half a month. I think we can start making box-type pop-up bows!"
"Humph, that Lei Shushan is really insidious. He improved the overturning mechanism in just a few days. He must have been planning for this palace examination for more than ten years! Fortunately, he has almost stopped here. If he can improve another mechanism, he may win the first-class fortification and snatch the title of Jiaguo's top scholar from my Mo family!"
"The Mo family finally produced Mo Shan this year, and we can't let Jia country's top scholar go to someone else!"
"Yes, the Mo family may not be able to compete with Fang Xusheng, who has won two or three first-class awards. But they can never be compared with the Lei family!"
"right!"
The Mohists shared the same hatred and were full of fighting spirit.
Mo Shan looked determined, nodded and said, "Start working on the improvements immediately! I will be the one to operate the box-type pop-up bow. If it fails, I will be solely responsible!"
Mo Shan had just finished speaking when the official seal moved. He hurried to check and was stunned.
The people around him closed their mouths in surprise and looked at Mo Shan. As one of the most outstanding children of the Mo family, Mo Shan must be able to keep his emotions under control, but he suddenly froze in front of so many people. Something big must have happened.
Everyone observed carefully and found that Mo Shan looked solemn. He read the letter several times before putting away the official seal, lowering his head in deep thought, and remained silent.
An old scholar from the Mo family who had a very good relationship with Mo Shan whispered, "Xiao Shan, what happened to make you lose your composure like this?"
"Oh? Oh!" Mo Shan realized that he had lost consciousness. He stood up straight and looked around at everyone like a general in the army. His eyes were like a knife.
No one dared to speak and waited quietly for Mo Shan.
Mo Shan smiled calmly and said, "I heard two pieces of bad news. The first piece of news is that under the leadership of Fang Xusheng, the workshop in Ning'an County seems to have made a major breakthrough."
"Ah? I heard that place was blocked by the Punishment Hall, how could..." Someone stopped talking halfway because it might violate human laws.
Mo Shan smiled and said, "So I only said that there seems to be a breakthrough. Although the staff of the Criminal Hall can protect the workshop, people outside can see which workshop Fang Xusheng is mainly in, and can also see the expressions of the workers in the workshop. Fang Xusheng has been in the cotton ginning workshop for the past few days, which means that he must be improving the cotton ginning mechanism. And today, cheers suddenly came from inside, and the workers there were particularly happy. Obviously, a great breakthrough has been made."
"However, Fang Xusheng is not from a craftsman family after all, so the improvement may not be that great. You don't have to worry."
Mo Shan said, "You have never fought side by side with Fang Xusheng, so you naturally cannot imagine his exaggeration. Only by experiencing those battles in person can you appreciate his natural talent. However, I am not as confident as in the other nine subjects, but in the fortification subject, as long as I try my best, I may not lose to him! Fang Xusheng once said that day that if you hold the lowest expectations and make the greatest efforts, you will definitely get the best results!"
"That's what you think!"
Mo Shan continued, "However, the second piece of news is more serious than the first. After Lei Shushan improved the overturned car, he entered the workshop a few days ago, but we have never known which workshop he entered. After all, Ning'an County is different from Ting County, which is surrounded by the Lei family. However, just today, Lei Shushan himself revealed a hint that he is also improving the flower-splashing vertebral arch!"
"Ah?" Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect Lei Shushan to be one step ahead of the Mo family.
"So what aspects does he plan to improve?"
Mo Shan was silent for a moment, then said, "Judging from the mechanical engineers they hired and the mechanical materials they used, they probably want to make a box-type popping bow just like us!"
"What a Lei family, they actually pulled this trick! Young Master, since Lei Shushan overestimates his own capabilities, let's let them see the Mo family's nearly thousand years of heritage! We may be a step behind them, but we are more prepared and our skills are more sophisticated! As long as we work overnight and all the staff work in two shifts, we can definitely catch up with Lei Shushan's improvement progress!"
"Yes! Young Master, please give the order! We will select the best mechanical engineers from the whole county! Just like what Brother Wang said, we can lose to Fang Xusheng, but we can never lose to Lei Shushan! When it comes to mechanical engineering, the Mohist School must not fall behind!"
"Yes! Work overnight!"
"Since the Lei family wants to confront our Mo family head-on, let them give it a try!"
"Okay! I'm giving the order now. Immediately mobilize the best mechanical engineers in the county to build a box-type flower bow mechanical device!"
"promise!"
Everyone responded loudly, and the sound almost broke through the roof of the workshop.
At the same time, Lei Shushan from Ting County was in the workshop, playing with the official seal with a sneer on his face.
"Sir, now even Fang Xusheng's mechanism has been successfully improved. What are your chances of winning the first-class fortification?"
Lei Shushan chuckled and said, "If I compete with Mo Shan, I only have a 50% chance of winning. After all, Mo Shan is a genius in mechanical engineering, and the Mo family is powerful, and the forces they have mobilized in the engineering field far exceed those of our Lei family. If I compete with Fang Yun in the field of fortification, I have a 90% chance of winning! Forget about Fang Yun, and don't worry about Ning'an County. He can't have much success in fortification. I deliberately said that I wanted to improve the flower-tipped vertebral bow, one because the project was nearly half completed, and the other was to persuade Mo Shan to quit and let him improve other mechanisms. What if Mo Shan also improves the flower-tipped vertebral bow, and completes it on the same day as me, we will definitely fight to the death! Keep staring at the Mo family!"
"Yes!" (To be continued...)