The Mohists were highly regarded in the Huai State, but the universal love and non-aggression promoted by the Mohists was not accepted by Wang Pu. However, Wang Pu expressed his willingness to give the Mohists a chance, so a large number of Mohists chose to serve in the Huai Kingdom.
Compared with other vassal states in the Zhou Dynasty, the Huai State paid great attention to the livelihood issues of the grassroots people. This was one of the reasons why the Mohists were willing to serve as officials in the Huai State.
Almost all Mohists come from the lower class. They are either farmers who have lost their land or bankrupt handicraftsmen. They are familiar with the needs of the lower class people and are very hostile to corrupt officials who oppress the people.
Wang Pu doesn't have to worry about these Mohists being bribed. With the help of these Mohists, some of the policies Wang Pu wants to implement will not be tampered with by the people below.
In addition to joining the ranks of inspection censors, a large number of Mohists also joined the craftsmen as supervisors. These ink masters were all skilled craftsmen. After discussing with the master craftsmen of Huai State, they made improvements to many instruments.
Because Huai State had many water conservancy facilities, these Mohists and Huai State craftsmen developed many hydraulic machines, such as water-powered mills, hydraulic shelling machines, and hydraulic forging machines.
Of course, these machines are not omnipotent. First of all, they must be set up in an area with abundant water resources. The water flow must have a gap, or it can be artificially modified. There are also dry and wet periods.
But even so, Huaiguo's productivity has been raised to a higher level. Especially the water conservancy forging machine. After Huaiguo's breakthrough in iron smelting, forging straight knives required multiple forgings. If manpower was used, it would take a lot of time to obtain an excellent straight knife.
With the advent of hydraulic forging machines, the forging speed of iron tools increased several times, and the cost of forging iron tools also plummeted. At this moment, bronze weapons began to be replaced by iron tools in large numbers.
The arrival of a large number of ink masters was a good thing for Huai Guo craftsmen to serve as supervisors. The exchange of technology has improved the skills of both parties, and the master craftsman has taken the art of forging a step further.
At that time, his father-in-law made eight swords, five of which were bronze and three of which were iron. Ever since he became a master craftsman, he has always wanted to fulfill his father-in-law's last wish and forge two more divine swords.
Ganjiang and his wife Moye failed to forge the divine sword several times. This time, after communicating with the skilled craftsmen of the Mo family, he had a flash of inspiration and felt that the time had come to forge the divine sword.
Immediately Gan Jiang and his wife Moye went to Handi to prepare for forging the divine sword.
The generals mine the iron essence from the five mountains, the gold and silver from the Liuhe River, a hundred people push the bellows, and three hundred people transport the ore. The fire is soaring to the sky and will not be extinguished for three months.
Suddenly one day, a comet struck the moon, and the light of the sword struck the ruins of the bullfight. The fire in the furnace was extinguished, and two divine swords were born.
The divine sword was born, and the sword energy was so powerful that everyone around him felt a sense of terror.
When General Mo Xie saw the two swords for the first time, he knew that this time the divine sword was ready.
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Jinling City, Huai Palace Hall.
Wang Puzheng looked at the two divine swords in front of him and was very happy. There are two divine swords, one male and one female. There is a faint divine light shining on them. You can tell at a glance that they must be extraordinary.
"These two divine swords were forged by you and your wife. They happen to be one female and one male. Let's name them after you and your wife!"
General Mo Xie was overjoyed and thanked him immediately.
[Chinese Divine Sword Mission (General Mo Xie): Your descendants have obtained two divine swords from General Mo Xie, and the Wang family’s descendants have received two attribute point blessings. (Temporarily, the bonus attributes will disappear after losing the divine sword.)]
[The two attributes of commander-in-chief and military force of the Duke of Huai Kingdom are +1]
[You gain a lot of luck, the mission of Chinese Divine Sword is completed, you get the final reward, steel forging technology, etc. +1]
[Huaiguo Iron and Steel Technology Level +1, the current level is level 3, and the primary steel forging process has been obtained. 】
While Zi Jue was sleeping, the mission of the Chinese Divine Sword was completed.
After the general Mo Xie successfully forged two divine swords, his iron forging skills improved by leaps and bounds, as if he had been taught by heaven. He creatively created the steel-making, steel-frying and steel-filling methods. The ironware of Huai State completely distanced itself from the states of Bang and Zhou.
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In the twenty-seventh year of the Marquis of Wei, at this time
Thirty years have passed since the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty. The drastic reforms carried out by the Marquis of Wei made the Wei Kingdom become strong and powerful rapidly.
After becoming stronger, Wei was no longer satisfied with the status quo, and at the same time wanted to solve the threat of Qin. So Wei began to attack Qin in the west.
After the completion of the reform, the state of Wei was strong and the morale of its soldiers was high. Wei crossed the Yellow River to the west and built a city in Shaoliang. In one battle, 30,000 Qin troops were killed, and the world was shocked.
It's just that although Wei successfully built a city in Hexi, its attempts to expand Hexi were blocked by Qin several times. Moreover, while Qin besieged Shaoliang, it also built fortifications along the Yellow River to prevent Wei from entering other areas. local attack.
Seeing this situation, Wei Hou was very worried.
"Your Majesty, we, the Legalists, are responsible for running the country, but if we want to command the troops and conquer the city, we need military disciples." A Legalist scholar said.
"There are not many military disciples, and most of them serve as officials in the Huai Kingdom. Where can I find military disciples?" Wei Hou asked worriedly.
"Your Majesty, I know a disciple of the military strategist. This person is Wu Qi, a fellow countryman of mine. He was a disciple of Zeng Shen, a Confucian scholar. Later, he obtained some military strategist classics and abandoned Confucianism to study military. Although he is not a disciple of the academy, he is extremely talented. We are not as good as you."
"There is such a great talent, please invite him here, I will give him special treatment!"
Wei Huang immediately went to invite Wu Qi that night. After Wei Wenhou personally discussed with Wu Qi, he was extremely happy and immediately appointed Wu Qi as the commander-in-chief of the army and asked him to preside over the war against Qin.
Wu Qi originally wanted to become a general and become a prime minister to honor his ancestors. When he saw that Wei Hou trusted him so much, he immediately decided to use all his talents to repay the kindness of Wei Hou.
Wu Qi led his troops and loved them as his own sons, sharing joys and sorrows with them and never being special. He also made clear rewards and punishments and treated people fairly, so he quickly gained the trust of the soldiers, and the soldiers were willing to obey his orders. Wu Qi had great ideas about how to use troops. After arriving in Hexi, he trained the soldiers to make Wei soldiers more elite.
In the autumn of that year, the Qin army attacked again. Wu Qi personally led 30,000 Wei troops to fight. The morale of the army was high and Wu Qi commanded it well. The Wei army defeated the Qin army's thirteen formations in one battle, and actually cut through the Qin army's center, beheaded the generals, captured the flag, and cut off the Qin army's banner. The central army collapsed and the Qin army was frightened. Seeing the disappearance of the great banner, the Qin army lost control and fell into chaos. It was defeated by the Wei army. One hundred thousand Qin army was defeated and suffered countless casualties.
The Qin army was defeated and completely defeated. The Wei State took the opportunity to occupy Linjin to the west and began to build cities in dangerous places to block the Qin army.
The Wei State was encamping step by step. Every time it occupied a place, it drove away the people of the Qin State and then built a city there. In this way, it occupied all the land.
