Bankruptcy

Chapter 356: Bankruptcy

"With Grandpa Deaf here, I don't have to bother drawing a structural diagram. The structure of the Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon is complicated. If Grandpa Deaf draws this cannon and it appears in the real world, it will be easier and simpler to measure. Refining it will also be much easier."

Qin Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The deaf man had not made any money in selling paintings for several months. Qin Mu helped him sell for a short while and made more money than he had earned in his entire life. This made the Crown Prince Tiantu feel deeply moved and sigh that people’s hearts have changed.

Now that he has no worries about food and clothing, Qin Mu asked him to return to Taixue College to help, and he did not refuse.

Arriving at the Imperial Academy, Qin Mu did not even take a rest, but immediately gathered people and assigned tasks.

Qingyou, Youhe and Youyun from Xiaoyujing, Taoist Master Lin Xuan and ten Taoists with profound attainments in numerology, together with Taixue Academy, the design bureau of the imperial court, the numerology masters of Tiansheng Sect, and the village chief, a total of 26 people, plus Long Qilin, were responsible for drawing the pictures on the golden book and organizing the space numerology model.

——Long Qilin’s attainments in numerology are not low, and are not inferior to those old Taoist priests.

Long Qilin was so grateful that he finally found a reason not to be brought to the dinner table, so he naturally worked harder.

Qin Mu did not need to personally take care of the Golden Book and Treasure Scroll. All his energy was focused on making the Sun-Shooting Cannon.

Wang Muran, Mu Qingdai and Long Yu were arranged by Qin Mu to work with the numerology masters from Taoism, Tai Academy, Design Bureau and Tiansheng Sect to organize the spatial numerology model and formation model of the Sun-Shooting Cannon. Gu Li Nuan was also among them.

Many secretaries in the Tianlu Building of the Tai Academy are also experts in formations. They are proficient in various spells and magical powers. They are almost walking treasure troves of skills and were also invited by Qin Mu.

The Sun-Shooting Cannon was originally a pupil technique called the Sun-Shooting Eye. It was obtained by National Master Yankang and included in the Tianlu Tower. Therefore, it also needed the guidance of the Secretary Supervisor.

Qin Mu communicated with the secretary general of Tianlu Tower for several days and mastered the formation and structure of the Sun-Shooting Divine Eye. He transformed the Sun-Shooting Divine Eye into the formation sequence of the Sun-Shooting Divine Cannon and then constructed the cannon body.

The deaf man watched from the side, and after Qin Mu determined the structure of the Sun-Shooting Cannon, the deaf man immediately began to paint.

Even though he was revered as the Saint of Painting, it still took him five days to paint this magical cannon.

After the deaf man finished drawing, he took the drawing to the outside of the city and chose an open space to unfold it. Suddenly, a terrifying artillery turret that was a hundred feet tall appeared, covering a vast area of ​​about a thousand acres.

Unlike other Zhenyuan cannons, the Sun-Shooting Cannon designed by Qin Mu actually has no barrel and looks like a huge platform.

There are two shelves on both sides of the table. The shelves extend from both sides of the table, presenting an arc-shaped texture, and at the top is a thick axis.

The two axes are symmetrical but not connected. There are semicircular forks at the ends of the axes, with a space of eighty feet in the middle. In the middle of the forks floats a flaming divine eye, rolling from time to time.

The eye opened and flames gushed out.

With his eyes closed, he turned on the stage again.

This is the Sun-Shooting Cannon designed by Qin Mu based on the Sun-Shooting Divine Eye!

Hundreds of masters of numerology immediately gathered around and climbed up to various parts of the gigantic cannon, mapping, calculating, and decomposing it, dividing it into its individual parts and components, recording the structure and length of each component one by one, without allowing for the slightest mistake.

The array patterns on each component need to be measured, which requires a lot of calculations.

Qin Mu did not design every component of the Sun-Shooting Cannon he designed. He only designed the main body of the cannon. However, it is impossible for a factory so large to be able to complete and refine such a huge cannon in one go.

Therefore, if you want to refine it, you must break it down into individual parts and components, forge them separately, and then assemble them.

This is also the reason why Qin Mu needs so many masters of numerology.

With so many people cooperating in measurement and calculation, coordination between them is also a science and there is no room for error.

Qin Mu simply invited Emperor Yanfeng out of the capital and asked him to coordinate the cooperation between the masters of numerology. Emperor Yanfeng recovered from his injuries, but his injuries were too severe, his divine treasure was broken and needed to be recuperated, and his cultivation had not recovered.

Qin Mu and the Poison King Fu Yuanqing treated him, but the drug they gave him was too strong, causing him and State Master Yankang a lot of trouble. Emperor Yanfeng is still resentful about it to this day.

"Your Majesty, these masters of numerology were all invited by me. They are not your subjects. If they encounter something unsatisfactory, Your Majesty cannot threaten to kill them." Qin Mu instructed.

Emperor Yanfeng said with a smile: "I am not a tyrant who likes to talk about beheading people, so you can rest assured, my dear minister."

Officials from the Ministry of Works arrived, and Tiangong Hall Master Shan Youxin and others came down from the front line. They were no longer needed in the war on the grassland, so Imperial Master Yankang asked them to return to the capital.

"The imperial master was attacking the Golden Palace of Loulan. When we came back, the war had not yet begun." The Minister of Works reported to Emperor Yanfeng.

Qin Mu immediately summoned officials from the Ministry of Works to discuss the matter. The Minister of Works reported to Emperor Yanfeng: "Supervisory Qin thinks that the five factories given by Your Majesty are too small and the distance between them is a bit far. He plans to demolish the five factories and build new ones by the river."

Emperor Yanfeng said angrily: "Did you demolish my five factories? These factories were built with real money. He spent the money so lavishly, but it wasn't his money! I want to kill him!"

The Minister of Works laughed and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? The factories in our Yankang State were all designed and improved by Qin."

Emperor Yanfeng's expression softened and he said, "He is indeed a capable man. I will make a note of him first."

After a while, Qin Mu dispatched the tower ship to dismantle the five factories and transport them to the bank of Tujiang River. Ling Yuxiu had strong leadership and command capabilities, so Qin Mu asked her to come and help coordinate and build the new factory.

Qin Mu also ordered people to transport all kinds of divine gold and materials, natural treasures and earthly treasures from the national treasury and send them to the new factory.

Emperor Yanfeng was busy coordinating and dispatching many masters of numerology to avoid any mistakes, and he put all his energy into this.

More than ten days later, the numerology measurements of the Sun-Shooting Cannon were completed. Many numerology masters integrated them, used their vital energy to transform them into parts and components, and pieced tens of thousands of parts together, without any error, and it was exactly a Sun-Shooting Cannon.

On the other hand, Qin Mu had almost emptied the national treasury, and allocated shiploads of black gold, black iron and black copper from mines all over the place. Outside the new factory, all kinds of treasures were piled up like mountains.

The new factory has been started up. Qin Mu designed a new alchemy furnace with more powerful fire. Hundreds of tall metal mechanical giants are forging black gold and black iron. The refined gold, silver, copper and iron are neatly stacked.

Emperor Yanfeng came to his senses and summoned the Minister of Works: "What else do I have in my treasury?"

The Minister of Works hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, there is basically nothing left. All the materials in the rat hole have been emptied out by Qin the Supervisor!"

Emperor Yanfeng walked into the new factory and saw that the factory was bustling with activity. Various new machines were started up, and furnaces were ablaze with flames, maintaining the operation of the giant machines. Boilers of all sizes were also emitting hot steam, and the light was dazzling.

"The new factory consumes as much medicinal stones per day as a medium-sized war."

The Minister of Industry said: "Qin Duzao has designed an energy source for the magic cannon. It is the most powerful of the fifty-six furnaces. The amount of medicinal stones consumed by activating it once is almost the same as the medicinal stones taken away by the national master during the expedition against the Mandi Kingdom."

Emperor Yanfeng was dumbfounded. After a long while, he slowly said, "It seems that it was not his money that was spent. Where is Supervisor Qin? I want to ask him if he feels good about spending money."

"Qin Duzao took the princess out for a drink."

The Minister of Works said cautiously, "He said he owed someone a drink. The man had been waiting for many days, and there was basically no work for him here, so he simply invited the man to drink to avoid owing him a favor. When the princess heard about it, she went with him, and a little fox followed him. Qin Duzao said there was no good wine, so the princess went to the palace to get tribute wine."

Emperor Yanfeng said angrily, "I was invited by him to come here, and I was busy running around, but he went out to drink, and the wine he drank was mine, and he even took my daughter out to have a good time! I want to kill him!"

The Minister of Works said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the Sun-Shooting Cannon has not been built yet..."

Emperor Yanfeng was very straightforward: "Take note of his head first."

The Minister of Works said, "The supervisor Qin said that we cannot owe wages. He has already written the list. Please review it, Your Majesty."

Emperor Yanfeng took a look and flew into a rage: "So much money? He has emptied my treasury, where can I get the money to give him? I will kill him!"

The Minister of Industry said quickly: "Your Majesty, the Mandi Kingdom has been defeated, and the Langjuxu Kingdom has also been conquered, so we will have money."

Emperor Yanfeng turned from anger to joy and said with a smile: "I will remember the head of Qin's construction. I cannot treat these workers unfairly. I will pay them when I have money. Has there been any news from the northern border?"

"Your Majesty, General Tiance has sent a good news that he has broken into the royal court of Langjuxu. The king has surrendered. General Tiance is guarding Langjuxu, and the crown prince is on his way with the king of Lang. He will arrive today or tomorrow."

Emperor Yanfeng nodded and said with a smile: "Yushu is much less of a worry than his brother."

"Qin supervised the production..."

Emperor Yanfeng raised his hand and said, "Don't talk about him! Change someone, change the matter."

"Gu Li Nuan, the chief priest, asked the Ministry of Revenue if he could advance one month's salary..."

“No money!”

Emperor Yanfeng sneered and said, "Grand Priest Gu has always been a man of his times, how could he be short of money?"

"Master Gu has no money."

The Minister of Works smiled and said, "He used all his property to redeem the Shaobao Sword. I heard that the Saintess of the Tiansheng Sect brought the Shaobao Sword to him and asked him if he wanted it back, so Lord Gu spent all his money. And this time Lord Gu helped to map the divine cannon, so he also made contributions, so he wanted to advance his salary."

Emperor Yanfeng was surprised and said, "Isn't the Shaobao Sword in Qin's place? How did it fall into the hands of the Holy Maiden of Heaven... Bah, you mention him again, I will kill you! I am not bankrupt, I am bankrupt. Where can I get the money? You all ask me for money. I have almost sold all the things in my palace. The only thing left is the dragon robe and the dragon throne! I really have nothing to sell!"

The Minister of Works smiled and said, "Your Majesty, if we unify the grasslands and the snowfields, we will certainly have a lot of money. We will also build the Qin Supervision and Improvement Supervision Factory to manufacture various shipbuilding equipment and sell them to merchants. The money will flow into the national treasury like water..."

Emperor Yanfeng sighed, "I'll take note of both his head and yours. Who did Director Qin take my precious daughter to drink with?"