The gravity trebuchet was not that difficult to make. Li Qi first asked the craftsmen to make a small one.
Following his command, a small gravity trebuchet was quickly built. It was only over 200 tall and could be regarded as a pocket version of the trebuchet.
After finding a small wooden barrel and filling it with oil, Li Qi began to test whether his idea would work.
When he came to the open space outside the villa, Li Qi asked Tang Yun to light the oil barrel. When he pulled out the buckle of the rope, the barrel was thrown out in an instant, and then hit the snow, but it did not explode.
"What's going on?" Li Qi was stunned.
Li Qi took a wooden barrel nearby and looked at it carefully. He found that the barrel was too strong, so it did not break when thrown.
Thinking about this, Li Qi directly asked someone to bring a water tank over, fill it with oil, and throw it again.
This time when it was thrown out, the water tank shattered instantly, and flames jumped out in all directions.
Everyone around was dumbfounded, and Tang Yun was even more surprised and couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear: "Young master, it's done?"
Li Qi grinned and said: "It's done!"
After the experiment was successful, Li Qi arranged for carpenters to start making a real trebuchet.
In order to complete it within the time limit, Li Qi asked the craftsmen to work day and night.
After spending five days, I finally made a real trebuchet.
Although it is said to be a real trebuchet, it is actually larger than the test product.
However, Li Qi felt that there was no need to build a large trebuchet. After all, he only needed to give this technology to Lu Xiuying, and she would offer it to him when the time came.
The emperor of the Snow Kingdom gives an order and can make as big a cake as you want.
Moreover, there are not many craftsmen here, so making a very large trebuchet is time-consuming and laborious.
That day Li Qi came to the palace to find Lu Xiuying.
"I have already prepared what you want." Li Qi said.
Lu Xiuying arranged an informant among the craftsmen assigned to Li Qi, so she knew every move of Li Qi.
But the news came back that Li Qi used wood to throw the oil drum hundreds of meters away.
She hasn't figured this out yet, and there's another thing she doesn't know what Li Qi is doing.
"Master Li, what can you make that can turn the tide of the war?" Lu Xiuying said with a smile.
Li Qi was not surprised at all, she seemed to know what she was doing.
After all, the people who make those things are her people.
"National Master, once this thing appears on the battlefield, I dare not say that I am 100% sure that it can win the battle, but at least the Snow Kingdom will never lose in this battle." Li Qi said.
Lu Xiuying smiled and said nothing.
Li Qi continued: "If the Imperial Master doesn't believe it, you can come with me and have a look."
Lu Xiuying thought for a moment and said, "No problem."
Soon, when Li Qi brought Lu Xiuying outside the city, Tang Yun had people ready.
Looking at a strange wooden frame, Lu Xiuying was also confused: "Is this what you have been studying during this time?"
Li Qi nodded and said nothing more.
After all, there is a saying that goes well: what you hear is false and what you see is true.
No matter how much I say, I might as well let her see it.
In order to make the trebuchet more shocking, Li Qi had already asked Tang Yun to adjust the crosshairs and placed a dozen wooden barrels filled with oil not far away.
"National Master, shall I start?" Li Qi asked Lu Xiuying.
Lu Xiuying nodded. She was also curious about how powerful this thing was.
Li Qi made a gesture to Tang Yun, who was not far away. Tang Yun lit the oil barrel, followed by her voice: "Let it go!"
In an instant, a huge burning barrel flew directly out, like a huge fireball streaking across the sky, and then the ignited barrel accurately hit a pile of oil barrels not far away.
With a sound of "Boom!", a large piece of fire shot up from the ground and shot straight into the sky!
Lu Xiuying was instantly dumbfounded by this level of shock.
Not to mention her, even everyone around her was too angry to speak out.
"National Preceptor? Imperial Preceptor?" Li Qi shouted twice before Lu Xiuying came back to his senses.
Li Qi grinned: "How about it. Imperial Master, do you still think that I can't affect the situation of the battle? Think about it, if this thing fired like this when the two armies are fighting..."
There was no need for Li Qi to continue talking, Lu Xiuying could already imagine that scene.
She took a deep breath, frowned slightly and looked at Li Qi, feeling very complicated.
She couldn't figure it out, how did he come up with such a thing, and how did he make it?
This kind of person is just a fifth-grade official in Daxia?
Many doubts filled her mind, which made her feel incredible.
After returning to the palace, Lu Xiuying and Li Qi sat face to face at a table.
"National Master, can you tell me the whereabouts of my child now?" Li Qi said.
Lu Xiuying did not answer his question, but looked at Li Qi thoughtfully: "Is Mr. Li really willing to be a mere fifth-grade official in Daxia?"
Hearing these words, Li Qi couldn't help but said: "What does the Imperial Master want to say?"
Lu Xiuying laughed: "Daxia's national fortunes are now in decline, and the people are in dire straits. They can't survive much longer. I believe it won't be long before Daxia will be destroyed."
"What the Imperial Master means is that Daxia can be conquered just by relying on the Snow Kingdom?" Li Qi thought she was a bit fanciful.
"Of course not." Lu Xiuying said, "Snow Country is just the beginning. If Snow Country defeats Daxia's army, Mr. Li, think about how other small countries that have been oppressed by Daxia all year round will react."
Li Qi suddenly realized: "It turns out that the imperial master's plan is more than that. I am short-sighted."
Lu Xiuying smiled and said: "I don't think Mr. Li should condescend to be a fifth-grade official in a big Xia?"
Li Qi smiled and said, "What do you mean, Master Yi?"
"If you work under my command, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth when the Gaoyun clan returns to the country in the future. Aren't Master Li and Shuang'er in love? As long as Master Li is willing, I can have Shuang'er rescued.
Come out and bring your child, and I can ensure that he grows up safely." Lu Xiuying said with a smile.
Grandma's, how about coercion and inducement?
Li Qi knew that now was not a good time to fall out with Lu Xiuying, so he thought for a while and said, "Thank you so much to the Imperial Master, but I don't know what I need to do if I help the Imperial Master?"
"It's very simple. If you continue to return to Daxia and serve as your official, our tribe will cooperate with you in the palace, so that you can gain the favor of the Emperor of Daxia, and you will be able to control the wind and rain in Daxia."
Lu Xiuying smiled: "Master Li, you can think about it carefully. If you agree, Shuang'er and your children will be safe and sound, and you can reunite with them in the future."