Facing the inquisitive eyes of the crowd, Li Wenli had no choice but to keep up his act.
He calmly walked over, glanced over the blueprints roughly, and indeed, the ones here were the same as those Eunuch Zou had found in the secret room.
This meant Eunuch Zou must have visited here often.
That being said, one wonders just how many people are called "Chief," and why both Eunuch Zou and Manager Qiao dressed this way.
Could it be that all the small leaders dressed alike?
Li Wenli pondered over the blueprints, while others thought he was devising a solution for them, and they offered their seats to him.
At this moment, Li Wenli dared not sit down, after all, he had a disguise to maintain.
What if he sat down and his disguise was ruined?
Thus, Li Wenli politely indicated that the others should sit and that he would remain standing.
When the leader didn’t sit, how could anyone else dare to?
Everyone became awkward.
After a round of polite refusals, the people simply decided to stand.
Just as everyone was waiting for the leader to solve their problems, a certain fake leader quietly set down the blueprints, "Besides this, are there any other issues?"
Implicitly, he meant he would collect them all and answer at once.
Without hesitation, the crowd immediately voiced their other confusions.
"To be honest, there are several parts of the new blueprints that I don’t understand."
While saying so, the person brought out a few more sheets of the new designs.
Li Wenli glanced at them, noting the blueprints included both the finished product and a dissection of the parts.
However, all the designs were abstract; apart from the finished product which looked like a tank, the dissection diagrams were really abstract.
And this wasn’t the kind of armored vehicle known from future times.
This was a human-powered tank pushed by manpower. Yet aside from the engine being human-powered, the rest indeed seemed quite postmodern.
The tank had two levels, the first for Pawns to push the cart, and the second housed the repeating crossbow cart. Wasn’t it quite similar to a tank?
Of course, the current questions from everyone were about the wheel part; they didn’t understand how the wheel axle could achieve omnidirectional rotation.
In their understanding, carts could only move forwards or backwards. To turn, they had to make a large loop, which was impossible on a battlefield.
But the description here suggested it could turn deftly to avoid being cumbersome, which everyone found incredible. How could this be achieved??
Li Wenli knew the answer to this question; after all, basic survival skills for anyone from The Apocalypse included knowing how to repair vehicles.
However, at this moment, he didn’t know whether he should speak up or not.
Although he was playing the role of a Chief, his real identity was that of an invader. To have the invader provide them with the correct answer?
That seemed a bit improper.
Thus, Li Wenli squinted his eyes and sighed, "I, too, don’t quite understand. If I knew, I would have already made a note on the blueprint."
The crowd sighed, "It seems we can only wait for the Great Chief to come and consult with him."
Li Wenli caught on to the key phrase sharply.
So, there really was a small leadership hierarchy? And it seemed that Manager Qiao wasn’t the top of this little leadership; there was someone above him?
Before Li Wenli could inquire further, the craftsmen began discussing again.
"It’s said the master will arrive soon; he will surely come to inspect. Why don’t we wait to ask him then?"
Li Wenli remained silent, just listening quietly.
Another person shook their head, "Be careful, lest the master thinks you’re all good for nothing but eating without thinking."
"..." Upon hearing this, everyone sighed again, "Isn’t this a desperate measure? Before we could still get a pointer or two from the Chief, but now even the Chief is at a loss, where else can we find answers? The deadline is approaching fast, and we’re anxious if we can’t deliver the goods."
This made everyone sigh together,
"If we delay the progress, we might even get punished."