This guy probably doesn't believe he can create the Paulownia Puppet Men. He thinks they're mechanisms obtained from who knows where, so he wants to take them and then disassemble them to study.
Study? As if Mozi's mechanical techniques are so easily deciphered!
Given the time, I might discuss with him, proposing that Puppet Peak help manufacture the mechanism men and I take a cut.
But right now, I still need to undertake alchemy, and there's one material I haven't sorted out yet. Where's the time to negotiate such matters?
Cao Zhen pondered, then purposefully showed a troubled expression and said, "Peak Master Zhou, our Four Treasures Peak only has ten wooden mechanism men. If we were to give them all to you, our Four Treasures Peak would be left with none."
He couldn't agree too easily; if it was too easy, the other party might make more demands in the future.
Besides, he needed to keep at least two mechanism men to help with tasks.
