Daqin Engineering Corps

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This is the psychology of buying up and not buying down.

If the cost drops every day, then Chu Min's mind is:

What's the hurry?

Maybe it will be cheaper in two days, just wait and see!

So even if the house is put on display, I dare not sell it at a lower price. The problem I will face once the price is lowered may be that it will not be sold...unless it is really unsustainable.

Needless to say what happened next.

Within a few days, the queues for pounding grain in front of the waterwheels were full, and thousands of waterwheels lined up in front of each of them, even lighting torches for pounding at night.

Fortunately, this waterwheel can work day and night with water power, otherwise it really can't bear the intensity.

Then those who have finished pounding the rice only need to register, and then they will draw a piece of land, and then hand over the grain seeds to them, and then they will go to the farm immediately...

Most of them are women, and they lack farming experience.

But the women of this era are not pampered. What they usually do at home is the physical work of pounding rice, and they can endure hardships... In this era of extremely low productivity, even the concubines in the palace have to pick mulberry leaves. Labor volume.

Therefore, it only takes a few experienced people to teach them how to do it.

Farming is not a technical job, basically it can be taught once taught, and it is no worse than labor.

Chapter 267 Good News

Yang Duanhe is very satisfied with Shen Bing's invention...

This is nonsense. Anyone who can save a lot of labor by pounding rice with water and transfer these labors to farming to solve the food crisis will be satisfied.

So it's not just a matter of promoting it in Shouchun, Yang Duanhe immediately promoted it to all the newly occupied Chu land, big and small cities and towns were no exception, and even the way of promotion was the same.

In fact, cities or villages other than Shouchun don't need to worry about the problem of promotion.

Shouchun City is not independent, and the people in the city usually have various contacts with surrounding villages and cities, such as marriages, visiting relatives, doing business, and farmers outside the city entering the city to sell crops, etc.

Such exchanges will naturally spread the news of Shouchun and the system of pounding rice for farming.

Therefore, Chu people outside of Shouchun no longer have the process of "having doubts"... Shouchuncheng has already become a successful guinea pig, and other people just need to follow up.

The production of waterwheels is not difficult, and the Huaihe River system in Chudi is very rich in water energy. There are rivers everywhere, and waterwheels can be made and used to pound rice.

It is enough for the peasants to have designated rice pounding areas uniformly set up by the Qin army, but it is more troublesome at best.

The "trouble" mentioned here refers to the need to transport the grain for a certain distance, and then transport it back after queuing up for pounding, and then return after a period of time after eating.

Some rich families felt that this was not convenient enough, and at the same time they lived by the river, so they simply made a waterwheel to pound rice by themselves.

At that time, all the high-ranking people in Chu area were proud of having waterwheels, and the wind of making waterwheels was very popular, and the houses on the banks of the river were scrambled for looting.

On the other hand, Ying Zheng didn't know about Shouchun at this time, and he was still struggling with it in Handan.

Ying Zheng even called Xu Ying to discuss the big plan with him...

What Yingzheng meant was that at this time, when the peasants in Zhaodi were free, could the people of Zhaodi be transported in large quantities to Chudi to farm in order to solve the urgent need?

Ying Zheng's idea made some sense.

One reason is that the grain grown in Zhao's land is winter wheat, which was planted in September last year and harvested in April or May this year, which is not a busy time.

The second reason is that Zhao is relatively close to Chuhuai, and it is not difficult to move southward by water in large numbers.

But Xu Ying shook his head and denied this idea:

"Your Majesty, the State of Zhao was originally sparsely populated and labor-intensive."

"Not to mention that the grains in Zhao's land need to be taken care of, it's time for the five vegetables to be planted."

Ying Zheng couldn't help but "Oh"... He forgot that the common people had to grow vegetables during their slack.

How can those in high positions appreciate the hard work of the people, they only think about how much food can be produced by how many people.

After thinking about it, Ying Zheng asked again:

"Then, can the farmer bring people to Chuhuai to assist in farming?"

Xu Ying replied:

"Your Majesty, it is feasible for the Caomin to bring people to Chuhuai to assist in farming."

"But if Chuhuai lacks labor...the farmer's family may not be able to do anything."

Farming is technology rather than labor, and it is scattered all over the Central Plains. Even if they are all gathered together, there are more than a thousand people, which is simply a drop in the bucket.

Ying Zheng actually knew this too, but at this time he was in a hurry to go to the doctor.

Just when everyone was at their wit's end, Li Si rushed in with a letter excitedly:

"My lord, good news, great news!"

Ying Zheng had little interest in this.

What good news did he think there would be at this time?If the Chuhuai food crisis cannot be resolved, all good things will turn into bad things.

I don't want Li Si to bring the good news of solving the problem:

"My lord, the difficulty of the Chuhuai farming has been resolved."

Ying Zheng regained his energy in an instant, but he still had some disbelief:

"The prime minister is serious?"

"We waited for neither to send people nor to send troops, but how can we solve the dilemma of garrisoning the fields?"

Li Si laughed:

"It was Shen Bing who solved it with a water wheel."

It was even more strange for everyone to hear it.

It is not surprising to know that Shen Bing solved it, because everyone knows that Shen Bing is in Chuhuai, and they also know that this guy can always solve various difficult and miscellaneous diseases unexpectedly.If the Chuhuai problem can be solved, it must be Shen Bing.

Everyone is surprised that how can this waterwheel solve the problem of farming?

Xu Ying took a step forward and asked:

"Prime Minister, you heard me wrong. The water tanker is used to divert water, but what Chuhuai lacks is labor..."

Li Si chuckled and replied:

"Of course Shen Bing didn't use this waterwheel to farm the fields, he used the waterwheel to pound rice."

Everyone in the hall was surprised again:

"Pounding rice? But the waterwheel can pound rice?"

"What does pounding rice have to do with farming?"

……

Even Ying Zheng couldn't help getting up and walking down, as if afraid of missing a few words.

Li Si handed over the letter and explained:

"Please read, Your Majesty, this is a letter from General Yang."

"It says above that Shen Bing used the force of a waterwheel to pound rice."

"Then we exchanged pounded rice with the common people for farmland, and the people rushed to come in an endless stream. At this time, the land of Chu and Huaihe Rivers has become a trend of pounding rice for farmland!"

Ying Zheng took the letter and looked at it carefully, then he burst out laughing:

"Okay, okay you Shen Bing, this time you have solved a big problem for the widow."

"Whoever wins this will conquer all armies!"

Xu Ying said impatiently:

"My lord, if this waterwheel can pound rice, can it also be used elsewhere?"

"Caomin, please go to Chuhuai to find out. If it is really possible to pound rice with water, Caomin can promote it to benefit people everywhere."

Ying Zheng replied without thinking:

"That's it!"

At this time, Ying Zheng was in high spirits and could do everything right.

What's more, it is a good thing to promise to be invited. If there is such a good thing, of course we must vigorously promote it.

Xu Yingna was also impatient, as soon as Ying Zheng approved, he left immediately and went straight to Qinhuai after a little preparation.

Ying Zheng walked back and forth in the palace a few times, and felt more and more that this waterwheel pounding rice was no small matter...

Because as Xu Ying said, if Chuhuai could pound rice with water, wouldn't other places be able to?

It is used all over the country, so how much labor can be saved?

But after thinking about it, Ying Zheng sighed slightly again.

Because if Daqin can save labor in this way, so can the enemy.

Ying Zheng even considered the possibility of keeping it secret.

But after thinking about it, I feel that it may not be realistic to keep this thing secret.

Because it is popular among the people, no matter what it is, once it is popular among the people, it is no longer a secret.

The enemy can easily learn it by sending a few craftsmen to pretend to be ordinary people.

Even without such a big effort, the merchants will sell these rice pounding water tankers to other countries.

But thinking about Ying Zheng, it doesn't matter.

You must know that at this time Shouchun has already fallen to the king of Chu and was captured. Although Chu has established a new king, it will not be able to become a climate, and Dai, Yan, and Qi are nothing to worry about.

It won't be long before the whole world belongs to Daqin, is there still a need to keep it secret?

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng felt extremely comfortable, and looked down at the scenery below the window with his hands behind his back.

Chapter 268 Young Master Fusu

Just when Yingzheng was complacent about solving the food problem and the situation was going well, Zhao Gao came in to report:

"Your Majesty, the young master helped Su to see him."

Ying Zheng replied without thinking:

"See."

Fusu is Yingzheng's eldest son. He is 14 years old at this time. Under Yingzheng's training, he is quite mature, and he is well-nourished, so he looks like he is sixteen or seventeen years old.

At this time, Chun Yuyue took him out of the palace to practice, so he naturally wanted to come here to greet him when passing through Handan.

Fu Su entered the palace and greeted Ying Zheng first, and then said:

"Father, it is said that there will be famine in the future due to the shortage of labor force in Chu State."

"I believe that the root cause...is that the countries have been fighting for years, resulting in insufficient labor and people not wanting to produce."

"For the current plan, it is the best policy to suspend military operations and keep the people's livelihood alive."

When Ying Zheng heard this, he felt a little upset, and he asked instead:

"This is what the Taifu taught you again?"

Fusu bowed and said:

"This is my son's understanding. If there is something wrong... my son would like to hear my father's teachings."

Ying Zheng just hummed.

In fact, he felt a little regretful.

The reason why Yingzheng asked Chunyuyue to be Fusu's teacher at the beginning was more because he believed that "Legalism should be used to conquer the world and Confucianism should be used to govern the country."

There is some truth in thinking this way.

Because the law must be taught everywhere when fighting the world, and the army and the people must be regulated by the law. Only in this way can the power of the people, the army, and even the nobles be gathered together to become a war machine...