Daqin Engineering Corps

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More importantly, there is no need for Qin State to care about whether Qi State is secretly helping Chu at this time...

The state of Chu was about to perish, Shou Chun was captured by the king, and the front line of the Huaihe River was occupied by the state of Qin.

So what's the point of going to Qi as an envoy? !

What Yingzheng did was actually to drive Chunyu Yue away and leave Fusu isolated and helpless.

To be more precise, Ying Zheng wanted Fu Su to stay with Shen Bing and learn something with peace of mind.

Fusu didn't feel anything at first.

Because he remembered that Ying Zheng had said to him at the beginning, "Go and see Shen Bing."

So I thought that the position of supervising the army was only temporary, and I could go back after seeing the situation and knowing the truth.

But after he knew that Chunyu Yue was sent to Qi State for no reason, he felt that things were not so simple.

"Could it be..." Fusu couldn't help but heaved a long sigh when he thought about it, and said in his heart, "Father seems to have been prepared for a long time!"

It can be seen from this that Fusu is actually smarter than Chunyu Yue.

At least he wasn't so pedantic that he was sold and paid for.

On Shen Bing's side, he didn't realize the changes at all, and he didn't feel that he had been pushed to the forefront.

At this time, he was working in the iron smelting workshop.

Shen Bing didn't go there on his own initiative, but owed him to report that Bian wanted Shen Bing to come to Smelting Iron Workshop.

As soon as Shen Bing stepped into the workshop, the ironsmiths all cast strange glances at Shen Bing.

Then I saw Ben hurried forward, cupped his hands and said:

"Deputy general, this subordinate dares to ask the deputy to come to this trip, it is really a matter of great importance."

Shen Bing asked:

"What's so alarming about?"

Ben respectfully gave way to Kailai and made a gesture of invitation, but this time the direction was not the iron smelting workshop but the iron casting workshop.

Shen Bing walked forward and explained behind:

"Since the deputy general made the water raft, I have smelted several furnaces of iron."

"Its quality is much better than before."

"At first, my subordinates said it was accidental, but I don't want it to be like this every furnace in the future."

"This confirms my previous guess..."

Shen Bing let out an "oh" when he heard the words.

It was no secret to him for a long time, but of course these ancients would be excited and make it a big deal.

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This is of course a big deal.

People in ancient times tried every means to improve the quality of iron, but failed. They tried all kinds of strange methods and even sacrificed furnaces by people, but they were seldom successful.

Occasionally, a sword of high quality can be called a sword if it is successfully trained once in a while, but even then it cannot be mass-produced.

At this time, Shen Bing casually invented a "water drain" and improved the quality of iron, and produced it again and again... This is amazing, which means that the iron smelting technology in the Central Plains has generally increased by one level. layer.

However, as soon as Ben waved his hand, two blacksmiths threw two iron blocks into the furnace and pressed them together... Although there was hydraulic press at this time, cast iron did not require too much wind, so manpower was used for the time being.

Ben explained:

"On the left is the iron that was smelted before, and on the right is the iron that was smelted after using water drainage."

Not long after the two pieces of iron were red-hot, they were taken out, and several blacksmiths smashed the iron pieces with big hammers and small hammers... Immediately, sparks shot out, and the red iron ballast jumped around.

Shen Bing could tell the difference at a glance: the iron on the left had more radiant sparks, while the one on the right had much less sparks.

After a while, there were no sparks jumping out on the right side, but there were still shattered iron ballasts on the left side.

Ben explained:

"The iron on the left is more brittle and the iron on the right is more ductile."

"Although the change seems small, it is obviously much easier for me to forge iron."

"The reason is that it is brittle and easy to break, so you have to be careful when making the fine details. If you are not careful, it will shatter and fall short."

Shen Bing could understand what Ben said.

The quality of iron is hard to see on the surface. It needs to be beaten to know whether it is brittle or tough.

Especially when it is red-fired, blacksmiths are used to making brittle iron, and once the quality of the iron rises, they can feel it immediately.

Just as I was talking, the iron on the left had snapped into two pieces, and when I stopped, I found that the iron on the left was much smaller... This is because the iron on the left is more brittle, and there is more iron ballast when it is hammered Break away from the original body, so it gets smaller and smaller.

Shen Bing simply said:

"It's so good, let's use new iron to make farm tools."

Bian responded, bowed and waited for the next sentence.

Unexpectedly, Shen Bing had already finished speaking and got up to leave.

Ben was stunned by this, and hurriedly cast a look at Zuo asking for help.

Qiao Ye was stunned for a while, and after realizing it, he caught up with Shen Bing in three steps at a time and said:

"Deputy general, this subordinate thinks that this matter must not be taken so lightly..."

Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:

"Why not?"

owe explained:

"Lieutenant General, if this iron is made into farm tools and distributed among the people, it will no longer be a secret that we have iron smelting technology."

"Besides, the deputy general didn't block the news, I'm afraid the 'Shui Pai' iron smelting will spread to other places soon..."

At this time, Shen Bing realized the reason why Bian and other craftsmen were nervous, worried that the technology would be spread too early for the use of the enemy country.

Shen Bing raised his head indifferently, and replied:

"It won't be long, the whole world will belong to Qin, so what if it is passed down?"

Qiao and Ben could not help but look at each other when they heard the words.

But thinking about it, I think what Shen Bing said is right, if the whole world belongs to the Qin State, wouldn't the technology spread to the Qin State?

How did they know that Shen Bing had another thought in his mind:

The quality of the water row to improve the iron is only a little bit, so they make such a fuss.

Shen Bing still has more technologies in his hands to refine more mature and better-quality iron, and even mass-produce it... so it doesn't hurt to spread such a little bit.

Even Shen Bing was prepared to spread it from the very beginning, otherwise Shen Bing would not have invented such a drainage.

With Shen Bing's words, Bian and Qiao no longer hesitated, and immediately used new iron to make farm tools.

Within a few days, a batch of new iron farm tools were thrown into the fields.

Farmers also feel the difference as soon as they use it: because new iron is more resilient, it can be made sharper, and the components can be smaller, and it has a longer lifespan and is not easy to crack or break.

So immediately there was a big commotion...

This was caused by the low productivity in Qin Dynasty.

In fact, after the new iron farm tools were put into use, the output did not increase significantly. The farmland is still so much farmland, and it still produces so much grain after the farm is finished, but it saves labor and time when farming.

However, low productivity means a low base, and even a small increase in a low base will result in considerable improvement.

And a single farmer will increase a little, ten, a hundred... When all the farmers in the whole country popularize the new iron, the increase will not be a little bit.

Even the common people are more motivated to farm the fields because of the freshness of the new farm tools... What used to take three days to farm the fields can now be completed in only two days, and the sense of satisfaction is not comparable to before.

This alarmed Xu Ying and once again listed the iron smelting of Xintie as one of the goals of recording and dissemination.

But at this time, Xu Ying was not as interested as before, and was even a little listless.

The problem he encountered was similar to that of Fusu.

As mentioned before, the farmers are not real farmers, most of them are aristocrats or intellectuals.

They devoted themselves to agriculture in order to achieve the goal of eradicating war, and developed a set of farming theory based on this.

There was nothing wrong with that, they were ambitious and purposeful.

However, after listening to Shen Bing's stories and reasoning about wolves, deer, and flowers, the foundation of the farm family was also shaken.

Shen Bing couldn't help being a little puzzled when he saw Xu Ying's listless look at the people farming.

If it was normal... Xu Ying would have rolled up his trousers to work in the field with the others, why would he stand by the field and meditate like he is now.

Shen Bing stepped forward and called out:

"gentlemen."

Xu Ying was startled awake, and when she saw Shen Bing, she cupped her hands and said:

"It's the fifth doctor, Xu Ying was rude."

After returning the gift, Shen Bing asked:

"But is there a problem that keeps you thinking?"

Xu Ying nodded and said thoughtfully:

"As the lieutenant said, what's the point of planting flowers if they only increase the number of deer and wolves?"

Shen Bing couldn't help laughing.

Unexpectedly, after several days passed, Xu Ying was still troubled by this story, and was deeply involved in it.

Shen Bing replied:

"Have you ever thought about it, sir, what would happen if you were Young Master Wolf?"

Xu Ying replied puzzled:

"When there are fewer wolves, there will be more deer. When there are more deer, there are fewer flowers, so the deer will starve to death..."

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"That's not all."

"What if there are more deer and more flowers?"

"So only the wolf is young. This is a peaceful and prosperous age when the army is stopped."

"So planting flowers is not meaningless as Mr. thinks, but it is of great significance."

"Otherwise, how can we talk about prosperity?"

Xu Ying let out an "oh", nodded excitedly and said:

"It makes sense!"

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Therefore, although the development of agriculture cannot eliminate war, it will inevitably require the development of agriculture to become a prosperous world after the elimination of war.

After understanding this, Xu Ying gained motivation again.

But he still asked Shen Bing carefully:

"Deputy general, the farms are all over the Central Plains. After I record the rice pounding water wheel and wind blowing water wheel...is it appropriate to spread it to Chu?"

The Chu land that Xu Ying mentioned here refers to the Chu land in Huainan controlled by the Chu army.

Shen Bing thought for a while and replied:

"Let's not spread it to Chu for now, especially the Fengshui Che."