Daqin Engineers

Shen Bing asked the prison and Yushi that the Qin State strictly enforced the "ban on the two businesses of the people," especially prohibiting the military from doing business.

Because they think that if the army is in business, it only wants to make money.

After earning money, you will enjoy it, and then you will be greedy for life and worry about fighting.

There is some truth to this.

If the army cannot do business or do other things, there is only one thing to go: meritorious service and promotion.

So the whole army can only think about how to do meritorious service and how to kill the enemy.

And if you can do business, of course you will be half-hearted:

The business failed and had no intention of fighting.

If the business succeeds... what kind of battle will be fought?Go home and enjoy the blessing!

The Song Dynasty was the precedent that the army could do business, so its combat effectiveness was so low.

In addition, there will be a series of corruption issues such as unclear power and money transactions.

Therefore, Shen Bing cannot do business in principle.

It's okay to play the side ball. For example, let relatives and friends do business and support themselves behind the scenes... But Shen Bing is alone at this time. Where can I find this reliable person?

Of course, Shen Bing couldn't help it.

What Shen Bing wants is not wealth.

As I said before, in these troubled times, if you don't have your own power, you can't keep much wealth.

Therefore, Shen Bing's goal has always been very clear: power, or power.

It's just that sometimes money is needed for power, just like now: Shen Bing is short of money for armor.

Since you can't do business, then...

Shen Bing asked the supervisor:

"What if I use something to pay for my wages?"

"Is this illegal?"

Jian Yushi was taken aback, and then replied:

"It's really not illegal."

"But this thing can't be something in the army, such as army rations, armor..."

Shen Bing smiled and replied:

"Jushi Yushi, don't worry, naturally it is not in the army."

After asking about this, Shen Bing was relieved a lot, and he immediately invited the two old men in the armor.

According to Cheng, these two old men are well-known basket weaving artists from Daliang, and they are brothers, one is called Jing and the other is Wei.

This name is easy to remember. When you hear it, you know that it comes from a basket weaving or a family of weaving... In ancient times, warp and weft refer to the horizontal and vertical threads in the weaving or weaving basket.

This time the two old men were not as scared as they were before, but they were still a little cowered.

Shen Bing asked:

"Dare to ask the two old men, can Shen Bing use other things to pay for his wages?"

The two brothers Jing and Wei looked at each other, and then whispered:

"But I don't know what the school lieutenant intends to pay for his wages?"

"If I can get rice, my brothers will not refuse."

This is reasonable.

As the saying goes, people rely on food as their heaven. At this time, the people usually think about whether they can live.

So in their eyes, no matter what it is, as long as it can be replaced with rice grains, there is no problem, and then the value is calculated based on the amount of rice grains.

In other words, the standard for measuring prices in this era is not gold and silver, but food.

Shen Bing said:

"Lao Zhang, don't worry, this thing can definitely be replaced with rice."

Speaking of Shen Bing, he divided ten pieces of paper into each number, and said:

"These are considered deposits!"

"The two old men should go to rich people or scholars to change."

"Lao Zhang can try."

"If you can't change it, Lao Zhang will return it to me again!"

Ten sheets of paper are not much, but they are the first paper in the world to be circulated on the market.

As long as you have a little insight, you can know their value.

The two brothers Jing and Wei looked at the thin objects in their hands with suspicion in their eyes.

But anyway, Shen Bing said so, and if he couldn't change the rice, he would use it to retreat, so what's wrong?

So the two of them replied and withdrew their suspicion.

Soon after leaving the tent, the slicker brother Wei whispered to his brother Jing:

"Brother, you said this captain..."

Speaking of Wei, the rolled paper in his hand lit up:

"Is he using this thing to fool me and wait?"

"If I can't wait, he will..."

Then he made a gesture of raising the knife with his hand.

After frowning for a while, he said worriedly:

"What you said may make sense."

"But what, what can not be?"

"If this thing can't be exchanged for food, I have to take someone to make three thousand sets of armor."

"I promised to starve to death!"

"It's better to let him chop it off!"

Hearing this, Wei nodded and said:

"This is reasonable, so don't I wait for death?"

Jing sighed and looked at the paper in his hand and replied:

"But not necessarily."

"If this thing can really be exchanged for food, it will be a big deal."

"The only way to do this is to try!"

Weifang nodded his head in agreement, but thought in his heart that the matter was mostly as he had guessed, that Lieutenant Qin was unwilling to pay for it and take something to prevaricate.

What's more, this thing is as thin as a cicada's wings and light as a feather. How much can it be exchanged for food?

If everything is dead, then why not plan ahead...

Thinking of this, Wei Wei turned his eyes and cried with his belly:

"Oh, brother, my stomach hurts."

"Why don't you take this to me for food first, I will come to you later."

After thinking about it: changing one is also changing, changing two is also changing, so I did not hesitate to do it.

Who ever thought that when Jing walked around the corner, Wei hurried home to pack his luggage, and then hired a carriage and went out of town.

How could Shen Bing on the other side know this? He called Fatty Tun again.

This time Fatty Tun even walked with his feet open and almost moved...

Shen Bing asked with a smile:

"Riding on horseback again?"

Fatty Tun replied:

"It's riding a horse!"

"Although he can mount a horse now, the horse buckled up and down, but it has ground the skin of the disciple..."

Speaking of rolling up a little trousers, it turned out to be bloody.

In fact, let alone this era, even if there is a stirrup saddle, beginners will inevitably wear out the skin.

In particular, Fatty's legs are particularly fleshy, and he must be clamped on the horse's back to maintain balance when riding, so the wear is particularly serious.

Shen Bing hesitated and said:

"so you……"

Fatty was also clever. He had already guessed that something must have happened to Shen Bing when he found something. He immediately said with a fist:

"Master, if you have anything to do, just give orders, this little injury is nothing."

"It is said that this is the hardship you must go through when riding a horse, and everyone else can suffer.

Shen Bing nodded, then counted ten pieces of paper and handed it up, saying:

"Last time I waited at Yuntian to take the credit, you can pay it back!"

"If it's not enough, then make up later."

Fatty Tun’s face was a little puzzled:

"Master, what is this?"

"Can it be used to repay debts?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Just take it!"

The fat man replied, rolled the paper, and then stepped out on the outside with a cold air.