Daqin Engineers

This chapter is made up last night.

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Because Chu Min did not have a strong concept of the country, Shen Bing was much easier to manage. There was no need for the "wolf is coming" trick at all, just let Jian Yushi publish the Qin Law and assign Jian Yushi Bring a troop to monitor it.

Shen Bing is more interested in the iron workshop in Shouchun.

Shen Bing went with the debt.

I still have some doubts:

"Why didn't the vice general look at the weapon workshop first and the iron workshop?"

From the perspective of Xiao, the generals should be more concerned about weapons and equipment, that is, bronze products.

But what Shen Bing wanted to see when he came up was iron...

Shen Bing only replied casually:

"The weapons are all respected by Da Qin, what's so good about it?"

"Ironware is about farming tools, and our army is curiously short of food and grass. What can I look at if I don't look at ironware?"

It was right for Shen Bing to say that he was owed, so he didn't say anything.

In fact, Shen Bing's move is to know that iron is king in the future, and bronzes are destined to be eliminated, so of course he first looked at the iron workshop.

The chief iron officer of Shouchun was a Chu person named (biǎn, meaning hat).(Note: Tieguan's chief official is called chief, and deputy is called Cheng).

In fact, the officials of Shouchun still follow the staff of the king of Chu, so they are all from Chu.

The reason for not replacing them is that Shen Bing and Yang Duan and those subordinates are all troops who can only fight but don’t care about things. If you have to send a bunch of officials from the State of Qin to replace them all, it won’t be possible for a while .

And if all of these officials are removed and then unintelligible soldiers are arranged to take care of them, I am afraid that Shouchun will be messed up.

This also corresponds to the sentence: "It is easier to siege a city than to defend a city."

So Shen Bing simply let those officials continue to do it. As for whether Yingzheng will replace them in the future... it is not for Shen Bing to decide.

In fact, there is no need to change these officials, because it is good for Chu people to manage the Chu people, and the Qin army only needs to tightly control the power.

There is a saying that "the fist is the last word." As long as the government is in the hands of the Qin army, are you afraid that these officials will turn back or fail?

Do you want your head?

What's more, even the king of Chu has been surrendered. From now on, Shouchun will be the territory of the Qin State. These people, including officials, are Qin people and should not be called Chu people. If they can do well, they can certainly continue to do it.

If this is replaced by Qin people as officials...

For one thing, they did not trust the people of Shouchun.

Secondly, the Qin army has captured countless cities in the past six months, Zhao, Wei, and now with the Chu. From top to bottom, every city can be exchanged. How can it be exchanged? ?

Therefore, even if Yingzheng will deal with it in the future, it will at best change the chief officer, reorganize it and improve the system.

Bencheng greeted Shen Bing fearfully and said:

"Chief Tie... Bian has seen the lieutenant."

Shen Bing trembled a bit when he heard this Bian's voice, he couldn't help but glanced at him suspiciously, but saw that he was shaking like a sieve.

You don't need to ask Shen Bing to know why.

This scared Qin Jun.

What Shen Bing didn't know was that Ben actually made him scared by Shen Bing.

If it is Qin Jun, this Bian is not too worried.

Because the Qin army occupied other cities or pits or killed those who were mostly military generals or princes and nobles, most of the officials in charge of internal affairs kept their appointments, unless it was the kind of bribe and waste of law to occupy a position and do nothing...

There are really many officials like this in Chu.

The reason is that its internal affairs institutions are very complicated, and the various forces and relationships are intertwined. A position, especially a position with oil and water, is often competed by several forces.

However, one position cannot be divided, so it can only be divided into multiple deputy positions to be shared by all forces.

The result is that the organization is extremely complex, and many people just take part in their posts but do nothing.

Bian is not a person who doesn't do anything. He was born as a blacksmith because he was favored by the king of Chu because of his ironmaking skills, so he became an iron official.

He has skills in his body and has nothing to do with the king of Chu and the nobles of Chu. Bian thinks that his life should be worry-free and even be used by Qin.

Therefore, he welcomes Qin Jun's capture of Shouchun. Although he is afraid, he also has expectations.

However, when he was supervising the work, he suddenly heard that Shen Bing was coming to inspect the moment.

Although Bian only asked about military and political affairs, Shen Bing's name had already been spread throughout Chu.

Who is Shen Bing?

Defeated Xiang Yan several times and outsmarted Ruyin and finally captured the vice-general of the Kingdom of Chu!

Such a hero actually came to inspect the iron workshop?

More importantly, this Shen Bing is said to be an engineer. Does he know the art of smelting iron?

If this makes him find something wrong, wouldn't it be...

When I think of this Bianxin, I feel nervous, and when I stand in front of Shen Bing, my legs feel weak.

Shen Bing said with relief:

"It's nothing important, I just come here to take a look."

"You iron smelting workshop, how much iron can be produced in one month?"

Ben gave his hand and answered:

"Back to vice general, monthly output varies."

"The iron produced last month was over 1,130 catties."

Shen Bing said "Oh".

It's only over a thousand catties, which is not much for a capital city.

But this is not surprising.

Bronze was more commonly used in this era, while iron was only used as farm tools because the smelting technology was immature and more brittle.

And the farm tools are only partially reinforced with iron.

For example, iron plows, iron hoes, etc., whose main body is still wooden, are covered with a layer of iron on the front end that is in direct contact with the ground.

In addition, this is not a busy time for farming, so the yield is naturally not high.

Shen Bing looked around and asked:

"Tiefang is..."

Ben hurriedly took a step to the left and said to an earthen house:

"This is the Iron Smelting Workshop, please, the deputy general."

Shen Bingguess is also this one.

Because iron smelting needs to be smelted with fire, there is hot molten iron everywhere, so wooden houses are definitely not suitable.

When I entered the door, I was faced with a heat wave. I saw more than a dozen blast furnaces, and a group of workers were busy.

The uninformed workers saw Shen Bing and his party in Qin Army armor coming in and couldn't help slowing down his movements, his eyes filled with doubt and panic.

Ben worried that Shen Bing would blame him for rushing forward and urging, so the workers hesitated and got busy again, seemingly quicker than before.

Cylindrical blast furnace, bladder human blast, charcoal as fuel.

Shen Bing walked around the blast furnace for a while, and then asked the owe by his side:

"Is Daqin making iron like this?"

Unanswered:

"Deputy general, all countries in the Central Plains smelt iron like this."

This seems to be expected.

Although the Central Plains countries are also careful to prevent their iron smelting technology from flowing to other countries, but driven by their interests, craftsmen or the people will do everything possible to improve themselves by learning or even stealing technology.

Over time, the iron smelting technology of various countries will not be too different.

If there is any difference, it is the difference in some details, such as the ratio of bronze to tin, iron is the content of carbon, etc.

These are difficult to unify. In this era, even the masters who have made iron for a lifetime can't tell why they are still groping.

But of course, Shen Bing does not need to fumble.