Daqin Engineers

This is of course a big deal.

In ancient times, people tried every possible means to improve the quality of iron but couldn't do anything. They tried all kinds of strange methods and even used people to sacrifice furnaces, but they rarely succeeded.

Occasionally, a high-quality sword can be called a sword, 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 very important, which means that the iron smelting technology in the Central Plains has generally risen. Floor.

But seeing Ben waved his hand, two blacksmiths put two iron blocks into the furnace and pressed them... Although there was hydraulic pressing at this time, the cast iron did not require too much wind, so they used manpower temporarily.

Ben explained:

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

Soon after the two pieces of iron burned red, they took them out. Several blacksmiths smashed the iron with sledgehammers and small hammers... and immediately sparks shot the red iron ballast everywhere.

Shen Bing saw the difference at a glance: the iron on the left has more sparks, while the one on the right has much less.

After a while, no sparks jumped out on the right side, but there was still iron ballast 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 may seem small, it was obviously easier when I waited for the iron maker."

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

Shen Bing can understand what Ben said.

It is difficult to see the quality of iron on the surface, it takes a beating to know whether it is brittle or tough.

Especially when the blacksmith is used to make brittle iron, the quality of the iron can be immediately felt once it rises.

As I was talking, the iron on the left side was broken into two pieces with a "slap", and even when I stopped, I found that the iron on the left was already much smaller... This is because the iron on the left is more brittle and more ballast is being punched Break away from the original body, so it gets smaller and smaller.

Shen Bing simply said:

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

Ben answered, bowed and waited.

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

This made Ben dumbfounded, and he hurriedly looked at the short shot for help.

Xiao Ye was stunned for a while. After reacting, he caught up with Shen Bing in three steps and five steps, saying:

"Vice general, your subordinates must not be so rash about this matter..."

Shen Bing couldn't help but wonder:

"Why not?"

Unexplained:

"The lieutenant imagined that if this iron is made into agricultural tools and distributed to the people, it is no longer a secret for us to have iron smelting technology."

"And the lieutenant does not block the news, I am afraid that the'water drain' iron smelting will soon spread elsewhere..."

At this time, Shen Bing realized the reason why Ben and the other artisans were nervous, and worried that the technology would be spread prematurely for the enemy's use.

Shen Bing raised his head indifferently and replied:

"It won't take a long time, the world will belong to the Qin State, so how can it be spread elsewhere?"

Hearing this, Xiao Hebian couldn't help looking at each other.

But thinking about it, Shen Bing is right. If the world belongs to the State of Qin, isn't it also in the State of Qin that the technology is spread?

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

This water drain improves the quality of iron only a little bit, which makes them so fussed.

Shen Bing still has more technology in his hands that can produce more mature and better quality iron, even mass production... Then it would be harmless to spread such a little bit.

Even Shen Bing was prepared to spread it out from the beginning, otherwise Shen Bing would not have invented this drain.

With Shen Bing's words, Ben Heqian 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 farm.

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

So immediately there was a wave of uproar...

This was caused by Qin Shi's low productivity.

In fact, the output of the new iron farm tools has not increased significantly after being put into use. The farmland is still so much farmland, and so much food is still produced after the farming is completed, but it is more labor-saving and time-saving when farming.

However, low productivity means a low base, and even a small increase in a low base can be quite impressive.

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

Even the people are more motivated to farm land because of the freshness of the new farming tools...The farmland that used to take three days to complete, now it only takes two days to complete, the satisfaction is not comparable to before.

This shocked Xu Ying and once again listed Xintie's iron smelting as one of the targets of record and dissemination.

However, Xu Ying at this time lost the interest he had before, and was even a little listless.

The problem he encountered was similar to Fusu.

As I said before, peasants are not really peasants. Most of them are aristocrats or intellectuals.

They devoted themselves to agriculture in order to achieve the goal of eliminating war, and developed a set of peasant theory on this basis.

This was originally no problem, they were ambitious and clear.

However, after listening to the story and reasoning of the wolf, deer, and flower described by Shen Bing, the foundation of the farm family was also shaken.

Shen Bing couldn't help but feel a little confused when he saw Xu Ying's listless look at the people in the field.

If it were in the usual way... Xu Ying would have rolled up his pants and went down to work with others, how could he stand on the side of the field and meditate like he does now.

Shen Bing stepped forward and called:

"Mr."

Xu Ying was awakened, and when he saw Shen Bing, he handed over:

"It's the five doctors, Xu Ying is rude."

Shen Bing asked after returning the salute:

"But there is a problem that makes the gentleman contemplate?"

Xu Ying nodded and said thoughtfully:

"As the lieutenant said, if planting flowers only increases the number of deer and thus the number of wolves, then what is the point of planting flowers?"

Shen Bing couldn't help but laugh.

Unexpectedly, after a few days, Xu Ying is still troubled by this story, and is still deeply involved.

Shen Bing replied:

"Mr. Have you ever thought about what would happen to the Young Wolf Club?"

Xu Ying's puzzling reply:

"After the wolves are young, there are more deer, more deer and fewer flowers, so the deer starve to death..."

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"Not all."

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

"So there is only a young wolf. This is a peaceful and prosperous age."

"So planting flowers is not as meaningless as the husband thinks, but it is significant."

"Otherwise, how can we talk about prosperity?"

Xu Ying gave an "Oh" and nodded excitedly:

"This makes sense!"