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

After understanding this, Xu Ying was motivated again.

But he still asked Shen Bing carefully:

"Vice-general, there are farms all over the Central Plains countries. After I have recorded the pounding waterwheel and the blasting waterwheel...Is it appropriate to pass it to Chudi?

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

Shen Bing thought about it, then replied:

"We won't spread it to Chu regions for the time being, especially the wind and water wheels."

Xu Ying nodded in response.

The reason Shen Bing said this is because the wind-blown waterwheel is still somewhat technical compared to the milled waterwheel.

The pounding rice waterwheel is too simple to read at a glance, even if Xu Ying does not spread out, Chu Di will quickly learn it.

The blast waterwheel is relatively complicated and relatively closed in production, so it will not be spread so quickly.

And this time difference is enough to allow Qin's control of the Huai River north of the Huai River to gain some technical advantages over the south of the Huai River, although this advantage is short-lived.

The next thing Shen Bing has to do is to beat Chu Wangqi...

On the other side, Chu Wang Qizheng and Xiang Yan were at a loss in Dongting.

During this time, they spread spies everywhere, especially in the area of ​​Shouchun.

This enabled Chu Wangqi and Xiang Yan to know the situation in Huaibei well.

The first thing I knew was the pounding waterwheel.

Even the king of Chu made a pounding waterwheel according to the picture drawn by the spy.

Seeing that the rice was poured up and down automatically without manpower, Chu Wangqi sighed:

"I also said that after a while, Huaibei will definitely be upset due to lack of food."

"I don't want Shen Bing to make this thing and trade pound rice for farmland."

"In this way, the food shortage in Huaibei can be solved."

Xiang Yan had nothing to say, she only secretly said in her heart that this Shen Bing was someone who knew how to make this thing.

In this way, it is more than Huaibei, the entire Qin people in the Qin area are free from the pain of pounding rice... You know, this pounding rice is pounded every day.

The so-called amount of pounded rice means that everyone has to eat, and all the meals must be pounded into the shell.

But there are many people who cannot pound rice, such as high-ranking officials, such as the army, and the elderly and children...

This amount of grinded rice will be concentrated on the woman and slavery.

For example, the army will have a large amount of slavery dedicated to pounding rice, and pounding it day after day and night.

This degree occupies a considerable part of the labor distribution.

But now...just set up a few waterwheels, and then use these waterwheels to do it for you. It's fast, labor-saving, and good.

Among them, "good" deserves its name.

Because, as mentioned before, the ration supply is divided into "" and "".

They are all made of grains, but there is a difference. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive to pound the rice with human hands. It is called "cooked rice" if the shell can be imported for several times. This is for the low-ranking soldiers to eat.

Continue to pound on the basis of "" until there is basically no shell is "", also called polished rice. This is for high-ranking soldiers and senior officials to eat.

Ordinary people usually eat rice.

The reason is that housework is already heavy and there is not much time to pound the rice, so I can only pound it roughly.

But now... if the waterwheel can do the work for the pounding of rice, then it will only take longer to pound the rice. Is it necessary to divide the "cooked rice" and "cooked rice"?

The fact is indeed as Xiang Yan thought, only overnight there is basically no "cooked rice" in the Huaibei area, especially Shouchun, and everyone can eat fragrant refined rice.

After a long silence, Xiang Yan comforted the king of Chu and said:

"My lord, don't worry about it."

"It's not difficult to make this thing. Qin Jun can use the grinded rice, why can't I wait for it?"

Chu Wangqi just sighed and said:

"I have a lot of rations, so how can it be this milling wheel that worries people?"

"It's that Shen Bing will have some fantastic ideas and extremely practical after a while, and it will last forever..."

Said Chu Wangqi sighed again.

Chu Wangqi's worry is justified.

If it's just a pounding waterwheel, it's okay to copy them in large quantities and invest in civilians to save labor.

The question is, is this the only thing Shen Bing made?

One today, one tomorrow, and it won’t take long for the Qin land in Huaibei to be the Chu land in Huainan.

There is a saying, "There is no harm without contrast."

If in the past, everyone was so suffering and tired, then no one would say anything in Huaibei and Huainan.

but now……

If the Huaibei Qin area can easily obtain more crops with less labor, but the tired adult dogs in the Huainan Chu area can only harvest much less food, how can this balance the hearts of the people?

As the saying goes, "people go to high places and water flows to low places."

Once the people's psychological imbalance, Chudi will soon face the problem of population loss...It's a bit like smuggling, which can't be stopped, and it's like an endless river.

At that time, I am afraid that there will be no need for the Qin army to destroy Chu, and Chu itself will perish due to a large population loss.

Xiang Yan, who is good at using soldiers, would not consider these things. He still advised Chu Wangqi:

"Great King, his subordinates have contacted several nobles, and they have agreed to fight against Qin together."

"At this time, you are the first to face the Qin Army's soldiers, and the subordinates think they will fight the enemy desperately."

"Subordinates thought it was not easy for Qin Jun to go south."

Chu Wangqi could only reply with a frown:

"I hope so!"

Saying that, Chu Wangqi was not optimistic about the situation.

Sure enough, bad news followed:

"My lord, it is said that Shen Bing has improved the quality of ironware."

"New irons are sharper and more durable than old irons."

Chu Wangqi asked anxiously:

"How about the manufacturing method?"

The answer is:

"Not yet detected."

So Chu Wangqi realized that what he was worried about had finally come.

Then came another piece of information:

"My lord, the Qin Jun spies went deep into our realm to give out notices."

Chu Wangqi was surprised again:

"What's the notice?"

The guards handed up a notice sent by the Flying Pigeon.

The king of Chu Qi was surprised to find that the notice was actually written on paper... He knew that this piece of paper was worth ten dollars in Qin, but it was three times worth thirty dollars in Chu.

But did Qin Jun write notices with it?

Look at the content of the notice again... I was surprised that it turned out to be written with simple pictures and words.

Why is it this way? Needless to say: people who are illiterate and illiterate can understand the picture by looking at it.

But thinking about it, Chu Wangqi sighed in secret:

There are certainly not many notices written on such valuable paper.

If there are not many notices, how can they wait to have an impact?

However, when he casually asked "how many such notices", the guard replied:

"It is reported that there are thousands of them, and the streets and alleys are full overnight.

Chu Wangqi:...