Daqin Engineers

Building roads and bridges and water conservancy facilities were usually done by hard labor in the Qin Dynasty, including building the Great Wall.

That is, those who have been punished for long and hard labor for breaking the Qin Law, these people are lucky if they are not exhausted and can go back alive, and don't think about any wages.

This is also one of the reasons why the taxes in the counties in Qin Dynasty were not high, but all kinds of activities were normal.

They do not need to pay for roads, bridges, etc. They only need to pull the hard labor upwards.

If there is any cost, it is to provide some food to keep these hard labor alive.

Of course Shen Bing couldn't do this. Craftsmen and ordinary people were sent to build roads and bridges, and they were paid back.

Even the wages are more than other workers, twenty-three dollars a day.Physical work is more tiring than a textile workshop, so it's okay to get more money.

The workers who came to build roads and bridges immediately separated another group.

This part and the water conservancy facilities, Shen Bing, were handed over to Hu. He used to dry the ditches in the fields and divert water for irrigation before entering the army.

Educate Shen Bing and let Fusu take responsibility.

Of course, it’s no problem for the people to learn from Confucianism. It’s best to learn them one by one, but of course, you still need to play some tricks and Cangjiao some woodwork.

Among them, the main thing is the number of skills... After the industrialization, the more needed is the science talents. At the same time, learning the number of skills will make the people's IQ more flexible.

Shen Bing himself is responsible for strengthening the army.

If Qin Jun wants to organize an army, it doesn't cost much... The source of troops is directly from the people and there is no need to pay. If there is any expenditure, it is the grain, and the grain is from the taxes and grain paid by the people.

Even the clothes the people wear are brought by themselves.

A considerable part of the equipment also comes from the common people... If the common people commit something, they will punish one shield or one armor at every turn, the shields and armor used by the Shiwuli will be part of it.

Most of the equipment used in standard mass production is hard labor.

This is all about cheap calculations...This is how the war machine of a country works, so when productivity is extremely low, princes and nobles are extremely extravagant.

Shen Bing took another route to build the army:

From smelting iron, making equipment, to conscription, they all spend generously but sparingly.

Why not spend a small amount of money to increase the combat effectiveness and morale of the troops?

Because I think from the perspective of a soldier, serving as a soldier for the country is born to death, and even clothes need to be taken out of the house...If the family is poor, they will have to endure hunger and cold, of course, my heart is not balanced.

But if after joining the army, regardless of whether there is a prince or not, with all-inclusive food and clothing and appropriate subsidies for the family, then the soldier will have no worries in order to devote himself to the battle.

There is a saying that "people are more popular than others." In this era, other armies, including the Qin army, do not have such conditions, and the answer will soon be available as soon as the comparison is better.

So morale, loyalty and combat effectiveness will be improved.

The only thing Shen Bing worried about was whether it would be too conspicuous to provoke Zhao Gao and Li Si to talk cold words at Ying Zhengna.

The result really made Shen Bing guess.

This matter was raised by Li Si, and Yingzheng has returned to Xianyang...

When the harvest season is the busiest in Xianyang, Xianyang needs to coordinate where the harvest is good and where disaster relief is needed, so Yingzheng must return to Beijing to sit down.

Li Si played to Yingzheng at the court:

"Majesty, it is said that Yunzhong County used the cloth industry to recruit soldiers, and even those who have no princes also distribute food by person."

"As soon as this precedent opens, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers everywhere."

Li Si said this to a level.

Because Shen Bing’s move was not against the rules, but Yunzhong County paid the taxes in full according to the Qin Law, and then used the money at his disposal to give the soldiers extra money. This had nothing to do with others.

The problem is that Shen Bing will make other Qin Jun jealous:

"It's the same as a soldier. Why are the soldiers in Yunzhong County better treated?"

"The same is born to death, why can soldiers in Yunzhong County have food and clothing?"

...

If other Qin troops also use the same standard as Yunzhong County, how much money will it cost the whole country?

But Ying Zheng replied without thinking:

"Yunzhong County is a bitter and cold place outside the Great Wall."

"At that time, Li Mu's army in the north was also a daily killer."

"Shen Bing managed well, but within a few months he managed the wild land of Yunzhong County to the rich side."

"Why can't it use the cloth industry to fight against the Huns?"

Li Si was speechless when he said that.

Ying Zheng is indeed unwilling to spend the money, but what he said is fine.

What is Yunzhong County?

It is a barren land far away from the Central Plains, far away from home. It is always subject to harassment and attack by the Huns.

What's wrong with a little subsidy?

What's wrong with more food?

If soldiers from other armies are jealous...just go to Yunzhong County!

What's more, people use their own money to subsidize them, and they don't ask the central government for a cent.

In fact, there is another reason why Ying Zhenghui said so. Fusu reported the textile workshop to Yingzheng from beginning to end. Yingzheng knew exactly what happened and even imitated several hydraulic looms in Xianyang.

Shen Bing doesn’t need to conceal Yingzheng and also can’t conceal it...There are tens of thousands of hydraulic looms in Yunzhong County that can produce thousands of pieces of cloth every day, and thousands of workers work in the production process every day. , Want to hide Yingzheng?

It is precisely because Yingzheng knows Yunzhong County that he trusts and feels more at ease in Yunzhong County.

Otherwise, Yi Yingzheng's character was said by Li Si again...it would be difficult to remember.

At this time, Ying Zheng can only sigh the exquisiteness of the hydropower loom:

"You can actually weave cloth with water power."

"How much labor can be saved in this way and how much wealth can Daqin bring to me?"

"Shen Bing made this thing, which can be said to be another great achievement!"

Zhao Gao said to the side:

"My lord, it's not like Xianyang or Yunzhong County... mass production of this loom?"

Ying Zheng thought about it, and said:

"Not urgent."

"If it is mass-produced in Xianyang and then promoted nationwide, wouldn't it break the wealth of Yunzhong County?"

"Today, it is the most important and the most difficult thing for Yunzhong County to resist the Huns, and let Yunzhong County stabilize before saying anything else."

From this we can also see the vision and mind of Ying Zheng.

If it were other people, he would have unified the Central Plains, even if the last remaining Yan, Dai, and Qi were not worth mentioning, this was his ambition for many years.

In this final stage, it is common sense to be anxious about not being able to win immediately.

But Ying Zheng looked farther, knowing that the only opponent at this time was the Xiongnu.

Of course, the Huns are not the "only" opponent. At this time, Ying Zheng did not know that "there are mountain people and people outside the mountains", there are Western Regions outside the Huns, and Europe outside the Western Regions...

The earth is big, and it is definitely not just the "world" in front of this central plain.