Daqin Engineers

Anti-theft chapter.

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Shen Bing originally wanted to play in Mount Tai for a few days. After all, it was hard to travel through the mountains and wading, and maybe he hadn't relaxed for a long time. It would be nice to take this opportunity to visit the mountains and play.

Ren nervously reported with a letter:

"General, spies found in the North!"

Shen Bing and Fusu both thought it was nothing strange. There were so many advanced things in the Northland. It was a loom, gunpowder, and rice mill. It would be a strange thing that no one came to learn technology.

Therefore, he didn't take it seriously at the beginning, and Shen Bing just continued to discuss with Fusu how to bring more businessmen from the Central Plains with an "um".

However, Cheng added:

"It's the Huns spies!"

Only then did Shen Bing and Fusu look up at Cheng in shock.

Shen Bing asked:

"Hun spies? How did they get into the workshop?"

Because he was worried about the Huns stealing school, Shen Bing strictly stipulated from the beginning that only talents from the Central Plains can enter the workshop, and even check the household registration...The household registration check can only be done under the county system of the Qin State, although it is not easy. But it's worth it to keep it secret.

Cheng submitted a letter and said:

"The Xiongnu are from the Central Plains, and they have household registration!"

Shen Bing thought for a while, and then understood.

Many people in the Central Plains were captured by the Huns and became slaves. Not only they, but perhaps their family members also became slaves in the Huns.

then……

The Huns can use their family members as hostages and coerce them into spies.

There are even many Central Plains people who are willing to work for the Huns. What is it called in modern times...Stockholm syndrome.

To put it simply, after they were captured by the Huns, they thought they were going to die. Under such circumstances with extremely low psychological expectations, as long as the Huns keep them alive, or give them better food, they will think that the Huns are not bad, so they oppose. Come over and stand on the side of the Huns.

People from the Central Plains also have household registration, so it is difficult to investigate.

In addition, a few days ago, there were a large number of people who transferred from the dynasty... These people can't have household registration, so there are many spies mixed in.

Shen Bing unfolded the note, and was surprised to find that the Huns were not only interested in gunpowder, but also waterwheels, iron smelting, textiles, etc. Under Wang Ben's emergency investigation, almost every department found the Huns spies.

There may even be something that hasn't been dug out.

Fusu said strangely:

"It is said that the Huns are not interested in technology, so they have to ride and shoot horses, why are they..."

Shen Bing replied with a wry smile:

"Mao Dun is different from ordinary people. This person is very farsighted. I can't underestimate it!"

These were indeed arranged by Mao Dun as Shen Bing thought, and they were arranged by Mao Dun himself.

In fact, Mao Dun started making arrangements after seeing the power of "Sky Shaking Thunder" as early as the First Battle of Jiuyuan.

At that time, the Xiongnu died because of Toumandan, and Jiuyuan realized that the Qin army was so powerful. If Donghu made trouble again and again, the whole Xiongnu was in a low morale and even had a sense of imminent disaster.

But at this time, Mao Dun Shanyu was secretly discussing with his son Ji Congee about a countermeasure against Qin Jun.

Ji Congee did not participate in the Battle of Jiuyuan. Hearing that there were such terrifying weapons, he asked curiously:

"Shan Yu, if the Qin Army has such a powerful'Sky Shaking Thunder', how can we fight against it in the future?"

"Where will they go, where will we retreat?"

Mouton pondered for a while, then said:

"From the current situation, it is indeed the case to continue this way."

"Although we have the benefit of the grassland, the Qin Army, who is good at infantry, is still helpless for us for the time being."

"But if you don't prepare early, the Huns will definitely not be their opponents when the Qin army becomes strong."

This is why Shen Bing said that Mao Dun was very farsighted.

How can ordinary Huns think so far? Most of them have the character of being drunk today...this is the characteristic of nomads.

The life of nomads is to inhabit water and grass, so you don’t have to think too much about it. You can change a piece of grass after eating, as long as you go in the right direction and stop for a while when you reach a place with water and grass.

The farming people cannot be so carefree. They must calculate the farming period, consider disasters, and store food for the winter and the necessary wealth to cope with unexpected needs...

Over time, the farming nation will naturally develop personality traits such as strong computing skills, the awareness of storing property to deal with crises, and a certain degree of foresight.

Of course, this is only for most.

The farming peoples also lived day by day, and the nomads also stored their belongings to deal with the crisis.

Mao Dundan is an exception, perhaps this is one of the reasons why he prefers to learn the art of war in the Central Plains.

Ji Porridge asked curiously:

"How should we prepare?"

Mouton replied without even thinking about it:

"Learn their technique."

"If we can also get the'Sky Shaking Thunder' and learn how to make it, naturally we don't need to be afraid of Qin Jun."

Ji Congee said puzzledly:

"But... how can the people of Qin teach us?"

Mouton laughed, he patted Ji Congee on the shoulder and said:

"No, they will teach us!"

I don't need to say any more about the method used by Maurton.

He gathered a large number of Central Plains slaves, especially those artisans who dragged their homes with their craftsmanship.

Then give them good food and a better life.

After a while, Mouton said to the craftsmen who had called:

"I want to get Northland technology, so I want to send you to the Northland to learn."

"If you succeed and bring the technology back, you and your family will be rewarded, and you will be free from slavery forever. I will treat you like Huns!"

"But if it fails, then your family will be beheaded."

Then, these people were sent to the Central Plains.

In order to avoid being suspected, they even made a bend in the Central Plains and entered the North from another direction.

Because they are craftsmen and skilled, and their household registration is okay, they are easily selected as workshop workers.

This is actually one of the shortcomings of Northland's industrial development.

Because of the need to work, there must be many people who know the secret.

As many people know the secret, it is impossible to keep the secret.

Among these, the most stringent control is actually smelting new iron, which is fine because of the strict measures... Actually, it is not the reason for the strict measures, but the production scale of new iron has not been expanded.

If it is expanded to a certain extent, it is almost impossible to keep confidential.

This is the case with gunpowder.

Qin Jun needs a large number of "fireballs" in a short time, and must rapidly expand the scale of production, so there is no possibility of confidentiality.

Fortunately, Shen Bing was well prepared, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in "Thunderbolt Fireball".