Daqin Engineers

Anti-theft chapter.

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From ancient times to the present, any technology used in batches cannot be strictly kept secret, even modern high-tech. It will always be learned by others over time.

His learning is not because he is not smart enough or without conditions, but because the whole nation has the characteristics of being high and far-sighted, and low-eyed and low-handed.

, The basic industry is busy producing tanks before they understand it.

The result was to buy advanced parts and technologies from other countries and put them together to form a single thing. After thirty years of sharpening the sword, they found that they were behind.

This thing actually has a law, the more modern things are, the more important they are about industrial foundation and technological accumulation.

Without an industrial foundation, when producing certain products, you will find that this screw is unqualified, and the power is not high enough, so you can only buy it.

It’s the same if there is no technical accumulation. I found that this would not be a problem. I can only ask foreign experts for help.

As a result, no matter what was built, it was too expensive, because the integration of parts from various countries was a problem.

Having a strong industrial foundation and technical reserves are two different things. No matter what, you can take it apart in a short time. It is cheap and easy to use, and has more functions than the original one.

Shen Bing was conscious of inventing things in this era.

That is to say, it can only extend the time of technology diffusion as much as possible without stopping it.

What Shen Bing didn't expect was...

He originally thought that textile technology and the like should spread to the Central Plains faster.

The reason is simple. The Central Plains is his own, and anyone who wants to steal technology from the North does not need to use his family as a hostage like the Xiongnu.

Even Qin people cannot be punished if they are arrested as a spy... At this time, Qin Law does not have any "Anti-Unfair Competition Law" to protect business secrets.

On the other hand, these craftsmen working in the Northland are all free craftsmen. They can leave the Northland at any time without working, and then they will spread their skills to all parts of the Central Plains.

However, this is not the case.

On the way to Mount Tai this time, Shen Bing found that there were many waterwheels, but most of them were still in the primitive stage of pounding rice.

There are almost no textile workshops, let alone gunpowder.

Shen Bing guessed that textile workshops may be due to the resistance of handicraftsmen: if a large number of textile workshops appear, it means that all handicraftsmen who make a living on spinning will lose their jobs, so a process is required in the process.

Gunpowder is because there is no need for war within the Central Plains.

What is the development of gunpowder without the need for war?

Maybe it’s just made into firecrackers and blown up.

At the same time, Ying Zheng did not hope that the production of gunpowder would spread among the people on a large scale.

He is even worried that the people have metal and money in their hands, and they are worried that they will rebel. He wants to concentrate all the metal and the rich in Xianyang, and how can he let the people make gunpowder.

The Northland needed to make gunpowder because it was used in war to resist the Huns.

However, the Huns faced the Qin army equipped with the "fireball of thunderbolt" but were under pressure to survive and had an urgent motivation to steal knowledge.

So there is a strange scene at this time:

Northland's technology is not spreading towards the Central Plains but towards the Huns.

Shen Bing could only order Wang Ben to investigate the spies, especially the gunpowder workshop, on the one hand, and hurried back with Fusu on the other side...

Originally, Shen Bing also planned to "invite investment" throughout the Central Plains.

After all, the Northland at this time needs a group of experienced businessmen who can take the lead.

Yunqi needs to coordinate the overall situation in the Northland, and it is impossible to personally drive the caravan to the Western Regions to do business.

But since time is so tight, let's talk about it, and it's not a big deal.

Because the sense of smell of the merchants is always the most sensitive, one day the Northland will be able to make dozens of times more profit in doing business. Shen Bing believes that merchants from all over the world will consciously swarm into the Northland without him "attracting business."

Day and night for more than ten days to return to Jiuyuan.

As mentioned before, the nine reasons are rich in minerals and geographically located in the middle, which is the center of the military production in the North. Gunpowder and new iron workshops are concentrated here.

Wang Ben frowned and reported to Shen Bing:

"General, the gunpowder manufacturing method may have been leaked to the Xiongnu."

"The Xiongnu's tactics are very good. Several spies have escaped before I wait for investigation."

"And these spies have been working in the gunpowder workshop for some time."

Shen Bing nodded helplessly. What he cared about most was gunpowder.

Because the iron-smelting Huns have no foundation and no conditions for weaving...This is especially the weaving, so you have to learn to grow ramie.

If the Huns learn to grow things, can they still be called nomads?

Isn't it tied to one place by the field?

And are light, heat, water, soil and ground suitable for planting?

But gunpowder is different. This thing can be used directly on the battlefield to increase combat effectiveness in stages. The Xiongnu have been trying their best to do this, and of course they will overcome difficulties to achieve it.

What Shen Bing didn't know was that Mouton was worrying about making gunpowder at this time.

He got the method and formula of gunpowder, and even the spy also brought some raw materials to show in front of Maudun.

However, Mouton was dazzled by the raw materials.

What saltpeter, sulfur, tung oil, dry paint, maru...

Morton hadn't even heard of these things. Where would he know how to get them?

It’s not just Mouton who doesn’t understand it. Few people in the entire Huns will understand... The nomads live by grazing and don’t need to know the growth rules of crops. Of course, they don’t understand soil and minerals, let alone study climate and astronomy. Therefore, it is much less than the farming nation in terms of knowledge and discovery.

Suddenly facing these saltpeters and the like at this moment, aren't these just soil in Mao Dun's eyes?

Saltpeter is white soil.

Sulfur is yellow soil.

Charcoal is black soil.

Can these soils become gunpowder together?

Come on, dig some soil under my tent to try...

After explaining it for a long time, Mao Dun realized that these "soils" are not simply a matter of color, but they need to be mined.

Where can this endless grassland look for these mines?

In fact, the Mongolian Plateau is a place rich in mineral resources, and the proven reserves of many mines rank first in Asia.

But that was the situation when modern times had advanced prospecting equipment. At this time, the Xiongnu's understanding of the land under their feet was completely blank except that it would grow grass and long trees could feed cattle and sheep.

Mouton said to himself:

"How should this be good?"

"If you only know the preparation method but don't have the raw materials, wouldn't it be controlled by the Central Plains?"

After thinking about it, Mouton gritted his teeth and ordered:

"First exchange cow wool skin for raw materials."

"If you order people to explore, you can find as much as possible!"

Needless to say who the prospecting is for, it is naturally the captured Qin.

Even Mao Dun decided to send someone to secretly go south into the Central Plains, and then spend a lot of money to invite mining craftsmen to go north to explore the grassland.