Daqin Engineering Corps

Ten qian a day can only buy two catties of rice, and two catties of rice can only keep the family from starving to death.

According to the story, it was because Shen Bing was a lieutenant of the Qin Army, so he kept his wages to a minimum...

Shen Bing did some market research during this time:

A debt-payer who served in the army was paid eight qian a day, and two qian for a day's ration, so it was ten qian.

In other words, ten dollars can only support five people.

In ancient times, if there were seniors and juniors, there were usually more than five people in a family, and seven or eight people were common.

After knowing this, Shen Bing waved his hand and took the initiative to raise the salary to fifteen dollars a day.

Anyway, this money is easy to come by now, and it can make people's lives better, so why not?

Jing Zi is grateful for Shen Bing's move.

After walking out of the barracks, he sighed again... When he went to Xunwei to tell him the good news, he found that Wei had fled to somewhere long ago.

Of course Jing knew what was going on, but he lamented that Na Wei's cleverness was misunderstood by his cleverness, and the good business in front of him had nothing to do with him.

As soon as the front foot of Jing left, the back foot of the cloud arrived.

Of course, whether Yun Tian can see him or not has to be notified by the personal guard and approved by Shen Bing.

Shen Bing knew why Yun Tian came here, but naturally he would not see Yun Tian in the captain's camp...

It should be said that this cloud is still effective.

Because the business is not sure.

For example, paying off debts with paper... The reason why it works now is because it has a small circulation and rare things are more expensive.

If there is more and more paper on the market, and the merchants unite to deliberately lower the price, the value will soon depreciate.

Therefore, if Shen Bing wants to pay off debts with paper, he must not only ensure that the artist is willing, but also ensure that there is a stable and credible purchaser in the market.

Only in this way can those craftsmen really get wages and relatively stable wages, instead of some useless paper for them.

Therefore, the businessman Yuntian is important, which is why Shen Bing deliberately asked Fatty to use paper to pay off his debts.

Chapter 1 Seventy

Shen Bing met Yun Tian on the school field.

At that time, the navy soldiers were practicing riding and archery.

Shen Bing believes that training this thing, especially riding and archery training, should not just waste time and practice randomly. Many things not only require courage, hard training, but also methods.

Therefore, the training of the navy is not a random practice of everyone, but a practice in units of teams.

There are three horses in each team, and the leader Ren with the best riding skills rides one alone. The other four people are divided into two groups of two people in each group. When one group is riding a horse, the other group observes and sums up experience.

After the practice, point out what is wrong to each other.

Training is often "obsessed with the authorities". In a state of tension, I make mistakes but don't know it, but bystanders can see clearly.

When Shen Bing looked at it, Yun Tian, ​​led by his personal guard, went forward to bow to Shen Bing, and said respectfully:

"Yun Tian met the captain!"

Shen Bing let out an "oh" and bowed his hands in return:

"It turned out to be Brother Yuntian."

"Shen Bing is about to thank Brother Yuntian for his credit last time!"

"I don't know if the paper sent by Tun today is enough to pay off the debt?"

Yun Tian quickly replied:

"Enough, more than enough."

"It turns out that the thing sent by the captain is called 'paper'..."

"Is this object used for writing like a hexagram?"

Shen Bing replied:

"Exactly."

Then he asked again knowingly:

"Is it convenient to write on paper?"

Yun Tian praised:

"Convenient, and the handwriting is clear, writing and drying instantly, compared to He Cuo."

Although it is not as exaggerated as "instant writing and instant dryness", it is indeed much better than bamboo slips.

Shen Bing replied:

"Brother Yuntian is satisfied."

Yun Tian hesitated for a while, and asked cautiously:

"I don't know the captain...can you tell me where this thing came from?"

Before Shen Bing could answer, he added another sentence:

"It's not that Yundi is spying on secrets, it's just that Yundi has been doing business for many years and has traveled around the world, but he has never seen this thing, so..."

"If it's inconvenient for the captain, then don't say anything."

Shen Bing smiled and replied:

"Brother Yuntian, don't be nervous, this thing is not a military secret."

"It's just a gadget I made to pay artists back."

Only then did Yun Tian breathe a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that this is the case, no wonder there are artists who exchange paper for food.

Then Shen Bing sighed again and began to sell miserably:

"Brother Yuntian doesn't know something."

"Although this thing is just a gadget that looks ordinary and light as a feather, it is quite complicated and extremely time-consuming to make."

"As long as one of the processes goes wrong, the success may fall short."

"If it wasn't for the artist's wages, Shen Bing wouldn't bother with this thing."

Yun Tian felt a big headache when he heard this. He knew that the Qin army did not allow business, so if this paper was made by Shen Bing, and Shen Bing was definitely unwilling to disclose the method of making it, then this is the way to make money. broken?

Of course, Shen Bing knew what Yun Tian was thinking, so he stopped making circles with Yun Tian, ​​and simply said:

"Brother Yuntian, if you want to make paper, I can let those artists go to your rice store to exchange food."

"Even we can save the intermediate steps."

"I exchange paper with brother Yunfen for food, and brother Yuntian gives the food to the artists..."

Yun Tian couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, isn't this a kind of monopoly?In this way, no one else will compete with me in the paper industry.

Thinking about how Yun Tian dared to hesitate, he immediately nodded and agreed:

"This method is very good, Yun Tian thanked the captain."

Shen Bing added:

"However, Brother Yuntian has to ensure that those artists can receive a full catty of food, otherwise..."

Yun Tian quickly replied:

"sure."

"Don't worry, Lieutenant, Yundi has always put the people first, and he will never be short-changed."

Just kidding, if paper is the only thing in the world that he owns, it can be sold at a high price, even more expensive than silk. How could he lose his fortune because of the petty profit?

This is also the reason why Shen Bing wants to meet Yun Pan at the school grounds... If Yun Pan sees that Shen Bing's school captain's mansion is full of papers, the business will be difficult to talk about.

After Yun Tian left, Shen Bing relaxed.

Now it seems that all the problems have been solved, and there is no illegal business and the funding problem has been solved. Shen Bing can't wait to see the majestic look of the navy in the rattan armor.

More importantly...there is no need to dismantle the bamboo slips to go to the toilet in the future.

In this era, the toilet is scraped with a bamboo chip called a "toilet chip". The most annoying thing is that it is still public.

Shen Bing's method is to bring a roll of bamboo slips with him every time he goes. Others only think that Shen Bing is diligent in studying, but they don't think that the bamboo slips will be missing a few pieces every time he comes back.

But thinking about it, it's a bit wasteful, this piece of paper is worth ten dollars...

who cares?

The big deal is to make a few more batches of paper for future use.

Shen Bing hummed a little song with his hands behind his back and walked towards Xiaowei's mansion, but he saw Meng Liang was already waiting at the door.

These days, because Meng Liang has been staying in the engineering battalion and hasn't turned around, he hasn't seen him for a while.

Seeing him at this moment, Shen Bing, was a little surprised. Even if this guy wants to take credit, there is no need to rush it for a while, right?

When Meng Liang saw Shen Bing coming in, he greeted him and said:

"Captain, it is said that you have created something new?"

"Can you open your subordinates' eyes?"

Shen Bing didn't think much, and ordered a few cards for him after entering the door.

Meng Liang thanked him and left in a hurry.

Of course, Shen Bing never expected that the paper would be placed on Ying Zheng's desk within a day after Meng Liang took it away.

Ying Zheng and Li Si stared at the paper on the table in a daze, and Ying Zheng even tore a section of the paper to find out the secret.

But of course the idea didn't work out, there was nothing in it.

Ying Zheng said:

"This thing is also strange."

"It is said that Shen Bing called it paper."

"Has the prime minister ever heard of it?"

Li Si shook his head and replied:

"Return to the king, I have never heard of it."

"If this thing can be produced in large quantities, then this bamboo slip..."

Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.

Of course he knew the many inconveniences of the bamboo slips, this paper almost perfectly avoided all the shortcomings.

If it can be mass-produced and popularized across the country, it will be of great benefit to skills, knowledge, and even ordering.

Then Li Si said:

"I just don't know how long it will take to make this thing."

"If it's as expensive as silk, it's useless."

Ying Zheng shook his head and replied with certainty:

"It won't be as expensive as silk."

"Then Shen Bing even asked people for credit for a few wooden barrels."

"Furthermore, it is said that the papers in his captain's mansion are piled up like a mountain."

"If the cost of this thing is high, how can Shen Bing get the money to make it?"

"If everyone's expectations are correct, the materials used to make this thing must be extremely cheap and even available everywhere."

Ying Zheng's analysis is reasonable.

If Shen Bing heard this, he would be ashamed. Although Ying Zheng was thousands of miles away, he knew his every move like the palm of his hand.