Daqin Engineering Corps

Producing thousands of waterwheels is a trivial matter for Shen Bing... Tens of thousands of troops are placed there. They usually make catapults and other siege equipment, but now they are only making waterwheels under the guidance of carpenters such as Hui. .

Some of them even have experience in making waterwheels.

In fact, the State of Wei does not need waterwheels. The country of Wei has a lot of runoff and densely covered irrigation water networks, but people are naturally curious about new things. After knowing that there are such things as waterwheels and overturned vehicles, those who are busy will try to make them.

Although there are not many such people, they can also play a guiding role like craftsmen such as Hui.

Then tens of thousands of people were divided into several groups: logging, transporting, sawing, making... thousands of waterwheels were made in just two days.

Shen Bing scattered these waterwheels to various places in Shouchun City... Of course, this was to disperse rather than concentrate.

If these waterwheels are gathered in one place, one will cause congestion, and the other is that the people in the whole city will have to carry the rice all the way to the centralized place if they want to pound rice. It will take a long time, it is better to pound it at home.

In this way, Shen Bing was dispersed to various places according to the runoff, so that the people in the city could "principle of proximity" to the nearby waterwheels to pound rice, and this could truly achieve the purpose of saving labor.

The rules for pounding rice are: pounding rice itself does not require money, but it needs to be registered in the Jianyu Shina register. Every ten bags of rice pounded has to be exchanged for one mu of land.

Moreover, this farmland is not Baitun, but it is still taxed according to the twelve laws of the Qin Dynasty, but the grains distributed have to be deducted.

This is a great thing.

Because people only need to calculate like this:

Pounding ten bags of rice with a water truck can save more than a month's labor, and if the saved labor is used for farming, there is no loss.

And if you can use "one tax per [-]" to get [-] crops for every [-] in farming, wouldn't that be a big profit?

So why not go after it?

Shen Bing thought so.

But what is surprising is that there are very few people who responded, and no one came to pound the rice even after the notice was issued.

At this time, Yang Duanhe came up.

He was busy with the defense of the Huaihe River during this time, running up and down the defense line of the Huaihe River all day long... This is actually the division of labor between Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe. Shen Bing is in charge of Shouchun and the Qin army led by Yang Duanhe is in charge Huaihe River and supply lines.

Yang Duanhe came here after seeing the announcement posted by Shen Bing.

When he saw the announcement, he didn't know how the waterwheel was pounding rice, so he frowned immediately:

"Why is Shen Bing so confused?"

"If you can pound ten sacks of rice, wouldn't you have finished one mu of land?"

"Do you want to exchange with the common people?"

It happened that Yang Duanhe might not have been back to Shouchun for a long time, so he planned to visit, so he took his personal guards to look for Shen Bing.

Seeing many waterwheels along the way, Yang Duanhe was secretly surprised:

"How could this waterwheel be built in the city? Could it be that the city also needs to use waterwheels to garrison fields?"

But he didn't think about it, and when he found Shen Bing, he asked:

"Lieutenant General, have you carefully considered the pounding of rice?"

"It takes a lot of time to pound ten bags of rice..."

Shen Bing didn't explain much to Yang Duanhe, but just brought Yang Duanhe to the waterwheel, and then demonstrated how to use the waterwheel to pound rice.

Yang Duanhe couldn't help being shocked when he saw that the mallet was pounding rice up and down:

"Is there such a thing?"

"No wonder the vice-general exchanged pounded rice for farmland."

"Not only does it save the people the pain of pounding rice, but it also solves the worries of farming. This method is wonderful!"

Yang Duanhe was worrying about farming the fields during this time.

Ying Zheng transported a boatload of spring wheat seeds from Handan and ordered to farm the fields, but he didn't say how to farm...

If it is normal, this problem seems to be easy to solve. The 20 army will be disarmed and returned to the fields, and it will be enough to arrest some labor and supplement some people.

However, at this time, the Qin army had just taken down the Huaihe River defense line, and its foothold was not stable. Labor labor needed to build fortifications, block the river, and make trebuchets. A 20 army had to deploy defenses along the river.

Otherwise, as long as the Chu army kills the carbine, the Qin army may be defeated.

The spring wheat seeds are eager to farm during this time, and if they miss the farming season, they may lose their harvest... Yang Duanhe's idea is to complete the deployment as soon as possible, and then see if he can squeeze out some troops for farming.

This is also the reason why he was so busy walking around along the Huaihe River.

But when he looked back at this moment, he found that Shen Bing had easily solved the problem.

However, Shen Bing smiled bitterly and said:

"However, after the notice was issued, no one responded, and no Chu people have come to pound rice."

Yang Duanhe thought about it and said:

"It may be that Chu Min has doubts."

Shen Bing was puzzled:

"Do you have doubts?"

Yang Duanhe took out the notice and read it again, nodded and said:

"Just like my reaction when I saw the notice, most Chu people will think the same after seeing the notice."

"Isn't this Qin Jun crazy? How can there be such a good thing in the world, helping to pound rice and supplying grain to farm...I'm afraid there is fraud in it."

Shen Bing couldn't help but let out an "oh".

But the conditions offered are too generous, so generous that people can't believe it.

In addition, they are the Qin army. As the new Qin army who conquered Chu, it is normal that they should be aloof and arrogant. How can they be as "friendly" as they are now.

So Chu Min naturally thought, could it be that the ten bags of rice could not be brought back after pounding?

Then I will go to farm as a labor force, right?

Twelve taxes one?

I'm afraid it's a verbal response. If Qin Jun doesn't give it by then, who would dare to ask for it at the knife's edge?

Chapter 266 Buy Up or Not Buy Down

Li Yan listened impatiently and interjected:

"There's no reason for these Chu people to live like this. If they don't give benefits, they say they are unkind and unrighteous. If they give benefits, they are suspicious."

"Wait until I catch them up in a batch to try and see the result."

As he said that, he turned around and was about to leave, but was called back by Yang Duanhe.

Li Yan's method is also simple. If Qin Jun really wants to catch up, of course he can catch up. After all, Qin Jun is an occupying army at this time.

The problem is that these Chu people were already apprehensive, and Li Yan would still be so frightened that he lost his soul after such a rush, so he believed that this was a trap set by the Qin army.

So sometimes this is not a good thing as an occupying army, and it is also difficult to do both.

Yang Duanhe said to Shen Bing:

"Don't be rough on this matter, otherwise this farm..."

Shen Bing nodded in agreement.

Farming needs the willingness of the people. If there is resentment in their hearts, they will not dare to resist on the surface, but they will do all kinds of tricks when they are farming.

For example, deliberately destroying tools, or planting seeds deeper and denser, and some places are particularly sparse, or even stepped on a few feet... These are difficult for Qin Jun to find.

Shen Bing thought for a while and came up with an idea, and said:

"Don't worry, the general, the subordinates will make arrangements."

In fact, once you know where the problem is, it is not difficult to solve it.

Just kidding, Shen Bing is a modern person. He has never seen such a big storm before. How can such a small matter stump him?

First of all, Shen Bing asked these craftsmen to contact some Chu people.

The reason why craftsmen were asked to contact them was because they were not rejected by Chu people like soldiers. On the other hand, craftsmen also had the habit of holding together, no matter which country they were from.

On the one hand, because everyone is a craftsman, there are more common topics.

On the other hand, the status of artisans in this era is very low... Often, the lower the status, the more people will hug each other to keep warm.

Among them, Fatty Tun is still a businessman, and he has acquaintances in the capital city of Shouchun, who has experience in business, so he secretly contacted these acquaintances.

It is said that these craftsmen and "acquaintances" of Chu State are eager to climb the high branches of Hui and his group.

Needless to say what the reason is.

You must know that they are the Qin army, not just the Qin army or the Qin people, not just the Qin people or the Shenwu army...

In the Qin army, there is still a difference between the Qin people who have "rooted Zhengmiaohong" and those who joined the Qin army after other countries surrendered.

Although superficial treatment in the Shenwu Army treats everyone equally, Qin people are always more trusted and easier to promote.

However, this does not seem to be surprising, after all, it is a surrendered soldier from another country, even if the "employer is not suspicious", there is no way for everyone to be equal.

Therefore, no one dared to underestimate them even if they were craftsmen in the Shenwu Army, such as Hui and other Qin people.

At this time, the people of Chu in Shouchun are worried that the Qin army will be unfavorable to them, especially some businessmen with family backgrounds... The status of the merchants is the lowest, and they are usually fish and meat. If they are copied by the Qin army I'm afraid it won't be able to stir up a little splash when it's home.

And at this moment, veritable Qin Jun acquaintances such as Hui and Fatty Tun took the initiative to find them, how could they not be ecstatic and treat them as honored guests.

Among them is Fatty Tun.

Some people don't know where to inquire about the news, knowing that Fatty is Shen Bing's apprentice...

Is this okay?

The disciple of Shen Bing, the vice general of the Shenwu Army who defeated Xiang Yan?

So at the moment, he offered Fatty Tun the same delicious food and drink as his ancestors, and sent them here and there before leaving, worrying that Fatty Tun would be dissatisfied.

In fact, it is very simple for Shen Bing to let them contact these Chu people, just let them do "entrustment".

Human psychology is like this. When there are doubts in the heart, no one dares to be the first bird and waits and sees.

However, if someone boldly eats the crab and is fine, that is to say, he has become an experimental product and even gained benefits, so everyone will flock to it.

Isn't that the case with modern home buying?

You rob me and everyone robs, so I just had a mentality to see it, and I made up my mind as soon as my head got hot.

Using this set of marketing methods to toss these ancient people who have never seen anything in the world... Then why don't you play them around?

Of course, this is just a trivial matter for those Chu people who want to hug Qin Jun's thigh, and they also promised not to tell the truth... Shen Bing forgives them and they dare not tell the truth, otherwise the head will not be on their shoulders.

After this matter was arranged, Shen Bing then began to change the notice.

Originally, no fees were charged, but now food is pumped according to the amount.

At the beginning, it was very cheap, one-hundred-pound, that is, one catty of grain needed to be paid for pounding one hundred catties.

This is to dispel Chu Min's doubts.

As I said before, the benefits are so great that Chumin would think that there is such a thing as a pie in the sky?So I thought about it.

This time there is a fee, but Chu Min is relieved:

"It turns out that Qin Jun wanted to use this method to earn some military food."

"You only need to pay one catty for pounding a hundred catties of grain...it's not expensive."

"What's more, other conditions remain the same. After pounding grain, there are still fields to grapple with."

"Why hesitate about such a good thing?"

This is only Shen Bing's first step, after that...the price will increase.

For example, if you pound a hundred catties the next day, you have to pay a catty of two taels of grain, and the next day you have to pay a catty of three taels...

The common people saw it, this is not acceptable!

If you only need one catty to pound grain today, and you need one catty and two taels tomorrow, wouldn’t you be losing two taels tomorrow?

Wouldn't it be a loss if I pounded it later?

So there's no waiting, let's pound all the grains at home, the earlier the pounding, the more cost-effective it will be.