Daqin Engineering Corps

When riding a horse, you still have to hang your feet in the air and hug the horse's neck tightly.

Even though Shen Bing only turned around half a circle, and Jie was still leading the horse and walking slowly, the inner thighs were worn out due to the tight grip on the horse's body.

Only then did Shen Bing realize the hard work of the cavalry in this era, and also understand why they have internal pain when walking... This must be a thick layer of calluses on the inner side again and again.

It was hard to imagine that they could still fight with guns, swords or even crossbows in this situation. I'm afraid they couldn't do it without a few years of hard training.

Therefore, the cavalry of this era is still precious.

However, after the invention of stirrups and saddles, cavalry training would not be so difficult.

Moreover, it may be formed in a short period of time, and its combat effectiveness may be stronger than that of the cavalry that has been training hard for several years.

one day in the future……

But on this day, at least after the Huns had been subdued, Shen Bing dared to get out the saddle and stirrups with confidence.

Let's just make do with it for now, and it's not bad to practice riding as a kind of entertainment in your spare time.

But Shen Bing didn't know that their "leisure" soon became a thing of the past.

In the early morning of the third day, Shen Bing and his party were having breakfast...

During this period of time, Pao Shi's breakfast was replaced by noodles.

Although eating too much will make you tired, but it is much better than small rice.

In fact, it's not just artillery masters, the method of making noodles has spread throughout the barracks like a unilateral pedal.

Fatty Tundu began to think about opening a noodle shop after returning home.

Shen Bing told him:

"Where is enough to open a family?"

"Several branches are opened in every county and county, quickly occupying the national market."

"There are also scallion pancakes."

"At that time, the money will be like flowing water..."

Fatty Tun was only taken aback for a moment, then opened his eyes and said excitedly:

"Master, how about your cooperation with me then?"

"I'll listen to you!"

"With the master here, I can rest assured that I will never lose money."

Shen Bing promised but felt a little helpless in his heart.

Fatty Tun's idea was too simple.

As the saying goes, troubled times demand power and prosperous times demand money.

What is money worth in this troubled world?

No matter how much you earn, you are afraid of being confiscated or robbed overnight, but it is still a burden, and it may even cost you your life.

Making money only makes sense if you have the power to keep those possessions.

But how can you have your own power?

Shen Bing thought to himself, it would be great if he could get to know Ying Zheng someday.

I don't expect to be as powerful as Li Si, I just need to be an official by his side...

Shen Bing was having sweet dreams while eating, and then he heard Chen Wei shouting outside:

"Today we will farm the fields, and all the ministries will go to the warehouse to collect farm tools."

Shen Bing was stunned at that moment:

Tuntian?

The army also needs to farm?

Only later did Shen Bing realize that he was ignorant.

It is a common thing for the army to garrison fields, and this is what is said about garrisoning fields when they are free to practice and busy.

In the Qin Dynasty, cultivated land was also divided into state-owned and privately owned.

State-owned cultivated land has not been allocated or is ready to be allocated...

If someone makes meritorious service, a piece of state-owned cultivated land will be allocated for distribution.

If someone committed a crime and was punished, the cultivated land would be taken back to the state.

Of course, these state-owned farmlands will not be left uncultivated, and most of them are in the charge of the army.

At this time, the State of Zhao had just been included in the territory of the State of Qin, and large tracts of land in the hands of the nobles had been confiscated as state-owned. Of course, soldiers such as Shen Bing had to farm the land.

There is no need for Shen Bing to worry about these small matters, Zuo Gongshi Hui responded and took someone to arrange them.

Farmers have hoes, plows, axes, pottery pots, and other unidentifiable things.

Only later did Shen Bing know that it was called a ditch shovel, which was slightly different from modern shovels in that the blade was flat.

Shen Bing guessed that it was difficult for the ancients to make a sharp spoon-shaped shovel like modern ones, so it was so weird.

Hui divided the farm tools very skillfully, and asked everyone to carry the cups filled with water on their backs, before asking Shen Bing for instructions.

The cultivated land is a few miles outside the city.

When Shen Bing arrived at the destination, he was dumbfounded on the spot...

Where is this arable land, cracked and hard everywhere, like a tortoise shell.

After waiting for a while, I heard Chen Kui holding the bamboo slips and shouting:

"The area within the black flag is for artillery divisions."

"The defenders within the yellow flag..."

……

Shen Bing looked around, and sure enough, he saw several black flags planted around a field as big as two or three football fields.

Shen Bing didn't know what to do, he just looked at Hui beside him.

He should be a professional in this area.

Perhaps seeing Shen Bing's doubts, Hui cupped his hands and replied:

"Reporting to the engineer on the right, my subordinates think that we should dig ditches first."

"Otherwise, even if this place is open, I am afraid that it will not be able to sow seeds."

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"It makes sense."

"However, if this was originally Zhao's cultivated land, how could there be no canals for irrigation?"

He thinks it's right.

Then I found that there was indeed a ditch in it, but it had been abandoned for a long time and I couldn't see its original appearance.

At this time, Hui's face couldn't help but change, and he whispered:

"Master Right, things are not good."

"I'm afraid I will be assigned to Takata."

Shen Bing didn't know what Gao Tian was at first.

After Hui explained, he realized that the so-called Gaotian was the field at the height of the water source.

Correspondingly, of course, there is Takata.

Obviously, it is easier to garrison low fields than high fields.

That is to say, if the gunner wants to garrison this high field, he must first use clay pots to draw water from the water source.

This difficulty...

Sure enough, when Shen Bing and Hui found the river two hundred steps away, they found that the water surface was one step lower than the cultivated land.

Cang was so angry that his face turned pale, and he couldn't help complaining:

"I'm afraid it's the coward trying to embarrass me."

"There are a lot of Takata, and I can't wait for more than a hundred people."

"How can we finish farming before the farming season?"

When Jiang heard this, he scolded:

"This guy is hateful, I'll ask him to judge!"

Just as he was about to go, he was stopped by Shen Bing.

Leaving aside the fact that it is useless to argue with the miser.

Shen Bing found that there are obvious vegetation stratifications along the river bank.

That is to say, the height of the river should not be so shallow before.

In other words, it most likely has nothing to do with scroungers.

It was the earthquake in Zhao State and the severe drought that lowered the water level, causing the original low fields to become high fields.

If so, it wouldn't be the case here.

But the general situation of other cultivated land.

It's no wonder that the people of Zhao State will be taken advantage of by Qin State to destroy the country because of the disaster... Such a field makes them helpless.

Chapter 82 许应

In fact, Shen Bing and others were not the only ones who were in trouble, Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe were also in a hurry.

Shen Bing was right in guessing that the problem with Takata was not limited to the artillery division, but was common in Guantian.

Before Yingzheng left, he ordered Wang and Yang to garrison the fields.

Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe thought that farming was not a big deal, even if it was a big deal, it was the soldiers' business.

It's not even a big deal for soldiers, but it's just a bit of effort to move a hoe. Can it be more difficult and dangerous than going into battle to kill the enemy?

I didn't expect to send someone to investigate, and they would shout bad.

"General, after the earthquake in Zhao State, there was a drought right next to it."

"Rivers in various places are either diverted or have a serious shortage of water."

"It made most of the irrigation facilities unusable."

"If you want to farm, I'm afraid..."

Wang Jian was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Wang Jian has a lot of experience in farming, so he knows what it means to "divert the river and the water is insufficient".

He even knows that this influence and this difficulty cannot be resisted by manpower.

So he hurriedly called Yang Duan and Tong to inspect it, and after seeing a few places on the spot, it turned out to be the case.

Wang Jian frowned and sighed:

"Your Majesty ordered me to cultivate the land first."

"He organized a grain team to transport the millet seeds from all over the place in half a month."

"At that time, we can plant seeds before the agricultural season."

"But now..."

How could Yang Duanhe not know about this situation, he nodded and replied:

"What the general said is true."

"If these arable land can be irrigated normally, it is not difficult to plant seeds before the agricultural season."