my grandfather was qin shi huang

Zhao Ying has actually been thinking about selling admission tickets to the market, but due to his own identity and personality, it is a bit unsuitable to come forward directly.

After all, how could His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson, who is resolute, brave, benevolent and loving, be like those businessmen who are full of copper odor and have eyes for money——

What he wants now is reputation, how can he get involved in things like selling quotas and plundering people's wealth?

It’s fitting that Shi Lu comes forward!

What's wrong with the First Emperor's royal steward, the loyal eagle dog responsible for collecting money for the First Emperor, with a dark heart?

That's reasonable!

Zhao Yingyun waved his hand lightly.

"Young Master Shi is ridiculously complimentary. I am just picking up others' wisdom and reminding you casually - increase revenue, reduce expenditure, and make money for the country. These important tasks rely on the advice of capable ministers and officials like you..."

He does great things without taking credit. His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun remains as low-key and humble as ever.

Others don't know, but as the personal steward of the First Emperor, Shi Lu is very aware of the contributions Zhao Ying has made behind the scenes in these days. Behind many major events, there is the shadow of the emperor's eldest grandson.

But they don’t fight or grab, and they don’t take credit.

This kind of mental cultivation is no less generous than that of the sages of ancient times. No wonder His Majesty values ​​the eldest grandson of the Emperor who is only sixteen years old so highly.

Your Majesty also doesn’t show off His Highness’s merits. Is it probably a test for His Highness?

Shi Lu felt that as a minister, he should be good at understanding His Majesty's good intentions.

As a result, two people who were not on the same channel at all reached a tacit consensus and kept silent about this kind of selling of admission quotas.

The shipyard here in Shaofu was built on the edge of the Wei River. It was not large in scale. The ships needed by the First Emperor were mainly in Nanhai County. Nanhai County originally belonged to the land of Wu and Yue. It was a swamp in the south and had a strong naval force. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, , it has been able to build building ships with a load capacity of more than 60 tons.

After the First Emperor unified Lingnan, he set up a large-scale shipbuilding workshop in Lingnan.

Xu Fu went to sea every time, and most of the ships he used came from here.

However, what Zhao Ying wanted to do was just an experiment, and he could no longer rush to Nanhai County to build the ship himself.

Seeing Shaofu Shi Lu personally bringing His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson, the left and right supervisors of the shipbuilding workshop, leading a group of low-level officials, quickly came out to greet him.

Zhao Ying smiled kindly and stepped forward to personally help up the left and right eunuchs in front of him, and then nodded to the rest of the low-level officials in salute.

"Gentlemen, you don't need to be polite. You guys are here all day long, building ships for our Great Qin. You don't seek fame or fortune. You work hard and achieve great results. Thank you for your hard work..."

Zhao Ying's words almost brought tears to these low-level officials.

Over the years, except His Highness the Emperor's Grandson, who has ever sympathized with the difficulties of these low-level officials, and who has ever appreciated the merits of these low-level officials?

Da Qin has clear rewards and punishments.

But also harsh.

All craftsmen must sign on the parts they are responsible for, and a strict accountability system is implemented. All officials must be responsible for the parts they are responsible for. If they do their best, they are just completing the task. If something goes wrong , what awaits them is severe punishment.

This is where Legalism is often criticized. It is harsh and meticulous. In the eyes of Legalism, everyone is a link in the giant Qin Dynasty, rather than a living person.

Treating people as objects, they must follow the laws of Qin and follow this behemoth in a perfect manner.

Such a policy is okay in a corner of Guanzhong. It is intimidated by powerful national power and the power of the imperial court can radiate to all corners. The people of Qin have long been accustomed to this kind of regular life after hundreds of years of reforms. .

But after the Qin Dynasty unified the country, if it wanted to copy this set of policies that had been proven correct for more than 100 years to the whole country, problems would inevitably arise.

It can only be said to be a miracle that it can be maintained until now without collapse.

Sometimes, Zhao Ying felt that the First Emperor was the country's anchor. Once this magic needle falls and those who follow up are unable to control the situation, the surging undercurrent will turn into a huge wave that swallows everything.

Just like the group of low-level officials in front of him, Zhao Ying just learned from the traditions of later generations and made these people feel close to them with a simple greeting.

"I'm a lowly servant who just fulfills his duties loyally and doesn't dare to claim merit——"

The two supervisors on the left and right were all elderly people, and they gave very appropriate answers.

Knowing that Zhao Ying was here to guide the shipbuilding work and direct everyone to build a new type of large ship, these old craftsmen couldn't help but be startled. The supervisors on the left and right were also a little dumbfounded. After a moment of hesitation, they still had to bite the bullet and said.

"Your Highness, I have the audacity to ask, this shipbuilding—have you ever learned this before?"

Zhao Ying thought for a while and said seriously.

"How many days have you read the book? Does that count?"

Everyone: ...

The two old eunuchs were sweating from their foreheads.

Just like that, you dare to come over and guide our shipbuilding work?

What do you do with shipbuilding?

If my grandson dares to be so careless, he will be slapped in the face.

But this is His Highness the Emperor Changsun who is approachable, benevolent and loving, and is the first to treat low-level officials like them as human beings...

Everyone suddenly felt as big as a fight, and the two old supervisors were even more distressed. It would be fine if His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson of the Emperor, really pretended to come over and walk around twice, with his hands behind his back, leading someone, pretending to be an expert and giving a few blind instructions. The key point is that he is preparing to be serious——

"Cough-cough-"

Although the two old eunuchs were very reluctant to contradict the approachable grandson of the emperor, they had to cough dryly and stand up due to their duties. They raised their hands to Zhao Ying and hesitated.

"Your Highness, shipbuilding is very expensive and the responsibility is huge..."

Seeing the embarrassed looks on the faces of the two old eunuchs, Zhao Ying suddenly understood. This must be because he is worried that if he is an outsider and directs an expert, he will cause a big mess.

He smiled and waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter - I've read the book, so there won't be any problems. Don't worry..."

When Zhao Ying said this, the two old supervisors and several old craftsmen felt even more uncertain.

"This--"

The two old supervisors looked at their immediate boss Shi Lu with pleading expressions. Who knew, Shi Lu waved his hand.

"It doesn't matter - His Highness is a scholar of heaven and man, and is proficient in Mohist arts. Even if you haven't seen him before, haven't you heard of His Highness the Emperor's Grandson? Don't worry, there won't be any problems!"

Seeing that their immediate boss was taking over everything, the left and right supervisors and several old craftsmen had no choice but to retreat.

I just want this Emperor's eldest grandson to leave on a whim. Even if something goes wrong and they don't need to be responsible, they don't want to see such a good Emperor Changsun making any jokes.

Zhao Ying knew that it was not that he was unwilling to tell a white lie. The key was that all his past was clear. He said that he had read relevant books, but there was no way to check it. If he said nonsense that he had learned shipbuilding...

It’s better not to say anything!

Anyway, even if he didn't say anything, the two supervisors couldn't stop him from building the ship.

You don't need to be like those unlucky kids who traveled to the bottom, and if you want to do something, you have to go through all kinds of troubles to fight wits and courage with some so-called powerful people, and explain things left and right to some officials in charge.

I am very comfortable when I am the top powerful person.

It is more convenient to draw pictures with a hard pen. In fact, in the pre-Qin period, the use of hard pens was already very common.

The hard pens of this era are very similar to the fountain pens of later generations in terms of shape and principle.

It is a wooden pen with a split tongue tip and a double-petal shape. Some are made of bamboo or reed tubes. It's just that there is no ink sac for absorbing water. To write a few words, you need to dip it in ink once. It is very similar to the dip pen that the teacher used to correct homework when I was a child.

I don’t know if the creativity of the so-called fountain pens in the West comes from the hard pens that have been used since the pre-Qin era.

Moreover, writing brushes have relatively high requirements for users and require long-term practice. Many lower-class people can read a few words, count a few numbers, and write the words on the ground with a branch, which is already good. A hand with beautiful calligraphy is really thinking too much.

Therefore, this kind of hard pen is especially used in the lower level. Even some upper-class nobles who can write calligraphy sometimes use it in private for the sake of convenience.

Regarding these, Zhao Ying felt a little confused at first.

But when I thought about it later, I felt relieved.

Those in the West who drink the blood of Mao Ru know how to cut a goose feather tube to write. With our thousands of years of civilization and wisdom, isn't it reasonable to get a few simple hard pens?

There are two noble men, Zhao Ying and Shi Lu, waiting here, and the people below are moving very quickly.

After a while, the paper and pen Zhao Ying needed were delivered.

Zhao Ying didn't talk nonsense either.

I grabbed a pen and paper and started drawing. First I drew the shape of a famous treasure ship in later history.

As soon as the expert makes a move, he will know if there is any.

The left and right eunuchs and craftsmen present are all old men who have been immersed in shipbuilding for decades. The top shipbuilding craftsmen of this era, even Shaofu Shilu, are no strangers to shipbuilding. Zhao Ying has not finished painting the shape of the ship. Everyone's expressions changed involuntarily, and they subconsciously came closer, their faces flushed, and their breathing quickened as they looked at the ship painted by Zhao Ying.

This ship is by no means the subject of unfounded speculation!

Because, even just by looking at the appearance, they can tell that the design of this ship is extremely reasonable. In many places, the design is a bit unclear because the internal structure cannot be seen. However, due to years of shipbuilding experience, their intuition tells them that such a design, The performance of the boat will be even better!

While Zhao Ying was recalling the information he saw in his previous life, he was drawing the famous treasure ships of later generations.

This giant that once roamed the seas, just finished painting, it completely shocked everyone present.

Looking at the four-story building ship, as well as the nine masts and twelve sails hanging on the ship, everyone subconsciously leaned forward, as if they were seeing a girl who had just taken a bath, two The eyes almost glowed.

My mind has begun to imagine the terrifying sailing speed and powerful combat power of this large ship.

Compared with this, those warships in the south and the ships he is building now are like babies learning to talk, not at the same level at all.

"It's really possible to build a ship of this size..."

Although Zhao Ying has not marked the dimensions yet, just looking at the drawings, everyone knows that the scale of this ship is beyond their imagination.

Zhao Ying smiled and nodded.

"Of course you can..."

As he spoke, Zhao Ying casually marked the dimensions of the treasure ship on the drawing.

The treasure ship he painted has a flat bottom. Compared with the pointed-bottomed ones, this kind of ship has a shallower draft. It can not only sail in deep water, but also in shallow water. It is also very similar to the current ships of Da Qin, and the workmanship is very good. It is also relatively simple and easier for everyone to accept.

In fact, most of the treasure ships in the Ming Dynasty were of this size.

Although it has a shallow draft, it is large enough so that navigation in the sea is not a big problem.

Of course, Zhao Ying does not plan to build all of them like this. He plans to launch a pointed-bottomed one after a while to be used as a maritime warship for cross-sea operations.

Looking at the size drawn by Zhao Ying, everyone couldn't help but take a breath.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible - Your Highness, we cannot build such a keel - if we force it to be built, it is very likely that the ship will fall apart before it is launched into the water..."

The right eunuch, Cheng Xuan, couldn't help but pointed out Zhao Ying's unrealistic "error".

"However, the shape and mast design of your ship are extremely clever, and it seems that it can be borrowed..."

Zuo Jian Chengbai also subconsciously nodded in agreement.

"The keel is too big. I can't think of what kind of wood can support such a keel - just pursuing bigness will not work..."

"Your Highness, this..."

At this time, Shi Lu couldn't hold his breath anymore.

Because he couldn't imagine how to build this kind of keel. The keel couldn't be fixed, and the rest was just nonsense.

"Whether you are a scholar or a craftsman, the most important thing is to keep your composure - don't say it's impossible easily. How do we know it's impossible if we don't try it ourselves or think of a way..."

Zhao Ying looked around and saw that these disapproving old craftsmen spoke with sincerity and sincerity.

"Many things have become possible from the impossible - like the pedal threshing machine I just developed, or the Huangsun cart, Huangsun mill, Huangsun paper, and printing - before they appeared. , who would have thought that it could be like this..."

Everyone couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

The most terrifying thing for people is not that they encounter unsolvable difficulties, but that they are stuck in a rut in their thinking. They are shackled in a framework compiled by old experience or professional knowledge, and they can't get out.

Therefore, whenever you encounter a new idea or thing, you subconsciously think it is impossible!

If you don’t try it, how will you know it’s impossible!

"Come on, let me tell you about the idea of ​​this dragon bone first..."

Zhao Ying didn't expect that others would be enlightened by his words. After all, he was not the Tathagata Buddha. When they see more things that break the rules, these people's minds will naturally open up.

Everyone subconsciously stared at the tip of Zhao Ying's pen, frowning slightly and staring intently.

The expression on his face changed in many layers. First he was confused, then his eyebrows were furrowed in thought, and then his eyebrows relaxed and his eyes lit up.

"Your Highness, this method seems feasible!"

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