Emperor Qin

The next day, after a lot of humility between "not daring to be" and "should be", Li Xin handed over the sixty hectares of land in Kui Shuli to him, boldly expressing that he was allowed to do whatever he wanted, and Yan Jiang also generously gave it to him. A piece of Uzi steel ingot that I brought from Ashoka was given to him.

As the best iron ore producing area in the world, the price of Uzis steel is almost equal to that of gold. At that time, His Majesty at home must have this piece of steel, holding on to it and refusing to fall from the sky. Zigan spent his last antibiotic that was about to expire.

The beautiful appearance of Utz steel almost immediately conquered the young prince, and when he treasured the steel ingot to Longxi's most famous craftsman, the two reverently seemed to be passing the crown.

But he can also understand that the waist knife forged from Uzi steel is the world-famous waist knife, and it will be the first famous knife after 2000. It is enough to dedicate it to the King of Qin. The trouble is that His Majesty Mao has always regarded this thing as private property. Going back to comfort it again.

He was not in a hurry to cultivate, but settled down with his master. After searching for a long time in the lowlands near the county town, he found fine clay that could be used as refractory mud. He also found Li Xin, bought a hundred catties of iron ore, and sold it. Hundreds of catties of charcoal, these things are counted as military supplies at the border, with the help of the county guard, it is super easy to get.

Fearing that he would be too busy alone, Li Xin also sent him six strong soldiers and asked them to obey his orders completely.

Everything is ready, and the rest is theory combined with practice.

Yan Jiang didn't know how to burn refractory clay, but fortunately, when he went to the Maurya Dynasty in India to find cotton seeds, he learned about the iron technology there. Although Utz Steel is the world's leading level, it is not too strict. Confidentiality measures - the iron ore production area is strictly guarded, and there are not many restrictions on the manufacture of refractory crucibles.

In this case, he "investigated" to understand the sintering method of refractory clay. The kaolin mica stone was crushed and sintered according to the proportion so that it could not be deformed in the fire.

Thinking that there are many villagers who grow wheat here, he also conveniently set up several ovens beside them. It is also very good to use the residual heat of the fire to bake bread and steamed buns.

For the remaining fire smoke, we can build a hot water pool to let the flue pass through, so as to solve the problem of no hot water for bathing here. Anyway, this kind of small stove can't be fried even if he blows it up...

It is better to have a big yard, after all, there will be more and more raw materials in the future, so as to avoid the wind and the sun.

But his idea was strongly opposed by Lizheng Huaishu.

"Young Master, you can't do it!" Li Zheng's face was full of sweat, "The law of the Qin Dynasty stipulates that all ordinary people must live next to each other, and they are not allowed to build houses privately. If you do this, not only will you be punished, but I will also be punished."

Only then did Yan Jiang know how strict the Qin law was. In order to prevent the people from fleeing for labor, the villagers had to surround each other and form a circle to form a "door" with only one exit. The door would be locked on time at night and they could not go out. Villagers live in the gate, so a "li" is formed. The village head is "Li Zheng". If a villager flees during the conscription, his neighbor will be dragged to replace him. To be pushed up.

"Then what if you run away too?" Yan Jiang asked slightly curiously.

"I'm a member of the Li family, and I'm so grateful to the country for how to escape from the army!" Li Zheng seemed to have suffered a great humiliation, if it wasn't for the fact that the other party was his son's good friend, he might have spit on him.

Yan Jiang had no choice but to find Li Xin again and talk about it.

Mr. Li felt that he was very important, so he went to find his grandfather. The sheriff swiped his pen and built a new mile, so that his grandson could hang a bare pole in Lizheng. He can build it anywhere he wants, but the household registration in Lizhong is empty. It is a second to resolve disputes.

After Yan Jiang thanked him, he found a mason to draw out the foundation of the large yard on the side of the mountain. The charcoal slag from burning mud was mixed with clay sand. Crushing with a pestle is too much work, so he is going to make a stepping cone - tie a big stone to one side of the seesaw, and place a pit with a concave under the stone, so that when you step on the side, you can crush the stone with your feet, which is much less laborious than smashing it with your hands. times.

The carpenter who came here looked at the picture he had drawn on the sand, took out a bronze chisel, and said that it would take three days to plan the wood into boards.

Yan Jiang was in a rush for the construction period, so he had to wait ten days, so he gave him his wire saw—as one of the four wild weapons, he always tied it to his wrist and would not leave him for too long.

Now, it took only half an hour to saw a long piece of wood, and it only took an hour to tie the big rocks in the river beach and fix the fulcrum, and it was done.

The soldiers all called it an artifact and regarded it as a treasure, and they dared not wear shoes when stepping on it.

But who knows, this also caused trouble.

At noon, he was inspecting the fire clay, when some soldiers came to look for him, saying that someone had stolen his farm implements, and the soldiers had caught him on the spot. money.

Yan Jiang was thinking about some farm tools, when he saw a soldier pushing a ten-year-old girl in front of him: "Young master, this is the son who stole a cone in the backyard, and I caught it on the spot, and hand him over to the official immediately." Bar."

The tone was extremely excited, as if he was saying that he should have another meal in the evening.

"My benefactor, please forgive me! I have no intention of doing so," the girl cried and knelt down. It turned out to be the girl he rescued from the gangsters yesterday. The rice has not entered, and I was in a hurry, so I wanted to use the step awl to remove some wheat husks, and let my mother-in-law use some, the savior will forgive me!"

Yan Jiang thought it was a big deal, waved his hand and said, "It's just a trivial matter, let her go."

"Young Master, don't do it!" The arresting soldier's face was a bit reluctant, but he still didn't let go of the girl, but straightened his neck, "It is also a serious crime not to prosecute a thief. Don't be confused!"

If so, he will not get the reward.

Yan Jiang smiled and said: "There are no thieves, this girl gave me wheat and rice to repay my favor, so she wanted to use the awl. Reciprocity is the way of life. If you build a house for me, I will also do it." We will pay back a hundred dollars per person."

Nowadays, the most expensive one stone of corn is only [-] yuan, which is the whole month's income of an ordinary family. They are soldiers, and suddenly they have such an unexpected income, so they don't say they want to report and get a reward, but thank them all. The son's generosity and benevolence.

"Just use it," some worried that these soldiers would turn around and eat two fish, so Yan Jiang said to the girl again: "Go back and tell the villagers that if you want to use the awl to pound a bucket of grain, you have to pound a bucket of soil for me. , anyone who wishes can come.”

There are more people who come to use it, and this girl's business is not a big deal.

"Thank you for your kindness! Thank you for your kindness!" The girl cried and kowtowed, grateful until her forehead was bleeding, then she lifted the basket, looked back at him, and left quickly.

The news spread quickly, and in less than half an hour, some villagers came to line up with wheat grains. They also had stone pestles at home, but the stone pestles were extremely heavy, and within half an hour of lifting the pestle to pound the rice, their arms were sore and difficult to lift. Who knows, now that we have sharp tools, the price is just to help pound more stones, and we don't need to pay for it. Those who don't come are fools.

After a while, the villagers quarreled again because of queuing, so Yan Jiang asked someone to cut down a tree and make another one. As for the irregular bottom of the newly made stone cone, it was easy to solve the problem that it was not easy to pound the rice. It is used for pounding soil. After grinding for a while, the bottom will be flat. If you make more, you can get a few good-quality pounded rice.

The villagers all praised the son Degao for his unparalleled strategy, which made him ashamed.

So within a day, Yan Jiang's reputation was greatly shaken, and the villagers called him "Dui Gong".

Yan Jiang was very dissatisfied with this name, but there was nothing he could do—his "can't bear such a title" was regarded as modest by the villagers, and he praised him when he needed it. "They all came over to line up rice pounding.

Pounding rice in the Qin and Han Dynasties was a very hard job, which was a very heavy burden on the wrists, shoulders, and back. Even pounding was a type of work that was punished. Decades later, after Lu Hou killed Liu Bang, he turned himself into the master, and immediately put him to death. Mrs. Qi, Liu Bang's favorite, was fined as a pounder and asked to pound rice every day.Mrs. Qi couldn't stand such torture, so she composed and sang the song "Together with death all day long" to sue her son.

He went to Lizheng to inquire about this year's harvest, and then asked about the number of households. He expected more people to come, so he took a wire saw and asked people to do two more steps to cut down trees.

Compared with bronze axes and stone knives, the wire saw is no bigger than a fist when coiled, but it only takes a moment to fix a tree as thick as a man. It is a veritable field artifact, which makes the soldiers look at him. They don't need to worry about such things as branches. When the onlookers saw that there was firewood to take, they divided it up in a few strokes without leaving any residue.

They even lined up until dark, with wolves howling and tigers roaring around, and several people were reluctant to leave.

Yan Jiang had no choice but to light a fire and form a circle to avoid being harassed by wild animals. Then he bought some wheat grains and smashed them, cooked some porridge for them, and made them work all night-for them, staying up all night was worth it. A few days of hard work has already taken advantage of it.

However, this made him go back a bit late. When the cat owner woke up and encountered no prepared meal, he was completely irritated, and the big bird stood proudly, dismissive of the game brought by the servant.

Yan Jiang skillfully explained the reason for his late return to His Majesty who was stingy, and by the way, said what happened today, His Majesty calmed down a little, opened his mouth slightly to let him feed, and stopped ignoring his flattery.

But the servant still had some sympathy for all sentient beings: "Your Majesty, this Qin law has people reporting to each other, are you not afraid of false accusations? If I hadn't responded in time, the girl's family would have been ruined. Qin law is so strict, it is really cruel."

The cat owner was furious and kicked over a volume of Qin Lv, as if asking him to take a closer look.

Those were some Qin bamboo slips sent by Li Xin, and asked him to read more if he had nothing to do, so as not to accidentally trip over the thunder, but Yan Jiang didn't bother to look through it: "I just read it for the first time, and the regulations in it are more detailed than urban management. It's better to remember what is not illegal, don't talk about this, and eat quickly."

The cat owner went on a hunger strike in anger, and insisted that the servant read Qin Lv.

It is simply slander, false accusation is the same crime, where is the cruelty, where is the cruelty?