Chapter 136: The Benefits of Iron Tools
"Father doesn't have to be like this, now where is the so-called Six Kingdoms in my Daqin, the title of the Six Kingdoms is just the Spring and Autumn Dream of those who want to restore the country, the reason why Gao proposed to make ordnance with iron tools is to expand the army in a few years, once the replacement of bronze with iron tools is successful, my Daqin can be improved regardless of military strength or production!"
The benefits of ironware, even if Yinggao sits here and talks to the First Emperor for a night, it is not endless, so Yinggao does not plan to talk about it in detail, of course he can't say that with this iron, I will not be able to develop and develop the stir-fried vegetables that will only be available after more than a thousand years to serve you on the table.
The only thing that can attract the attention of the current First Emperor is the strong army, so Yinggao only needs to grasp this.
The wear-resistant and tenacious nature of iron tools was actually known to the First Emperor, and when he and Zhao Ji were in Zhao State, they had seen the widespread use of iron tools in Zhao State, but Qin State did not find iron ore at that time, so this matter fell behind.
"Even so, this iron-making is not an overnight thing, even this blacksmith is also going to search for a while......"
"The reason why Gao dared to mention this matter to his father is precisely because there is an outstanding person among the masters!"
"Oh? Let's hear it. Obviously, Ying Gao's pretending to be mysterious attracted the attention of the First Emperor.
"Ahem, do you remember the murder weapon that was attacked in Gubo Langsha before, the hundred-pound sledgehammer?"
"Oh? This time you went to Chen County, although you disintegrated the power of the bandit leader at the beginning, but you did not catch the bandit leader, it is enough to see that he is very treacherous, could it be that there is something hidden in this? ”
When the First Emperor asked, Ying Gao could only sigh heavily in his heart, and said that now, for the development of Great Qin, I can only add a little emotional color to the facts......
"Yes, after the main culprit Zhang Liang is the prime minister of South Korea, he has a deep grudge against his father and my Daqin, and this time because he was prepared, he was not able to catch him, but this fang has already been hit by my arrow when he fled, and it will not feel good to think about it. It's just that my father didn't know, the biggest gain of this trip to Gao was to rescue a person, under careful questioning, this person turned out to be the blacksmith who deceived him to make the hammer before Bolangsha attacked his father, this person's name is Zhang Kai, in the hometown of Lu State, it is a famous craftsman, proficient in the production of iron tools and mechanisms, after being rescued by me, I am willing to dedicate the rest of my life to the crime of making hammers before my Great Qin Yixie, and now Gao has brought it back and placed it in Xianyang City! ”
I have to say that most of Yinggao's story is true, and even saying that Zhang Kai was coerced by Zhang Liang is understandable, but what can't be said is to let Zhang Liang go, this guy should be credited......
"Shhh...... Like these people, although they should have a good life to investigate their life experience, if they are really skilled craftsmen, they can naturally make use of them, but my Daqin bronze manufacturing has become a scale, if it is rashly changed, I am afraid it will cause a lot of inconvenience. ”
For Yinggao's statement, the First Emperor agreed, in fact, there were many things, he had thought about it in his early years, but as he got older, these had to be in the back row in his head, and he had to make way for him to seek immortality, until after Meng Sheng's incident, the First Emperor felt that he finally got out of the strange circle of not wanting to die but getting closer and closer to death.
Now that he has his son who has just been appointed as the prince, he is still willing to make some changes, after all, all he has to do is nod his head and wait to see the result, why not.
"What Gao thinks in his heart is that his father will first divide one-third of the craftsmen who make bronze and hand it over to the open hand, if it is produced after three months or the effect cannot be compared with the bronze ware, Gao Zi will send it back to Lu State!"
Ying Gao gave a military order like this, if the first emperor didn't hand over the one-third of the craftsmen to him, it would be a bit too petty, so this vigorous iron-smelting movement set the tone in a few words of the father and son.
If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. In fact, what Yinggao wants most now is to dig out Zhang Liang's guy, and then cut it with a knife, and then go to Pei County to find out Liu Bang and cut it with a knife.
But once it is decided to do this, if you can't wipe out all these outlaws on the territory of Daqin with the power of thunder at the same time, it will almost definitely cause a riot, that is to say, this is a situation that affects the whole body, and if it is not good, it will make the Daze Township uprising come two years earlier.
Therefore, while Yinggao is slowly changing the distribution of Great Qin's troops, he must also increase the army's individual combat effectiveness, and when the time comes, he can't all rely on masters like the secret law team.
The performance of the 10,000 people he led in Chen County can be said to make Yinggao quite disappointed, Yinggao believes that their combat effectiveness is not on the same level as those Great Qin Tiger and Wolf Divisions who destroyed the Six Kingdoms, otherwise Zhang Liang's little bit of mechanism is exquisite, but it will not die a thousand or so at once.
In this context, it is even more necessary to replace the bronzes of the Qin soldiers, once the iron tools are refined, the toughness and sharpness are not comparable to the bronzes.
Although Yinggao is a liberal arts student, he is familiar with history, but he also knows that if it is a sword of the same size, the iron must be sharper than the copper one, and of course, it is easier to kill the enemy.
The next day, when Yinggao brought Zhang Kai, who had been in Xianyang City for a few days and was about to fart, to the hundreds of craftsmen assigned to him by the First Emperor, and told him that these people were under his control, his little eyes were about to shine.
When Yinggao told Zhang Kai that if he could prove to the people of Xianyang within three months that the iron tools made with the same amount of energy were far superior to bronze in terms of durability and cost, all the craftsmen in Xianyang City would be managed by him, and Zhang Kai's eyes seemed to be about to erupt fire.
After saying the request, Yinggao left on his own, he is not the kind of guy who does everything himself, besides, let's say this iron smelting, although he knows that iron is stronger than copper, but how can he know the principle of a liberal arts student, in these aspects, what he can do is to follow the development of history to push Da Qin, engage in invention and creation, it is really not his dish.
He came to do 'big things'...... Of course, it can also be said that he is lazy.