Chapter VII: Innovation

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Since the Tiger Ben military camp returned to Lingyan Pavilion, Fusu locked himself in the house and began to think about summarizing his experience in the past few days! Due to his unwillingness to go to court, Fusu asked Fu to take leave to the King of Qin for two days, which made the King of Qin and the courtiers a little puzzled, and thought that it was caused by Fusu's hard work in the past few days!

On the third day, in the early court, Fusu went to the court with some red eyes. As usual, in recent months, except for the occasional small friction with the Zhao front, Daqin has mainly concentrated on gathering grain and grass and accumulating strength during this time. When the court discussed for half an hour, solved some new problems, and formulated some new decrees, King Qin won the government and was about to order the dispersal of the dynasty, which was Fusu hurriedly said: "Father is slow, sons have something to say!" ”

Hearing this, King Qin nodded and said, "Wang'er, do you still look a little tired!" In that case, why not rest for a few more days? Fusu said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, my son is here today to talk to my father and all the ministers about his thoughts after watching my Great Qin military construction and military system recently, there should be some things that can help my Qin country's unification cause!" ”

"Oh," Qin Wang Yingzheng, who heard this, suddenly raised his spirits, obviously very interested, "Do you have any suggestions, tell me quickly!" Fusu nodded, and said to the ministers: "The day before yesterday, I first went to my Great Qin Central Military Construction, and everything in it made Fusu deeply admired, remembering the ingenuity of my Great Qin ancestors, and admiring the strict advancement of my Great Qin laws. But I think there are still some things that need to be reformed in my Great Qin's weapons production and management laws!

First, let's take arrows as an example, although my Great Qin's three-edged arrows fly smoothly and have great lethality, they are not the most perfect weapons. I have two suggestions for improvement: first, equip the arrow with a barb, so that piercing into the human body can cause a large amount of blood loss to the injured and it is difficult to pull out for treatment; Second, dig a blood groove in the arrow, so that after the arrow enters the human body, the injured can be made to bleed nonstop, and if the rescue is not possible, it can also be made to bleed to death without hurting the vital point.

Second, even long swords, spears, berylliums, halberds and other weapons can also be set up at the sharp edge of the blood groove to enhance the lethality of the enemy, make it bleed a lot, and increase the difficulty of the enemy's treatment.

Third, I found that all the weapons of my Daqin are basically built by one or two people from beginning to end, although this is conducive to the traceability of quality problems found after manufacturing, but one of the problems that will inevitably be brought is that the output is low, after all, there are still relatively few first-class craftsmen who can be completely proficient in a craft! But what if we divided the manufacture of a weapon into several parts? Take arrows as an example, the manufacture of an arrow is divided into three parts: arrowheads, arrow shafts, and arrow feathers, each part is made by a group of specialized people, and after each part is done, it is combined by a group of people into a complete arrow product! In this way, I Daqin don't need a large number of first-class craftsmen who are completely proficient in a complete set of crafts to make arrows, and only need a group of ordinary craftsmen who are only partially proficient in arrows or even ordinary people with little training to complete the important task of making arrows! In addition, after this classification, the craftsmen will only make one part for a long time, and the manufacturing skills will inevitably become easier and faster, so the production speed of the entire arrow will also increase greatly. This is equivalent to the fact that I Daqin can create more and better arrows in the same time by investing the same financial and material resources. Erchen refers to this method of production as 'assembly line operation'.

The above three points are the humble opinions of the sons, please ask my father and all the ministers to advise! ”

As soon as these words came out, the very smart and sensitive King Qin immediately realized that these weapon improvement methods and management systems would have a huge role in promoting the production of weapons in Qin, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "He really deserves to be the eldest son of the widow's most beloved son, and he really has seen it." Ladies and gentlemen, the improvement of weapons in the first two points is quite desirable, especially the last point is called the management form of 'assembly operation', which has a very obvious role in promoting the production of weapons in Daqin! Lieutenant! ”

The national lieutenant Wei Wei responded and said: "Weichen is here!" "You are in charge of all the military construction of my Qin State, what do you think of these three opinions of Fusu?" Wei Yi looked at Fusu, a smile appeared on his resolute and emaciated face, and he raised his eyebrows and said admiringly: "Your Majesty, these three opinions of the prince are extremely desirable, especially the last point, if it is not expected by Wei Chen, it is likely to lead to earth-shaking changes in my Great Qin's military manufacturing industry!" The King of Qin was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, since this is the case, I will order you to immediately start selecting one or two military buildings as a pilot, try these three suggestions of Fusu, and if it is really feasible, quickly report to the widow." And then push the world! "Command!"

King Qin Yingzheng was in a good mood at this time, and said to Fusu with a pleasant face: "Fusu, do you have any other opinions?" Fusu nodded and said, "Also, this is about my Qin army." The son wants to ask his father to dismiss all the chariot troops and use all the saved military expenses to prepare a large number of cavalry! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials were in an uproar, and they all discussed it one after another, and even King Qin frowned and shook his head. Obviously, the civil and military forces basically have positive opinions on the first few points of Fusu, but they are all opposed to the matter of 'cutting cars and increasing horses'. At that moment, there was a Qin general Yang Duanhe who came out and said: "What Gongzi said is wrong, the chariot soldiers are infinitely powerful when they charge on the plain, far from being compared to the cavalry. Although the cavalry is more mobile, it can only be used for auxiliary warfare such as short-distance raids and sneak attacks on enemy camps. How can this not be reversed, and the original is not chased! "Apparently disapproving of what Fusu said.

Fu Su smiled, looked at King Qin and said, "Father, can you allow your son to explain the reason?" King Qin was also wondering: Fusu has always behaved very well, and he was quite smart just now, why did he suddenly say such ignorant words! Listening to Fusu's request, Qin Wangzheng nodded and said, "Silence!" Son, king, say it! ”

All the courtiers fell silent and listened to how Fusu justified himself. Fusu smiled at Yang Duanhe and said, "General Yang, let me ask you, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the chariot soldiers?" Yang Duanhe is also a famous general of Qin Wei, and this basic common sense is still there, so he debuted: "When the commander of the chariot army charges on the plain, he is extremely fast, unstoppable, and powerful, but it is short in the high cost, difficult to train, and can only be applied to the plain, it is difficult to fight in the mountains!" ”

Fusu nodded and said, "Thank you General Yang, Fusu has been taught." There is also the question of what are the strengths and weaknesses of cavalry compared to chariots? Although Yang Duanhe was a little strange, he still respectfully replied: "Compared with the chariot soldiers, the cavalry is more mobile, more flexible, and the cost of forming an army is relatively low; However, it is short in its raid distance, and the melee power is far inferior to that of the chariots! ”

Fusu stroked his palms and laughed: "General Yang really deserves to be a famous general of the Qin State, and he is telling the head and the Tao, and it is not wrong!" Yang Duanhe saw Fusu's praise, and he couldn't help but be proud for a while, but he said politely: "Don't dare, don't dare, the son is too famous!" Everyone saw that Fusu understood, but they were still calm, looking at each other a little, and they didn't know what medicine was sold in Fusu's gourd! Hearing Fusu smile again, he said: "But what if I can completely change the shortcomings of the cavalry's lack of surprise distance and weak melee power, and establish a new type of cavalry that combines the super mobility, flexibility, and cheapness of the existing cavalry, as well as the long-range and powerful of the cavalry?" Will the princes oppose the reduction of chariots and the addition of cavalry! ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they quarreled one after another, obviously not believing Fusu's words. Fusu's face sank, and he shouted: "Princes, please be quiet and listen to Fusu's words!" For a while, Fusu, who came with a face under the board, exuded a majestic momentum and a royal majesty, and the ministers were slightly startled and quickly calmed down!