Volume 1 The Beginning of the Qin Dynasty Chapter 18 Technology
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At this moment, Wang Li was under the attention of all people, and slowly walked onto the frame sent by King Zhao to greet him, which was a carriage drawn by four horses, the carriage was huge, and the carriage was only surrounded by railings, which was not closed, but there was a canopy on the top, which could cover the top.
If it is not an army chariot, these four-horse carriages are actually the frame of the king, and they are the seat of King Zhao. The ancients said that a gentleman is difficult to chase a horse, and the monarch is the king of a country, and the son is an honorific title.
The gentleman in these words was the monarch at the beginning, and then evolved into a person with status, and it was only in the mouth of Confucius that it evolved into a later meaning, and then any scholar also called himself a gentleman.
On the occasion of the Autumn and Warring States Period in this world, when Zhou Lishang was still performing its functions, the etiquette system stipulated that the Son of Heaven drove six, the princes drove four, the doctor stood three, the scholars drove two, the common people drove one, and the gentleman was the horse. King Zhao sent four horses to show his courtesy and welcome.
It is hard to imagine that the king of a country would attach so much importance to a "divine stick", but this is a reality in Zhao State, and many dynasties in the future world will have such a phenomenon.
The people of Lu said that when the country is about to perish, there will be demons, which is true.
Sitting in this car, looking around, there were all around or heard of his fame and came to watch, or blindly followed the cheering crowd, the eyes of countless people gathered, and a great sense of satisfaction filled Wang Li's chest.
It is no wonder that when Liu Bang saw the first emperor on patrol, he said: "The husband should be like this." ”
The vehicle slowly moved forward under the pull of four horses, Wang Li felt the attention of the crowd, and at the same time looked at the entire Handan City, at this time, the buildings of Handan City were different from the ancient buildings in Wang Li's imagination.
One of the biggest differences is in the tile, the so-called Qin brick Han tile, masonry structure has appeared in this era, the buildings in Handan City are mostly of this type, and the tile is the Han Dynasty began to appear on a large scale, at this time only a small number of scholars are available, most of the roofs are other alternatives.
The poor people only use wooden planks and thatched roofs, while the rich and noble, carved beams and painted buildings, the roof is made of wood, and the structure is similar to the tile, but it is the predecessor of the tile, it seems that the material is only different, once there is a suitable material can be replaced.
The buildings in Handan City are mostly wood and stone, only a few earthen houses, and most of the houses are bungalows, and there are few high-rise buildings. Only those princely homes can be built with very few three-story stone buildings, other goods value merchants, or Qinglou jì pavilion two floors are rare, the highest building in the whole city, is the destination of Wang Li's trip, Zhao King City.
Such a city without high-rise buildings, but with hundreds of thousands of people, has been equivalent to a modern densely populated county, therefore, the entire Handan city is extremely huge, although Wang Li does not see high-rise buildings, but can also feel the atmosphere of the royal capital in this era.
Passing through the area where civilians gathered, and then passing through the market street where business travelers gathered, the wide courtyard of Handan, the inner city of Handan, and the inner palace of King Zhao appeared in front of Wang Li's eyes.
The king's carriage is unimpeded, the carriage of four horses, the light car advances, passes through the inner city gate, and the palace of King Zhao enters the eyes. This Zhao King's Palace is far less than the size of the Ming and Qing Forbidden City in later generations, and it is far less gorgeous, but it has a simple and solemn sè.
What makes Wang Li's image the most profound is that in the past, watching the films of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period, the two tall tower-like buildings erected on both sides of the middle road of the palace, Wang Li didn't know the purpose of this building at that time, and after playing the hero invincible, he also jokingly called the magic tower.
Entering the inner court, Wang Li got off the carriage under the guidance of his attendants, and then went up the stairs to the palace at the highest point in the inner court. "The king has an order, Xuan, and Mr. Dafang Wang leaves the palace to enter the palace."
Knowing that the king is far away from entering the palace, there are people shouting from the depths of the palace, from the inside out, everyone relays, this primitive broadcast, in Wang Li's ears, there is a solemnity when listening, and from the bottom to the top and the stairs, it is unnatural to establish a sense of looking up to the master of the royal city between walking.
At this time, a hundred schools of thought contended, the culture was prosperous, and together with the architecture, it had already brewed the foundation that had been passed down for thousands of years, and what was lacking was only the material limitations of various buildings.
Step by step, walking in the royal city, Wang Li from time to time with the help of "Li" to instantly scan the memory, looking at this royal city, but saw a lot of extremely superb skills in the feudal era.
Speaking of which, during the Warring States Period, the Seven Kingdoms competed for power, triggering competition among countries, but science and technology were also constantly improving. In the eyes of Wang Li, this Warring States is actually not much lower than the incomparably long feudal era in later generations.
In the past thousands of years, every time a Chinese dynasty has risen and changed, it has been destroyed and rebuilt, and many techniques often need to be reinvented or even lost.
Let's just say that crossbows have developed to a peak in the Warring States period, and the Qin army and the Zhao army have long used crossbows in large-scale wars. The miraculous repeater that later generations said also appeared in the Warring States Period, but it was not used on a large scale, but it was not the first of Zhuge to create.
After the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasty, the crossbow was no longer there, until the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and it was reinvented in Shu.
For thousands of years, until modern times, there has been little progress in science and technology.
In this era, compared with later generations, there are two major items that are lacking related to the process of civilization, one is ironware, the smelting and application of bronze in this era has reached a peak, limited by the bronze material, many techniques are not able to be used even if they are forward-looking.
The other important thing is paper, which is of great significance, whether it is the inheritance of civilization or the exchange of official documents to govern the country.
On TV, I saw Qin Shi Huang dealing with the government and the mountains of bamboo slips in front of him, and the actual content was carried by paper, but it was just a small stack of documents that could be carried, and that kind of scene was really embarrassing.
As for cloth, in this era when many civilian families have no clothes to wear, or even a family to wear a piece of clothing, who wears it, it is impossible to use it on a large scale.
"Mr. Wang Li, the king has been waiting in the palace for a long time, please enter the palace with me." Traveling all the way, and finally reaching the end, a eunuch-like person said to Wang Li in a sharp voice.
Wang Li nodded slightly, looking at the palace eunuch, there was not the slightest contempt on his face, as usual.
He has watched a lot of movies and television, and has read a lot of books, and he knows that these eunuchs are naturally less than ordinary people, and they will inevitably have low self-esteem and perversion. When dealing with outsiders, if there is a little contempt, these people may inevitably hold a grudge, and they are on the side of the king, and there is no need to do anything, any slander may determine a person's fate.
For these eunuchs, he is not afraid, but there is no need to make trouble for himself, now he has just stepped on the stage of Zhao State, everything has to rely on the power of King Zhao, he has no foundation, but it is not possible to make extraneous branches.
As for Zhao Mu, as far as Wang Li is concerned, he is also fortunate to advance, he is a natural enemy, that is, if he does not provoke, he will always be an enemy. Instead of passively attacking others, it is better to take the initiative to offend him to death, severely shock, and even completely crush him to ashes.
Taizu has the theory of enemy and self, to distinguish who is our enemy and who is our friend, Wang Li thinks deeply, the so-called enemy, it is not that you offend the enemy. Among interests and classes, there will naturally be enemies.
Before he came to Handan, he had made a general analysis of how to act if he wanted to achieve his goal. Whoever is an enemy, who is a friend, who is not a friend and who is not an enemy, who is not a friend, but can be made and included.
At this time, Wang Li thought that if he returned to the earth, he would have such a mindset, and he should no longer be an ordinary person like in the past, even if he was ordinary now, but he could also make a great career, and during this time, the change in him was extremely huge.