Facing the "gloomy" gaze of the First Emperor, Zhao Tuo felt a little cold on his body.

This look, this tone.

Shouldn't you have the intention of burying yourself with you?

However, Zhao Tuo vetoed it just thinking about it.

Since Qin Xiangong abolished the martyrdom system, the Qin State has not used human martyrdom for more than 100 years.

As for saying that the merit is high and the lord needs to be given death in advance, there should be no problem with the eldest son of Fusu as the heir.

Zhao Tuo thought about it a little calmly, and said: "The minister thinks that the Lang Guards under Lang Zhongling and the guards under the Guards can be used as a reference to burn the Terracotta Warriors. Then imitate the appearance of my Great Qin generals, burn the general figurines, and command the Zhulang Wei warriors, so that you can protect the emperor's mausoleum, and there will be no trouble. ”

Burnt figurines?

The First Emperor was noncommittal about this, but just looked at Zhao Tuo with a deep gaze, which made his scalp numb.

Fortunately, the first emperor did not tease Zhao Tuo too much, and finally approved Zhao Tuo's suggestion to burn the terracotta warriors.

The custom of burial of terracotta figurines has long appeared, which is actually the proper meaning, and the difference is only in the scale.

"My Imperial Tomb Terracotta Army. To be big, to be many, to be the first in the world. ”

The supreme head of the empire gave guidance on the firing of terracotta warriors and horses.

Then after he inspected some projects in Shaofu, he drove away, leaving Zhao Tuo speechless.

If you want to burn the terracotta warriors, you can burn them, and why did you come to scare me, it's really annoying.

However, this order of the First Emperor made Zhao Tuo's next work direction change, and he had to mobilize some manpower and resources to deal with the affairs of the Terracotta Army.

In fact, there are two Shaofu that the Qin Dynasty often called.

A name will be made Shaofu, in charge of the palace, the temple, the mausoleum and other civil construction projects, belongs to the two thousand stone of the court and the central government, and the current Lishan Mausoleum is built by the general Shaofu.

The other Shaofu is Zhao Tuo's current position, in charge of the taxation of the mountains and seas and ponds, as well as the supervision of various utensils and miscellaneous affairs in the palace.

The manufacture of burial utensils in the imperial tomb is naturally also Zhao Tuo's responsibility.

He summoned Cheng Zhanghan, a young man in charge of the matter, and relayed the guidance of the first emperor.

"With His Majesty's edict, Lang Zhongling and Wei Wei will cooperate, and let the craftsmen refer to the configuration of the two armies, and copy and fire them in the appearance of a real person. The chariots, horses, and battle formations are all arranged according to the truth. ”

"In addition, I sent painters to paint the appearance of my Great Qin generals to burn the generals' figurines. Wang Taiwei, General Yang Duanhe, General Xin Sheng, General Xin Wu, as well as General Feng Wuxue in the south, as well as General Li Xin and General Wang Li, who returned to Beijing in the future, are also arranged! ”

Zhao Tuo read out a large list of names, don't even think about running away from the funeral of this burning figurines.

As for him Zhao Tuo, he naturally has to be imitated to burn a mighty general figurine.

"If someone digs up the terracotta warriors and horses thousands of years later, I don't know what it will be like to see my Zhao Tuo's figurines?"

At this time, he thought that in the original history, there were no names engraved on those terracotta warriors, and even if the people of later generations dug them up, they would have to guess and not be able to distinguish their identities.

"The generals can have their names engraved on them."

Zhao Tuo added.

"Yui."

Zhang Han wrote down the instructions of the Shaofu and began to officially start the project.

For the official offices of the Shaofu, the 30th year of Qin Shi Huang is destined to be a busy year.

Part of Shaofu's resources are used for the Terracotta Warriors project, and for other scientific and technological aspects, Zhao Tuo is not idle.

He first mobilized a large number of blacksmiths, focusing on the improvement of metal smelting technology.

The Warring States period was an important period in which China transitioned from bronze to iron, and although all countries had begun to use iron to build weapons and armor, there were only a small number of them.

In the Qin state, iron was mainly used to produce agricultural tools, and its casting and forging skills were extremely limited, let alone the production of steel.

The shackles of smelting technology hinder the development of society.

Zhao Tuo came from later generations, although he may not understand the specific method and principle of smelting, but the general idea is no problem.

And for the Shaofu, which gathers the entire Great Qin skilled craftsmen, what is missing is a navigator who can take the helm and command, as long as the direction is pointed out, there is a group of professionals below to carry out specific research and improvement.

"The focus of smelting is to increase the temperature, so the first thing to do is to improve the 橐 (tuó) 龠 (yuè)."

Zhao Tuo's thinking is very clear.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.

The so-called Lugong is the blast skin that has been used since the Spring and Autumn Period. This is made of leather similar to a balloon, and by compressing this air bag, it blows air and raises the temperature of smelting.

If you want to transform this thing, it's actually very simple, there are no technical problems, and the main point is to see if anyone can come up with ideas.

Zhao Tuo still remembers that in the past, every household in the countryside had a pot stove used for cooking fires, and there was a bellows next to it. Every time you want to boil water in the pot for cooking, light the firewood and put it into the stove, someone must pull the bellows with the right hand and add firewood with the left hand.

The sealed bellows made of wood is an artifact that raises the smelting temperature.

With Zhao Tuo to lead the way of thinking, and his skilled craftsmen to manufacture it, this thing was made in a few days.

Zhao Tuo made a double-acting piston bellows, which was probably not invented until the Tang and Song dynasties in the original history.

It is equivalent to Zhao Tuo's move to improve this technology for about a thousand years.

With the advanced bellows, the temperature of the furnace fire is greatly increased, and in this case, the idea of frying steel has also been put forward by Zhao Tuo.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't know the specific process, he has his own best blacksmith in Daqin to study, and within two or three months, he has overcome this problem, and summed up a highly efficient method of frying steel, which has greatly strengthened the output and quality of wrought iron and steel in Qin.

In addition to the terracotta warriors, Zhao Tuo's key project this year is to improve smelting technology. He was not satisfied with the results of the frying method, and on this basis, he put forward the concept of "100 steelmaking".

Hundred steels are not complicated, that is, the repeated exercise of frying steel can make it into steel. Weapons made of this steel will become the sharpest weapons in the world in this era.

The improvement of iron-smelting technology, in addition to improving the quality of the weapons of the Qin army, is also of great benefit to the development of the productive forces of the entire society.

The use of such steel to build agricultural tools is strong and durable, which greatly improves the efficiency of agricultural production. In addition, it can be used for mining, water conservancy projects and various buildings.

Zhao Tuo also created the world's first iron pot.

When he tasted the taste of stir-frying, the tears couldn't stop flowing.

"I'm still missing spices."

Zhao Tuo was a little dissatisfied with this, and could only hope that after Wang Li defeated the Yue clan and the merchants of the Qin State went to the Western Regions to trade and exchange, they could bring more good things to the Central Plains.

The firing of terracotta warriors and horses, the improvement of smelting technology and other matters occupied a lot of Zhao Tuo's time and energy.

When Zhao Tuo successfully made a hundred refining steel, the time had come to the early summer of the thirtieth year of Qin Shi Huang.

For the Great Qin royal family, this is a very important point in time.

Prince Fusu's wife, Li, gave birth to a child.

A few days later, the eldest princess Yingyin also gave birth to a child.

The follow-up will speed up in time and plot, and at the same time spend some pen and ink describing the next generation to prepare for the ending.