Daqin Engineering Corps

This line of defense is Qin Chu's newest boundary.

After stabilizing, the first thing Shen Bing thought of was what choice Changping Jun would make.

But Shen Bing was not in a hurry, because he knew that Mr. Changping should be given some time.

What's more, even if he wanted to surrender, he wouldn't surrender to Qin just after becoming the king of Chu. If so, even Xiang Yan would not be able to persuade him.

Shen Bing thinks Mr. Changping has more than a month.

Because the Qin army will rest in Huaibei for more than a month, and then go south to attack Huainan.

Yang Duanhe even wanted to go south directly... He was originally steady, but all kinds of sudden ups and downs during this period disrupted his inherent thinking or combat experience, so he became a little irritable:

"The king of Chu has descended, which is the time when all the tribes of Chu have no leaders."

"The old man thinks that we should take this opportunity to continue going south, what does the lieutenant general think?"

Shen Bing thought for a while and replied:

"The subordinates think it is impossible."

"One is that our army has insufficient strength and is exhausted from years of fighting."

"The two are the various ethnic groups in the Chu state. Although the dragons have no leader, at this time, Xiang Yan has established Lord Changping as the new king."

"There should be internal contradictions or discord between the face and the heart."

"At this time, if we continue to go south, we will help Lord Changping to coordinate the ministries."

Yang Duanhe thought about it and thought it was right.

Although Xiang Yan is a general of the Chu State, he is not a big family member of the Chu State. He established Lord Changping as the new king. One is the problem that Lord Changping cannot convince the nobles, and the other is the psychology of the nobles who are jealous of Xiang Yan...

Chu Wangqi was established by Xiang Yan. If the restoration of the country succeeds in the future, does it mean that Xiang Yan will be the first?

So on the surface, he agreed but may not be convinced.

If the Qin army went south to attack the aristocratic fief at this time... then it was almost because the Qin army helped Chu Wangqi subdue them, because these nobles could only rely on Chu Wangqi and hoped that he could unite the Chu army to fight against Qin.

So it's time to take it easy.

There is no need for Shen Bing to worry too much about the Huaihe defense line. At this time, everyone in the Chu army is in danger. It is fine if the Qin army does not attack them. Of course, they dare not attack the Qin army first.

On the other hand, the Qin army mainly deployed its defensive forces to the north of Huaihe River.

This is different from the defensive direction of the Chu army.

For example, Shouchun City is located in the south of Huaihe River. Being in the south of Huaihe River means that there is no Huaihe River as a buffer zone or moat. Even if it is attacked, the Huaihe River will cut off the Qin army's retreat.

The solution is actually very simple, that is to build a few more pontoon bridges on the Huaihe River, relying on the city to place the main force in Huaibei...

Qin Jun will definitely not place the main force in the city.

The reason is that the Qin army is good at field battles. Although it is more advantageous to rely on city defense, the enemy only needs to block the gates with crossbowmen and trebuchets, and it will be troublesome for the Qin army to leave the city.

The troops in the city are mostly used to maintain law and order and prevent the city from being occupied by the enemy.

Therefore, Shen Bing's Daliang Army and Shenwu Army were deployed in the city, while Yang Duanhe's Qin Army camped outside the city.

Yang Duanhe also confessed to Shen Bing:

"Be careful of the people in the city making trouble."

"The deputy general has experience in suppressing chaos in Handan, so it would be best for the Liang army to defend the city at this time."

Yang Duanhe's "experience in suppressing chaos" refers to Shen Bing's tactic of yelling "Wolf is coming" in Handan to first lure out the rebels and spies.

Shen Bing originally thought that he would have to repeat the old tricks, but after he was stationed in Shouchun, he realized that it was unnecessary.

Chu Min and Zhao Min are two different things:

When Zhao Min saw Qin Jun, besides fear, there was resentment and unyielding in his eyes.

And the way Chu Min looked at Qin Jun...was afraid besides fear.

Because of fear, they are also very obedient to all kinds of taming.

Shen Bing believes that, on the one hand, this is because there is deep-rooted hatred between Zhao and Qin, but Chu does not.

On the other hand, the people of Chu were already used to separatism.

For example, the fiefs of the nobles in Chu State have absolute power over the people in their fiefs, and these people should listen to the nobles rather than the king of Chu.

Therefore, the concept of royal power and even "country" is not strong.

Because the concept of "country" is not strong, then when the Qin army came, it was just a change of king, and they continued to live as they wanted, which had nothing to do with these disputes.

Chapter 259 Iron Smelting Workshop

This chapter makes up for last night.

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Because the people of Chu do not have a strong concept of the country, it is much easier for Shen Bing to manage, and there is no need for the "wolf is coming" trick at all, just ask the supervisor to issue Qin Law and appoint the supervisor It's almost enough to take a troop to monitor.

Shen Bing is more interested in Shouchun's iron workshop.

Shen Bing went with a debt.

I still have some doubts:

"Why doesn't the deputy general look at the weapon workshop first, but the iron workshop?"

In Qiao's view, the generals should be more concerned about weapons and equipment, that is, bronze products.

But when Shen Bing came up, he wanted to see iron objects...

Shen Bing just casually replied:

"The weapons are all respected by my great Qin, what's so good about them?"

"Ironware is related to farm tools, and our army is desperately short of food and grass. What do you look at if you don't look at ironware?"

It was right to be blamed by Shen Bing, so he didn't say anything more.

In fact, Shen Bing did this because he knew that iron will be king in the future, and bronze ware is destined to be eliminated, so of course he first looked at the iron ware workshop.

Shouchun's iron official is a Chu man named Bian (biǎn, meaning hat). (Note: The chief official of the iron official is called the chief, and the deputy is called the Cheng).

In fact, the officials of Shouchun still follow the establishment when the king of Chu was in charge, so they are all from Chu.

The reason why they are not replaced is because Shen Bing, Yang Duan and those subordinates are soldiers who can only fight but not manage affairs. It will not be possible to send a bunch of officials from Qin to replace them all. .

And if all these officials are removed and soldiers who don't know anything are arranged to take care of them, I'm afraid Shouchun will be in a mess.

This also corresponds to the saying: "It is easier to attack a city than it is to defend it."

So Shen Bing simply let those officials continue to work. As for whether Ying Zheng will replace them in the future...that is not up to Shen Bing.

In fact, there is no need to change these officials at all, because it is good for the Chu people to manage the Chu people, and the Qin army only needs to tightly control the regime.

There is a saying that "fists are the last word". As long as the regime is in the hands of the Qin army, are you afraid that these officials will turn against each other or act recklessly?

Do you want to lose your head?

What's more, even the king of Chu has surrendered. From now on, Shouchun will be the territory of Qin State. These people, including officials, are all Qin people and should not be called Chu people.

If all of them were replaced by Qin people as officials...

One is that they don't trust the people of Shouchun.

The second is that the Qin army has captured countless cities in the past half a year. The cities of Zhao State, Wei State, and now Chu State have been changed from top to bottom. How can they be exchanged? ?

Therefore, even if Yingzheng handles it in the future, at most it will change the chief official and reorganize and improve the system.

Benzheng greeted him with trepidation, bowed to Shen Bing and said:

"Tie Guanchang... I have seen the deputy general."

Shen Bing trembled a little when he heard this voice, and looked at him suspiciously, but saw that he was trembling like a sieve.

You don't need to ask Shen Bing to know why.

This frightened Qin Jun.

What Shen Bing didn't know was that Bian actually let Shen Bing scare him.

If it's about Qin Jun, he wouldn't be too worried.

Because the Qin army occupied other cities or pits or killed them, most of them were army generals or princes and nobles. Most of the officials who governed the internal affairs of them were retained for appointment, unless they were corrupt and broke the law to occupy positions and do nothing...

There are really many officials like this in Chu State.

The reason is that its internal affairs organization is very complicated, and various forces and relationships are intertwined. A position, especially a lucrative position, is often competed for by several forces.

But one position cannot be divided into families, so we can only set up multiple deputy positions for each force to share.

The result is a very complex organization, with many people just hanging around but doing nothing.

Bian is not a person who does not do things. He is a blacksmith who was favored by the king of Chu because of his ironmaking skills, so he became an iron official.

With skills in his body and no connection with the king of Chu and the nobles of Chu, Bian Zhao thought that his life should be worry-free and even be used by Qin.

Therefore, he welcomed the Qin army's capture of Shouchun. Although he was afraid, he also had expectations.

However, when he was supervising the work, he suddenly heard that Shen Bing was coming to inspect, and he was stunned.

Although Bian didn't care about military and political affairs, Shen Bing's name had already been passed down in Chu State.

Who is Shen Bing?

The deputy general of Qin who defeated Xiang Yan several times, took Ruyin out of his wits, and finally captured the King of Chu alive!

Such a hero actually came to inspect the iron workshop?

More importantly, Shen Bing is said to be an engineer. Doesn't he know the art of iron smelting?

If this makes him find a mistake, wouldn't it be...

Thinking of this, I felt nervous for a while, and when I stood in front of Shen Bing, my legs couldn't help feeling weak.

Shen Bing said in relief:

"It's nothing important, I just came here to take a look."

"You iron smelting workshop, how much iron can you produce in one month?"

Ben arched his hands and replied:

"Back to the deputy general, the monthly output varies."

"I produced more than 130 catties of iron last month."

Shen Bing let out an "oh".

It only weighed more than 1000 catties, which is really not much for a capital city.

But this is not surprising.

Bronze was more commonly used in this era, while iron was only used as a farm tool because the smelting technology was immature and more brittle.

And farm implements are only partly reinforced with iron.

For example, iron plows, iron hoes, etc., the main body is still wooden, but the part where the front end is in direct contact with the ground is covered with a layer of iron.

In addition, it is not a busy season at this time, so the output is naturally not high.

Shen Bing looked around and asked:

"The Ironworks is..."

Benz hurriedly took a step to the left, and said to an earthen house:

"This is the iron smelting workshop, please, lieutenant general."

Shen Bing guessed that it was also this building.

Because iron smelting requires fire, and hot molten iron is everywhere, wooden houses are definitely not suitable.

When you enter the door, you will be greeted by a heat wave, and you can see more than a dozen blast furnaces, and a group of workers are busy among them.

The workers who had not been notified saw Shen Bing and his party in armor from the Qin Army, and couldn't help but slow down their movements, their eyes full of doubt and panic.

Worried that Shen Bing would blame him, he hurried forward to urge him, so the worker hesitated for a while and got busy again, and his movements seemed to be much more agile than before.