Daqin: Take the bamboo shoots, Zulong eavesdropped on my heart!

Only then did Ying Zheng nod his head slowly. This Chunyu Yue was very stubborn, so Feng Zheng had to come to him.

After the cabinet dealt with government affairs, Feng Zheng was also left alone.

"Your Majesty ordered."

"Feng Zheng, I will leave it to you to welcome the Yueshi this time."

Ying Zheng said, "I heard that you built a steel factory? Is it for making weapons?"

"That's right, Your Majesty."

Feng Zheng said with a smile, "I think about making some good steel weapons and equipping some troops so that the Yuezhi people can open their eyes. Besides, I also plan to build a few cannons, Once the artillery fires, the Yuezhi people will definitely be greatly shocked!"

kindness?

artillery?

Yup!

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng remembered that when Feng Zheng was in the south and conquered the land of Liangyue, his artillery played a lot of roles.

"it is good!"

Ying Zheng immediately smiled and said, "Zhen, I just wanted to see how powerful the cannon is?"

"Hey, please rest assured, Your Majesty. At that time, I will definitely make several more artillery pieces for Your Majesty."

Feng Zheng smiled, and then said, "Your Majesty, I want to take this opportunity to report something to Your Majesty."

"kindness?"

Ying Zheng was taken aback, and immediately asked, "Who?"

"Your Majesty, today, the steel output of my Daqin is much better than before..."

Feng Zheng said, "It's just that because the mining is not fast, the total output is still not very high..."

kindness?

Ying Zheng was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

Isn't that high?

This output has increased several times compared to before!

The output in the previous year was only about [-] shi.

Now, the monthly output is more than [-] shi.

Is that not too high?

How high is the real height?

"Qing, the current steel output of Daqin has suddenly increased. Isn't this high?"

Ying Zheng said, "I'm afraid it can produce more than 20 stones or even more than [-] stones in one year, which is better than the previous ten years!"

【this?Is this called high? 】

After hearing this, Feng Zheng said in his heart, 【I said Lao Zhao, this is really not high!What is this output enough for? 】

20 shi, converted into modern times, is actually about [-] tons of steel.

The unit of stone is not only a unit of weight, but also a unit of volume.

The volume units of the Qin Dynasty were divided into stone, jun, jin, liang, and baht, which were basically inherited by all later dynasties.

Therefore, the taels and bahts of silver taels and five baht coins, in later generations, the silver taels are equal to the taels, and the copper coins are equal to the baht.

Before the Great Qin Dynasty, the annual iron production was about [-] shi, and now it is about [-] tons.

This is still a rough output, because the quality of the iron is uneven.

But now, after Feng Zheng discovered a large iron mine and invented a new smelting method, Daqin's current monthly output is more than [-] stone.

This effect, of course, is exciting and satisfying.

However, for a goal that wants to fully develop ironware to facilitate all walks of life in Daqin.

Bad, or quite a bit.

Because a knife used by a soldier already weighs two or three catties, plus the armor and equipment, as well as wear and tear, what Zhouzhi Iron Mine produces in a month, just from iron smelting, and equipped with soldiers, it will cost less than a month. Meet more than 1.

If you want tens of thousands of people to be equipped with steel knives and iron blades, this is far from enough!

Wait five or ten years?

Others can afford to wait, can Qin Shihuang afford to wait?

[Using it in the army is far from enough, let alone using it in business? 】

Feng Zhengxin said, [According to the current speed, it will take more than five or ten years until all the weapons of Daqin are replaced with iron ones, let alone used for business...]

kindness?

what?

After hearing Feng Zheng's voice, Ying Zheng was taken aback for a moment.

Will this steel be used in business?

but……

What Feng Zheng said is correct. If all the weapons of Daqin are replaced, it will take many years to evolve from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.

If Feng Zheng didn't mention it, Qin Shihuang Yingzheng would feel a little uncomfortable when he thought of it.

Five or ten years, can he wait for that day?

"His Majesty……"

Feng Zheng said, "Nowadays, my Daqin has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and my Daqin's mining and smelting capacity in a month can't satisfy a thousand people at most... This speed is really not fast..."

"Oh... yes..."

After hearing this, Ying Zheng sighed, "I've thought about this too... But, if I can get more than [-] elite equipment in a year, it will make it... Is there no way?"

That's right, isn't this impossible?

There are already quite a few people sent to Zhouzhi Iron Mine!

Densely packed, all over the mountains and plains, the scale is already considered huge.

However, this is the most basic manpower after all, so efficiency is really just that.

"Your Majesty, I dare you to have a suggestion."

Feng Zheng said with a smile, "I don't know if Your Majesty is willing to accept..."

"Huh? What's the suggestion?"

Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng immediately asked.

"I implore you, Your Majesty, to hand over half of the monthly output of the Zhouzhi Iron Mine to the minister..."

Feng Zheng said, "I want the iron smelting plant I built for the imperial court to not only make weapons, but also make some commercial and civilian ironware..."

uh... uh?

what?

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then he looked confused.

What did you say

Just now, you and I both said that the production of ironware in Daqin is not enough.

Now, you popped out another sentence, you want to allocate half of the steel production to you, so that you can use it for business?

Are you kidding me?

Ying Zhengxin said, you shouldn't, you don't want me to use Daqin to strengthen the army with steel?

Chapter 569 Steam engine?steampunk era?

"Feng Zheng, you said, I want to give you half of the iron for business?"

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Zheng with a puzzled face, "Why is this?"

That's right, it's not enough, you still have to share half of it?

Isn't Daqin's iron getting less and less?

"Your Majesty, I believe that at present, even if the mining scale is doubled, it will take more than three years to meet the steel demand of 20 Qin elites."

Feng Zheng said, "And I, Daqin, want to fight fiercely against the Xiongnu and send out troops. I should have as many as 20 troops! Therefore, my feeling is that sticking to the present, or expanding the scale of mining, in terms of cost and time, it is all the same. not worth it."

kindness?

Hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng was slightly taken aback.

This is rather...

if you want

If you want to meet the equipment replacement of 20 troops, then the amount of smelting iron will take more than five or six years.

Even if the production scale is doubled, it will take a full three years!

Three years, the consumption of manpower and material resources is naturally not uncommon.

Moreover, in ancient mining, people's performance was very limited, and because there was no assistance with suitable equipment, mining was even more difficult.

In later generations, one or two hundred people in ancient times may not be able to perform half of the work that can be done by a machine.

The difference is that big.

Doubling the number of people in the mine may not necessarily double the output of the mine, it's as simple as that.

but……

The truth is this truth...

but!

In this way, Feng Zheng wants to take away half of the steel. What is that for?

If you want to meet the military needs, wouldn't time be slower?

"If that's the case, Qing, you still have to cut it in half. Wouldn't it take a lot of time?"

Ying Zheng looked at Feng Zheng and couldn't help asking.

"Your Majesty, this is the case..."

Feng Zheng said with a smile, "I don't have any intention of making trouble for His Majesty, let alone dare to do so. My idea is to improve the mining industry and train professional mining talents. If there are more people, this way of thinking may be better..."

"This...you mean..."

Hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng was momentarily confused.

Because, he has never been exposed to this knowledge, let alone understood it.

"His Majesty……"

Feng Zheng continued to explain, "There is a saying that you need a good ax to cut meat. You can chop a piece of meat with a few blunt axes for half a day, but you may not be able to cut off the bones. But if you have a sharp ax, The meat can be chopped and divided with ease, which requires fewer axes and takes less time."

"Is this what Qing said, cultivating professionals?"

After hearing Feng Zheng's words, Ying Zheng's heart moved, and he asked immediately.

"That's right, Your Majesty."

Feng Zheng laughed and said, "Just like the waterwheels I made, if manpower was used instead of waterwheels, then the entire Chang'an Township would have thousands more people working every day. But with these waterwheels, unless Some people are needed for repairs, but for the rest of the time, it doesn’t need to consume so much manpower and material resources.”

"Oh……"

Hearing what Feng Zheng said, Ying Zheng immediately understood.

His waterwheels are indeed very ingenious.

Relying on the original motion of the water flow, the water flow can be automatically raised to a higher level, which can save a lot of manpower.

This is indeed amazing!

and many more……