The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 221

330 BC, the center of the Great Seoul.

"My lord, this is the latest batch of straw paper made by the paper mill, please check it out, my lord."

Ma Huateng held a stack of yellowed papers and placed them on the table.

Su Lin then took one, spread it on the table and wrote on the paper with a brush, writing a word for 'Chinese'.

"Well, not bad. It's much better than last time. The ink didn't spread this time, so it's barely usable." Su Lin nodded.

The paper produced by the paper mill was very rough at the beginning, and Mozi turned into a ball of snowflakes when he touched it, making it impossible to write at all.

It can be used as straw paper when going to the toilet.

After more than a year of experimentation, the experiment was finally successful. Now that papermaking technology has appeared hundreds of years ahead of schedule, it will change the inheritance of written records in this era.

"In this way, the small ones will let the paper mill start to produce paper on a large scale." Ma Huateng bowed and smiled.

"Well, paper is very useful, and it will save you the trouble of writing on bamboo slips in the future."

Su Lin can imagine the convenience of paper. To write a book with paper, it is too inconvenient to write half a car with bamboo slips.

When paper becomes popular in the future, villagers can use paper to write, and the literacy rate can also be improved.

"My lord is really a heavenly man. The materials for making paper can be found everywhere. If you are a small one, you can arrange more people in the paper mill, and you can produce thousands of sheets a day." Ma Huateng laughed.

"Well, that's very good, let's go down and do it." Su Lin waved his hand happily.

"Here." Ma Huateng bowed his hands and stepped back.

Besides Su Lin, there was another person, Sima Lanting, in the hall.

She came over to serve when she was free during the day, sometimes talked to Su Lin to relieve boredom, played the piano in her spare time for fun, and was more happy when she was passionate...

"My lord, the city of Seoul has undergone tremendous changes during this time. Sometimes, if I stay in the yard for a few days, I feel that it has changed again. There are many new things." Sima Lanting walked over and smiled.

"There will be more surprises in the future." Su Lin chuckled, very proud of the big Seoul he built.

"In the past few years, Bashu has frequently harassed us. My lord has never mobilized troops against them. I have also said that I must subdue Bashu. Now that the troops are strong and horses are strong, I don't know when to send troops?"

Although Sima Lanting is only a girl, but after being with Su Lin for a long time, he also knows a little about military affairs.

It has been four years since the last tripartite covenant was signed.

Ba Guo has always been concerned about losing land, and frequently mobilized troops to harass him. Su Lin felt that there was no threat or counterattack. Now everyone in the big Seoul is holding his breath.

In the past few years, the big city of Seoul has successively recruited many poor refugees, and several small cities have been established in the mountains, with a population of 50.

Except for the elderly, children and women, almost all the people in the strong years are soldiers, and can mobilize 15 troops, which is a very strong force even among the nations.

Each soldier is equipped with sophisticated weapons and armor, which cost quite a lot.

There are also very wide roads built between the various cities, all of which were completed in the past few years.

Four years is just a blink of an eye, but the big man has developed so rapidly, which shocked Sima Lanting who was in it.

Therefore, the tone of the speech was full of confidence. The current military strength to take over the two countries of Bashu and Bashu was just a matter of searching for something.

Su Lin chuckled, shook his head slightly, and said, "The troops of Bashu and Sichuan are weak, as long as I give an order, they can be subdued within two months, but now is not the time."

"Then when will the troops be dispatched?" Sima Lanting asked.

"Wait for Qin." Su Lin said with a smile.

"Qin State?" Sima Lanting understood somewhat, but not completely.

"It is not difficult to take down Bashu. The difficult thing is that after we take it, I am afraid that we will be attacked by Qin if we don't have time to build defensive facilities. It is better to let Qin take action first and consume the troops of Bashu. The sparrow is behind." The corners of Su Lin's mouth twitched slightly.

"Qin? Can we win?"

Sima Lanting was still a little apprehensive when he mentioned Qin, after all, the prestige of Qin, the tiger and wolf, was a very terrifying existence in the hearts of the people of all countries.

"Qin State is superior to other countries because of its advanced weapons, but because its system is stronger than other countries, and everyone is willing to make military contributions with all their might. Our system, morale, and weapons are superior to Qin State, but the number of soldiers is lower than Qin State. As long as the Han army can overcome the fear in their hearts, why should Qin be afraid?"

Su Lin has enough confidence to speak now, and really wants to fight Qin Guo to see how far the strength gap between the two sides is.

"Since the lord has said so, he will definitely win." Sima Lanting echoed.

"Ha ha."

Su Lin grabbed Sima Lanting's hand, grabbed her very domineeringly, and let her sit on his lap.

Sima Lanting blushed slightly, and said shyly, "My lord..."

……

Qin State, Lantian Camp.

"Haha, Your Majesty has issued a military order?"

Ying Ji, dressed in chain armor, rushed into the big tent happily, and asked excitedly in a high voice as soon as he entered.

Sitting in the middle is Meng Ao, the coach of the Qin Army. After a few years, he did not look old, and his whole person seemed more restrained.

Meng Ao smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Your Majesty ordered that 20 elite soldiers from the Lantian Camp be set out to attack the two countries of Bashu."

Ying Ji clapped his hands excitedly when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Five years, five years of training at Lantian Camp, I can finally pull this team out."

"Our Qin Dynasty now has many soldiers and generals, but it lacks a granary in the rear. If we can conquer Bashu, it will provide a stable supply of food and grass to the rear and lay a solid foundation for unifying the countries." Meng Ao said boldly.

Taking down Bashu has always been Qin's strategy, and it has been preparing to attack Bashu in recent years.

Training new troops at Lantian Camp is for today.

Because the Qin army in Hangu Pass and the border areas cannot move, because they must guard against Wei, Zhao, Chu and other countries.

You can only train the new army to attack, and you must win.

If the attack is disrespectful and the losses are heavy, then other nations will pounce on it like wolves.

So only win!

"The total strength of Bashu and Sichuan is only tens of thousands, and the old, weak and remnant soldiers are completely vulnerable. If I lead the troops for half a year, I can take the whole Bashu." Ying Ji looked like pointing the country.

Meng Ao has been in a high position for a long time, and he is not so optimistic. After pondering for a while, he raised his head and said: "Bashu is not to be feared, that is, it will take more time to attack the city. The only thing to worry about is in Bashu, Qin and Chu. The Han army in the middle of the country."

"Great Han Army?" Ying Ji seemed to have not heard anyone mention it for a long time, and then he laughed indifferently: "Four years ago, the Great Han Army took down Dacheng with a lot of effort. They were all destroyed by the Kingdom of Shu, and with our current strength, even if the three of them unite, there is nothing to fear, they can be destroyed easily."

It is true that it was not easy for Su Lin to attack Dacheng four years ago. It was because he was afraid of Qin that he did not continue to attack.

But the Han army now is different from what it was four years ago.

(End of this chapter)