Daqin: Robbing Qin Shihuang at the beginning

Chapter 192
Early the next morning, Ying Qi led the crowd to the brick kiln in Zhenggangou, planning to observe the style of the brick kiln.

The ministers were shocked once again, and they were a little surprised to see the energetic workers around them.

"Why are these refugees able to work so efficiently?"

"The domestic slaves in my family are not so efficient..."

Ying Qi said with a smile: "They have two meals a day, they still have enough time to sleep every day, and they still make money."

This time, those ministers stopped talking, looking at Ying Qi with some surprise, he is a ruthless person!
In their eyes, it is a fool's behavior to give money back to the refugees for their meals.

Gan Luo looked at Ying Qi, feeling a little emotional.

"There is no reason for the high efficiency of Zhenggangou!"

"That's right." Ying Qi smiled and looked at Gan Luo, "If you want the horse to run, you have to feed the horse."

"I don't know how hard this brick is?" Li Si asked in a daze, looking at the brick that had just been fired, he didn't see anything.

"Why don't you give it a try, Captain Gan Ting?"

Ying Qi looked at Gan Luo, and Gan Luo suddenly trembled, remembering the situation of the last cement test, so he quickly looked at others, pretending not to hear.

Ying Qi looked helpless at Gan Luo's performance, so he walked over to pick up a brick that had cooled down, looked around, only saw Zhao Gao looking around, and suddenly smiled.

"Master Zhao, come here."

Zhao Gao noticed Ying Qi's malicious smile and frowned, but Ying Zheng next to him was obviously interested, so he walked over with a sigh.

"Son..."

Ying Qi didn't talk nonsense, he just swung the brick and hit Zhao Gao on the forehead!
Zhao Gao was shocked, and his reaction speed was not slow, but Ying started his hand faster, and hit Zhao Gao on the forehead in one fell swoop.

Zhao Gao fell down with his body on his back, with blood on his forehead.

Ying Zheng looked at Ying Qi in surprise, but Ying Qi smiled leisurely and said, "It's okay, I just let her feel the hardness, and didn't use much force."

The ministers looked at Ying Qi and smashed his mouth, while Gan Luo glared at Ying Qi.

"Okay, I gave you my heart and soul, but you want to kill me!"

"Hey, Gan Tingwei, this is also a division of people. Zhao Gao is also the one who talks about it, but you are a civil servant, can I cut you?"

"..." Gan Luo turned his head, not wanting to speak.

Ying Qi chuckled, "Everyone can pick up a few pieces to feel for themselves, be careful not to pick up the red ones, look for the ones that have faded in color, and beat them at will to see the quality."

The officials still hesitated for a while, Kou Zhun pushed away the crowd in dissatisfaction, picked up a piece by himself, and then slammed it on the stone, only to see the brick shatter in response.

"Why are you hesitating? It's not a poison."

Li Si and the others blushed, and picked up a piece of clues casually, while Ying Zheng was even more direct, pulled out the Tianwen sword and chopped it at a brick, and the brick was split into two irregular halves.

"The quality is still good."

"Is it waterproof?" The ministers started the questioning mode again.

"Of course it is waterproof, after all, it is used to build houses."

"What is it made of?"

"soil."

"Can I eat it?"

"They said it was made of clay!"

"..."

Ying Qi didn't want to listen to their questions, so he simply came to Ying Zheng.

"Father, do you have any questions?"

"This thing, build a house... build it?"

"Of course not, with cement." Ying Qi patiently explained: "With cement, cement has a bonding effect, and it is extremely strong. When bricks and cement are combined, the city wall in the border area is just as hard as this."

"How about the output?"

"It also depends on the number of people, but I can say that the efficiency is extremely high. I don't know how much it is, because it depends on the number of people and the number of brick kilns, not efficiency."

Ying Qi nodded, and at the same time looked at Ying Qi with a little deep meaning.

"Ahem, this technology is of course dedicated to the imperial court... But if you want to use this technology, you must first build academies in various places. Our workers in Gangou can build academies for free. The technology will be used locally.”

Ying Zheng smiled, this kid actually negotiated terms with him, but he didn't say much, just looked at the officials.

The ministers couldn't help looking at each other, but they knew that the local authorities had always been obedient to the college's system, because they had an excuse that the cost was not enough.

But now, it's solved.

This is also the 'disadvantage' of a royal industry that is free from royal jurisdiction, as the ministers said.

Because they can't effectively control the emperor, but the emperor has a tool that can make money continuously, can they not be afraid?
But they also thought of a problem, which is the famous problem in game theory-the prisoner's dilemma.

Let's say two adjacent counties.

When they apply the technology of brick and cement to build academies, each can get a small amount of profit, but when one of them uses it while the other doesn't, the county that uses it will maximize its benefits.

Because the world has just been settled, the most important thing is land. A few days ago, Yingzheng ordered Guishou to declare his own land, which was actually giving them land in disguise.

The county that does not apply this technology will also have a brain drain, and all of them will go to the county with academies.

If neither counties apply, both lose, and there may be varying degrees of policy orders in the future.

Therefore, the construction of the academy was not harmful to the local county magistrate, but it was a threat to the local tyrants and the beneficiaries of the military merit system that had benefited at that time.

Most of the courtiers are these people, and few of them are born in white.

Li Si took a deep look at Ying Qi, what a powerful plan to draw salary from the bottom of the pot!

"Haha, Mr. Qi, I don't think there are many workers in Zhenggangou, so I'm afraid they won't be able to cope with the counties all over the world. In my opinion, we should allocate funds to the localities and let them do their best." A minister suggested with a smile .

Ying Qi smiled back, "Don't worry, there are limited workers, but there are plenty of prisoners, let them go to construction, as long as they have two meals, I believe they are very willing."

"After all, he is a prisoner..."

"Of course, the common people can do it too. I'm in Gangou. I don't need anything, but I don't lack money! As long as I give you a certain amount of wages, do you believe that the common people in the world will flock to it?"

The minister stopped talking and frowned.

Ying Qi looked at him and smiled, "Why do people always find fault with things that have no harm at all?"

At this time, a minister came out.

"My lord, have you considered one thing? That is, there are limited prisoners in the world. Some of them are going to build the Great Wall, some of them are going to implement what you said yesterday, my lord, to reclaim wasteland and plant upland rice, and some of them are your suggestions. Open a factory in the local area... If this is the case, how can any prisoner go back to see the academy? Moreover, building an academy requires a lot of manpower."

(End of this chapter)