Qin Shi Big Boss

Chapter 147 Civil servants and military officers

About half a month later, Gong Shuqiu and Master Ban found Ying Zheng, followed by several burly servants carrying a heavy locomotive.Their pace was very fast, and no one was willing to give in to the other.

Seeing this, Yingzheng immediately understood that they had successfully developed the steam engine. He was overjoyed and said quickly, "It looks like you both developed the steam engine at the same time, but there is only one winner. Let's do this! Whoever has the better steam engine will be the winner next superior."

Gongshuchou patted the black locomotive lightly, made a heavy metallic sound, and said to himself, "Of course, the old man's steam engine is the best. Master Ban's steam engine seems to be finished, but in fact it is only a semi-finished product."

When Master Ban heard this, he immediately became furious and scolded: "I don't know who loses and who wins? The public loses the enemy, if you lose, it depends on how you get off to Taiwan. This steam engine, but the public loser organization It's all blood and sweat."

Seeing the two of them fighting again, Ying Zheng coughed dryly and said loudly: "It doesn't matter who wins and who loses. You will know after testing."

Ying Zheng had already prepared a long section of railway outside Xianyang City, and today is the time to use it.He took Gongshuchou and Master Ban to the outside of Xianyang City, and the soldiers quickly saluted.

Most of the onlookers had known the news for a long time. The grandson and nobles of the Qin State deliberately watched the test results of the steam engine.It's all about curiosity, what is a steam engine, and what is a railway?

People from Yinyang School, Mohist School, and Farmers all came here, just to watch the craftsmanship of the two masters of organization.

"Let's go first!" Ying Zheng saw that the preparation was almost the same, so he announced it loudly.

The curtain was lifted by the two of them, and they were even more surprised when they saw the black locomotive, so they began to study in a low voice.

"Is that black iron block a steam engine? However, with such a heavy iron block, can it really run with a few wheels?"

"If such a big piece of iron can run, only the devil can do it! According to the old man, the iron piece of this steam engine is obviously going to rot today."

"Don't talk nonsense! The construction skills of the Mohists and the Gongloists are extremely powerful. It is said that they have constructed giant monsters such as snakes and white tigers, and they can all walk around."

Gong Shuchou looked at Master Ban coldly, and snorted coldly: "Old man Ban, the old man will let you know what a real steam engine is today. Your steam engine can only be regarded as a piece of iron, let alone running. Even advancing is a problem.”

After hearing Gongshuqiu's provocation, the old man was simply burned, and said furiously: "What iron? The old man sees you as the iron. The old man's steam engine is basically stable and the material is solid. It's not your steam that can compare. of."

"Ridiculous." Gong Shuchou squinted at Master Ban, laughing again and again.

"Prince, the old man hopes to be able to test the steam engine first, so that Gong Shuchou, an arrogant and ignorant guy, can gain insight and know what a real steam engine is." How can Master Ban tolerate Gongshuchou's provocation and surrender to Ying Zheng? Salute.

"No, prince, the old man is expected to be able to demonstrate first. Don't let old man Ban, a wimpy genius, rank in front of me. I will let them know today that the public loser's organization technique is the strongest. "Gong Shuchou took a step forward and saluted Yingzheng.

"No, it was the old man who said it first, so the old man should be the first." Master Ban simply knocked Gong Shuchou away.

"Obviously it was the old man first, you old man, get the hell out of the way." Gong Shuchou used his organizational skills, grabbed Master Ban, and threw him aside.

"Gong Shuchou, you are doomed today." Master Ban said angrily, using his hands to fight Gongshuchou.

"Who is afraid of whom!" Gongshuchou was willing to show weakness, and the two simply fought.

The onlookers were speechless when they saw the two hometown guys pinching back and forth, obviously they were quite old, fighting like children.

"I've convinced them." Xue Nu simply covered her head, she lives in the Prince's Mansion, so she doesn't know anything about these two guys.Every few days, they would start by beating and scolding each other, and they would start to fight.

"Only a person like the prince can control these two guys. If it were anyone else, let alone letting them study things together, even if they stayed together, it would be extremely dangerous." Ji Yanran said in awe. .

"These two guys have such a heavy workload every day, but they are still so energetic. In fact, those who study tissue techniques are all like this." Dongjun Feiyan complained, these two are really energetic.

"Stop!" Ying Zheng was really afraid that they would fight, and there were so many onlookers, it was really embarrassing.

Both Gong Shuchou and the master class stopped, and chose a compromise method, which was to draw lots.

The master of the class was obviously overjoyed after he caught A, but he said in a disappointed tone: "I'm sorry! I can only let the old man demonstrate first."

Master Ban put coal into the locomotive, stirred it, and then started the steam engine.The locomotive moved violently and made a rumbling sound. The wheels below started to move first, and black smoke came out from the pipe above.

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect this steam engine to move, and the speed was four times that of an adult running.

Listening to everyone's compliments, Master Ban seemed very calm. He sat in the carriage behind the locomotive and ran around the railway several times.

Gong Shuchou looked at the victorious Master Ban with disdain in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "It's just the skill of insect seal! When you see my train, you will know what a real train is. Master Ban is only a half-finished product. "

Master Ban returned to the vicinity of Yingzheng, got off the train, arrived in front of Yingzheng, bowed his hands, and waited patiently for Yingzheng's reply.

"Not bad! It can be completed in such a short period of time. Master Ban is really talented and can be regarded as the title of master of organization." Ying Zheng praised, but then pointed out the shortcomings, "The speed of your steam engine is really fast. It's too slow, it's different from what I expected, you should improve."

"Old man Ban, your steam engine really sucks. It seems that the structure technique of the Mohist school has declined, and in the end, I still need to use the structure technique of the loser." Gong Shuchou took the opportunity to ridicule Master Ban.

"Damn it! Don't be complacent. You don't know who will win. Just see how powerful your steam skills are." Master Ban clenched his fists, looking very angry.

"Hahaha!" Gong Shuchou looked down at Master Ban, filling himself like he was looking at a fool.He strode forward, arrived in front of his locomotive, let his entourage carry it to the top of the rails, and then prepared to start.

Like Master Ban, Gong Shuchou shook the front of the locomotive after entering the coal, and the locomotive began to run quickly.The speed was extremely fast, and it turned into an afterimage, remaining in the air.

Only a few chivalrous warriors with profound internal skills could clearly see the location of the train. Others could not even see the afterimage, they could only hear a buzzing in their ears, as if there were trains everywhere.

Gong Shuchou's face was full of pride, he stroked his mustache, and deliberately squinted to see what was going on.That meaning seems to say, old man Ban, your steam engine is not good, and my speed is much faster than yours.

Master Ban's expression changed drastically, and he didn't react for a while. The speed of Gongshuqiu's train was so fast, at least five times his.He glanced at his steam engine, stroked his chin, hummed, and fell into deep thought.

Seeing how fast Gongshuqiu's train was, Ji Yanran said emotionally: "I never thought that Gongshuqiu won this time, and his train speed is five times faster than that of Master Ban."

"This train is really strange. It can reach this level of speed unexpectedly. Even I need to push the sailing method hard to catch up with it." Dongjun Feiyan shocked the speed of the train.

"His Royal Highness is really sharp!" Xue Nu chuckled, looking at Ying Zheng with love in her eyes.

After Gongshuqiu's train stopped, Gongshuchou who was waiting at the side immediately saluted Yingzheng, and said slowly, "Please evaluate the prince!"

"Master Ban, let's evaluate the train of public defeat!" Ying Zheng said lightly.

Master Ban arrived near Gongshuchou's train with a strange look on his face. After searching for a while, his expression changed drastically, and he said loudly: "It really is! Gongshuchou, I finally know why your train is so fast."

"Hey! Is this your attitude of learning from the old man?" Gong Shuchou was quite proud.

"Learning ass! Who wants to learn from you, an old fellow? Your steam engine is indeed fast, but it is built on the basis of sacrifice. The structure of the steam engine is not stable at all, and it is easy to cause problems." The class teacher yelled loudly road.

"It's really nonsense! Do you have any evidence? Old man Ban, I know you hate me, but you say such unsubstantiated things. Aren't you all Mohists like this?" Same for the tail.

"Of course I have evidence. Look at the fuel chamber inside. It is obviously for the purpose of speeding up and putting in excess fuel. Also, in order to weaken the quality of the entire steam engine, you cut corners and materials. If you use it to carry people, you simply kill people... ..." The class master saw the problem of public defeat and hatred, and picked them out one by one.

Gong Shuqiu remained silent, he knew that Master Ban was right, in order to speed up the development, he cut down many steps.

"What's the matter? Don't you have anything to say now?" Master Ban arrived in front of Gong Shuchou, feeling annoyed.

"Hmph!" Gongshuchou turned his face away and said nothing more.

"Okay! Since both of them have problems with their steam engines, there will be no winner in today's competition." Ying Zheng simply revealed.

"It's all your fault for making me invincible." Gong Shuchou cursed.

"You didn't do a good job yourself, how can you blame me." Master Ban retaliated.

"Stop arguing!" Ying Zheng's ears are messed up now, and seeing both of them calm down, "No matter who is right or who is wrong, what I want is a fast and quiet steam engine. You two form an alliance and make it for me."

"The master of my class is famous all his life, how can he ally with a villain like Gong Shuchou? It is indeed an insult to me. I refuse to be an alliance with Gongshuchou. Even if I have only one person, I can still realize the steam engine." The class master simply refused. .

"Do you think I really want to ally with you? Your tidy runs as slow as a tortoise, and you are no match for my steam engine. Alliance with you is indeed an insult to me, Gongshuqiu." Gongshuqiu said angrily immediately.

"As shameless as you are, don't you have insults? In my opinion, the dignity of your public losers is the same as if you don't have it." Master Ban simply joked that this kind of jerry-built work can be done If you come out, you can only lose your revenge.

"Prince, I request a decisive battle with old man Ban, so that he can see the sharpness of my public loser." Gong Shuchou immediately asked Ying Zheng.

"Decisive battle? Today I will show you the power of the Mo family. My organizational hand has not been used for a long time." Master Ban stretched out his wooden organizational hand.

"Both of you, give me some peace." Ying Zheng said flatly, his face was almost humiliated by these two guys.

Both of them calmed down, but stared wide-eyed, and it was the first silent battle.

"Even the prince can't stand these two guys." Ji Yanran covered her mouth and laughed softly.

"These two will definitely quarrel when they meet, and I don't know what kind of enmity they have suffered in their previous life." Xue Nu smiled lightly.

Looking at the two people who had calmed down, Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said loudly: "Anyway, you all form an alliance. If anyone refuses, the name of the maker of the steam engine can only be crossed out from the history books."

"The alliance is the alliance." Master Ban's heart tightened, and he could only say so.

"Okay, this time I, Gongshuchou, will ally with old man Ban." Gongshuchou said loudly, and then showed a strange smile, "But, I have a premise."

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"What's the premise?" Ying Zheng said bluntly.

"It means that my name must be on the front of the history book, and the three characters of Gongshuchou must be in front of old man Ban." Gongshuchou said his goal.

Master Ben immediately became unhappy and simply said loudly: "Why! Why is yours right in front? Your steam engine is so unreliable. It will fall apart even if it runs for just one kilometer, not to mention a few kilometers."

"Even if my steam engine is unreliable, it is much better than that turtle machine of yours. My steam engine is only five times faster than yours. You just need to change the disadvantages you mentioned." Gong Shuchou said with reason. .

"Unreasonable! The secret of your steam is tampered, and the running speed must be slower than mine." The class master refused to admit defeat.

"It's ridiculous! Mr. Ben, I think you are too ignorant to have such ridiculous years. No matter what, my name must be in front of you, so that it can be remembered as my father-in-law loses his grudge." Gongshuchou said loudly.

"Don't even think about it!" Master Ban said angrily.

"Why don't we compare it again." Gong Shuchou laughed.

"Naihebi?" Master Ban turned his face away.

"It's very simple! Let's do it again. Whoever's steam engine has less damage and faster speed will be ranked first." Gong Shuqiu bent down and looked at Master Ban and said.

Ying Zheng simply left with a smile on his lips, knowing that the steam engine would definitely be developed.

A few days later, Yingzheng called the masters of the class to meet with the disciples of Gong Shuqiu.

The person who came was Gao Shizi. He was originally from Wei Mo, but now he is taking the old man as his teacher to learn the construction techniques of the Mo School.

The one who came from the public loser was a relatively immature young man named Gong Shulang, who was the nephew of Gong Shuchou.

"How is your structure learning?" Ying Zheng sat on the chair and looked at the humanity.

"Report to the Crown Prince! My study is pretty good. I have learned a lot about Tectonic Techniques in the Mo family. Now that I am studying with Master Ban, I can make further progress." Gao Shizi said truthfully.

"Thanks to the crown prince's blessing, the young one can learn well, but he is not as sharp as uncle." Gong Shulang bowed his hands and saluted.

"Sit down first!" Ying Zheng entrusted, and then called the servants and asked them to serve tea to the two.

Gong Shulang and Gao Shizi dared to sit down after receiving Yingzheng's order.

"I've come to you this time to ask you to make a kind of object. It's similar to a steam engine. I already have the blueprint. Then you just have to do the same." Ying Zheng took out two blueprints from his pocket and handed them to Gao Shizi and Gong Shulang.

"This...to be honest, prince, my construction skills are not as good as my uncle's. He has spent more than half a year studying the steam engine. Now that he has not realized it, I'm afraid I can't take charge of this burden." Didn't even dare to take a sip.

"Before I studied with Master Ban, I only had a superficial understanding of the structure technique. If I were asked to do it now, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do it." Gao Shizi had already met Ying Zheng before, and he drank tea without much nervousness.

"Take a look first. What I'm talking about is the same as a steam engine, except that the blueprint is similar to a steam engine. The difficulty is far less than that of a steam engine. With your talents, you can make it in sufficient quantities." Ying Zheng simply interrupted. Get the intelligence of these two people from the trap.

Gao Shizi opened the drawing, read it carefully, and quickly understood it. He cupped his hands and saluted: "This loom can indeed be made. The difficulty is similar to that of Quyuanli. I believe it will be available soon. However, I have a loom. I have a problem, I want to ask the prince for advice."

"Tell me and listen." Ying Zheng said calmly.

"What is the cotton used in this loom? I have never heard of such a thing." Gao Shizi wondered.

"Cotton is a crop that is used for weaving. Just like the clothes we wear all the time, doesn't the fabric we use come from cotton?" Ying Zheng asked in surprise.

Gao Shizi shook his head after hearing this, and said in a low voice: "No, most of the cloth we use now is made of silk to make silk. There are also young and old people who use flax, but this cotton, I have always Never heard of it."

"Indeed! Even on the side of Chu State, no one has ever grown cotton. There are many people who raise silkworms and grow mulberry trees. There is no relevant record of the word cotton even in traditional literature." Gong Shulang After taking a sip of warm tea, the tense nerves were slightly relieved.

"So it is! I understand. But, can you realize this loom?" Ying Zheng nodded, almost forgetting that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, no one grew cotton at all.

"The structure of the loom is cumbersome and extremely difficult, but with the help of this blueprint, I believe it will be possible in the near future." Gao Shizi is very confident about this.

"Me too, but it will take a certain amount of time." Gong Shulang nodded.

"In this case, you all form an alliance and realize the production of this loom together." Ying Zheng entrusted.

"Since the prince said so, I will join forces with Gong Shulang to complete the production of the loom." Gao Shizi immediately agreed and drank the last of the tea, "Then Brother Lao Xian will give me some advice."

"Where is it! When the time comes, Gao Shizi will be old, so please help my younger brother." Gong Shulang said with a smile.

Although these two people belonged to the public losers and the Mohist family, they both entered the state of Qin and let go of their original views on family background.

Ying Zheng reported some detailed questions to them again, gave them a brief reminder, and then asked them to retreat and called Situ Wanli.

When Situ Wanli heard Yingzheng's order, he rushed over immediately, his face was full of joy, and he bowed his hands and said: "Situ Wanli has seen the prince! The prince has no future! I heard that the prince has developed a steam engine, which has spread all over the world and has become great research"

Knowing that this guy was flattering his feet, Ying Zheng ignored him, and simply said, "I've called you this time to study something called cotton."

"Cotton? To tell you the truth, there is already a surplus of grain in Qin State, so there is no need to continue to study grain." Situ Wanli said sternly.

"It's not a food crop. It's different from sweet potatoes. Cotton is used to make clothes, which is similar to silk and flax." Yingzheng corrected.

"I don't know what's so special about this cotton?" Situ Wanli asked curiously. He knew that it was produced by Ying Zheng, so there must be something extraordinary about it.

"Silk is really good, but it can't be mass-produced, and it's not something that ordinary people can use. But the degree of protection against the cold of flax is not good, and the protection against the cold of animal skins is good, but the quantity is too small." Ying Ying Political commentary.

Situ Wanli came to his senses immediately, put down the teacup in his hand, and said loudly: "So it is! According to the crown prince, this cotton has a very high yield and strong cold resistance. It is far better than silk and linen."

"Exactly! The Zhu family has been busy with Quyuanli's work recently, so I'll leave it to you to take care of the cotton planting! Although this thing is not as good as food crops, it is also very important." Ying Zheng was afraid that this guy would not be serious. , added another sentence.

Situ Wanli was very generous in his heart, but he did not expect that Ying Zheng would let him plant crops, obviously he was taking him seriously.So he made up his mind that he must do this well and not let Yingzheng be disappointed.

As soon as he returned to the farm headquarters, Situ Wanli approached Tian Meng and other senior managers of the farm, held an emergency meeting, and made a cotton decision.Immediately, on the large experimental field, according to Ying Zheng, cotton was first planted.

Situ Wanli, who used to be lazy in the past, is now full of energy, eats hard, and works with the junior farmers in the experimental field every day, and then follows the records.At first, he felt that he couldn't support it, but thinking of the prince's attention, he gritted his teeth and persisted, continuing to experiment.

Soon, Situ Wanli came up with the best cotton planting conditions, methods to prevent pests, and a summary of combating climate change. He sorted everything out and handed it over to Ying Zheng.

Since the cultivation of potatoes and sweet potatoes caused great changes in the Qin State, the ministers of the Qin State paid the most attention to the farmers.The news of planting sweet potatoes this time and without embellishment quickly reached their ears.

They are all curious about cotton and what kind of crop it is, but once they know that it is used to make clothes, they all don't think so, thinking that cotton is indeed good, but it is a waste of land resources.

All land resources should be used to grow food and increase customs.As for cotton, there is no need to grow it at all, and a piece of clothing can be worn for a long time.

But there are also some ministers who think that cotton is very beneficial to Qin. After all, there are many ordinary people who can't afford clothes even though they have enough to eat.If cotton can be as productive as sweet potatoes, it may increase the welfare of the common people.

Although it occupies the land resources of food crops, it is only a small part and cannot cause any harm.

As for the remaining ministers, most of them are on the fence, and they may not be shaken.They are not clear about the situation, so they did not publish the research, waiting for further observation.

To this end, the ministers of the DPRK and China held several meetings in private, roughly divided into two groups: civil servants and military officials.The civil servants headed by Lu Buwei and Zhang Yi naturally recognized Ying Zheng's approach, thinking that it was a benefit to Qin.

Meng Mastiff didn't quite approve of this approach, so he called all the younger generals like Wang Jian to the aristocratic residence, and invited Wang Yan along the way.

(End of this chapter)