Almighty System Great Master Qin

Chapter 8 The Three Artifacts of the Cavalry

After retreating from the court, Jiang Xiu approached Xiao Hong.

"Hou Ye"

"Master Shaofu, don't worry, this Marquis has his own way, you go back first, and come to me tomorrow at Chenshi"

In fact, for Xiao Hong, making horseshoes, saddles, and stirrups was not difficult. The problem was that the Qin Dynasty's smelting technology was not proficient, especially in ironware, and the output of [-] steel smelting was very low.

Daqin mainly used bronze wares, and only the most elite soldiers could use the hundred-smelting steel.

Just like Qin Shihuang's pro-army Xuanwu Guards, they used iron weapons.

The main reason is that the melting point of iron is high, and the melting point of iron cannot be reached by firing wood, so it takes a lot of tempering to get qualified steelmaking, so the output has been very low.

The premise of the widespread use of horseshoes and stirrups is that the output of high-quality iron has been greatly improved.

However, in addition to these three cavalry artifacts, weapons that match the cavalry are also needed. At present, the most widely used bronze sword in the Qin Dynasty is the bronze sword, but the bronze sword is not suitable for cavalry.

For the cavalry, the best weapons are like Guan Erye's Qinglong Yanyue Sword or Zhao Yun's long spear, but Xiao Hong is more optimistic about the long sword.

"Well! What kind of knife should I make?" Xiao Hong thought for a long time, and suddenly remembered that when he went to the museum with his roommates in college, he saw a saber with a curved front end, about three feet long, and another four feet long. handle.

But now the handle of the knife can be made of wood, as long as the strength is guaranteed, and when the cavalry charges, with the power of the horse, the power of the saber will be even more terrifying.

That night Xiao Hong drew the drawings of horseshoes, stirrups, saddles and sabers on the silk and satin, and handed them to Jiang Xiu who arrived early in the morning, and told him what materials those parts were made of.

Shaofu's action was really fast, it was finished early the next morning, and it was put on ten horses according to Xiao Hong's instructions.

"Yes, the ten of you will practice hard these two days and try to become familiar with these equipments."

The ten cavalry that Qin Shihuang gave to Xiao Hong were all elite knights.

At the same time, Wang Chen came to Nanyang County with the guards of the palace and seeds of potatoes and corn.

Xiao Hong's fief is in Zhenping County, Nanyang County, which is relatively barren in Nanyang County.

There are about ten thousand households in all scattered counties in the whole county, so Qin Shihuang awarded Zhenping County to Xiao Hong, with ten thousand households.

There are more than 50 counties and cities in Daqin, and there are counties under the county, and townships under the county, followed by pavilions, and finally li.

The head of the pavilion, Liu Shan, is now in his fifties and almost sixty, and is in charge of the area.

In the Qin Dynasty, ten households were one mile, ten miles were one pavilion, and ten pavilions were one township.

However, the imperial power of the Qin Dynasty was very centralized. Officials of the Qin Dynasty, from the prime minister to the village chief, were appointed by Qin Shihuang.

Standing on the hillside, Liu Shan looked at the farmer in the field and kept sighing. This year's harvest is very bad, and if he fails to pay taxes in full, he will be punished.

"Pavilion Chief, I heard that we have become the food town of the Marquis? Then what about this year's taxation? This year's harvest is not good."

The villagers are basically in ragged clothes, with yellow and thin faces, and a deep sense of despair is revealed in their eyes.

Although Qin Shihuang ruled the world and ended hundreds of years of war, the lives of the common people were still very miserable.

Liu Shan shook his head, looked at the crops in the field, his eyes were red, and said, "I heard from the head of the village that Lord Hou is a disciple of the Immortal Family, maybe..."

"So what if you are a disciple of the Immortal Family, how would you care about our lives?"

"That's right, even disciples of the Immortal Family have to spend on food and clothing."

At this moment, a little boy ran over and said out of breath, "Grandpa Pavilion Master, Hou, Lord Hou sent someone here, saying that he brought the auspiciousness with a yield of ten thousand jin per mu."

"What, hurry up, everyone come with me to greet me." The pavilion chief summoned everyone to greet him.

I saw dust flying in the distance, and large black flags floating one after another.

"It's the Marquis's motorcade"

In front of the convoy was a general in armor riding a tall horse with a sword on his waist.

"Who are you waiting for, Liu Shan, the pavilion chief?"

"The little one has seen the general, but the old man is the pavilion chief Liu Shan"

Liu Shan leaned on a walking stick, half-bowed and said.

The general got off his horse, helped Liu Shan up, and said, "I'm not some general, but the guard of Lord Hou. His name is Zhao Hao. He is in charge of helping Lord Hou manage this pavilion."

Zhao Hao helped Liu Shan up, and after getting the villagers up, he said, "Your Majesty has an order to exempt Zhenping County from this year's tax, and to only collect [-]% of the original tax from next year. This is auspicious, and I will lead everyone to plant it "

Hearing this, the villagers fell to their knees and cried bitterly. They were saved, they were saved.

"Thank you Lord Hou for your great kindness"

"Hou Ye is really a saint"

You must know that Xiao Hong only has [-] households in the city, not [-] households. Exemption from taxes means that he needs to bear the original taxes of Zhenping County. This is not a small sum, but Xiao Hong still did it without hesitation.

"Since Lord Hou has exempted everyone from taxes, I hope that everyone will plant auspiciousness wholeheartedly, and don't disappoint Lord Hou's painstaking efforts." Zhao Hao asked people to move all the seeds down.

The villagers looked at the baskets of potatoes, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and watermelons, and their eyes lit up, because they were really saved.

In fact, this is the beginning, because potatoes and corn are not grown by anyone except Xiao Hong, so Xiao Hong plans to use Zhenping County as the basis, and then promote it to the whole country.

"You can slow down"

Jiang Xiu felt distressed watching these cavalrymen slashing and slashing the saber vigorously.

Just ten cavalrymen's equipment consumed [-]% of Shaofu's hundred-smelting steel. If it was damaged, Jiang Xiu would not have any more hundred-smelting steel to build.

"Shaofu, calm down"

Xiao Hong looked at the yelling Jiang Xiu and comforted him.

Xiao Hong doesn't know how to train soldiers, especially cavalry, so Xiao Hong let them let go and use these equipments to their heart's content, fortunately they can master them proficiently in a short time.

Xiao Hong happened to know that he was from Nanyang City, and he knew where there were coal mines and iron mines.

"Congratulations to the Marquis"

After returning to the palace, Xiao Hong found Wang Chen.

Wang Chen, you asked me to build coal mines and iron mines here.

Xiao Hong told Wang Chen the locations of the coal mines and iron mines from his memory, and asked him to recruit civilian husbands.

"Coal mines and iron mines work in two shifts a day, six yuan a day for the day shift, eight yuan a day for the night shift, and three meals a day."

Xiao Hong explained some details to Wang Chen. Originally, Xiao Hong planned to go there in person, but he really couldn't leave here, so he had to send Wang Chen there.

"With coal mines and iron mines, the next step is to make iron." But Xiao Hong didn't know much about the method of making iron.

Xiao Hong looked at the iron-making stove he drew on the silk and satin, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"Hiss, what does it look like?" Looking at the silk and satin, Xiao Hong fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)