Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Empress Dowager Yan hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and said: "In that case, then follow what Lord Chang said."

Le Jian stood up: "The minister will arrange this matter."

After walking a few steps, Le Jian was stopped by Queen Mother Yan: "Mr. Chang, wait a minute."

Le Jian turned around subconsciously, just in time to see a pair of eyes that made him dream.

"Mr. Chang, please leave everything to me."

Chapter 600 Weapons, Printing, and Gunpowder ([-]nd update)

On this day, Zhao Dan came to Handan Workshop.

At this moment, Zhao Guo is preparing for war. In fact, Zhao Dan is quite busy personally. The reason why he came to the workshop is because Zhao Dan heard another news that the finished product of the eight-ox crossbow has been made.

After surrendering to the Zhao country, the Mo family quickly showed their sincerity, which was the eight-ox crossbow in front of Zhao Dan.

To be honest, many things of the Mohist school may be considered relatively advanced in this era, but in Zhao Dan's view, that's all.

After all, as a newcomer, Zhao Dan understands how hot weapons have an overwhelming advantage when facing cold weapons.

But the Ba Niu Crossbow should be regarded as an exception. After all, this kind of weapon is definitely a powerful one in this era. After all, in the Southern Song Dynasty after a thousand years, the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin suffered a lot from the Ba Niu Crossbow. Woolen cloth.

After witnessing how the Baoxu crossbow tore through the heavy armor of armored cavalry at a long distance, and how it pierced through a dozen scarecrows in iron armor at close range, Zhao Dan nodded very satisfied, Turning to Lian Po beside him, he said, "What do you think, the General?"

Lian Po's face looked quite serious, and he said to Zhao Dan: "My lord, this eight-ox crossbow will definitely become a sharp weapon of the country!"

People like Zhao Dan who have never been on the battlefield may make mistakes in judgment, but if Lian Po also said the same, then there is absolutely no problem at all.

So Zhao Dan was very relieved and called Fu Zhen, who was in charge of the construction of the eight-ox crossbow: "How many such eight-ox crossbows are there?"

Fuzhen replied: "My lord, one can be built in about ten days."

"One fight every ten days?" Zhao Dan frowned almost immediately.

If this speed is followed, then there are only 36 or seven aircraft a year. What use can this amount be?

So Zhao Dan immediately issued new requirements to Fu Zhen: "Master Fu Zhen, I hope to see at least [-] crossbows by the end of this year, and more than [-] crossbows by the end of next year!"

Fu Zhen was obviously stunned: "My lord, this is impossible."

"Impossible?" Zhao Dan shook his head and said, "Talk to me, what is the reason that affects the production of the eight-ox crossbow, is it the material?"

"No." Fuzhen said: "The king's country of Zhao has a vast territory, and all kinds of materials are available. What's rare is that the country of Zhao has grasslands, so there is no problem with the high-quality tendon bowstrings needed for the eight-ox crossbow. But Now the main reason why I can't increase the output is because the craftsmen are not skilled enough, and there are only 20 craftsmen who can complete the craftsmanship of making the eight-ox crossbow."

Zhao Dan shook his head and said: "I heard that there is an assembly line process in Qin State, and everyone is responsible for a certain part of it. From this point of view, those who boil beef tendon are responsible for boiling, and those who are good carpenters are responsible for making crossbow beds. Those who know how to make crossbows should make crossbows, and those who know how to make pulleys should make pulleys. As long as everyone makes parts according to the same standard, wouldn’t it be all right to put them all together when the time comes?”

When Zhao Dan said this, he took a deep look at Fuzhen, and said: "I know that you are very dissatisfied with surrendering to Zhao, but I hope you will put away your little thoughts. Don't think that this kind of assembly line technology is the only one in Qin's workshop. If something like this happens again, then you and the Mo family will be punished. Believe me, you don’t want to see that kind of punishment.”

Ignoring Fu Zhen who was completely stunned, Zhao Dan left this small courtyard and came to another place, which was the printing workshop.

After Fuzhen donated the pine smoke ink, the biggest technical difficulty of woodblock printing has been overcome.

Book after book was being published, Zhao Dan casually picked up a Book of Songs that was still emitting the fragrance of ink and glanced at it, although it was not as white and smooth as the books of later generations, but at least it was indeed a complete book No buckle for paper books anymore.

"Very good, well done." Zhao Dan patted his shoulders to encourage the craftsmen a few times, making those craftsmen throw themselves to the ground with excitement, then turned his head and said to Zhao Sheng beside him:

"Mr. Pingyuan, you have been persuading me not to come to this kind of place, but look, which one is not going to change the world? What is there to pay attention to?"

Zhao Sheng was stunned for a moment, then a wry smile appeared on his face: "The king's wisdom is far beyond my reach."

What Zhao Dan said is really true. Just talking about papermaking, now with the gradual progress of technology, the output of paper has begun to expand, and various institutions in Handan have also begun to replace the heavy bamboo slips with paper.

The bamboo slips that used to fill an entire room can now be fully transcribed with only a three-finger-wide book, which can be said to have an immediate effect on efficiency.

Zhao Dan looked at his uncle and knew that Mr. Pingyuan was still a little bit unconvinced, but Zhao Dan didn't intend to continue talking.

Facts are better than everything. With the gradual progress of each craft, any old-fashioned must accept these, otherwise they can only be gradually eliminated by the trend of the times.

Workshop The workshop is the place where all the craftsmen are located, so naturally there are many small workshops. After leaving the printing workshop, Zhao Dan brought a group of important Zhao officials to the weaving workshop.

This is also the only place where women are allowed.

As soon as I entered the gate of the workshop, I saw a large yard in front of me. Several mulberry trees were planted in the yard, and there were some sheep under the mulberry trees, which were bleating.

What surprised Zhao Sheng and Lian Po was that these sheep looked naked, and the fur on their bodies didn't know where to go.

A master craftsman greeted him courteously, and saluted Zhao Dan respectfully: "I have seen you, the king."

Zhao Dan nodded, and said to the master craftsman, "I heard that you have already made it?"

The master craftsman didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately waved someone to bring a piece of cloth, and handed it to Zhao Dan respectfully: "Your Majesty, please have a look."

As soon as the piece of cloth was taken out, a smell of mutton came out, making Zhao Sheng and Lian Po frowned involuntarily.

Zhao Dan didn't feel anything strange, instead he picked up the piece of cloth, looked at it over and over again with a satisfied smile on his face, and handed the piece of cloth to Zhao Sheng who was beside him: "Let's take a look, Lord Pingyuan!" .”

Zhao Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then took the cloth and looked at it for a while, with a strange expression on his face: "Is this cloth made of wool?"

The master craftsman at the side raised his head quite proudly: "Return to Your Majesty, that's right."

Zhao Sheng was a little puzzled and said to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, I heard that there are a few women in the five northern counties who do this matter of wool weaving, but in my opinion, if ordinary people weave cloth, Sangma is enough; silk is enough for nobles; what is the use of this woolen cloth?"

Zhao Dan said with a smile: "What Mr. Pingyuan said is only limited to the Central Plains. I think that mulberry trees cannot be planted in the Monan grassland. If the army of the widowed people goes to the desert and Liaodong in the future, how should they keep out the cold? The widows think that we should will fall on the wool."

Wool is a very warm cloth. At the same time, because Zhao State occupies the most affluent and large area of ​​Monan in the Mongolian grasslands, it also has enough pastures to raise a large number of sheep.

A sheep can be sheared a total of three times a year, and the raw materials produced can be said to be considerable.

The story of sheep cannibalism has already been staged in Western history. Zhao Dan has reason to believe that as long as the fact that wool can make a lot of money is discovered by Zhao's businessmen and nobles, there will be countless people running with a lot of money. To the north of Zhao State.

More importantly, through the production of wool, Zhao Guo can further strengthen the control of the northern grassland area, and through the exchange of the northern grassland and the Central Plains, it can penetrate and assimilate the grassland more powerfully.

Zhao Sheng and Lian Po listened dubiously, obviously not convinced that just a small sheep could bring such earth-shaking changes to the grassland.

Zhao Dan shook his head with a smile, and brought the two important ministers to the last workshop.

The name of this workshop is "Alchemy Workshop".

As soon as he saw the name of this workshop, Zhao Sheng couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face: "Your Majesty is going to take the elixir?"

In this era, alchemists are still very popular.

Not to mention the Warring States period, the entire feudal era of China was 2000 years old, and it was believed that taking the elixir would lead to immortality, and there were definitely not one or two emperors who ate the elixir and killed themselves in the end.

"No." Zhao Dan laughed, and shook his head to deny Zhao Sheng's words: "I just came here today to see something else."

A few people had just entered the gate, when there was a sudden cracking sound, Mao Sui, who was following Zhao Dan, was startled, and immediately drew out the long sword at his waist and stood in front of Zhao Dan.