Daqin Engineering Corps

Those 30 sets of armor... [-] yuan?

Shen Bing couldn't help cursing secretly:

"30 million dollars?!"

"Where can I find so much money?"

For the first time in this world, Shen Bing was stumped by money.

Chapter 166 Good Business

Shen Bing's first reaction was to look for Yang Duanhe.

Since he was asked to form a naval army, he still needed some operating funds, right? !

But after thinking about it, he shook his head and dismissed the idea.

这30万钱可不是笔小数目，这时代一公斤米大概5钱左右，一副胸甲大概1344钱。30万钱都够买200多套胸甲了。

If Yang Duanhe asked for this, he would definitely be dismissed as "illegal".

Then Shen Bing wondered if he could let the soldiers make it up by themselves.

This is an idea to save money, because soldiers are laborers who eat state salaries equivalent to free labor, so these wages can be saved.

The problem is that this is armor.

It’s fine if you’re weaving baskets, as long as you can make do with the weaving, it’s fine.

However, armor weaving can be quite difficult and requires a skilled artist, and it also requires a special way of interlacing warp and weft, especially the shaped "helmet", "mask", and "shoulder".

These are not things that can be accomplished only by physical strength and time.

If the editing is not up to standard, it will kill people on the battlefield.

What's more, this will waste a lot of training time for soldiers.

This is also undesirable.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, where can I find so much money in a while?

Then Shen Bing frowned, knowing what he was going to do.

Thinking of Shen Bing without any hesitation, he immediately got up and walked towards the Bian River.

It was the afternoon, and the sailors were busy making and testing ships under the guidance of Cang and other craftsmen.

Wei Xing took a few soldiers to command and coordinate, and everyone was extremely busy.

A group of soldiers saluted Shen Bing coming up.

Seeing Shen Bing, Wei Xing ran up to meet Shen Bing, cupped his hands and said:

"Lieutenant, the soldiers have been good at shipbuilding skills in the past few days."

"Most people can already make a warship with wheels in a day and a half."

Shen Bing's attention was not here, he looked at the bark of the tree that had been cut all over the place by the river, and ordered:

"Gather the bark!"

Wei Wei responded and said:

"Don't worry, lieutenant, I will burn them all down..."

Shen Bing interrupted Wei Xi's words:

"It didn't let you burn it down, but it was useful."

Wei Wei couldn't help being stunned when he heard that, what else can these barks be used for?

Shen Bing didn't explain, and beckoned for the fat man to come over.

Fatty Tun came up with a limp, but his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he called out "Master" in a very embarrassing manner.

Shen Bing asked puzzledly:

"What's wrong with you?"

Fatty Tun replied awkwardly:

"My apprentice was injured while riding a horse..."

"But it doesn't matter, the apprentice can finally climb on the horseback!"

Shen Bing let out an "oh".

Practicing horse riding with Fatty Tuen's figure...it's really hard for him.

But that's another matter. Shen Bing patted Fatty Tun's shoulder as encouragement, and then said:

"I'm going to ask you to buy some things, I don't know..."

Before Shen Bing finished talking about Fatty Tun, he replied:

"Although the master orders, the apprentice will definitely arrange everything for the master!"

Shen Bing let out a "hmm", sorted out his thoughts and said:

"Ten large wooden barrels, five stone quicklime, ten steaming barrels, and more fishing nets."

"That's all for now."

"Also... can I pay on credit?"

Fatty Tun patted his chest:

"Master, don't worry, if you can't do this little thing well for your master, I will be ashamed to trust you."

Shen Bing nodded.

However, he was still a little worried that the fat man would be in trouble, so he sent Ren and a few others to go with them in a carriage, and if it was impossible, they would use the carriage as collateral.

This soldier is really poor, and the rewards of Shen Bing Jinjue, such as food and land, are in his hometown, but now he can't get the money.

But having said that, there is no need to use money when serving as a soldier abroad, even being an official is no exception, which is rare for Shen Bing.

How could Shen Bing have thought that these things are really troublesome for Fatty Tun, and in just two sticks of incense, Fatty Tun called more than a dozen carriages in, and his servants moved the wooden barrels and the like requested by Shen Bing into the barracks set it up.

Followed by a businessman dressed in Chinese clothes commanding.

Then Fatty Tun stepped forward and cupped his hands at Shen Bing:

"Master, that businessman's name is Yuntian (tián)."

"He heard from Tuer that you were serving as a lieutenant in the army, no matter how Tuer refused, he would follow..."

"Did the master see it or not?"

Shen Bing looked in the direction of the businessman, he saw that the businessman was quite polite, he didn't dare to go forward without Shen Bing's message, but bowed in this direction from a distance.

Shen Bing asked:

"Is it your friend?"

Fatty Tun replied:

"I have business dealings with my father."

"It's his apprentice who went to his place on credit, but I didn't want to cause trouble for the master."

Shen Bing originally wanted to send the good businessman back, but after thinking about it, he might be needed in the future, so he nodded and said:

"Let him come over!"

Fatty Tun responded, then turned around and waved to the businessman.

The businessman was overjoyed, he bowed his hands and stepped forward quickly, and made a big gift in front of Shen Bing, saying:

"Yun Tian sees the captain!"

"Yun Tian has heard the name of the captain for a long time, so he came here uninvited to see his true face. I hope the captain will forgive me."

Shen Bing was a little puzzled:

"You know me?"

Cloud replied:

"The lieutenant was joking. Ever since the lieutenant made the water truck and overturned it, Yun Tian has been familiar with the name of the lieutenant and admired him very much."

"I'm not afraid that the captain will laugh at me. Yun Tian also used water trucks and overturned trucks to make some spare money."

Shen Bing said "oh", this happened in Zhao country too, I don't want it to spread to Wei country so soon.

But now, no matter Zhao State or Wei State, they have become Qin State.

These businessmen, such as the clouds in front of them, probably want to find some backers in the army because of their low social status.

This is actually the ancient money power transaction.

But it's just those wooden barrels... that really underestimated me, Shen Bing.

In any case, it will take a few carts of gold and a few beauties... especially beauties, so you can bribe me, Shen Bing!

Thinking of Shen Bing, he smiled and said:

"These things are what I, Shen Bing, owe you."

"I will pay you back the money I owe in a few days."

Shen Bing originally thought that Yun Tian would say a few polite words such as not paying it back, but he didn't want that Yun Tian to say nothing, he just responded respectfully and then retreated respectfully.

This aroused Shen Bing's interest.

So after Yun Tian left, Shen Bing asked Fatty Tun:

"Who is this cloud?"

Fatty Tun replied:

"Master, have you heard of Bai Gui?"

"This cloud is Bai Gui's disciple."

Only then did Shen Bing realize that he seemed to have wrongly blamed that cloud.

He had heard of Bai Gui, who was a representative of good merchants in the Warring States Period.

The so-called good merchant is a conscientious merchant, and it is said that he is a disciple of Guiguzi, who can use the learned art of war in commercial transactions.

His conditions for accepting disciples are very strict, and they must satisfy him in all aspects such as character, EQ, and IQ.

Therefore, if this cloud is Bai Gui's disciple, there is a high probability that he is not the kind of person Shen Bing thinks.

But put that aside for now.

Shen Bing waved his hands around and ordered:

"Gather the bark together!"

Chapter 167 Information Revolution

As soon as the bark was gathered, Shen Bing asked the soldiers to chop it up.

I used a hatchet and chopped it on the sawn log, just like chopping dumpling stuffing.

The soldiers thought it was to practice their strength, so they all chopped it happily.

It wasn't until Shen Bing put all the chopped bark into a large wooden barrel and soaked it in lime water that they discovered that this was not the case.

Wei Wei asked curiously:

"Captain, these barks..."

Shen Bing couldn't explain it clearly.

Because this is his first time making paper, although he knows the process, he is not sure whether it will be successful, so he just replied:

"I have my own magic."