Daqin Engineering Corps

Does this mean it's broken?

How about not breaking it?

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Bing felt that it was better not to say anything.

Not to mention that this is the foundation of the farm family, breaking or persuading them may mean the dissolution of the farm family.

Besides, what if you don't tell the truth?

Although they don't know the truth, at least there are still such a group of people working hard to study the way of farming.

At least there is such a group of people who are willing to share their worries for farmers.

At least there is such a group of people who strive for their ideals.

At this moment, Shen Bing suddenly discovered that the peasants were quite cute.

Chapter 90 Dilemma

Shen Bing sighed secretly while listening to Xu Yinglie counting the achievements of the farm family over the past century:

This peasant family is destined to be a school with no future and no future.

The reason is not only that Shen Bing knew that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would "abandon the Confucianism" in a hundred years, but also because Shen Bing understood what the rise of the peasant family meant...

During the period of war when agricultural production was underdeveloped, the ruling class really needed farmers.

Because farmers can bring them higher yields, more food and even more stable people's hearts.

These are all conducive to the rule of the ruling class, and can even become the basis for their conquests and mergers.

But that is not the case when agriculture develops to a certain extent or enters a period of peace.

The development of agriculture means that the people have learned production technology.

After learning it, it has been widely circulated among the people that it can't be erased even if you want to, so the farmhouse has lost its use value.

More importantly, the ruling class's requirements for agricultural technology in peacetime are not so high and not so urgent.

For example, at this time, the state of Qin is facing the situation in the three counties of Handan...

If it is in peacetime, drought will be drought, who can blame if it does not rain?

It would be great if we could give some food for disaster relief.

Or move the people in the disaster-stricken area to Qin State, just as Qin State still has a large area of ​​land that no one cultivates.

However, because of the war, Yingzheng urgently wanted to launch a war based on the three counties.

To start a war someone had to have food.

Therefore, it is impossible to relieve the disaster, let alone move the people to Qin.

All Yingzheng can do is to transfer Xu Ying to the three counties to fight the drought, hoping to increase the production through the technical management of the farmers.

What is more serious is: the ruling class will never allow "forming a party for personal gain" in peacetime.

So what kind of Taoism, miscellaneous schools, yin and yang schools... all may "form cliques for personal gain".

The peasant family is even more "forming a party for personal gain" in "forming a party for personal gain".

Farmers all over the world listen to you. One day, they will rise up and rise up by shouting, "The king and the general Xiangning have a kind!" Do you want to be the king and the emperor?

In terms of preventing "party formation and self-interest", Qin is the best among the countries.

Qin law has "Strictly Prohibit Private Fighting".

The "private fight" here does not mean that two people have disputes and fights in private, which cannot be controlled by anyone and cannot be banned.

The so-called "private fighting" refers to "Yi Dou", that is, organized and large-scale private fighting by forming cliques.

In the Qin Dynasty, because of the [-]th military merit title system, many common people had titles, fiefs, and servants.

These people with titles and fiefdoms have actually been promoted to feudal landlords.

However, disputes between landlords and landlords often occurred over issues such as water sources and land fiefs, and it was commonplace to form cliques and fight privately.

Maybe it didn't matter at first, but it was just a few small landlords fighting in groups.

But if it is left unchecked, it will soon appear that the big fish eat the small fish.

In the future, the small fish will disappear and the big fish will get bigger and bigger... It will be too late to deal with it when the "big fish" can separate one side.

Therefore, "private fighting is strictly prohibited" is to maintain local law and order on the surface, but in fact it justifiably kills "big fish" in the crib.

It is precisely for this reason that there will be a subsequent "removal of a hundred schools of thought that only respect Confucianism".

In other words, if the farm is not prosperous, it will be fine, and if it is prosperous...

It's irony, blatant irony.

The peasant family headed by Xu Ying thought that the development of agriculture could eliminate war.

He didn't know that it was precisely because of the war that the peasant family was needed, that the peasant family had a reason and necessity for its existence.

If war is eliminated... it almost means the elimination of farming.

At this time, Xu Ying's opening speech was coming to an end.

"The old man is convening here to talk about agriculture and agriculture to relieve the urgent need of the drought in the three counties."

"I don't want the engineers to build the waterwheel first and then overturn it. The drought in the three counties is no longer a concern."

"After you talk about farming, you can bring the waterwheel and the method of turning over the cart back to various places to benefit the people of one side."

"Today, I am honored to invite the engineer to come in person. If you have any doubts, you can take this opportunity to ask."

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Shen Bing secretly thought that it was useful to invite me to participate in the discussion on agriculture, as a free lecturer?

However, Shen Bing couldn't refuse at this point, so he had to answer the questions raised by the gods one by one.

Usually, Shen Bing can easily answer the question. The waterwheel is not a complicated thing in the first place, and there are only a few things when it is taken apart, but there are still some questions that are a little new.

"Master, if the territory does not produce bamboo, how can we use bamboo tubes to scoop water?"

"Replace it with a wooden barrel?"

This made Shen Bing hesitate.

It is indeed a trouble not to produce bamboo. In ancient times, the transportation was not as convenient as it is in modern times. There are a lot of bamboo when the train is transported.

It is also unrealistic to use wooden barrels instead.

Because the production of wooden barrels requires filing the planks into concave shapes one by one, splicing them into barrels and then binding them tightly with hemp rope.

This is quite a lot of work in the era of purely handmade, and the waterwheel needs to use many wooden barrels.

After thinking about it, Shen Bing replied:

"Can be replaced by a square barrel."

Then he put his right hand on top of his left and explained:

"The two ends are closed, and the straight and vertical horizontal plates are slightly inclined upwards, so that water can be stored and poured like a bamboo tube."

In fact, this requires a little ability to "infer other things from one instance". In life, round wooden barrels are needed, but waterwheels are not needed. Even if they are not tight enough, some water will leak.

A group of farm disciples were also learned people, and they immediately understood how to operate, and they all nodded in praise.

At this time, Zhang Ge made a "hum" and asked:

"I don't know if the engineer has any ideas about the embarrassing situation of the three counties' farmland and Xiutian?"

Xu Ying glanced at Zhang Ge unexpectedly, and said:

"Zhang Ge, this is a question about farming. How can I ask the engineer?"

No wonder Xu Ying was surprised.

Tuntian and Xiutian were issues discussed and negotiated between Xu Ying and Wang Jian, and it would be embarrassing to ask Shen Bing.

Zhang Ge cupped his hands and replied:

"Sir, besides the drought, the current emergency in the three counties is the plan to shut down the fields."

"What's the harm in asking?"

"Brainstorming and discussing may lead to a solution."

Although Xu Ying was a little dissatisfied, she nodded after hearing what Zhang Ge said made sense.

Shen Bing was stunned, he didn't know what was going on with the embarrassing situation of farming and resting the fields.

Seeing this, Xu Ying explained:

"If it is common sense, I should only farm half of the fields this year."

"The other half will be planted next year, so that the fertility of the arable land can be maintained alternately."

"But the general has strictly ordered that all cultivated land be garrisoned."

"In this way..."

After saying this, Shen Bing understood.

Wang Jian is anxious to increase production next year because of the war next year.

In order to ensure the sustainability of the cultivated land and at the same time ensure the output, it is required that the cultivated land must be cultivated for one year and rested for one year.

So there is a conflict:

If all the fields are harvested this year, what will happen next year?

There are also years after the next year, the year after the next year... The fertility gradually decreases, so the output is not as good as the year after year.

Chapter 91 The Daita Method

"Why not fertilize?" Shen Bing replied without thinking.

It is common sense to fertilize when the fertility is insufficient.

But Shen Bing immediately realized that it was not that simple.

On the one hand, it was because Xu Ying and the others didn't respond, while Zhang Ge had a smug look on his face.

On the other hand, Shen Bing thought that if fertilization could solve the problem, the farmers would not wait until now.

Sure enough, Xu Ying replied:

"Master, although fertilizing is good, but the fertilizer is far less than the arable land!"

Shen Bing was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it, he understood the problem.

It's not that the Qin people don't know how to use manure to fertilize, and it's not that they don't have toilets, but they often solve them in the wild.

Men go out early and return late to work in the fields, so they can't run all the way back to use the toilet during the period.

This is especially true for the army. When they march, they build a simple toilet at will, and when they march, they build another... As a result, there is naturally not enough farm manure when they are farming.

But this is not a problem for Shen Bing.

"You can make compost!" Shen Bing said.

Retting is a simple method of accumulating and making fertilizer commonly used in ancient my country. However, agricultural production was backward in Qin Dynasty, and there was obviously no retting technology.

Xu Yingqi asked: "What is retting?"

Shen Bing replied:

"It is to collect human waste, rotten leaves, animal waste and weeds and other mixed accumulations."

"Then seal it with paste and let it rot, and it will become fat in ten days."

Xu Ying looked at Shen Bing dubiously:

"This...is really fattening?"

Zhang Ge said with a smile: