Great Qin Shi Empress

== Envelope? ·==

Ying Zheng couldn't help but glanced at Lin Qian: Raising Gu?

Heard a new word again.

He doesn't know what Gu is, but combined with his decision just now, he can roughly guess the meaning of the word... a way to throw a group of people together to compete, and then choose the best one among them as the heir?

But in fact, the fundamental purpose of Ying Zheng's method of choosing an heir is not to choose an heir.

At least, not all.

Since the Qi State was taken down, the ministers of military and military affairs in the DPRK and Chinese have all made insinuations on how to govern the world in the future.And many of them faintly revealed the idea that they hoped that he could divide the meritorious officials.

Yingzheng is not stupid, how could it be possible for several generations of Qin kings to work diligently and entrust the country that was built by the strength of the powerful Qin state to others?

Ying Zhenghui suddenly issued such an order in the court. One thing is indeed dissatisfied with you young masters, but he still hopes to use this to tell all the ministers who have moved these thoughts——

He didn't even want to entrust his own son, let alone enfeoff ministers.

But there are always people who are blinded by interests and cannot see through his real purpose.

Wang Wan glanced at Fusu and the others, and stood up after hesitation: "If His Majesty really has the idea of ​​sending the young masters to various parts of the country to practice in order to choose the best successor, it is actually unreasonable for them to start from the humble officials. "

"If you really send the princes to various places incognito, starting with small officials, they may die in the position of small officials, and they may not be able to get promoted. In addition to the rapid expansion of Qin over the past few years, there has been a shortage of too many officials. In addition to allowing many small officials to get more opportunities for promotion, at other times, it is not easy for ordinary small officials to become officials, even if they are only a county lieutenant or a county magistrate."

Li Si, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang Wan in astonishment.

The two have worked together many times over the years, and they have also cultivated some sympathy for working together. Even in view of these sympathies, Li Si also hopes to remind Wang Wan not to say the rest.

But his position was below Wang Wan, not opposite to Wang Wan. When he was facing His Majesty, Li Si couldn't pass it on to Wang Wan even if he winked.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Si coughed softly.

On such a serious occasion, even a slight cough is too eye-catching.

Everyone looked at Li Si in unison.

Ying Zheng looked over straight at him, the expression in his eyes was unclear.

Li Si was startled, and quickly lowered his head.

Only then did Ying Zheng look away: "What Xiangguo said is very true, so do you have a better way?"

After being interrupted by Li Si, Wang Wan already had a bad premonition in his heart. He looked up at Ying Zheng, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should tell his original plan.

Ying Zheng looked at him: "Xiangguo?"

Many officials looked at him.

Many of them were officials who had the same thoughts as him and were waiting for him to speak up.

Wang Wan swallowed her saliva, and said with a lonely voice for a long time: "I think that it is better to send the young masters to various places to hide their names and start from the small officials. How well the various places are governed, and whether the people live and work in peace and contentment under their governance, is more appropriate and more appropriate than letting the princes waste time in the positions of low-level officials."

"The old lands of Yan, Qi, Chu, Yue, etc. are remote, and the central administration of these places cannot achieve effective government orders. It is far more important to entrust the princes to these places, and let them govern the various places on behalf of His Majesty, and appease the people everywhere. The county system is more appropriate."

Ying Zheng glanced at Wang Wan indifferently, then turned to look at the others: "What do you love dears think?"

Li Si quietly raised his head to look at Ying Zheng's expression, and then at Lin Qian's indifferent expression, he became more and more sure of his thoughts.

But there are very few ministers who know Ying Zheng as well as he does.

For example, several ministers who came to Qin from Chu, Dr. Chun Yuyue and others echoed Wang Wan's suggestion.

"The minister also believes that it is far more appropriate for His Majesty to entrust the princes to various places than to let them hide their names from the humble officials."

"It is indeed an excellent way to let you princes govern the more remote Yan, Qi, Chu, Yue and other places."

"Your Majesty divides the land of the princes and makes them kings, which is the best way to govern Yanqi, Chuyue and other places at present."

……

A group of officials chattered a lot, but Ying Zheng didn't get angry.

The other ministers who were thoughtful but did not dare to speak, now that other ministers have said so, His Majesty seems to have no intention of objecting, and they also spoke one after another, and even began to choose fiefdoms for the young masters during the conversation.

For example, Fusu’s birth mother was born in Chu State, so many ministers suggested that she be made king in Chu; The young master has quite a relationship with the Yan Kingdom, so the courtiers suggested that he be entrusted to the Yan Land, so that the people of the Yan Land can feel more at ease; for example...

There was a lot of noise in the court, and everyone's attention was focused on the enfeoffment. Yingzheng's previous idea of ​​"sending the princes anonymously to various places starting from the small officials" was completely ignored.

Lin Qian watched the ministers pick and choose fiefdoms for the princes as if they were dividing pork, his heart beat wildly and his scalp went numb.

She couldn't help looking at Ying Zheng, hoping to see what he was thinking.

But at this time, Ying Zheng's face was expressionless, and even his eyes were calm, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

【Yaoshou, I only knew that some people wanted to restore the feudal system in Qin after the unification of the world, but I didn't expect so many people to agree. 】

[Where are the brains of this group of people? 】

[They want to entrust you sons so much, what are they planning?Wouldn't it be better to work for a prince than to be a sheriff who can control a piece of land?Are you stupid? 】

Lin Qian became more and more speechless as he watched, lowering his brows and lowering his eyes, not daring to get involved in the "carnival" of this group of people.

After a while, seeing that no one noticed something was wrong, she couldn't help but look at Li Si.

After all, in history, the last minister who resisted Wang Wan's reappearance of the enfeoffment system and firmly implemented the county system was Li Si.

And Li Si really couldn't sit still.

The more he listened to the other ministers, the more cold sweat grew on his forehead, and the more worried that His Majesty would get angry later.

[Although I know that there are people who want to make money by entrusting His Majesty to the princes, I didn't expect that there are so many ministers who have this idea. 】

[Are all their minds filled with straw? 】

[Old General Wang Jian, who has made the most contributions and is most likely to be entrusted among us, is here at this moment, and has no intention of getting involved in this matter at all. You people who did not contribute much in the process of unifying the world are here What are you jumping up and down? 】

[Could it be possible that after the young masters get the fief, they can remember your kindness, welcome you into the fief and make you a powerful nobleman? 】

Li Si looked at a group of ministers who were blushing and thick-necked, and kept complaining in his heart, but he was also extremely restless.

At this time, Wang Wan also realized that something was wrong.

He would stand up and propose enfeoffing the young masters, of course he has his own selfish intentions, but he still really thinks that under the current situation, entrusting the young masters to a few places far away from Xianyang is the best choice now.

But when the other ministers also stood up and agreed, and even began to actively choose fiefdoms for the young masters, he realized that...

Things got out of hand.

The current situation looks like he is not making a suggestion that may be approved but also likely to be rejected, but more like he is forming a party for personal gain, attracting many ministers and threatening His Majesty to entrust the princes.

Wang Wan wanted to control the situation, but found that those hot-headed ministers had completely lost their minds.

Looking around, he was not surprised to find that several people he had been friends with in the past, such as Li Si, Feng Jie and others, were looking at him worriedly.

Wang Wan was stunned for a moment, realizing that he had already been framed up and was doomed to fail.

Ying Zheng saw everyone's reactions, and suddenly asked, "Fusu, what do you think?"

Fusu was stunned, unable to react for a while.

It wasn't until Ying Zheng's eyes fell on him that Fu Su finally came to his senses.

He paused, and said: "I personally think that Yan, Qi, Chu, Yue and other places are far away and difficult to manage, and enfeoffment can indeed solve the contradiction in this regard."

Fusu didn't stand in line directly, but the meaning of these words was already very clear.

Lin Qian was stunned, and looked at Fusu in disbelief——

Historians have indeed guessed that Fusu himself supported the enfeoffment system, but because the history books have not clearly recorded it, the historians have always only guessed.

But now, she has personally heard that Fusu is the platform for the enfeoffment system?

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng, it seemed that all this happened because he asked one more question.

So, why did Ying Zheng ask such a question suddenly?

[Do you want to test Fusu, or do you also think that the enfeoffment system is also feasible? 】

Fortunately, Fusu knew very well what the foundation of the Qin State was, so he quickly added: "Although the enfeoffment system can control those remote areas well, it is not as superior as the prefecture and county system. Therefore, Erchen suggested that geographical Places that are farther away from Xianyang can implement the system of enfeoffment, but places closer to Xianyang should continue to implement the system of prefectures and counties."

Lin Qian always felt that Fusu's suggestion was a bit familiar, and it took a while to finally remember——

[Isn’t this the prefecture-state system created in the early days of the Han Dynasty? 】

== · strike out · ==

Ying Zheng glanced at Fusu, then turned to look at Lin Qian.

Lin Qian accidentally met Shang Yingzheng's gaze, was startled, and quickly explained in her heart——

[The Han Dynasty is the dynasty established after the fall of the Qin Dynasty. They learned the lesson of Qin's lack of control over remote areas, and adopted the system of prefectures and counties in parallel with enfeoffment at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty.As Fusu said, they still implement the county system in Xianyang and the surrounding areas that can be tightly controlled, but adopt the enfeoffment system in remote areas where the central jurisdiction is not strong. 】

[This kind of county system did play a certain role in stabilizing the Han Dynasty at the beginning of the establishment of the Han Dynasty. 】

[However, the prefecture and county system is a product of centralized power system, which itself has a fundamental conflict with the enfeoffment system.To a certain extent, the system of prefectures and counties in parallel can be regarded as drinking poison to quench thirst, so the Han Dynasty was only established for more than 20 years, and the princes became the emperor's confidantes, and it was even more so when the Han Dynasty was established. The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out immediately. 】

[Several generations of emperors have been trying to reduce the power of the local princes. It was not until the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the power of the princes was disintegrated through a "tweet order", and this stubborn disease that had entangled the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years was successfully solved. 】

Ying Zheng nodded slightly, indicating that he knew.

Turning his head again, his eyes fell on Fusu.

Although Fusu's system of combining prefectures and counties with enfeoffment is not feasible, it also shows that Fusu is not without its advantages.

He didn't ask any more questions, and turned his gaze to the others.

The other ministers were excited because of Fusu's support for the enfeoffment system, and they all wished that Yingzheng would agree to the matter immediately.

Seeing that the situation was about to get further out of control, Li Si took the initiative to stand up: "I privately think that enfeoffment system is not feasible. In the past, King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou also enfeoffed their descendants at the same time, as well as the establishment of different institutions in the process of overthrowing the Shang Dynasty. Ministers who have made great achievements in the world, but what will be the final result? Whether it is the descendants of the Zhou royal family who were entrusted at the time, or the heroes who shared many good stories with each other, in the end, the relationship with each other will become more and more with the death of the elders. The more alienated?"

"At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, hundreds of vassal states were enfeoffed, but the major vassal states never regarded their neighbors as relatives and friends. To stop the wars between princes and kings."

"And after hundreds of years of war, there were only less than two palms left of the hundreds of countries, and they were annexed one by one by our Great Qin. If your majesty follows the example of the Zhou Dynasty and entrusts the princes and heroes again, won't it be the same in the future? Is it a situation where wars have raged for hundreds of years? The power of the king has fallen, the princes and heroes have risen together, and the people of the world are struggling to survive..."

Li Si looked at Ying Zheng seriously: "Your Majesty, do you want to see this happen again in Daqin?"

"As for the fact that Yan, Qi, Chu, Yue and other countries are too far away from Xianyang, and the government orders cannot be implemented," Li Si took a deep breath, "God bless, now the four seas have been unified under His Majesty's wise leadership, and all parts of the country have been unified. It has been divided into many counties, and the officials in each county are all talented officials sent by His Majesty, isn't this enough to control people's livelihood everywhere?"

"As for the princes and the ministers who have made great contributions, it is already an excellent reward for His Majesty to confer rewards on the city so that they can receive the money, food and taxes collected by the country from all over the place."

"Let the people of the world only recognize Qin and His Majesty, and never have two hearts, which is the only policy for governing the world. Enfeoffing princes is completely opposite to this, and it has long been out of date."

Feng Quji, Wang Jian and others knelt quietly in their seats. The ministers, who were deaf to the commotion, saw Li Si's voice, so they agreed.

Seeing this, the other ministers finally realized something was wrong.

But Yingzheng didn't give them a chance to retort, and said directly: "The people of the world have suffered countless hardships due to the continuous wars in various countries. Now it is hard to unify the world and calm the world. If the widow now re-entrusts you sons, how can you do that?" Aren’t you causing trouble for yourself and planting disasters for the future? If things go on like this, how can the people rest and recuperate?”

"Li Tingwei's claim is more in line with Qin's situation, and the issue of enfeoffment cannot be mentioned in the future."

Lin Qian saw that Yingzheng directly chose the county system, so he followed up and said: "In fact, the fate of the Zhou Dynasty is enough to prove the failure of the enfeoffment system. This policy has been implemented in the middle and late stages, whether it is the rule of the royal family or the princes. Both safety and people’s lives are harmful and useless. Hundreds of years of wars have caused losses such as population consumption, abandoned farmland, and economic stagnation. If you count them in detail, it is definitely an unbelievable astronomical figure. Our There is absolutely no need for the Qin Dynasty to repeat the mistakes of the Zhou Dynasty."

"As for the problem of unreasonable government orders in remote areas, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Since you ministers have seen this problem, why don't you think of a solution? Even building roads across the country and improving transportation around the country are far better than recreating the enfeoffment system, right? "

Chunyu looked at Lin Qian sharply: "Building roads? Does Marquis Gu Feng know how much manpower and material resources are needed to build a road, and how much time will it take? Let alone building roads across the country!"

Lin Qian's eyebrows twitched, and she didn't understand why this person suddenly became angry at him as if he had eaten explosives.

but……

She really knows how much manpower, material resources and time it takes to build a road during the Warring States Period. After all, the basic information of the famous "Qin Zhidao" in later generations is about to be ripped apart——

After Yingzheng unified the world, in order to prevent the Huns from invading, he ordered Meng Tian to take 30 soldiers to build it in two years. The Qinzhi Road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan County did consume too much manpower and material resources.But the reason for this situation is that at this time, road construction is entirely dependent on manpower, and the method of building roads is completely the same as the construction of city walls. The "layer by layer rammed earth" method.

Even if the Qin Zhi Road does not need to be rammed too thick, the total length of the Qin Zhi Road is 736 kilometers. How many city walls can this support?

If other roads also fully adopt the method of building Qin Zhidao, then Lin Qian's proposal to build roads in remote areas will indeed make people feel "why not eat minced meat".

But isn't it, does she know of a better raw material for building roads?

Lin Qian offered to suggest: "Weichen knows a material called cement, which was in the form of powder at first, but after adding river sand, small stones and water and mixing it evenly in a certain proportion, it was placed in the air, and it was It won't take long to solidify and become dry and hard, and its hardness can even be compared with bluestone slabs."

"And the formula of this cement is also very simple, Wei Chen knows two of them."

"One of them is to mix volcanic ash and lime according to a certain ratio, and the other is to mix limestone and clay according to a certain ratio, and then go through steps such as crushing, batching, and grinding, and then send it to a high-temperature kiln for calcination. Add a certain proportion of gypsum."

"Now that Qin is ruling the world, it shouldn't be hard to find whether it's volcanic ash, limestone or gypsum?"

"The only problem may be the construction of the high-temperature kiln, but," Lin Qian looked at the Mohist giant who had been wandering in the sky, and said with a smile, "the existing pottery kiln can already reach the temperature of calcining cement. I believe there is a Mohist giant. Now, they must be able to transform the pottery kiln into a kiln that is more suitable for calcining cement."

The Mohist giant was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lin Qian in surprise: "Is what Gu Fenghou said true?"

Lin Qian laughed: "It's absolutely true."

The calcination of cement at [-] degrees is enough, while the calcination temperature of pottery kiln has reached [-] degrees.

Although it is not stable, it must not be less than [-] degrees.

Therefore, it is feasible to transform a ceramic kiln into a kiln dedicated to calcining cement, and it is not a fantasy.

Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian: "The cement you mentioned really has such a good effect?"

Lin Qian turned her head: "Return to Your Majesty, indeed there is!"

[Concrete is about to be written badly in various time-traveling novels. Some people even call cement, glass, and soap together as a three-piece set necessary for time-traveling. The role it can play in infrastructure is unimaginable. . 】

Ying Zheng frowned: A three-piece suit is necessary for time travel?Cement, glass and soap?

What is this all about?

But I have to say that Yingzheng's interest in cement has been completely lifted.

Oh, and glass and soap.

However, there is no need to worry about the other two things for the time being. You can ask slowly when you have the opportunity in the future. Cement is the most important thing now.

Yingzheng turned his head to look at Juzi of the Mohist family: "After the court is over, Juzi will discuss with Marquis Gu Feng how to produce cement. If this product really has such an effect, and the raw materials really only need volcanic ash and limestone, etc. Even building roads across the country is not impossible.”

After the Juzi of the Mo family was captured from the state of Qi, he was always worried.

Now that Tianxiang is working, not only does he not feel bored, but he is instantly happy: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will live up to my trust!"

Ying Zheng nodded, and then set his sights on Chun Yuyue.

After Chun Yuyue accused Lin Qian earlier, he found that Lin Qian was not as embarrassed and angry as he expected, and he was already faintly flustered; when Lin Qian directly opened his mouth and took out the cement formula, he even more instantly Overwhelmed by unseen regrets—

You said that he knew that Marquis Gu Feng could always come up with some weird but useful things, so how could he be so stupid to treat her like a persimmon and get angry at her?

Now meeting His Majesty's gaze, the sweat on Chun Yuyue's forehead almost flowed into his eyes.

But under Ying Zheng's gaze, he didn't even dare to wipe it.

Ying Zheng twitched his lips, looked at Wang Wan and Chun Yuyue, and said directly for a while, "Since Dr. Chunyu is so concerned about the safety of Yanqi, Chuyue and other places, wait until the Mohist Juzi calcines the cement. , let you go to Yandi and take charge of the construction of the road from Xianyang to Yandi."

After saying this, he stopped paying attention to this matter and turned to discuss other matters after unification with the courtiers.

For example, after discussing with his courtiers, he decided to implement the Qin calendar throughout the country. All regions regard October as the first month, and courtiers must enter the court to celebrate on the first day of October every year; The virtue of water, which is in harmony with the virtue of fire, should be respected. Water of the five elements belongs to Xuan and black, so the Qin Dynasty respected black, and clothes, Jingjing, festival flags and other things should be changed to black; "Six" is the standard, "talismans and dharma crowns are both six inches long, while public figures are six feet long, six feet are steps, and six horses are used" [quote Historical Records];

For example, an official order was issued to divide the country into 36 counties, and the civilians were changed to "the head of Guizhou"; In the Xianyang Palace, he also ordered that the families of 12 rich people in the world be relocated to Xianyang to settle down in order to stabilize the administration of officials in various places.

Of course, the most important policies such as the same text of books, the same track of cars, and the unification of weights and measures were all issued at this court meeting.

When all the details were almost discussed, the court meeting finally came to an end.

By this time, the sky was already dark.

Everyone left the meeting hall wearily, all of them looked sluggish, as if they could lie on the couch and sleep in the dark immediately after returning home.

After Lin Qian left the conference hall, she originally planned to go back to the hall to rest, but she didn't want to see Li Si, Feng Quji, Feng Jie and others all gathered around Wang Wan, seeming to be talking to him.

She was a little hesitant, wondering if she should step forward to comfort Wang Wan.

Because obviously, whether Wang Wan is voluntary or not, he has become the "leader" of the ministers who want to enfeoff in Qin State. Yingzheng may not punish him, but he will definitely not let Wang Wan continue to sit. In the position of Xiangguo.

Li Si saw her at a glance, and immediately waved to Lin Qian with a smile.

After Lin Qian hesitated, she still raised her foot and walked over.

She glanced at Wang Wan with some worry. She was worried that he was in a bad mood, but she didn't expect that Wang Wan's complexion was not bad at this time?

Wang Wan smiled at Lin Qian: "You don't have to worry about me, Marquis Gu Feng. I'm old, and I should have sent scholars home for the elderly in the past two years, but now it's just a year or two earlier, which is not much. Something worth noting."

Lin Qian glanced at Wang Wan, still feeling a little pity.

Wang Wan directly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, the cement mentioned by Marquis Gu Feng sounds very miraculous. If it can be used to build roads, His Majesty's control over the old land of the Six Kingdoms will be strengthened. As long as it is carefully managed for a few years , Those hidden dangers are no longer a big problem, and there is really no need to implement a system with great hidden dangers such as the enfeoffment system."

Lin Qian paused, a little sorry: "I should have said it earlier."

Wang Wan was amused: "I didn't intend to ask you to incriminate me. This is because I was blinded by interests and didn't think about the whole thing. What does it have to do with you?"

Li Si and the others saw that the conversation was about to continue, so they hurriedly interrupted and asked about the properties of cement.

It was not until they reached the entrance of the hall that Lin Qian separated from them.

But Lin Qian went back to the side hall and took a nap. When he woke up the next day, someone told him that Xiang Wangwan suddenly had a high fever in the middle of the night, and this time his condition was dangerous. From the time he found out that he was sick in the middle of the night until the morning, he almost died several times.

When her condition eased, Wang Wan, who had been walking around before the gate of hell, directly handed over the memorial of resignation to Ying Zheng, and decided to send the scholar home to spend the last few years of his life well.

Lin Qian didn't know whether this was true or not, but Ying Zheng only sent someone to visit Wang Wan's house a few times after receiving the memorial, but he didn't say anything to persuade him to stay, but it was a firm fact.

Within a few days, Ying Zheng promoted Feng Quji and Li Si to the left and right prime ministers respectively, and agreed to Wang Wan's resignation.

==·Help·==

Because Zhang Liang managed Sishui County quite well in the past year, he was successfully recommended by Wang Wan, and was able to enter the court to serve as Li Si's court lieutenant.

Lin Qian also got a promotion——

She was originally an official of Zhi Su Nei Shi, one of the nine ministers. Although most of the time she can be on an equal footing with Zhi Su Nei Shi because of her title, Taicang Cheng is only Taicang Cheng after all.

But after Li Si and Feng Quji were promoted, Lin Qian was directly promoted by Ying Zheng to the post of Shaofu, one of the Nine Ministers.

The so-called Shaofu is mainly responsible for the emperor's diet and daily life.

There are many subordinates under its jurisdiction, from the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation to the transfer of personnel in the palace, to the imperial physician who is in charge of seeking medical treatment for everyone in the palace, the imperial physician's order, the arrangement and rehearsal of court music personnel, and even...

Water affairs in the counties?

It's all under her control.

Lin Qian: "..."

At the same time, the position that Ying Zheng returned to Lin Qian was directly promoted to Beauty.

Except for the queen, this is the highest position.

If it was said that Lin Qian was promoted to Shaofu, although she was in a complicated mood, she was still mostly happy. She felt a little ashamed when she was promoted to the beauty by Ying Zheng without doing anything.

But Jin Feng's imperial edict has been issued, so she can't ask Ying Zheng to take it back, right?

So these days, Lin Qian has been a little embarrassed.

But fortunately, she was busy with Mohist Juzi to study how to modify the kiln for firing cement, so she went out early and returned late every day, but she didn't need to meet Ying Zheng too much——

After all, the world was initially settled, and Ying Zheng himself was very busy.

is really busy.

During this period, Lin Qian was busy almost every day until it was dark before returning to the palace, but every time she returned to the palace, the main hall was still brightly lit, obviously Ying Zheng was reviewing official documents.

Moreover, Lin Qian has observed that Ying Zheng reviews official documents almost every day until late at night. Sometimes when Lin Qian wakes up in the early morning, he may find that he is still processing official documents with a candle.

But helplessly, Lin Qian didn't seem to be able to do anything other than hand over many nourishing and nutritious recipes to the kitchen and ask them to make more delicious food for Ying Zheng to nourish his body.

Early in the morning, Lin Qian woke up and saw that the main hall was still quiet, but the candles were still burning hard, so he knew that Ying Zheng had stayed up all night.

She sighed with some displeasure, and told Lin Mo to go to the kitchen to cook more delicious food, and then began to wash.

When Lin Mo came back with three servings of food, Lin Qian asked her to keep one and took the other two to the main hall.

Hearing the footsteps, Ying Zheng raised his head in dissatisfaction, and found that it was Lin Qian who eased his face: "Aren't you studying with the Mohist giant how to modify the kiln for calcining cement? Why come here when you are free?"

Lin Qian put the food on the table next to him, and explained: "Yesterday, the Mohist giant has remodeled the kiln, and the only thing left is to determine the ratio of various raw materials for cement. For this matter, find a few more people to test it a few times. I can do it, and I can't help Juzi much, so I'm not in a hurry to get there."

Ying Zheng glanced at her: "Really?"

Lin Qian was a little embarrassed: "Do I have to lie to you?"

But above her head, the little Lin Qian had already covered her face in embarrassment, so that people could tell at a glance that she had lied.

A smile flashed across Ying Zheng's eyes, but he didn't pursue it.

Lin Qian breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Skipping breakfast will affect your health. You stayed up late yesterday. Let's eat breakfast later to rest. You are so tired, it is not good for your health, it is easy..."

【Should be discounted. 】

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and looked straight at her.

Lin Qian avoided his sight and put the food on the table: "I'm hungry, why don't you go to work after eating?"

Ying Zheng glanced at her again, then put down the official document and walked across to Lin Qian.

The two finished their meal in peace, Lin Qian called the servant to clean up the dishes, and hurried out of the palace by herself.

When she arrived at the office of the Mo family, she got out of the carriage and saw the giant of the Mo family standing at the door.

Lin Qian was startled, and hurried over: "I'm late today, I'm sorry."

Juzi shook his head and walked back: "It's okay, it's fine if you come. Come with me quickly to see if the clay they sent is usable, and they sent a lot of limestone today. I saw some Wet, I don't know if it can be sent to the kiln for calcination..."

Lin Qian hurriedly chased after her, and quickly entered the working state.

……

Lin Qian didn't lie to Ying Zheng this morning, she and Mohist Juzi had indeed made a kiln for firing cement——

Although the effect of firing is not yet known.

The kiln has indeed been improved almost, and now only the physical operation is left to test whether there are other details of the kiln that have not been done well. There is really no need for her to come here too early today.

But what she didn't say was that Juzi Mojia reminded Lin Qian last night that someone might send volcanic ash, clay and limestone collected from other places today.If the things arrive, they will start calcining cement today. Although the work is not as busy as before, it is definitely not easy.

But there's no need to tell Ying Zheng about this.

Lin Qian and Mohist Juzi came to the place where the volcanic ash and other things were stored, and soon began to get busy.

In about two or three days, they mixed the first cement with volcanic ash and lime.

There may be some problems with the raw material ratio of this cement. After the cement is mixed with sand, stones, and water, it is left open and placed outside.

Such a finished product certainly cannot be used for paving.

The two quickly got back to work with a group of Mohist children. It was not until half a month later that they finally fired a cement with the same effect as Lin Qian said before.

Just in case, Mo Jiaju stopped Lin Qian who wanted to tell Yingzheng the good news, and directly used freshly fired cement to spread a layer of cement and sand on the floor of the room where he usually worked. After smoothing the surface, open the doors and windows and wait for the cement to dry naturally.

……

While waiting to see the effect of the cement, Lin Qian received a message from Hua asking for help——

Because the civilization level of Hua's world is limited, what Lin Qian can get in exchange is not only the surplus food that Hua's tribe grows every year, but also the seeds of various new plants, so it has not been mentioned many times, but the two These years have indeed been in contact and transactions, and the relationship has been maintained very well.

So Lin Qian panicked when she received Hua's request for help.

She quickly asked Hua: "What happened to your tribe? Why do other tribes want to attack you?"

Hua seemed to have been waiting for Lin Qian's reply, so after Lin Qian sent a message, she immediately told Lin Qian all the ins and outs of the matter.

"It has been raining heavily on our side this year, and the river has risen, flooding all the nearby land. Except for winter, many tribes have no habit of storing food at all, so other tribes were not only drowned by the flood, but also injured a lot. people, and many others are starving to death for lack of food."

"However, in order to store food, our tribe has been digging caves in the mountains all these years. This time there was a flood, because the migration was timely and there was food, so the tribesmen have not lost their staff."

"But just a while ago, I don't know how the news leaked out. Many tribes came near our tribe."

"They gang up and want to grab our food."

Lin Qian was stunned for a long time before realizing that in the primitive world, the jungle was so prey to the weak, and it was indeed possible for people from other tribes to directly rob Hua's tribe in order to survive.

She was a little anxious: "But what can I help you with? Do you want to trade weapons with me?"

Lin Qian became a little worried——

It's not that she doesn't want to give Hua weapons, but Ying Zheng ordered all the weapons from all over the country to be confiscated in Xianyang to be turned into bronze figures and other utensils a few days ago. Now all kinds of weapons are under control, a few bronzes The sword is okay, if she wants a large number of bronze weapons that can change the situation of the battle, then she has to go to Ying Zheng.

But the problem is that Ying Zheng may not be willing to use weapons to trade with Hua those seeds that the Qin Dynasty is not in short supply.

But always try.

Lin Qian thought so, and was about to get up to find Ying Zheng.

Hua directly denied Lin Qian's guess: "The patriarch and I don't want to have conflicts with other tribes, nor do we want to see any tribe lose their lives because of the war, so I thought, can I ask you to exchange some beautiful ones?" cloth."

Lin Qian: "Huh? There is going to be a war soon, you and I will exchange cloth?"

Hua was a little embarrassed: "Because a large tribe has migrated nearby, they have already started planting a long time ago, and they also have food reserves.