After visiting the entire Academy of Sciences, Xiangli Guan and Gongshu Qiu roughly understood that they would work together in a new department in the future. Although there was no change in their duties, they were still responsible for research and development and manufacturing of various instruments, but Qin Mo's disciples and Gongshu Qiu The disciples looked at each other, and the disgust in their eyes could not be said to be concealed, it could only be said to be undisguised.
"You will work together here from now on." Ziyou said, looking at the two disciples.
Qin Mo was very suspicious of Zi You because of what happened with Qu Yuuli. Although he disliked Gong Loser, he could only endure it. The disciples of Gong Loser could only say that, but they still felt unconvinced about working with Qin Mo's disciples. , to put it bluntly, it is also a dispute between orthodoxy. Both families are leaders in the field of machine arts. One pursues domineering machine arts and advocates using machine arts to serve the army and the war. It is equivalent to a warmonger. The other pursues non-offensive and advocates using machine arts. Benefiting the people and using their own abilities to prevent unjust wars is equivalent to an ideal mercenary army.
As the saying goes, everything must be compared. The Gongshu family and the Mohist family are not only opposed to each other in terms of orthodoxy, but more importantly, they want to prove that their own skills are higher than the other's.
Ziyou waved to Zhao Gao, who nodded and took out an edict from his sleeve.
"The king's edict."
Gongshujia and Qin Mo's disciples quickly saluted and waited for the edict.
"Gongshu provided ordnance in this battle to destroy Han, and assisted our Qin army in conquering the city. He also invented Sanlang's siege weapon to reduce the casualties of our Qin army. He specially granted Gongshu Qiu Neihou, the title of Iron Success, and exempted Gongshu. He is a domestic slave and a commoner of the Qin State."
Gongshu Chou's eyes widened when he heard this, and a stream of hot tears flowed out of his eyes. The Gongshu Chou disciples behind him also had hot tears in their eyes, and some even cried on the spot. It was not because he was granted the title of marquis, but because the King of Qin exempted them. The slave status of the public loser. The public loser himself was a prisoner of the Qin State. In order to prevent the forging and smelting technology mastered by the country from flowing out, all the seven countries made all the skilled craftsmen slaves. Even if they had titles, their status was still the same. Slave status, the public loser worked so hard to serve the Qin State in the hope that one day he could get rid of his slave status.
The Mohist family is different from the Gongshu family. The Mohist family is a sect, or a major sect among hundreds of schools. They are not skilled craftsmen in the seven kingdoms. When they first settled in Qin, they were also members of the Mohist family, so they were civilians.
"Marquis Tiecheng would like to thank you sir. If he hadn't asked for credit for the public loser in front of the king, he would have proposed the exemption from slavery." Zhao Gao reminded from the side.
Gongshuqiu touched the tears on his face with his machine hand and said to Ziyou as he knelt down on the spot.
"Thank you sir for your kindness to our father-in-law. It is difficult for the father-in-law and loser to repay you. From now on, I am willing to serve Daqin to the death!"
The disciples behind Gongshu Chou also knelt down to Ziyou. They Gongshu Chou finally got rid of their slave status and completed their service for the times. From now on, their descendants no longer need to be craftsmen at birth. They can also study, join the army and enter the court. They gained the freedom they longed for.
"Marquis Tiecheng, please rise. Your Majesty has clear rewards and punishments. As long as he has done meritorious service to the Qin State, he will not be stingy with rewards." Ziyou helped Gong Shuqiu and said.
"My subordinates will remember it," Gong Shuqiu said.
Ziyou looked at Xiangli Guan again and said
"I know that the concepts and orthodoxy between you, Qinnong Hou and Tiecheng Hou, are very different, and you also want to compete in the field of mechanism skills. It is inevitable that you will be dissatisfied with having you working together."
"Don't dare." Xiangli Guan and Gong Shuqiu quickly said with their hands over their hands. Qin Mo and Gong Shuqiu now owed Ziyou a huge debt of gratitude, so naturally they did not dare to refute Ziyou's words.
"Putting you together does not mean that you will put aside your feudalism and turn the feud into friendship, but I hope that you can engage in healthy competition and compete in technology and skills. You all bear the important task of manufacturing Qin's utensils, and armaments, agricultural tools, etc. are all separated from each other. If I don't separate you, I put you together in the hope that you can better contribute to Qin.
I won't care if you compete. Only by competing can you make progress. But I hope you compete on the basis of contribution, skills and technology, rather than in some other places. Craftsmen should win based on skills. " Ziyou said.
"I'll understand." Xiangli Guan and Gong Shuqiu lowered their heads and said. They were relieved when they heard that Ziyou didn't tell them to let go of their prejudices, and encouraged them to compete in the attainments of mechanism skills. They held positions in the Academy of Sciences, but they were just It's just another place to compete, and when I visited just now, there was a huge square where they were testing the items they developed. Isn't the best way to test it is to use the other party's stuff?
The same Ziyou provides them with a reasonable platform for competition. In the past, their competition was a private competition between disciples. Now they can compete openly and openly, which is also a good thing.
"This is Korea's smelting technology and forging technology. Take a look." Ziyou handed over the technology handed over by Han Wangan to Xiangli Guan and Gongshuqiu. Ziyou also had some more advanced smelting technologies in mind, such as the steel frying method. Everyone has a rough impression of steel-making and steel-filling methods, and knows the general production process, but these require extremely high temperatures to melt the iron.
"I see, South Korea's smelting technology relies on such high temperatures. Shen Buhao is not only a great talent in Legalism, but also has extensive research in techniques." Sagari Kan said.
"South Korea's smelting technology is very easy to operate. These weapons atlases need to be studied carefully. In my opinion, there is still room for improvement in the strong crossbow." Gongshuqiu said. As a domineering machine technique, Gongshuqiu is the best at it. The most important thing is the development and transformation of weapons. With South Korea's mature weapon blueprints, they can quickly understand the principles.
Ziyou glanced at Gong Shuqiu and thought of the bows and arrows used by Wang Jian's armor-piercing soldiers in the Mingyue of the Qin Dynasty. They could no longer be said to be bows and arrows. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were ancient versions of hand cannons, especially since they could fire continuously. , and a similar enhanced version of the machine tool crossbow.
"If this smelting technology is applied to farm tools, it can greatly increase the efficiency of the curved shaft plow and reduce the wear and tear of the iron plowshare." Sagasato Kan also said not to be outdone. He must teach the war mongers like the public losers what they know. It's called cleverness being used by the people.
"The arrowheads made with this smelting technology can be tempered to greatly increase their lethality." Gong Shuqiu said not to be outdone.
"But Korean smelting technology adds a certain amount of salt to speed up the cooling when the iron is quenched. This is a good method, but the cost is too high." Sagasato said, the faster the quenching and cooling, the harder the iron will be. The sharpness will also be higher. There are rumors that Chu Mo can forge swords by listening to the wind. The principle is the same.
Salt and iron are strategic materials of the country. They are strictly guarded by all countries and cannot be leaked out at will. The salt production areas of the seven countries are all coastal areas. The reason why Qi State still ranks proudly among the seven countries even after giving up its armaments is relying on the export of salt.
The Qin State did not produce salt locally. It mainly relied on the salt-producing places such as the Ba State and the Chu State's old lands that it captured later, as well as the method of digging wells, collecting brine and boiling salt invented by Li Bing. This allowed Qin State to get rid of the lack of salt. situation, but if it is necessary to use salt to quench the fire, there will be countless salts, which will be a great pressure on Qin.
"Horse urine and grease can be used instead of salt." Ziyou said. The use of horse urine for quenching was first discovered during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It was discovered accidentally, and the forged weapons are sharper and harder.
Xiangli Guan and Gong Shuqiu both looked at Ziyou in surprise. Isn't it a joke to use horse urine to quench the fire?
"You can try it now." Ziyou said.
Ziyou took everyone to the armory, where weapons were being forged. Ziyou mixed the horse urine he found into the water. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the craftsman put the newly formed long sword into the bucket. Under people's gaze, the craftsman took out the cooled sword based on his experience in cooling weapons. Ziyou looked at Gong Shuqiu.
"It's incredible. The cooling time has been so much faster." Gong Shuqiu said in surprise. Several people looked at the cooled long sword and looked at the sharp blade. Although it has not been completely forged yet, it is enough to judge that this The sharpness of the sword.
"The sharpness has increased by more than 30%. If this method is used, the quenching time will be greatly reduced and used to create more weapons." Sagasato said.
After confirming that animal urine can be quenched, Ziyou took everyone back to the Academy of Sciences and said to them
"You study the smelting technology here yourself, and your disciples and tools will be sent over."
"No!" Gongshu Qiu and Xiangli Guan said.
The two began to have a friendly exchange of greetings over the smelting technology and weapons atlas, and each expressed their own opinions. Although the Mohist's technology was more agricultural, it did not mean that they could not make weapons. The weapons they made were not weak. Yu Gong loses, but there are not so many types, otherwise the Mohist family would not be able to stop the war at will during the Spring and Autumn Period.
Seeing that Gong Shuqiu and Xiangli Guanziyou, who had understood his intention and were having a technical discussion, nodded with satisfaction, Ziyou, who thought of something, continued.
"The Academy of Science is related to the foundation of the Qin State. The items developed in it cannot be leaked without the King's order. From today on, no one can enter or exit the Academy without the King's order. Anyone who violates it will be killed. The objects developed in it are also not allowed to be taken out at will. Anyone who violates it will be killed. "
The Academy of Sciences certainly cannot be hidden, and Ziyou has never thought about hiding it. What he wants is for the contention of a hundred schools of thought to continue, so each family must have its own future and competitive track. If you want a long-term future, you must let them The role of it is exposed in the public eye, so as to attract more people to study, but in order to prevent the leakage of the things studied in the Academy of Sciences, it can only be strictly guarded.
"No!" Gongshuqiu and Xiangli Guanyi said after hearing this.
Ziyou motioned for them to continue the discussion, and the two started a heated discussion again. When they got tired, they asked the disciples around them to continue. For a while, Qin Mo and Gongshujia got into a quarrel. Zhao Gao looked at the two families who were vaguely fighting. Said with some worry
"Sir, will something happen?"
"Don't worry, they can't kill anyone. These people have some titles, and they know it, and this is not a fight to the death." Ziyou shook his head and said, if it were a simple public loser fighting with the Mohist family, then it would really happen Dead people, but this is the Academy of Sciences, and they are all officials of the Qin State. If someone accidentally kills someone, they will be punished.
"Send someone to strictly guard this place, and ask Luo Sheng to mobilize an elite team to keep an eye on this place to prevent outsiders from sneaking in, and at the same time monitor everything around." Ziyou said.
"No!" Zhao Gao said.
Ziyou told Ying Zheng about the Academy of Sciences. Ying Zheng immediately mobilized a group of guards to guard it, and asked Hei Bingtai to protect him secretly. Qin Mo and Gong Shujia also knew their important responsibilities and immediately mobilized their disciples. He has settled in the Academy of Sciences and strictly enforces confidentiality agreements and so on.
At this time, Ziyou was thinking about how to improve the smelting technology in the study. After much deliberation, only the steel frying method is most suitable for the current Qin State, because the steel frying method does not require high skills and is suitable for mass production. At the same time, Ziyou He also wrote down the blast furnace and hydraulic blast methods on paper.
Everything is ready today
(End of chapter)
