The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 618 Afang Girl [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

"In comparison, I am more curious about where the army got so many high-quality and low-cost armors!" Yang Duanhe looked at the reorganized army with a smile on his face.

Eight armored battalions, not counting the changes in other types of troops.

Thirty thousand soldiers are charging into the battle. Let me ask you, among all the princes in the world, who can stop them?
"We need to ask where Jun Bing got it from!" Wang Jian also stopped smiling.

Bingzhou is not rich in minerals, but it can provide so many military supplies, and sell them to them at extremely low prices. This can only mean that Bingzhou has more!
Moreover, unlike the bronze armor that is popular nowadays, the armor provided by Bingzhou is lighter and stronger.

As soon as the Military Works Supervisor got the Bingzhou armor, he took back several sets for research.

What we know now is that these armors are not forged with copper ore, but iron ore!

However, the temperature required for smelting iron ore is very high, and it is difficult to meet the temperature requirements in general places.

This means that Bingzhou has mastered a certain technology to increase the furnace temperature, allowing iron smelting technology to be mass-produced.

"In fact, there is no need for the Qin Dynasty to steal skills in secret!" Meng Tian and Meng Yi couldn't stand it anymore.

When Bingzhou sent the iron armor, they knew that Qin would definitely take it back for research.

The problem is that iron smelting can be done in Zhanlufang in any small village in Bingzhou, and Bingzhou did not hide it.

"Is Bingzhou willing to provide iron smelting technology to Qin?" Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe looked at the brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi in shock.

"Your Majesty has never hidden anything!" Meng Tian and Meng Yi were actually very confused.

Qin and Bingzhou were on good terms, and this kind of thing had never been kept privately in Bingzhou, but for some reason no one in Qin State was willing to learn it!

You can smelt iron ore simply by casting a blast furnace. The operation is extremely simple!
Who would have thought that no one in Qin State would go and learn it!

Of course, blast furnace iron and steelmaking is only the basics. If you want to forge steel that can be made into armor and weapons, Qin's craftsmen still need to research it themselves.

But as long as the furnace temperature is high enough, everything else will not be a problem for the Qin craftsmen.

But no one in Qin State went to learn it.

At first, Meng Tian and Meng Yi thought that the Qin State had higher iron smelting technology, but now they see that this is not the case at all.

"All the supervisors will be fed to the dogs!" Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe were extremely angry.

They thought that Bingzhou had imposed a technological blockade, but now looking at the expressions of Meng Tian and Meng Yi, Bingzhou did not hide anything.

The fundamental reason is that the group of people in charge of the Ministry of Works looked down on Bingzhou and believed that Bingzhou was not worthy of their humbly asking for advice and learning.

……

"Sir, it seems you are looking for someone during this period?"

In the central military tent, Ying Zheng had not expected that changing all taxes and corvee in Zhao State into a single tax based on the acreage of land would bring such a big change to Qin State.

Originally, he and the entire Qin State had expected that the taxes they could collect would be much less than before.

However, after the Internal History of Grain Statistics calculated the land taxes collected that year, the entire Qin State was stunned.

The taxes they collected from these places in Zhao State alone were actually on par with the taxes collected by the entire Qin State.

This was completely beyond everyone's expectations.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Qin State had the money to increase the military pay for its soldiers.

"I heard that the king has a mulberry picker named Afangnu in Handan, so I sent someone to look for her!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

“???” Ying Zheng blinked. He thought Yan Yan was looking for some lost pearl, a hidden gem in the ocean, and wanted to recruit him before Yan Yan.

After all, Bingjun's ability to judge people is well-known throughout the world. But Ying Zheng had made all kinds of calculations, but he didn't expect Yan Yan to find him... a woman!
"Who told you this, sir?" Ying Zheng asked speechlessly.

"This was made up by a novelist!" Yan Yan looked at Ying Zheng with clear eyes.

"..." Ying Zheng was silent. How dare you believe what the novelist wrote!

No, are you so leisurely that you would read what novelists write?
But why do I also want to know how the novelist portrays me?
So, that night, Hei Bai Xuan Jian brought a book written on paper and placed it in front of Ying Zheng.

"'The Tyrannical King of Qin and His Daughter Afang'?" Looking at the book cover, Ying Zheng was silent. This name... is so embarrassing!
"I will kill them sooner or later!" Ying Zheng quickly finished reading it by lamplight, but... he didn't finish it!
"Go and bring me the person who wrote this book... arrest him and lock him up in the dungeon. Release him when he finishes writing!" Ying Zheng said calmly.

"Huh?" Hei Bai Xuan Jian was stunned, then nodded in response.

In fact, he was also very curious about what would happen next.

For example, after Ying Zheng returned to Qin, what happened to Afangnu? Then when Qin attacked Zhao, Ying Zheng went to Handan in person. Did he find Afangnu? Did Afangnu get married?

Afangnu said, I'll wait for you in Handan, what's the follow-up!
The ten-year agreement has exceeded seven years. What will happen next?
"It's a ten-year agreement. The king has waited for so many years. As generals of the army, each of you is known as a famous general. Don't you have any responsibility at all?" Hei Bai Xuan Jian found Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe.

"Huh? What ten-year agreement?" Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe were both stunned.

Hei Bai Xuan Jian calmly threw the book "The Tyrannical King of Qin and His Daughter Afang" in front of Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe.

“???” Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe picked up the book hesitantly and read it carefully.

The book is not thick and can be read in a quarter of an hour, mainly because it is not finished.

"We are guilty!" Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe admitted their mistakes decisively.

No wonder the new Qin Palace that the king planned to build in Xianyang was called Afang Palace. It turns out it came from here.

It’s been a ten-year agreement, but they dragged it out for so long!

"Don't spread it to other people!" Hei Bai Xuan Jian reminded.

Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe nodded in understanding.

This is the king's private matter. No wonder the king has never had a queen. It turns out that the king's white moonlight has always been in Handan.

"Attack the city, attack the city, no waiting!" Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe looked at each other.

There's no need to drag it out any longer.

The king's patience has its limits.

They have made the king wait for so many years, who knows if he will continue to tolerate it!
You know, the king rushed to the front line in person. You can imagine how excited he was at that time.

So, the Qin army suddenly launched a fierce attack on Handan without any warning.

This made Handan unable to react for a while.

Originally, except for the first few days of large-scale brutal battles, the two sides began to engage in small local frictions and tests.

Who could have thought that the Qin army would suddenly go crazy and start a fierce attack without any warning.

So Handan was not prepared.

"What were you doing so far?" Ying Zheng frowned at the central military meeting.

He felt that Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe were acting him.

Look at this fierce attack, it was fought in an efficient manner, and we almost captured Handan.

Why were you so hesitant and unwilling to attack before?
Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe looked at each other. As expected, the king’s patience had reached its limit!
(End of this chapter)