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

Chapter 956 The Correct Way to Open the Mohist Mechanical Beast [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket]

Wang Ben and Li Xin also breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the order to stop the war.

They had seen the strength of the Yan State Great Wall Garrison Corps. It was a taboo in military strategy to lead a long expedition and go deep into the enemy's territory without any intelligence or maps to start a war. Although they were confident, they were not reckless.

After receiving the order, Wang Ben and Li Xin did not station all their troops near the Hushan Great Wall, but only left 5,000 soldiers to confront Han Xin's 5,000 Red Flame Cavalry. The rest of the army began to occupy all counties in the northern border of Yan State and completely occupied the territory of Yan State.

"Do you want the land north of the Daling River?"

Han Xin did bring secret information from the Eastern Army, hoping that he could occupy the territory north of the Dalingh River. As for the reason, the Eastern Army's shogunate did not know, they only knew that this was Wang Cheng's plan.

"Are you in Bingzhou interested?" Li Xin and Wang Ben were a little surprised.

The area north of Liaodong County was called a land of poor mountains and bad water by the Yan State, and was generally used as a place for exiles by the Yan State.

To the north of Liaodong were also tribes such as the Wuhuan and Xianbei. Even though the State of Yan had the ability to conquer these tribes, it felt that there was no benefit to it, so it chose to build the Great Wall between Liaodong and Liaoxi to prevent these barbarian tribes from moving south, rather than conquering them and occupying these territories.

"Just tell me whether you want it or not!" Han Xin didn't understand what Wang Cheng's plan was.

He also sent scouts to explore these places, and they were truly poor and barren, so he didn't understand why the royal city was interested in them.

In many places, the grass is even taller than people, snow-covered swamps and mudflats are everywhere, and mosquitoes are more cold-resistant than in other places.

Wang Ben and Li Xin looked at each other. Originally, Qin had no interest in these places, but Bingzhou was interested, which proved that these places might have something they didn't know about.

"We are just vanguard officers. We still need to inquire with the Central Army Headquarters and Xianyang for a specific answer!" Wang Ben played Tai Chi and did not give a definite answer.

"Just ask!" Han Xin shook his head.

He really had no interest in those places. They couldn't produce food, and there were no roads. Apart from some game, there was nothing rare there.

After Han Xin left, Wang Ben and Li Xin looked at each other, understood each other and reached a consensus. They sent an elite scout team to investigate north of Dalingh River to see what Bingzhou was trying to do.

"Ask Wang Cheng what he wants to do?" Meng Tian was also confused in the Eastern Army's tent.

The area north of the Daling River is also not within Bingzhou’s strategic goals.

After hundreds of years of management and development by the Donghu, although it cannot be considered prosperous, there are people and roads. However, north of the Dalingh River, it is truly a place where humans and beasts walk together, and it is both human and beastly.

What's more, the area north of the Dalingh River has extremely cold winters, extremely hot summers, and frequent storms, making it the most unsuitable place for human habitation.

In Beiye Wang City, An Qisheng also looked at Zhu Jia, the head of Shennong Hall of Nongjia, with confusion.

This request was made by the Zhu family.

"It is true that the living environment north of the Dalingh River is harsh and natural disasters are serious, but the land there is fertile!" In fact, the Zhu family did not expect that the soil in such a barren land would be so fertile.

"When you say the soil is fertile, does it mean the grass is taller than a person?" An Qisheng was somewhat speechless as he took out the thatch north of the Daling River brought back by the Military Control Commission's secret agents. It was indeed taller than a person.

When Zhu Jia saw the thatch in An Qisheng's hand, he snatched it away with shining eyes. After carefully identifying it, his eyes became even brighter.

"I was still a little hesitant at first, but now, I am more certain!" Zhu Jia looked at An Qisheng excitedly.

An Qisheng frowned and waited for Zhu's explanation.

"Please have a look, Prime Minister Anqi!" Zhu Jia broke off the rhizome of the thatch and handed it to Anqisheng.

An Qisheng still didn't understand what Zhu Jia wanted to say. Every profession has its own expertise, and farmers have more say in farming. Zhu Jia also knew that An Qisheng didn't understand, so he hurriedly explained, "An Qixiang, look carefully, this is thatch!"

"I know!" An Qisheng nodded.

"The thatch withers and grows again every year. Has An Qisheng ever seen thatch growing so well?" Zhu Jia continued.

An Qisheng's eyes widened instantly and he realized what was happening.

Thatch is different from other plants and trees. Thatch withers and grows again every year and there will not be thatch that lasts more than two years. The thatch in front of us was just brought back by the Military Control Commission spies and was not specially selected.

In the whole world, except for some areas in the south where the thatch can grow so tall and thick, there is almost no other place where the thatch can grow like this.

The places in the south where such thatch can grow are all places with extremely fertile land.

"Even thatch can grow like this, what if it is used to grow food?" The Zhu family's true intentions were revealed.

An Qisheng narrowed his eyes. As expected, professional things should be done by professionals, and professionals can often see things that others cannot see.

The whole world knows that the land north of the Daling River is barren, with grass growing taller than people and no suitable for survival.

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But if the thatch without anyone to take care of it can grow so well, what if professional farmers were to grow crops there?
However, An Qisheng still suppressed his excitement. The area north of the Dalingh River was too far away from the Beiye Royal City, and Bingzhou was vigorously developing the Hetao area, and there were not enough people to develop the area north of Liaodong.

Land reclamation depends on people and endless human and material resources.

What Bingzhou lacks most is people.

"Difficult!" An Qisheng shook his head.

"I know it's difficult, but what if the Nongjia, Mojia and Bingzhou work together to transform the mechanical beasts into large-scale reclamation mechanical beasts?" Zhu Jia said with a smile.

He had been coveting the White Tiger for a long time, and thought it was a waste for the Mohists and the world to use the Mechanical White Tiger for war.

It would be a waste of resources if we don't use so much energy to plow the fields.

If you put a rope behind the Mechanical White Tiger, the pulling force will be much stronger than that of a cow. Moreover, a cow will get tired and need to eat grass, but the Mechanical White Tiger does not need that.

"The land north of the Dalingh River is flat, unlike the mountains and hills in the Hetao area. It is most suitable for large-scale machinery to enter, and does not require too many people to cultivate it. Three or four people, operating the mechanical white tiger, can cultivate dozens of acres of wasteland a day. If Bingzhou is willing to invest and order hundreds of modified mechanical white tigers from the Mo family, Prime Minister, think about it..." Zhu Jia described the blueprint for land reclamation.

An Qisheng was also shocked by the Zhu family's wild ideas.

Using mechanical white tigers to replace oxen, hundreds of mechanical white tigers lined up to plow the fields...

"The Mohists will kill you!" An Qisheng shook his head decisively.

If the Mohists use the white tiger, one of the four major mechanical beasts, to plow the fields, they would not be called Mohists unless they kill them.

Do you really think that the Mohist school of thought is non-aggression and is truly peace-loving? Each of the four mechanical beasts has an extremely powerful destructive force that is beyond human power.

"The white tiger is used to plow the land, and the Mohist's square machine with a blade is simply a magical weapon for clearing wasteland and weeding." Zhu Jia did not notice the changes in the eyes of the Mohist leaders who were present at the meeting, and continued to speak excitedly.

"That's called the Four-clawed Iron Spider!" Master Ban said. This was also his masterpiece, a powerful weapon that was said to be able to kill thousands of enemies in a crowd, but the Zhu family said it was used to weed!

(End of this chapter)