Chapter 448: Comprehensively Improved Qin State Technology Tree
Richard was responsible for building twelve Star Spaceships, each of which could carry 10,000 people and 100,000 stones of grain and grass supplies at the same time.
On the other hand, the First Emperor also asked his eldest son Fusu to study with Richard. Although the First Emperor didn't like Fusu's stuff, he was still prepared to let Fusu inherit the throne.
Therefore, he wanted Richard to educate Fusu.
The first time Richard met Fusu was in Ganquan Palace. The First Emperor used this palace as Richard's residence. Apart from supervising the construction of flying boats, Richard spent most of his time reading here.
In order to make the Imperial Preceptor live comfortably, the First Emperor asked the eunuchs to select the best maids in the palace and send them here to serve the Imperial Preceptor.
Richard looked at the young master Fusu in front of him. Fusu was handsome and tall. He looked very heroic and had the temperament of a Confucian scholar. Originally, he was a little dissatisfied that his father asked him to study with Richard.
In his opinion, Richard, the imperial master, was just like the alchemists in the past, they were all liars who were trying to make things up, and the so-called immortality and overseas fairy mountains were even more of a lie.
But not long ago, he witnessed with his own eyes the giant airship built by Richard falling from the sky, and when his father and thousands of escort troops stepped off the ship, he was stunned.
For three whole days, he was thinking about whether there are really gods in this world? Is there really immortality? He wanted to deny it, but everything that happened not long ago seemed like an ironclad fact.
"National Master, I would like to ask a question." Fusu finally couldn't help but ask.
"What do you want to ask?" Richard said without raising his head as he looked at the classics of various schools of thought in his hand.
"Master, are there really immortals in this world?" Fusu asked.
Richard looked up at him and said, "Of course there are immortals, I am one, but if you want to see other immortals, you probably won't be able to see them."
"Why?"
"Because most of the immortals have gone to the immortal world, and those who have not become immortals are also busy cultivating, so naturally you can't see them."
"That person can really live forever?" Fusu asked again.
Richard smiled and said: "Don't think about it. If you want to live forever, you can only cultivate to become an immortal. Emperors and princes cannot cultivate immortality. Moreover, cultivating immortals requires the qualification of immortal bones and enough luck. Otherwise, you will not even be able to face the immortal." I can’t even see him, let alone practice.”
After hearing what Richard said, Fusu felt a little excited, but also felt a little disappointed.
"As a human emperor, instead of thinking about cultivating immortality, it would be more reliable to think more about how to govern the country well, and then be conferred as a god by heaven after death."
"If you can govern the world well, make great contributions to the world, and become a god after death, you will also be able to live forever in the immortal world."
Richard told the same speech again, hoping that future emperors could painstakingly govern the world.
After hearing Richard's explanation, Fusu nodded. He also felt that the pursuit of immortality was illusory.
"What do the Imperial Preceptors think of the county system currently implemented by the imperial court?" Fusu asked again.
Richard put down the slip and said, "The county system is the general trend, and the enfeoffment system is no longer appropriate."
"But if we don't assign princes to guard the four directions, what should we do if those places are beyond the reach of the imperial court and difficult to govern?"
"So it is necessary for counties and counties to work together for a period of time to make the transition. After the roads are completed and the court has enough officials to govern the world, the feudal state will be removed and the system of counties and counties will be fully implemented."
"Master Fusu, your teacher taught you that you should learn the Zhou rites and reorganize the etiquette so that all people in the world can live and work in peace and contentment. However, things change with circumstances, and the Zhou rites are not eternal."
"The well-field system was first implemented in the Zhou Dynasty. Where do you see the well-field system now?"
"The Zhou Dynasty implemented Zhou Rites, and is the world at peace?"
"Not all Zhou rites are suitable for today. If you don't know how to adapt and copy them all, then the world will be in chaos."
"If you want to implement benevolent government, that's not impossible, but you have to know what is appropriate and what is inappropriate."
"Just like now, do you think the world will be peaceful if we implement benevolent government?"
"Will the nobles of the six countries accept your favor? They are deeply entangled in the local area and control a large amount of land and farmers. If you implement benevolent government, they will not receive less grain."
"If you want to implement benevolent government, you must have the power to suppress the world, otherwise your benevolent government will only look beautiful in the mirror."
"The Qin Dynasty has its own laws. The ways of kings and tyrants are mixed. How can we only use one method?"
A lot of what Fusu had learned before was from Confucianism, and this set of things looked really beautiful. However, this set of Confucian things requires extremely high moral standards to be promoted, otherwise it will become beyond recognition if it continues to be promoted.
The simplest thing is, in Confucianism, who is the "people". Is it all the living beings in the world, the common people in Guizhou, or those powerful people, aristocratic families, and people from the country?
"Now that His Majesty has realized the problems of Da Qin, he has begun to revise the national policies. You can go and take a look at those national policies, and then express your thoughts."
Richard did not preach blindly. Preaching blindly often failed to work, but would have the opposite effect. So Richard asked him to see for himself. If you can't teach it, you can teach it once.
There are indeed many good things in Confucianism, but there are also many bad things. Only learn the good parts, and the same is true for Legalists.
For example, the harsh laws and heavy sentencing of the Legalists also need to be changed. Richard has suggested that the First Emperor abolish corporal punishment and replace it with labor.
The corporal punishment of this era was very cruel, such as cutting off noses and feet. Richard suggested that it be changed to sending people to mine or to labor. Mining and labor were very hard in this era, and the mortality rate was extremely high.
The prisoners were not only a waste of food, but also a waste of land. Letting them work and making use of waste. And being able to exempt corporal punishment is also a kind of benevolent policy.
After listening to Richard's words, Fusu also thought about it, and then decided to go to the local area to see it in person.
After the First Emperor abolished 90% of the corvée labor in the world, the people's lives became much better. The remaining places that needed to use labor used prisoners, and the time limit was also relaxed.
On the other hand, the court relocated the nobles of the six countries in the world, and also allowed many people to obtain land. The original turbulent situation in the world was immediately alleviated, and various places were much more stable.
At the same time, the imperial army also began to eliminate bandits in various places. The imperial decree has been issued for more than three months, and those people who had no choice but to become bandits to avoid labor have basically returned to their hometowns.
Some bandits who committed minor crimes also returned to their hometowns after hearing that the imperial court had issued a general amnesty. Now those who are still bandits are either people with ulterior motives or some extremely vicious people.
These people naturally cannot be kept, so more than three months later, the imperial court began to eliminate bandits in Guanzhong and Central Plains.
After all, many projects of the imperial court require a lot of manpower. Now that the imperial court has just suspended labor, some urgent things can only be done by these bandits.
After taking over Tiangongyuan, Richard not only built large ships, but also was responsible for building other things. Richard asked people to find kaolin, and then instructed the craftsmen to use kaolin to burn porcelain. At the same time, he ordered the craftsmen to make paper.
Since Richard is ready to help the Qin Dynasty open up the technology tree, these technologies that do not require too much depth must be mastered as soon as possible.
Glass, porcelain, papermaking, printing, gunpowder, all these things must be taught. In fact, the difficulty of making these things is not high, and the Qin Dynasty's technological level can do all of them.
Next, Richard began to improve the iron smelting method. The Qin Dynasty's iron smelting method is not advanced. The iron smelting method that Richard wants to teach is the earthen blast furnace.
This earthen blast furnace is an earthen steelmaking method that appeared for a period of time after the establishment of the Republic. Although this earthen blast furnace can make steel, the quality is not good, but for the Qin Dynasty, this kind of iron is already very good.
Both the output and quality are higher than other iron smelting methods. Apart from anything else, earthen blast furnace ironmaking can be said to be the pinnacle of iron smelting in the feudal era.
Richard led people to build earthen blast furnaces, taught these craftsmen the technology of earthen steelmaking, and told them why they should do so.
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Bronze weapons and armor are still too heavy for soldiers, and now most of the Qin Jun uses stone armor and wallets, and only a part of them use bronze armor.
Richard led people to blast furnace steelmaking, just to promote iron armor and ironware, and bronze should be used to make coins.
It is not difficult to build a blast furnace. Richard has sufficient technical information here, and he can build it according to his information. In addition, in order to smelt iron and steel, Richard also found coal distillation technology.
Coal distillation technology can remove sulfur from coal, turn coal into carbon, and then use carbon to make iron. At the same time, promoting the use of coal is good for Guanzhong and the north.
The northern region is dry, and the people's long-term woodcutting has caused continuous damage to the environment. The Guanzhong Plain was a fertile land of thousands of miles during the Qin Dynasty, and the 800-mile Qinchuan was one of the richest places in the world, which can be said to be the foundation of the emperor, but after the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong became desolate.
A big reason for this is that the deforestation has been exhausted, soil erosion has caused land barrenness, reduced grain production, and reduced arable land. Now that this situation can be avoided, Richard will naturally go and do it.
Richard ordered people to prepare coal, and then use the traditional blast furnace to make steel. The traditional blast furnace has a low yield of steel, but it is more than enough for iron smelting.
The scorching flames rose and ignited the blast furnace. Soon, the iron ore that had been prepared long ago was put into it. After calcination, these ores soon melted in the blast furnace.
Three days later, accompanied by a voice of "Open the furnace!"
The rolling molten iron gushed out from under the blast furnace, and the scorching hot water flowed into the mold that had been prepared long ago. These molten irons were directly sent to the workshop next to it for processing into weapons, armor, farm tools, etc.
A furnace of molten iron directly forged dozens of armors and weapons, and then Richard took these weapons and armors back to Xianyang City to meet the First Emperor.
"National Master came here today, is there any good news?" Ying Zheng was practicing the guiding technique taught to him by Richard at this time. After several months of training, Ying Zheng clearly felt the benefits of this set of Daoyin techniques. He is now full of energy and as strong as a man in his twenties.
During this period, he would practice Daoyin techniques for half an hour every morning, noon and evening. Now he is not only sharp-minded and strong, but also more relaxed in controlling the government affairs after being reminded by Richard. Therefore, he became more respectful to Richard.
"Your Majesty, please look at what this is." Richard waved his hand and asked the soldiers to bring in several large boxes.
"What's in this box?" Qin Shihuang asked curiously.
Richard asked someone to open the box, revealing the armor inside, and then took out the armor to display.
"Is this armor?" Qin Shihuang recognized the equipment at a glance.
In fact, most of the armors of this era were made of ground stone, or wooden, wallet, or bronze armor, and their defensive capabilities were very limited. Only a few elites and generals have armor like this.
Then Qin Shihuang personally tried the armor. It was lighter than stone armor and bronze armor. There was also a layer of leather and linen lining inside the armor, which was very comfortable.
"How is the defense of this armor?" Qin Shihuang asked.
"Your Majesty, how about trying it on the spot?" Richard said with a smile.
The First Emperor nodded immediately after hearing this: "Yes, go to the school grounds!"
Soon, everyone came to the school grounds of Xianyang Palace. The First Emperor asked several soldiers to put on iron armor for the wooden rake and then tested it.
After putting on the armor, directly order people to attack with crossbows, long swords and long swords. The result was surprising. None of these armors were penetrated by these weapons in turn.
At most, there are some dents on the armor plates.
Seeing this scene, the First Emperor directly ordered people to put on the armor for testing, and the test results were exactly the same as before.
"Okay, okay!" Qin Shihuang said three times in a row. As the emperor who unified the world, Qin Shihuang knew the power of this armor very well. With these armors, the strength of Da Qin soldiers directly increased several times.
"Good stuff, really good stuff!" the First Emperor said happily: "Master, I wonder what the output of this armor is? Is it easy to produce?"
The First Emperor asked the key question. If these armors are difficult to produce, or the production costs are extremely high, then although these armors are good, they cannot be equipped in large quantities, and their role will be very limited, and they can only be equipped in small quantities.
"The blast furnace I just built can produce two hundred sets of armor and weapons a month and hundreds of iron plows if it is fully produced. If it is expanded and more blast furnaces are built, as long as the iron ore and coal are sufficient, it can produce armor a year. Tens of thousands is not a problem.”
Hearing what Richard said, the First Emperor was very happy: "Hahaha, if this is the case, then the strength of our great Qin warriors will be doubled!"
The emergence of iron armor will definitely greatly enhance the strength of the Qin army. Even if there is an unrest among the survivors of the Six Kingdoms in the future, the army will be dispatched to put it down quickly.