Chapter 102 Wang Jian and his son test the stirrups
The old craftsman became excited as he spoke. He once heard his father say that he had a brother-in-law, but one winter was too cold and there was no firewood for heating at home. My younger brother-in-law didn't survive.
If there had been such briquettes at home to burn for heating, the uncle might have been able to survive...
Other craftsmen were also silent, as were some of the guards, chambermaids and maids in the palace. Although they have not been frozen to death in winter, they have heard of it and even had relatives freeze to death.
“Young Master Daren, please pay homage to me!”
The elderly craftsman bowed respectfully to Li Nian. In addition to the chamberlain holding the wooden board and the guard guarding Li Nian, everyone else in the palace also bowed to Li Nian.
Li Nian waved his hand and said: "You don't have to be like this, but it's not necessarily certain whether these small things can be used in the world."
In the end, it still depends on the intention of the First Emperor. He is not willing to mine it. Coal mines don't want to use briquettes for the people of the world, and Li Nian has no choice.
“When using briquettes, or when using briquettes, you need to remember that if you use them indoors, you must pay attention to ventilation and do not close all indoor doors and windows, otherwise you will die!”
Use Craftsmen have also heard that Shi Nie can cause death. Li Nian mentioned this matter and asked: "Excuse me, sir, why does Shi Nie cause death?"
Li Nian thought for a while and said: "This is because the stone nirvana contains some harmful things to us. They will escape from the stone nirvana as it burns. If it is outdoors, it will be blown away by the wind, but there is no wind indoors." , these harmful things cannot be blown away, but will The more it accumulates, the more it will eventually kill people."
Everyone nodded, and a craftsman seemed to have thought of something, and said with a strange expression: "Sir, since the stone nirvana contains things that are harmful to us, those who are used to it can't. The alchemist who made alchemy through stone nirvana Isn't it..."
Li Nian heard the words and said with a smile: "They are all a group of people who are not afraid of death. They are really close to becoming immortals. Maybe once they complete the elixir, they will really become immortals. .”
Also A craftsman said: "Master, are there really immortals in the world?"
Other craftsmen also looked over. Others may not believe it when they say that there are immortals in the world, but they feel that this magical young master in Liuying Palace may really be real. know.
This young man probably came up with so many magical things because he met an immortal.
Li Niandao: "What I said about the alchemists becoming immortals is that they are dead. The things they practiced are all harmful. It is normal to eat dead people, and it is abnormal to eat undead. As for whether there are immortals in the world , As far as I know, there is no such thing.”
Although Li Nian inexplicably traveled to Daqin, he still does not believe that there are immortal gods. It is probably the work of some powerful and unpredictable civilization. He is firmly non-superstitious. Theorists.
Without waiting for the craftsmen to continue asking questions, Li Nian asked people to bring wooden boards and talked about the method of making cement, how to make refractory bricks, and building a blast furnace for ironmaking...
Li Nian was on the sixth day. What Ying Gong said was quickly sent to the Ying Zheng case. He read it carefully. Although he didn't understand some of the content, he could still distinguish the good from the bad.
After seeing the talk about briquettes, Ying Zheng could naturally see that this thing could become a financial source for Da Qin like salt. As long as he held the coal mine in his hands, there would be a steady stream of money.
‘Li Nian is deliberately letting everyone know the benefits of coal so that they can be exploited and bring convenience to the world. ’
After thinking for a while, Ying Zheng said: “Draw an imperial edict!”
Immediately, a servant took out the bamboo slips and waited for Ying Zheng’s order.
"I order the young master to make fifty pairs of stirrups and horseshoes on the same day. Anyone involved in making stirrups and horseshoes must not leak them to others. Otherwise, the Yi tribe will be violated."
"I ordered the Shaofu to make briquettes, the Shaofu to make refractory bricks, the Shaofu to make cement, and the Shaofu to send people to explore various places based on these maps and bamboo slips..." Several orders were issued in succession, and one of them was from The craftsmen who prepared salt from Shu visited the place provided by Li Nian that was suitable as a salt farm.
A few days later, in a Qin military camp near Xianyang, Wang Jian and Wang Ben were sitting on a high platform, looking at the war horses divided into several groups in the school field.
The father and son received an edict from Yingzheng today, asking them to come here to watch the stirrup and horse shoe competition. What stirrup and horse shoe?
Wang Ben pointed at a group of war horses and said: "Father, the stirrups should be those things hanging on the left and right sides of the horses, which seem to be used for stepping on the horses."
Wang Jian nodded without saying anything. A Qin general ran over and said respectfully to Wang Jian: "General, we have prepared according to the king's order and can start the test at any time."
Wang Jian said: " Now that everything is ready, let’s start!”
He also wanted to know what Ying Zheng wanted to show them by sending him and his son here.
After receiving Wang Jian's order, General Qin ran back to the school grounds.
Soon, Wang Jian and Wang Ben saw that as the Qin general shouted, two groups of knights beside the horses in the school yard began to mount their horses. One of the groups was the horses that Wang Ben said had hung up the stirrups.
Is this to compare the mounting speed with and without stirrups?
The father and son saw that knights riding horses equipped with stirrups were significantly faster on their horses. They stepped on the stirrups and easily climbed onto the horse's back with one kick. However, those horses without stirrups, because There was no horse-mounting stone, and many knights were still clinging to their horses and trying to push them up.
Wang Jian and Wang Ben suddenly fell into deep thought. Both father and son were generals commanding the army. They were fighting in the north and south. How could they not see the advantage of this stirrup? They did not need the help of a mounting stone or other people to mount the horse easily.
The two of them did not speak and continued to watch quietly. After all the knights mounted their horses, they drove their horses to the school field.
The next moment, the war horses galloped towards each other. The knights on the horses picked up their long sticks, as if they were going to have a head-on confrontation.
No, those knights who ride horses with stirrups use two hands to hold weapons, while those who ride horses without stirrups almost always control the horse with one hand and hold the weapon with the other.
At this time, both Wang Jian and Wang Ben understood that this small stirrup could make such a big difference. If it were used on the battlefield by surprise, the enemy would be defeated.
The stirrups not only make it easier for the knight to mount the horse, but also free up one of the knight's hands. An extra hand can increase the combat effectiveness more than a little.
As Wang Jian and Wang Ben thought, those knights riding horses without stirrups had to be attacked many times before they could stab others with wooden sticks. The enemy was stabbed from his horse.
On the other hand, the knights riding stirrup-equipped horses were quite stable on the horse, and no one fell off.
Which one is better or worse can be seen at a glance.
The competition between the two groups of horses is over, but there are still two groups of horses in the school field, and they should be testing the horseshoes.
Horseshoe is related to horseshoe.
Following the Qin general in the school field, he gave the order again, and the remaining two groups of horses, controlled by the knights, rushed to the same side of the school field. This time it seemed that they were competing for speed.
After all the horses stood on the same level, they began to run towards the opposite side of the school field. During this process, although the horses in the two groups of horses were faster and slower, overall, the speeds were not much different.
This made Wang Jian and Wang Ben a little confused!
(End of this chapter)