Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 131 Governance of Han ([-])

"Master Zhou, the Duke Zhou's crossbow is good, but it is too laborious to manufacture, mainly because it is easy to get stuck in the arrow." Shen Qing frowned, not without worry.

Zhou Chong said with a smile: "The arrow is jammed because the inside is not polished smooth. The inside of the crossbow and the shaft of the arrow must be smooth, otherwise it is easy to jam the arrow. Please pay more attention to this matter, Mr. Shen."

Shen Qing rubbed her hands and said: "Master Zhou, there is a way, but it is not very effective, especially the polishing inside is time-consuming and laborious, and it is not very useful. Only a hundred or so Duke Zhou crossbows have been made so far. General Wang asked for [-], and I don't know how long it will take." Thinking of the serious consequences, his brows were all knit together.

The polishing technology in ancient society was not as advanced as in modern society, mainly because there was no sandpaper, so it was really troublesome to polish the arrow box smoothly.Wang Jian frowned slightly, and said: "We have discussed this matter, but there is really no good way to deal with it, so I came to ask Mr. Zhou for advice." If there are not enough Liannu, in the future, they will face off with Zhao Guo's cavalry, and victory is inevitable, but The price is probably too high, too high for Wang Jian to accept, can he not be in a hurry?

Nei Shiteng agreed, and said: "Master Zhou is busy with business, and we didn't want to disturb Mr. Zhou, but we really have no way to solve this matter, so we have to bother Mr. Zhou. Please forgive me, Mr. Zhou."

"Look at what you said, you come to me because you think highly of me, Zhou Chong, and I'm very happy." Zhou Chong said with a smile: "There is a way, but there is an extra process. You can drill the hole first, and then saw it in two." It is much more convenient to polish it.”

Shen Qing's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands together, and said, "What a clever plan! Mr. Zhou, Gao! Just connect the two pieces with tenons."

Zhou Chong reminded him again: "Actually, it has been made piece by piece from the beginning. It can be drilled, polished, and the tenons can be made well. Just make it directly, and there will be no such things as Zhang Guan Li Dai."

In fact, this is the standardized production in modern society. It is easy to improve efficiency without needing to be seated according to the number. Shen Qing's eyes lighted up again, and he said with a smile: "Master Zhou is tall!"

Wang Jian hit Shen Qing and said: "Sir Shen, I, Wang Jian, don't want to make you happy. You will make one hundred thousand crossbows this week."

Shen Qing was shocked, and said: "General Wang, don't be greedy."

Wang Jian straightened his face, and said, "If Mr. Shen can't make one hundred thousand, don't blame Wang Jian for his ruthless army."

The military order is like a mountain, it is Wang Jian's virtue, but he didn't expect to use it on himself, Shen Qing's face almost turned green, and said: "Follow the order! General Wang, you are satisfied now."

Wang Jian smiled and said: "If you make two..." Shen Qing hurriedly interrupted, saying: "Yes, you stop. Master Zhou, Shen Qing has something to do, so I will take my leave first." He hurriedly saluted Zhou Chong, and also Before Zhou Chong could speak, he rushed away.

Looking at Shen Qing's back, Zhou Chong and Nei Shiteng pointed at Wang Jian, and said in unison, "Hello, General Wang!"

A wounded civil servant came in, saluted Zhou Chong, and said, "Your official, Ye Lieqi, reported to Mr. Zhou that he is incompetent and cannot demolish the checkpoint in Dongshi. Please punish Mr. Zhou."

There were no obstacles in Xinzheng's East Market, and Zhou Chong asked Ye Lie to bring a group of handymen to demolish the Guan City there.Speaking of this pass, according to Zhou Chong's opinion, it is really horrible. There are several checkpoints in Dongshi. If the common people pass through there, they will have to pay several times. If Zhou Chong hadn't seen it in person, it would be really unbelievable. There is such an exorbitant tax.

This happened because of the retainer system.The county system, Qin State is ahead of the Six Kingdoms, and Qin State's retainer system is much better than that of the Six Kingdoms.Although the Six Kingdoms also have prefecture and county systems, the retainer system still has a lot of power.Those princes and ministers all have fiefs, and in their fiefs there are retainers' land, retainers and retainers, and if they are divided up like this, there will be a lot of checkpoints, which is similar to the protection fee charged by the underworld.

The fiefdoms of those princes and ministers are different, ranging from hundreds of miles, or even larger, to small ones no more than ten miles away. Due to the corruption of laws and regulations in the six countries, there are barriers between fiefs, of course not all fiefs. There are all checkpoints, but the proportion of existence is very large.

It is precisely because of this kind of checkpoint with the nature of enclosure that the social atmosphere and folk customs are different. To use an exaggerated statement, there are different customs for ten miles. It is possible that the land of ten miles belongs to two or more retainers, resulting in Different customs and customs.

After Qin Shihuang unified the country, he realized that the proliferation of checkpoints was not conducive to social development, and decisively ordered the destruction of these checkpoints. It can be said that this move is a great benevolent government and should be praised, but it was ridiculed by later generations as tyranny. It is really a mistake to ridicule Qin Shihuang's "famous city" in "On the Passing of Qin"!

Zhou Chong also didn't know enough about the seriousness of the checkpoints. After conducting field investigations, he finally realized that he decisively decided to follow in the footsteps of Qin Shihuang and demolish these checkpoints.

Xinzheng is under the control of the Qin army, and there will not be much resistance to dismantling the checkpoint. Unexpectedly, Ye Lie came back with injuries all over his body. Unexpectedly, Zhou Chong raised his brows and asked, "Ye Lie, tell me, what are you going to do?" What's the matter?"

Ye Lie was very aggrieved and said: "My lord, I was ordered by my lord to take people to the East City. It went smoothly at first, but I didn't expect to demolish one of them. The owners of the other checkpoints came to discuss with us. , Do not let it be dismantled. Xiaguan understands Master Zhou’s intention, but those masters are still indifferent, not only refused to dismantle, but also injured Xiaguan. Xiaguan is really incompetent, please punish Zhou.” kneel down.

Zhou Chong helped him up, and said: "Master Ye, please get up quickly, this matter is not your fault, it is my Zhou Chong's fault, I did not plan carefully, and made Master Ye humiliated, it is I Zhou Chong who is guilty, not you, Master Ye .”

Ye Lie was very moved, and said, "Master Zhou!"

Zhou Chong waved his hand to stop him from continuing, and said: "They are gathering crowds to cause trouble, and they must be severely punished." With a cold smile, he said: "If I, Zhou Chong, can't even remove a mere checkpoint, how can I still be Zhou Chong? General Wang, mediation Two thousand soldiers listen!"

Wang Jian took the order and said: "Yes!" Reminding Zhou Chong, he said: "Master Zhou, should you reconsider this matter?"

Zhou Chong flatly refused, saying: "No need! If they don't accept it, then I, Zhou Chong, have nothing to worry about. Let the soldiers talk to them. Even if the blood flows into rivers, I, Zhou Chong, also want to dismantle the checkpoint! Let's go!" striding forward.

Wang Jian and Nei Shiteng looked at each other and followed closely.

(End of this chapter)