Chapter 215 There is a cave in the mountains
"The number of people should not be too large. If there are too many, it may exceed the ability to control. I want 5,000 cavalrymen who can fight. Once they are no longer bandits, they will be able to go to the battlefield immediately." Sima Ji turned around and felt that Yang Xin was a bit far away from him. He grabbed the woman's shoulder and pulled it into his arms. Yang Xin instinctively struggled, but later he obeyed and settled with the status quo and listened to Sima Ji's explanation of his views on this matter.
"The Murong family has three thousand heavy cavalry, so we can't be less than him, no matter what, I am a king and a prince, but I can't compare to a great governor, which is unreasonable!" Sima Ji asked with her arms around the woman as if she was asking for approval.
If you want to farm violent soldiers, you either have someone or have resources, and it is best to have both. Currently, Sima Ji is in a situation where he has resources but his manpower is slightly insufficient, but can he be resources? In some cases, he can supplement his manpower shortage.
If you look at the Northeast in later generations, it may be difficult to imagine that this place in the agricultural era had a large population that was less than that of the nomadic people on the Mongolian Plateau for a long time, but this is a fact. It may be for this reason that the forces that developed in the Northeast often quickly began to formulate systems to swallow the population and enter the system, and consolidate their basic structure.
With such a small population, this land can still make them rise. We must thank the resources on this land. Sima Ji did not expect to expose the 60,000 Eight Banners Army. If there were 5,000 people to use it, he felt that his request was not an exaggeration.
They returned to Tianjin Manor in the evening. Sima Ji hinted wildly along the way that he did not receive a response, and finally asked Hamoni to come and sleep with him in vain. Isn’t this a wife? She doesn’t have to have a surname Yang.
Yang Xin was indeed very busy and wanted to find a way to turn the idea of King Yan's self-respecting self-respect into reality. This first requires understanding some tribes in the old land of Goguryeo, so she happened to be out of sight and let Sima Ji be unrestrained.
This was wronged. Sima Ji never forgot the serious matter and personally inquired about the cotton planting. After several years of adaptation, cotton finally had a foundation for large-scale planting. Cotton is very important, but there are other things more important.
When Yang Xin clarified her mind and returned home, King Yan led Hamoni to lose contact. No one knew where he went. He only knew that he was going out with Yan Yan. As for where he went, no one knew.
Sima Ji was cultivating his sentiment among the mountains, looking up at the lushness and lushness in the distance, sighing with the magnificence of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, and then sighed, "It is a hidden and good place, with few people. The only thing I worry about is not to be attacked by wild animals. Apart from that, there should be nothing to worry about."
Hamoni stood beside Sima Ji and looked at the pavilions not far away, thinking that this was the King of Yan who had found another good scenery and built his own secret garden. How could this be possible? He was not Shi Chong, so he would not do such a waste of resources.
However, he did set up these buildings in this mine in the name of a garden, but it was definitely not for himself to live in. Instead, it was for these blacksmiths who lived here. There were also blast furnaces in hidden places. During the production of blast furnaces, iron ore, coke, and limestone for slag production were loaded from the top of the furnace, and preheated air was blown from the air outlet located at the bottom of the furnace. At high temperature, the carbon in the coke was burned with the oxygen poured into the air. The oxygen in the iron ore was removed during the rising process of the furnace, and the iron was reduced to be obtained. The refined iron was released from the iron mouth. This technology had already appeared in the Han Dynasty.
Sima Ji doesn't need to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, not to mention that he doesn't know how to do it at all. What the King of Yan can help is to find the most suitable place in the environment, solve the worries of the blacksmiths, and then you can do it for me.
"According to Your Highness's instructions, there is a river here, with a rapid flow of water flow and a large drop. The water wheel has been built, and even the craftsmen admire his ideas!" Yan Yan did not forget to flatter him while introducing the situation in the mountains.
Sima Ji took a breath of cold air. The water wheels of this era are actually very simple. The water wheels used in later generations have reached their peak since the Tang Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Why did he suck a cool air? Because he just painted this picture casually and had no hope of being able to be made. Maybe many places are wrong. In this case, craftsmen can improve it, which only shows one problem. The wisdom of the working people offsets the blind command of feudal landlords.
"This is all a path!" After taking a breath, Sima Ji looked mysterious and took the wisdom of the hardworking people for his own use. This is normal for the helmsman to sail the sea. Without the wise and correct leadership of King Yan, how could such great progress be made?
This credit can only be said to be unscrupulous to Sima Ji. Of course, the King of Yan did not forget to encourage the specific manufacturing craftsmen. "Although the improvement of the water wheel was proposed by this king, the craftsmen also have their own credit, and each person is rewarded with three pieces of cloth."
"Your Highness really loves the people as much as his son. Everyone in the ban country admires His Highness's reputation." Yan Yan sighed as if he was born as a wise master, "After a while, I will tell the craftsmen who make water trucks this good news."
"This natural power is unpredictable, far beyond human power!" Sima Ji pretended to be addicted, and accelerated his pace to walk to the water truck, sighing and giving advice to the country. It was just a matter of saying that water can carry a boat and can overturn it, so that Li Er would not be more beautiful than before.
Even if this time it was a coincidence, Sima Ji was not ready to stop here and still wanted to continue to give advice. Many things appeared very early in Chinese history, but they obviously improved in the later period.
In Europe, for a long time, hydraulic machinery, as the most important power machinery system, was widely used in European land characterized by agricultural economy and became the main grain processing machinery at that time. People set up water wheels next to the river, established mills, and carried out grain processing, and gradually developed it into a very important industry.
The widespread application and popularization of hydraulic machinery in Europe has driven the development of other types of machinery in Europe. Waterwheels are the most important source of power in Europe and the basis of mining and metallurgy. Forging hammers and bellows driven by waterwheels have become indispensable equipment in the manufacturing of wrought iron and cast iron. The promotion, crushing, stamping, boring of the barrel and stretching of metal wires are all achieved by waterwheels. In order for the water flow to rush to generate enough energy to drive the machine, there are often factories in the narrow valleys.
In the end, China's water trucks still had the same purpose as when they first appeared, and they were considered to have never forgotten their original intentions. Now, in this valley, there is an iron ore belt. If the water trucks can be used like European counterparts, the picture is too beautiful, and the King of Yan is really not very dared to think about it.
"Yan Yan, think about it, if you can put a knife in the waterwheel to process wood, is it much faster than a tenant!" Sima Ji turned to look at Yan Yan, looking very expectant. The expectations of the King of Yan were actually not high. At the beginning, let alone forging ore, being able to cut wood would make him happy for a while.
"Your Highness, the tenants who have the state are the tenants, why should we do this?" Yan Yan said, "As long as your high command is, no matter how tall the giant tree is, the people will rush forward, and nothing can be done."
Sima Ji grinned and let out a long sigh. Hamoni, who was following him, could hear this sound, ah?
"Now I want to know if installing serrations is faster than a person. I will see them next time I come here!" After that, Sima Ji changed into a stubborn look. He didn't explain it, so he made the thing for me first, and then asked, "Where did the Liuli craftsman be placed?"
The things he was advised this time were not a layman. The Persian glass craftsman who was arrested was also temporarily placed here. Because he had worked in this industry, he had a little understanding of the development history of glass. Of course, China also had glass very early, just like many things appeared in China. However, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the glass workshop appeared in Luoyang, which was brought by the Dayuezhi people, but I don’t know why it was lost later.
Porcelain developed rapidly during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and reached an explosion point during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. At the same time, the glass workshop disappeared at that time, and I don’t know if there is any connection between the two. In the early days, the glass did have too many complaints, and even his niece Sima Xuanhua said it was too easy to break.
There were two batches of glass craftsmen sent by Tiraga, and the total number was forty or fifty. This number was enough. After all, in terms of labor, although my Jin Dynasty was considered kidney deficiency compared to all dynasties, it was still worthy of the four words of "the number of people" compared to other civilizations. There was no problem with people coming to help Persian craftsmen to assist.
In front of these Persian craftsmen, the image of the King of Yan at this time can be said to be radiant. These Persians may not know who the King of Yan was, but they must know the silk robe on him. Sima Ji was prepared. Do you Persians use the silk trade to make the Romans miserable?
Sima Ji, wearing a silk robe, appeared in a body of gold and surrounded by everyone. Even if the Persian craftsmen didn't know about him, they would not delay taking their heads and bowing directly.
"This group of people is extremely important. Let me get out the Liuli workshop first. I will see how they do it with my own eyes." Sima Ji solemnly reminded Yan Yan, "This is more important than the water truck just now. If something happens, I will ask you."
Chapter completed!