Ying Zheng also had some considerations in asking Wang Jian to inspect the head on his behalf.
Anyone with any sense would know that this head cannot be fake. Otherwise, would King Yan Xi still be alive?
More importantly, Ying Zheng does not want to expose his identity and position...
Therefore, the prisoner Yingzheng didn't have to risk his life to have his head examined personally. What would happen if something happened?
As expected, King Yan immediately agreed to the terms of reconciliation, just as Ying Zheng had imagined.
Isn’t it just one hundred thousand shi of grain?
If people die, where will there be food?
If we don’t have enough food, can we still eat meat?
So without thinking much, he gave an order and started searching for food throughout the city, which caused a huge commotion.
Then cartloads of grain were transported from the city and handed over to the Qin army.
Shen Bing got the news from Fatzitun.
The reason was that there was too much food and people needed to count it, so Fatty Tun was urgently requisitioned for a few days.
Before leaving, he hurriedly reported to Shen Bing:
"Master, our army has reconciled with the State of Yan."
"The condition is one hundred thousand stones of grain. The disciple is here to count these grains..."
Shen Bing was stunned after hearing this.
He was not surprised that King Yan would agree to this condition, although it was indeed a stupid thing...
The enemy comes to the city and asks you for food and reconciliation. Can you agree?
If the Qin army was unable to attack the city because of insufficient food and grass, wouldn't it be possible to attack the city if the food was sent there?
This is clearly handing the knife to the enemy!
The reason why King Yan agreed was that he had no confidence in defeating the Qin army and only asked the Qin army to let him go.
But then again, if you can cut off your own son's head and beg to be spared, then what does this food mean?
What is strange to Shen Bing is, why is this script different from history?
Is this war going to be impossible?
Wasn't it true that Ying Zheng was not willing to stop until Jicheng was occupied?
But this is also a good thing. If the Yan State does not fight, they will get food.
Then the saved troops and this batch of food... can be used to attack Wei.
Let me go, this Ying Zheng is enlightened!
Just when Shen Bing was confused, he saw the censor holding bamboo slips and a few personal guards walked up to Shen Bing, bowed slightly, and then read out:
"The artillery division of the Hanoi Army helped our army conquer Handan. They also built waterwheels, turned them over for farming, and built pontoons to help our army cross the river."
"We have performed our duties diligently and performed extraordinary feats repeatedly, and now all members have been promoted to the first level."
"The engineer is Shen Bing, the official is promoted to a high official, and the official is a stingy man!"
When the craftsmen heard this, they couldn't help but cheer in unison and were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
For the soldiers of the Qin Army, nothing is more exciting than being promoted to a noble rank, because it means that they are leaving their lower status and moving towards the top step by step.
If it is difficult for ordinary soldiers to "not change" beyond the fourth level of nobility, Shen Bing has already done it. Does this mean that as long as he follows Shen Bing, he will have a chance to enter the high nobility?
Cang's face flushed with excitement, and he excitedly said to Shen Bing:
"Senior brother, I won't update it anymore, I won't update it anymore!"
"Four fields and four houses, annual salary of two hundred..."
Cang was probably thinking about being promoted day and night, so he knew all these rewards by heart.
The censor bowed his hands to Shen Bing and said:
"Congratulations to the mischievous man for being promoted to a noble title."
"Please ask Chefu to hand over the inheritance test to change the household registration."
As mentioned before, becoming a fifth-level knight is not just as simple as being promoted to a knight.
It has already crossed the threshold of the aristocratic class. The household registration needs to be reclassified, verified and re-created. This cannot be done carelessly at all.
Shen Bing said "Thank you so much, Censor," and carefully handed over the examination certificate.
Then he asked doubtfully:
"If I am a miser, then Chen Chefu..."
The censor replied:
"It is said that Chen Shifu has been transferred back to Xianyang."
"He must have left in a hurry, without even saluting."
Shen Bing said "Oh".
I secretly thought that this lucky guy was so happy that he could go back to Xianyang that he didn't even want to salute.
Then Shen Bing sighed again:
Why wasn't I the one who was transferred?
I am also willing to go back to Xianyang and live a stable life!
What do you want from such a noble official? Why don't you just stay on the battlefield and suffer?
As soon as the censor left, a large number of people came up to congratulate Shen Bing, some familiar and some unfamiliar.
Needless to say, the strangers are the engineers who will become Shen Bing's subordinates in the future.
An army usually has five engineering corps with a strength of about a hundred people.
They are Blade Master, Transport Master, Attack Master, Artillery Master and Defense Master respectively.
They each correspond to different tasks:
Blade masters mainly repair weapons and equipment, such as swords, halberds, shields, armor, etc.
Transporters are responsible for making and maintaining transportation vehicles, such as horse-drawn carriages, and building roads and bridges.
The siege division makes siege equipment other than cannons, such as siege ladders, logs, etc.
It is said that the artillery division was also part of the attacking division before.
Later, because artillery can be used to attack and defend, it is not just for "siege". On the other hand, artillery is much more complex than other siege equipment, so it was formed into an independent division.
There is also a defense division, which is mainly responsible for making defensive equipment, such as stone hammers, rolling logs, horse-repelling guns, tripping ropes, etc.
Before that, the most powerful one was the attacker.
This may be related to the main attack of the Qin army, and the collision of the siege ladder made by the siege division is directly related to the life and death of the soldiers.
Therefore, attackers have always had the highest status and the best treatment among engineers.
It's different now.
Under the leadership of Shen Bing, the artillery division repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, including destroying cities and building bridges, and received various promotions and promotions.
Among them is especially Jinjue.
There are only a few civil servants in the ordinary engineering soldiers who are great, and even fewer who have made meritorious service and are promoted to the top.
However, the artillery division was twice promoted to a high rank due to collective merit, so it was promoted everywhere. Shen Bing even jumped over the dragon gate and was promoted to a high rank... This made the artillery division a division that everyone envied, and everyone was jealous. I want to sharpen my head and squeeze in.
Not long ago, many craftsmen were looking for a reason to switch to artillery.
But now they don't need to do this, because Shen Bing has become a stingy man. From now on, the collective evaluation of merit will not be based on the artillery division, but on the control of all engineers.
This is also one of the reasons why it is more difficult to be promoted the higher the title, the higher the rank, the more soldiers you bring, so the credit is more likely to be diluted.
Therefore, the strangers who came to congratulate him were not all hypocritical... When Shen Bing, a new official, took office, of course engineers like them had to come and get acquainted with each other.
Besides, when they think that the credit will be more and more due to Shen Bing in the future, can their faces not be happy?
This one is called Pu, that one is called Zhi, and the other one is called Owe... Did you give birth to this child when you owed money to someone?
It is easy for Qin people to choose names, but it is also difficult to remember!
A lot of people took turns introducing him, and Shen Bing couldn't remember a few of them. However, Shen Bing remembered Zuo Shifu's name: Meng Liang.
This was what Hui told Shen Bing, because he only had a vacant position but never saw him.
Is this okay? Shen Bing needs an assistant to take care of the chores around him, but he still has a vacant position?!