Shen Bing's army was named Daliang Army. The Qin army often had this habit of naming their troops after the place where their troops came from.
The first thing Shen Bing did was to summon Yun Tian.
As soon as Yun Tian saw the door, he stepped forward and gave Shen Bing a big gift and said:
"Xiaomin has met the deputy general."
"The common people only think that the deputy general is very intelligent, but they don't expect that the deputy general also knows the art of war and defeated the Chu army in Qiancheng."
"Now he has been promoted to deputy general to command an army of 100,000 people. The common people really admire him."
Shen Bing said a few polite words, and then asked:
"I wonder if brother Yun Tian's business is going well these days?"
Yun Tian replied:
"Replying to the deputy general, since the quantity of paper is not large, the price is very good."
"There is an endless stream of people coming from all over to ask for paper."
"However, Xiaomin has always adhered to the teacher's training of 'taking what you can give', so he has not raised the price."
"This also makes it difficult to find a piece of paper for beams. It is said that it is even more expensive than silk elsewhere."
Shen Bing nodded.
His nod was secretly praising Yun Tian's character.
As the saying goes, "Rare things are more valuable." When this paper first came out, because it was rare and the production method was monopolized by Shen Bing, Yun Tian could definitely sell it at a high price.
But Yun Tian did not do this, so that paper would not be monopolized by the wealthy merchants, and scholars and even ordinary people could buy it at Yun Tian's.
The other one was relieved when he heard that it was hard to get a piece of paper from Daliang.
After thinking about it, Shen Bing said:
"Brother Yun Tian, the military camp needs a lot of fish, chicken, duck eggs, meat, and agarwood in the past two months. We also need paper in exchange for it. I don't know what to do?"
Yun Tian asked:
"I wonder how much a lieutenant general needs?"
Shen Bing replied:
"Food for a hundred thousand people."
Yun Tian couldn't help being surprised:
"Lieutenant General, this is not a small amount."
"And if a large amount of this paper flows into the market... I'm afraid it won't be worth ten cents."
Shen Bing replied:
"Of course, from now on it will be five cents a piece."
You can still make money at five yuan a piece...not only make a profit, but also make a lot of money, because the materials for making paper are almost free, and the cost is zero, and you can exchange it for money after a lot of effort, of course there is no loss.
Yun Tian thought for a while, then nodded and said:
"I'm afraid Daliang City can't afford it, but ordinary people can trade with other cities, so taking care of it is not a problem."
Shen Bing cupped his hands and said:
"That way I will be able to help you, Brother Yuntan."
Yun Tian quickly returned the gift:
"Don't dare, don't dare, this is what ordinary people should do."
This is the benefit of being a businessman.
It would be fine if the food Shen Bing requested was in small quantities, but it would be extraordinary if the quantity was large enough to feed 100,000 people.
As mentioned before, the food in the army usually consists of rice and meat sauce, so where can you find fish, eggs, and lean meats?
Even if Shen Bing had the money to buy it, even if he bought out the entire city of Daliang, he would only be able to eat for a few days.
However, the circulation of commerce makes it possible.
Because Yun Tian only needs to release one piece of news: buy fish, fine meat, etc. at high prices.
When farmers in various cities and townships heard that there was such a good thing, they immediately took the initiative to sell their chickens, duck eggs, caught fish, and raised pigs from all directions to Daliang Yuntian...
Therefore, the role of merchants is actually circulation. They can flow to wherever they are needed, but the price will be relatively high.
It's just that the ancients didn't understand this truth, and thought that businessmen only bought low and sold high, and made no contribution to society or the country, so they blindly belittled it.
After Yun Tian left, Wei Wei, who was waiting by the side, asked in confusion:
"Lieutenant General, these foods... are for the consumption of Da Liang's army?"
Shen Bing replied:
"To feed 100,000 people, who else but the Liang Army can do it?"
Wei Wei couldn't help but be overjoyed:
"I would like to thank the Vice General on behalf of the entire Daliang Army."
Shen Bing smiled:
"Don't thank me yet, you will know later."
In fact, there is no need to thank Shen Bing, because Shen Bing did this not for the enjoyment of the Liang Army, but for them to gain muscle and strength.
As mentioned before, infantry melee combat mainly relies on two points: one is reaction speed and the other is strength.
The reaction speed depends partly on nature and partly on the long-term linkage between the brain and the limbs. For example, when you often play basketball, volleyball, etc., the brain controls the limbs to respond to certain emergencies in a timely manner. Over time, the reaction speed will be improved. strengthen.
The reaction speed on the battlefield is to strengthen the response to possible attacks from various angles when facing the enemy.
This cannot be accomplished in a short time.
In addition, the Daliang Army and the Black-armored Army were all composed of knights without armor.
One advantage of not wearing armor is that the reaction speed will be faster.
So Shen Bing simply skipped this aspect.
It is entirely possible to improve strength, and it will be a short-term improvement.
In particular, the soldiers of the Liang Army were all around 20 years old and their daily food was just rice, grains, meat sauce, or a few bean sprouts. This made them thin and skinny as soldiers.
Around the age of twenty is the time when the body is growing, so there is a lot of room for growth in this strength.
Most of the foods Shen Bing picked were high-protein foods, plus some savoy cabbage to supplement vitamins and carbohydrates from rice grains. It was almost a fitness meal for modern fitness enthusiasts.
Then Shen Bing didn't say much. He drew a few drawings and asked Cang and other craftsmen to organize Daliang Jun to use wood to make dumbbells and barbells, as well as simple barbell racks and fitness boards.
These things are not difficult to make. It is nothing more than hanging heavy objects on both ends of a pole.
If there is any difficulty, it is that the left and right weight requirements are the same.
As for how to use these things, only Shen Bing can teach him how to use them.
"Sink your shoulders, lift your chest, focus on your chest muscles, push up, exhale and press your chest..."
I started pushing eighty pounds.
One kilogram in Qin Dynasty was 253 grams, so this eighty kilograms was less than the current 20 kilograms, which was almost the weight of the empty Olympic pole.
The reason why Shen Bing knew this was because his college roommate had a fitness fanatic, and his fitness equipment was all over the dormitory.
He was also very enthusiastic, patiently explaining the standard movements when his roommates had itchy hands and practiced a few times.
That's all. After training, this guy always keeps his upper body naked and exerts all his strength, asking:
"Classmate, help me take a look. Are your chest muscles bigger?"
Shen Bing never thought that these things could be used at this time.
The principle of fitness is very simple, which is to achieve "differentiated training".
That is to say, a certain movement should exert as much weight and pressure as possible on the target muscles to avoid compensation... The so-called compensation is to avoid the participation of other muscles.
In this way, the weight can be used to tear or even partially tear the muscle fibers of the target muscle group.
Then follow a high-protein diet to use protein to repair these damaged muscles, so the muscles will become larger over time.
Of course, once the muscles become bigger and stronger and adapt to the weight, it will not be enough to tear the muscle fibers, so you have to increase the weight.
Repeat this to achieve the goal of building muscle.
There is also a "welfare period" for novices, that is, the effects are particularly good when novices first start practicing.
Only when you practice to a certain level will you enter the "platform period".