Because the Chu people did not have a strong concept of the country, it was much easier for Shen Bing to manage it. There was no need for the "Wolf is coming" trick at all. He only needed to let the censor promulgate the Qin Law and assign the censor. It's almost enough to bring an army to monitor.
Shen Bing was more interested in Shouchun's ironware workshop.
Shen Bing went with Qiu.
I still have some doubts:
"Why didn't the deputy general look at the weapons workshop first and then the iron workshop?"
In Qian's opinion, the generals should be more concerned about weapons and equipment, that is, bronze products.
But what Shen Bing wanted to see when he first came up was the ironware...
Shen Bing only replied casually:
"Weapons are all respected by our great Qin, so what's so good about it?"
"Iron tools are related to farm tools, and our army is seriously short of food and grass. If we don't look at iron tools, what are we looking at?"
Shen Bing thought it was right to say this, so he said nothing more.
In fact, Shen Bing's move was because he knew that iron would be king in the future and bronze was destined to be eliminated, so of course he first looked at the iron workshop.
The chief iron officer of Shouchun was a Chu man named 弁 (biǎn, meaning hat). (Note: the chief officer of an iron officer is called chief, and his adjutant is called Cheng).
In fact, Shouchun officials still followed the establishment when King Chu was responsible for Chu, so they were all Chu people.
The reason why they are not replaced is because Shen Bing, Yang Duan and their subordinates are all soldiers who only know how to fight but not manage affairs. It would not be possible to send a bunch of officials from the Qin State to replace them all in a short time. .
And if all these officials are removed and ignorant soldiers are assigned to take care of it, Shouchun will be in chaos.
This also corresponds to the saying: "It is easier to attack a city than to defend it."
So Shen Bing simply let those officials continue to work. As for whether Ying Zheng will replace them in the future... that is not something Shen Bing can decide.
In fact, there is no need to change these officials at all, because it is good for the Chu people to manage the Chu people, and the Qin army only needs to tightly control the political power.
There is a saying that "the fist is the last word." As long as the power is in the hands of the Qin army, are you afraid that these officials will rebel or cause chaos?
Do you need your brain?
What's more, even the King of Chu has surrendered, and Shouchun will be the territory of Qin from now on. These people, including officials, are Qin people and should not be called Chu people. Of course, if you can do well, you can continue to do it.
If it were all replaced by Qin people as officials...
First, he did not trust the people of Shouchun.
Secondly, the Qin army has captured countless cities in the past six months or so. Zhao's, Wei's, and now Chu's are also included. Every city has been replaced from top to bottom. How can it be exchanged? ?
Therefore, even if it is handled by Ying Zheng in the future, the most that can be done is to change the chief officer and reorganize the system and improve the system.
Bian Cheng came forward in fear and bowed to Shen Bing:
"Chief Tieguan... I met the deputy general."
Shen Bing trembled a little when he heard Ben's voice, and couldn't help but glance at him in confusion, only to see that he was shaking like a sieve.
You don't need to ask Shen Bing to know why.
This frightened the Qin army.
What Shen Bing didn't know was that Ben actually scared him, Shen Bing.
If we talk about the Qin army, we don't need to worry too much.
Because the Qin army occupied other cities and either trapped or killed many generals or princes and nobles, most of them, the officials who managed internal affairs, were retained for appointment, unless they were the kind who were corrupt and perverted the law and occupied their positions without doing anything...
There are indeed many officials like this in Chu State.
The reason is that its internal affairs organization is very complex and the various forces and relationships are intertwined. A position, especially a lucrative position, is often competed by several forces.
However, one position cannot be divided into different families, so it can only be divided into multiple deputy positions for each force to share.
The result is that the organization is extremely complex, and many people are just hanging out without doing anything.
Ben was not a person who did nothing. He was a blacksmith and was favored by the King of Chu because of his iron-making skills, so he became an iron official.
With his skills and no connection with the King of Chu and the nobles of the Chu State, Benzhao thought that his life would be safe and he might even be used by the Qin State.
Therefore, he welcomed the Qin army's capture of Shouchun, and although he was afraid, he also had expectations.
However, when he was supervising the work, he suddenly heard that Shen Bing was coming to inspect and was stunned.
Although Ben was not involved in military and political affairs, Shen Bing's name had already spread throughout the Chu State.
Who is Shen Bing?
The deputy general of Qin who defeated Xiang Yan several times and outsmarted Ruyin, and finally captured the King of Chu alive!
Such a heroic figure actually came to inspect the ironworks workshop?
What's more important is that Shen Bing is said to be an engineer. Does he know the art of iron smelting?
If he were to find a mistake, wouldn't it be...
Thinking of this, Bianxin felt nervous, and when he stood in front of Shen Bing, his legs couldn't help but feel weak.
Shen Bing said with relief:
"Nothing important, I just came here to take a look."
"How much iron can your iron smelting workshop produce in a month?"
Ben answered with his hands raised:
"Back to Lieutenant General, the monthly output varies."
"Last month we produced more than 1,130 kilograms of iron."
Shen Bing said "Oh".
It's just over a thousand kilograms, which is really not much for a capital city.
But this is not surprising.
Bronze was more commonly used in this era, while iron was only used as agricultural tools because the smelting technology was immature and more brittle.
And the farm tools were only partially reinforced with iron.
For example, the main body of iron plows, iron hoes, etc. is still wooden, but the part where the front end is in direct contact with the ground is covered with a layer of iron.
In addition, this is not the busy farming season, so the yield is naturally not high.
Shen Bing looked around and asked:
"The iron smelting workshop is..."
Ben hurriedly took a step to the left and said to an earthen house:
"This is the iron smelting workshop. Lieutenant General please come."
Shen Bing guessed it was also this building.
Because iron smelting requires fire and high-temperature molten iron is everywhere, a wooden house is definitely not suitable.
As soon as you entered the door, you were greeted by a heat wave, and you saw more than ten blast furnaces, with a group of workers busy among them.
The workers who had not received the notice could not help but slow down their movements when they saw Shen Bing and his entourage wearing Qin army armor coming in. Their eyes were full of confusion and fear.
Ben was worried that Shen Bing would blame him and hurried forward to urge him, so the workers hesitated for a moment and then started busy again, and their movements seemed to be much faster than before.
Cylindrical blast furnace, human-powered blast furnace, charcoal as fuel.
Shen Bing walked around the blast furnace for a while and then asked the people around him:
"Is Da Qin also smelting iron like this?"
Unanswered:
"Lieutenant General, all the countries in the Central Plains smelt iron like this."
This seems to be expected.
Although the countries in the Central Plains are wary of each other and are careful not to let their iron smelting technology flow to other countries, driven by interests, craftsmen or people will do everything possible to improve themselves by learning or even stealing technology.
Over time, the iron smelting technologies of various countries have become similar.
If there is any difference, it is in some details, such as the ratio of copper to tin in bronzes, the carbon content of iron, etc.
It is difficult to unify these. In this era, we are still exploring and even the masters who have been practicing iron all their lives cannot explain why.