Chapter 30: The Second Industry of Forbidden Citizens
After returning to the artillery division, Shen Bing began to make fire bombs.
Fire bombs were not as difficult as imagined. Shen Bing divided the fire bombs into three types and conducted test firings.
After all, this is going to be put into the battlefield.
If you make a decision at once and wait until you find something wrong in actual combat, it will be too late.
The first type of fire bomb was made of pineapple.
Shen Bing once thought that "Songming" was a modern name, but after asking, he found out that it existed in ancient times.
Mountain pine has a lot of oil, so it can be chopped into thin strips and burned for lighting, which is called "pine brightness".
That is to say, the trunks of some pine trees have extremely high rosin content, so they are orange or red.
So it was easy to light, and Shen Bing often used it to make fire for cooking when he was a child.
Ancient people often used pine trees as torches, which burned vigorously and for a long time.
To make fire bombs, just chop them into thin strips and tie them into a bundle. After lighting them, use a trebuchet to fly them...
A bundle of fireballs shot into the sky.
The second type is made of linen.
Circles of linen cloth are wrapped in rosin and tied into a ball shape. When lit, it becomes an excellent fireball.
The third type is stone bullets and fireballs.
It is a stone bullet wrapped with several circles of cloth strips made of linen and rosin.
Fatty Tun was very curious. When others were busy, he approached Shen Bing and asked:
"Lord Gongcheng."
"If you want to attack the enemy camp with fire, you only need to make a fire bomb."
"Coming and going means setting fire to the camp. Wouldn't it be unnecessary to do three things?"
Cang immediately replied:
"Stop talking so much."
"How can senior brother's idea be unnecessary?"
“I don’t know how much I weigh, but I’m here to teach my senior brother a lesson!”
Fatty Tun quickly replied:
"Big...big...people can forgive me."
"Little man, no... no, that's what I mean."
Of course Shen Bing would not blame Fatty Tun. In fact, he thought Fatty Tun was doing well.
Being curious and asking more questions is the first element of learning.
However, Qin Shi did not advocate this.
Qin even banned two industries for the people, that is, fishermen were not allowed to hunt, and workers were not allowed to do business.
Otherwise, it will be another crime... There are so many crimes in this era.
Investigating the reason, Shen Bing believes that on the one hand, it is low productivity.
On the other hand, rulers manage better.
Needless to say about better management, people can do whatever they want, and society is as simple as that.
Low productivity determines that most people are exhausted physically and mentally from just one occupation.
Such as farming, such as fishing.
But there are often people with big appetites who want to work in other industries to steal other people's jobs.
As the saying goes, "there is a specialization in a profession."
These part-timers often lose their own business but cannot seize the benefits of others. They are neither.
If there are too many examples like this, it will have an impact on national production and of course tax revenue.
So we simply used the legal situation to stipulate "forbidden people from two industries".
This law even lasted until the Han Dynasty.
So those novels that travel to the Qin and Han Dynasties are both farming and doing business...
You've never died, right?
Too long to live, right?
You will understand after traveling through time a few more times!
Fatzitun is a merchant. If he had not served in the Qin army, he would not have been involved in the craftsmanship industry.
Shen Bing answered while wrapping the ball in sackcloth:
"I won't do anything unnecessary."
"The pines are tied into a bundle and will not roll easily. I think the range is not far, so they can be used to burn the city wall."
"The sack ball is very elastic and easy to roll. It has the longest range and can hit the city to burn camp tents."
"If it rolls back due to the steepness of the hillside, it will burn the inside of the city wall."
"As for the flint bullets..."
"Then smash the city wall and then burn it. I think the effect will be good."
Fatty Tun was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
After a while, I swallowed hard:
"Sir, how do you know the range of this pine bomb is not far."
"This hemp ball has the longest range?"
"They weigh about the same."
…
Shen Bing was too lazy to explain to Fatty Tun.
It was indeed difficult for the ancients to understand this.
Why does the same trebuchet fire an object of the same weight with different ranges?
The shape...
The range is not only related to the force, but also related to the shape, mass and air resistance.
Therefore, the spherical and lightest ball can definitely hit the farthest.
Irregular pine bullets and larger flint bullets are comparable, and are just right for burning city walls.
Shen Bing weighed the sackcloth ball in his hand, stood up and said:
“You’ll know after you try it.”
So several people were busy loading various types of fire bombs into several trebuchets.
This was indeed the case after the launch. Every time the ball was hit the furthest, it was at least fifty steps further.
At the same time, just as Shen Bing estimated, the linen bullets would roll back along the steep slope.
Ever since, this thing will burn all the way back.
It would be even better if the fireball was blocked by a tent or a pile of sawdust.
This only shocked Fatty Tun.
He kept shouting to himself:
"It's amazing, it's amazing!"
"Sir, you actually knew the result before the test!"
"He is truly a man of God."
…
As he spoke, he looked at Shen Bing from time to time, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Shen Bing was a little surprised.
Because compared to others, this Fatty seems to be particularly interested in projectile motion.
As the saying goes, "laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the door."
People who don't understand how powerful it is, even Xun, just give a thumbs up and say a few words of praise.
They have become accustomed to this. They will know if they can hit farther or closer. Why should they study it?
Only Newton would wonder why the apple fell to the ground instead of flying to the sky.
So most craftsmen are not surprised.
But this Fatty Tun had question marks and shock written all over his face.
This seems to mean that he has some clues.
Shen Bing thought to himself that maybe he could teach this fat man some time when he had time.
But now I don’t have the time...
Shen Bing casually threw a linen ball to Fatty Tun and ordered:
"Just make it this way."
"The weight and size must be consistent."
Fatty Tun said "Promise" and turned to leave but was stopped by Shen Bing.
Shen Bing patted Fatty Tun on the shoulder and said earnestly:
"Young man, do your best."
"The road is tortuous, but the future is bright."
"One day, you will learn all my skills and reach the top of your life."
…
Wait, why do these words sound so familiar?
If you heard this in modern times, your first impression would be that you were deceived!
But how could Fatzitun know this during the Warring States Period?
He was immediately overcome with excitement:
"No, thank you so much for your teaching!"
"The little man will definitely do his best...to repay the kindness of the adults."
"Big, big...what else do you have to say?"
Shen Bing nodded heavily:
"Go to work!"
"I'm optimistic about you!"
"come on!"
Fatty Tuen bowed his head again, and then he started to spread out.
Seeing Fatty Tun looking like he was getting blood, Shen Bing thought to himself:
"sure!"
"Were the ancients so easy to deceive?"
"If you open a company in this era and recruit a group of people, use modern methods to coax them."
"Does counting money make your hands cramp?"
……
This chapter has been completed!