The industrial zone is mainly divided into three major areas: papermaking, iron smelting and textiles.
The simplest and most mature one is papermaking.
It's just that this thing was related to the national propaganda strategy in ancient times, and Shen Bing didn't dare to let go of production and enter the market for the time being.
Therefore, in terms of papermaking, it is only provided to Yunzhong County for its own use.
On the other hand, Shen Bing intends to ask Fusu to report the papermaking methods to Ying Zheng in detail... Only in this way can Ying Zheng be completely reassured and Fusu's position in Ying Zheng's heart can be improved.
In fact, from a certain perspective, Fusu's position in Ying Zheng's heart is not the key point.
Because Fusu has always been very important in the eyes of Ying Zheng in history, otherwise Chunyu Yue and Meng Tian would not have bothered to train him.
Although Ying Zheng did not make Fusu the crown prince on the surface, it was only because Ying Zheng had strict requirements for this successor and was worried that he would not be able to manage the country he had worked so hard to build or felt that Fu Su had not grown into a qualified crown prince. .
But just imagine, if Fusu has not become a qualified prince, which other prince can?
Hu Hai who is still underage?
That's no need to think about it.
Therefore, Ying Zheng had always believed that Fusu was the heir, so he asked Fusu to preside over the funeral before his death... This actually meant that Fusu would inherit the throne, but Zhao Gao and Li Si suppressed it. It was just a death sentence instead.
Therefore, Fusu's biggest problem is not Ying Zheng. Shen Bing even believes that as long as Fusu continues to train with him on the front line, Ying Zheng will be very satisfied, just like Fusu trained beside Meng Tian in history.
But Shen Bing still intentionally or unintentionally kept Fusu in touch with Ying Zheng and continued to improve his favor.
This will not only be beneficial to Fusu's throne in the future, but also beneficial to Shen Bing and even Yunzhong County.
Although Shen Bing had meritorious service in the war and was "loyal"... "loyal" in quotation marks, Shen Bing knew the outcome and was determined to follow Ying Zheng, but he was not loyal at all.
But Shen Bing is an outsider after all.
Just as Zhao Gao said, there was a need for autonomy in the North, and Li Mu was jealous of King Zhao because of his autonomy, which eventually led to Li Mu's death and the fall of Zhao.
In addition, the Qin State had a system of prefectures and counties all over the country. Why did the Northern Territory form a de facto "enfeoffment"?
At this time, Ying Zheng allowed the North to be autonomous... Is it really because he trusted Shen Bing or was not as stupid as King Zhao?
This is not the case.
The more important reason should be that Fusu was involved as the supervisor of the Liang Army and knew the secret, so Ying Zheng knew all about Shen Bing's details.
Strictly speaking, the North is even under the control of Fusu... The person with the most say in the North is undoubtedly Fusu. He is the son of the Qin State. Who dares to say "no" to what he wants to say?
So, what happened to Northern Self-Government?
If you can produce grain and iron yourself, how can you stop the Huns?
Isn't this a whole small country for Fusu to learn to manage?
In the future, the throne will be passed to Fusu. Is it necessary for Fusu to rebel?
If Mr. Fusu rebels on his own initiative, he must be out of his mind!
Therefore, Yingzheng's trust in Fusu is directly related to the degree of independence of Yunzhong County.
If you trust him and identify him as the successor, you will give people, resources, and power...
Otherwise, Ying Zheng would have to worry about whether Fu Suwei would be defeated and eventually kill his father, just like Touman Shanyu first established Maodun and later planned to change his position.
Shen Bing understood the subtle relationship between this, which actually had nothing to do with him as an outsider.
Iron smelting in industrial areas still uses old blast furnaces.
Shen Bing is still cautious enough when it comes to iron.
If paper is a tool for national propaganda, then iron represented the advanced level of military equipment in ancient times.
Shen Bing does not intend to let high-quality new iron enter the market in large quantities, and even his iron smelting workshop is private and not spread to the outside world.
It is only used as the basis for weapon production, storage and future industrialization to enhance Yunzhong County's combat effectiveness... Industrialization requires a large amount of iron, so steel output will become one of the standards for the degree of industrialization.
Because there are many problems:
First of all, the outflow of high-quality iron means that Yunzhong County does not have much armament advantages over other regions and military weapons?
Secondly and more importantly...
If mass production in Yunzhong County even became commodity circulation, then it would be impossible to keep Ying Zheng secret... such as making iron pots, iron bowls, iron buckets, iron hoes, iron plows, etc.
Ying Zheng took a look at it, is this okay?
Our Qin army is still using bronze wares, but your autonomous Northland is using such mature iron wares and even mass-producing daily necessities?
When I asked Fusu again, it turned out that even Fusu didn't know how to make it... Could it be that he wanted to hide the weapon secretly?
As a result, Shen Bingbing died, and Fusu, the supervisor, would also be implicated.
This is no joke, and is more sensitive and serious than paper. Shen Bing cannot be careless.
Shen Bing used an old blast furnace to smelt iron in the industrial area, which actually meant to confuse others... Is the iron smelted in Yunzhong County of high quality?
I'm afraid not necessarily.
It also has poor quality iron, and there is quite a lot of it.
As for the high-quality iron used for arrows and crossbows...that is to select high-quality iron from the mass production of inferior iron for use in the army, rather than any other method of making iron.
With this explanation, the emergence of new railways in Yunzhong County can be explained.
It can even be said to be more reasonable.
Because in this era, occasionally a famous swordsmith from a famous mountain would accidentally refine high-quality iron or even steel and make it into a sword, and a "magic weapon" would be created.
To Shen Bing's delight, Ying Zheng even sent a "prospecting team" of more than a hundred people to Yunzhong County.
The so-called prospecting is to search for iron, copper, tin and other minerals in the area so that they can be mined directly locally without the need to transport them from a distance.
This is good news for Shen Bing.
First of all, this shows Yingzheng's trust in Fusu and Shen Bing.
Secondly, if a mine can be discovered in Yunzhong County, even if it is just a copper or tin mine, it will be of great help to Yunzhong County.
Because this really means that Yunzhong County can be "autonomous" instead of being choked by Zhao Gao, Li Si and others at critical moments.
For example, one day Shen Bing disobeys the order and commits suicide by opposing Fu Su... As long as Zhao Gao and Li Si cut off the source of ore to Yunzhong County, Yunzhong County's military strength will be limited.
Shen Bing immediately entertained these prospectors with good food and wine.
The leader is an old man named Bo.
Later, Shen Bing found out that he was actually only in his early forties, but he looked older because of hard work and hard work all year round... In ancient times, there were many people like this who lived hard lives.
Bo is actually a herbal farmer who makes a living by collecting herbs. He has been walking in the mountains for many years and accidentally discovered an iron mine, so his life path became "prospecting".
Discovering an iron mine in this era was a big deal.
Because at this time there were only 37 Iron Mountains in the Central Plains, and they were all on mountains.
No wonder only these herbal pickers can discover it.