After the road was repaired, another company was left behind to patrol and maintain the road on weekdays.

Fortunately, Liu San's company was not left behind, and a group of them took a carriage running on the railroad tracks, went to the iron mine, and then took a boat to the copper mine in Daye.

Many boats along the way were transporting coal dug out of the mines, and when they arrived at the shore, Liu San was not surprised to see the huge strange tools that used the pulley lever principle to carry coal boxes, and he believed that he would see more strange things in the future.

Upon arriving in Daye, Liu San met a group of men, both men and women, who had apparently just migrated from the Northland.

After inquiry, I learned that these people who migrated over were people from Wanyi.

Liu San didn't know where Wan was before, and he didn't even know if Wan was from Chu State, but now after these days of literacy and military education, he knows where Wan is.

In the past, the army also read newspapers all day, and they have heard a lot and know the current situation.

After pacifying Jianghan, the army organized the service people to build Xiangfan City in Hanshui, and then broke the power of Jianghan to capture the king of Chu to the north, and broke the king of Chu Nanyang, and captured Deng and Sui.

There was an iron-smelting workshop of the Mo family in Wan, which was originally one of the important sources of wealth for the king of Chu, and when the siege of Wancheng, the miners and smelting craftsmen in the city rioted, so they got Wan and forced Luyang.

However, the Qin State, which had just defeated the Wei State in Xihe, suddenly sent troops and occupied the commercial land of the Chu State, and the King of Chu was captured in a trance, and it was difficult to resist at all.

The army was worried about the interference of the Qin State, so it did not enter Luyang, but stationed troops in Yu, which was the capital of the former Deng State.

After the Qin State won the Shang, it sent people to build Wuguan, but in fact, Nanyang, which was controlled by the Qin State and the Mo family, was only separated by some cities sporadically controlled by the nobles of the Chu State.

As early as a few months ago, the Mo family seized Danyang, the earliest capital of the Chu State, in order to prevent the Chu people from cutting off the Han water.

To the northwest of Danyang, it is Shang, that is, the fief obtained by Wei Ying after breaking Wei Wei in the original history, and it is also the place where Zhang Yi Xichu called "the land of Shang in six hundred miles".

The reason why the king of Chu was so hot for these 600 miles in history is that this is the land of Chu, and the second is that this is the earliest capital of Chu State, and it is also the production area of shrinking wine bud grass, and it is the key point of the Lantian soldiers to reach Xianyang.

Now this has become the front line of the confrontation between the Qin State and the Mo family, although at this time the Qin State did not have a definite attitude, and even took advantage of the chaos to take the commercial land of the Chu State first, but it is difficult to say after that.

The Mo family of Nanzheng has been fighting against the country of Ba for many years, and has also expanded its power to the Shangyong generation, and Danyang has basically controlled the Hanshui Valley.

If a war really broke out with the Qin State, it might be very fierce, and the topography of Nanyang was plain, and it was possible to change hands, so the craftsmen of the iron ore and iron smelting workshops in the Nanyang area were collectively relocated to Eyi, which had just been prepared to be established at this time, in case of accidents.

The migration was long-lasting, as the Nanyang area was likely to become a tug-of-war, so their families were also relocated here.

Relying on the grain in the Jianghan area, Eyi should be built as soon as possible into an industrial and commercial base dominated by immigrants and a military industrial rear in the battle for Nanyang.

In addition to these, Liu San also saw many small traders, handicraftsmen, and so on.

It will soon become a city, a city that is not self-sufficient in food, but where industry and commerce are abnormally developed.

However, Liu San can't understand these truths for the time being, he is still in the service and labor, and it may be that after he completes his service, this city will really be built.

Now the task of their company is still the same as before, which is to build a road with stones on their backs, and build a railroad road from the river to the copper mines.

This copper mine has been mined since ancient times, and Liu San knew that these mines were now mined below the surface of the groundwater, and thinking of the strange things that were unloaded on the ship that day, he thought that he could finally see how that thing carried water.

During the first break in the road construction process, Liu San and a few curious people in the company went to the mine together, and those strange things for burning coal and lifting water had been installed in a few months.

As curious as they were, there were also some people from Nanyang.

The language of Nanyang is different from that of Qichun, but both sides are able to communicate in the language of Sishang without obstacles.

From a distance, you can see the chimney emitting black smoke, and the rope that keeps pulling the bucket up and down, Liu San didn't understand how this thing moved after looking at it for a long time, and the people next to him were also amazed.

"This thing can reach seven or eight horses as long as there is enough coal, and it will not get tired day and night. All it takes is a special person to fill it with coal. ”

"Originally, a woman was needed to release the water, but now it doesn't work."

A person was talking about this thing triumphantly, and Liu San secretly exclaimed in his heart: "Can this thing be as good as seven or eight horses?" Day and night? ”

Looking around, he saw that there were at least sixty or seventy chimneys standing around the mine, and after a little calculation, Liu San was also shocked in his heart.

If it is sixty-seven, it is equivalent to five or six hundred horses, and horses cannot be kept day and night, and these iron things save at least a thousand horses!

The feed consumed by a thousand horses every year requires a lot of breeds, and the horses need to be fed by people, and the key is that the horses can't carry water, and they have to rely on human rollers.

But how can a man's strength keep up with a horse? Relying on some coal alone saved thousands of people, and these thousands of people could mine without carrying water, which was equivalent to twice as many people as they could dig.

Liu San was already familiar with the establishment of the army, and secretly smacked his tongue in his heart: "These things are as good as the people of the three brigades." ”

When he was sighing at this, the person who had just been talking triumphantly about the machine was chatting with the person next to him.

Liu San listened to the new things about these things with his ears sideways, thinking that if it weren't for the Mo family, he wouldn't dare to think that there would be such a thing in his life.

"The more stuff the better. There was a shortage of people everywhere in Sishang, and in order to get people, some people went to a long distance by boat to buy people. Even if a person works for a long time, he needs at least fifteen catties of food a day......"

"It's a pity that this thing is still too coal-intensive, and it is difficult to use it in other places except in the mining area. Sishang is fine, and it is convenient to ship coal, but it is not possible after all. ”

Another said: "Yes, but this thing is safe and not easy to blow up." It does not rely on the top of the steam, but on pouring cold water into it to turn the water vapor into water, in fact, it still depends on air pressure. ”

"The thing that those people in the arsenal are going to do according to the orders of the giant is relying on the qi, which is difficult to do. There are special craftsmen who have spent years making one out of brass, which is indeed good, but it is too troublesome to make. ”

The man who spoke before shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is no way, the suitable boring machine still can't be processed too well, and there is no way not to leak." It's okay to scrape the cannon, but it's much more elaborate to scrape this thing. ”

"Many of the instruments that have been made out of the machinery making now, relying on the brass test, are indeed very useful. Juzi is right, if that thing can really be mass-produced, it will really be a sea change, and one person can do what ten or even dozens of people can do before. ”

Another laughed, "It's useless." There are only cars but no cows and horses, just like an empty thing but no wife......"

The two of them were making vulgar jokes, Liu San was dumbfounded, he could probably understand every word, but when they were together, they didn't understand what it meant at all.

But listening to this meaning, it seems that Sishang is working on a smaller coal-burning thing than this, and once it is done, it can be as much as a flint gun, so not everyone can use the power of nine bulls and two tigers?

Looking at the smoking equipment that kept going up and down, Liu San suddenly understood some of the truths he had said during the military handout.

Some of the truths that the Mohists must win.

The instructor in the army said that a person could only cultivate 30 acres of land a year with stones and copper, but he could not harvest a few hundred catties of grain.

Nowadays, Sishang uses cattle, horses and iron tools, and a family can cultivate a hundred acres, and a family is equivalent to three or four families in those vassal states, and the surplus grain can be sold.

Like the railroad they had built, once it was built, it would save a lot of horses that had to carry coal and stone, which could be used for other purposes, either farming or warfare.

In the handout class, the instructor said that this is the root of Sishang's prosperity, and it is also the right path for the world to benefit.

Liu San was difficult to understand before, but he only vaguely understood something, but after he saw these smoking instruments today, he suddenly understood the truth that he understood and understood before.

It's as simple as that, but how can it work.

Liu San was a little confused in his heart, he didn't seem to know anything, what could he do in the future?

After seeing the outside world and being shocked, is he really willing to go back to the village community to cultivate the fields? I don't want to plow the field in the first place, but what can I do?

With such doubts, he returned to the station, found the representative of the ink artist in the company, and asked about his doubts.

The representative of the ink artist asked him with a smile: "How many words do you know?" ”

"A hundred."

The representative of the ink scholar nodded and said, "I learn quickly." In fact, when the service period reaches the third year, the non-conscription field company will also have training. ”

"For example, teach you how to plow the fields. As well as learning some crafts, you can also send them to be apprentices after a little learning. Those who know more will be given priority, if they don't want to go back to plowing the fields. You can also stay as a worker, or go to Sishang if you want, where there is a shortage of people, as long as you go, there is something to do. ”

Liu San mustered up the courage to ask, "Is Sishang much richer than here?" ”

Lian Deputy's eyes immediately brightened, and he said: "Yes, but one day the world will be as rich as Sishang, and then the world will be very profitable." ”

After saying this, Lian Deputy's thoughts drifted thousands of miles away, thinking about what his relatives in Sishang were doing now? I guess we've already finished harvesting the wheat, right? How would the reactionary princes react to this shocking event?