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. They rode a carriage running on the railway tracks. After going to the iron mine, they took a boat to the copper mine in Daye.

Many ships along the way were transporting coal dug from the mine. When they arrived on the shore, they saw the huge strange tools on the shore that used the principle of pulley leverage to transport coal boxes. Liu San was used to it. He believed that he would see more strange things in the future.

After arriving in Daye, Liu San met a group of people who were obviously migrating from the north, including men and women.

After asking, I found out that these migrants were from Wanyi.

Liu San didn't know where Wan was before, nor even if Wan was from Chu, but now after these days of recognition of words and military education, he knew where Wan was about.

Before, the army also read newspapers all day long. They listened to it a lot and knew the current situation.

After pacifying the Jianghan River, the army organized civilians to build Xiangfan City on the Han River. Then, they defeated the Jianghan River and captured the power of the King of Chu and went north, defeating the king of Nanyang of Chu, and seizing Deng and Rang.

There was originally a Mo family's iron smelting workshop in Wan there, which was originally one of the important sources of wealth for the King of Chu. When he besieged Wancheng, the miners and smelting craftsmen in the city rioted, and then they got Wan and advanced to Luyang.

However, Qin, who had just defeated Wei in Xihe, suddenly sent troops and occupied the Shang land of Chu. The King of Chu was captured and was in a daze and could not resist at all. Once Qin took Xihe, he took advantage of the chaos to take Shang, opening an important road to the Nanyang Basin.

The army was worried about Qin's interference and did not advance to Luyang, but instead stationed troops in Rang, which was once the capital of Deng.

After Qin State got the Shang Dynasty, civilians sent to build Wu Pass. In fact, the Qin State and Nanyang controlled by the Mo family were only separated by some cities controlled by the nobles of the Chu State.

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

Danyang heads northwest, which is Shang, which is the fief obtained by Wei Yang in history after defeating Wei. It is also what Zhang Yi calls "Shanghai's land" as what Zhang Yi calls "600 miles."

The reason why the King of Chu was so jealous of these six hundred miles in history was that this was originally Chu, and the other was that it was the earliest capital of Chu, and it was also the place where the wine buds were shrunk, and it was even more important to attack the Lantian soldiers to Xianyang.

Now this place has become the front line for the confrontation between Qin and Mo families. Although Qin did not have a definite attitude at this time, and even took advantage of the chaos to take over the commercial land of Chu, it is difficult to say afterwards.

The Mo family in Nanzheng has been fighting with Ba Kingdom over the years and has expanded its power to the Shangyong generation. Once Danyang took over, it basically controlled the Han River Basin.

If a war really breaks out with Qin, it may be very fierce. The terrain of Nanyang may change hands, so the craftsmen of the iron ore and iron smelting workshop in Nanyang area collectively moved to Eyi, which had just been planned to be established, in case of an accident.

This migration was long-lasting, because the Nanyang area is likely to become a tug-of-war battlefield, so the families of these people were moved here.

Relying on the grain from the Jianghan area, Eyi will be built as soon as possible into an industrial and commercial base mainly for immigration and the rear of the military-industrial war in Nanyang.

In addition to these, Liu San also saw many small vendors, handicraftsmen, etc. that followed him.

This place will soon become a city, a city where food is difficult to subsistence but industry and commerce are abnormally developed.

However, Liu San cannot understand these principles for the time being. He is still in service and may not be truly built after he has completed his service.

The task of their company is still similar to before, to carry stones to build roads and build a railway track not far from the river to the copper mine.

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

During the first break during the road construction process, Liu San and a few curious people in the company went to the mine together. In a few months, the strange things that burned coal and lifted water had been installed.

As curious as them, there are some people from Nanyang.

The language of Nanyang is different from that of Qichun, but both sides can communicate in the language of Sishang, which is not a barrier.

You could see the chimney emitting black smoke from afar and the ropes that kept pulling the bucket up and down. Liu San looked for a long time but couldn't understand how this thing moved. The people next to him looked surprised.

"As long as there is enough coal, this thing can reach seven or eight horses, and it will not be tired day and night. It only takes a special person to fill in the coal."

"It used to be a woman who needed to release the water, but now it's not necessary."

A man was talking about this thing proudly, and Liu San said in a panic: "Can this thing be as good as seven or eight horses? It's not stopping day and night?"

Looking around, I saw at least sixty or seventy chimneys standing around the mine. After calculating slightly, Liu San was also shocked.

If there are sixty-seven, it is equivalent to five or six hundred horses, and the horses cannot be stopped day and night. These iron things can save at least a thousand horses!

The feed consumed by a thousand horses every year requires a lot of people to breed, and horses still need to be fed by people. The key is that the horses cannot carry water, and they still have to rely on people to use a wheel.

But how can one get enough to get on the horse? Just relying on some coal, it saves thousands of people. These thousands of people can be mined without having to carry water, which is equivalent to digging twice as much.

Liu San was already familiar with the army's organization and said in his heart: "These things are within reach of the three brigades."

While he was feeling this, the person who was telling the machine proudly was chatting with the people next to him.

Liu San listened to the latest news about these things, thinking that if it weren't for the Mo family, he wouldn't have dared to think that there would be such a thing in his life.

"The more this thing, the better. Si Shang is short of people everywhere. In order to get people, some people take a boat to buy people. Even if a person works for a long time, he still needs at least fifteen kilograms of grain a day..."

"It's a pity that this thing is still too consuming coal. It's hard to use in other places except for the mining area. It's good that it's convenient to transport coal on board, but it won't work after all."

Another person said: "Yes, but this thing is safe and not easy to explode. It is not about steam, but about pouring cold water into it to turn water into water. In fact, it is about air pressure."

"The things the people in the machinery manufacturing center were built on the qi, which was difficult to do according to the orders of the giant. There were specialized craftsmen who used brass to make one, which took several years. It was really good, but it was too troublesome to do it."

The man who spoke before shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is no way. The boring machine used in combination cannot be processed too well now, so there is no way to avoid air leakage. Scraping the cannon is OK, but scratching this thing requires much more fineness."

"There are many equipment produced by the machinery manufacturing institute now, and it is really useful to rely on the brass test. The giant said right. If that thing can be mass-produced, it will be a huge change. One person can do what ten or even dozens of people before."

Another person smiled and said, "It's useless. There are only cars but no cattle and horses, just like there is a thing underneath but no wife..."

The two of them were playing vulgar jokes, and Liu San was stunned. He could probably understand each word, but he didn't understand what it meant when he was connected.

But from this point of view, it seems that Si Shang is building something smaller than this coal burning thing, and once it is done, it can be as many flint rifles. Not everyone can use the power of a ox and a tiger?

Looking at the equipment that was constantly emitting thick smoke, Liu San suddenly understood some of the truths he said during the military lecture notes.

Some principles that Mohists must win.

The instructor in the army said that it turned out that a person could only cultivate thirty acres of land a year with stones and copper, but could not collect a few hundred kilograms of grain.

Nowadays, cattle, horses and iron tools are used on Si, and a family can cultivate a hundred acres. The family is equivalent to three or four families of the vassal states, and the excess grain can be sold.

Just like the railway track they built, once it is repaired, it can save many horses that transport coal stones, and these horses can be devoted to other things, either to cultivate land or to fight.

In the lecture notes, the instructor said that this is the root of the prosperity of Si Shang and the correct path to benefit the world. Judging from the art of knowledge, the Mohist path is correct and can be carried on to truly make the world prosperous.

Liu San was difficult to understand before, but he just vaguely understood a little. Now when he saw these equipment emitting thick smoke, he suddenly understood the principles he had understood before.

The reason is that simple, but how can it be effective?

Liu San was a little confused. He seemed to know nothing. What could he do in the future?

After seeing the outside world and being shocked, would I really be willing to go back to the village to plow the fields? I didn’t want to plow the fields at first, but what could I do?

With such doubts, he returned to his residence, found the representative of the Mozhe in the company, and asked about his doubts.

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

“One hundred.”

The representative of the Mozhe nodded and said, "I learned very quickly. In fact, when the service period reaches the third year, non-combat field companies will also have training."

"For example, teach you how to plow the fields and learn some skills. After learning a few words, you can also be sent to be an apprentice. Those who have more words will be given priority. If you are unwilling to go back to plow the fields, you can also stay and be a worker. If you want, you can also go to Si Shang. There are shortages of people everywhere. As long as you go, there will be something to do."

Liu San gathered up the courage to ask, "Is Si Shang much richer than here?"

Representative Lian's eyes immediately lit up and he said, "Yes, but the world will be as rich as Si Shang one day, and then the world will be prosperous."
Chapter completed!