Chapter 222: Rare purple

Shang Wen took out his notebook and began to record some plans. This is Shang Wen's fifteenth notebook. On top of this. Shangwen recorded a large amount of experimental data and related preliminary plans. Moreover, continuous improvement has been carried out on this.

The first is the rolling equipment, because there is not a large amount of power equipment to provide. Therefore, when designing, it is still effective to consider human and animal power. In fact, such equipment should have appeared long ago. Shangwen had already had this idea when he was building roads in the north. However, the large number of Huns prisoners of war mainly used at that time and extremely cheap labor made invention and creation almost impossible. There is cheap labor available, so why bother to use your brains to save some effort for these prisoners of war?

It was in this way of thinking that the prisoners of war continued to use their own strength to consolidate those asphalt roads. If this continues, the reason for Qin State's continuous expansion of war is to obtain a large amount of cheap labor, but at the same time it will inhibit another kind of development, that is, machinery. The impact of a large number of labor force is almost a fatal blow to machinery. Only when the population needs are contradictory, people will try every means to improve the equipment and rely on other motivations to complete engineering projects that cannot be completed by manpower. This is a contradiction. This contradiction stems from the difference in human development models.

Now that the two models have more advantages, Shang Wen is still unclear, mainly because the current needs are different. The Qin State needs a large number of prisoners of war for infrastructure construction. With these prisoners of war, there is no need to allocate a large amount of civilian resources to spend on infrastructure. This is an advantage. And these civilian power can be allocated to all aspects of the Qin State, such as combat, logistics, handicrafts, industrial processing, and so on. The coexistence of the two modes has not yet had a major conflict. If one mode is overemphasized at this time, it is likely to cause conflicts of its own.

This time, I used my own people to build the road. It takes a long time to call prisoners of war. The war will not wait for time. Therefore, using one's own person is currently the only option. Rolling equipment, used, bronze, iron, stone. Three thick cylinders made separately are enough. As long as a center is set in the center, the barrel shaft can be inserted. Bronze and iron can only be cast.

Some other tools are shovel and pickaxe. There is a big difference between the ancient shovel and the current shovel. The pickaxe is more often replaced by a hoe, and no specialized engineering tools have yet been differentiated.

These can basically meet the demand. As for explosives, it goes without saying. Granular gunpowder is equivalent to strong gunpowder, as long as it is packed in oiled paper and sealed. When in use, punch a hole and place it before use. The only way to ignite is to ignite. After all, electricity only exists in the laboratory.

After solving the engineering problem, the next step is the cavalry equipment problem. This is a big problem.

Cavalry is different from general infantry equipment. Infantry can have a stable phalanx to maintain overall stability, but cavalry cannot. They have to sprint and move back and forth. In the constant movement, look for the weak link of the opponent, and then embed it. Tore open the enemy's defense line, and finally collapsed the enemy's defense line. The infantry charged. Destroy the enemy in one fell swoop. But this time the opponent is also a large number of cavalry teams. Infantry can only build a defensive formation to stabilize their defense. Avoid being caught off guard by the opposing cavalry.

Thinking of this, Shang Wen thought of a tactic, that is, the famous trench warfare. This method of tactics first appeared during the Civil War. The use of percussion muskets greatly increased the rate of fire of the muskets and the power of artillery, which was more powerful than that of the Napoleonic Wars. The period has improved a lot, and the neatly arranged phalanx for defense is undoubtedly looking for death. The soldiers were initially in an instinctive design to lie down, and gradually turned into digging trenches for defense. The addition of barbed wire and machine guns made World War I a stage for trench warfare.

Shangwen wrote down this tactic with a pencil. With picks and shovels, they should know how to do it. Increase the output of barbed wire, enough to cause fatal injuries to the cavalry. The difficulty of the barbed wire is simply a soldier's nightmare. This kind of barbed wire was difficult to remove with heavy artillery bombardment during World War I. If there are a lot of arrangements, the Yue Kingdom can dismount and fight. Or step on your own person and move forward. The former is helpless, the latter is extremely **** and cruel.

This is war.

The length of the musket used by the cavalry is smaller than that of the musket, especially the barrel part is less than one-half. Or one-third, mainly to facilitate secondary filling. It is impossible for the cavalry to put up a long musket on the horse to reload. This time is too long for the cavalry. And it is not easy to load.

Short and sturdy is the weapon most needed by the cavalry. Shang Wen took the drawing and asked someone to make it specially. Looking at the drawings, Shang Wen thought it was a bit of a carbine. As for the history of the carbine, I don’t know, but it is likely to come from the equipment of the Lancers. This kind of short equipment will not lose its original power and is easy to carry at the same time. It is also the reason why it can be promoted on a large scale.

As for the artillery, Shangwen adopted a four-inch caliber in accordance with Wang Jian's request. The multiples are eight times, and ten times. Two specifications. Which one will ultimately be adopted requires experimental data to support it.

Shangwen ran around in this way to fulfill the requirements of the cavalry.

But the dyer in the textile workshop found Shangwen.

"My lord, what do you think of this purple?" the dyer asked.

"Yes. How does this match?" Shang Wen asked.

"Pick red and blue to match. It's just that this color is extremely difficult to match. Few people can use it. I don't know, why do adults choose this color?" the dyer asked.

How can Shangwen answer? Could it be that I was on a whim. But speaking of it, this purple is indeed a different kind of color. Red and blue have slightly different proportions, and the resulting purple effect is also different. Reddish, blueish. Make purple appear a kind of psychedelic feeling.

Purple represents this noble. The consuls of Rome are proud of purple. The West prefers purple. It is very difficult to produce purple. Because it is not easy, it seems rare.

"It's rare. By the way. Dyeing as soon as possible. Leave some dyes for me, I'm useful." Shang Wen said.

Printing and dyeing clothes is a pity. Such rare colors should be used in the most important places. Paper money, bonds, stocks. This is the most important place. There are also anti-counterfeiting watermarks.