"Zhuo Sheng."

"Um?"

"Why are there so many wood carvings in your camp?"

Qin Teng looked at the model on the cabinet, looking puzzled.

"Oh, these are all figures I carved."

"Figure?"

"It's wood carving..."

"You're the boat at this moment?"

Qin Teng picked up a model and looked strange. He never expected that Zhuo Cao was a lieutenant of the military and political affairs at all, and carved wood in his camp every day? You kid is eating public food now, so he does this?

"Well, it's a tower ship."

Zhuo Cao scratched his head and said, "Mr. Qin, I actually have something I want to ask about. The Qin army includes light chariots, corps officials, cavalry and tower ships. I have seen all the three types of the first, but the tower ships have not seen them yet. I remember that Duke Tu had trained tower ships in Nanjun before."

A light chariot is a chariot who drives a chariot, and a literal official is the most basic infantry. In the words of later generations, the chariots are naval troops or naval troops, which are now called boat troops. Water battles have long existed, such as the Qin and Jin rafting battles and the Song Chuhongshui battles. Zuo Zhuan also records that Chu Zi was a boat troops to attack Wu.

In the past, warships are mainly flat bottoms, square heads, square tails, and warships are divided into three wings, ferry, and rushing ships. The combat method is also relatively simple and crude, and it is nothing more than fighting Wu Gexi and being rhinoceros armor, and the car is in a short hand. They shoot each other from a distance, and after getting close to each other, they start fighting with short weapons.

In the past, Lu Ban also invented two weapons: hook and refu in order to help the Chu State. The water war was also quite exciting and outstanding during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Many people think that the Qin State belongs to Guanzhong, and the navy is definitely not very good. In fact, since the Qin State obtained Bashu and Hanzhong, the navy has developed. Previously, Qin State had threatened Chu State, threatening: The armor of Shu land floated in Wen, took the Xia water and went down the river, and arrived in Ying in five days. The armor of Hanzhong landed in boats out of Ba, took the Xia water and went down the Han Dynasty, and arrived in Wuzhu in four days.

Zhuo Cao remembered that Xu Fu went to sea, but the navy was actually responsible for it. Later, the southern expedition of Baiyue failed. Qin Shihuang specially ordered people to build a spiritual canal, and then used the men of the tower ship to transport food and grass. As for the others, it seemed that they were not mentioned again. So far, Zhuo Cao had seen other soldiers, but he had never seen men of the tower ship.

"Ha, it turns out that it's because of this." Qin Teng stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Tu Sui is indeed better at water wars. I have also trained the men of the tower boat. There are few rivers in the north, so the men of the tower boat are all stationed in the former Chu Yue land. In the past, because they wanted to attack Chu, the treatment of the boat army was good, but now..."

So that's the case?

"By the way, how many troops are currently in Qin?"

"About 700,000 or 800,000 people."

"so much?!"

Zhuo Cao was shocked. He knew that he used 600,000 troops to attack Chu in the past, but this could be a temporary violent warrior, and it was understandable that there were many people.

"This is considered a small number..." Qin Teng said calmly, "You think about it, there are three elite troops of the Weiwei Army, Lieutenant Army and Duwei Army stationed in Xianyang alone. The Weiwei Army guards the palace and serves the Weiwei, with about 10,000 people. The Lieutenant Army guards Xianyang, with about 20,000 people. The Duwei Army guarantees peace outside Xianyang, with a total of 100,000 people. The Beidi County guards 200,000, and Longxi also has 200,000..."

"So cruel!"

The Huns were all soldiers, and the Qin State was similar. These were all young and strong laborers. But they were not engaged in production and were only responsible for defending their families. If there was a larger population, these troops were actually normal. But the problem is that the Qin State now estimates that there are only 30 to 40 million people, which is too much pressure for the Qianshou...

"What are you asking about this?"

"Ahem, I asked casually."

Zhuo Cao would not be stupid enough to say disarmament directly. If he dares to say that, he would probably have to be laid off first. Since Shangjun began to pursue farming and farming, he also serves farming. Now he opens his mouth and says that he wants to disarmament, but the soldiers agree. Can the emperor agree?

"Can I take this wood carving away?"

"It's okay, just give it to Duke Qin."

"Haha, thank you!"

Zhuo Cao thought Qin Teng just took it away, but what he never expected was that Qin Teng took it away??

"So many wood carvings are hard to get, right?"

"Come here, help me take the wood carving away."

“…”

I'm damn!

Wood carvings are not valuable, and the carvings he carved are also very rough. He was not very satisfied with the wood carvings in front. He took them away and it didn't matter if he took them away. But he had to do it all, but he never expected that Qin Teng could take them all.

Why, do you always do this?

Looking at the empty wooden cabinet, Zhuo Cao wanted to slap himself in the mouth. How could he pretend to be rich if he has nothing to do?!

...

...

The next day.

Zhuo Cao got up early in the morning to wash up, and the entire military camp was full of joy today. The soldiers passing by would smile and bow, "Master, how can you do the throne!"

"Sure, good."

Since it is the New Year, it is naturally necessary to have a sense of ritual. Even in the military camp, the same is true. I started washing my hair and bathing yesterday, and I changed into clean new clothes. Don’t think that ancient people didn’t like to be clean, at least it was not suitable for the noble class. For example, the nobles in Xianyang washed their hair every three days and bathed every five days, and they also washed their faces and hair with rice water.

Zhuo Yu was engraving peach wood boards not far away, with the words Shentu and Yulei engraved on them. These two were equivalent to door gods in Qin State, and could protect the peace of the house.

"Ah, what are you doing with this thing?"

"I'm used to it, every year I help carve it."

"Today's official day, what activities can be found in the military camp?"

"Yes. I just got the news that I wanted to hold a archery and shoot a pot. The winner can get a jar of grass wine and reward 500 yuan. Hehe, I still sign up. If I can win, it will be 500 yuan!"

No wonder these soldiers were all ready to go, and even heard cheers. The Qin State was not without humanity, especially on important festivals like Zhengdan, even in the military camps, there would be activities to celebrate. From top to bottom, the whole world celebrated together.

"You keep busy."

"Okay."

Zhuo Cao wandered around with his hands behind his back, and searched for him for a long time before he saw Han Xin. This kid was in the crowd watching the soldiers shoot arrows. There were hundreds of targets, and he could eliminate a large number of people every time.

"Hey, Lao Han, why are you here?"

"Zhuo Jun, Zhengdan is in peace."

"Sure, good."

Han Xin smiled, "I have a fight with General Bi, so I have to make a point first. Today is the celebratory day. I saw someone competing for archery, so I thought about coming and taking a look."

“Have you picked the right one?”

"It's indeed a bit good. You can't just practice sharp riding, you can't just look at the shooting skills, you have to look at the riding skills and endurance. The trampling Ju has also started. Why don't Zhuo Jun go and take a look together?"

"Okay."

The two walked side by side, and from a distance, they could hear the cheers of the soldiers. Han Xin smiled and said, "If you want to talk about stomping, you must be the ones in Qi who are the best at it. In the past, when they were very rich and solid, all the people were blowing rods, drumming zithers, and stepping on stomping. Zhuo Jun, can you play stomping on stomping?"

"I'll forget it."

These days, the tread is mainly made of bamboo, and two pieces of cowhide are made into ball shells. I used to make pig urine soaks in Zhuocao in Jingyang, but he didn't like it himself. He remembered that the Han Dynasty also listed the tread as a military training, but it was lost later.

"good!"

"Good kick!"

From a distance, you can see Tu Sui taking the lead in playing treading Ju. Just now, he shot with one shot and hit the goal accurately. In fact, it is a personal game at this time. To put it bluntly, it is just a bump. Some juggling people can even bump the ball in different ways. In the army, there are football games similar to those in later generations, but there are fewer rules and various collisions are quite fierce.

Tu Sui's arms were tied with black cloth strips, and red cloth strips were tied with red cloth strips. They were all wearing thick armor, and when they collided, you could hear the sound of dong dong. There were also soldiers beating drums beating next to them to attract a large number of soldiers who had nothing to do to watch.

You should know that Tu Sui is a general in the army. He has experienced many battles and has a lot of fans and supporters in the army. He is also quite generous and always cares about the details. He also patrolls various camps every day and cares about his soldiers. Last time, a soldier's shoes were rotten and there were no shoes at home. Tu Sui saw that he was about the same size as his feet, so he gave him his shoes.

That's true. Han Xin is not welcome now. The soldiers in the army have heard about the two fighting. They are quite disdainful of this and even don't give Han Xin any good face.

"Wow, is this a foul?"

"foul?"

"This man directly deliberately pushed the person down, and he still didn't commit a foul?"

"That's because he is incompetent. Why don't others fall? They are all soldiers, and it's normal for them to move bigger."

“…”

Zhuo Cao was stunned.

The Qin people have always been strong and martial. Even if they play with the slap, they will be the same. There are a lot of fights on the spot. Don’t think it’s strange, the Qin people are like this.

"Zhuo Jun, I think this person is good. He shot arrows this morning and did not make any mistakes within a hundred steps. Now others are sweating, but he doesn't sweat much, which proves that he has outstanding endurance."

"I remember how much sweating is related to physical fitness and has nothing to do with endurance. Some people are born to sweat a lot, which does not prove that their endurance is poor."

"Zhuo Jun knows so much."

"Haha, he's right."

Meng Tian walked over with a smile. Zhuo Cao saw this and immediately raised his hand and bowed, "General, the good news is good."

"Good Commander."

"This person is Lou Fan in our army, but his physical strength has never been very good."

"Is he annoying?"

"He is a native of Zhao. He is just good at riding and shooting, so he is known as the Shooting Soldier. If he takes his name as a general, he may not be a general of Lou Fu." Meng Tian paused and continued, "Han Sheng, do you have someone you like?"

"It's a little bit for the time being, but I just don't know how to ride."

"Do we have a horse riding competition?"
To be continued...