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"I don't have anything in Daqin?" Yingyu quietly walked into Shangwen's office and asked
"Nothing" Shang Wen said
"Don't hide it," Ying Yu looked at Shang Wen and said
"There is nothing overseas. There are many things that Daqin does not have. You can only see it when you go to sea," Shang Wen said.
"I haven't seen the sea when I go out to sea." Ying Yu looked at the map on Shang Wen's wall and said
"Have you never seen the sea?" Shang Wen asked in surprise
"You say that?" Ying Yu said, pinching Shang Wen's arm fiercely
"If I can go outside, I still need you to tell me," Ying Yu got angry
"Oh, let's go out and see the outside world and take a round-the-world trip," Shang Wen said
"Global Travel" Ying Yu said
"Yes" Shang Wen replied
"The outside world is much bigger, not only the sea, but also the small islands and beaches. The scenery is very good." Shang Wen said Ying Yu listened to Shang Wen's explanation
"There is also the aurora, do you know that there is a dreamlike light in the sky, it is extremely beautiful, and there is an endless tropical rainforest in the desert, where it rains almost every day," Shang Wen said excitedly
"Oh my God, it rains every day. I didn't leak that day. I don't want to go to that place." Yingyu said that the wet weather made her feel uncomfortable
"By the way, is there anything delicious outside?" Ying Yu asked
"Yes, there are many, many, let's take fruit as an example. Have you ever drank coconut milk?" Shang Wen asked
Ying Yu shook her head
"There are also countless watermelons, bananas, pineapples and grapes." Shangwen said Yingyu's heart was itching. It was the first time she had heard so many things she hadn't heard before. Although Shangwen is a common thing, it must be considered in this era. Limitations Many things have not spread over, such as watermelon, a fruit from Africa
"In addition to food, there are many animals. Did you know that in Australia there is a pouch animal. In the southernmost part, there are a lot of cute penguins. In Africa, there are giraffes with long necks, African lions, zebras, hippos, and sheep in South America, especially in the mountains. "Camel" Shangwen told Yingyu about the outside world
"Is the alpaca like a sheep and a camel combined? It's too ugly." Qin's country only had camels after they harassed the Western Regions. So at this time, there are no donkeys.
"Well, it's about the same." Shangwen couldn't explain the difference clearly, so he could only talk about it casually.
"By the way, is there such a thing as diamonds in Qin?" Shang Wen asked
"Brick" Yingyu asked
"Oh yes, there are a lot of them all over the construction site." Ying Yu thought Shang Wen was talking about bricks and stones
No way, Shangwen looked at Yingyu suspiciously. If I remember correctly, there seems to be very little mention of diamonds in ancient Chinese history. How could diamonds be everywhere? This guy didn’t hear clearly, Shangwen looked at Yingyu.
"Look at what I'm doing, aren't there bricks and stones on the construction site?" Shangwen smiled when he heard the joy in his heart, Yingyu's ignorance is quite cute
"What are you laughing at?" Ying Yu felt that Shang Wen had a big conspiracy
"The diamond I'm talking about is the hardest thing in the world. It can drill through anything. Although it's very small, it looks good. It's the best for making diamond rings," Shang Wen said.
"The hardest diamond ring" Ying Yu blushed all of a sudden, is this guy going to give me a ring?
In fact, the biggest use of diamonds is not for decoration, but for industrial drill bits. Some extremely compact instruments require all kinds of diamonds. Qin’s industry, especially oil mining, is also due to the lack of diamonds. At least it is best to have diamonds.
"Then where is it? You find it?" Ying Yu asked eagerly, Ying Yu couldn't imagine the appearance of gems because there was nothing to refer to in this era. Pearls are already gem-level things.
"Well, it seems that Sri Lanka has rubies, sapphires, topaz, South Africa, all kinds of diamonds and a lot of gold," Shangwen said.
"What card?" Ying Yu asked
"Hey, no matter what cards are overseas, our boats can't even get out of the Yangtze River, and Sri Lanka and South Africa have to cross the vast sea. You think going to sea is just a joke, and it is risky." Shangwen returned to the original starting point. The risk problem
"I didn't say anything after talking so much," Ying Yu said unhappily
"If you want to, you have to build a ship and go to sea," Shangwen said
"Creating" Ying Yu only thought about diamonds and nothing else
Going to sea is not so easy. Risks are right. The insurance industry has appeared during the great European voyages. The insurance industry has emerged with both profits and risks.
"Hey, I thought of a good way to make money," Shangwen said
"What a good way" Ying Yu said happily
"Insurance" After Shang Wen finished speaking, he began to introduce the usefulness of insurance, how to apply for insurance, how to pay, etc. How to make a profit during this period, Ying Yu slapped the table at the beginning and scolded Shang Wen for being so stupid that he did business at a loss, but after calculating the probability, Ying Yu felt that Shang Wen could tell Ying Yu, this can greatly facilitate sailing and make a lot of money
Ying Yu asked Shang Wen to write down the original words and then went back to Xiao He for discussion.
After reading it, Xiao He thinks that accidents of transport vehicles often occur in the transportation of Qin State. These accidents are also one of the reasons for bank bad debts. Although accidents cannot be avoided, with the help of insurance, this worst case scenario can be reduced. a lot of
As a result, a relatively broad insurance appeared. The first insurance company in Qin State, Wenyang Insurance Company, was established after the third day. Although people still don’t know what insurance is and they are not devoted to sailing as Shang Wen thought, but insurance has indeed appeared. The members used their eloquence to give an overview of the insurance business, and they also carried out a lot of publicity work in order to impress people.
Since it can appear, there must be a market. The first insurance policy was born in the carriage and horse transportation industry. It is mainly traffic accident insurance. After paying a certain amount of insurance, even if the risk is reduced for the carriage, more insurance will be born as time goes by.
600 Allied Forces Show Weakness
The war in the Western Regions has gradually subsided, and both sides have calmed down
The reason why the two sides are so calm is that one side has temporarily exhausted its offensive strength, while the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms are temporarily unable to launch an offensive due to preparations.
The Three Kingdoms first resolved the issue of command. This war will be mainly completed by Qin and Zhao, so the position of the main military officer was established between the two countries. After discussions in countless telegrams, Wang Jian was finally determined as the main commander of the war, and Li Muze was the chief of military staff. However, this is the result of national power competition and has little to do with the generals' talents
Then there is the issue of names. Qin’s intelligence agency abbreviated the combined army organized by the Western Regions as the Western Regions Allied Army, while itself referred to it as the Qin, Zhao, and Han Three Kingdoms Allied Army for short. The Western Regions Allied Army and the Three Kingdoms Allied Army are easily confused when reporting. To avoid this situation At the same time, it also shortened the relationship between the three countries in terms of names. Qin suggested changing the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces to the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces, thus separating the Allied Forces and Allied Forces.
The offensive of the Allied Forces in the Western Regions was quickly shattered by the advanced weapons of the Allied Forces.
First, besiege the support points defended by the Qin army. These support points are very difficult to hit. The firepower points are set up very cleverly. The uphill slopes less than a few meters high next to the road can be used by the Qin army, and those commanding heights become favorable positions for artillery firing. There are extremely dense traffic trench connections, as long as there is a situation in that place, you can quickly launch a counterattack through these hidden trenches
The Qin army arranged three defensive lines, each of which was equipped with barbed wire, and there were dense mines hanging in the barbed wire. These mines were brought to the extreme, especially the anti-infantry mines transformed from wooden-handled grenades, which became a nightmare for the coalition forces.
This kind of fuze grenade, which uses copper wire and glass tube to ignite sulfur, is very suitable for infantry mines. Usually he is shot on a barbed wire post and tied to some barbed wire by a pull rope. What is more cruel is that Qin Jun exploded his head on a wooden handle grenade. The location** is a can box full of stones or warheads wrapped in a can, which is equivalent to installing a fragmentation device on a grenade. In fact, this anti-infantry device is surprisingly lethal, especially in the Qin army. within rifle range
Once someone triggers a landmine, it will cause more casualties, especially those stones that make many people fall to the ground and shout loudly. These shouts can easily disrupt the opponent's offensive morale, and these wounded soldiers who fell to the ground could not be rescued. The coalition forces once sent People came to rescue these people, but these people, especially those who were wounded at a distance of about 150 steps to [-] steps from the effective range of the Qin State rifle and valve gun, became good bait. Those who tried to rescue became living creatures. It is for this reason that the rescue of the target was abandoned, and the bait continued to die until the last drop of blood was drained or frozen to death.
Such a situation caused the morale of the coalition forces to plummet, and they couldn't break through the firepower network formed by the damn barbed wire mines, rifles, machine guns, and artillery. They could only give up the attack and surrounded them and made a detour, but they were often attacked by the opponent's artillery.
These support points have seriously interfered with the coalition's offensive frontlines, and the offensives on the front line are often not smooth.
The Allied forces invested in fast-response cavalry units, but now they have all become infantry. They began to dig trenches to defend, but the ground could not be dug at all. They could only use ice or trees to make temporary work. This kind of barbed wire only needs to fix a few points, and this kind of barbed wire has undergone three innovations. First, the material of the barbed wire is changed to steel wire or mixed with steel. The original wire hook is changed to a sharp barbed blade. Unfortunately, you will be severely scraped off a piece of meat. Many coalition soldiers have suffered from this kind of barbed wire. A small piece of meat is scraped off a person. Although it is not life-threatening, it is extremely painful, which makes many coalition troops concentrate. The disadvantage of avoiding barbed wire concentration is that they are strafed by machine guns from the Qin State. However, the artillery bombardment speed is a bit slow. The main reason is that after the range increases, the overall defense line is widened, especially the distance from the artillery. They are usually two or three miles away from the infantry. Artillery can't get bearings in time, which makes artillery very depressed
In addition, the barbed wire equipped by the Allies was made into rolls. The cavalry carried Shang Wen, and a small roll was usually twenty paces long.
In addition, there are a large number of anti-personnel mines. The defense surface is large and the number of people is small. Landmines have become a very good blockade tool. The Qin State Engineering Corps has deployed a large number of minefields.