Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Zirong never expected to find no one for half a month, and finally couldn't help asking: "How did you choose people?"

Xie Lianyun said helplessly: "Don't mention it, I did go to the plateau to find someone, but the problem is that our people can't get up, that's fine, the people up there can't get down."

Xiao Zirong looked confused: "Can't come down? Why? Is the road difficult or something?"

"They were dizzy when they said it, but after being checked by the doctor, they couldn't find anything." Xie Lianyun was also confused: "It's fine if one person does this, but why are so many people like this?"

Xiao Zirong understood as soon as he heard it, okay, the people below go up lack of oxygen, and the people above come down drunk, it is also impossible.

Xiao Zirong didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said, "Then take your time looking for it, and if it doesn't work, send someone to the plateau for exercise."

Xie Lianyun said: "It's okay, they have already started to send young ladies down one by one to get used to it. If they can get used to it, they will stay, and if they can't, they will go back."

Xiao Zirong was slightly taken aback: "Are they so cooperative?"

Xie Lianyun pursed her lips and said with a smile: "They are all eager to come and do things for His Highness."

After detailed questioning, Xiao Zirong found out that most of these plateaus were barbarians who were active there, and they also had trade exchanges with the plains, but the frequency was not many. After all, there were not many people who could adapt to the environment below.

When Chai Shuren helped Xiao Zirong find people before, these people didn't come because they couldn't stay down for a long time. They didn't think so at the time, but they got the news after the barbarians who had deals with them brought back a lot of money. .

I felt a little regretful for a while, what's wrong with not getting used to it?What's wrong with dizziness?Should have come in the first place.

What?Afraid that my life will be told on the plain?

But in many cases being poor is something more terrible than death.

It's a pity that there was only one chance. Although the king of Jinling left some barbarians to work, there were not many people left, and most of them returned to their tribes.

Everyone still wanted the chance to stay in Jinling, not to mention anything else, the various things they saw that night were enough to last a lifetime, and even those stories could be passed down from generation to generation.

It's fine if you don't have a chance, but this time you finally have a chance, not to mention the people on the plateau, even the barbarians in the mountains are moved.

The place where they live is not too low, isn't it just running?They can do it too!

It's a pity that this time the King of Jinling only wants young ladies. In these tribes, women also bear important responsibilities, and the division of labor and cooperation between men and women appear to be more equal than outside.

Men often go out, so it's okay to go out, but women are prone to internal problems, such as cooking and laundry.

But even so, some people are inquiring, wanting to send their daughter here.

Of course, these people may still have the idea that if they can be taken as concubines by the King of Jinling, then the whole family will rise to the sky in one step.

After Xiao Zirong found out, he simply let them go. Anyway, it would be better if the women's country could communicate, and if they couldn't communicate, he just wanted insurance.

Yuan Jia's reply to Xiao Zirong was very enthusiastic. If he was in front of Xiao Zirong, he would have patted his chest and said that it was no problem. At the end of the letter, he asked Xiao Zirong carefully if he could The shipments of salt and glass should be increased a bit.

Xiao Zirong smacked his lips for the first time to feel the joy of being begged to buy things, oh, it’s not the first time, many people in Jiankang are begging him to sell cakes and fireworks, but he just doesn’t sell them.

Ordinary fireworks are fine, but those with words or flowers are only released on special occasions.

There are four special periods in total, the first one is Chinese New Year, and the remaining three are the birthdays of Xiao Xuan, Xiao Ji, and Xiao Xuexing. Oh, maybe we will add another birthday of Xiao Zhun, which is Huaner, in the future.

As for Xiao Zirong himself...he didn't care, even before Xiao Xuexing gave him his birthday, he didn't know when this body's birthday was, who would dare to mess it up.

But being begged by one's own people is not as good as being begged by the enemy to sell things. Xiao Zirong rubbed his chin, feeling that fireworks can also be sold, um, ordinary fireworks.

As for whether the Northern Wei Dynasty will find the correct proportion of gunpowder from fireworks... Xiao Zirong is not too worried. First of all, the gap between fireworks and gunpowder is still quite large, especially in order to make fireworks have more colors. Metals react chemically.

Some metals were only found by Xiao Zirong with his old nose. People in the Northern Wei Dynasty couldn't recognize these metals, so they couldn't be ruled out correctly.

Ten thousand steps back, even if there is really a talent from heaven over there who came up with the formula of gunpowder, the question is, is the difficulty of gunpowder really a problem with the formula?

No, it's a matter of stability, and Taoyuan City has already started researching the latest formula, and the formula of fireworks is relatively backward, even if they master it, it is still Qi State who is ahead.

Once the gunpowder is in the world, it is normal for enemies with family background to follow up. Xiao Zirong can't stop these people and there is no need to stop them, as long as he can ensure that Qi State will always be ahead.

The emergence of hot weapons may make them more cautious in fighting each other, and they will not do it easily unless they are sure.

If Yuan Ke can really be honest within five years, then this deal will be a good deal.

Xiao Zirong raised his hand and wrote back to Yuan Jia, agreeing to the other party's needs, and then wrote to Chunsheng.

Speaking of which, Chunsheng was indeed a remarkable person, as expected of Xiao Xuexing who picked him out and sent him to his side.

Originally, Xiao Zirong thought that Chunsheng and the three of them would spend the rest of their lives under surveillance, and felt very guilty, sending someone to send some money over from time to time.

Freedom is gone, so we can't make people hungry and clothed, right?

As a result, Chunsheng turned around and bought three shops in Luoyang, specializing in selling glazed products.

Xiao Zirong's current colored glaze workshop has started to produce relatively cheap glazed products. Well, cheap means that at least middle-class families can buy them. Yuanjia wants relatively high-end colored glaze products, and Chunsheng wants these cheap ones. Commodities, in the end, he really made a name for himself, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the store is making money every day.

And he didn't do anything, he was just doing business, and he was friendly with everyone on weekdays, Yuan Ke sent someone to stare at him for a while, and then left the matter to Yuan Jia.

Yuan Jia didn't take it too seriously, so it's a good time for this man to spend time in Luoyang with those two guards.

Xiao Zirong planned to hand over fireworks to him for sale. Of course, in order not to let others misunderstand that what he got was gunpowder, Xiao Zirong also gave Yuan Jia a batch of ordinary fireworks.

The very blunt statement in the letter opened Yuan Jia's horizons, so don't be ashamed at that time.

Yuan Jia: ...

What else can I do?He could only take the fireworks to really open his eyes with the emperor.

Yuan Ke naturally didn't like gunpowder, not to mention that he had a psychological shadow. When he saw the fireworks, he suddenly asked: "The fireworks that Xiao Zirong set off on Xiao Xuexing's birthday before were also written by him?"

Yuan Jia looked at his nose, nose and heart: "This... I don't know."

Yuan Ke sneered: "He is the only one who has this ability, but unfortunately, Xiao Xue still refuses to recognize him."

Yuan Jia said cautiously: "I feel that the two of them may not necessarily be related."

Yuan Ke glanced at him: "You think it's useless, send someone to continue the investigation, I want to know the specific situation."

Yuan Jia had no choice but to agree, and finally Yuan Ke took a look at the fireworks and said: "Take it down and let people check it. Qi State has gunpowder, why can't we have it? But be careful, Xiao Wen is cunning by nature, so he sent the fireworks here directly. I'm afraid I've tampered with it."

Yuan Jia nodded, not daring to say one more word, for fear of reminding Yuan Ke that his underground palace was bombed.

In fact, they had already analyzed gunpowder before. Xiao Wen's bombing of the underground palace was indeed a shame, but it was not completely useless. At least they might be able to analyze what could cause an explosion from the materials he asked for before.

What they know now is that there are various pigments and flour, but the role played by the fan has not yet been analyzed.

Naturally, no one knows the principle of dust explosions these days. They think that since they are all explosions, and they were made by Qi people, they must use gunpowder.

Xiao Zirong, who had already prepared that Wei Guo might research gunpowder, didn't know that he directly took Wei Guo people into the ditch.

After dismantling the fireworks, Wei Guo didn't find any pigments or flour inside, so he was stunned at that time. The results he had speculated before were repulsed by the results given by the fireworks, and he didn't know what to do.

In the end, they decided to continue to follow the previous research direction. After all, the underground palace actually exploded, and the fireworks...Although they also exploded in the air, they are not the same as real gunpowder explosions.

Xiao Zirong had already told Xiao Xuexing to send someone to watch Wei Guo's movements, lest Yuan Ke could not wait to do it after he researched the gunpowder.

As a result, he waited for a long time, until Yuan Jia sent the wool, and waited until the caravan sent to the plateau returned, but he did not wait for the news that the Northern Wei Dynasty had really conquered gunpowder.

So Xiao Zirong was very puzzled, it shouldn't be, if Yuan Ke had gunpowder in his hand, he would definitely find a way to recover the lost half of Yuzhou.

How close Yuzhou is to Luoyang, how can others snore beside the couch, it is impossible for Yuan Ke not to want to regain it.

Xiao Xuexing was already ready to go to war, and even transported some weapons over there. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and he couldn't help but wonder if Xiao Zirong thought too highly of Wei Guo. Can't come out?

Xiao Zirong had no words to respond to this, so he could only put down the things in his hands and said, "Oh, what a pity, I originally wanted to try the power of the firecracker, but Wei Guo didn't give me this chance."