Zhi Xuan

After the historian left, Zhi Xuan sat alone in the study, facing the open bamboo slips, unable to write for a long time.

After pondering for a long time, Zhi Xuan sighed, he was really not in the mood to continue dealing with government affairs, so he decided not to embarrass himself.

He had read the historian's records, and every word and every word was true without any exaggeration, but no matter how he thought about it, something was wrong.And I can't let the historian change it, I can only put it aside and give up competing with myself.

As for what future generations will think, will they suspect that these historical materials are nonsense, anyway, he will not live that long, so let him go.

"Come on!"

Distraught by the government affairs, Zhi Xuan decided to go out for a walk in the city, maybe he would feel better.It was quite fruitful in the dense forest yesterday, and if we explore again, we may find more discoveries.

The magistrate personally dispatched manpower, and in order to prevent further accidents, two hundred soldiers were gathered in the team, each of them was about ten girth in size, like cast steel.

The soldiers gathered in front of the mansion, all carrying longbows, swords hanging from their waists, and long halberds in their hands, looking murderous.

With these soldiers accompanying him, Zhi Xuan didn't have to worry about his safety at all.When encountering dangers such as monkey groups, 200 people form an formation, and they can tear apart the target with bare hands, forcing a way out.

After the soldiers, there are five hundred soldiers who are good at archery and sword fighting.More than 20 of them are hunters, who are best at searching and hunting.There are these people who are responsible for scouting the way, and if danger is found, the alarm will be issued immediately.

The slaves in the team were also carefully selected. Physical strength was one of the factors. The key was to be bold and cautious. They would not be like the ones who accompanied them before, and they would not be attacked by a group of monkeys. Not to mention protecting the emperor, their legs would be weak first.

After the team was assembled, Zhi Xuan boarded the chariot.

The carriages are fully equipped, in addition to hand warmers and hot water, there are medicine powders and pills prepared by witch doctors and mulberry doctors.

The team started from the Monarch's Mansion, crossed the long street where the clan workshop was located, and passed Guorenfang and Shurenfang successively. The two sides of the street gradually became lively.

Push open the window.Pedestrians in sackcloth and animal skins can be seen.

Different from the clan and the people of the country, most common people wear short robes, mainly for the convenience of movement. The hem of the robe and jacket is as long as the hips, and if it is longer, it can only cover half of the thigh.

Because Zhixuan collected wool in large quantities and organized hand-knit sweaters and trousers, the Xiyuan clan and soldiers gradually got used to light and warm clothing, which caused the demand for animal skins to drop sharply, and the price also began to drop.It's just that no matter how low the price is, it is limited. It is not easy for ordinary people to wear clothes made of animal skins.

These people walking on the street, no matter they are from Xiyuan Kingdom or Bei'an Kingdom, as long as they wear animal skins, their family background cannot be said to be superior, at least they have surplus food in their families, which can support them in exchange for a whole body of warm clothes.

Seeing Zhi Xuan's car passing by, pedestrians on both sides of the road stopped one after another, saluted in place, and watched the team leave.

A caravan had just entered the city, and was led by a soldier to the merchant's workshop, just in time to meet Zhi Xuan's team.

"Is it the Marquis of Xiyuan?" The caravan leader stood in his old age, strong and strong, but not tall.With a simple and honest appearance, he smiles three-pointedly when meeting people, and his appearance is very amiable, which can easily dispel the wariness of others.

Zu Wu often met scheming businessmen, and he was well-informed, but he still got a lot of news in the city from the other party.

Hearing the team leader's question, Zu Wu looked at the chariot approaching and said proudly, "It's Your Majesty!"

The leader smiled and nodded, immediately got off his horse and ordered the team to retreat to the side of the road.

When the car drove by, Zhi Xuan seemed to be aware of it. He opened the window and happened to see the caravan on the side of the road.

The team leader was sizing up the team in front of him, and noticed the eyes on him, instead of looking over, he quickly lowered his head, as if realizing that his behavior was inappropriate.

When the team was far away, the team leader raised his head and looked in the direction of the city gate. He stared at the city gate for a full five seconds before retracting his gaze. With a smile on his face, he asked Zu Wu to continue leading the way.

After leaving the city, Zhi Xuan felt uneasy all the time, so he summoned an accompanying servant and ordered him to go back to the city immediately to see the doctor in charge of the shop.

"Hold my warrant and order him to send someone to watch this caravan."

Haocheng Commercial Square is temporarily under the joint management of the two countries. When Xuancheng is completed, the people of Xiyuan Kingdom will withdraw and hand over all the commercial workshops to Zhao Hao's retainers.

The situation is special during the wedding, there is an endless stream of congratulatory teams, not wanting to cause confusion, two doctors are set up in the commercial square and pedestrian square.

The person Zhixuan asked his attendants to meet was none other than the doctor in charge of the shop, Nishihara.

The servant took the order and left, Zhi Xuan suppressed his doubts, leaned in the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.Probably the dream last night made him nervous, but it is an indisputable fact that the spies were caught in the city.In this case, it is better to be busy in vain than to be negligent.If people with ulterior motives are allowed to mix into the city, it will definitely bring endless troubles.

The pawn Wu Wu, who was exploring the way, rode forward and entered the forest first.

After yesterday, the path leading to the forest has been widened, and there are still broken branches and shrubs along the way, as well as footprints frozen in the cold wind.

The team stopped in front of the dense forest, Zhi Xuan got off the chariot and changed to a horse.

The soldiers who explored the way returned to report, and from here to the hot spring, they found nothing unusual along the way, and there was no sign of the return of the monkey group.Instead, a few hares and a flock of birds were found.The feathers of the birds are very bright, but unfortunately the speed was too fast to catch them.

Seeing Zu Wu's appearance, Zhi Xuan couldn't help but feel a little headache.

When he was enfeoffing the land, he ordered people to collect poultry mainly for breeding.I don't want the taste to change when the news spreads, and people mistakenly think that he likes birds with bright feathers.

Some of the envoys congratulating the wedding this time sent rare birds, all of which were brightly colored and extremely difficult to catch.

For this misunderstanding, Zhi Xuan wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start.What's more, the news is spread by word of mouth, so there is no guarantee that his explanation will not be distorted and run counter to his original intention.

After thinking about it, Zhi Xuan could only give up the idea of ​​explaining.

It's not a big deal to love rare birds, as long as he doesn't set up a zoo like Nan Youhou, it doesn't hinder him.

It's a pity that he was relieved too early.

Although he didn't build a beast garden, he organized the establishment of a large number of breeding farms and led the clans to build them together.The people of this country know the internal reasons, and understand that the monarch is to enrich everyone's table, but other princes and states do not know it.

Now the domestic breeding industry in Xiyuan has developed to a considerable scale. The large and small clans have built breeding farms one after another. The people of the country are happy, but in the eyes of other countries, they are doing the same.However, the people of Xiyuan country worshiped the monarch blindly, and instead of speaking out to dissuade them, they condoned them collectively.

Nowadays, everyone's impression of Xiyuan Kingdom is still one of the four major vassal states.The kings of the big countries thought that Zhi Xuan was young, and the clans in the country were enough to involve his energy, even if there were many rumors of supernatural beings, he was not afraid.

This gave Zhixuan a more relaxed development environment.

When the monarchs really dealt with him, realized that the situation was not right, and wanted to join hands to contain the Xiyuan Kingdom, it was already too late.

Zhixuan rode his horse into the forest, and sure enough, as Zu Wu said, the journey went smoothly without encountering any obstacles.

The white mist ahead means that the hot spring is not far away.

Zhi Xuan swung the reins, and the horse neighed, and spread its hooves to speed up.

Without the monkeys, the surroundings of the hot spring seemed extremely quiet, and the white mist shrouded the water surface, covering the lush greenery beside the water.The emerald green is covered with white, ethereal, like a dream.

Zhi Xuan got off his horse, took the rein and walked to the water's edge.

The blood in the spring has disappeared, and with the gurgling of the spring, the spring water has become clear again.

To Zhixuan's surprise, the school of fish in the water disappeared without a trace.He re-confirmed that the fence was indeed erected yesterday and has not been moved.

"strangeness."

For further confirmation, Zhi Xuan grabbed a stone and threw it into the water.

With a bang, the stone fell into the bottom of the spring, causing large ripples on the water surface.When the ripples calmed down, the school of fish still did not appear, not a single one.

"Where did you go?"

Zhi Xuan couldn't figure it out.

The only possibility is that there is a dark passage underwater, and the fish swim along the dark passage.It's a pity that I don't know how deep the water is, so I can't confirm it for the time being.I can only put it on hold and talk about it later.

Everyone watched Zhixuan approaching the hot spring and witnessed his series of actions, they couldn't help feeling puzzled, but Zhixuan didn't make a sound, and no one asked any questions.

Zhi Xuan walked around the spring, measured the area of ​​the hot spring with his footsteps, and had an idea in mind.Look around the hot spring again, and select several suitable places to build greenhouses one after another.How to plan specifically, he can't operate alone, and needs to find experienced farmers to carry out further.

One of the sites, near two springs, grew clusters of purple-black wild grapes.The grains of these wild grapes are small, and the taste is a little sour. They belong to the native land and are different from the grapes that were introduced later.

Wild grapes usually ripen in June and wither after a month, and should not appear in winter.The reason why it can grow in the forest and not decay in the cold wind is all due to these hot springs.

Even if the varieties are different, wine making should be fine.

Zhi Xuan held his chin and decided to give it a try.Anyway, it doesn't cost money, and if it succeeds, it will be a lot of money.

Wild grapes grew in large tracts, and the slaves were ordered to pick them, which quickly filled more than a dozen rattan baskets.

A large number of red berries grow under the wild vines, many of which were found in the tree holes where the wild monkeys stored their fruits. They should be edible, but they were also picked and placed in rattan baskets layer by layer.

Walking along the wild grape forest, a large area of ​​shrubs stretches out.Behind the shrubs are straight trees with trunks as high as more than 20 meters and luxuriant branches.Snow remains under the trees, and many thorn balls are scattered in the snow. Most of the balls are empty, and some of them are wrapped with broken chestnuts.

Yesterday, time was in a hurry, and everyone was focused on searching for the tree hole where the wine was stored, but failed to search carefully in the forest.Looking at it today, the resources around the hot springs are extremely rich. Even if we don’t build a greenhouse, we can still make Zhixuan a lot of money by just relying on natural cultivation.

"I don't know how to use a treasure mountain when it's empty." Thinking of the Di Rong tribe who guarded the dense forest but almost starved to death, and wanted to head south, Zhi Xuan sighed.

However, the Dirong tribe was really wronged.

Originally, the monkeys were entrenched in the forest, and they were extremely ferocious. Let alone coming in to search, they had to detour when passing by.

If there were not wolves and golden eagles, it would be no easy task to clean up the monkeys.If you rush in rashly, let alone kill the target, there is a great possibility that you will be killed back.

Just because Zhi Xuan can destroy the monkeys doesn't mean that Di Rong can too.Even Zhao Hao, without adequate preparation, may not be able to escape from Zhi Xuan's situation yesterday.

Now Zhixuan doesn't go to battle much, and the armies of the vassal states he has seen are even rarer. The only ones he knows are Xiyuan Kingdom and Bei'an Kingdom, and the armies of these two countries are at the top of the pyramid, and they are outstanding in terms of military strength.

In this way, it is inevitable that he will have a wrong perception.

When he understands the real situation of the armies of various countries, he will find that these Central Plains armies, which are not on the same level as the Xiyuan Kingdom, can trample Di Rong on the soles of his feet if he picks out one at random.

Comparing the two, it is easy to understand Di Rong's helplessness.

A strong man who could carry a tripod was full of doubts about a group of three-inch nails. He didn't understand why he could send them flying with a single slap.This is not Versailles, this is pure bullying, bullying clearly and without discount!