There are five types of sulfuric acid in department stores, divided according to concentration into dilute, ultra-dilute, medium, ultra-medium, and strong. The highest concentration is strong sulfuric acid.
Although sulfuric acid is not very aggressive or explosive, it is very corrosive. It can not only corrode people, but also corrode iron.
"That's it, system, buy 50,000 bottles of upper and middle sulfuric acid."
Fifty thousand bottles, if used properly, can destroy tens of thousands of troops. When the time comes, plus the other weapons in hand, it will be enough to prevent the enemy from entering Chang'an Township. The next thing is to defend Xianyang City.
Sulfuric acid is not a commonly used product and is not very expensive, but 50,000 bottles cost a lot of gold. Li Zhao felt that he should not buy too much of the system, even if he had a lot of money, he would go bankrupt.
After returning to the house and taking out 50,000 bottles of sulfuric acid, he immediately handed it over to Wu Quan.
Wu Quan was very surprised to see it, but he didn't think much about it at this important moment and hurriedly called the guards to move it away.
"Remember, this thing is very scary and must not be touched. You can find a way to place it in a reasonable place on the enemy's path. When the enemy is close, use a machine gun to crush the bottle."
The sulfuric acid bottle is a glass bottle and is easily broken when shot. The explosive force of the glass can even splash the sulfuric acid further.
"You can also bury it on a mine."
Mines are even more powerful in explosive blasts and more powerful in splattering sulfuric acid.
"At the same time, hurry up and ask everyone to collect dry firewood, distribute it on the only way, and light it before the enemy arrives."
As for why he ordered firewood, Li Zhao did not elaborate. Wu Quan was confused and asked, "Why?"
"You will know when the time comes. There is no need to ask any more questions now."
Li Zhao waved his hand and told Wu Quan to hurry up and prepare. However, he went back to the house and purchased four plastic telescopes from the system.
He found that due to permission issues, the things he bought from the department store were of low quality, and even those containing iron were not allowed to be purchased.
This is a drawback.
"Perhaps, if the bandits can be wiped out this time, His Majesty may give me another gift. Then the department store must be upgraded. It would be great if I could buy some electrical products or high-tech products."
Li Zhao was a little looking forward to it, but also a little nervous.
If you want to know the enemy's movements, in addition to sending out guards to conduct reconnaissance, it is best to occupy the commanding heights and use telescopes to inspect all directions.
He asked four people to find four highlands and use telescopes to monitor the four directions respectively. At the same time, he made some temporary flags of different colors with cloth, which were used to provide information. One color provided one kind of information.
There is no way, there is no communication tool here, so we can only adopt this method.
Everything is ready, waiting for the enemy to come.
Achao was responsible for the manufacture of weapons. According to the young master's instructions, he worked hard to manufacture anti-aircraft guns and grenades and transport them to Xianyang. As for the landmines, they can only be used for sneak attacks and are of little use in Xianyang.
One day passed, and there was no sign of the enemy's movement. Two days passed, and no trace of them was found. Even three days passed, and the 150,000-strong army seemed to have disappeared without any news.
The guards sent to investigate had already traveled twenty miles and had no news.
Li Zhao was depressed, but he didn't think much about it.
When marching and fighting, all aspects must be fully prepared. Attacking hastily will only focus on one thing and lose the other. He thought that the rebel army was preparing.
Of course, he could prepare better if he had time.
The enemy troops did not invade, but the situation in Xianyang was unexpectedly bad.
According to the steward's excited report, the wealthy businessman didn't know where his nerves were. He didn't sell the food in his hands, but destroyed it all. The fire burned for three days and three nights before it was finished.
"What?" Li Zhao was shocked when he heard this, and asked quickly, "How much rice did they buy from my Chang'an Township?"
The steward thought for a moment and said, "It's a full 1.5 million stones."
"Why are there so many?" Li Zhao looked ugly.
Chang'an Township only produced 2 million shi, but they bought 1.5 million shi, which meant that only 500,000 shi could be landed in Xianyang.
For a merchant, it is a good thing that his goods can be bought, but at this moment Li Zhao is not happy and is very worried.
Only five hundred thousand fell in Xianyang. Even if he lowered the price of food, he would not be able to solve the problem of food shortage in Xianyang. Five hundred thousand seems like a lot, but it can only be consumed by Xianyang for one or two months. What about one or two months later? ?
"They are trying to kill Xianyang."
Li Zhaoyin vaguely guessed why the enemy did not attack Xianyang immediately. Presumably, they first adopted a siege method, leaving Xianyang without food, and finally defeated Xianyang without attacking.
"How much rice do you still have in hand now?"
The steward replied: "There are about three hundred thousand stones left."
"It will be sold in limited quantities immediately and the price will be reduced back to the original position."
The butler nodded, maybe he realized something, and quickly ordered the slave to notify Li Jinong who was selling.
"Master, do you need me to do anything else?"
"If necessary, we will also push out the corn we have stored and sell it in limited quantities, especially those who have no food."
The butler nodded. In fact, the young master would do this even if he didn't say it.
"Also, the breeding workshop is about to start. You should recruit people immediately and build the workshop completely. I will give you the relevant information later."
Now the only 600 people in Chang'an Township have been armed, and there is no one to work, so they can only recruit more people. Breeding requires a lot of manpower, and he changed his breeding strategy. Raising pigeons takes too long, so he changed to raising broilers.
The baby chicken is a product of the society in the previous life, commonly known as the forty-day chicken, which means it can be produced in forty days, but if you want to hurry up, it can be born in thirty days.
When food could only last for a month or two, it was impossible for the court to come up with any effective solution, so he had no choice but to take action.
The breeding workshop he asked the housekeeper to build could produce tens of thousands of chickens at a time. To put it more seriously, the big farmers in the previous life could produce hundreds of thousands of chickens at a time, but they needed technology.
Technology! It doesn't matter at all to Li Zhao, there are a lot of secrets in the system.
"Yes, young master!" Seeing the young master's anxiety and solemnity, the housekeeper also became serious.
However, to solve the problem of food shortage, relying solely on chickens is far from enough. Chickens are not the staple food.
Rice has been planted now, but it must be harvested after half a year. Half a year is too long. Although the corn harvest period is short, it also takes four months. Moreover, eating too much corn will affect digestion and be harmful to the body in the long run. We need a crop that has a short harvest period and can be used as a staple food to solve the urgent problem.
That's sweet potatoes.
The sweet potato harvest period is about three months. In fact, it can be eaten in two months, but the potatoes are smaller. What he has to worry about now is not the size of the potatoes, but to survive this period first.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Xianyang will have civil strife without food, which will play into the hands of the enemy.
Presumably the wealthy businessman burned all the food for this purpose.
Half a day later, Li Zhao purchased a large amount of sweet potato vine seedlings and broiler chicken seeds from the system. He also bought various information such as breeding methods and workshop construction systems, and threw them all to the housekeeper.
The housekeeper was greatly surprised when he saw these things, but the young master gave everyone so many miracles that he quickly calmed down and started to implement them.
Just when Li Zhao was about to go to the military camp to have a look, he was taken away by Shang Xin. The emperor asked him to go to the palace.
In Zhangtai Palace, where Ying Zheng sits high on the throne, other ministers have already arrived, but they all look worried.
Jia Xiong rebelled, and there were bandits outside Xianyang who were eyeing him. Their strength was three times that of the Xianyang defenders, and they even blockaded Xianyang.
This is Da Qin’s dilemma.
What's more terrible is that the wealthy merchants burned all the grain they purchased, and Xianyang was in a state of foodlessness.
Lack of food means Xianyang will soon fall into chaos, which no one wants to see.
When this situation occurred, Ying Zheng did not dare to pretend to be ill and immediately called everyone for discussion.
"My ministers, do you have any good strategies to deal with the current bad situation?"
Ying Zheng glanced at the entire audience and saw an individual lowering his head and his face became serious.
Seeing no one answered, his eyes fell on Li Zhao, "Li Zhao, do you have any good ideas?"
Li Zhao stepped out of the queue, raised his hands in salute, and was about to answer when he heard another voice.
"Your Majesty, do you have any good ideas?"
Li Zhao was very surprised and secretly thought who dared to interrupt His Majesty during his questioning? But he didn't like this person very much.
It was actually Lang Zhongling.
After Zhao Gao was executed, this man was promoted to Lang Zhongling.
Ying Zheng listened with no expression on his face, but asked: "Mr. Zhongling, do you have any good ideas?"
The doctor bowed his hands and said, "I have a crop that can solve the current food shortage problem."
Upon hearing that the food shortage could be solved, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he quickly stood up from the throne with bright eyes.
"Tell me, what kind of crop is it? Where can I get it?"
"This crop is called potatoes. I know a merchant who has a large amount of potatoes that can be provided to the court."
The ministers were very curious after hearing this.
I have never heard of the name potato. What new thing could it be?
Ying Zheng was also very curious and asked: "What are potatoes? Can they be used as a staple food? How many are there in total?"
"It can be used as a staple food. It can provide tens of thousands of stones now."
"Wanshi?" All ministers were disappointed.
Ying Zheng shook his head.
Although ten thousand stones sounds like a lot, it is of little use to Xianyang.
Lang Zhongling seemed to understand everyone's thoughts and said loudly: "Ten thousand stones are the first batch. From now on, we can provide ten thousand stones every day."
"Ten thousand stones a day?" The disappointed Ying Zheng immediately opened his eyes wide, revealing his surprise, "Okay, great. Although ten thousand stones a day can't alleviate Xianyang's predicament, it can also solve an urgent need."
"Where is this merchant? I agreed immediately and offered the highest price."
The doctor held his hand and said, "The merchant is outside the palace and can come to see him at any time, but" he hesitated to speak.
"If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it."
"The merchant's potatoes are outside the city. Xianyang is currently closed. Your Majesty still needs to clear the customs."
"Easy to say!" Perhaps too excited, Ying Zheng agreed without thinking, and asked Zhi Su Neishi to contact the merchants immediately to implement it as soon as possible.
When this matter was over, Ying Zheng continued to ask Li Zhao: "Do you have any good ideas?"
At this moment, Li Zhao was a little distracted. He was in a daze for several times before he came to his senses. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Your Majesty is disappointed. I have no good plan."
"No good plan?" Ying Zheng looked at Li Zhao deeply, feeling a little displeased. He still knows about the recent situation in Chang'an Township.
But don’t stick to this and discuss other things.
"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the bandit army intends to besiege Xianyang. The Xianyang garrison only has 50,000 troops, which is not enough to fight against the bandit army. Reinforcements are necessary."
The Taiwei said aloud that this situation was quite embarrassing and could only be solved by the return of reinforcements from the north and south.
Lang Zhongling retorted: "Your Majesty, I think this is not possible. It will take at least four months for the troops from the north to return for reinforcements. It will not help the matter and will only increase the fatigue. Moreover, if reinforcements are returned, it will give the Xiongnu an opportunity to take advantage of. There will be a loss of life at the border."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Taiwei retorted to Lang Zhongling, "Are we just waiting to die? Only by returning reinforcements can we have a chance of survival."
"The bandit army has 150,000 soldiers, but our defenders only have 50,000 soldiers!"
Everyone looked extremely ugly when they heard this. 50,000 people versus 150,000 people, the disparity in strength was too great, it was basically a dead end.
"What are you afraid of? Although our defenders are not strong enough, the rebels have not launched an attack. Maybe there will be a miracle if this continues."
"What's more, if the rebels know about the reinforcements and attack in advance, the situation will be even worse."
This was reasonable. The Taiwei did not refute, but said: "It won't work if this goes on. When Xianyang's food is exhausted, there will be chaos. Isn't this the result the thieves want to see?"
The doctor smiled and said, "Liu Lieutenant, you are overthinking. There are merchants providing potatoes in a steady stream. How can we run out of food?"
The two argued, but the other ministers said nothing, but Ying Zheng stopped it: "Okay, this matter can no longer be discussed, I will make my own decision."
"Retreat if you have nothing to do!"
Soon he left the court.
On the way out of the palace, Li Zhao frowned.
Potato? It makes no sense that potatoes should appear in the Qin Dynasty. Potatoes were only introduced during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. However, it is incredible that potatoes appear now.
The next moment, he seemed to think of something, and immediately rushed to the military camp to find Zhang Han.
"Zhang Han, you send someone to keep an eye on Lang Zhongling all day long. I must know his every move."
Zhang Han didn't ask why, just nodded, and ordered his right-hand assistant to disguise himself and go find out.
The appearance of potatoes is too sudden, just like the appearance of corn.
The corn was donated by Jia Xiong, but he rebelled in the end. In other words, the corn was most likely given by the time traveler, so were the potatoes also given by the time traveler to Lang Zhongling?
If this is the case, then Lang Zhongling will be in danger. As the official in charge of security affairs, he is responsible for the security of the entire imperial city. If he is suspicious, the entire imperial city will be in danger.
Li Zhao was responsible for the safety of the entire Xianyang. He would not allow such a thing to happen, but he could not report the matter to the emperor until there was enough evidence.
A month has passed, Xianyang is safe, and Chang'an Township is also safe.
Two months passed without incident. It seemed that the enemy troops were silent, but Xianyang was not silent. The rice and corn in Chang'an Township had been sold out, and there was no more food to buy in Xianyang.
The imperial court's tax revenue was also in short supply. Although there was a supply of potatoes, it was getting less and less. Lang Zhongling explained to everyone that there was not much potato output.
Suddenly, the whole Xianyang was in panic. Even the potatoes were gone. There was no food to eat. Wouldn't it be a disaster?
There was no one around in Zhangtai Palace. Tie Ying appeared suddenly. Ying Zheng looked at him with a determined expression.
"The Black Ice Platform is all gathered together."
(End of chapter)
