The unlucky sparrows were thrown into hot water to remove their feathers, then their internal organs were cleaned and fried in a pan.
After the cows and horses had rested, the team moved forward again. After drinking some wine, Zhu Biao dozed off.
When he was in Luoyang, he felt tired every day and had to deal with many things. He finally left. Once he relaxed, he felt sleepy.
When he set up camp at night, he just ate a bowl of wontons and continued to sleep.
Zhu Wentian ate skewers in the middle of the village camp and drank beer from time to time.
"Hanhan! You heard it during the day. Zhu Ping wants to build his territory while passing through quickly. I can't do anything about it."
The director sat next to Hanhan, picked up the beer and took a sip. Like Hanhan, he basically didn't eat dinner.
"Actually, Xi'an doesn't need much additional guidance at all. It was once the capital of many dynasties.
Wheat is best grown there, and soybeans are no problem, including other crops.
The same is true for transportation. It was prosperous during the Tang Dynasty, and grain was transported upstream of the Yellow River to Chang'an.
Only when the drought failed, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would go to Luoyang to eat and there was no food.
The actual situation is that at present, it is still a wheat growing area, and there are also hot springs, and most of the blue field jade has been dug up.
So what is its greatest value? Of course it's land. There are many mountains around, including things from previous dynasties.
Nowadays, local officials are not so greedy. The early Ming Dynasty was the best era, and officials were afraid.
After a few years, things have changed. Some people are willing to take risks, and so are the officials in Xi'an. They are so greedy! Bad!
They talk sanctimoniously about doing things for the people, but in reality they have to reap the benefits even when building a dam.
Therefore, technical issues are not a problem, but administrative issues are.
If you need technology, even if you are just passing by, I can provide independent and specialized technology that benefits the people. "
Zhu Wentian explained Xi'an's history and present, resources and wealth, and finally pointed to the issue of official governance.
"The problem of official administration is a problem for the future. His Highness the King of Qin needs to find a solution now." The chief took another sip of wine.
"Li Chief, there are local resources, including good iron ore and coal mines, as well as oil. The oil is generally used for burning and treating livestock diseases.
The location of the oil is clear. Someone drilled and mined it in the Song Dynasty. It can be used for lighting, which I think is very good.
Since we have such a good thing, we will help increase the usage rate. It would be too wasteful to just burn it like that.
We distill it and turn it into several oils. These oils can be burned, but gasoline should not be burned casually.
The key is that when processing these oils, we can get candles. This candle is the best thing to sell. "
Zhu Wentian pulled Li Chang into the tent and began to draw inside. There were oil wells in Guanzhong, and the utilization rate was not very high.
People just use it to light lamps, nothing else! Anyway, as long as it can be burned, it won't smoke your eyes after processing.
As for treating diseases, if there are parasites or something on livestock, just apply oil on them.
After telling the chief about an hour, Zhu Wentian went out to drink and eat skewers, while the chief was copying inside. The most troublesome thing was drawing pictures.
He copied and drew for almost three quarters of an hour, recalling what Hanhan had said in his mind, and felt confident to go out to eat.
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Before dawn, it started to rain lightly, so I ate breakfast in the tent.
Zhu Xi ran to his brother's tent and ate with the children in Xiaqiu Village.
Zhu Biao's tent is large and round, just like Zhu Wentian's Mongolian tent at that time, or this kind of tent has always been like this.
The door of the tent was open, and a glass lamp was hung above it for lighting.
"It's windy, otherwise we can build a shed and eat underneath, it'll be bright. Are you going to eat this today? That's really thoughtful."
Zhu Xi saw the fermented dough cakes and boiled meatball soup, and he was very appetizing.
The little girl smiled: "No, Your Highness, we want to steam the steamed buns, but steaming the buns in the tent will make them steamy and inconvenient.
So I baked the steamed bun noodles into cakes, stuffed them into meatballs, and added other dishes that I originally wanted to make soup, and it became what it is now. "
"Okay, now it's pretty good. I just wonder what the people of Xi'an Prefecture will eat this morning?"
After Zhu Xi praised the meal, he looked at the director with a look of compassion.
"Your Highness, after dinner, I'll tell you in detail." The chief said, don't look at us and eat quickly, otherwise it will be time to have lunch by the time we finish talking.
"I knew the director had something up his sleeve." Zhu Ping became happy. When he ate the pickles, he felt like they tasted like delicacies from the mountains and seas. In fact, that's right, there was shrimp oil in them.
After the meal, everyone put away their tents and headed forward in the rain.
This time many people were sitting on covered cars, and others were wearing raincoats and bamboo hats.
There were four people sitting in Zhu Biao's car, and he wanted to listen. He wanted to know how he could find a way to make money for the people of a place alone without wasting time.
Everyone knows the normal method, which is to use local resources for layout, including the application of some technologies.
According to his idea, let the people use more mineral fertilizers and pesticides to increase wheat production, and send some animals to help cultivate the land.
There are two crops a year, one crop of winter wheat and one crop of oil crops soybeans.
Obviously, the second brother would not be satisfied with just that. How could his fiefdom be dealt with so easily?
"His Royal Highness King Qin, first let's talk about oil. This oil well is not in Xi'an Prefecture, but in Yan'an Prefecture.
To the east of Fushi County in Yan'an Prefecture, there is a county called Yanchang County, where a river called Yanshui flows into the Yellow River.
Yanchang County is right on the edge of the Yellow River. The Yellow River reaches Xi'an Prefecture, and the Wei River connects Chang'an County, the seat of Xi'an Prefecture.
That is to say, if His Highness can send people to extract oil and load it onto a ship, and then reach Huayin County along the river, it can be used. "
The head of the village told a story. The fiefdom of Qin King Zhu Ping was not in Yan'an, but in Xi'an.
"To the north of our fiefdom, is there a Yellow River that can transport things? If we ask people to go there, who can stop us from extracting oil there?"
When Zhu Xi heard that he had no fiefdom, he was not afraid. There was no one claiming the fiefdom over there.
Your own fiefdom is next to each other, so you can go there and take it, and the local people will mine it and use it to expand the scale yourself.
"In this case, the rest of the things will be easy to handle. There is Xianyang County not far to the northwest of Chang'an County.
There are coal mines in Xianyang County, which can be seen at a depth of twenty-three to four feet. It is not difficult to dig wells and mine them.
Your Highness can order people to dig coal here. In fact, the best coal mine is over there in Yan'an. A little north of Yan'an, there is Suidewei.
The coal mines there are great! They are abundant and easy to burn, and the key is that they are very easy to dig. It can be said to be an open-pit mine. "
Seeing that Zhu Ping could solve the problem of oil extraction, the head of the village talked about the coal mine again. This one is very close, very close.
Zhu Xi pursed his lips for a while: "Why don't they grow together? Okay! That place is too far away, we just have a coal mine in Xianyang, more than twenty feet deep, right? We can dig it out in a few days. Is there any more?" "
"There is also an iron mine in the west of Chang'an County, where the Weishui River passes. It is upstream and is called Yusui County. There is iron ore with very good grade.
It's a pity that so many previous dynasties were short of iron and coal, so I don't know if they were all available next to Chang'an, alas! "
The headman said another place, shook his head and sighed.
(End of chapter)
