It takes three or four days from departure to destination.
On the main ship, a group of people began an unusual life.
The food was almost all cooked according to Yuntong's taste. Apart from the banquet, they once again had stir-fried vegetables. .
Because of Wu Anjun's instructions, the people in Tianshou Division stared at Gui, but they treated him with high standards in terms of food and clothing.
The meat they eat includes not only chicken, duck, and fish, but also pigs, sheep, horses, cattle, and even reindeer meat.
The drinks include not only rice wine, but also general liquor, beer and other drinks.
Even toothbrushes and towels are prepared. When you sleep at night, the entire cabin is warm, and you can enjoy fishing on the deck.
Even when these scholar-bureaucrats saw soldiers catching big fish weighing hundreds of kilograms, people looked at them frequently.
In just a few days, the equipment and level of civilization here made these scholar-officials feel like they had come from the Stone Age.
Many things are almost semi-automatic. For example, if you go to the toilet and pull the cord, the water will flush directly.
The feces will not be discharged into the sea, but will be collected together to be fertilized when returning to the city.
You know, the public toilets in Yuntong City are now guarded by dedicated personnel. In their eyes, these are not excrement, but money.
After retting, it can be sold directly to the county or even to more remote places. Not only can you make money, but you can also purchase some local specialties and transport them back to Yuntong or several other counties for sale.
Of course, the smell may be very strong, but those people have said that they are not even afraid of poverty, but are they afraid of smell?
Unless there are storms or force majeure, the captain will plan to dump the feces.
These scholar-bureaucrats sometimes wondered if Goguryeo could instantly integrate into Xia Kingdom, whether they would be able to enjoy such a standard of life in the future.
After all, everyone is not an idiot. Except for food and drink, ordinary soldiers cannot compare with them, but the living environment can still be seen. In Goguryeo, the way for nobles to keep warm was to add clothes and use charcoal.
How can there be such a heaven-defying existence as a heater? With this kind of thing, how many people can be saved from freezing to death in a year?
According to the descriptions of these soldiers, the monthly rations of the Xuanjia Army under Lord Wu An were enough to support the food and drink of seven or eight people in the family. After saving, it was not a big problem to rarely eat meat and drink.
Even ordinary soldiers may have worse pay, but they can still support their daily expenses. In winter, almost every house can use a heater.
There is no shortage of iron now. In order to prevent people from freezing to death, Yang Gan will have a wave of discounts and promotions almost before winter, and the price of coal stoves is directly reduced to the cost price.
Don't feel like you're losing money. Whenever you use a coal stove, you still have to buy the briquettes, which is another huge income.
Time passed very quickly, and not long after they landed on a shoal near Anshi, this time Zhu Hongfang came in person to pick them up.
In order to facilitate the arrangement of the two main cities, Ran Jing set up his command post in Jiashi City, which is the closest to Liaodong City and Xuantu City.
Of course, you have to be careful with your small daily actions, after all, the two cities are very close.
The moment the scholar-bureaucrats entered the city lord's palace, a wave of hot air hit their faces.
really!
This heating technology was very strong for Goguryeo, but it had already become popular for Xia. In fact, what they didn't know was that this technology only became popular under the rule of Yang Gan.
It's not that other counties don't want to, but that many counties and cities are controlled by scholar-bureaucrat families. Many of Yang Qian's passed down technologies only serve the upper class. There are also some places where coal is not available and needs to be transported from other places.
Not all canals have been opened or some places are still far away from the canals, so transportation costs will naturally rise, which makes them unaffordable for ordinary people.
After all the canals are opened in the future, I believe that the cost will drop, and coal stoves will be available to the entire Xia Kingdom.
This period of time is also hard for Shi Huacai and Shui Hu. When they have free time and the two of them take a rest, Yang Qian will let them go everywhere again.
Exploring mineral veins.
After all, it used to be just Yuntong County, but now there are four or five counties and cities, and the resources are extremely rich.
In addition, Goguryeo is also a place with extremely rich resources, so naturally it cannot be missed. If I remember correctly in my previous life, the coal reserves in this location of the peninsula are at least about 10 to 14 billion tons.
Even if the current technology is very poor, just a fraction can be used for many, many years.
Yang Qian also thought that after he used water to generate electricity, he could almost meet his daily needs. In addition, it is windy in the north. If all wind turbines were installed in Yuntong County, the amount of electricity generated would definitely be terrifying.
Later, Yang Qian also figured out that there were so many large electricity consumers in his previous life for two reasons. One was the increasingly diversified digital products.
Regardless of the fact that a digital product does not consume much power, once it is added with some air-conditioning appliances and the like, it can easily consume tens of hundreds of hours of electricity in a month.
Another most important reason is industrial electricity consumption, which is quite fierce.
Therefore, according to the current supply and demand relationship, the coal dug out will most likely be used for boiling water and heating, and the consumption is basically not large.
After everyone was seated, Ran Jing signaled his servants to serve hot drinks to everyone.
Ran Jing said nothing. As the power he controlled became more and more powerful, he became more and more majestic in front of others. He was no longer the little soldier he was before, nor was he the commander in charge of thousands of people before.
It is a general who commands an army of 200,000. There is no need to pretend to be majestic, because at this time, every move he makes is majestic.
Many people think that majesty refers to a person's appearance, and majesty is naturally a good thing, but majesty sometimes describes a person's temperament more.
Ran Jing drank the drink calmly, without saying anything. His eyes occasionally flashed with light, and he did not look at anyone else.
The dozen or so scholar-bureaucrats obviously liked this trick. If they were the first to speak, they would lose their status.
If they are our own people, we can be more enthusiastic, but who are they? People who are about to perish.
If it were more than a hundred years ago, the people who left the city without a master and a country would be savages. The savages were not as good as animals. After going out, no one would say anything when they saw them shooting arrows and killing people.
Finally, the leading middle-aged man took a deep breath and said.
"My lord, I wonder why Mr. Wu An sent us here?"
The corners of Ran Jing's mouth raised, revealing a faint smile.
"Cooperate inside and outside to capture Liaodong City and Xuantu City."
.....
In an instant, more than a dozen people were confused. This was too direct, and they were not even polite.
"We don't have an army, and we only have rough martial arts skills. It's not that we don't want to do things like this, it's that we can't do it."
Ran Jing waved his hand and said displeasedly, "You said you can't do it before you do it. It seems that your Majesty has misjudged the wrong person. I thought you could play some role, but I didn't expect that you are a bunch of losers."
Suddenly the faces of more than a dozen scholar-bureaucrats turned red. Even the older people couldn't stand it. On the contrary, the middle-aged people only thought about it slightly and knew that this person was provoking the general.
The middle-aged man chuckled and said, "Since you are so direct, let's not beat around the bush. We have come here, so we must have value."
"Papa papa ~~~"
Ran Jing praised, "Yes, you will understand soon. My request is very simple. Use your relationship in the two cities, cooperate inside and outside, open the city gate, and you don't need to worry about the rest."
"What? How is this possible? This is the main city. Not only does it have a moat, but the entire city is made of solid stone. Even if you cheat, you will never be able to attack it."
Goguryeo has many rivers and abundant rainfall. Although the north is short of water, this is also based on comparison with the south. In fact, there are not many rivers, especially in Liaodong, which is not as good as the peninsula, but there are still many.
Both Liaodong City and Xuantu City were built on the Juli River. They were easy to defend but difficult to attack. The moat was very wide, so there was no shortage of water after all.
Ran Jing said indifferently, "This is not something you have to consider, and we will not let you go first. I will use our own methods first. If it doesn't work, we will let you go."
Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief, and the middle-aged man held up his hands and said, "How about this, sir, use your own method. How about we contact the branch in the city first?"
Ran Jing nodded and said, "Okay, but you can only say that you are here to visit relatives this time. You can't say what the purpose is. After all, although we are affiliated, we may not share the same heart with you."
Ran Jing took a deep look at them. Among the dozen or so people, two of them had unpleasant expressions on their faces.
Ran Jing's words touched on their concerns. Although the main family was in the royal city, the peninsula was still very barren.
The descendants of the collateral line took root in Liaodong City and Xuantu City. It must be said that they were very wise and the geographical location was very favorable.
Without the pressure from Haoqiang and Sanhan, the Xia Kingdom in the west has long been cut off, and there is almost no need to consider the factors of war. Even if there are enemies in the north, there are still many small towns that can get early warning mechanisms.
Although the climate here is a little cold, the land is very fertile, and a large amount of food can be produced without intensive cultivation.
According to the conditions, the life of the collateral family may not be worse than that of the main family, or even better than that of the main family. Of course, the life of the collateral family is much worse than that of the main family.
Ran Jing didn't say anything more to them and directly told them all the difficulties.
After pondering for a long time, the middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "Sir, how much time do we have?"
"Seven days at most!"
"Okay, I'll give you seven days, but you must help me win two cities!"
"yes!"
After sending more than a dozen people to the guest room to rest, Ran Jing hurriedly went to work, inheriting Yang Qian's combat style. No matter how lazy and lazy he usually is, once he gets into the state, he is very vigorous and resolute.
Eggs cannot be put in one basket, and with 20,000 troops left to help defend the occupied city, we only have 180,000 troops at our disposal. The strength is quite small, so we need to be more cautious.
