Chapter 97, Xianbei
The place where Feng Luoxue sat is called rice noodles, which is very famous in Liaodong County and has been passed down for nearly a hundred years.
Cai Yan sat down generously and politely cleaned up his chopsticks for Zu Zhao, but Zu Zhao looked at the rice noodles in front of him, because the rice noodles in front of him were yellow and had no appetite. Is this the rice noodles that have been passed down for a hundred years? After Feng Luoxue's explanation, I knew that this yellow rice flour was made of millet, which often nourished the stomach and other effects.
Zuzuo ate a bowl, but unfortunately it was too different from the bean jelly he ate in his previous life, because there was no pepper, and the most important thing was no monosodium glutamate! How can clear soup taste good? He had a tricky mouth, and then looked at the crowd around him looking delicious.
Even Cai Yan looked delicious. He ate more than one bowl, and Feng Luoxue also ate one bowl.
And Zu Zhao was no longer interested in eating a bowl, because he was not particular about the taste.
"Sister Yan, come here!" Feng Luoxue greeted inside and heard a promise. There was a young woman in a wide robe and sleeves, with a little sweat on her face, but her bright and bright eyes flashed, which made people feel a sense of excitement.
The young woman came to the three and saw Zu Zhao's obvious stunnedness, and then saluted Zu Zhao: "I've seen you!"
'Do you know me?" Zu Zhao's face was so interesting that he didn't expect to be recognized in casual clothes.
"The bitch saw the adults on the street, and also saw the adults and horse thieves late at night, so she had some impression of the adults!" The young woman came forward to speak.
At this time, Feng Luoxue explained that the woman was a widow, but she had some romantic deeds in Liaodong County. Later, she was regarded by the general manager of the Huang family as wanting to occupy her and make her a concubine. She did not. Just as the Huang family was preparing to grab it, Zu Zhao directly destroyed the Huang family. This is the former In a sense, Zu Zhao is the benefactor of this widow.
Zu Zhao looked at the young woman in front of him. In fact, the real age was only about 20 years old. In the Three Kingdoms era, women got married relatively early. They had become daughters-in-law in their 1230s. By the age of 20, they had been young women for more than ten years. The young woman in front of her was the legendary white tiger. As soon as she passed the door, she killed her husband. Later, several local ruffians wanted to hit her, but something happened before and after these blind streams. And the last housekeeper of the Huang family was even more miserable and died directly before doing it. Because of this, the young woman has become famous in Liaodong County, and the name of the white tiger nemesis is more famous than the rice noodles she made.
Zu Zhao listened to Feng Luoxue's introduction and knew that those blind people who came to pester this woman named Situ Yan were all cleaned up by Feng Luoxue, otherwise there would be no life or death, because this incident made Situ Yan more and more famous in Liaodong County.
However, as a result, Situ Yan lives a simple life. No one has died under the peony flower, and she is also a romantic ghost.
"Wow, your rice noodles are not very delicious. If you are wrong, they are simply terrible! Can you improve it enough?" Zu Zhao pointed to the rice noodles in his bowl. In the eyes of others, this kind of rice noodles is very delicious, but in his eyes, this kind of rice noodles is very weak.
What?
Both Situ Yan, Cai Yan and Feng Luoxue stared at him with big eyes.
"Father, it's very delicious. This kind of rice noodles is very flexible. It has a cool feeling and tastes good!" Cai Yan whispered beside him, afraid that it was Zu Zhao who used the excuse to embarrass this sister. After all, women are sympathetic. How difficult will it be for a woman to live by herself? At this time, Zu Zhao, who is the master of Liaodong County, looked for something again and let this Situ Yan live?
"Situ Yan, did you tell me if you were a humble person?" Zu Zhao's tone was even colder, because he could see the young woman in front of him. Her eyes were blue and her hair was also red. This was a typical representative of the Hu people, and Situ, whose surname was Xianbei, was an aristocratic name. He didn't understand how such a family could come out as a servant?
"My father used to be the eldest son of the Situ family, but the Situ family was destroyed by the enemy Tuoba family ten years ago. The whole Situ family escaped and dispersed. I wandered here with a cook and lived to the rice noodles business given to me by the chef!" Situ Yan answered calmly with a sense of helplessness.
"Your first husband should have been poisoned by you, right? Or did you kill it?" Zu Zhao's tone changed again, because he felt that the attitude of the girl in front of him was too calm, and he was not afraid of meeting big things. How could such a person be a rebellious and submissive person?
How can a nobleman of the Xianbei clan be so willing to be ordinary?
This kind of thing is not common.
There is no ghost.
"I did it all. I didn't expect that Lord Zu Zhao could deduce it as soon as we met!" Situ Yan spoke with a smile, but there was no fear on her body.
Zu Zhao pointed to the window behind and said, "Because I feel the murder, how can ordinary people press the crossbow in their own store? The most important thing is that this kind of crossbow seems to be made by me, right? Because someone in your store is holding a strong crossbow at me, you are not afraid, right?
Come out! Let the guests see how powerful you are!
Zu Zhao clapped his hands, and the words fell. More than a dozen people in black appeared on the surrounding walls, holding strong crossbows, and there was also a sound of fighting in Situ Yan's store. After a while, the guests of the whole inn were scared away. Two teenagers were escorted out, each with dark blue eyes.
"These two should be from the Situ family, the princes of the Xianbei family, right? He was killed by the Tuoba family, but he was lucky to survive, isn't he? Situ Qingfeng, Situ Changkong?"
Zu Zhao spoke lightly, but Zhizhu was holding everything in his own hands. Before destroying the Huang family, through the mouth of the Huang family's servant, he knew that the Huang family had been thinking of getting rid of the Situ family recently, but it was killed by Zu Zhao without a chance to implement it.
However, Zu Zhao became interested in the three people Situ Yan and Situ Qingfeng Situ Changkong and ordered them to monitor them.
Originally, Zu Zhao didn't want to kill, but the other party seemed to have great hostility to him, and also robbed the strong bow of his subordinates, which had already touched his reverse scales.
"What do you want to do?" Situ Lan screamed. She didn't expect that the teenager in front of her was so powerful that she was so delicate that she couldn't hide anything in front of him.
"I didn't mean to kill you. I just want to know if you have killed back to become the Xianbei royal family? If so, I have an interest in ensuring that you can kill the Tuoba clan and make you a royal family. Of course, the premise is that you can't destroy the border trade! Take your people well, and your people have now degenerated into horse thieves, burning, looting and doing all kinds of evil. If you can't control your people within a year and let them settle down and work, I'm sorry, the Xianbei clan will be erased from Liaodong County!"
Zu Zhao slapped the table hard.
"Liaodong County doesn't need horse thieves, but people who want to settle down and work!"
When Situ Lan grew up, she didn't seem to expect that this teenager had such a big tone.
Let them return to the Xianbei clan and regain the demeanor of the royal family?
These things are their dreams and never dare to be today, but today's teenager is as simple and easy as drinking a sip of water. It seems that it is very simple for them to return to the royal family.
But is it really a very simple thing?
The opponent is Tuoba Liuyun, the fierce rival. In order to perish their Situ clan, he directly slaughtered nearly 50,000 people. The escaped Situ clan never returned to the residence of the Xianbei clan, but became horse thieves and road bandits everywhere.
"You seem to be talking about a dream, but how do we believe you can achieve it? Do you think you are a god? Situ Yan stood up at this time and still looked at Zu Zhao fearlessly.
"Because I have confidence! There are still means!" Zu Zhao stood up. He took Cai Yan and Feng Luoxue's hands and stood up and left.
Seeing Situ Qingfeng Situ Changkong Situyan still standing where he said with a smile, I invite you to see a miracle, you can come up to my side.
Situ Yan didn't know what Zu Zhao wanted them to do, but she still took her two younger brothers over.
Zu Zhao smiled and said, "This small shop is your happy nest, which makes you lose your former enterprising spirit. It has become a ruin from the beginning of the sky. From today on, you will start again to become the royal family of the Xianbei clan!"
Situ Yan said stubbornly, "Are you telling a joke? Your joke is not funny!" She still has a lot of feelings for this shop. This shop gave her a lot of warmth. Thinking of the tragic night, she would rather live in the shop than set foot on the residence of the Xianbei family and start a life-and-death struggle with the Tuoba family.
Zu Zhao smiled coldly: "Three, two, one! Let it go!"
Bum!
A fierce explosion sounded, and the dust flew. The slowest Situ Changkong was directly blown away by the huge waves. When he landed, his head was covered with a big bag.
"This is my method. Maybe you will ask why there is such a means. I won't explain it to you, just let you know that I have the means to surprise ghosts and gods! Means, strategy and surprise are my confidence!" Zu Zhao spoke lightly.
The three members of the Situ family looked at the small shop that had become ruins, and then looked at Zu Zhao around them. They felt a thrilling feeling of dancing with the devil.
Is the shocking explosion just now man-made? Is this what Taoists often call dryland thunder? Or is it a divine punishment or a divine punishment? After all, he was a member of the feudal family. Just after the explosion, the three Situ family had countless ideas in their minds.
Why did you choose us? We don't seem to have any use, do we? What can one of our fallen royal families do when they return to Xianbei's residence? With the Tuoba Liuyun family, we can only die in vain when we go back!" Situ Yan's thinking is still very clear at this moment.
Zu Zhao smiled and said, "You are useful to me at this time. Instead of scourge the Xianbei people on the border, it is better to stand up and fight with the Tuoba clan, so that you can fight in our border. The most important thing is that I am familiar with you, but I am not familiar with the Tuoba Liuyun clan. And how can a beast like Tuoba Liuyun be my partner? The biggest reason why I can choose you is that you have your own prestige. As long as you stand up and disclose your identity, those fellow horse thieves will gather around you, so that the people of Liaodong County can be better!"
Situyan still forced to ask, "Even if I return to power, our family only has cattle, sheep and horses in our hands. There is no food in winter. In order not to starve to death, we still have to go to the border to fight grain and grass. I think Lord Zu Zhao seems to be a little optimistic!"
Seeing blood for a burst of time, Zu Zhao looked at Situ Yan with some surprise. Unexpectedly, this young woman had such a view. Sure enough, she was the royal family, and her thinking was also extremely big.
"No, your wool will be a very valuable existence in the future. In the future, I will make the wool textile industry flourish on the grassland, and I will also let your people live a good life. It is my idea and goal to let the people live and work in peace and contentment!" Zu Zhao immediately flashed the British sheep-eating enclosure movement in his mind. Woolen textile is a good industry, but it has a promotion process.
What?
Situ Yan felt that she couldn't understand Zu Zhao's words, but she still asked: "We want food for the winter. If there is no food in winter, people will die!"
"I dare not say that the grain is elsewhere, but in Liaodong County, it is guaranteed to be supplied to you, and it is far away, but you just need to return it with wool! Wool, do you understand? It's wool!" Zu Zhao emphasized that the word wool was very heavy.
Situ Yan felt a little dizzy, and the other party actually wanted her to return the grain with wool.
What's the use of wool? On the grassland, wool is buried and then fresh mutton is processed. Only mutton and sheep bones are the favorite of grassland people. Wool is not eaten by hungry wolves.
Cai Yan opened her big eyes and didn't know what to say. Even though she learned to be rich, she didn't understand what her husband wanted to do?
Feng Luoxue also felt incredible.
Strange things happen every year, but did she encounter such a strange thing today?
Is grain more valuable than gold on the grassland exchanged for wool?
"I give you 100,000 catties of food every year! In exchange for wool! I am your strongest ally. Don't doubt that Miss Feng Luoxue and Miss Cai Yan can prove that I have the capital to take out 100,000 catties of grain!"
Cai Yan instinctively nodded. According to the amount of 10,000 jin per mu of sweet potato, 100,000 jin of grain is only ten mu of sweet potato production, which is incredible to outsiders, but in the ancestral family, it is just a very common thing.
Feng Luoxue got up and said, "I can guarantee that because I have seen that kind of food, it is really a miracle. Mr. Zu Zhao's character is really nothing, and the two are an exchange. Zu Zhao is not worried about wool. Why should you worry about wool? Do you really think you are smarter than Mr. Zu Zhao?
"We will see people's hearts over time. Let's go to the nearby Situ people. I hope Mr. Zu Zhao will remember what he said!"
Situ Yan said.
Zu Zhao nodded. At the thought of a sweater, Zu Zhao felt excited and thought that he was wearing sackcloth at this moment. Although he was wearing silk outside, in this Three Kingdoms era without cotton, layers of linen clothes were really crazy.
It would be great if there was cotton, but where is the cotton now?
Zu Zhao looked up and found that the Three Kingdoms really lacked too much and had nothing to do with it.
Is it easy to put on a sweater and encourage others to seize power?
Situ Yan asked Feng Luoxue to stay for two, probably encouraging the heroine to do something for them. It is estimated that the female politician has begun to think about the maximum development potential of the people around her.
Zu Zhao didn't care whether these three people are Jackie Chan or adults. It depends on their creation. Then he will ask someone to give them 20,000 taels of silver, which is counted as a fee.
Now he is more interested in the iron ore of the Huang family. The Huang family occupies an open-air deposit and dominates the ironware business, so the wealth is rolling in, and this iron ore has reached the name of the ancestral family, so he wants to see how this ore deposit is.
When he walked to the construction site, he found that the current smelting level was poor.
At this moment, the leather bag is used to blow the wind, but there is no heaviest bellows, and it can't reach the melting point of iron water at all. It can be seen how bad the forged iron will be.
It is also smelted with charcoal.
A large number of blacksmiths gathered together, blowing the wind, adding firewood, a mess, this kind of efficiency? Zu Zhao felt that he was going to faint for the first time.
This is an era that gives him an extreme sense of superiority.
And the smelting method is not appropriate. In this era, there is no model without the concept of quartz sand.
Later generations mixed coke and iron ore together and finally burned.
Iron oxide is reduced to iron with carbon monoxide, and finally it is refined into iron ingots, and here is it? The method of directly burning ore and forging it with a sledgehammer is really... speechless.
The state of barbarians.
And next to Zu Zhao stood the housekeeper of the ancestral family. The housekeeper did not seem to be very familiar with smelting. He looked at it with a blank face, but he extremely respected these guys holding hammers.
"Stop and find coke for me. Don't refine it without coke!"
At least coke is nearby, but now it is not called coke, but animal carbon. The happiest thing is that animal carbon exists in the open air.
This made Zu Zhao breathe a sigh of relief.
When a lot of animal carbon and ore were put together, Zu Zhao ordered them to refine.
When the red iron ingots and ashes appeared together, everyone was stunned. Ironmaking was actually refined like this. Is it enough to burn animal carbon and iron ore together? How simple is it?
Zu Zhao stood on the iron mine and directly invited him to make a bellows, which was a high-power bellows, and then gave him the drawings.
The speed of public input macros is still very fast.
When a huge bellows one meter long and one meter wide appeared in front of everyone, these so-called blacksmiths were convinced,
Originally, there were only 100 catties of iron ingots a day, but now it has been improved and produced 1,000 catties of iron ingots!
Ironmaking is so simple.
Zu Zhao smiled. These iron ingots are money. He can now trade with horse thieves and trade with the rebels, but he did that. The biggest reason is to leave them for his own use.
You can make armor, make vests for crutches, make strange knives and everything you need for war.
At this time, Gongsun Du's people came here, because this iron ore had a member of Gongsun Mian.
And Gongsun Mian couldn't help but be furious when he heard that Zu Zhao had killed his housekeeper.
I came to find Zu Zhao in person.
Zu Zhao saw that Gongsun Mian was already watching a new method of ironmaking along the iron mine. When he saw nearly 1,000 catties of iron ingots coming out in one day, his eyes turned red in an instant.
"Is this guy looking for me?" Zu Zhao pretended not to know him and sneered.
As soon as Gongsun Mian looked up and found that there was a young man in brocade in front of him, he couldn't help asking with a cold face, "Are you Zu Zhao? Did you kill my housekeeper? Do you know who I am?
Zu Zhao stood proudly: "I don't know any housekeeper, but I know that it is a heinous person who died in my hands. I will kill anyone who has something to do with these people. I don't know who you are, but if you have something to do with those guys, I can kill you here with a knife at this moment, because I am The general guarding the border!"
"You are so crazy!"
Gongsun couldn't help but step back a few steps.
What's so terrible about a childish teenager in his heart?
But at this moment, it makes him feel terrible. This young man has a deep old face, which is far from what he can say in one sentence, and this teenager belongs to the kind of soft and hard.
"I don't know if you are crazy, but I know that you are not the kind of master who can sit on an equal footing with me, and your attitude is not pious enough. If you want to talk to me and ask your master Gongsun Dulai, what kind of slave are you? Get out of here!"
The Huang family should be the puppet of the Gongsun family. It should be the Gongsun family that really gains huge benefits. This Gongsun Mian should be the main person in charge.
"Z Zhao, you don't know how powerful I am when you are young. Soon, I will let you cry and beg me in less than ten days. Wait!"
Gongsun said fiercely that he had a deadly enmity with the young man, and the magical smelting method made him more greedy.