Zhiyao does not have the idea of "everyone is having a hard time, so I will be mentally balanced". What she is thinking about is how to stabilize the Zhi family in this wave of difficulties, and then gradually widen the gap with other families.
"This place has no name?" Zhiyao was a little confused. Shouldn't it be called Taihang Mountain?
This is his preconception. What name he will be called in future generations may not necessarily be called that name now.
There are Taihang Mountains at present, but this does not refer to the Taihang Mountains of later generations.
This "Hukou" is a pass into the rolling mountains in the west. It used to belong to the Zhongxing family and is currently controlled by the Zhi family.
Because it is a pass, Zhishi must leave a garrison to guard it, with two "brigades" of troops stationed for a long time. There will be changes of defense during the period, and it is not a fixed army to be stationed for a long time.
This time, Zhiyao did not stop at "Hukou" for too long. After receiving a group of people and materials, he plunged into the vast mountains.
They are here to explore resources, mainly looking for minerals.
Because of the current unrest, many defeated families were hiding in the mountains and forests. In order to ensure Zhiyao's safety, Zhishuo gave two "brigades" of guards and assigned Cheng Shuo to come over.
In later generations, the Taihang Mountains were rich in resources, but one thing to be aware of was the technological gap of the times.
If technical means are not good, there is almost no way to explore underground resources. We need to rely on a group of experienced people who use the knowledge passed down from generation to generation combined with their own experience to carry out exploration.
How is it like in modern times, when satellites scan the ground and almost nothing can be found?
Cheng Shuo had already led troops to conduct a sweep before Zhiyao arrived, in order to ensure that the risk of Zhiyao entering the mountain was reduced.
To be very honest, even in the era of hot weapons, it is extremely difficult to clear targets in mountains. As far back as the Spring and Autumn Period, the only way to solve targets was to rely on intimidation and encirclement. Generally, the first choice was to intimidate the targets themselves.
There is no need to run away or chase or anything like that.
"There is a lot of coal here." Cheng Shuo knew that the old Zhi family had begun to study how to use coal, and he also knew that Zhi Yao had spent a lot of energy on research.
In Shanxi, of course, there are many open-pit coal mines, but the quality is a bit hard to say.
Some high-quality coal mines can be directly put into various industrial productions without coal washing and coking, but most coal mines need to go through multiple processes.
Anyway, Zhiyao has not yet found a coal mine that can be directly used for smelting, so he is forced to rack his brains to do things. He has experienced a lot of setbacks and gained a lot of strange knowledge.
Cheng Shuo added: "The Zhongxing clan originally had a kiln, and my family acquired it without any damage."
Zhiyao asked: "But charcoal?"
If it’s not charcoal, what is it?
After all, mountains represent a lot of trees. With the current technological content, there are only so many resources that can be used in the mountains. Burning charcoal is the best way to make money.
Nowadays, there are many industries that require charcoal, and each family just uses it for smelting, not to mention the consumption of rich people to keep warm in winter.
Zhiyao and the others are currently in a charcoal workshop.
How to burn charcoal? You don't just light it with an open flame. In fact, you remove the branches and leaves of the trees, chop them into lumber, and put a layer of fine burning material on them. You must be careful when laying the charcoal to avoid being too stuffy.
When burning, you should also avoid excessive fire and burning the wood to ashes. Then cover it with a layer of soil and ignite it to burn charcoal.
Of course, everything sounds easier than done.
After burning charcoal all year round, all Zhiyao saw were piles of smoking lumps of soil. She didn't know beforehand that she was burning charcoal, and she thought it was for fertilizing.
Speaking of warming and fertilizing, Zhiyao has promoted the simplest method of warming and fertilizing in Zhishi. It is not to use excrement to warm and fertilize. To put it bluntly, it is to burn various poles, cover them with soil and smolder, and finally spread the soil to
In farmland, it can achieve the effect of increasing soil fertility.
Slash-and-burn farming refers to the fact that in the past, people simply lit fires to burn the plants on the farmland, and then added a layer of wheat straw, which was considered high-tech.
Going into the mountains means going into the mountains. Climbing molds and rolling around on your own is not part of Zhiyao’s life. The real hard work will be done by the craftsmen who accompany you.
There has always been no shortage of mineral prospectors in Zhuxia. In the past, it was the exclusive domain of "witches". That is to say, "witches" not only shouldered the important task of civilizing religion and studying various plants, but also studied whether plants can be eaten or cultivated, or whether they can be cultivated.
As a medicinal material, it was later derived from mineral exploration, and various high-level professions were indispensable, such as "Zhu Wu", "Li Wu" and so on.
Generally speaking, the ancient times of Zhuxia were inseparable from "witchcraft". Later, "witchcraft" no longer specifically referred to the religious system. Until the late Spring and Autumn Period, the various responsibilities of "witchcraft" were slowly replaced by nobles.
That was when the nobles devoted themselves to the study of a certain trade, and gradually formed hundreds of schools of thought, opening an era in which Zhuxia belonged to hundreds of schools of thought.
Zhiyao came here, firstly to explore for minerals, and secondly to find a suitable place as a "base".
Although the modern Taihang Mountains are a continuous mountain range, there are actually valleys in them.
The location chosen by Zhiyao to build the "base" will be in a valley. Considering that raw materials will be transported repeatedly, transportation must also be taken into consideration.
Generally speaking, it must have a basis for confidentiality, and it must not be really remote, and it must be close to the raw material production area.
Finally, Zhiyao decided to go near a valley where iron ore was found. Fortunately, it was not far from an open-pit coal mine. What was more uncomfortable was that the area was a bit small.
"There needs to be a guard here, so you are the main one." The person Zhiyao spoke to was Cheng Wu.
This Cheng Wu is Cheng Shuo's son. He is one of the people who got up early to be Zhi Yao's schoolmate. He is seventeen years old this year.
In fact, Zhiyao must use nepotism. When appointing candidates for some important positions, it is not just based on their talents. The most important thing is trustworthiness. The best choice is trustworthy and helpful to the future power.
Cheng Shuo is one of Zhiyao's supporters. He has good military qualities and a clean background.
Because Cheng Wu was Zhi Yao's early schoolmate, the sense of presence is not so strong due to the angle of description. It can only be said that there must be a lot of things that happened "outside of the author's description".
Cheng Wu showed a happy expression and said: "I will live up to Gongsun's trust."
This "base" will continue to conduct research on iron smelting, while coal washing and coking are in other locations.
Zhiyao has also thought about it, and will choose a place outside each "base"... that is, outside the mountainous area to establish a "state" first, which will be used as a "school district" or something like that, and will gradually expand into a "town", and finally become a "state".
"city" size.
Actually, based on the distribution of various resources, it is best to choose Huo Taishan.
Because the Laozhi family occupies the Fan family's "sui" land, they already have some governance rights over Huo Taishan. The problem is that Huo Taishan is on the edge of the Wei family's fiefdom, and it is too insecure to fight.
"Anyway, don't think about scale for now. What matters is technology accumulation. Let's talk about it later when we build a factory on a large scale." After two months of delay, Zhiyao knew that he could not delay any more and should go to Xintian as soon as possible.
In addition, if nothing unexpected happens, the operation to assassinate Zhao Wuji should have already begun?
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Suddenly I received a notification that it would be released on Friday...that is, around 12 noon to 1 o'clock on January 19th. This made the author very confused!!!
The reason is that this book has been at the top of the new book list for a long time and has received many reports. Some of the good recommendation positions have been lost. As for why it was reported, the author does not want to think too much about it. Anyway, all circles are chaotic and he is in a weak position.
When something goes wrong, you should recognize your status!
Originally, the author Jun was very looking forward to the success of this book! He thought that the pressure of mortgage loan would not be so great after all, and the pressure of children's education expenses would be relieved. Who would have thought that it would be like this? The author Jun has a six-year-old child who reads
I am a special school. Old book friends all know what the disease is, and they are very upset, so I won’t go into details here.
It was the first time I encountered something like this, and to be honest, it was extremely heartbreaking!
It is said that it will take a period of "stabilization" before the recommendation position can continue to keep up. The premise is that the performance of this book is worthy of continued recommendation.
The author, who had been confused for a whole day after receiving the news, could not figure out a single word. When he thought about the various financial pressures, he felt the urge to take a leap of faith.
My mind is very confused, I'm not trying to be miserable, everything is true! In short, my mind is completely messed up.
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