"Okay, if I come across related books or secret records in the future, I'll just pay a little attention." Xia Fan shrugged.
"Speaking of which, why are you so obsessed with the living dead?" Fang Xiandao was puzzled. "They are useless except for being proficient in combat. They even need people to take care of them in their daily lives-"
"Qianzhi is taking care of the young master!" the little girl protested.
He decided to ignore it, "Whether you are looking for servants or guards, it is not difficult now. And even in terms of combat power, this fox demon girl is strong enough and is not much worse than the living dead."
Li nodded proudly.
"I guess you don't want to order ice food like this, right? Saltpeter can also make ice, so the price is not a problem for you. Why spend such a big price in exchange for the living dead?"
Xia Fan smiled and did not answer.
Shaved ice is really just an appetizer.
He has a more far-reaching plan in mind, which is to rely on Jinxia City's convenient waterways to establish a cold chain storage and transportation system that is impossible to achieve with existing technology.
That's right, he wants to break the geographical restrictions and further exploit the inherent advantages of Jinxia City to the extreme.
In fact, in addition to salt, there is also an unobtrusive specialty here, which is seafood.
In an era when fishing was still mainly manual, the ocean was almost inexhaustible. Various types of fish, shellfish, and shrimp are common items on Jinxia City's dining tables. Unfortunately, these high-protein foods are difficult to preserve for a long time. If they are not made into dry goods, they will spoil and deteriorate within a day, which in turn limits the increased output. After all, if you catch too much, it will be easy to sell it at a low price, and no one will have to clean up the smelly dead fish themselves.
But if there is ice storage, the situation will be completely different.
On the one hand, he can use seafood as short-term food reserves, and on the other hand, fishermen can also increase production with confidence. The two will in turn affect residents' meat intake, thereby reducing the consumption of staple food.
This is by no means an inconsequential change.
If you eat four or five bowls of rice every day to fill your stomach, it can be reduced to two or three bowls after adding meat. When expanded to the whole city or even other areas, the number will not be a small amount. On a smaller scale, it is called improving residents’ dietary structure, while on a larger scale, it is called reducing the pressure on staple foods and optimizing the strategic grain structure.
In addition, the princess's recruitment plan is going smoothly, and Mo Yun's new mecha bureau is also being constructed step by step. When the army reorganization is completed, and coupled with the mecha squad, the battle in Jinxia City will reach a new peak. But one city alone is not enough.
In the final analysis, its population is limited and its resources have neither coal nor iron, so it will be a matter of time before it expands outwards. If you want to make a difference, at least the entire Shenzhou must be united. This requires the military to go out and shift from defense to offense. Because once they take this step, the court will definitely react. When the time comes, they will be surrounded by all sides and it will be impossible for them to win by defending the city.
If you want your troops to be flexible and mobile, logistics is undoubtedly the top priority.
With cold chain transportation, he can send a large amount of fresh meat to the front line at any time, and more importantly? This system costs very little money. The cargo ship can be completely refitted with an ordinary sailing ship, and there is no need to build a large-scale breeding farm? Can the East China Sea itself provide enough high-quality protein? Even the fishing tool elves are "prepared". At worst, hiring Shuzhou refugees to contribute to the construction of Shenzhou is also a very suitable choice.
Anyway, everything is ready? I only owe half of the east wind.
One Qianzhi can support the cold storage of Jinxia City and the cold chain transportation of hundreds of miles around, but considering the redundancy backup? And spread this transportation line further along the inland river? Obviously, the more living dead who come to Jinxia, the better.
Fang Xiandao thought he just wanted a follower to be fresh? But in fact, what Xia Fan wanted was the living dead, a natural group of magicians.
Of course, this plan is not suitable for speaking out in public.
He doesn't mind Ning Wanjun's ambition, but that doesn't mean the Fang family doesn't mind either.
It is better to be cautious when it comes to matters involving imperial power.
"Forget it, whatever you want has nothing to do with me." Fang Xiandao didn't answer when he saw him? Don't you plan to ask further? "Anyway, I've gone to the appointment, and it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
Xia Fan walked back to his desk, took out a stack of books and pushed them in front of Fang Xiandao, "The top ones are the magic principles and talismans? But you definitely can't understand. So I also prepared a set of introductory manuals, etc. Have you finished studying the following books? You should be able to initially understand the earthquake technique that day."
Fang Xiandao showed a slightly surprised look. He wouldn't be surprised if the other party pretended to be ignorant and refused to pay, or deliberately hid half of the information. After all, it involves personal experience in magic, and people will inevitably regret it at a critical moment. Unexpectedly, the other party was worried that he would not understand, and specially prepared an introductory explanation. This was really beyond his expectation.
It's not in vain that he came to help many times.
"Hmph, don't underestimate me." Fang Xiandao opened the top secret record without hesitation, and then his eyes were blank. What are all the things painted on this? What does this symbol mean? He can understand every word, but why are they completely incomprehensible when put together? "Ahem... That's interesting. I think the symbols above should be the key to your understanding. At this time, you really need special explanation to understand."
He calmly pulled out the next book. Level 1 arithmetic? Does it mean it corresponds to the first grade? Interestingly, for fortune tellers, the art of calculation is just a basic skill.
Turn to the first page.
Turn to the second page.
When he reached the third page, Fang Xiandao suddenly closed the book. He felt a slight chill coming from his back, "Can you let me go back and take a closer look?"
"Of course, this is what was promised, and it is yours now." Xia Fan said indifferently.
"If there's nothing else... then I'll take my leave first." Fang Xiandao put the book away and pretended to be calm, "You should have a lot of things to do, right? For example, meeting old friends... I won't disturb you too much. ”
"Meeting old friends? What's that?"
"Why, no one has visited you recently?" Fang Xiandao thought for a moment, "It seems that it is another wrong display, and the divination range needs to be adjusted."
"Can you even take advantage of this?" Xia Fan asked in surprise.
"The hexagram plate foretells changes, and someone visiting is naturally one of the changes. It's just - no, it's nothing. Just pretend I didn't say this."
When it comes to Xia Fan himself, there will be huge gaps in the hexagrams, so he can only enlarge the prediction range to the surrounding area of the opponent. For example, the last time he learned about the coming storm through divination in Jinxia City. Although doing so will not result in nothing, the deviation and difficulty of interpretation will increase many times. The latest divination is one of his attempts after adjusting the scope many times. It seems that the results are not satisfactory.
—For the sake of protecting his own image, Fang Xiandao naturally cannot tell these reasons.
"But isn't it just for old friends to visit us to reminisce and connect with each other?" Xia Fan said that the credibility of this divination is worrying. "If we don't see each other this time, we will see each other next time. What changes can be caused?"
"Uh... what you said seems to make sense." Fang Xiandao thought for a moment, "Maybe the change refers to the visitor himself? Or... this is the last chance?"
"what is that?"
"For example, if we stagger this time, there will be no possibility of the next time." Fang Xiandao replied casually, "But since you already know that it was a wrong result, you can just pretend that you haven't heard of it."