Chapter 168 [Trona]
Du Zhi was coaxed by Bai Dong to Longbei. There was a lake there. The water was salty and exactly the same as the sea water. Even if it was boiled, it could not enter. Moreover, after a long time, the edges were mostly dried up, forming a large area of wetlands. There is a precious material needed for papermaking here, called "alkali". This is a good thing. You have to get back to Liyang as much as you have. Don't tell Gansheng, this is the secret between us.
Bai Dong also discovered this kind of thing called natural stalk in Bu Fengyi's "Royal Palace". People in Yiqu didn't know what it was, but they saw that it was clustered in a cluster, strange in shape, crystal clear, and could not be achieved by human power. Moreover, there was a beautiful legend in the "Awuduoduo" Lake. It is said that whenever Guangming saw his people being lured by demons and did not see the true god, they shed tears of sadness and turned into this lake. As long as the Yiqu people go to the lake to bathe, they can be avoided by the temptation of demons. Under the influence of this legend, the natural stalk produced by Awuduoduo in the exorcist lake became the most auspicious thing in the eyes of Yiqu people. They would take it to their homes, and foreigners would welcome them. And the more they obtained, it means that this person is the most loyal people of Guangming, just like himself.
What is the light tomorrow? Yiqu people worship fire, and people will be cremated after death. Isn’t the so-called light tomorrow a mass of fire that is mythological? Du Zhi is a mathematician. Not to mention the light tomorrow respected by Yiqu people, even Pangu Nuwa in the legendary Chinese legend will sneer at it. What is God? Money is God. This is his belief.
It doesn’t matter whether you have faith or not. What’s important is that Bai Dong said that with something called ‘alkali’, you can create a kind of high-end ‘rice paper’. This kind of paper is not used to paste windows and keep accounts. It will become the most expensive writing material, which will attract wealthy nobles. It is irrational to scholars when spending money, and we will make a fortune!
So the mathematician became the most devout believer of the Light, and in just two days he took his convoy to this exorcist lake, where he soon became the most welcome guest of Yiqu people; it is said that Bu Fengyi was so moved after hearing this news that he saw the power of Guangming from Du Zhi. Perhaps it won’t take too long that the old Qin people will become the most devout believer of Guangming like Yiqu people, and become brothers and sisters who are protected by the light...
‘Those who are good at controlling others, and those who are good at doing things control others’.
Bai Dong is a fool who does not do things personally. In this era, transportation is inconvenient. If you need some material resources and have to form a caravan, you will not be exhausted. Just like now, you only need to sell some benefits. If you have to worry about saltpeter, you will worry about natural alkali. Du Zhi will do it with pain. You can easily return to Lao Qin, and you will be connected to each other and beauties... How can you get such a bitter thing as transporting raw materials and hug the bitter girl and sing softly at the bridal night? What a thousand years to wait? Half of the military medal is yours and half of mine, and you will not be moved to her to death? Of course, this song of military medal needs to be changed, and it must be close to the contemporary style of verses.
The Yiqu War was over. Lao Qin got a satisfactory result. The rebellious Mu Zhongtu was dead. Lao Qin and Yiqu became a political marriage. The Wei State did not want to continue to fight anymore, and the purpose of shock had been achieved. Now Wei Ying only saw his "secret salt factory" in his eyes. It was his highest ideal to use salt benefits to improve the economy of the Great Wei, and then unify the world and make the princes subdue it. What kind of thing should I compete with Rong Di, and just defeat the other party.
On the day when Bai Dong returned with the army, Gan Sheng had already fought three rounds and rounds, and he didn't know how much saltpet was transported back; Du Zhi was even more awesome, and he did some calculations. The cost of collecting soda stone from far away from the Exorcist Lake was too high, and it was impossible to guarantee the quality, so it was far better to save the transportation cost. He directly purchased it from Yiqu people.
Yakini is something that Yiqu people use to ward off evil and disasters. Every family has many, and those that can be left at home must be of high quality. People who believe in Guangming, who will not only not be stingy when asked by foreigners, will also be very happy to give it to you. What's more, Du Zhi is willing to give it to you?
So as long as he set up a long-term acquisition point at the junction of the Longdong Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain, countless Yiqu people delivered goods to him, and only gave ten Qin countries a hundred kilograms. The cheap price made Bai Dong want to rush up to strangle the capital that exploited the working people. The Yiqu people were so happy that they sold their own labor at a low price. They had to thank him again, saying that the old Qin people were very good, had a conscience, and were the most loyal people in Guangming. Where can I reason about this?
Bai Dong felt extremely unfair at first, but later he gradually realized that in this era, natural alkali is garbage. Not to mention Yiqu people, even in Qilu and other countries where literary and intellectuals are prosperous, no one would want such things. The natural alkali produced in the Exorcist Lake is calculated in tons. Now it can not only be given to the Qin people, spread the warmth of the God of Light, but also make money. How can Yiqu people be unhappy? Think about the missionaries who gave people for free in the later generations who were extremely excited to be given to the "Bible~Scripture" and then know that this is the power of faith.
Bai Dong would not have such faith. If you talk about faith, one is the law and the other is the family. The former is difficult to achieve in this era, but the latter is what he already has and has the power to protect this "faith". Is it not for Lao Qin that he has done so many things for his mother, Cao'er, and the woman who called for bitter wine? I wonder if she is anxious?
As soon as he shook the reins, Bai Dong shouted, and Bu Rongyi's horse sent him suddenly showed his four hooves: "Go home..."
Saltpet and soybeans are the three major gains from Bai Dong’s arrival at the Longdong Plateau this time. He finally learned to ride this kind of horse without a kick, which should be even more awesome than those professional jockeys in later generations. Isn’t it?
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This battle stabilized the frontier, and its military achievements were second only to the Battle of Hexi. Lao Yinglian led his ministers from Liyang to welcome him for ten miles. He had countless fine wines, fresh fish and lambs, and the Qin soldiers even brought countless pots of flowers. Ying Quliang patted Bai Dong on the shoulder: "Ping'anlang, Lao Qin has been established for hundreds of years. You are the only one who can lead the trend. Even if you are as virtuous as Bai Li Xi, you can't. Are you very proud?" He refers to the flowers welcoming guests, which was considered to be from Bai Dong.
"My second brother praised me again, aren't you afraid that I will become arrogant when I am proud?"
"I'm not afraid or afraid, I'm afraid that you boy will not be arrogant, otherwise it would be my old Qin's blessing."
Ying Quliang laughed loudly, and he also saw that he could not let this kid be too low-key. It was still the father who did the right thing. If it weren't forcing him like this, where did Lao Qin come from the leggings, salt and sugar water? Where did he experience such a strange thing as Xia Shengbing? How could he easily stabilize Yiqu? Ping Anlang gave his first contribution to himself with his loyalty. But he knew that if Ping Anlang was not there, he was afraid that Lao Qin would not be the one who rewarded the army today, but Mu Zhongshu.
Bai Dong smiled and talked to Ying Quliang. Suddenly, he felt his ears and heartbeat. He looked up and saw Li Jiang dressed in a rich dress, her pink face was tender and white. I don’t know how much powder he had applied, but he looked at him and Ying Quliang like an old monster. His eyes were very wrong, and he was strange. He suddenly felt a cold war: "Second brother, I am eager to return home. I won’t go to see the Lord and the wife. The army returned triumphantly, and a hero slipped away. Lao Qin did not have any laws to punish him, right?"
"That's not the case. The emperor and his wife personally welcome each other. This is a great honor. Normally, the ministers can't come. Who will slip away? Alas, you are going to slip away, right?"
Ying Quliang was surprised and looked back and saw someone bent down and sticking his hips, quietly holding a horse, sneaking out of the brigade. He couldn't help but feel angry and funny. He instantly understood the father-in-law and his mother's love and hateful relationship with Bai Dong, and sighed that Jiamu was not in a hurry.
Bai Dong didn't care about that. Didn't he learn a lesson when Fan Qiang and Du Zhi came to reward the army once? For more than an hour, just listening to Sili's official reading of the national oath, he could listen to the dead. He could start from the ancestor of the Qin Dynasty and herding horses, and he kept nagging until Duke Mu's new policy, not to mention that there was a wife staring at him with malicious intentions. He knew Li Jiang so well. It would be fine if this old beauty didn't laugh, but she could have eight hundred ideas with just a smile. At least 799 of them were trying to take advantage of him!
Li Jiang and Ying Lian saw Bai Dong slip away. They looked at each other and felt helpless. This kid had achieved a high-ranking master of Zuo Geng. He still had no shape. Such a grand scene actually ran away. It was really outrageous. Old Ying Lian was able to think about it and whispered: "Let that kid go, take the credit for Lao Qin, not to mention that he made a small misconduct, but even if he wanted to be a free Marquis in the Pass, that's what Qu Liang thought of. Do you think that Mu Zhongtu's stove reduction method was really thought of by Qu Liang?"
"Qu Liang Fangzheng, how could he think of such a conspiracy? This kid must be undoubtedly the kid. My wife was just thinking, will this kid go back to Baijiazhuang first or to Liyangguan City first?"
"The wanderer will naturally have to see his mother first to fulfill his filial piety. I guess this kid has returned to Baijiazhuang first."
"Hmph, you men only have the filial piety of your mother in your eyes, but how many of them are sincere to your wife? I don't think so, this kid is elusive and unreasonable. He is a man of true nature. Don't forget that Liyang is closer to this place, and there is a bitter girl in the city..." Li Jiang's eyes flashed, and he turned his head to look at Liyang behind him, and he was a little expectant.
Bai Dong was really rushing towards Baijiazhuang. But when he passed by Liyang, he thought slightly, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and turned into Liyang. When he arrived at Guanshi, he was stunned. The changes here were so big. Not only were there new plaques in every store, but it also expanded a lot. There were only two or three hundred stores, but now there were no less than five hundred stores. The biggest one was naturally Wenhua Supermarket. There were crowds of people in front of the door, including Lao Qin's scholars and foreign scholars. The "salesmen" recruited at the door were so busy.
Bai Dong did not go directly to the supermarket, but instead went to Yueji Building. Yueji's store also expanded a lot. On the one hand, she also did her restaurant business, but on the other hand, she opened her house alone, but it was used to sell flowers specifically. There were many alien species among them, which were not found by Lao Qin.
"Oh, isn't this Dr. Bai Wu? Could it be that he wants to live in Yueji's shop again and meet a big shot?"
The more you are, the more beautiful she becomes, a little plump than before, but not bloated at all, and it is as watery as a white lotus.
"I don't stay in a hotel this time, I want to buy flowers, the more the better..."
Ps: Brothers and sisters, please read the text in the author's words.
PS: My father-in-law was admitted to the hospital last week. He was a minor hernia surgery. He planned to have surgery on Friday, but he found out that his prostate was overwhelmed. It is very risky to do hernia surgery alone, so he must do it together. Today, the doctors from both departments consulted and did various examinations. The surgery is estimated to start tomorrow.
These are not the key, and two surgeries together are not considered major surgery. The main reason is that my brother-in-law is from Yancheng Power Plant, so I was unable to take leave. My sister-in-law gave birth to a child last year, only eight months old, and it was all up to my wife and I, so I was afraid that the light and darkness can only be maintained for one week during this period. It is estimated that it will last for up to one week.
Chapter completed!