The weather was gloomy and cold, and there was no hint of the coming of spring, Xiao Song sat in the study holding the stove and looked out in a daze.

This is a typical symptom of the Xiaoice period, a Xiaoice period may last more than 500 years from beginning to end, and the most famous Xiaoice period in history is the period from 1350 after the reign of the Yuan Dynasty to 1850 in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.

The reign of the Yuan Dynasty will be a hundred years short, calculated in 100 years, there will be more than 90 floods, more than 80 droughts, 780 hailstorms, 60 or 70 locust plagues, 560 earthquakes, and more than 100 winds, frosts, and snow plagues. Before potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes were introduced to China, by the mid-to-early Ming Dynasty, food problems indirectly led to a sharp drop in half of the population.

Now, if the Xiaoice River period really comes early, then there is not much time left for Xiao Song, if you don't do something, I am afraid that natural disasters and man-made disasters will make the whole of East Asia a mess in the next few decades, and the man-made disasters caused by natural disasters will spread to all corners.

This is not what Xiao Song wants to see, he wants to leave a name in history and want to be evergreen, instead of being entangled with disaster victims, famine, plague and nomads in the north all day long.

It's meaningless, although the war makes men's blood boil, but who will end the devastation after the war?

"It's so hard......"

Xiao Song sighed, he secretly felt that he was probably the unfortunate among the lucky ones. If the era he came to was the early years of the Sui and Tang dynasties, then he would have found a cat in a random place, occupied the mountain as the king of development for more than ten years, and then swept across the Eurasian continent after coming out, and then developed shipping technology to cross the Pacific Ocean to dig high-yield crops to eat in the Americas, and finally entered the pre-industrial era 1,200 years ahead of schedule.

Or go to the last years of the Qing Dynasty to hug the thighs, hug one by one, point out the future situation with their own foresight, and then live peacefully until the establishment of New China to retire as a senior official and bask in the sun in the sanatorium for old cadres, and let the sons and daughters named "Aihong" or "Jianguo" tell him about the progress of hybrid rice.

This is all very good, and it is also into the history books, isn't it okay to be more relaxed?

But he came to such a strange place, the unjust Great Song Dynasty, natural disasters for many years, foreign enemies around, internal fighting like tigers, science and technology almost stagnated, and also encountered the advance of the Xiaoice River era.

That's damning...... People come to enjoy life, but it's good for him, Nuwa is here to make up for the sky.

"Hmm......" Xiao Song sighed, lying on the table full of frustration: "It's so annoying, I really want sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and hybrid rice." ”

At this time, Miao Yan passed by the window with small broken steps and a pretty look from outside, and when she heard Xiao Song talking about potatoes and sweet potatoes, she stopped and lay in front of the window, stretched out her hand and patted Xiao Song's dog head: "Do you want to eat fart again?" ”

"Look at this weather, the rain has more than doubled since last year, this is a typical early sign of the Xiaoice era, you think about it, and now you really have a headache."

Miao Yan calculated, and felt that it seemed to be really like this, since last year, the whole climate has become weird, and natural disasters have occurred frequently in various places, and the reduction of grain production has become a fixed trend if it continues like this, and she suddenly understood why Xiao Song was gloomy.

"Then let me remind you, the entire Great Song Dynasty shipbuilding skills are the best and strongest and also have the technical reserves of sea ships." Miao Yan reached out and pinched Xiao Song's face: "It's the Jin family who was pressed by you in Luzhou and didn't dare to move." ”

Song Beiyun was stunned: "How do you know?" ”

"Naturally, I have my news network, his young master has been thinking about me, can't I be well prepared to deal with the enemy?" Miao Yan smiled: "That's all I know, as for how you operate, that's Lord Song's business." ”

Thinking about it like this, I heard Xu Li say before that one percent of the ships in the world are made by the government, one percent are made by the Xu family, and three percent are made by the people. The remaining fifty percent can be made by the Jin family, and the shipbuilding skills of the Jin family are unique in the world, they are all big ships and building ships, which are famous for their durability and durability, although they are expensive but the orders are endless, it is said that their ancestors are the master craftsmen who made dragon boats for Emperor Yang of Sui.

"Alas!" Song Beiyun got up: "Yes, I'll go find Xu Li." ”

Soon, Xiao Song carried a ham and two chickens, and came to the palatial Xu family's mansion along the road, because no one in their family was famous, so the little guy at the door looked lazy, and after knowing Song Beiyun's intention, he let him go in after a report.

Walking into the Xu family's house, Song Beiyun knew what the mansion of the world's top rich people was. This place covers an area of 100 acres, pavilions and pavilions are readily available, and even the flowing water in the mountains is drawn into a stream in the yard, and there are fish swimming in the stream, which is cute and cute.

In the small pavilion in the courtyard, several precious Persian cats were lazily napping on the edge of the cat stove specially prepared for them.

Cat stove! This rich man's dog day is too extravagant, how many poor people can't afford to light a stove, he actually lights a stove for a cat.

"Xu Li." Song Beiyun shouted outside the door: "You are so bold, let this official wait for you here." ”

Just as he was shouting, a thin old man came out of it, and Song Beiyun hurriedly arched his hand when he saw it: "Uncle Xu......"

"Come in, come in, and shout out what kind of system to become."

Xu Li's father naturally knows Song Beiyun, and the two have been working together for some years, but the former Xiao Song has now become Lord Song, but this has no effect, after all, Xiao Song and Xu Li's shocking ideas are secretly supported by the old man in front of him, and Xiao Song also respects him.

"Brother Changqing......"

After Song Beiyun walked in, he asked in a low voice, "Why don't you see him?" ”

"Hey, now that I know that my name is Changqing, your mouthful and Xu Li are smoother than the old man."

The old man of the Xu family is also a cheerful person, after all, he has seen all kinds of strange things in business since he was a child, and he is also very open-minded. If you want to put it on other people's side, calling it by her name is like pulling her hair and scolding her mother, which will definitely attract displeasure.

"This ...... I was joking with him, and it didn't mean that. ”

"I'm too lazy to care about you." The old man of the Xu family instructed the hired workers to serve tea and pastries: "Even if you kid is still a little thoughtful, I know that I will come to the old man on the first day of the new year to pay a New Year's greeting." ”

"That's natural, it's normal to give my uncle a New Year's greeting." Song Beiyun arched his hand and said: "I wish my uncle happiness like the East China Sea, everything goes well, his wishes come true, and he has more than every year." ”

"The boy's mouth is sweet." Father Xu took a sip of tea: "Your Xu Li and I have an awkward quarrel, I went to Xiushui Yuezhang's house in the past few days, and I will come back in a few days." ”

"What did he do again?"

"Don't mention him, I'm angry." The old man snorted angrily and said, "I said that I would scatter all my wealth, and he had to argue with me." ”

"Scattering all your possessions? Why? ”

The old man sighed and said, "It's too big, such a behemoth, if you don't let go, the day of sinking is just around the corner." ”

Song Beiyun didn't answer, but he actually agreed, the Xu family is simply a monopoly after the Jin family's decline, and now the country's merchants like to use the Xu family's seal letter and don't like to use the imperial court's seal, because the Xu family's seal letter is exquisite and not easy to imitate, and the Xu family's logistics and freight are all over the world, and they can be exchanged everywhere, what is this concept? This means that the Xu family has the right to print money! This is a competition with the heavenly family, and if you don't get it right, it will really overturn.

The old man is an old man in the end, and his vision in business all his life is vicious, his idea is indeed not wrong, but it is a bit too much to say that he has scattered his family wealth.

"That's it, uncle." Song Beiyun thought for a while: "I'm in the household department, and I also have a few friends. After the New Year, I will go and discuss with those friends to see how this matter should be manipulated, and you don't have to worry, just like I don't have the heart to toss you today. ”

"But sooner or later, the Jin family will be a lesson from the past." The old man sighed and said: "The Jin family's donation is just a drop in the bucket, but the so-called public-private partnership in the next half a year has made them lose their blood and bones......

Song Beiyun hissed, and hurriedly changed the topic: "By the way, uncle, how is this Jin family's shipbuilding skills?" ”

"That's top-notch, the world's keel technique, can and can only be made by this Jin family, in the late Tang Dynasty, the old lady of the Jin family was already a world-famous shipbuilder."

"Can they build ships?"

"Yes, yes, yes, but the sea ship is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it has been a long time since no one went."

Song Beiyun nodded, thinking that this was normal, the sea ship technology was actually already in the Tang Dynasty, but the follow-up applications such as food storage technology, astronomy, and navigation did not keep up, and they were gradually sealed, and when the follow-up science matured, it could be directly taken out and improved, otherwise the Noah's Ark used by the Qibao eunuchs to go to the West in the early years of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later?

It seems that some things still have to be planned, and weapons research and development alone is obviously no longer able to cope with the complex changes in the situation in the future.

"That's right, uncle. Are there any suspicious people these days...... That is, lobbyists. Song Beiyun cautiously tentatively said: "Say something that is not fundamental." ”

Old man Xu thought for a while and shook his head: "That's not true, but there are a lot of suspicious people, and there are still people sneakily around the house a few days ago." ”

"Uncle, let me tell you something, just have a plan in your heart, don't talk about it."

Song Beiyun told the old man Xu about the White Lotus Sect's collusion with the big camp on the Jiangxi side, and the old man's face turned white when he heard it, how could he not know the key to the problem here. If those people really made it, the Xu family would be finished. Such a rich family, the thieves will not let go, they just want money, but once the Xu family gives money to support the thieves, the final result is self-evident.

"Do you have a way?"

"It's already being done." Song Beiyun got up: "Uncle, these days I have been calling the family guards at home and waiting for a while." It will be known in ten days. ”

"Alas...... It would be great if Xu Li could be like you, or if you were my cub. Old man Xu sighed helplessly: "Your Xu Li is too stubborn, and he is still a little bookish. ”

"Hahaha...... Uncle, don't panic, when he comes back, I'll help you teach him a lesson. Song Beiyun turned around with a smile: "Then I'll go back first today, uncle be careful with everything." ”