The Lu family, in the secret room.

Lu Tianba and Yu Fei stood side by side, and in front of them, a huge wooden basin was placed.

In the middle of the large wooden basin filled with water, there is also a small wooden basin floating.

As the pieces of saltpeter slowly melted into the water, the water in the two wooden basins gradually began to freeze.

Looking at the rapidly changing wooden basin, Xu Tian, who was also standing here, said slowly.

"Remember, only the ice cubes in the wooden basin are edible!

To be on the safe side, this is edible for the ice cubes used in the military. ”

Hearing Xu Tian's words, the two people on the side were shocked, and they both understood in their hearts why they were standing here.

This is a sign of Xu Tian's high trust in them.

All this they saw, if it was put outside, would inevitably cause a bloody storm.

"But wouldn't it be too wasteful!" Yu Fei hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"If that's the case, not most of the products won't be usable!"

Lu Tianba also nodded and looked at Xu Tian.

"It's okay!" Xu Tian waved his hand and said. "I'll be of great use in building an ice vault to store this poisonous ice cube outside!"

After speaking, Xu Tian's eyes flashed, revealing a playful smile.

Seeing Xu Tian's expression, Yu Fei's eyelids jumped.

He has followed Xu Tian for so long, and he knows it very well, but when Xu Tian makes this expression.

That's someone going to be unlucky!

"And!" Xu Tian turned to look at Lu Tianba and said seriously. "Tempa, you use your business network.

All the saltpeter mines in Jingzhou, including those still in circulation, are secretly controlled! ”

"Don't worry, lord!" Lu Tianba nodded and said firmly.

Lu Tianba understood very well that these things in front of him were all related to saltpeter.

Even if Xu Tian didn't say it, he would do it.

Only in your own hands is the safest.

And he and Yu Fei both understood the reason why Xu Tian called them to the secret room.

It's just that they just want this method, only they know.

And Xu Tian thought even further...

……

To the east outside the city of Xiangyang, there is a mountain that is not too high.

Here, the trees are lush and overgrown with weeds.

In the most densely populated places with the most trees and weeds, the scorching sun couldn't even penetrate it.

Halfway up the mountain, there is a bush more than one person high.

In the wind fluttering, it suddenly moved violently.

Through the shaking branches, you can vaguely see that there are two people lying on their stomachs inside.

It was noon, and the sun was so fierce that even the insects in the woods seemed to have disappeared a lot.

"Fuck! This ghost weather wants Lao Tzu's life! One of them slapped himself on the neck, crushed an unknown insect with his hand, and cursed.

"Zhou Yi, be quiet, don't move too much!" The other man lying on his stomach whispered. "If you find out, you're dead!"

"I said Wang Wu, after so many years, you scout soldier did it for nothing!" Zhou Yi spit out the grass root in his mouth and looked at the other party with some disdain.

"I just want to save my life, nothing else matters!" Wang Wu snorted lightly. "You see that Brother Wang is loyal enough, what is the result? It's not like it ended up that way! ”

Wang Wu said, and couldn't help but spit on.

The two of them were sent out to reconnoiter the situation when the Sun-Liu coalition army had just set off.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if someone did it on purpose.

Just the three of them were selected, and Wang Rui was beaten so hard that he couldn't act.

So, it's the turn of these two!

"That's right!" Zhou Yi nodded, looked at the surrounding environment, and pouted.

"We're lucky, we can avoid the sun here, and the others can't talk about it!"

With that, he smiled, lowered his head again, and looked down.

At the foot of this mountain, a detachment was stationed.

This is part of the Flying Leopard Army led by Wei Yan.

This was Wei Yan's suggestion, and a part of the army was stationed outside the city.

In this way, if there is any situation, it can form a horn with the city.

Xu Tian happily accepted this opinion, and in order to reward them for their exposure to the wind and sun, he also gave priority to sending them ice cubes and refrigerators this time.

This made these soldiers happy, and they could use ice cubes to beat the heat with impunity, which they could never have dreamed of.

Many of the soldiers sighed with tears in their eyes when they received the ice cubes that were distributed.

"It turns out that this is called being a soldier! I'm going to die in this barracks! ”

Wei Yan was even happier, not only was his suggestion adopted, but he also obviously gave himself preferential treatment.

This greatly satisfied his vanity, and he sat in the big tent, feeling the coolness coming from the cooler in the middle.

Wei Yan put his hands behind his back, looked at the big knife placed on the side, and muttered in a low voice.

"Sun Liu Lianjun, hum! It's just a tool to make a name for me! ”

…

Halfway up the mountain, Zhou Yi and the others had been lying here for three hours.

Looking at the fiery sunset on the horizon, Zhou Yi wiped the sweat on his forehead and exhaled a big breath.

"At last it will be dark, and if it continues like this, I will not be killed, and I will be dried.

Damn it these days, deliberately targeting me, wait, wait for me to be..."

"Alright, alright!" Wang Wu on the side slapped him and said lightly.

"You've said this no less than ten times today, aren't you tired!

Don't think about anything in the future, I said, you really plan to take advantage of the dark to go down to investigate the situation!

Wouldn't it be the end of going back and reporting like this? It's not the first time anyway! ”

"You know what!" Zhou Yi glanced at Wang Wu. "We're going to scout for ourselves, don't you want to see what the situation is in Jingzhou? No, the opportunity is right now! ”

Wang Wu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhou Yi with some excitement, "You mean..."

…

Late at night, everything is silent.

Zhou Yi and the others secretly touched it from the halfway up the mountain.

Extremely cautiously tentative at the edge of the barracks, staring at the barracks.

Right in the direction of their gaze, something was being carried at the moment.

And there were a lot of people gathered, all of whom stretched their necks and scrambled to watch.

"They seem to be moving something! Walk! Check it out! Zhou Yi patted Wang Wu, who was nervous and a little flustered.

The two of them moved again in the most primitive way by sticking to the ground.

Finally, the two of them came to the front, which is already the limit of what can be approached.

Anything further on, they will be exposed.

From this position, they could barely see the people busy in the barracks.

At this moment, it seems that it has come to an end, and everyone is ready to disperse.

At this moment, Wang Wu's face changed greatly, and he stared at the front with his eyes fixed.

In his gaze, many soldiers were wiping their sweat and eating something.

The two of them saw what was in their hands almost at the same time.

"They... They're eating... Ice cube? Zhou Yi couldn't believe his eyes.

"His grandfather's is also a soldier! Why is the difference so big, and is there any heavenly reason? ”

Wang Wuqiang resisted the impulse and squeezed this sentence out from between his teeth.

Immediately, he turned his head to look at Zhou Yi.

"Excuse me, can I surrender?"

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