Moreover, Luo Yi also issued an order that the government did not collect taxes on the crops grown on the land, and all the crops were collected by the people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This rule was promulgated and immediately caused a sensation throughout Longxi; In the past, they raised cattle, sheep and horses, and the profits they obtained were also after paying taxes, but now, they are exempted from taxes, which has not happened for hundreds or thousands of years.

Moreover, the government also said that it would provide planting technology to the people, so that Xiliang could also grow grain.

With such a good opportunity, what else can the people hesitate about?

Half a month after the decree was issued, the government began to divide the land, and the people who had been given the land began to get busy, renovating their land, clearing the wasteland, and preparing for sowing.

The land of Longxi, under the command of Luo Yi, is thriving...

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On this day, Zhao Wenxian, the Shadow Commander, returned to Longxi and sent the latest information to Luo Yi.

In the room, Zhao Wenxian handed the information to Luo Yi.

After Luo Yi saw it, he frowned.

"The Northern Desert Army? It seems that the Central Plains is going to be completely chaotic. ”

According to the intelligence, Li Shimin mobilized the Northern Desert army into the Central Plains, let Qin Huaiyu take command, lead the soldiers and horses from all over the Central Plains, and the Northern Desert army into the south of the Yangtze River to quell the Jiangnan rebellion.

This move seems to be very smart, but in fact, Luo Yi's first reaction is that the Northern Desert soldiers must be greedy and insufficient, just like the Xiqiang people, thinking about entering the Central Plains all the time.

After reading the information, Luo Yi sighed again and again.

Zhao Wenxian asked: "Lord, do you mean that the Northern Desert army will learn from Zhou Gandang?" ”

Luo Yi nodded and said, "At least I won't be so obedient, obey Li Shimin's order, and fight for him." ”

"The Northern Desert is the same as the Western Liang, it is difficult to grow grain, their people are often worried about food, and they must buy it from the Central Plains. But this is not a long-term solution after all, if they want to be strong and not pick up people's teeth, they must have their own Central Plains land. ”

"This time, Xiliang attacked the Central Plains, which was a great opportunity, I estimate that the Northern Desert soldiers were already ready to move, but they hesitated, afraid that the attack would not succeed, but offended Li Shimin, who knew that Li Shimin actually took the initiative to give an order to let the Northern Desert soldiers participate in the war, isn't this leading the wolf into the room."

"So what do we do?"

Luo Yi smiled bitterly: "We are far away in Longxi, how can we touch the war in the south of the Yangtze River, we can only let it develop." ”

"However, you have to urge the shadow personnel to closely monitor the situation in Jiangnan, and report to me immediately if there is any change."

"No."

Luo Yi glanced at Zhao Wenxian and said: "Wenxian, you and Wen Yong are now the leaders of the Shadow, I don't ask about the Shadow, and I have given you a lot of money, what I want is just news from all over the world, I hope you don't let me down." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wenxian responded: "Don't worry, the lord has run the shadow before, and the relationship network is all there, but now it's just a contact, all over the country has been formed, each county has its own industry, or has subdued the local family, has its own channels, and is already self-sufficient, just wait for the news." ”

"Good. I'm relieved to leave it to you. ”

Luo Yi smiled and nodded.

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Zhang Wancheng investigated the explosion incident in the south of the city for a whole month, but nothing came out.

The reason is that all the people involved in this case are dead, and none of the people in the house are alive, and the neighbors don't know what the owner of the pharmacy is, only the surname Sun.

After Luo Yi heard this, he was shocked.

He suddenly remembered that in the Tang Dynasty, there was indeed an expert who could study gunpowder, and that was Sun Simiao!

During the reign of Tang Zhenguan, Taizong Li Shimin's eldest grandson, Empress Empress, was pregnant for more than ten months and could not give birth, but was seriously ill and bedridden. Later, it was the minister Xu Maogong who recommended Sun Simiao to Taizong and delivered the baby.

Later, Sun Simiao entered the palace and became the imperial medical officer.

However, don't think that he is just an imperial doctor who understands medical science, he is known as the king of medicine, and he has developed explosives, but not many people paid attention to it at that time, let alone used it in the military.

Now, the person in the bombed house is surnamed Sun, and Luo Yi naturally thought of this big guy.

But after investigation, the two people who died in the pharmacy were not over thirty years old, and they were both young, Luo Yi immediately thought that there was no Sun Simiao here, maybe he was a descendant of the Sun family.

Luo Yi immediately arranged a task for the shadow, and the next step was to find Sun Simiao and closely monitor all parts of Longxi, especially Pingxing County, as long as Sun Simiao showed up, he would immediately bring him to the mansion.

However, Luo Yi thought about it and felt that since Sun Simiao was the gunpowder that was invented later, he didn't know the specific formula of gunpowder at this moment, and he had to explore this thing by himself.

To Luo Yi's disappointment, charcoal and sulfur were easy to find, but only saltpeter, this thing was found all over Longxi, but he couldn't find a piece.

After a month, the sulfur and charcoal were piled up, but there was no way to conduct gunpowder research.

this day.

Luo Yi took Pan Long to the street, accompanied by more than 20 personal guards.

Today's task is to visit the pharmacy!

Because Luo Yi figured out that the explosion occurred in a pharmacy, the matter of the medicine must be inseparable from the pharmacy, otherwise why would the pharmacy explode, so the saltpeter must be hidden in the pharmacy!

Luo Yi had a bold guess in his heart, maybe the materials needed for zha medicine were a kind of medicinal materials, of course, this possibility was very small, but it was not ruled out.

"Lord, there's a pharmacy here." Pan Long pointed to the side and said.

Luo Yi nodded, waved his hand, and everyone walked in.

Seeing a team of officers and soldiers coming in, the veterans of the pharmacy greeted him with a smile, he was not afraid, because he knew that Luo Yi loved the common people very much, and he also exempted Longxi from taxes, how could such a good official kill innocents indiscriminately, as long as he did not commit any crimes, he was not afraid of heaven and earth.

In fact, since Luo Yi implemented this policy, all the people in Longxi County have a very harmonious attitude towards officers and soldiers.

"A few officials, please."

After a closer look, it turned out to be the general who was there in person, and the owner of the pharmacy felt honored and immediately made a big salute, because Luo Yi walked on the street a few months ago, he had seen it with his own eyes, and he recognized it as soon as they met.

Luo Yi waved his hand and asked directly, "Do you have any drugs here that can cause an explosion?" ”

The pharmacy owner was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Returning to the general, the small one is a herbal medicine shop, of course there are no things that will explode, if there is, do you dare to put the small one in the store." ”

This is very reasonable, but Luo Yi didn't believe it, and smiled: "Boss, don't be afraid, wait here, I'll check it in your store, whether there is or not, you will be fine." ”

The owner of the pharmacy frowned at first, and then smiled: "General, please." ”

Luo Yi was also polite. When he came to the medicine cabinet, he began to look for it, and turned all the medicines out, and Pan Long also came to help, as for the team of pro-guards. It was left outside the pharmacy and no one was allowed to enter.

After searching for a long time, Luo Yi didn't find anything, but he found two things, to be precise, two medicinal herbs, charcoal and sulfur! Both are flammable. Fusing with saltpeter and touching a spark will cause an explosion.