As for the curiosity of the people, Luo Yi did not stop it, on the contrary, he also asked Liu Shi and Liu Xu to open up a special road, so that those who wanted to see it could go in and see. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Of course, Hongnan has a purpose for this arrangement, which can be used to sell the greenhouse to all parts of Xiliang, so that the people can mobilize and have enough food and clothing.

In addition to greenhouse vegetables, drunken immortal wine has also begun to be vigorously promoted again, and it is currently very popular in Xiliang counties, especially in Longxi, which is quite good.

But the income of drunken immortal wine, compared with the past, is much worse, because it can only be sold in Xiliang counties and Longxi, and in other places in Datang, Luo Yi does not dare to sell it anymore.

It is conceivable that if it is opened in other places, it will definitely be rejected by the local government, and it is common for it to be seized.

In this way, Luo Yi deeply felt that it was not easy to make money.

Now there are many places to use money, and the general way of making money is simply not enough to supply.

First of all, 50,000 quintals of grain must be handed over every year, and this must not be in arrears.

Secondly, Longxi has just been pacified, and the people have not paid for their vitality, so they need a lot of food, and they need to build houses, make up for the rest of the city, raise soldiers, and so on.

When Xiqiang is defeated, it is necessary to build a city to solve the food of the people in Xiqiang and the snowy region.

And these, all the sources of food, are inseparable from money, it is difficult for Xiliang to grow food, it all depends on Luo Yi's small world, it is obviously not enough, you have to use money to buy it elsewhere.

Although grain is not valuable, it is also an astronomical amount to buy it in large quantities and solve the problems of Xiqiang, snowy regions, and army raising.

Luo Yi thought about it, and finally decided that he had to think of another way to use modern technology to make something to make money, otherwise, if Xiliang wants to develop, it will be difficult to protect himself.

"Is there anything else you can make besides wine?"

Luo Yi has asked himself this question countless times in his heart, and when he was in Chang'an, he often thought about it, but until now there is no accurate answer.

It was originally possible to make paper, but the Tang Dynasty already had this thing, and even if it could be made cheaply, it could not be considered to be popular, and it would not help the economy of Longxi much.

"Report..."

Just as Luo Yi was deep in thought, a soldier ran in from outside the study.

Luo Yi raised his head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The soldier said eagerly: "My lord, a pharmacy in Nancheng is on fire..." ”

Luo Yi rolled his eyes and said, "Such a big also needs to be reported to me?" It can be handled by the Department of the Interior, isn't Zhang Wancheng in charge of public security in Pingxing, let him deal with it. ”

The soldier said: "Lord, Lord Zhang has rushed over, and he asked me to inform you, saying that something is wrong, let you go and check it out for yourself." ”

"Is it necessary?"

Luo Yi thought for a while, got up and said, "Okay, I want to see what the big deal is." ”

After changing his clothes, Luo Yi followed the soldier and Pan Long to the south of the city.

Generally, there is no need to alarm Luo Yi for a trivial matter like this, and there is no need to even alarm Zhang Wancheng, Pingxing has a special yamen, responsible for security in the city, and there are also volunteers, which can be completely suppressed.

However, not only did it alarm Zhang Wancheng, but it also stabbed Luo Yi here, and after thinking about it carefully, Luo Yi also felt that things were not simple.

After a while, Luo Yi rode a war horse and arrived at the scene with Pan Long.

In the distance, I saw a house in the distance filled with smoke, and the people of the government were guarding it, gradually getting closer, Luo Yi's nose showed, and suddenly smelled, a strong smell of medicine came, the smell of medicine was a little pungent, and it was very familiar!

He thought about it carefully, and finally said in amazement: "Gunpowder?!" ”

That's right, the smell is exactly the same as gunpowder, and only in modern times can it be smelled.

He was extremely excited, guessing all kinds of possibilities, and thinking back to history, when the Tang Dynasty, was there gunpowder?

Dismounted and came to the scene, Luo Yi took a closer look, this was a pharmacy, the house was not big, and there were two corpses on the ground, all black, thinking that they were blown up by the so-called huoyao.

Looking at Zhang Wancheng, Luo Yi asked, "Is the investigation clear?" What's going on? ”

Zhang Wancheng frowned and said: "I don't know why the explosion happened, the house was set on fire in an instant, if it weren't for the large number of us, I'm afraid it would not even be too late to put out the fire, the two bodies on the ground are the owner of this pharmacy and the boss's son, I have already confirmed with the people." ”

All dead, all burned; How do you know if it's huoyao. Luo Yi was disappointed for a while, it seemed that Bai was happy, but it was certain that there was indeed something that could cause an explosion and emit such a powerful force.

If this is used on the battlefield, it is better than fire if it is not a huo medicine, and it will definitely defeat the enemy army.

"Zhang Wancheng."

"Yes."

Luo Yi said: "Immediately launch an investigation to find out why there was an explosion here, what the cause is, who the deceased had contact with before his death, and where he went." ”

There were too many questions, Zhang Wancheng said: "Don't worry, my subordinates will immediately send someone to investigate." ”

Wang Buchao was also standing not far away, Luo Yi saw it and walked over: "Old general, you are also here." ”

"Yes, I just arrived. I was thinking, what is it, it has so much power, even the house has been opened, I asked the residents next to it, and said that it was like thunder, bang, and then the house instantly ignited, it was really strange. ”

Wang Buchao frowned and replied.

In fact, he was just a person who watched the excitement, and he was about to go home after finishing his errands at the military aircraft department, but when he encountered this incident, he came to see it by the way.

"Hehe, I think, after a while, we'll have a new weapon, just like this house, bang."

"What's that?"

Wang Buchao asked.

Luo Yi shook his head, quite mysterious, in fact, he didn't know, although he knew that the name was zha medicine, but he didn't know if it could be made.

This matter came to an end, and since that day, Zhang Wancheng has been investigating the burning of the house every day.

And for the next month, in addition to investigating the matter.

Longxi is still busy with two major things, under the instruction of Luo Yi, the Longxi government purchased a large number of materials for the manufacture of ZHA medicine, and found as many as they could, such as charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur, all three of which are ready-made and can be purchased as long as they spend money.

Based on Luo Yi's modern experience, the three materials are developed into powder, blended, and then touched by sparks, which can cause an explosion, which is the simplest method of making gunpowder in history.

I didn't expect to go up to this before, but now that God has raised it, Luo Yi has to pay attention to it.

Longxi has a small territory, and it does need high-end weapons for defense, and it is also the most Meiji choice to create explosives.

In addition to this matter, after Luo Yi discussed with Zhang Wancheng and Wang Buchao, he also decided, land reform, army reform, etc.

First of all, land reform, Longxi people have less land, a lot of land is barren, the people are keen to raise cattle, sheep and horses, but despise planting.

Under the premise that the people understand the greenhouse planting, Luo Yi concentrated all the land, except for the official interception, the rest were divided equally according to the head, as long as the inherent residents living in Longxi can get their own land.

And this land is not official, it belongs to the people themselves!