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"Ordnance?"

Zhu Xia fell into deep thought after listening to what Zhong Cheng said, the iron sword or something, the first sword of the Han Kingdom ring was about to be eliminated, and he was ready to equip the armor, but between the plate armor and the armor, Zhu Xia hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to equip both. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Plate armor has an advantage in dealing with the natives, and the natives are helpless against it at all. On the other hand, the armor is more civilized, and the armor can be manufactured in batches using molds, and even if the bow and crossbow hit the armor, it will be blocked by other armor pieces.

And the manufacturing technology of the Han Kingdom is more advanced than the outside, in fact, if it is not for the Han Kingdom and the Zhuang Kingdom must have a war, Zhuxia directly dumped thousands of ring-headed knives into the Zhuang Kingdom, he can have a template, which is much more convenient and faster than making it by hand!

But there will be a war between the two countries of Hanzhuang, so Zhuxia does not plan to sell to Zhuang, or wait for himself to study the guns, and then sell these cold weapons, which will not be a threat to himself, and can also make the enemy country pay for the research and development funds of Han.

"At present, if you buy a horse, it will exceed the budget, and I can't afford to raise 500 horses and throw in 25 stones of forage every day. If you want to buy it, you must buy grain, forage, iron, and coal.

Tell them that Lone can make a portion of the profit, and increase the sea salt and paper by 10%! If not, don't talk nonsense and grow raw materials honestly. Zhu Xia shook his head and vetoed the proposal of these scholars, he knew very well what the Han Kingdom needed at the moment.

"Whoa! Then the next time I go, the minister will tell them. Zhong Cheng said tentatively, wondering if he would go next time.

"Hmm." Zhu Xia didn't hear it, just nodded.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!" Xiao Guizi on the side saw that he was finished, and said in a low voice.

"Oh, Zhong Qing, don't go, come and eat together."

When Zhong Cheng heard this, he sat back a little flattered, and he was very happy in his heart, and he was also very grateful to Zhu Xia for being able to appoint him and trust him so much.

Dinner was served, Zhu Xia glanced at the dinner, and sighed helplessly, green vegetable soup, rice, bone broth, fried fish and shrimp, or these things.

Soybeans have just been planted for less than two months, so there is no tofu, after all, soybeans in the Northeast are generally more than 140 days before they mature, so tofu or something is waiting!

But for a foodie, this kind of mediocre meal really makes people want to go back!

But there is no way, the pepper is on the SC side, the sesame is on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the ginger is in the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basin, and even the onions of the mother are in Siberia, not to mention the coriander, apples, grapes, garlic, and onions of Central Asia!

By the way, the Chinese cabbage is next door in Youzhou and Jizhou, but not in the Liaodong Peninsula!

God, why don't you just force me to death! Give me back the scallion pancakes! Give me back sweet and sour pork ribs, my green pepper shredded pork, and my tomato and egg soup! Zhu Xia really wants to flappe the table and curse!

If you don't have anything to eat, you don't even have any entertainment, otherwise Zhuxia will be full of food and support, and go to train soldiers and pass the time!?

Zhu Xia complained frantically in his heart, eating and drinking expressionlessly on the surface, the baby was bitter in his heart, but the baby didn't say it! As a foodie, he can barely fill his stomach now, what does it taste like...... It's all fantasy.

Of course, from this point, it can be proved that Dahan's great achievements are the reborn parents of all foodies in the world, and just this point, the sense of belonging is very strong!

However, looking at Zhong Cheng's food, he praised it from time to time, this fried fish and shrimp is really fragrant, and it is delicious in the sky.

Zhu Xia rolled his eyes when he heard this, and asked you to eat the green onion and ginger, and you still didn't bite your tongue? Fuss.

During this period, it was a food sharing system, that is, each person had a few cases, sat on the ground, and each ate his own, of course, there were also two or three people in private who ate around a few cases, and Zhu Xia and Zhong Cheng were in this form at the moment.

Zhu Xia forcibly smiled and said, "If you like to eat, eat more, I can't eat it anyway, don't waste it."

Zhong Cheng's tears of emotion came out, such a delicious thing, the king is willing to share it with him, the king treats me so well, there is no shelf at this time, the person who can become friends with the king is the happiest!

"By the way, Your Majesty, it's summer in a while, have you chosen a place to escape the summer?"

The ancients paid attention to food and did not say anything, but it is clear that whether it is a banquet or a private meeting, it is not deliberately observed.

"The geography of the Han Kingdom, the summer is not hot, right? As for the summer resort, there are many summer resorts around the Han Kingdom, so let's go to Bangchuidao not far away! However, unfortunately, I am afraid that I will not be able to drink sour plum soup this year! Zhu Xia looked regretful.

If you don't drink sour plum soup in summer, I'm sorry for this summer!

It's just a pity that most of the plums are in the south, and the green plums are in the Philippines, but they should have been introduced during the Three Kingdoms period, otherwise there would be no such thing as green plum cooking wine!

"Sour plum soup?"

Zhu Xia casually described it, while Zhong Cheng silently remembered it.

"Then your lord, when will I go to Zhuangguo again?"

"Don't worry, I'm going to get some snow salt out, and another wave of sea salt will come out in ten days, you can rest for a while!" Zhu Xia said with a smile.

The sea salt eaten in the past few days is a little astringent, and Zhu Xia has just thought about it. Snow salt is actually purified from dried sea salt, and purifying sea salt requires three steps, that is, dissolution, filtration, and evaporation.

However, there are some difficulties in the snow salt, it is too labor-intensive, and Zhuxia has no good way, so he can only rely on workers to purify, one hundred stones of sea salt purified seventy stones, and 3,600 catties of sea salt have been evaporated, but the purified snow salt makes Zhuxia very satisfied.

After a few more days, Zhu Xia was busy with his feet and went to Xinhan County in the morning to inspect and ask craftsmen to make various reservations on both sides of the road, not for street lamps, but for trees and poles to hang oil lamps.

There are no street lamps in Zhuxia, but the oil lamps are still a little, of course, if you want to hang oil lamps at every intersection, it is too luxurious! It can only be ordered in important locations, commercial districts, and entertainment areas, but this cost will naturally be passed on to the businessmen!

Otherwise, why do you make money, and I have to throw money into it?

Of course, if there is a surplus of this cost, it is still possible to subsidize military spending!

As for candles, they can be mass-produced with molds, which can avoid most of the labor costs, but the cost is still higher than that of oil lamps, but candles are brighter than oil lamps, and they are new, so they are still very marketable, and ordinary people can afford them.

It can be advertised as a special day for festivals, sacrifices, etc., and the main consumer force is still those scholars, not to mention, candles are consumables, and money can never be earned, which is a long-term solution.

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