"This—This is!!"

What did Zhen Mi show Zhen Yao? It may be a little funny to say, but in fact, it is just a few colorless and transparent glass beads, which are just toys in the hands of children, and when Lu Renlin crossed over, there were no children playing with this thing for a long time.

But in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the meaning and value of this colorless transparent glass were different. In fact, the Chinese mainland has been able to make very good glass products as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but due to the limitations of productivity and technology level, the durability of glass products at that time was too poor, far inferior to pottery and bronze, so the production process was slowly lost, and there was only a little record in some ancient books. In the Han Dynasty, when people remembered it, glass also became glass and became an expensive item.

It is precisely because of this that Zhen Yao's face changed greatly when he saw these glass beads, his hands were trembling, and he carefully put away these glass beads, and then looked at Zhen Mi with a puzzled and even deeply suspicious gaze. It's no wonder that Zhen Yao suspects that the Zhen sisters have already said that their income here in Yizhou is not high...... Temporarily working as a civilian by Shirley's side, how high can the income be? is not a high income, but there are such valuable things on his body, which has to make Zhen Yao wonder if there is some ulterior secret between Zhen Mi and Lu Ren.

How could Zhen Mi not see Zhen Yao's thoughts? Shaking his head helplessly, Zhen Mi took one back from Zhen Yao, and then sighed lightly: "Brother, do you think this thing is really expensive?" ”

Zhen Yao nodded, but was shocked to see Zhen Mi throw it casually, and threw the "expensive" glass bead into the sea. Before Zhen Yao could get angry, Zhen Mi continued what he had just said: "Brother, you are wrong, as long as our clan can settle down in Yizhou and establish an estate, we can have as many as we want." ”

"Y-What did you say!?" Zhen Yao was stunned at that time.

Zhen Mi and Zhen Jiang looked at each other again and nodded, then pulled Zhen Yao aside and began to explain to Zhen Yao in detail.

Actually, that's what this thing is, to put it bluntly. It is true that Lu Ren's small city of Yizhou lacks copper and iron. But where are the deposits so easy to find? Therefore, we have to find something else that is more or less related to the smelting industry for the Zhen clan to do, so that the Zhen clan can put the small number of smelting personnel on the agricultural industry that Yizhou does not lack.

Therefore, after a careful discussion between Lu Ren and Shirley, glass became the first choice. First of all, the livelihood and development of the small town of Yizhou have a corresponding demand for glass, and the indispensable telescopes in the fleet can't all use expensive crystals to make lenses, right? In addition, glass products can become trading goods, and after they are developed, they can naturally bring benefits to Luren's small town of Yizhou.

And the raw material for making glass is sand, and how much does it cost to make a small coastal town like Yizhou? For a large family like the Zhen clan, the initial cost is already very low, but the benefits that can be obtained will be very high. After the Zhen clan tasted the sweetness of cooperating with Lu Ren and accumulated a certain amount of capital themselves, it would be much easier to command them.

So Shirley is according to Lu Ren's request. only made these glass beads in front of the Zhen sisters and handed them to the Zhen sisters, and the next thing depends on what the Zhen sisters think. I believe that as long as the Zhen sisters are not incorrigibly stupid, they will definitely jump into this sleeve obediently.

In fact, the Zhen sisters, as Shirley's assistants, already know how huge the development potential of Lu Ren's Yizhou town is, and now they have such a "secret recipe" as bait, and the Zhen sisters can't wait for the Zhen clan to fly to Yizhou immediately, so as not to be robbed of this big cake by other clans in the end.

But what they didn't know was that Lu Ren and Shirley had also arranged two sets to wait for them to jump in with the Zhen clan.

First of all, after the Zhen clan settled down with glass products, Lu Ren had to fool the Zhen sisters to find coal and dig coal here in Yizhou...... Yizhou has good coal resources. During the Anti-Japanese War, the invaders plundered countless coal resources in Yizhou. And now that Lu Ren is squatting in Yizhou, there is no reason to ignore coal resources, after all, the future development of Yizhou is inseparable from coal;

And then, of course, there is the metallurgical industry, so there is no need to say anything about this. But when the coal and steel are all together. As long as Lu Ren and Shirley solve the problem of sealing rubber again, then they will have to get the steam engine out. If it weren't for that, how could Lu Ren take the Zhen clan with considerable smelting ability so seriously?

Of course, these things are still quite far away, and the Zhen clan has only just arrived in Yizhou. Eat the rice one bite at a time. The road has to be taken step by step, and if you are in a hurry, there is no good fruit to eat. As for whether the Zhen clan will enter the set...... Hundreds of people have already arrived in Yizhou, doesn't this already explain the problem?

The old lady of the Zhen family gave the Zhen sisters a look. That's just a matter of face. To put it mildly, the old ladies of the Zhen family are all old, how many years can they live? Her old man kicked her legs, and the people who spoke and took care of things were not the Zhen sisters and Zhen Yao, who had been deeply "poisoned" by Lu Ren? And to "poison" Zhen Yao again, it doesn't seem to be a problem......

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Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it has been half a month since Lu Ren arrived in Yizhou.

Half a month is not a long time, nor is it short, at least it is enough for Lu Ren to arrange some things, like the hundreds of people of the Zhen clan, who have initially settled down in this half month. As for handing over the glass mouth to the Zhen clan to do, there is still a lot of detailed work to be done.

Another thing to say is that Lu Ren really put some effort into settling Zheng Xuanzheng and Old Man Zheng. There is no way, this old man really has to be supplied well, and there are many things that have to be counted on by the old man Zheng for a period of time in the future. And what others don't know is that Lu Ren and Shirley secretly discussed, thinking that in the name of Old Man Zheng's physical examination, they secretly injected two cell activators into Old Man Zheng, so that the physical condition of Old Man Zheng, who is now seventy-six years old, has roughly returned to the standard of about sixty-five years old.

Here it may be necessary to explain the effect of the cell activator brought by Shirley. The degree of aging of people's cells is definitely different at different ages, and the efficacy of cell activators in repairing cells will also be different. Let's put it this way, if you are in the prime of life between 20 and 30 years old, the effect of the drug is basically not to repair the cells, so the main thing is to maintain the vitality of the cells, and the recipient can naturally maintain the youthful and strong form for a long time, which can be maintained for about ten years.

And as you get older, the more you need to repair your cells. At the age of Old Man Zheng, because the cells have basically aged in an all-round way, the effect of the medicine can only be partially repaired, and roughly one medicine can only recover for four to five years. So Lu Ren used two to make Old Man Zheng about ten years younger. However, Lu Ren should not be used much, because there is not much difference between people in their sixties and people in their seventies in appearance, and even if there is a change, it can be explained as a good mentality and good care. But if you get a little younger, then the problem will be bigger.

And the reason why he is willing to use two on Old Man Zheng is because Old Man Zheng's influence plays a very important role in the next development of Yizhou. As I said before, Lu Ren was still counting on Old Man Zheng's educated disciples, clansmen, and followers to come to Yizhou, but Old Man Zheng is so old now, if he left the West after living for less than two years, wouldn't Lu Ren's plan be in vain? It is said that if you are willing to give up, you have to give up if you want to give it first, and it is better not to save what you should give.

All in all, life in the small town of Yizhou is still the same as before, calm but fulfilling. At this time, the time has come to November of the eighth year of Jian'an......

Jizhou, Hebei, Cao military camp outside Liyang City.

"Feng Xiao can be in the tent?"

The curtain was raised, and Xun Yu stepped into the tent. Guo Jia hurriedly hid the gourd in his hand behind him, and said with a smile: "Xun Junshi is here, Jia has missed the distance, forgive the sins!" ”

Xun You scolded angrily: "There is no one near the left, what are you talking about in front of me?" And don't hide your gourd, hand it over honestly. A sip of wine can be smelled from afar. ”

Guo Jia reluctantly took out the gourd and put it on the desk and said, "Why didn't Brother Gongda go into battle with the lord today?" ”

Xun You turned over his hand and took out a small bamboo cup from his sleeve and poured a glass of wine, his movements were extremely skillful, it seemed that this kind of thing had not been done less, and he could guess that Guo Jia was not less blackmailed by Xun You. After taking a sip, he shook his head before saying, "This battlefield battle is not something that you and I can show our talents, what should I do to join in the fun?" Let's talk about this continuous battle on the battlefield for half a month...... What is this called fighting? It's just scaring people! Every day, the lord only brought his men and horses to bluff in front of the two armies, and the whole army did not move from early morning to evening. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "Brother Gongda, do you think my plan to deceive the enemy is inappropriate?" ”

Xun You shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything wrong, I just said it was a little boring." Yuan Tan, this kid asked the lord for help, can the lord really send troops to help him attack Yuan yet? Bluffing, letting Yuan Shang know that he was invincible, and then retreating to Yecheng, this is enough. And Yuan Tan, this kid is not really surrendering, the lord took this opportunity to gain a firm foothold in Hebei, and kicked Yuan Tan away when it was almost time, and the matter of entering Hebei was almost done...... Fengxiao, your series of tricks are really poisonous! ”

Guo Jia was happy, and poured a few sips of wine by himself, but after pouring the wine, he shook the gourd and said in disbelief: "The taste of this wine is really not good...... Somehow, every time I drink like this, I think of that kid Yoshiho. I still remember that when I went out with the army in the past, this kid would always bring me some good wine every once in a while, but now...... Alas! By the way, have you received any news about this kid lately? (To be continued.) )