Chapter 153: Free Election of Officials and Re-Exchange

Old man Bi was not in a hurry at all, he sat there and watched Zhang Xiaobao busy, took a sip of tea, pinched a melon seed, and slightly exerted force in his hand.

Look at very ordinary things, the process is still a lot, because it is not a melon that specializes in making melon seeds, usually a watermelon can not choose how much big, and then it is washed, after washing it is boiled with different seasonings according to the taste, boiled and dried, look at the color, pick the good one, and then use another blended out of the seasoning water bubbles, the opening is not left, and then put it in the oven to bake.

When the roasting is finished, take it, and don't do it if there is no crack, but just toss, which makes people feel valuable when they hear it.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan usually don't eat, the two of them eat the kind that is cooked for the first time, and sometimes they can eat bitter, for two people, that is the real life.

"Not bad." After eating two, Old Man Bi was satisfied, "But this kind of good thing, ordinary people can't enjoy it at all, not to mention the melon seeds that are more expensive than gold, even ordinary days are not good, the fish are still fed, who cares about the people?"

Xiaobao, didn't you say that fish don't eat bait when it's cold? Look at the food you made and throw it away, why do the fish rush over and eat it? ”

"That's a good material, and different fish like to eat the same material." Zhang Xiaobao saw that Old Man Bi was not ready to give up, so he had to follow and say to see what Old Man Bi was going to do.

"Yes, it's different for fish, it's different for people, especially further north, where the grasslands are stretched, and when it snows heavily, the roads can't be walked, the cattle and sheep are frozen to death, and there is nothing to make money, so they can't get out of the tents.

If there is no north, where do we have so many cattle and sheep here? Xiaobao, what do you say? ”

Old man Bi finally understood the meaning.

Zhang Xiaobao thought about it carefully, pointed to the north and asked, "Grandpa Bi, are you talking about Yinzhou?" ”

"Further north."

"Toyoshu?" Zhang Xiaobao asked again, that is a place in Inner Mongolia and Mongolia, on the map, down is Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo, including himself.

"Well, yes, the people there are miserable." Old man Bi said sadly.

Zhang Xiaobao was stunned, Wang Juan was also full of doubts, and asked, "Grandpa Bi, you don't want people to go there to be assassins, right?" That's not good, ordinary people can't stay in that place, they are not used to the climate, it is easy to have accidents, not to mention that there are not many people there, what do they do? ”

Wang Juan knew that there were many products there, but the distance was too far, and the population of the Tang Dynasty could not reach the level of random squandering, and many things could not be used now, such as rare earths, otherwise how could the desert be accompanied by desolate words.

She was really worried that Old Man Bi would take Zhang Zhong there to be an official on a whim, but she was not afraid, mainly because she couldn't make any achievements, there was no population, if she really wanted to go there, it was better to go to ***, at least she could get more wine, a heavy snow closed the road, and she didn't expect to contact her for a long time.

Old man Bi squinted his eyes and thought about it, looked at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan and said: "The imperial court has money, and there is also cement to repair the city, and there is a piece of land in the Tang Dynasty found in Shanghai, which is always a bad thing to remember." ”

"Huh? You can't want to fight, right? Yes~! After building Fengzhou and getting rich, you will seduce the Turks to fight, so you will find an excuse to send troops in the past? Now even if it is defeated, it will not be able to occupy a foothold, is it not good to have more money to build the country? Oh, I see, isn't it Grandpa Bi, you see that there is a new weapon, and you think it is easy to deal with cavalry? ”

Zhang Xiaobao is not stupid, he guessed the meaning as soon as he heard it, he is not afraid of fighting, but now it is not cost-effective, the transportation is not convenient, and he can't occupy it after the war, not to mention that there are other nations and countries on the Turkic side, which are connected by two continents.

If it was because it was next to each other, it would be able to hit the Mediterranean Sea in one breath, and North America would be just a stretch of sea, and it would be easy to pass, but would that work?

"It's not a fight, it's snowing there this year, everyone is busy during the New Year, and I haven't felt it, in fact, there is a shortage of cattle and sheep, I think it's the same for the Turks, every time they come to grab things, the scale is not large, so they haven't taken care of it much, not to mention that it's not easy for the Turks to come and find the people of Fengzhou, everyone is running around.

War is a means, just know that you can achieve the goal, if you can pass, exchange food and Turks for some cattle and sheep, you can slow down here in the capital, force is just a guarantee, there was no way before, what ...... now"

Old man Bi explained, but the words behind him didn't come out, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan knew what it was, which means that your Zhang family has two masters in charge, and they have already made a lot of good things, so it's not bad.

"My father's next place must be decided before spring ploughing, and he must go to the same place as Li Xun."

Zhang Xiaobao began to talk about the conditions.

"You have to think about this matter, it's been three times, the champion of Jinshike, the county order of Huayuan County, the history of Luzhou Thorn, I have been an official since I was twenty years old, and until now, I have never encountered any of your family's situation.

The three provinces and six ministries have been revolving around your family until now, all the excerpts of impeachment have been suppressed, and all the things that your family has put forward have to be gathered together to ponder, many people are not satisfied, if it is not for the connection between business and sales, if it is not for your family to always give up the benefits, then the consequences will ......"

"There is no if, there is a connection, there is a connection, take people's money, and eliminate disasters with others, then Grandpa Bi, you can think slowly, my family is not in a hurry."

Zhang Xiaobao is not afraid of being frightened at all, as long as his family does not rebel, he will not find an excuse to clean it up.

After Zhang Xiaobao finished speaking, he really let Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang think here, and he and Wang Juan went home to get the drawings of the sled, which were about to be used as soon as they were designed, one for a single person, and the other for the snow climbing plow.

Old man Bi thought that Zhang Xiaobao went home to ask the master, but he was not in a hurry, changed the direction, threw the rod in and continued fishing.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan returned.

"Xiaobao, Juanjuan, I thought about it just now, things are a little difficult, but what about ...... It's not impossible. "Old man Bi is finally determined, the main thing is that there is a way for the Zhang family, so the court has to agree.

Zhang Xiaobao took out the drawings from his arms and unfolded them to show Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang.

"That's it, there is a deer in our place to the north, which can pull this cart and run quickly on the snow, just look at the ink, this picture is not only available today, nor is it used to pull any goods, it is a troop carrier to be used in key places when fighting in the future.

The structure is simple, others will understand at a glance, and they can learn it immediately, whether it is used in our north, or in our northeast, my family doesn't care, if the wind is good, you can also use the sail, which can make the speed faster, walk the snow under the relaxation, walk on the ice, and narrow the bottom. ”

Old man Bi really doesn't know what to say now, the Zhang family has long had such a good thing, but he has always refused to take it out, as he said to Old Man Zhang when he was in Luzhou, the Zhang family will only make fresh things when they need it.

Old man Zhang also sighed in his heart, the Zhang family is like a treasure bag, there are many good things in it, it depends on whether you can take it out of it.

Old man Bi pinched the paper in his hand and hesitated, as Zhang Xiaobao said, when this thing is not made, others can't think of it, but as soon as you see it, you can make it immediately.

Whether to use it to transport goods or to keep it for the critical time to transport soldiers is a dilemma.

"Xiaobao, is there any other way? Then you can choose one to ship the goods. When Old Man Bi asked, he was embarrassed, and his old face turned red, which was really difficult for a strong man.

Wang Juan pouted beside him at this time, took out another piece of paper, and stuffed it into Old Man Bi's hand.

"It's a place to be an official, you need so many things to change, the sleigh is good, but the goal is big, and the deer also have to be taken care of, this is used by a single person, as long as you wear a white dress on the snow and wear a white hat, it is not easy to be found.

There is no need to worry about falling on the snow a few feet deep, and there is this, something that is put on a snowboard with barbs, even if it is uphill, it can go faster than the average person.

Non-long is suitable for guerrilla warfare and blocking warfare in small units, using bows and crossbows, choosing good terrain, attacking quickly, striking from a long distance, and running after fighting. ”

The more Wang Juan spoke, the smoother it became, making Zhang Xiaobao feel like he was listening to an advertisement.

Old man Bi and Old Man Zhang don't think so, especially Old Man Zhang, he can sketch a picture in his heart according to what Wang Juan said, and know how useful this thing can be when used in a place with thick snow, especially with the hot wine made by the Zhang family, it is really unusual.

Give him a thousand skilled people, and he dares to fight against an army of 100,000, as long as the bow and arrow are enough, as long as he understands the terrain, he can't beat the surface, and he will drag the opponent to death.

Old man Bi slapped his thigh with his hand, "Okay, good thing, then this one called a sleigh can be used to transport goods." ”

With his words, it shows that Zhang Zhong can still choose for himself next time he becomes a local official.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, the two of them actually still have good things to come up with, that is, eyes, the kind specially used to deal with snow blindness, fighting in the snow for a long time, it is not possible to do without snow goggles, especially when they meet people who are also wearing white clothes, their eyes can be blinded.

Since Old Man Bi agreed, he didn't need to take it out, and he would talk about it when he needed it in the future, and it would not show the preciousness of taking it out once, not to mention that the snow goggles also needed glass, and he hoped to sell them for more money.

"Without further ado, I'll write to the people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry right away, do you have anything else to do? Take it out together, and use it as soon as possible to benefit the people. ”

"No, what will you take when you use it early for the next election?" Zhang Xiaobao shook his head vigorously.