Cut the candle and chant in vain, don't feel yourself when you open the letter. Liudu has lost Goryeo far away, and it is difficult to ask the heavenly family tribute note.

Liudu, the easternmost place of the Great Yan Kingdom, is a coastal peninsula that belongs to Qingzhou, Jiannan Province, and is separated from Dongzhou by a strait, facing each other in the distance.

Dao, state, prefecture, county, the territory of Dayan is basically divided into such levels, Liudu is originally a county, because it is in the easternmost part of Dayan, and there are many islands, so Liudu is exceptionally divided into prefectures. Therefore, Liudu is not only a region, but also contains many islands within a radius of hundreds of miles around it.

Because of the coastal and flat terrain of Liudu, the locals mainly rely on fishing and agriculture for their livelihood. At the same time, it also has very rich mineral resources, coupled with the heavy shipping of the Great Yan Kingdom, so Liudu has also become an important trade gathering place.

These are all the circumstances in Qian Scarlet's mind about Ryudu, and no matter how much she has, she doesn't know. Unexpectedly, a day of floating made her float across a sea area and to another place.

"Yi Sheng, did you rescue a boy older than me at sea?" Qian Scarlet Moon's eyes were filled with hope.

It's just that Yi Sheng's shaking of her head made her hope slowly fade: "No, there is no in the village." ”

Qian Scarlet nodded, although she was a little disappointed, but she was not discouraged.

"Sister Qianyue, do you have any companions who have also fallen into the water?" Yi Sheng already knew her name, and she was two years older than herself. She also saw the wound on her leg, but she couldn't afford to hire a doctor. However, she felt that the girl in front of her, who was slightly older than her, didn't seem to care, and she was afraid that she would be injured before she fell into the water.

"Hmmm......"

"Sister Qianyue, don't worry, when my brother comes back, I will ask him to go to Liudu Mansion City to inquire, maybe he will be saved by people from other villages."

"Thank you!" Qian Scarlet Moon's face couldn't help but bring a hint of loneliness.

Yi Sheng saw that she was a little sad, and hurriedly chatted with her about other things. She and her brother depend on each other, and they are relatively ostracized in the village, and there is no one to play with her. Now that she has a companion of a similar age, she seems to have endless words.

"Sister Qianyue, I also have an older brother who is six years older than me and is named Yi Xiao. Actually, he pulled you up. Because Yi Sheng only has two rooms in his house, the two of them are crammed into the same bed.

Yi Sheng was excited, Qian Feiyue was worried, and neither of them could sleep. It just so happens that one person speaks and the other listens, and it can be regarded as a companion.

From her words, Qian Scarlet Moon learned that the village she was in now was the southernmost live fish village in Liudu. Yi Xiao and Yi Sheng, two siblings, are orphans. My father went fishing and caught a storm and never returned. That day happened to be Yi Sheng's birth, and her mother heard the bad news and died after giving birth to Yi Sheng.

So the people in the village were quite taboo about Yi Sheng, thinking that she was a broom star and a person who was not protected by the sea god Niangniang. Only her brother never left her, and her brother and father brought her up.

Qian Scarlet Moon understands that people who live by the sea, watching the sky and eating, are especially in awe of the gods, but they just suffer two children. She seemed to see the shadow of herself and Qianmo in the two of them, and she was also a little closer to Yi Sheng, a little girl who was chattering.

"And what did your brother do?"

Speaking of his brother, Yi Sheng's voice was full of respect and distress: "He went to mine stones." ”

On an island north of Liudu, a saltpeter mine was discovered not long ago, and Lord Yin summoned the young and middle-aged people of the county to mine, and he could get twenty copper plates a day and two meals. So Yi Xiao also joined the team.

Although he was only fourteen years old, he was known for his strength in the village of Live Fish, and after promising to pay the village a capitation fee of two cents a day, the village chief allowed him to go mining with him.

Because the income from mining is stable, everyone in the village who has a little strength wants to go, so they all come in turns. Each person gets their turn for about 10 days a month.

"Tomorrow it's my brother's turn, so he'll set off for Saltpeter Island with the people of the village tonight." Yi Sheng's explanation made Qian Feiyue roughly understand some of the situation in the village.

It seems that the living conditions of the villagers are not good, twenty copper plates a day, and only half a tael of silver when it is fully counted in a month. Like Yi Xiao, there are even fewer.

"Sister Qianyue, do you know what saltpeter is for?" Although Yi Sheng had just met Qian Feiyue, he inexplicably had a trust in her, and always felt that she was hiding a lot of things.

Qian Crimson nodded, saltpeter she did know. In the early Chinese Danjing "Thirty-six Water Laws", saltpeter is the protagonist.

"Born of the breath of the sea and the salt, it is the most divine thing of heaven and earth,...... It can make seventy-two petrified and water, soften the hardware, and refine the eight stones, although the Great Dan is not willing to give up. ”

and the book she read the most in her life, "Shennong's Materia Medica", also recorded it, saying that it "can turn gold, silver, copper, and iron into strange things".

In the history of China, saltpeter also dominated many things, the most famous is gunpowder. Yin of Liudu Mansion recruited people to mine saltpeter mines, and she didn't know if it was because of this. Because this era is inconsistent with any dynasty in China in her memory, she doesn't know if there is gunpowder in this era, but it certainly won't be mined aimlessly.

"Saltpeter can be used in medicine and alchemy, which is indeed of great use." Qian Scarlet Moon explained to her like this.

Yi Sheng, who was puzzled, lit up: "Sister Yue, do you really know?" ”

Qian Scarlet looked at her surprised appearance and nodded: "I have studied some pharmacology. ”

"Wow......" Yi Sheng simply admired her, "Sister Yue, if only I had known you earlier." ”

"Huh?"

Yi Sheng said with some frustration: "Before, I accidentally fell into the water and caught a cold, and I was sick for a long time. All the money in the family was used to buy medicine. Otherwise, my brother wouldn't have to go to mining stones. ”

"People are the most important thing!"

"Well, my brother said the same thing. But ......" Although she knew that this time was an accident, the words of the people in the village about her still left a thorn in her heart, "Maybe I really don't like the sea god Niangniang......"

"Did you do something unreasonable? Or did it hurt whom? ”

"No, no!" Yi Sheng hurriedly waved his hand.

"Then why doesn't she like you?"

"But...... Daddy and mom ......"

"You blew the storm? Then you may be the reincarnation of the sea god. ”

…… Yi Sheng didn't know how to answer, she turned her head blankly to look at Qian Scarlet Yue, who had closed her eyes, and her heart was a little confused.

Qian Feiyue didn't explain her again, there are some things, if she thinks so, it's useless for others to say anything. But there are also some people, as long as a sentence on demand helps her remove even a trace of dark clouds, she can let the sun shine in.

Yi Sheng is such a person. When Qian Scarlet Moon woke up the next day and saw her, she found that she had changed a lot. If yesterday she was cheerful, today she is sunny. With vigor and relaxation, even her heavy heart seemed to be a little lighter.

"Sister Yue, it's early!"