Wang Xiaolai turned his head to look: "What's the matter?" ”

Hongxiang said: "Childe, the grain you asked me to purchase earlier has bottomed out. ”

Wang Xiaolai was taken aback: "So fast? How much did you buy last time? ”

"Fifty thousand stones."

Wang Xiaolai pinched his chin and pondered: "Buy more, anyway, there is not much else in Longshou County, just a lot of food." ”

"Okay, but Childe, there's something I need to warn you of."

"What's the matter?"

"Recently, the price of food in Longshou County seems to have increased."

Wang Xiaolai frowned: "The price has risen?" How much has it gone up? ”

Hongxiang nodded: "It's about two percent more than usual." ”

"How so?" Wang Xiaolai couldn't figure it out.

"Could it be that winter is approaching, so the price of food will rise?" Half a day eyebrows.

Wang Xiaolai pouted: "Come on, it's only been autumn for a long time, and these people are here for me, so the price of food has risen." ”

"So what do we do? Do you want to buy it. ”

"What can I do if I don't buy it? Hongxiang, you can go out with Hammer again, this time, buy more food and come back. ”

(Iron Hammer had just returned from Silla not long ago, and he went to the refugee settlement but didn't find anyone, and through the directions, he directly found Wang Xiaolai, who moved to Echo Valley)

Hongxiang nodded: "Okay." ”

"Any more questions?" Wang Xiaolai looked up and asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Okay, it's okay, let's all disperse first." Wang Xiaolai stretched his waist and said.

Then they got up and departed.

When Wang Xiaolai was left alone, he stopped at his residence and thought about it for himself.

Seriously, if it weren't for the fact that there was really nothing to do, Wang Xiaolai really wanted to come up with a thermal insulation greenhouse in this era.

However, in the current society, it is obviously impossible to insulate a greenhouse, after all, plastics are not a chemical that Wang Xiaolai can make at all.

Even if he's a skilled nerd, he can't make it.

However, this kid has a substitute that works.

That's glass.

Glass is a thing called glaze in ancient China, of course, unlike the fully transparent glass seen now, ancient Chinese glass is more inclined to translucent spars.

The production of glass can be traced back to 3,700 B.C., discovered by the ancient Egyptians, at that time, the glass was only solidified from the acidic rock of the volcanic eruption, because of the lack of necessary quenching means, so the glass at that time had many impurities, and it was colored glass.

The earliest appearance of colorless glass in the world was in ancient China, in the first millennium BC, although glass at that time was only used as a textile for precious stones, far less than the functionality and transparency of today's glass.

But Wang Xiaolai is different, from the modern time, and is a well-known technical nerd, know the way to make glass, although the glass he made is not as practical as modern glass, but make a translucent, replace the plastic bags needed for thermal insulation greenhouses, that is no problem.

It's just a little troublesome, and, since it's an insulated greenhouse, there must be no shortage of glass needed, such a big project, to be honest, Wang Xiaolai didn't want to do it, but it wasn't for Hongxiang to mention the lack of food, and he wouldn't have thought of doing such a thing as an insulated greenhouse and glass.

All you need is the necessary molds, and then quench the raw materials of the glass, quartz sand and limestone, with a flame at a high enough temperature.

It's just a matter of words, but it's hard to do.

The most critical point of glass production is that it requires a high temperature of 1,700 degrees, and you must know that the temperature emitted when burning firewood is only 600 to 800 degrees.

Even the burning temperature of the black powder created by Wang Xiaolai is 1,000 degrees, which is far from 1,700 degrees.

You can ask the master of the Heavenly List to help, and use the internal force to raise the temperature of the flame to 1,700 degrees, or even, 2,000 degrees, but which master of the Heavenly List is idle and hurts, and helps you sit on these gadgets?

It seems that this plan, until a better way is found, can only be temporarily put on hold, and continue to purchase the grain that has risen in price by 20%.

Sighing, Wang Xiaolai said in his heart that Lao Tzu has so many ideas, and he is limited by the times.

···

Far away on the grassland, in the newly built royal city of Huyan Zhuozhuo, there were several white-clothed envoys, who were in the palace, looking at the prosperous and extravagant decorations, one by one, and a trace of imperceptible dissatisfaction flashed in their eyes.

Huyan Zhuozhuo was wearing a fox fur and hair, sitting on the throne, looking at those white-clothed messengers, and the corners of his mouth smiled: "Several adults have come from afar, and I don't know what to point to this king." (Grassland)"

It is difficult to have a person in the world who makes Huyan Zhuozhuo use such a polite title, even when he was beaten by Yuqingxie in various ways, Huyan Zhuozhuo also looked like he would rather die than give in.

But in the face of these people in white, why did Huyan Zhuozhuo's tone become so respectful?

It turns out that there is a sacred mountain on the grassland, since the first appearance of the people, the sacred mountain has been standing on the prairie, the history of the sacred mountain, has been ten thousand years now, and even, this mountain is older than the grassland.

On the mountain, there lives a group of people who are called the guardians of the sacred mountain, that is, the last time, Yu Qing broke into the mountain and killed a lot of people.

These people are ascetic and retreat, never meet outsiders, and generally they will never come forward if there is no situation.

The daily expenses of Mount Kinabalu are all in charge of the contemporary grassland king, and the annual supply of 100 cows, 1,000 sheep, and 10,000 stone of grain is provided.

The kings of the steppe in the past generations will abide by this way.

And on the premise of paying so many benefits, it is the same line of the sacred mountain that recognizes the legitimacy of the contemporary steppe king.

Not only that, but there will also be members who go down the mountain every year to go down the mountain to practice, and they walk all over the grassland, relying on their own skills, selflessly helping every grassland person.

It can be said that the members of the sacred mountain are not only ascetic monks, but also divine doctors with a mind to help the world, and because of this, the divine mountain has reached an immeasurable height in the hearts of the grassland people.

As an aside, like Luan Chengping, the divine doctor of Suiyang, he is the most outstanding disciple of the sect master of the previous generation of Shenshan.

Therefore, the importance of the sacred mountain to the grassland is not a little bit, and it is precisely like this, in other words, the existence of the sacred mountain is equivalent to Sui Yang's admiration for Buddhist culture, and even surpasses it.

So much so, because of the tyranny of the contemporary grassland king Huyan Zhuozhuo, many grassland people spontaneously formed up, knelt under the sacred mountain, and begged the guardian on the sacred mountain to take back Huyan Zhuozhuo's throne.

Otherwise, why do you think this group of ascetics would find Huyan Zhuozhuo?

"Huyan Zhuozhuo, your life, and your current position are all given by the sacred mountain, I hope you don't forget this. (Grassland)"

Ichijin Mountain Guardian Road.

Huyan Zhuozhuo laughed when he heard this: "My lord, you are joking, the benefits that this king gives to the sacred mountain every year have never been less, how can you forget your roots?" (Grassland)"

"But many people knelt at the foot of Mount Kinabalu and said that you were tyrannical and cruel to the innocent. (Grassland)"

Another Guardian stepped forward and gritted his teeth.

Huyan Zhuozhuo's face was full of disdain: "It's all a group of Diao people, a few adults, you won't even believe this, right?" (Grassland)"

"Compared to your Huyan Zhuozhuo, we believe in those people more. (Grassland)"

Hearing this, Huyan Zhuozhuo shrugged: "So, a few adults came to trouble this king?" (Grassland)"

"Hmph, I can't talk about trouble, I just want to accept your qualifications as the king of the grassland. (Grassland)"

Hearing this, Huyan Zhuozhuo was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the sky, and laughed: "Joke, what are you if you accept the qualification of this king?" (Grassland)"

In a word, these people are all annoyed: "You are bold! (Grassland)"

Huyan Zhuozhuo slapped the pure gold handrail under his palm, and the handrail shattered.

"It's bold that you things dare to be so rude to this king, come on, take down these people, a thousand cuts! (Grassland)"

With a scolding, Huyan Zhuozhuo said angrily.

In the palace, Huyan Zhuozhuo's personal guards and Jinling wolf guards did not dare to step forward, they all looked at each other and swallowed their saliva.

Yes, it is true that they are all Huyan Zhuozhuo's henchmen, but in addition to this, they are also grassland people, and it is more difficult to let the grassland people attack the disciples of the Shenshan lineage than to let them kill their parents.

The respect and worship of the grassland people for the sacred mountain is simply outrageous.

Seeing this, Huyan Zhuo Zhuo swept away everyone, his eyes widened, and the murderous intent in his eyes was great: "You dare to disobey the order of this king?" (Grassland)"