"Okay, if I come across a book or secret record in the future, I'll pay attention to it a little. Xia Fan shrugged.

"Then again, why are you so obsessed with the living dead?" Fang Xiandao was puzzled, "They are good for nothing but being proficient in combat, and they even need to be taken care of in their daily lives-"

"It's Chichi who is taking care of the young master!" the little girl protested.

He decided to ignore it, "It's not too difficult for you to find a servant or a guard now. And even in terms of combat effectiveness, this fox demon girl is strong enough, not much worse than the living dead. ”

Li nodded arrogantly.

"I guess you wouldn't be for such a little ice, would you? saltpeter can also make ice, and the price is not a problem for you, so why pay so much for the living dead?"

Xia Fan smiled and did not answer.

Shaved ice is really just an appetizer.

He has a more far-reaching plan in mind, that is, relying on the convenience of the waterway in Jinxia City, to establish a cold chain storage and transportation system that is impossible to achieve with existing technology.

That's right, he wants to break the geographical restrictions and further tap the inherent advantages of Jinxia City to the extreme.

In fact, in addition to salt, there is another unremarkable specialty here, and that is seafood.

In an era when fishing was still dominated by artisanals, the ocean was almost inexhaustible. All kinds of fish and shrimp are common things on the table of Jinxia City, but unfortunately these high-protein foods are difficult to store for a long time, and if they are not made into dry goods, they will spoil and deteriorate in a day, which in turn limits the output. After all, it's easy to sell too much, and no one has to clean up the stinky dead fish by themselves.

But with an ice vault, the situation is completely different.

On the one hand, he can use seafood as a short-term reserve of food, and on the other hand, fishermen can also increase production with confidence. These two, in turn, affect the meat intake of residents, thereby reducing the consumption of staple foods.

This is by no means an inconsequential change.

If you eat four or five bowls of rice a day to fill your stomach, after adding meat, it can be reduced to two or three bowls, and it will not be a small number when it is enlarged to the whole city and even other areas. At a small level, it means improving the dietary structure of residents, and at a large level, it means reducing the pressure on staple foods and optimizing the strategic structure of food.

In addition, the princess's recruitment plan is going well, and Mo Yun's new machine building bureau is also under construction step by step, and when the army is reorganized and matched with the mecha team, the battle in Jinxia City will reach a new peak. But a city alone is not enough.

In the final analysis, its population is limited, its resources are neither coal nor iron, and it is only a matter of time before it expands outward. If you want to make a difference, at least the whole of Shenzhou must be united. This requires the army to go out and move from defense to offense. Because once they take this step, the imperial court will definitely react, and when the time comes, they will not be able to win by sitting on the city.

If you want the troops to be flexible and mobile, logistics is undoubtedly the top priority.

With the cold chain, he was able to send large quantities of fresh meat to the front line at any time, and more importantly, the system didn't cost much money. Cargo ships can be converted with ordinary sailboats, and there is no need to engage in any large-scale farms, the East China Sea itself can provide enough high-quality protein, and even the fishing tool elves are "ready".

In short, everything is ready, only half of the east wind is owed.

A thousand people can support the cold storage storage of Jinxia City and the cold chain transportation of hundreds of miles around, but considering the redundant backup and the spread of this transportation line along the inland river to further places, it is obvious that the more living dead people who come to Jinxia, the better.

Fang Xiandao thought that he just wanted an entourage to be fresh, but in fact, what Xia Fan wanted was the natural magic group of the living dead.

Of course, this plan is not suitable for being spoken out in public.

He didn't mind Ning Wanjun's ambition, and it didn't mean that the Fang family didn't mind.

It is better to be cautious when it comes to imperial power.

"Forget it, whatever you want has nothing to do with me. Fang Xiandao saw that he didn't answer, and he didn't plan to ask any further, "Anyway, I've already made an appointment, and you should fulfill your promise." ”

Xia Fan walked back to his desk, took out a stack of books, and pushed them in front of Fang Xiandao, "The top is the principle of magic and the talisman, but you definitely can't understand it." So I've prepared a set of primer manuals, and by the time you've finished the following books, you'll be able to get a preliminary understanding of the day's seismic techniques. ”

Fang Xiandao showed a slight surprise, if the other party pretended to be confused, or deliberately hid half of it and didn't say anything, he wouldn't feel strange, after all, it involved personal magic experience, and people would inevitably regret it at a critical moment. Unexpectedly, the other party was still worried that he couldn't understand it, so he specially prepared an introductory explanation, which was really a bit unexpected to him.

It's not in vain that he has helped many times.

"Hmph, don't underestimate me. Fang Xiandao did not hesitate to open the top secret record, and then stared at him for a moment. What are the things drawn on it? What does the symbol mean? He knows every word, but why is it that when put together, he doesn't know what to say......?" It's kind of interesting, I think the symbols above should be the key to your experience. Such times do require a special explanation to understand. ”

He quietly pulled out the next book. Is the first-level arithmetic the meaning of corresponding to a product? Interestingly, for soothsayers, arithmetic is just a basic skill.

Turn the first page.

Turn the second page.

On the third page, Fang Xiandao slammed the book shut. He felt a chill rise behind him, "Can I go back and take a closer look?"

"Of course, this is what was promised, and it is yours now. Xia Fan said disapprerovingly.

"If nothing else...... Then I'll take my leave. Fang Xiandao put the book away and pretended to be calm, "You should still have a lot of things to do, ......right?" I won't bother much. ”

"Meeting an old friend?

"What's the matter, isn't there anyone visiting you recently?" Fang Xiandao pondered, "It seems that it is another wrong display, and the divination range needs to be adjusted." ”

"Can you even take this one?" asked Xia Fan in surprise.

"The hexagram is a sign of change, and a visit by someone is naturally one of the changes. It's just- no, nothing, you just don't think I said that. ”

It's just that when it comes to Xia Fan himself, there will be a huge gap in the hexagrams, so he can only enlarge the prediction range to the other party's surroundings, such as the last time he learned the result of the coming storm through divination Jinxia City. While this will not lead to nothing, the deviation and difficulty of interpretation will be multiplied many times, and the latest divination is one of his many attempts to adjust the range, and the results do not seem to be satisfactory.

——For the sake of maintaining his own image, Fang Xiandao naturally couldn't say these reasons.

"But isn't it just for old friends to catch up on old days and connect with feelings?" Xia Fan said that the credibility of this divination was worrying, "If you don't see you this time, you will see you next time, what changes can it cause?"

"Uh...... You seem to have some point, too. Fang Xiandao pondered for a moment, "Maybe the change refers to the visitor himself?" or ...... Is this the last chance?"

"What's that?"

"For example, if you stagger this time, there will be no next time. Fang Xiandao replied casually, "But since you already know that it is the wrong result, you may not have heard of it." ”