Chapter 68: These soils can become treasures

In another world, the words in the "White Porcelain Essentials" that I once edited poured out of my mind like a waterfall, and there was such a paragraph first: porcelain clay, also known as white clay, kaolin, Guanyin soil, white and greasy, is the most important raw material for firing porcelain and refining glaze......

A thought swept through Gao Ge's brain like lightning, and his heart pounded violently.

"Take me to this soil, quick, right now!" he grabbed the rooster's hand.

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On a small hill with a very ordinary appearance, Gao Gezheng commanded everyone to clear a clump of bushes and began to shovel the soil, and when the shovel went down, the black soil layer was deeply turned over, exuding a faint musty smell, which was the most nutritious humus soil.

The black humus layer is very thick, and it is only when you dig to a depth of two feet that the color of the soil begins to change, and the black and loose soil becomes whiter and more compact.

Below three feet, the soil layer has completely turned into a uniform gray-white, mixed with some large or small crystalline particles.

Gao Ge jumped into the deep pit dug out, picked up a little gray-white soil with his hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it lightly, there was a slight alkaline smell, and then put it in his mouth and tasted it, faint, there was no special smell.

That's right, this is Guanyin soil, also called porcelain clay, is the most important material for making porcelain carcass, and those crystals in the soil, after grinding into powder, are the best glaze.

"Lord of the Flame Village, check the scope of the white soil and protect it closely. In addition, I will unload a cart of furs and fill them with white clay, and I will take them back to Weishan City. Gao Ge said to the bewildered Flame Worm.

Porcelain, a specialty of the motherland in the previous life, if it can appear in this different world, it will definitely bring earth-shaking changes to the small Weishan City, just as it brought huge trade profits to that ancient country in another world!

It took a whole day to mine the porcelain clay, and in addition, it was necessary to have an in-depth exchange with the wolf lord on the training and combat methods of some cavalry, and when Gao Ge and his party returned to Weishan City with more than fifty ox carts that were still full, it was already five days later.

From afar, Gao Ge saw that there was a new change in Weishan City.

Weishan City is close to the top of the mountain, and a large building is built on the east and west sides, and a huge "flower" has "bloomed" on each building.

These are two large windmills, which have been installed and begin to rotate slowly in the cool breeze of early autumn, this peculiar pet that has changed the contour of Weishan City, and made all those who came here for the first time marvel inexplicably.

In Gao Ge's plan, Weishan City will be divided into five districts, the peak area will be the area of the city lord's mansion, square, and the office of military and political institutions, the southern and northern urban districts will be residential areas and commercial areas, and the eastern and western urban districts will become industrial areas, each with a factory.

The East Factory mainly produces civilian materials and is subordinate to the Ministry of Government Affairs, while the West Factory mainly produces military materials and is subordinate to the Ministry of Military Affairs.

In addition to manpower and animal power, the most important power required for the production of the East and West Second Factories is the mechanical power brought by these two windmills.

The forces of nature captured by the windmill will be split into many strands through a series of large and small winches, transmission rods and gears, each of which will drive some strange machinery.

These machines were all created by Gao Ge, refined by Kevin, and carefully crafted by the carpenters and blacksmiths of the manufacturing division.

"It's really changing with each passing day!" Gao Ge looked at Weishan City from afar on his horse, pursed the corners of his mouth with a smile, and sighed softly.

Upon returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Gao Ge immediately convened a secret meeting with the Minister of the Ministry of Administration, Speaker Darigori, and the chief designer of his Manufacturing Division, Mr. Kevin, the Chief Designer of the Manufacturing Division, Mr. Sieriv of the Construction Division, and the only potter in Weishan City, who had just arrived in Weishan City with the flow of refugees ten days earlier.

The meeting lasted for a long time, but after the meeting was dismissed, there was no tiredness on everyone's faces, and everyone was full of a mysterious excitement and a little doubt, and they walked in a hurry and dispersed.

Immediately afterwards, Gao Ge ushered in another capable general, the short and capable Donita, the plenipotentiary representative of Weishan City in Songquan City, the powerful organizer of the refugees who came to Weishan City in a steady stream, and the collector of secret information.

"Donita, long time no see, this time, what important information do you need to come back and tell me in person?" Gao Ge asked.

"Your Excellency. Donita couldn't hide her excitement, "Three days ago, I recruited someone from the Welu family. ”

"The Welly family, the famous pigeon breeder?" Gao Ge was intrigued.

"Yes. This person is a small branch of the Wei Lu family, and for various reasons, he also fell into the refugees and fled to Songquan City. But he still has six or seven trained pigeons. If he is given a stable life, within a year or two he can breed and train a flock of pigeons. Donita reported in detail.

"Very well, in this way, any news can be secretly delivered to me quickly, stealth and speed, always the two most important points in the transmission of intelligence. Well done, Donita. Gao Ge nodded in approval.

"This is what subordinates should do. Donita paused, "This time I will bring all the pigeons, and I will release them back to Songquan City today, so that they can get acquainted with the road first." ”

"Very good!" Gao Ge nodded, suddenly as if he remembered something, a smile appeared on his face, "I have another suggestion for how to pass on information in the future." ”

With that, Gao Ge signaled Donita, who had just wanted to ask, not to worry, with a somewhat mysterious expression, and then got up and rummaged through the bookshelves behind him.

"I found it, published by the Douglas Printing House in the snow-besieged city, and the great writer Ferdoli's poetry collection "Listening to the Wind". Gao Ge raised the two thin pamphlets in his hand, "The same version, two copies of the same exactly, great." ”

Then, Gao Ge stuffed one of the copies of "Listening to the Wind" into the hand of the confused Donita and said: "It is naturally good to use carrier pigeons to transmit information, but there are still risks. If the carrier pigeon goes missing on the road due to all kinds of bad conditions, it is fine, at most it only delays the matter. But if it falls into the hands of the enemy, the information will be leaked, and then the trouble will be great. I've heard that there is a trained pigeon falcon that is designed to intercept and kill enemy pigeons. ”

"Yes, so, important intelligence sometimes sends multiple carrier pigeons, just to prevent the loss of information. And there is really no good way to deal with the pigeon falcon. Donita frowned slightly.

"If important information falls into the hands of the enemy, I have a way to make it impossible for the enemy to know what the information means. "Gao Ge is confident.

"Oh!" Donita wondered.

"Look!" Gao Ge motioned for Donita to step forward, and the two of them each spread out their "Listening to the Wind Record" side by side, "In my book, the fifteenth word in the second line of the third page is the word 'army'. And your book, because it is the same version as mine, so the fifteenth word in the second line on the third page is also the word 'army'. If I write the word 'army' in the love newspaper that three, two, and fifteen represent the word 'army', and you see this string of numbers, and look it up in your book, will you be able to find out that it is the word 'army'?"

Donita instantly understood, surprised and delighted: "In this way, if you need any words on the intelligence, go to this book and use a string of numbers to represent it." When it reaches the other party, you can understand the meaning of the information by finding the corresponding words according to the numbers. But even if the enemy gets the information, what they see is a meaningless string of numbers. ”

"Oh my God, you're a genius!" Donita exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.

Hehe, this is just the simplest password, and there are more passwords that are thousands of times more complicated than this, but we only know this kind of simplest.

"Just do it! Remember, this codebook can only be kept by you and me. Gao Ge said solemnly.

"My subordinates understand!" Donita straightened her waist and clenched the "Listening to the Wind Record" in her hand, muttering in his heart: "Codebook, this title is really too apt." ”

After taking care of everything, Gao Ge, who just wanted to go to the West Tower to have a cordial exchange with the busy Silver Moon Holy Maiden, was stopped by Dari Gaoli, who had gone and returned.

"Lord Baron, the guardian of the South, Duke Victor's messenger has just arrived in Vishan City. Dari Gory looked solemn and handed a letter with a fiery red wax seal to Gao Ge.

"Duke Victor?" Gao Ge was slightly stunned, this duke who had not yet met was the nominal supreme authority in the southern border of the entire kingdom, but in fact, the defense line of the Great Wall and the defense line of the Nine Liancheng of Suoman had always been directly under the orders of the kingdom's military headquarters.

"Yes, in previous years, the autumn hunt was carried out by Duke Victor and his private soldiers, some of the defenders of the Great Wall defense line, and the soldiers of our Nine Cities. But this year, because of the tense war in the north, as a vassal, the Duke will be called to personally lead the troops to the north, and some of the defenders of the Great Wall will also be drawn to accompany them. Therefore, this year's autumn hunt will be completely handed over to Jiulian City to execute. It is believed that the other eight cities have also received letters from the Duke. Darigori reported in detail the orders brought by the messenger.

The so-called autumn hunting, Gao Ge still knows.

The savanna has no four seasons, only the rainy season and the dry season, but in order to be consistent with the customs of the entire Central Plains and Kyushu, the rainy season is divided into spring and summer, and the dry season is divided into autumn and winter.

Whenever the wind across the steppe starts to dry and cool, it enters the so-called autumn.

Every autumn, the kingdom's army will enter the savanna on a large scale, drive and hunt down the small barbarian tribes that sneak in to make a living, cut down the saplings that are born in the year, and also carry out large-scale hunting activities, as an effective military exercise, this is the autumn hunt.

"My Speaker, it seems that there is some trouble in this autumn hunt, and it is not just what you just said, right?" Gao Ge glanced at Darigori, who was still frowning, and straightened his waist.

"Yes, sir. Darigori said in a deep voice, "In this autumn hunt, each city will first clear its own defense area, and then on September 15, we will hunt on the shore of Luoxing Lake to select the new main city of our Lockman Nine Cities. ”