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The single combat power of 'Thunder Fire' is not strong. Especially in one-on-one melee combat, even the outdated ink armor of a hundred years ago can't fight,

But when a hundred 'Thunder Fires' were assembled, with that Thunder Flame Array, they all wiped out the latest five-star ink armor imperial guards of the forbidden army. As for their own damage, there are only four statues, all of which are damaged by the blows of the opposing bow and crossbow.

The small heavenly commander of the forbidden army was even more bombarded by the thunder musket. This one even if he does his best. It still couldn't hit within thirty feet of the gun array.

The result of this battle shocked the military ministers who were fortunate enough to watch the battle at that time, and also made many ink shop owners change color.

If it weren't for the price of that 'Thunder Fire', it would still be expensive, more than seven times that of ordinary five-star ink armor. Especially the thunder musket, the cost remains high. Meng Jin predicted that His Majesty might directly order mass production.

But afterwards, the Heavenly Saint Emperor also issued a ban order, and allocated 12 million gold from the inner treasury to purchase a full set of 'Thunder Fire' drawings from the Wu'an Palace. And strictly ordered the inner workshop to reduce the price of 'Thunder Fire' to about 6,000 taels of silver within five years.

But in fact, according to Mengjin's estimate, there is no need for six thousand taels at all. The ability displayed with thunder and fire only needs to be reduced to about three times that of ordinary ink armor, and it can have practical value

And as far as he knew, including him at that time, the Duke of Xiangguo, the King of Wuwei County, the owner of the Tiangong Workshop, the owner of the Divine Sense Workshop, and so on. Anyone who has some financial resources is studying similar ink armor in private.

Without the technology and drawings of 'Thunderfire', several companies had to start from scratch, but no one wanted to fall behind. Even if it can't be successfully developed, some technology can be accumulated so that when the 'Thunder Fire Armor' is released in the future, it can be slightly improved on that basis.

After that, Zhang Heng's name has entered the eyes of the top military ministers of Great Qin. This is not good at handicraft, and he cannot be regarded as a qualified Mo craftsman, but he has many whimsical ideas, which are amazing.

"Zhang Heng is a northerner, and he often sees his servants every day, and he often suffers from the cold weather in winter. Therefore, cotton has also been used to make clothing, believing that cotton can be used to keep warm, and can also be woven into cloth like ramie. The only problem is that the cottonseed is difficult to go, and it is very troublesome. ”

Meng Jin bowed slightly, he had heard of these things. Liangzhou is bitterly cold, and some people also try to weave cotton into threads, but the problem is that the cotton seeds are not easy to remove, which is time-consuming and laborious, and the cost is extremely high.

The wealthy merchants and wealthy families of Daqin mostly use silky and bright brocade, which is much warmer than linen, and they are not interested in the same expensive cotton cloth.

Just three months ago, Zhang Heng had built a ginning machine that could easily remove cottonseeds. Even the spinning machine and the weaving equipment were also properly designed. I've seen that if you can produce it on a large scale, the cost should be very low. The cost of each piece of coarse cloth is estimated to be no more than three taels! The only problem now is that there is too little cotton produced in Daqin, so Ying Chong has to make plans in advance. ”

Meng Jin suddenly stopped, and pondered for a long time before gradually coming back to his senses. The price of a piece of cloth is less than three taels, which is not much more expensive than the price of linen cloth today.

A piece of cloth is ten zhang, and each zhang of cloth can make a set of garments. In other words, the people of Great Qin only need 300 to 400 Wen to buy a cotton coat.

It is true that the Qin people are all male farmers and women weaving, and they weave linen cloth at home, which almost does not cost money. But in the north, a cotton cloth is much warmer than a linen cloth.

As far as he knows, many farmers hide in their houses every day in winter, reluctant to come out. There are very few people who can afford to buy prairie furs. There are not a few people who freeze to death every year.

As Ying Chong said, this cotton business is really profitable. The wasteland bought by Ying Chong, although the grain yield is very low, can be used in cotton fields, and the yield should still be very good, so there is no need to bother.

Thinking about it like this, Meng Jin was greatly moved. After all, among the four kings of Great Qin, if you want to talk about financial resources, the Meng family is the poorest, and it may be worse than the Lu family who has moved to Fangzhou. After all, the latter, as well as the accumulation of wealth over thousands of years.

And Ying Chong said this to him today, obviously with the intention of pulling him in.

Although this business is big, even if it is only with the power of An Guoying's family, it can still be played. Dingwu Mengshi participated in it, and the help was limited, but it could gain a lot of money.

But in this way, the two families of Meng Ying will use this as a link, and they will inevitably get closer.

"And what's the deal with the melon?"

As soon as Ye Yuanlang heard that there was money to be made, he pricked up his ears early, and at this time he couldn't wait to ask: "I'm afraid that this thing won't be able to be shipped, right? When it arrives in Yongqin, I'm afraid it will rot long ago." ”

"Melons can be squeezed to make wine, but that's just incidental, and you can't actually make much money-"

Ying Chong shook his head: "The farmer in my house has studied for three years, and said that melon and cotton interplanting can complement each other, but in fact, it is okay to replace it with peanuts and soybeans or something, and it can be used to extract oil." ”

The reason why he grows melons is just that there are too few sugar sources in the four northern states, and it is easy to be blocked. There is also wine, northerners like to drink, and they have also been embarrassed for many years.

"I see!" Ye Yuenlong also fell into deep thought, thinking about whether to get involved.

He knew that in recent years, Ying Chong had bought a lot of barren mountains in Funiu Mountain to plant purple olive trees. As a result, in the past few years, olive oil has become popular in Xianyang, and has been respected by the nobles of the city, and even affected Zhao Wei and other countries.

This made Yingchong's tiger fortress make a lot of money. And once those newly planted olive trees begin to bear fruit, then the income of the Wu'an royal mansion will definitely increase significantly.

This made Xianyang families very jealous and rushed to follow suit. But except for the area around Tiger Castle, the cultivation of olives in the rest of the area has not been very successful.

Will this cotton melon be the next olive oil?

If you can really make money, the Ye family will definitely not miss it. But he wondered if the current Ying Chong was 'normal'? In recent years, this crazy man has rarely seen his grandson-in-law serious. Could it be that you are fooling yourself?

Meng Jin was also cautious: "If you are free in a few days, can King Wu'an take the old man to see the details." ”

"Yes, but I have to wait for my wife to give birth, in fact, I can't waste any money to buy some wasteland. In the early days, it was nothing more than a few million taels of silver, and the price of a few Yuan Jia. ”

Just as Ying Chong's sentence completely moved Meng Ye and the others, he was distracted and looked at the side of the royal road.

I saw that over there, Pei Kuan, the waiter of the Criminal Department, was talking to Qiu Wan, the Duke of Ru Guo, which made the latter frown. After a while, Ying Qiuwan strode over to him.

At this time, at a distance of 100 zhang, Xie An was in a corner, looking at Ying Chong's back and the fourth prince with deep meaning.

"Are you really going to do that?"

At this time, on Xie An's side, it was his father Xie Ling, but this person's face was full of worry: "As soon as the strategy of increasing the income comes out, it will be even more difficult for His Royal Highness and the princes to have room for maneuver." No matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, he may not be able to tolerate my northern sect. ”

"Since the Yongqin War, I, the Xie clan, have long been on the ship of His Highness, and it is difficult to get out. If the ship capsizes, the Xie clan will also suffer a catastrophe. ”

Xie An said these terrifying words, but there was no ripple in his eyes: "Your Highness, he has a discerning eye, and in the shogunate, such as Guo Jia, Liu Ji, Wang Meng, Li Jingyue, Feihan, and others, they are all heroes of the world, or good at scheming, or good at management, or proficient in the art of military training, or military strategy. You don't know how much the strength of my Wu'an Mansion has surged in just three years. If it goes on like this, even if it doesn't come out today, His Highness will not be tolerated by the successor king. Sooner or later, it must be reversed, so it is better to do it sooner rather than later. The Wu'an Royal Mansion has the strength to seize the mountains and rivers of Daqin, so why hide in the north. ”

Xie Ling was flustered when he heard this, although he knew that in Xie An's hand, he had a treasure in his hand that blocked the voice of the divine thought. But still a little uneasy, he swept in all directions.

After a long while, he reluctantly calmed down, frowned and asked: "But I look at Your Highness in the past few years, and it seems that he has lost his former sharpness." And every time he acts absurdly and bizarrely, it makes people puzzled. ”

Can such a person lead the Northern Sect and seize the throne of Xianyang? Can he become a qualified king?

"Taoguang is obscure, and it's just a feint. ”

Xie An knew that Ying Chong was still stuck in the twelfth-fold because of the Great Freedom Gong, which was the case. Fortunately, Ying Chong's Wai Dan had already broken through, and as long as he practiced step by step, he could cross the final threshold without any obstacles within three years.

However, this is the secret of the Wu'an Palace, and only those closest to it can know it.

And today's mistake is not Ying Chongxiu's Great Freedom Xuangong, and he can't 'calculate' His Royal Highness King Wu'an.

"In the past three years, the strength of my Wu'an Royal Mansion has increased day by day, and there will be no fakes. Father, now there are more than 600,000 male soldiers inside and outside my palace, and the northern families are gradually recovering. With His Royal Highness's military strategy, once the army is raised, who can be the enemy in the Qin realm?"

When this sentence was said, Xie Ling also raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a little bit of emotion.

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"The only thing to worry about is that the Pei family, who has recently been very close to the second prince Ying Tianyou and the fourth prince Ying Qiuwan. ”

Thousands of miles away in Xie County, Jizhou, Guo Jia was still talking to Wang Meng.

And Wang Meng's eyes also flashed a trace of incomprehension. Now in the court, the prince of the country is blessed by heaven, and the prince of the country is the most friendly to His Royal Highness King Wu'an.

The other princes, except for Ying Quai, who was scolded by Ying Chong as 'premature ejaculation', the rest, even his younger brother Yongguo Gongying Wuji, tried their best to show goodwill to the Wu'an Palace, and never provoked them.

But this Ying Tianyou and Ying Wan are the most 'sincere' of the few.

In just a moment, Wang Meng had already understood, and a cold meaning appeared in his eyes: "This Pei Ju is really a trouble." So what about Xie An, what did he say? As the head of the palace, he can't always be unresponsive. ”

"Xie An!" Guo Jia stopped the horse, as if he was thinking about something, and his expression seemed to be smiling: "Senior brother, I remember that before, I heard a saying from the mouth of the Taixi people, the Tao is the butt that determines the head. I feel that although this sentence is vulgar, it is quite philosophical. ”

PS: I really cried, I called for it yesterday, and there are still few recommendations and monthly passes. Even the WeChat public account has only increased by more than 100 followers - it is really heartbreaking to open up the wasteland.

In fact, I want to use the WeChat platform to hold an activity on New Year's Day to give back to book friends. I plan to print An Guoying's family crest 'Golden Crown Xuanniao' on the mug, and then make a lottery, planning to send about forty prizes, and then if you are interested, you can crowdfund and customize with me. Of course, I still have to do it now, but seeing that others have tens of thousands of fans on the WeChat platform, I am only 3,000, so desolate.

If you are interested, you can go to my WeChat platform 'Author Wasteland' to see the family crest of 'Golden Crowned Xuanniao'. (To be continued.) )