Chapter 1464 Lamp Oil
When Li Xiang walked inside, sure enough, there was a fire in the house, otherwise it would be too damp inside, especially for the northern soldiers, this is simply a terrible place.
They are not afraid of fighting on the battlefield, and even this is a very simple thing for them, after all, they have been fighting in the north and south for so many years, and it is really not a problem to have a few Vietnams.
But this kind of weather really can't stand them, every day they sleep on the bed as if they have been blistered, and at night when they touch their faces, it is pure all kinds of sweat, there is no dry place on the body, even if they live in the house, it is also a feeling of dampness everywhere.
"I don't think I'm running out of dry firewood, right?"
Li Xiang saw the problem at a glance, this is still the place where he lives, if it is changed to a place where ordinary soldiers live, I am afraid it will be even more difficult, in this place now, if you want to find a pile of dry firewood, it is really too difficult, counting today It has been raining for three days.
You must know that this is not a drizzle, but a downpour, it is said that there was a flash flood not far away, fortunately the place where we built the barracks is relatively high, otherwise, it may even be washed away by the flash flood, at that time there were many soldiers who saw the situation there, and their hearts were still very frightened.
"Your Highness Shengming, when we were before, I also stored a batch, but the daily consumption is too great, and now there are some private houses that are empty, and we can still remove a batch from their houses, but if this rain does not stop, then our life is really difficult."
Changsun Ze said with a bitter face, he has also thought of many ways to solve this problem, such as transporting dry firewood from other places, but it is impossible, it is raining within a radius of hundreds of miles, if you want to transport it, it will have to be hundreds of miles away.
Not to mention how much it costs to transport, if you transport it from afar, it is very likely that it will get wet, and if it is wet, what is the difference between it and these nearby timbers? But if there really wasn't a fire, the soldiers really wouldn't be able to get by, not to mention drying some clothes now, and even firewood for cooking.
"When they're done burning, you won't have to add firewood to them, and I'm just like the rest of the soldiers, after all, I've only just arrived here, and you've had a lot of time to suffer."
Li Xiang can't help this matter, he is not a god in the sky, and there is no way to solve this weather problem, and it is naturally impossible for the system to exchange firewood for you, and it is not a strategic material at all, so it is impossible to appear in the system mall.
When he thought of the system mall, Li Xiang suddenly had a way, although there was no firewood in the system, but there was lamp oil in the system, if these things were painted on some slightly damp wood, it would also be able to burn, and when the lamp oil was burned, wouldn't the firewood just dry?
"Go outside and get some wet wood to come in."
Li Xiang thought of this and gave an order, and the eldest grandson Ze and Huo Quzhi stared wide-eyed, and they didn't understand what Li Xiang was looking for these wet woods? Could it be that something was discovered?
"Let's go."
Seeing that neither of them had moved, Li Xiang immediately shouted, and the two of them immediately understood, and immediately asked their subordinates to work, and the firewood that was dry outside could not be found, but if you want to talk about wet wood, it is simply too easy, take out your waist knife and chop it over, a small tree has already fallen, and then prune it a little, and a piece of wood will be brought in.
Li Xiang picked up the oil lamp on the table, and then poured all the oil on the wood, and then lit the wood, at the beginning all the light was lamp oil, and the moisture on the wood was also evaporating a lot, although the taste was not very good, but at least it could produce a series of heat sources.
When the lamp oil burned almost, soon the wood also burned, at the beginning the flame was not very good, but with the loss of a large amount of water, these wood also began to burn slowly, after the people around saw this scene, they all felt that His Royal Highness was too exaggerated, how much is a piece of wood? If you use so much lamp oil to burn a single piece of wood, it is too expensive, right?
"Long San, you immediately tell the people in China and ask them to purchase a large amount of lamp oil."
Just when everyone was guessing, Li Xiang actually gave this order, there are tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in the whole army, if you count those servant troops, it will be nearly 100,000 people, how much lamp oil will be used? Our costs have gone up in an instant, and the price of lamp oil is not cheap now.
"Your Highness......"
"I know what you want to say, it's nothing more than that, spend a little more money, but you should also understand that the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is also the most important, every day in this humid environment, let alone let them go to war, I'm afraid the mood will not be better, a few of you are already in a bad mood, let alone the soldiers below, immediately go and order the soldiers below to find firewood, wet it's okay, let them bake the fire tonight."
Li Xiang asked Long San to do this, that is also because it can be exchanged immediately, Long San is not a fool, he will go to the army immediately, and pick out the system soldiers, these people will never betray Li Xiang, as for the source of these lamp oils, you people will slowly guess, even if you guess your brains, I'm afraid you can't guess it.
Although the soldiers didn't know what they wanted to do from above, it was raining so hard that we went out to collect firewood, didn't it have a bubble in our heads? We're all soaking wet, so let's go out and dry up in the house as soon as we can.
However, I heard that this order was issued by His Royal Highness Taisun, and these people have no complaints, and many veterans have been following His Highness for a long time, of course, they know that His Highness's brain is turning very fast, at least they will not let us do useless work, especially when this kind of morale is low.
Sure enough, when the sun was about to set, a large number of wagons came from afar, and hundreds of wagons were brought in with lamp oil, and each tent received some, and then they were taught how to make a fire.
Many people don't know what to say about His Highness's handwriting......