Back at the yamen of the Governor's Mansion, Wang Rong saw Zhang Pu waiting in the lobby, and Wang Rong's face instantly turned into a bitter gourd face.

He asked angrily, "Doctor Zhang, what's the matter with this visit?" ”

Zhang Pu saw Wang Rong's impatient expression, and instantly exploded: "What's the matter?" You just don't want to see me? ”

Then she took out something black and wrapped it in linen. Wang Rong looked at it and was instantly surprised: "This is Shi Ni?" It is recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, Classic of the West Mountains": "Three hundred miles to the southwest, it is said that the mountain of the female bed has more red copper in its yang, and more stone nirvana in its yin." "Stone, which is coal, is also called graphite or charcoal.

Wang Rong knew that Wolf Mountain was rich in mineral deposits, but due to time problems, he had not yet had time to organize people to search for mineral deposits in the mountain.

Zhang Pu heard the name of the black stone in his hand when he heard Wang Rong's words, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Do you know this thing?" ”

Wang Rong nodded, then took the stone from Zhang Pu's hand, and he asked directly, "Where did you get this thing?" ”

Zhang Puze's eyes rolled and said, "Want to know?" Then you'll have to trade things for them. ”

Wang Rong knew that it was not so simple, and he said helplessly: "I know what you want, I will give you the formula and antidote of sweat medicine now." ”

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "Shangdao, yes, then you can write it quickly." ”

Wang Rong had no choice but to come to the table and began to write on the paper the recipe of the sweat medicine and the antidote licorice. After writing, he held it in both hands, bowed down and handed it to Zhang Pu, with a humble and humble attitude.

Zhang Pu looked at Wang Rong, who was standing in front of him with a humble attitude, his little vanity was greatly satisfied, and he happily snatched the piece of paper, and then said: "This time we shuttled through the wolf mountain, and found these stones next to the camp of the Devil's Mane, and my father told me that this thing can be burned, and it is more resistant to burning than firewood, but it is poisonous. ”

Wang Rong carefully observed the stone in his hand, what was poisonous, it was just carbon monoxide poisoning. In order to be able to burn for maximum heating, people often close the doors and windows, and then burn the stone to keep warm, and if the stone is not burned sufficiently, carbon monoxide will be produced, which will lead to poisoning.

Wang Rong observed and said: "It's poisonous, does it show mild headache, dizziness, palpitations, nausea, vomiting, weakness of limbs, and even temporary fainting; In severe cases, collapse, coma, incontinence, cold limbs, shortness of breath, and even death? ”

Wang Rong's words surprised Zhang Pu, she opened her round eyes and asked in surprise, "How do you know so clearly?" Have you ever encountered it? ”

Wang Rong did not answer her question, but directly gave the solution: "To burn the stone for heating, you must keep the ventilation open." After Wang Rong finished speaking, he took Zhang Pu to the front yard, and then walked to the kitchen in the east wing, which was in charge of the excellent cooking skills of the guards.

When Elder Shi saw Wang Rong coming to the kitchen, he immediately came up and saluted, and said, "Captain, why are you here, do you have any new dishes to teach today?" "There's a reason why Lao Yu said this, and Wang Rong has made dishes in the kitchen more than once that everyone can eat their tongues.

Wang Rong waved his hand and said, "I didn't come today because I thought of any new dishes, you are all busy with yours, old man, take a look at this thing, set it on the fire and try it." ”

Lao Yu obeyed Wang Rong's words, came to an unturned pot stove, opened the door, Wang Rong first lit the fire fold, then used the fire fold to light a bunch of wheat straw, put it in the stove, and then put a pile of sun-dried firewood, and then broke the stone Nirvana a little, and put it in the stove. When the broken stone was burned, the remaining large stone was thrown into the fire.

Looking at the bright flame in front of him, Wang Rong scooped out a few scoops of water from the water tank on the side and put them in the pot, and after a while, the water boiled. ”

Lao Yu nodded and said approvingly: "Yes, yes, what is this thing?" ”

Wang Rong said with a smile: "Shi Ni, what is produced in Wolf Mountain, okay, don't waste this pot of water, bring all the ingredients." ”

Now that the seasoning is particularly scarce, Wang Rong first cut the green onion, ginger and garlic into slices, put them into boiling water, then put the prepared lard into them, and also took off the wine gourd from the waist of the old man.

"Hey! Ay! Ay! Lao Yu stretched out his hand to snatch it back, but after the robbery failed, he had to say bitterly: "Du Wei, you take it easy, Lao Yu, I will have this little wine left." ”

Wang Rong pulled out the cork, "Tons!" Ton! Ton! As the voice sounded, Lao Yu's face became more and more bitter, but he was still only poured into Wang Rong by one-fifth. Joke, he makes hard dishes, not wine.

Wang Rong threw the wine gourd back to Lao Yu, and then poured the ingredients into the pot, cut the mutton into large pieces, and the haggis that Wang Rong regarded as a treasure, stirred it with a wooden spoon, and when the mutton was discolored, he quickly fished it out and put it into a large basin. Then continue to boil the fire to collect the juice, and when the soup is slightly thickened, scoop out the soup with a wooden spoon and pour it over the lamb haggis.

The old man was already drooling on the side, and he asked eagerly: "Du Wei, this is really fragrant, what is this dish called." ”

Wang Rong listened to Lao Yu's words, and was speechless in his heart, just simply boiling mutton and haggis, as for worshipping himself so much? Wang Rong said angrily: "Braised mutton." ”

The old man replied: "Okay, the humble duty has been recorded." After speaking, he brought the pot of braised mutton to the canteen in the east wing, that's right, the canteen, the officials of the Western Governor's Mansion and the guards of the Western Governor's Mansion added up to only about thirty people. Yes, you read that right, there are only forty people, one personal guard, more than ten officials, and there are none. The guards were divided into two shifts, with a total of 14 people in the two teams guarding the gate of the house, and a total of 7 people in the first team cooking in the kitchen.

The establishment of the pro-guard capital was changed beyond recognition by Wang Rong, with seven people as a team, and a military chief and a military deputy each; The three soldiers are one tithe, one chief and one deputy, a total of twenty-one people; Sanshi is a team, with a captain and a waiter, a total of 63 people; The three teams are one capital, with one hundred generals and one Marquis of Duyu, a total of 189 people.

Therefore, Wang Mao, this kid, became a hundred generals, and commanded one hundred and eighty-eight guards. Du Yuhou, whom Wang Rong matched him, is Sledgehammer's cousin, Ouyang Xun, who seems to be Si Sven, and Wang Rong personally interviewed and checked.

The gaze returned to the canteen of the Governor's Mansion, which was formed after the two wings were opened. There were several long tables, and Wang Rong took Zhang Pu and followed Lao Yu to sit down at a long table.

"Sit down, don't be inhibited, let's eat." Of course, it is impossible to just braised mutton, and several dishes have also been served. Wang Rong took the corn rice from Lao Yusheng, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat.

Zhang Pu was already hungry when she was in the kitchen, especially when she smelled the aroma of braised mutton, she felt even hungrier. Then, Wang Rong was shocked, Zhang Pu looked like a man, gobbling it up.

After finishing the meal, Wang Rong said to Lao Yu: "Lao Fu, send a few people to invite Changshi and Sima over." ”

"Whoa!" Lao Yu hurriedly ordered a few people to go out of the Governor's Mansion to the city to find Changshi and Sima.

When Wang Rong had been sitting in the hall for more than a quarter of an hour, Changshi Chu Kun and Sima Wumo arrived, and they bowed to Wang Rong, and then sat on either side.

Wang Rong looked at the two of them and said, "Mr. Chu, Brother Wu, just now Doctor Zhang brought a piece of stone Nirvana, and when I saw this stone Nirvana, I remembered that I forgot a big thing. ”

"Shi Nir?" When Chu Kun heard this word, he asked suspiciously: "Duwei, although this stone is burned more vigorously and durably than firewood, it is poisonous and not conducive to use." ”

Wang Bian listened to Chu Kun's words, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu doesn't know, if Shi Ni wants to make good use of it, he must keep ventilation at all times, and I already have a plan." ”

Simply using Shi Ni as fuel, the problem that needs to be faced is that Shi Ni can not be ignited directly with a fire fold, and wood must be used to ignite the fire, and the three cities under the jurisdiction of the Western Governor's Mansion are located in the grassland, although it is close to Wolf Mountain, but it is not easy to obtain wood.

Wang Rong skipped Shi Ni, and then said: "In addition to Shi Ni, there are many mineral deposits in Wolf Mountain that we don't know, Mr. Chu, I plan to send the guards into the mountains to find the mineral deposits according to the pattern, and claim that the guards will go into the mountains for training. ”

Chu Kun was puzzled: "Duwei, even if we find mineral deposits, it is impossible for us to mine them, you know, the imperial court is a mineral official camp, and the regulations in this regard are very strict." ”

Wang Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Chu really thinks highly of me, the reason why he wants to secretly investigate is because Wolf Mountain is at the junction of my Dayong and Qiangman, once the Wolfbeard people know the mineral deposits in Wolf Mountain, they will definitely send troops to rob it again." What I mean by this is that when we find out, we report it to the county guards and generals, and then the imperial court will send people to mine it, and we will be responsible for protecting it. ”

Chu Kun and Wu Mo nodded, it is true, Wolf Mountain is located at the junction, once the Wolf Mountain people know about the mineral deposits in Wolf Mountain, they will definitely ignore the pain of losing 30,000 people just now, and come to grab it with a large army.

After the three of them discussed, they decided to send their guards into the mountains to explore, and then call the government soldiers to circle and guard, and at the same time, after discovering the mineral deposits, mark them on the map, and hand them over to the Marquis of Linjin by Zhang Pu to Guangmucheng.

For two days in a row, Wang Rong stayed in Xu Foran's blacksmith shop and was messing around, and when Meng Song, a martial artist, was engaged in reporting work, he finally saw Lord Duwei, who had disappeared for two days.

And the scene in front of him stunned him, only to see that a wing room in the blacksmith shop was in a mess, full of black stone Nirvana stains, and the soldiers in the house were all covered in black, including Wang Rong.

Meng Song asked with a look of astonishment: "Du Wei, what are you... ”

Wang Rong pointed to the stove and a pile of finished products on the side and said: "Ah Song is here, I am making a kind of improved stone nirvana to make it easier to burn, to solve the problem that it is not easy to ignite." Look, that's it. ”

Meng Song walked in and looked at the hundreds of cylindrical stone nirvana cakes piled up like a hill, each with five holes on it. He looked at it with a look of surprise, and he didn't believe it.

Wang Rong carefully introduced: "This is called honeycomb stone, see these five honeycomb holes are not, which are smeared with sulfur powder, can be ignited without firewood, the specific operation is to use a strip of cloth, ignited and put into the honeycomb hole, it can be ignited soon." ”

Meng Song nodded when he heard this, indicating that he understood, and then looked at a strange stove standing aside and asked, "Then what is this stove for?" ”

Wang Rong pointed to the stove and said with a smile: "This is a kind of stove that I asked Lao Xu to make in order to better use the honeycomb stone nirvana." Although it is better to burn for heating than firewood, it can no longer be used in a closed room. When used in a closed room, it can poison people and be fatal in severe cases. If the room is not closed, it will be cold in winter. So if you look at this chimney, it is to send the smoke from the burning of the stone out of the room. And in this way, put a honeycomb stone at night, cover it with a lid, and when you wake up in the morning, you don't need to relight the stove, and at the same time you can boil water on it. Isn't it convenient? ”