There are five kinds of sulfuric acid in department stores, which are divided into rare, thin, medium, medium, and strong according to their concentration, and the highest concentration is strong sulfuric acid.

Although sulfuric acid is not strong in aggressiveness and blasting, it is highly corrosive, not only can corrode people, but also can corrode iron.

"That's it, system, buy sulfuric acid, 50,000 bottles."

50,000 bottles, if it can be used in place, it is enough to destroy tens of thousands of troops, and then with other weapons in hand, it is enough to resist the enemy army from stepping into Chang'an Township, then the next thing is to defend Xianyang City.

Sulfuric acid is not a common product and is not very expensive, but 50,000 bottles also cost a lot of gold. Li Zhao felt that the things of the system were really hard to buy, and even if the family had a lot of money, it would go bankrupt.

After returning to the house and taking out 50,000 bottles of sulfuric acid, he immediately handed them over to Wuquan.

Wuquan was very surprised to see it, but he didn't think much about it at this important moment, and hurriedly called the guards to move it away.

"Remember, this thing is terrible, don't touch it, you can find a way to put it in a reasonable place on the enemy's path, and when the enemy is near, you can break this bottle with a machine gun."

The sulphuric acid bottle is a glass bottle, which is fragile when shot, and the glass burst force can splash the sulfuric acid farther.

"It can also be buried on mines."

The blasting power of mines is even greater, and the sputtering power of sulfuric acid is even stronger.

"At the same time, hurry up and let everyone go and collect dry firewood, distribute it along the necessary path, and light it before the enemy arrives."

As for why he ordered firewood, Li Zhao didn't elaborate, Wuquan was puzzled, and asked, "Why?" ”

"You'll know then, and there's no need to ask at this point."

Li Zhao waved his hand and asked Wuquan to hurry up and prepare, but he went back to the house and bought four plastic telescopes from the system.

He found that due to permission issues, everything he bought from department stores was low-grade, not even iron-containing items.

This is a disadvantage.

"Perhaps, if you can exterminate the thieves this time, Your Majesty may be able to give it again, and then you must upgrade the department store, and it would be wonderful if you could buy some electrical products or high-tech products."

Li Zhao was a little expectant and a little nervous.

If you want to know the enemy's movements, in addition to sending guards to reconnoitre, it is best to occupy the high ground and use binoculars to inspect all directions.

He asked the four men to find the four high grounds, and they took binoculars to monitor the four directions, and at the same time made some temporary flags of different colors out of cloth, which were used to provide information, and one color provided one information.

There is no way, there is no communication tool here, so this is the only way to do it.

Everything is ready, just wait for the enemy army to come.

Ah Chao was responsible for the manufacture of weapons, and according to the instructions of the young master, he made every effort to manufacture anti-aircraft guns and grenades and shipped them to Xianyang. As for the mines, they can only be sneak attacked, and they are not of much use in Xianyang.

After a day, the enemy showed no signs of movement, two days later, no trace of them was found, and even after three days, the 150,000-strong army seemed to have disappeared, and there was no news.

The guards sent to investigate had already crossed twenty miles, and there was no news.

Li Zhao was depressed, but he didn't think much about it.

When marching and fighting, all aspects must be prepared, and a rash attack will only take care of one or the other, and he thinks that the thief army is preparing.

Of course, he could have been more prepared when he had time.

The enemy did not attack, but the situation in Xianyang was unexpectedly bad.

According to the housekeeper's excited report, the wealthy merchant did not know which nerve attacked, but did not sell the grain in his hand, but destroyed all of it, and the fire burned for three days and three nights before it was burned.

"What?" Li Zhao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "How much rice did they buy from my Chang'an Township?" ”

The steward thought for a moment and said, "That's one and a half million stones." ”

"How can there be so many?" Li Zhao's face was ugly.

Chang'an Township only produced 2 million stones, and they bought 1.5 million stones, which means that only 500,000 stones can fall in Xianyang.

For a businessman, it is a good thing that his own goods can be bought, but at this moment, Li Zhao is not happy and very worried.

Only 500,000 fell in Xianyang, even if he lowered the price of grain, he could not solve the problem of food shortage in Xianyang, 500,000 seems to be a lot, but it can only be consumed in Xianyang for one or two months, so what about after one or two months?

"They are going to kill Xianyang."

Li Zhao vaguely guessed why the enemy army did not attack Xianyang at the first time, presumably they first adopted the method of siege, so that Xianyang had no food, and finally broke through without attacking.

"How much rice do you have in your hands now?"

The steward replied, "There are about 300,000 stones left." ”

"The limited number of sales of horses has also brought the price back to its original position."

The butler nodded, perhaps he also realized something, and hurriedly ordered the slave to inform Li Jinong, who was selling.

"Young master, do you need the old slave to do anything?"

"Yes, we need to push out the maize we have stored and sell it in limited quantities, especially for those who have no food."

The housekeeper nodded, in fact, the young master didn't say that he would do the same.

"Also, the breeding workshop is about to start, you immediately recruit manpower and build the workshop completely, and I will give you the relevant information later."

Now there are only 600 people in Chang'an Township who have been armed, no one to work, can only recruit manpower, breeding needs a lot of manpower, and he changed the breeding strategy, it takes too long to raise the boys, he changed to raise children's chickens.

The boy chicken is a product of the society of the previous life, commonly known as the forty-day chicken, that is, it can be produced in forty days, but if you want to be fast, you can also do it in thirty days.

In the case that the grain can only support one or two months, it is impossible for the imperial court to come up with any effective solution, he can only take action.

As far as the breeding workshop he asked the housekeeper to build is enough to provide tens of thousands of chickens at a time, or to put it mildly, as far as those large farmers in the previous life are concerned, they can produce hundreds of thousands of chickens at a time, but what is needed is technology.

Technology! It's not a matter at all to put it here in Li Zhao, but there are a lot of cheats in the system.

"Yes, young master!" Seeing the young master's anxiety and solemnity, the housekeeper also became solemn.

However, to solve the problem of food shortage, it is far from enough to rely on baby chickens, which are not the staple food.

Now the rice has been planted, but it must be harvested after half a year, half a year is too long, although the harvest period of maize is short, but it will also take four months, and eating too much maize will affect digestion, in the long run, it is not good for the body, he wants a short harvest period and can be used as a staple food crop, to solve the urgent need.

That's sweet potatoes.

The sweet potato harvest period is about three months, in fact, it can be eaten in two months, but the potatoes are a little smaller, and what he has to worry about now is not the size of the potato, but to survive this time first.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Xianyang, without food, will inevitably break out civil strife, and then they will fall into the hands of the enemy.

Presumably, the wealthy merchants burned all the grain for this purpose.

Half a day later, Li Zhao bought a large number of sweet potato vine seedlings and boy chicken seeds from the system, and bought all the information such as breeding methods and workshop construction systems, and threw them all to the housekeeper.

The housekeeper was surprised to see these things, but the young master gave everyone too many miracles, so he quickly calmed down and began to implement them.

Just as Li Zhao was about to go to the barracks to have a look, he was taken away by Shang Xin, and the emperor asked him to go to the palace.

Zhangtai Palace, Yingzheng High Throne, the other ministers have already arrived, but they all look worried.

Jia Xiong rebelled, and there were thieves outside Xianyang, and their strength was three times that of the Xianyang defenders, and they also blocked Xianyang at the moment.

This is the dilemma of Daqin.

This is not fatal, the worst thing is that the rich businessmen actually burned all the grain they bought, and Xianyang has reached a situation where there is no grain.

The lack of food means that Xianyang is about to fall into chaos, which no one wants to see.

When this situation occurred, Ying Zheng did not dare to pretend to be sick anymore, and immediately convened everyone to discuss.

"Ministers, in the face of the current bad situation, is there a good plan?"

Ying Zheng swept the audience and saw a person with his head lowered and his face turned up.

Seeing that no one answered, his eyes fell on Li Zhao, "Li Zhao, do you have a good plan?" ”

Li Zhao stepped out of the ranks, bowed his hand, and was about to answer, but heard another voice.

"Your Majesty, do you have a good plan?"

Li Zhao was very strange, who would dare to interrupt during His Majesty's questioning? But I don't have a good impression of this person.

It turned out to be Lang Zhongling.

After Zhao Gao was executed, this person was promoted to Lang Zhongling.

Ying Zheng's face was expressionless when he heard this, but he asked, "Lang Zhongling, what is your good plan?" ”

Lang Zhongling bowed and said, "The minister has a crop, which can solve the current dilemma of food shortage." ”

As soon as he heard that the food shortage could be solved, Yingzheng's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up from the throne with blazing eyes.

"Tell me, what kind of crop is it? Where can I get it? ”

"This crop is called potatoes, and the minister knows a merchant who has a large number of potatoes that can be supplied to the imperial court."

The ministers were very curious when they heard this.

I've never heard of the name potato, so what could it be a novelty?

Ying Zheng was also curious and asked, "What are potatoes?" Can it be used as a staple food? How many are there? ”

"It can be used as a staple food, and it can provide 10,000 stones right now."

"Ten thousand stones?" The ministers were disappointed.

Ying Zheng shook his head.

Although Wanshi sounds like a lot, it is a drop in the bucket for Xianyang.

Lang Zhongling seemed to see everyone's thoughts, and said loudly: "Ten thousand stones are the first batch, and ten thousand stones can be provided every day in the future." ”

"Ten thousand stones a day?" The disappointed Ying Zheng immediately opened his eyes wide, revealing surprise, "Okay, great, although Wanshi can't alleviate Xianyang's predicament every day, it can also solve the urgent need." ”

"Where is this businessman? I immediately agreed, and the price could be opened to the maximum. ”

Lang Zhongling gave his hand, "Shang Jia is outside the hall, and he can meet him at any time, but" he stopped talking.

"There's something to say, but it's okay to say it."

"The merchants' potatoes are outside the city, and now Xianyang is banned, and His Majesty needs to clear the customs."

"Well said!" Xing was carried away by the excitement, Ying Zheng agreed without thinking about it, and asked Zhisu Neishi to contact Shang Jia immediately and implement it as soon as possible.

After this matter, Ying Zheng continued to ask Li Zhao: "Do you have a good plan?" ”

At this moment, Li Zhao was a little distracted, and he was in a trance several times before he reacted, and after thinking about it, he said: "I disappointed Your Majesty, and the minister has no good plan." ”

"No good solution?" Ying Zheng glanced at Li Zhao deeply, a little displeased. He still knows the recent situation in Chang'an Township.

But I don't cling to that, and then discuss other things.

"Your Majesty, from the current point of view, the thief army has the intention of besieging Xianyang, and the Xianyang garrison is only 50,000, which is not enough to confront the thief army, and reinforcements must be necessary."

The lieutenant said loudly that this situation was rather embarrassing, and that it could only be solved by the return of troops from the north and the south.

Lang Zhongling retorted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is impossible, the northern troops will return to help, it will take at least four months to arrive, it will not help, it will be in vain, and if you return to help, it will give the Xiongnu an opportunity to take advantage of, and the border pass will be ruined." ”

"So what do you say?" The lieutenant retorted to Lieutenant Lang's order, "Are you just waiting for death?" Only by returning to the aid can there be a glimmer of life. ”

"There are 150,000 thieves, and my defenders are only 50,000!"

The faces of everyone were extremely ugly when they heard this, 50,000 against 150,000, the disparity in strength was too great, and it was a dead end.

"What are you afraid of, although my defenders are insufficient, the thief army has not attacked, and there may be a miracle if it goes on like this."

"What's more, if the thief army knows about the reinforcements and sends them in advance, the situation will be even worse."

This is reasonable, but the captain did not refute it, but said: "It can't go on like this, when Xianyang food is consumed, there will be chaos, isn't this the result that the thieves want to see?" ”

Lang Zhongling smiled, "Taiwei, you think too much, now that there are businessmen who continue to provide potatoes, how can you run out of food?" ”

The two argued, and the other ministers did not say a word, but Yingzheng stopped: "Okay, this matter cannot be discussed again, I have my own decision." ”

"If you have nothing to do, let's retreat!"

Soon he retreated.

On the way out of the palace, Li Zhao's brows furrowed.

Potato? It doesn't make sense at all that potatoes appeared in Daqin, potatoes were only introduced during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but they appeared at this moment, which is incredible.

The next moment, he seemed to think of something, and immediately rushed to the barracks to find Zhang Han.

"Zhang Han, you send someone to keep an eye on Lang Zhongling all day long, and I have to know his every move."

Zhang Han didn't ask why, nodded, and ordered his right-hand man to inquire in disguise.

The appearance of potatoes is too abrupt, like the appearance of maize.

The maize was offered by Jia Xiong, and in the end he rebelled, that is to say, the maize is very likely to be given by the traverser, so is the potato also given to Lang Zhongling by the traverser?

If this is the case, then Na Lang Zhongling is in danger, as the official in charge of security affairs, he is responsible for the vigilance of the entire imperial city, if he is suspicious, the entire imperial city will be in danger.

Li Zhao shouldered the safety of the entire Xianyang, and he would not allow such a thing to happen, but he could not report the matter to the emperor until there was enough evidence.

A month has passed, Xianyang has been fine, and Chang'an Township has nothing to do.

Two months have passed, and there is nothing to do, it seems that the enemy army is silent, but Xianyang is not silent, the rice in Chang'an Township has been sold out, and the maize has also been sold out, and Xianyang has no more grain to buy.

The tax and grain of the imperial court are also urgent, although there is a supply of potatoes, but it is getting smaller and smaller, and Lang Zhongling's explanation to everyone is that the output of potatoes is not much.

Suddenly, the whole Xianyang panicked, there were no potatoes left, and there was no food to eat, wouldn't it suffer?

Zhangtai Palace, there was no one around, Tie Ying appeared very suddenly, Ying Zheng looked at him, his face was resolute.

"The Black Ice Platforms are all gathered."

(End of chapter)