As in Xiaqiu Village, everyone today eats yesterday's leftovers, which will not be bad because it is cold.

A plate of fish, normally left in the refrigeration, is easy to spoil unless it is reheated.

Put it in the freezer layer, generally minus 18 degrees.

People here don't use it, there is no refrigerator, put it outside, minus 35 degrees.

That's right, from last night to the early hours of the morning, it was minus 35 degrees, and at noon it was warm, minus 26 degrees.

The temperature in the palace was minus 27 degrees, and the windows were half open, so it was too hot and breathy.

is the same as Mohe in Zhu Wentian's time, no matter how cold it is outside, he is not frozen when he goes out, and when he returns to the house, it immediately becomes summer.

Of course, at first, it wasn't, they all burned the kang, and they had to wear cotton jackets in the house, and when they slept at night, they slept lying down, their backs were uncomfortably hot, and their noses were red from the cold.

This is the case with the herdsmen, who are also satisfied, and can grit their teeth and get up in their clothes, light the standing stove, and hold on for a while until they are all warm.

It takes skill to light the standing stove, and if you don't press the furnace last night, the last coal will burn clean.

Put soft firewood, that is, grass or something, in a place in the tent in advance, then hard firewood, wood chopping wood, or thick wild hemp stalks, and finally a block of coal.

When you get up in the morning, pick up the kettle on the stove, pour water on the stove, and then take out the ashes, otherwise it will be all ashes.

Take away the ashes, see if the grate below is crooked, and you also need to penetrate the furnace during the day, and put the grate off, and the hook of the furnace will have to be permeable when it is through, which is very uncomfortable.

Then put soft firewood, put hard firewood on top, put a little coal, cover the stove, and light the fire below.

The soft firewood is burned first, the hard firewood is ignited, and a part of the coal is also burned, and when the fire is hot, a part of the coal is immediately added, and it will be extinguished if it is added.

Wait a little longer, use the furnace hook to penetrate a little, you can't die, and it will penetrate the freshly burned lump of coal.

The fire is up again, add a piece of coal, and you can rest assured at this time, waiting for the hot food and water to boil.

Clean up the ashes outside, come back and put your frozen, skin-soothing hands on the side of the stove to bake.

Even so, the herders feel happiness, because it is stronger than before, and they used to burn grass and cow dung, and they only burned it when they were cooking, and they couldn't keep it warm all the time.

Now there is a lot of coal, I don't need money, and I will say that I don't want money in the future, and I will find a way to let the cattle take it away, and use a climbing plow to pull it in winter.

Happiness is comparative, anyway, Zhu Fan doesn't want to go to the herdsman's tent to make a stove now, how can it be more comfortable than heating!

"It's full. The oil refining equipment is empty, can it be dismantled for other purposes? ”

After eating, Zhu Fan touched his stomach, half-squinted his eyes, and talked about petroleum distillation equipment.

From the oil brought by Yanchang County to the end of all the refining here, the herdsmen have more paraffin wax and paraffin, all of which are free of charge, and appease people's hearts after the war.

"From this place to the west, more than 3,000 miles, there is a place called Turpan, and the location to the west of Turpan is called Yili Force, which now belongs to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

There's oil there, and if we bring oil from there, we can distill and refine things, and there's a salt lake there, and there's actually a salt lake in the middle of the way, right! Yes. ”

Li Chang pointed in the direction of the west and told Zhu Fan where there was oil.

Zhu Fan blinked: "So far?" It's better to ship it from Yanchang County to this side! Why bother running there, it's not our territory. ”

"That's right! It's not our territory, so we need to strengthen communication with them, and they are far away from the sea.

We make glazed kerosene lamps and sell them cheaply, and then they bring in a barrel of oil, and we give them a tenth of a barrel of diesel.

Give them about a tenth of the asphalt for free, and they can take it back to light torches, or defend the city.

Their own oil can't light kerosene lamps, our diesel fuel can be lit, and when they get here, we will buy and sell the goods we send from elsewhere.

Isn't there a trade route? Don't you be afraid of a little farther, no matter how far away is the Silk Road? From His Highness's fiefdom, it is possible to trade through the Western Regions.

Commerce was contacted first, so that merchants from the south could be mobilized to transport things here.

Now salt is worthless, salt is useless, and capital needs to find a new direction.

Let's give a part of the profits to those merchants, and the forest and the areas along the route are where the trade routes are located, which helps to stabilize the variety and quantity of goods between the many earthen forts.

Merchants will find out about the fort and sell it and bring it back, such as honey, cheese, ghee, etc.

The provision of important commodities with technology and the large-scale capital injection of the entire region are the foundation for regional stability.

Otherwise, each earthen fort will become a lonely city just as a supply point for herdsmen and a winter shelter! ”

The governor took a pen and paper, and as he spoke, he drew a general map and transportation routes, as well as the branch lines between the earthen forts where the merchants came to look for the difference in profits.

Zhu Fan: "......"

The room is hot, he wipes his sweat, his face is red, he is definitely not ashamed, it has nothing to do with his narrow thinking that only thinks about one city and one place, right!

Zhu Biao smiled, this is Xiaqiu Village, from this place to carry out oil refining, he began to plan three thousand miles away, and he had to mobilize those merchants who had no interest in salt to come over to help stabilize the soil forts.

Because when there is no problem in other places, I will free up my hands and continue to fight north.

It may be three years, or it may be five years, and by that time, the economy of the earthen fort here will be fully developed, including the large number of grain crops planted.

Taking this as the front-line logistics base and then pushing it north is definitely different from starting from the side of the Yellow River and providing baggage to fight north.

In the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, it was clear that there would be people who would be willing to use kerosene lamps, as well as soap, medicinal herbs, silk, and so on.

And there is also salt over there, and the whole area where I am located is short of salt, so where is it not transported!

This is a long-term strategy, a few days ago, in order to appease people, I took out a new weapon and told me not to fight Yunnan so quickly, wait a minute.

During the vigil this morning, he also said that he would first deal with the mutual market of the Jurchens, as well as the foreign trade of the Daming sailors and deal with possible problems in Guangzhou.

Turning his head and starting to lay out the matter of continuing the northern expedition, this time can be adjusted, but the overall logistics area must be figured out first.

The emperor who ran away from the Northern Yuan was enduring the cold of winter, thinking about how to annex several tribes and then find a place to survive.

Xiaqiu Village is worried about what it needs in a few years, and it is also trying to have oil? And can it be mined?

If you are an enemy of the Ming Dynasty and know about this situation, it is estimated that it is better to surrender directly, and you can't calculate it at all.

"Lieutenant, do you know what it's like to be an enemy of Xiaqiu Village?" Zhu Biao couldn't help but ask.

"Huh? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince laughed, how can there be enemies in Xiaqiu Village, they are all good people and friends, Xiaqiu Village is kind to people and honest, who is embarrassed to bully Xiaqiu Village, right? What do you say? ”

The chief looked sincere, and asked Han Han again.

"Huh? Well! Yes, good, good, deceitful, no, Hanhan, what about me! Hey, hey, hey! Zhu Wentian cooperated.

(End of chapter)