Jiang Xingchen didn't have time to pack up the two little Lori, and Mei'er walked out of the room with a solemn expression, holding a few letters in her hand.

"Brother, look at this!" Mei'er put the letter on the stone table, and then hugged the little princess and Xiao Wanjun from Jiang Xingchen's arms.

"Where did the letter come from, what happened?" Seeing Mei'er's expression, Jiang Xingchen knew that something was wrong, and Mei'er would not mention ordinary trivial things to herself.

At the same time as Jiang Xingchen opened the letter, Mei'er also opened her mouth to explain: "Xuanyuan Tianzong's manganese ore is on the verge of depletion, and the people who have been looking for it outside for two years have not found new manganese ore, including overseas pig islands In addition, due to large-scale construction in various places, especially Minggang City, the demand for glass is very large, and the few small alkali ores in our hands are about to be emptied!"

Jiang Xingchen flipped through the letters, his brows tightened, the depletion of manganese ore had long been expected, the mainland had built railways on a large scale, and the demand for manganese steel had increased significantly, and it was not easy for Xuanyuan Tianzong's manganese ore to support it for two years.

What worries him is that the geologists who went out to look for it have not found anything for two years.

As for a few small alkali mines, they can be transported from the four major overseas islands, and the only thing to worry about is that the cost will increase significantly. Of course, he can also buy from other forces, but the price they ask for is probably no less than that of ocean shipping.

Now his expectation of ammonia is urgent again, and if there is ammonia, he can artificially make soda ash.

In addition to the above news, there are several rare metals that are about to fall into shortage, which are some rare metals used in various alloy ratios. At that time, the people who went out basically picked up all kinds of ores from the surface, some of them could find large veins if they continued to excavate, but some were just companions of other compounds, and the number was very small, and there was nothing to dig a little down.

"Mei'er, did the manganese mine say how long it will last?" After reading the letter, Jiang Xingchen asked.

"It is estimated that it will be mined for up to three months, and the production will be significantly lower than before!" Mei'er said.

"Looks like I've got to get out!" Jiang Xingchen sighed, now except for his use of the Material Exploration Array, it is difficult for the personnel who go out to discover the scarce resources necessary for the Xingchen Collar in a short period of time.

After two years of regular life, he really didn't want to go out. But he also knew that this kind of comfortable life could not go on forever. Although nothing major has happened in the past two years, extreme weather has become more and more frequent, but it has not happened in the Qiankun Empire. Last year, there was a large-scale drought in the eight kingdoms, but there were frequent floods in the southern wilderness, and a heavy snowstorm in the winter of Xuanyuan Tianzong made the demand for charcoal skyrocket. Even the grasslands were affected by this blizzard, and countless livestock froze to death, if it weren't for Jiang Xingchen's help, Luo Yu's life would not be easy.

Overseas, too, natural disasters have occurred on major islands of varying severity. Since the outbreak of the Bobbit bug incident, Jiang Xingchen has sent skuas to observe the movement of the deep ocean from time to time, and although the cold wave over there has receded in the past two years, the number of typhoons and rains has increased significantly.

All kinds of extreme weather made Jiang Xingchen feel that this world had become more and more unusual, and he often thought of the murals he saw in the desert temple back then, where the great changes in heaven and earth turned the oasis into a desert.

"Is my brother going out in person?" Mei'er's mood is a little low, these two years of peaceful life are the most comfortable days she has lived in so many years, working during the day every day and accompanying her husband and children at night, not to mention how happy she is. Now that Jiang Xingchen is going out again, she is really reluctant.

However, she also knew that it would be impossible for her brother not to go out this time, otherwise the construction in various places would be stopped.

That night, after Jiang Xingchen made the decision to go out, Tang Chuxue and Xian Ning were also silent, they were used to seeing Jiang Xingchen every day, and they suddenly separated, and no one felt embarrassed. And this outing is to find the ore veins in demand, and the time may not be short

The next day, Jiang Xingchen called all the high-level leaders of Xingchen together and announced his decision to go out. And some arrangements were made.

The first thing he instructed was Xian Ning, during his own outing, to suspend the research of ammonia synthesis catalysts, and resolutely not to use external heating methods to do experiments by himself. Secondly, he decided to set up geology in the university, so that all those who had gone out to look for mineral veins could be brought back and let them learn about the relevant experience.

There is also an important discipline is the establishment of astronomy, which needs to invite people from all countries who know the calendar to study, according to the sun, moon and winter and summer changes to speculate the latitude and longitude, now there is an accurate clock, this work can be carried out, and with the assistance of the monster beast in the air, the determination of latitude and longitude can be more accurate, which is of great significance to the future sea navigation.

"Brother, it's mid-April now, if you go out to look for mines now, when will you be able to come back, Xin'er and I will have a wedding in mid-August!" It was the second brother who spoke, and after more than two years of getting along, he and Xin'er were finally about to achieve a positive result.

Xin'er glared at the second brother and touched him lightly, what about the meeting now, it's a business matter, why are you mentioning the wedding?

Jiang Xingchen smiled and said, "Second brother, don't worry, I won't miss your wedding, even if the work is not done, I will rush back." ”

"That's good, that's good. Hehe" The second brother scratched his head and laughed.

"Brother Jiang, take me with you when you go out this time!" Zhao Danqing said suddenly, he has had the hardest life in the past two years, although Jiang Xingchen later gave him the reward again, but Mengyue and the dominatrix did not forgive him for losing the Baiyan spiritual liquid of the little tiger head, except for the work of Xingchen and the task of the mercenary group, he was usually not allowed to go out, which made him feel aggrieved.

Later, the old man regretted it, he wanted to play mahjong and fight the landlord without anyone accompanying him, and he knew that he would not calculate Zhao Danqing because of a small bottle of Baiyan spiritual liquid!

Jiang Xingchen looked at the poor Zhao Danqing, sneered, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm going to find the ore vein, it's useless for you to follow!"

"Don't, brother" Zhao Danqing was just about to say pleading, when he saw the gloomy gaze of Dominatrix and Mengyue, he immediately lowered his head.

"Boy, let's go!" The old man said with a smile, he has been bored these days and wants to go out.

"You have other tasks!" Tang Chuxue stood up and said, "I just mentioned that the matter of establishing the longitude and latitude line, the personnel also need to fly everywhere in flying demon beasts, and there must be a master to follow and protect it, you are still in charge of this!"

"Huh?" The old man blinked his eyes, and asked, "What about Jiang Xingchen, who will protect him!"

"I'll go with him!" Tang Chuxue gave an answer that surprised the old man. (To be continued.) )