Chapter 1189: Dumb Hole

Everyone was actually worried about Yang Zhi's reaction, but Yang Zhi seemed to have a tacit understanding with Zhao Kai, and he didn't write or make remarks for the sake of Yue Fei and others, which was a bit like going with him. Yue Fei returned to Puzhou to visit his family, and in order to prevent the Jin people from taking their family members hostage, Yue Fei and Wang Gui originally took their families to Jincheng and later sent them to Puzhou; Yang Yue and Zhu Wu came to Qinzhou after resigning, and Yang Zhi did not go to embarrass Zhao Kai and confer any official positions on the two of them, but left them to give lectures at Guanzhong Academy.

Originally, even Fan Shiyan thought it was a joke, but Zhu Wu's arithmetic and Yang Yue's actual combat outside the plug terrain were too strong, and after a few classes, a large number of students were selected as elective courses; naturally there was no shortage of some students' hard work, Zhu Wu was originally a transport envoy in the clouds, Yang Yue was a Zhizhou, and there was a relationship with Yang Zhi, and it was only a matter of time before these two people were reactivated.

Yang Zhi just smiled when he heard these rumors, the attitude of the tribes he received in the past few days, from Hezhou and Youzhou to the tribes of Wusi and Tibet, Wang Shao had recruited 300,000 tribes from Hehuang to live in peace in the past, and Yang Zhi went all the way to Youzhou, and in the eyes of these tribes, he was more powerful than Wang Shao back then, so he wanted to be recruited very urgently and obtained the right to settle in Hexi in the future.

Yang Zhi understands the worries of these tribes, the grassland tribes rely on pasture support, there is no pasture without settlement, and sooner or later they will be marginalized, but grazing is a big problem, the Dingbei army has its own horse herding plan, even if it occupies Hexi, it is impossible to exterminate the tribes of Western Xia, how to meet these tribes who take the initiative to defect, is a difficult problem. Fortunately, there is a practical example of Mu Tiancheng and others following the army to fight, Yang Zhi's public statement is that if he contributes his strength, he will have a pasture, and this promise is enough to reassure those who are willing to become Han Chinese, and it has enough warning effect for the tribes that have not yet been attached.

They can now see that Mu Tiancheng and others live and work in peace and contentment in the Dingbian Army, and they no longer need to think about survival, and fight to the death with other tribes for a piece of pasture with fertile water and grass, without exception, they are willing to contribute to the Dingbei Army and follow Yang Zhi to fight in Hexi.

Yang Zhi knew in his heart, and originally said that the Horse Husbandry Division could set up six horse herding supervisors in Huanzhou, Weizhou, Weizhou, Youzhou, Qinzhou, and Longzhou, and he had the idea of relocating these tribes; now these can be used as his own bargaining chips, and Yang Zhi asked Fan Shiyan to calculate how many tribes can be arranged to settle down.

Yang Zhi is not worried about what these tribes will turn against the water, if it is not a beast, why dance with wolves, Yang Zhi believes that his strength can deter these tribes;

Yang Zhi opened a soap workshop in Qinzhou, and the tribes and soldiers of Longyou mainly ate cattle and sheep, and the consumption of livestock was large, and the animal fat was almost worthless, all of which were used without spending money. When Yang Zhigang arrived in Qinzhou, he didn't know where to look for trona, although he knew that trona was an evaporative salt mineral, but the salt in Jiezhou did not form a large area of alkali desert, and he couldn't even find a piece of glassy shiny column, so he could only rely on plant ash to solve the problem. 17

It is to put the ashes of the plants and trees after the firewood and grass are burned in the basket, and the ash is poured with water, which is the grass alkali that the folk have always said, and the soap can wash the clothes is to use its strong alkalinity; Yang Zhi still knows this, and also knows that some plants, especially those that grow in saline-alkali land, can absorb more sodium ions in the soil, and the ash burned with them contains more alkali, for example, a tree called Poplar heterophylla in Xinjiang can be used to extract alkali, but now the whip of the Western Regions across the Western Xia is beyond reach, and if you want to do this, the labor cost is an astronomical amount.

But Youzhou solved this problem, the discovery of trona can greatly increase production, but also increase the demand for animal fat, Yang Zhi also knew that sooner or later there will be smart people will find out that something is wrong, in addition to launching a variety of recipes and refining methods, but also decided to spend money on animal fat. Of course, this money is also symbolic, and it cannot be compared with the profit of soap, but for small tribes, it adds up to a lot of money, and it is a lot of money in a year.

Yang Zhi's workshop soap is aimed at the high-end market, soap is aimed at the mass market, Yang Zhi's purpose is still very simple, this is his own control products, grain, tea, cattle and sheep, war horses, cloth, gold and silver can be exchanged, that is, it is not priced in copper coins; after a few months, the workshop in Qinzhou has quickly occupied the Hedong and Bashu, Guanzhong, Hebei markets, Zhang Jun and others just want to block, but under the pressure of the people, they can only let the soap and soap flow to Henan and Jiangnan.

At present, there is a synthetic detergent on the market, which is to mash and grind natural honey locusts, add spices and other substances, and make an orange-sized ball, which is specially used for washing the face and bathing the body, and is called soap balls. Mu Pu was transferred by Yang Zhi to take charge of this business, which made many people break their eyes, Mu Pu's identity is very special, only a few people know that Mu Pu is Yang Zhi's junior brother, a very good doctor.

Most people are speculating about the origin of Mu Pu, but Mu Pu himself does not care, only occasionally expresses dissatisfaction with Yang Zhi's delay in his practice of medicine: "The manufacturing method of soap balls is almost public, there are several records in the medicine books are similar, honey locusts are born in the high mountains, the trees are tall, the leaves are like sandalwood and honey locust leaves, they bloom in May and June, the pods are three or four inches, fat and fleshy, there are several sunspots inside, as big as fingers, not round, there are white kernels, edible. In October, the pods are picked, boiled and mashed, and the white flour and incense are used as pills, and the body is bathed, and the dirt is removed and greasy, which is better than the honey locust. You don't need to worry at all, there won't be any hindrance to your business. ”

Yang Zhi said quietly: "I have invited a master to help, I will not delay your business, if you want to do surgery, teach him to manage the workshop." ”

"That's pretty much the same, where is the other person?" Mu Pu felt a little strange in his heart, since someone else had to do something by himself; Yang Zhi pointed to an old man who came in with Zhang Tantou, Zhang Tantou smiled narrowly, Mu Pu was startled when he saw it, and was about to scream, but Yang Zhi had already clicked on the dumb hole in advance, and he couldn't make a sound of half a word.