Chapter 153: Free selection of officials and exchange

Old Man Bi was not in a hurry at all. He sat there steadily watching Zhang Xiaobao be busy. He drank a little tea and pinched another melon seed. He used a little force on his hand and the melon seeds opened.

It looks very common, and there are still many processes. Since it is not a melon that specializes in making melon seeds, usually there is no big one in a watermelon. Then wash it. After washing, boil it with different seasonings according to the taste, cook it and dry it. Depending on the color, choose it and bubble it with the other seasoning water mixed, and leave it in the oven to bake.

After baking, take it over and don’t want it if there is no crack. Instead, it’s just tossing and making people feel valuable when they hear it.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan usually don’t eat it. Sometimes they can still endure hardships when they eat it for the first time. For two people, that is the real life.

"Not bad." After eating two, Old Man Bi was satisfied. But ordinary people can't enjoy this kind of good thing. Not to mention the melon seeds that are more expensive than gold, even ordinary days are not easy. There are still people feeding fish, so who should care about the people?

Xiaobao, didn’t you say that fish don’t eat bait when they are cold? Look at why the fish rushed over and ate them when they throw away the food you made?”

"That's the ingredients are good. Different fish like ingredients that cannot be eaten." Seeing that Old Man Bi was not going to give up, Zhang Xiaobao had to follow and see what Old Man Bi was going to do.

"Yes, for fish, the materials are different, but for people, things are different, especially in the north, the continuous grasslands there, the snow is heavy, the road cannot be walked, the cattle and sheep are frozen to death, and there is nothing to make money, so they are nestled in the tent and cannot come out.

If there were no north, where would we get so many cattle and sheep? What do you think you should do?"

Old Man Bi finally expressed his meaning clearly.

Zhang Xiaobao thought about it carefully, pointed to the north and asked, "Grandpa Bi, are you talking about Yinzhou?"

“Further north.”

"Fengzhou?" Zhang Xiaobao asked again, it was the same place as Inner Mongolia and Mongolia. On the map, the following is Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, including his own place.

"Well, yes, the people there are suffering." Old Man Bi said sadly.

Zhang Xiaobao was stunned, and Wang Juan was also full of confusion and asked, "Grandpa Bi, don't you want to let someone go there to be a governor, right? That's not possible. Most people in that place can't stay there. If they are not used to the climate, it's easy to get into trouble. Moreover, there are not many people there, so what do they do?"

Wang Juan knew that there were many products there, but the distance was too far. Moreover, the population of the Tang Dynasty now could not reach the level of casual squandering. Many things cannot be used now, such as rare earths. Otherwise, how could the desert be accompanied by desolate words?

She was really worried that Old Man Bi would take Zhang Zhong to become an official on a whim. It was not that she was afraid, but that she couldn't achieve anything and had no population. If she really wanted to go there, she might as well go to the ***. At least she could get more wine and block the road with heavy snow. Don't expect to contact her for a long time.

Old Man Bi narrowed his eyes and thought, looking at Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan and said, "The court has money and has cement for repairing the city. Another piece of land of the Tang Dynasty was found in Shanghai. This land is always a bad thing."

"Ah? You can't you want to fight a war, right? Ah~! After building Fengzhou, you have become rich and seduced the Turks to fight, you find an excuse to send troops? Even if you fight, you can't take a foothold. Isn't it good to build more money to build the country? Oh, I know, Grandpa Bi, you see that you have new weapons and think it's easy to deal with cavalry?"

Zhang Xiaobao is not stupid, and he guessed it as soon as he heard it. He is not afraid of war, but now he is not cost-effective and has inconvenient transportation. He can't take it after the battle. Moreover, there are other ethnic groups and countries in the Turks, which are connected to the two continents.

If you beat me next to me, you can hit the Mediterranean in one breath, and North America is just a sea across it, and it can be easily passed by, but can that work?

"It's not a fight. It's snowing heavily here this year. Everyone is busy during the Chinese New Year. I haven't felt it yet. In fact, cattle and sheep are missing. I think it's the same with the Turks. Every time they come to grab things, the scale is not large, so they never care much about it. Moreover, it's not easy for Turks to come and find the people of Fengzhou. Everyone is running around.

War is a means, just know how to achieve the goal. If you can go through, and exchange food and Turks for cattle and sheep, it can slow down the capital. Force is just a guarantee. There was no way out before, but now..."

Old Man Bi explained, but didn't say the following words. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan knew what it was. It means that there are two masters in your Zhang family who have already made a lot of good things, so that's not bad.

"My father must decide to go next place before spring plowing, and he must go to the same place as Li Xun."

Zhang Xiaobao started to negotiate terms.

"You have to think about this matter carefully. It has been three times. The top scholar in the Jinshi, the county magistrate of Huayuan County, and the governor of Luzhou. I have been an official since I was 20 years old. I have never encountered any situation in your family. I will go to the official position wherever I want to become an official. The Ministry of Personnel is a decoration for your family.

The three provinces and six ministries have been around your family until now. All the impeachment memorandums are suppressed, and everything raised by your family must be gathered together to think about it. Many people are not satisfied. If there is no connection between business, if it is not your family who always gives up the benefits, then the consequences..."

"If there is no such thing as contact, if there is contact, you can get money and eliminate disasters with others. Then Grandpa Bi, please think slowly, my family is not in a hurry."

Zhang Xiaobao is not afraid of being scared at all. As long as his family does not rebel, he will not find any excuses to deal with it.

After Zhang Xiaobao finished speaking, he really made Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang think here. He and Wang Juan went home to get the drawings of the sled. They were going to use it as soon as they were designed. One was for single people, and the other was the snow sled.

Old Man Bi thought it was Zhang Xiaobao who went home and asked the master, so he didn't rush. He changed direction and threw the rod in and continued fishing.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan came back.

"Xiaobao, Juanjuan, I thought about it just now, things are a bit difficult, but... it's not impossible." Old man Bi was finally determined. The main reason was that there was the Zhang family's solution, so the court had to agree.

Zhang Xiaobao took out the drawing from his arms and spread it for Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang to see.

"That's it. There is a kind of deer going north here. We can pull this cart and run quickly on the snow. You can tell by looking at the ink marks. This picture is not available today, nor is it used to pull any goods. It is for the personnel transport vehicles used in key places during the war in the future.

The structure is simple, and others can understand it at a glance and learn it immediately. Whether it is used in our north or in our northeast, my family doesn’t care. If the wind direction is good, you can also use sails to make the speed faster, relax under the snow, walk on the ice, and lower down."

Old Man Bi really doesn't know what to say now. The Zhang family has had such good things for a long time, but they have never been willing to take them out. As I told Old Man Zhang when I was in Luzhou, the Zhang family will only make fresh things when they need them.

Old Man Zhang also sighed in his heart that the Zhang family is like a treasure bag, with many good things inside, it depends on whether you can take them out.

Old Man Bi hesitated while holding the paper in his hand. As Zhang Xiaobao said, no one could think of this thing when he was not made, but as soon as he saw it, he could make it immediately.

Whether to transport goods or keep them at critical moments, it is a dilemma.

"Xiaobao, is there any other way? You can choose one to transport the goods at that time." When Old Man Bi asked, he felt embarrassed and his old face turned red. It was really hard for him to do so.

At this time, Wang Juan pouted and took out another piece of paper and stuffed it into Old Man Bi's hand.

"It's just a place to go to an official, so many things are needed to exchange for it. It's good to sled, but the goal is big, and deer needs to be taken care of. This is used by a single person. As long as you wear white clothes on the snow and wear a white hat, you won't be easily discovered.

Don't worry about falling on the snow surface a few feet deep. There are also things that are stuck on the snowboard, and even if they go uphill, they will walk faster than ordinary people.

It is suitable for small-scale guerrilla warfare and blocking warfare. Use crossbows, choose the good terrain, attack quickly, strike at a long range, and run away after fighting. If we add our horizontal fireworks, the logistics supply effect will be obvious to others."

Wang Juan spoke more smoothly, making Zhang Xiaobao feel that he was listening to an advertisement.

Old Man Bi and Old Man Zhang didn't think so, especially Old Man Zhang. He could outline a painting in his heart as Wang Juan said, and know how effective this thing can be when used in a thick snowy place, especially the hot wine made with the Zhang family. It was really elusive.

Give him a thousand skilled people, and he dares to fight against a hundred thousand army. As long as the bow and arrow are enough, as long as he understands the terrain, he can't beat the surface and drag the opponent to death.

Old Man Bi slapped his thigh with his hands, "Okay, good stuff, then this one called sled can be used to transport goods."

If he has his words, it means that Zhang Zhong can still choose to become an official next time he goes to the local area.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They actually had good things not taken out, that was the eyes, which were the ones who were specifically used to deal with snow blindness. They fought in the snow for a long time and could not do without snow glasses, especially when they met people who were also wearing white clothes, their eyes could be blinded.

Since Old Man Bi agreed, he doesn't have to take it out. He will talk about it when he needs it in the future. It won't be precious if you take it out once. Moreover, the snow glasses also require glass, so he hopes to sell them more.

"Without any time, I will write a letter to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works to come over. Do you have any other things to do? Take them out together and use them to benefit the people as soon as possible."

"It's gone, what else should I take when I use it early next time I choose an official?" Zhang Xiaobao shook his head vigorously.
Chapter completed!