Villager of Daming

Chapter 547: Traveling Three Thousand Miles Away for a Long-Range Plan (Fifth Update)
Just like in Xiaqiu Village, today everyone eats yesterday’s leftovers, which won’t go bad because it’s cold.

A plate of fish normally left in the refrigerator will spoil easily unless it is reheated.

Place it in the freezer, usually minus [-] degrees Celsius.

People here don’t use it. There is no refrigerator. They put it outside at minus 35 degrees Celsius.

Yes, it was minus 35 degrees from last night to early morning. It got warmer at noon, and it was minus 26 degrees.

The temperature in the palace was 27 degrees above zero, and the windows were half-opened. It was too hot and there was no ventilation.

Just like Zhu Wentian's Mohe, no matter how cold it is outside, if you go out without being frozen, when you return to the house, it will immediately become summer.

Of course, not at the beginning, they all burned the kang and wore cotton-padded jackets in the house. When they went to bed at night, they lay down and slept, which made their backs feel uncomfortably hot and their noses turned red from the cold.

This is the case for herdsmen, so they are also very satisfied. They can grit their teeth and put on their clothes, get up, light the standing stove, and persist for a while before they are all warm.

Lighting the stove requires skill. If you didn’t press the stove last night, the final coals would burn clean.

In advance, put soft firewood, that is, grass or something, in a place in the tent, then hard firewood, split wood, or thick wild hemp stalks, and finally lumps of coal.

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

After removing the ashes, check whether the grate underneath was crooked when taking it out. During the day, the furnace needs to be penetrated, and the grate is placed sideways. When the furnace is being penetrated, the hook of the furnace will have to be tilted sideways, which is very uncomfortable.

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

The soft firewood burns first, then the hardwood fire is ignited, and some of the coals are also burned. When the fire is strong, add some coals immediately. If you add too much, they will be suppressed.

Wait a little longer and use a stove hook to penetrate it a little. Don't be too hard, as it will penetrate the newly burned lump of coal.

When the fire starts again, add a piece of coal. Now you can rest assured and wait for the fire to heat up, hot dishes and water.

Clean the ashes outside, come back and bake your hands, which are so cold that your skin is throbbing, by the stove.

Even so, what the herdsmen feel is happiness, because it is better than before. In the past, they burned grass and cow dung, and they could only burn it when cooking, not all the time for heating.

There is a lot of coal now, so there is no need for money. In the future, it will be said that there is no need for money. I will find a way to let the animals carry it away, and use sledges to pull it in winter.

Happiness comes from comparison. Anyway, Zhu Ping doesn't want to go to the herdsman's tent to light the stove now. How can it be as comfortable as the heating!
"I'm full. The oil refining equipment we have here, Chief, is free. Can it be dismantled and used for other purposes?"

After finishing his meal, Zhu Xi touched his belly, half-squinted his eyes, and talked about the petroleum distillation equipment.

The oil brought from Yanchang County was all refined here, and the herdsmen had extra paraffin and paraffin for use. It was free of charge, which appeased people after the war.

"More than 3000 miles to the west from here, there is a place called Turpan. To the west of Turpan, there is a place called Yilibali, which now belongs to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

There is oil there. If we transport the oil from there, we can distill and refine things. There are also salt lakes there. In fact, there are also salt lakes in the middle of the road, right!have. "

The chief pointed to the west and told Zhu Xi where there was oil.

Zhu Fang blinked: "So far? It's better to transport it here from Yanchang County! Why go there? It's not our territory."

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

We make glazed kerosene lamps and sell them to them cheaply. Then they ship a barrel of oil and we give them one-tenth of a barrel of diesel.Give them about one-tenth of the asphalt for free, and they can take it back to light torches or use it to defend the city.

Their own oil cannot light kerosene lamps, but our diesel can. When they get here, we will also trade with them the goods we send from elsewhere.

Isn’t this a trade route?Don’t be afraid if the distance is further. No matter how far it is, the Silk Road is still far away?From His Highness's fiefdom, you can trade through the Western Region.

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

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

We give part of the profits to those merchants. Helin and the areas along the way are where the trade routes are, which will help stabilize the types and quantities of goods among the many castles.

Merchants would discover the condition of the earthen fort, sell things there, and transport things back, such as honey, cheese, ghee, etc.

Providing important commodities with technology and driving large-scale capital injection throughout the region are the foundation for regional stability.

Otherwise, each of the earthen forts would only serve as a supply point and winter settlement for the herdsmen, and they would become an isolated city! "

The chief took out paper and pen, and while talking, he drew a rough map and transportation route, as well as branch lines for merchants to look for profit differences between the various bunkers after they came over.

Zhu Xi: "..."

The room was hot, he wiped his sweat and blushed. He was definitely not shy. It had nothing to do with his narrow thinking of only thinking about one city and one place, right!

Zhu Biao smiled, this is Xiaqiu Village. From then on, oil refining began here and plans were made three thousand miles away, and businessmen who had no interest in salt production were mobilized to help stabilize the forts.

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

It may be three years, it may be five years. By that time, the economy of the Tubao here will be fully developed, including the amount of food crops grown.

Using this as the front logistics base and then pushing it northward is definitely different than starting from the Yellow River to provide baggage and pushing it northward.

There are obviously people in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate who are willing to use kerosene lamps, as well as soap, medicinal materials, silk and other things.

And there is salt over there. The entire area where I am is short of salt. Where can I get it from?
This is the long-term strategy. A few days ago, in order to appease people, I brought out new weapons and told them not to attack Yunnan so quickly, but to wait.

During the vigil this morning, I also said that we should first deal with the Jurchen trade, the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and deal with possible problems in Guangzhou.

Turning around, we began to make arrangements to continue the Northern Expedition. This time can be adjusted, but the overall logistics area must be cleared first.

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

Xiaqiu Village is worrying about what it will need in a few years, but it is also trying its best to have oil?And can it be mined?
If he were the enemy of Ming Dynasty and knew the situation, it would probably be better to surrender directly, and there would be no way to calculate it.

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

"Ah? Your Highness the Prince is joking. There are no enemies in Xiaqiu Village. They are all good people and friends. People in Xiaqiu Village are kind and honest. Who has the nerve to bully Xiaqiu Village, right? What do you think, Hanhan?"

Li Chang had a sincere look on his face and asked Hanhan again.

"Hey? Well! Yes, good, kind, bully, no, silly, here's me! Hehehehehe!" Zhu Wentian cooperated.

(End of this chapter)