Upon hearing this, the eyes of these pragmatic Taoists instantly lit up. …

To be honest, monks and Taoists are each difficult to deal with in their own way. Monks are too principled and only listen to their scriptures and their master in everything, so it is difficult for outsiders to influence them. Although Taoists are not as principled, they are very shrewd and will not act until they see the rabbit.

After finally dealing with this group of Taoists, Xiao Rong took out a piece of paper and began to write the second half of the document.

The first half is about how to build a kang, and the second half is related to Liuyi mud. Liuyi mud is heat-insulating, locks in heat and prevents scalding. It saves firewood on one hand and reduces fire hazards on the other.

Most houses nowadays are made of wood and covered with thatch. Brick and stone houses are very rare. Long-term heating and burning of fires in winter can easily cause fires.

Even without a kang, accidental fires still occurred frequently. Now that we have one, the incidence of fires can be reduced.

The kang in wooden houses and thatched houses cannot be placed against the wall, so it should be placed in the center of the house, away from the wall, with some empty space in the middle. As for the top of the flue, a hole can be opened there, or you can find a way to block it with non-flammable items. In short, things are dead, but people are alive. They can even survive the cold winters of the past few decades, so would they let themselves die in a warm winter?

Xiao Rong hasn't practiced calligraphy for a while, because he always writes, and writing is the same as practicing. Although his handwriting has not yet reached the point where everyone praises it, people will definitely not doubt his identity as a scholar. The carpenters who carve woodblocks often carve his handwriting, and after continuously adding signboards, the streets and alleys are now full of Xiao Rong's works. The people who have no money to buy paper and pens will secretly tear off the old and expired official documents on the signboards and take them home for their children to imitate and practice.

This type of "petty theft" always made Xiao Rong feel soft in his heart. The vicious people in this world are truly vicious, and the simple ones are truly simple. Those who don't even dare to steal a useful official document are really too simple.

This also made Xiao Rong want to speed up the progress even more, so he started making paper and selling books.

But you can't get fat in one bite, and he can't do anything risky now. Someone is secretly trying to deal with them, and he needs to be confident before he dares to do such outrageous things.

Holding his head, Xiao Rong couldn't help but wonder, what was he doing at this moment? …………

His confidence was patrolling among the tents.

They passed Yanmen Pass yesterday, and now the army is stationed forty miles outside Shengle City. They will be able to reach the Shengle city gate tomorrow, but the Xianbei army has also set out. That group of people is also stationed twenty miles outside the city, twenty miles away from them, and the scouts of both sides can even pass by each other.

The further north they go, the colder the weather gets. They were stationed on the grassland, and by the end of July and the beginning of August, the grass was already showing signs of turning yellow. Normally, it would take about another half a month for this to happen.

It has been known for a long time that this year will be another cold winter, but the Zhenbei Army did not react much. They can still withstand this level of cold. Even at night, the lowest temperature will not freeze, but is still around 7 or 8 degrees.

But those who responded to the call did not do so, especially the nobles who were used to a life of luxury. When they did not know that the Zhenbei Army had a coal mine, they asked their subordinates to burn charcoal for them to keep warm. When they learned that the Zhenbei Army had brought so much coal, their tents were steaming almost all the time.

Qu Yunmie: “…”

He was also angry, but it was just anger.

The amount of mining done by the alien captives in two months was enough to feed a large army, and they also brought a lot of heating powder and charcoal. Moreover, the alien captives had no time to rest, so they still had to continue mining even after the army set out.

Qu Yunmie knew that asking these nobles to use some coal was nothing. Since he was the one who called them out, he had to guarantee their lives. If he was not even willing to give them coal, he didn't know how they would frame him after they returned. There was no need to make enemies for such a small thing.

Yes, that’s the truth, Qu Yunmie understood it, but he was still very angry!

Noticing that he was staring at He Tingzhi's tent with a gloomy look, the two people walking in the distance were stunned, and then immediately strode towards Qu Yunmie.

One of these two people is Jian Qiao and the other is Yuan Baifu.

Jian Qiao came from one direction, while Yuan Baifu and Gongsun Yuan came from another direction. When Jian Qiao was halfway through his run, he found that Yuan Baifu was also coming. He instantly sped up and stood in front of Yuan Baifu silently like a cow.

Yuan Baifu frowned slightly. He didn't know what was wrong with Jian Qiao. His attitude towards him had changed since they parted in Yanmen County. He had asked Gongsun Yuan indirectly, but when Gongsun Yuan was in Chenliu, apart from completing the tasks assigned by Qu Yunmie, he took in another concubine. He didn't care about other things at all.

The only thing Gongsun Yuan could reveal to him was that Jian Qiao had a very good relationship with Xiao Rong. He treated Xiao Rong like a god and even gave his brother-in-law to Xiao Rong as a bodyguard.

Yuan Baifu was very surprised.

Jian Qiao told him about this on the first day of their reunion, but he didn't know that Zhang Biezhi was going to be Xiao Rong's bodyguard. This was too much; wasn't this just humiliating himself?

Zhang Biezhi: ...I am the deputy commander of the guard!

There was no way. Gongsun Yuan didn’t remember the few words “森*晚*整*理” at the back. He only remembered the guards in front.

Yuan Baifu didn't think that Xiao Rong had seen through his rebellious thoughts, because that was pure nonsense. Yuan Baifu hadn't thought about it that way yet. He just had a lot of opinions about Qu Yunmie and the Zhenbei Army, and these opinions became more and more serious with the arrival of Xiao Rong.

To be honest, among the four of them, Jian Qiao has always been the one who is least likely to fall for Yuan Baifu's tricks. The reason why Jian Qiao can be among the four of them is because he has followed Qu Yunmie since he was a child. Wherever Qu Yunmie goes, he goes. He has always been very loyal to him, so as they grew up, the four of them were always together.

If we really divide them, Jian Qiao is closest to Qu Yunmie, Yuan Baifu is closest to Gongsun Yuan, and Gongsun Yuan treats everyone the same. Due to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, he respects Qu Yunmie more. As for Qu Yunmie, he is closest to Yuan Baifu.

As his brothers, Yuan Baifu ranked first because he was a good person, he loved to laugh and was very kind to Qu Yunmie, so in return, Qu Yunmie gradually became the closest to him. If the reasons were explained in detail, it might give people the illusion that their relationship was just like that, but the years of companionship and life and death were not fake. Even if they gradually became close for such reasons at the beginning, the subsequent laughter and fighting side by side were also deeply imprinted in Qu Yunmie's memory. Everything is like this, how it starts is not important, how it develops is important. …

Yuan Baifu naturally blamed Xiao Rong for Jian Qiao's rejection of him. Just as he had disliked Xiao Rong since the first time he saw him, he thought that Xiao Rong would not like him either.

But this does not mean that he has to accept it submissively. Although it seems that the four of them are of equal status, Yuan Baifu has always regarded himself as the boss among them. If Qu Yunmie is not around, he should be the one to make the decisions on all matters.

However, Qu Yunmie has been here for so many years. Even if Qu Yunmie was not here, Gao Xunzhi would be here, so he had no chance to show such thoughts, and others did not know that he thought so.

His face slightly condensed, Yuan Baifu pressed Jian Qiao's arm and pulled him half a step away with one force. Jian Qiao was of course unwilling to give him room, but it was unrealistic to push him away. Yuan Baifu thought so too, so the two of them rushed to talk to Qu Yunmie.

They both wanted to be the one who advised Qu Yunmie not to be impulsive, but because of the undercurrent between them, no one really said it out loud. While the two of them were still fighting openly and covertly, Qu Yunmie had already taken a deep breath and said, "Forget it, let them live happily for another day."

After saying this, he turned around and went back to his tent.

Yuan Baifu: “…”

Jian Qiao: “…”