Obviously, Cui Min and Cao Ke understood what Pan Zhuo meant after hearing what he said: "Brother Yuqing is right."
On the other side, Xiling Mingyue looked at Pan Zhuo in agreement after hearing this, and then she felt relieved.
Ji Wan didn't feel much about this. After all, if she couldn't defend the city, she would die soon.
Between her life and her face, she was not so proud and noble, so she had to choose to save her life.
What’s the point of saving face if you’re dead.
"But this tactic is not unworkable. I don't know what Ji Qin is doing. But the Cui family certainly shares my goal. If I can't defend Qingshizhou and Shicheng, and the border falls, the Northern Rong will surely march straight into the Central Plains."
The world will soon change hands.
By then, the throne that Cui had been planning for for so many years would surely be in vain. Therefore, if I don't want food and fodder, I only want a decent title that can justify myself and become a regular soldier.
I can also disgust Cui and Ji Qin and tell them not to do anything to me!"
She was completely fearless. After all, Lou Shao's 100,000 troops had almost taken away nearly three-quarters of the entire Donglin Kingdom's military forces.
If his Cui family cannot muster another 100,000 soldiers to defeat Ji Wan before the Northern Rong Kingdom invades, he will be severely disgusted by her in the name of justice.
"Your Highness, this method is definitely feasible, but the salt and iron problem..." Jiang Jian was very worried.
The topic returned to the core issue. We have the recipe, but we lack the raw materials!
Fortunately, Yang Guan had already found the people Ji Wan requested.
"Gao Qu, take a look at this first." Ji Wan rummaged in his sleeves and took the opportunity to take out the copied gunpowder formula from his storage bag.
Gao Qu took it respectfully, and the more he looked at it, the wider his eyes widened. "Your Highness?! Is this thing really so magical? Can a small thing really defeat the enemy?"
"Yes, Gao Qu, I'll give this recipe to you and Afeng to study. You have to be careful. If you don't handle it right, you might hurt yourself. And it's best to study it as soon as possible. I hope to be able to use explosives before the Beirong Kingdom launches a large-scale attack." Ji Wan nodded affirmatively at Gao Qu.
Gao Qu then took the recipe in his hand and read it over and over again as if it were a treasure, and he was in a strange state of excitement.
Ji Wan turned around and looked at the cook and the doctor who came with Gao Qu. As usual, he was rummaging in his sleeves concealing something.
He took out the production and purification methods of alcohol, sugar and fine salt from the storage bag.
Nowadays, the government will firmly control the crude salt and metal mines, and then sell them in a unified manner.
So salt and sugar are considered semi-luxuries.
"I'll leave this recipe to you. I'll recruit some farmhands and maids to help you. Mr. Lin will also bring the children from Moxiang Academy to help you."
After seeing the recipe, the remaining few people looked at each other in disbelief.
The relationship between these people and Ji Wan is not as familiar as Gao Qu.
The people of Qingshi State all admire and fear Ji Wan, and they are naturally the same.
Is there really such a thing in this world as fine and delicate white and brown sugar as described in the recipe?!
And there is alcohol. What on earth is it? It can actually make wounds heal quickly without even forming pus.
The person in charge, Ji Wan, has already been found, so the most important thing now is the issue of raw materials...
But in this cold winter, where could she get the sugarcane for squeezing juice and the basic food for making alcohol?
Although there was still food in stock, Ji Wan still wanted to use it for the people in the city first.
Qingshizhou and Fanzhou are located on the northeastern edge of the entire Donglin Kingdom. They are real plains without even any low-lying areas, let alone salt wells and sea water.
Ji Wan had no choice but to ask a few people to use the existing materials to make a small amount for the time being. If they could figure out something, then during this year's spring plowing, Qingshizhou, Shicheng and Dancheng in Fanzhou would start trying to grow various raw materials.
If this war had not ended so quickly, perhaps next autumn the people in the city would have been able to taste the latest fine salt, brown and white sugar, and strong liquor.
This can also exercise children's hands-on ability, and most importantly, let children learn real chemistry knowledge!
Ji Wanyou then instructed Jiang Jian: "Zifeng, tomorrow you send people to dig around Qingshizhou, Dancheng, and Shicheng to see if there is any mining industry."
It would be best if we could find one. We could just throw the prisoners who have nowhere to go in there to work, and we could also supply the front line.
It doesn’t matter if they are not discovered. According to precedents from ancient times to the present, the captives may eventually be forced to be used as vanguard suicide squads and sent to the battlefield again.
"It's almost dawn, so please go back and have some rest. No matter what, we have to fight back." Ji Wan rubbed his brows, having stayed up all night again.
I fought all night the day before yesterday, dealt with military affairs all day yesterday, and then tonight I just fell asleep and was dragged out of bed in the middle of the night. Who can endure this? Not even an animal can stand it!
At noon, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again. Many children who were not old enough to attend Moxiang Academy were carried by their mothers and maids and ran to the city gate - a place not covered by the temperature formation to play in the snow.
Under Xiao Ling's control, the temperature formation is very sophisticated.
It is like an oval protective shield covering the entire roof of the copper city, allowing snowflakes falling from the sky to slide down to the city gate.
It can not only save spiritual energy, but also ensure a comfortable temperature in the city, and the houses of the people in the city are spared the risk of being crushed by snow.
Although there are only a few poor families using mud houses in the city now, and the rest are basically made of tiles, bluestone and wood, there are still some mud houses that are not very solid.
So Ji Wan asked Xiao Ling to wrap the roof with the formation.
Ji Wan sent Pan Zhuo and Gong Xu to guard Jincheng, and Cao Ke and Zuo Yue to Tongcheng.
One is civil and the other is military, they complement each other and work is not tiring.
As for Yan Peinan and Gu Huafeng, Ji Wan was very conscientious and gave them a long vacation. As for why, it was of course because there were many children in Moxiang Academy, and Lin Chanhua might not be able to take care of all the children alone.
Since Pan Zhuo had gone to defend the city, it would be best for the children to be left in the care of subordinates who loved children.
Because of his own child, Yan Peinan was always very happy to see the children of Moxiang Academy.
As for Gu Huafeng, haha, Ji Wan simply didn't want his subordinates to have conflicts with each other, thus affecting the harmonious atmosphere among the subordinate groups.
Gu Huafeng knew that he had wronged Yan Peinan, so he was very tolerant of her. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he obeyed her every word.
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