Heaven's Formula

He dug a spoonful of it into his mouth with a spoon, and immediately felt an unprecedented sweetness on his tongue!

The taste level of this thing is far more complicated than he imagined.

Fang Xiandao couldn't help but took another bite.

The topmost thing should be related to tea, he can taste the unique fragrance and slight astringency of green tea.Then there is the coolness brought by the melting ice flakes, and the fresh sweetness that fills the whole mouth.

That golden thing, probably honey?

But the sweetness was obviously beyond the range of honey, and it almost hit his mind like a wave.

Even though he didn't want Xia Fan to have any chance to be proud, he still couldn't control the hand he stretched out subconsciously.

This thing--it can definitely be called a good cold drink!

The habit of eating ice is also present in Lingzhou, especially during the dog days when it is humid and hot. Whether you add ice to the water or eat ice cubes with goat milk or fruit, you can quickly relieve the discomfort of the hot weather.After all, for the Fang family, ice is not a rare thing, and sometimes they will give free ice to residents around the town as a gift to increase their reputation.

But he has never eaten such a delicate freezing point.

If adding ice is a means of relieving the heat, the thing in his hand has already made the ice itself a main course.

Wait... Fang Xiandao suddenly realized that even he was like this, so Qianzhi didn't know——

He looked at the living dead, and found that Qianzhi was already holding the bowl and licking it.

"Qianzhi still wants it."

The little girl stared at the plates on the table.

"Yes, after all, you are the main force in making shaved ice." Xia Fan said with a smile, "As long as you come to my place in the future, there will always be shaved ice to eat."

This guy...isn't he still thinking about the living dead?

Fang Xiandao coughed twice, "Qianzhi, no matter where you go, you have to get my permission first, you should understand this, right?"

The other party showed a rare look of hesitation.

Hell!Could it be that the young master of the Fang family is not as important as a bowl of dessert in her eyes?

Fang Xiandao stared at Xia Fan anxiously, "If you do this again, I will have to leave."

Xia Fan spread his hands helplessly, "Okay, okay, the recipe of this thing is not complicated, so it's okay to tell you. Even if you leave Jinxia in the future, you can make a bowl by yourself."

Although he did have some ideas, but mainly to appreciate Li Cozy's expression, especially when he saw the fox demon's ears drooping in satisfaction, the shaved ice was not in vain.

"I just want to know why its sweet taste is so special?" Fang Xiandao heaved a sigh of relief, "It looks like honey, but honey can't achieve such an effect at all."

"It's actually very simple. I just added a little salt to the ice."

"Salt?" Fang Xiandao was taken aback for a moment, he really couldn't associate salt with a strong sweet taste.

Xia Fan took out a small crystal bottle from his arms and put it in front of the other party, "Not bad. But compared to the common coarse salt, this kind of salt is more rare."

"What white salt!" Qianzhi yelled, "Qianzhi can't find it in memory!"

"You don't need to bother with your forget-you-seen memory!" Fang Xiandao flicked his fingers to her before picking up the crystal bottle and holding it in front of his eyes for a closer look.This thing is completely different from the salt in his impression. It is no longer a piece of variegated particles, but evenly shaped like fine sand, and its color is even more white like snow. "Can salt be refined to this level?"

"The method is not the key, the key is the large amount. For such a small bottle of refined salt, a large barrel of salt is needed for the substrate." Xia Fan explained, "When the salt is purified to a certain extent, it can produce a strong salt together with sugar. sweetness."

For example, sea salt ice cream follows this genre.

Although the sweet party and the salty party are in full swing all day long, sugar and salt themselves are not incompatible rivals. On the contrary, they themselves can strengthen each other. For example, adding a small amount of sugar to a salty stir-fry can increase Adding a little salt to the dessert will also make the sweetness more vivid.

However, the premise of this method is that the salt is fine enough.Otherwise, the bitterness and astringency of low-purity sea salt and mineral salt are enough to break the delicate balance of freshness and sweetness.

Fang Xiandao clicked his tongue, "Didn't it mean that this small bottle of salt is worth tens of taels of silver?"

"To be precise, it is priceless. Because salt itself is not easy to get, no one will put the cart before the horse and further refine the precious salt into refined salt."

However, the situation is completely different for Jinxia City, which owns the Yantian. Although recrystallization is still troublesome, at least the cost can be kept to a minimum.

"So you must have a plan for letting me try such a precious thing." Fang Xiandao immediately raised his vigilance.

"Don't be nervous, I just want to give the Fang family a few bottles of refined salt so that more people can taste it." Xia Fan said bluntly. "Since you have come to Yancheng, it is obviously reasonable to send some local specialties back."

In essence, this is marketing.

Because refined salt is destined to be impossible to popularize in the short term, he simply defines this subsidiary product as a "luxury product" and directly takes the high-end route.And those who are able to afford luxury goods are either a wealthy businessman or a wealthy family. The most effective way to open up this kind of circle is undoubtedly one-to-one precise delivery.

"Heh, first things first, Lingzhou is not a rich place. Even the Fang family's financial resources are far inferior to those of the Fei and Luo families." Fang Xiandao curled his lips, "If you want to make money from the Fang family, finally The only thing you get is disappointment, don't say I didn't warn you in advance."

"Wealth can be measured not only by money. Specialty products may be commonplace in the local area, but in other places, their value is incalculable." Xia Fan touched his chin, "For example, this living dead——"

"Are you still staring at the living dead?" Fang Xiandao interrupted hastily, "Other special products can be considered, but Mrs. Fang, the living dead, will never agree to you! Do you know how rare a living dead is, even if it is the chief disciple of the Fang family? The living dead come down from generation to generation. Take Qianzhi as an example, before she guarded me, she served as the partner of many Fang family members."

"Eh? Why doesn't Qianzhi know?" The little girl showed a confused expression, "Isn't the young master the first group of people Qianzhi knew?"

"Because you—" Fang Xiandao suddenly showed a look of impatience in the middle of speaking, "It's fine if you don't remember."

"Could it be that the living dead of the Fang family have not given away to outsiders?" Xia Fan asked curiously.

"It's...not nothing." Fang Xiandao paused, "If you have helped the Fang family a lot, or provided something that the old man or the old lady is desperate for."

"Things to desire? Like?"

"Ancient books that can be helpful for divination, or powerful spells and so on. The former encompasses everything in the world and reveals the knowledge of unknowable mysteries, while the latter is either the lost secret record or Yuyi's experience." Fang Xiandao He waved his hand, "But don't think about it, the Fang family has cooperated with the Luo family in Youzhou a long time ago, and even they can't provide a few valuable books, let alone you."

Chapter 2 The Uses of Ice

"Okay, if I encounter related books or secret records in the future, I will pay attention to it." Xia Fan shrugged.

"Speaking of which, why are you so obsessed with the living dead?" Fang Xiandao was puzzled, "They are useless except for their proficiency in combat, and they even need someone to take care of them in daily life—"

"It's Qianzhi who is taking care of the young master!" the little girl protested.

He decided to ignore it, "It's not difficult for you to find servants or bodyguards now. And even in terms of combat power, this fox girl is strong enough, not much worse than the living dead."

Li Gao nodded proudly.

"I guess it's not for such a little ice food, is it? Saltpeter can also make ice, and the price is not a problem for you. Why spend such a big price in exchange for the living dead?"

Xia Fan smiled, but did not answer.

The shaved ice was really just an appetizer.

He has a more far-reaching plan in mind, which is to rely on the waterway convenience of Jinxia City to establish a cold chain storage and transportation system that is impossible to achieve with existing technology.

That's right, he wants to break the geographical restrictions and further tap the inherent advantages of Jinxia City to the extreme.

In fact, apart from salt, there is also an unobtrusive specialty here, that is seafood.

In the era when the fishing industry was still mainly manual, the ocean was almost inexhaustible and inexhaustible.All kinds of fish, shellfish and sea prawns are common items on the table in Jinxia City. Unfortunately, these high-protein foods are difficult to preserve for a long time. If they are not made into dry goods, they will rot and deteriorate within a day, which in turn limits production.After all, fishing too much is easy to sell at a low price, and no one wants to clean up the stinky dead fish by themselves.

But if there is ice storage, the situation will be completely different.

On the one hand, he can use seafood as a short-term grain reserve, and on the other hand, fishermen can rest assured to increase production.These two will in turn affect residents' meat intake, thereby reducing the consumption of staple foods.

This is by no means an insignificant change.

If you eat four or five bowls of rice every day to fill your stomach, you can reduce it to two or three bowls by adding meat. When it is enlarged to the whole city or even other areas, it will not be a small amount.To put it mildly, it is called improving the dietary structure of residents, and to say it bigger, it is called to reduce the pressure on staple food and optimize the strategic structure of grain.

In addition, the princess's recruiting plan is going well, and Mo Yun's new machine building bureau is also under construction step by step. When the army is reorganized and combined with the mecha squad, the combat effectiveness of Jinxia City will reach a new peak.But one city alone is not enough.

In the final analysis, its population is limited, its resources are neither coal nor iron, and it will be a matter of time before it expands outward.If you want to make a difference, at least the whole Shenzhou must be united.This requires the military to go out and switch from defense to offense.Because once this step is taken, the imperial court will definitely react. At that time, they will not be able to win the victory by defending the city under the pressure of all sides.

And if you want the troops to be flexible and mobile, logistics is undoubtedly the top priority.

With cold chain transportation, he can send a large amount of fresh meat to the front line at any time, and more importantly, this system does not cost much.Cargo ships can be refitted with ordinary sailboats, and there is no need to build any large-scale farms. The East China Sea itself can provide enough high-quality protein, and even the fishing tool elves are "prepared". At worst, it is very easy to hire tree boat refugees to contribute to the construction of Shenzhou suitable choice.

In short, everything is ready, only half of the east wind is owed.

A thousand knowledgeable people can support the cold storage in Jinxia City and the cold chain transportation for hundreds of miles around, but considering the redundant backup and the spread of this transportation line to farther places along the inland river, it is obvious that the living dead who come to Jinxia are more The more the better.

Fang Xiandao thought that he just wanted a fresh follower, but in fact, what Xia Fan wanted was the natural magic group of the living dead.

Of course, this plan is not suitable for speaking out in public.

He doesn't mind Ning Wanjun's ambition, which doesn't mean Fang's family doesn't mind either.

It is better to be cautious when it comes to matters involving imperial power.

"Forget it, whatever you want has nothing to do with me." Seeing that he didn't answer, Fang Xiandao didn't intend to ask further, "Anyway, I've already made an appointment, so it's time for you to fulfill your promise."

Xia Fan walked back to his desk, took out a stack of books, and pushed them in front of Fang Xiandao, "The top ones are the principles of magic and talismans, but you must not be able to understand them. So I also prepared a set of introductory manuals. After you study the following books, you should be able to understand the shock technique that day."

Fang Xiandao showed a slight look of surprise. He wouldn't be surprised if the other party pretended to be foolish, or deliberately hid half of it and didn't tell him.Unexpectedly, the other party was worried that he would not understand, so he specially prepared an introductory explanation, which was really beyond his expectation.

It was not in vain that he helped many times.

"Hmph, don't underestimate me." Fang Xiandao opened the top secret record without hesitation, and then stared blankly.What are the things painted on it?What does this symbol mean?He can understand every word, but why is it completely incomprehensible when put together? "Ahem... It's interesting. I think the symbols above should be the key to your experience. It really needs a special explanation to understand at this time."

He quietly pulled out the next book.First grade arithmetic?Does it mean corresponding to a product?Interestingly, for a fortuneteller, counting chips is just a basic skill.

Open the first page.

Open the second page.

On the third page, Fang Xiandao closed the book abruptly.He felt a slight chill behind his back, "May I go back and take a closer look?"

"Of course, this is what was agreed upon, and it is yours now." Xia Fan said disapprovingly.

"If there is nothing else... then I'll take my leave first." Fang Xiandao put away the book and said calmly, "You should still have a lot of things to do, right? For example, meeting old friends... I don't have many I'm bothering you."

"Meeting an old friend? What's that?"

"Why, could it be that no one has visited you recently?" Fang Xiandao pondered for a while, "It seems to be another wrong display, and the scope of divination needs to be adjusted."

"Can you even take this?" Xia Fan asked in surprise.

"The divinatory chart foreshadows changes, and someone's visit is naturally one of the changes. It's just—no, it's nothing, just pretend I didn't say that."

However, when it comes to Xia Fan himself, there will be huge gaps in the hexagrams, so he can only enlarge the prediction range to the opponent's surroundings. For example, he learned the result of the approaching storm through divination of Jinxia City last time.Although doing so will not result in nothing, but the deviation and difficulty of interpretation will be multiplied many times. The latest divination is one of his attempts to adjust the range many times. It seems that the result is not satisfactory.

——For the sake of maintaining his own image, it is naturally impossible for Fang Xiandao to tell these reasons.

"But isn't an old friend coming here just to reminisce about the old days and get in touch with each other?" Xia Fan said that the reliability of this divination is worrying.

"Uh... what you said seems to make sense." Fang Xiandao pondered for a moment, "maybe the change refers to the visitor himself? Or... is this the last chance?"

"what is that?"

"For example, if you stagger this time, there will be no next time." Fang Xiandao replied casually, "But since you already know that it was a wrong result, you can pretend that you haven't heard of it."

Chapter 2 All encounters are reunions after a long absence

Two days later, 26 villagers who moved from Wuming Village to Jinxia City successfully received their house deeds and keys.

This residential area is located in Dongcheng District, and it is also a new batch of co-living bungalows after the fire.There are about a dozen households in a row, and everyone shares a front and back yard. Each household is a standard three-room design. Although it looks ordinary on the outside, the inside of the house is covered with floor tiles, which is neater than the thatched huts and muddy floors in the village. A lot of comfort.

Being able to move into the new house so smoothly is also because Luo Qingqing paid all the house purchase expenses for them in one lump sum.

Standing outside the courtyard, Luo Weiqing felt a little bit disappointed for the first time because of the high efficiency of Jinxia City.

But this idea only lingered in her mind for a while, and then she forcibly suppressed it.

"Girl, are you leaving?" Suddenly, someone asked behind her.

"...Yes." Luo turned around gently, and the other party was the old lady of the Duo family, "Thank you for saving my life. I should have repaid more, but unfortunately..."

"Here we go again." The old lady shook her head. "It's a pity that I couldn't save your friend. As for you... Actually, we all know that even if you didn't meet me, you wouldn't die in that place."

After getting along for a while, she has clearly realized how tenacious vitality people like alchemists possess.

"but……"

"It's nothing but, didn't you let us move from the village to the city?" The old lady smiled, "I have lived most of my life, and I have long understood that not all good intentions are rewarded. If you can do this, That's enough. But, don't you want to say goodbye to everyone?"

"It's still...forget it." Luo gently whispered.

"Hey, that guy A Duo will definitely cry for a long time." The old lady of the Duo family sighed, "After all, I am an outsider, and you have things to do, so I can't persuade you much. But girl... you still Young people, don't bet all your hopes on one choice, I believe your friends don't want you to have any accidents either."

"Don't worry, I won't end it easily before I achieve my goal."

"If it is realized, remember to come back and take a look."

"Ah."

Although she knew that this answer would be difficult to fulfill.

Luo bowed slightly to the old lady Duo, then put down the veil on the bamboo hat, turned and walked towards the west gate.

There is a post station outside the city, and there are also caravans stationed there. Although she can ride a horse, her blurred vision no longer supports her to ride alone.Therefore, the best way to go to Gyeonggi is to find a caravan to take a ride and let the other party take it to Shangyuan City.

At this time, she saw two obviously different qi coming towards her from the gazebo by the roadside.

The air on the left is sky blue, like a small piece of blue sky in the boundless snow-white horizon, while the air on the right is purple, thick and thick.No matter in terms of color or weight, it means that the two are not ordinary people.

The other party is an angry person!