I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

When Luo Shixing got Alezhen's reply, he thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what the local people's brain circuit was.

And not only him, everyone else was surprised by this result, oh, except for Cheng Jingwei.

Cui Shenji pondered for a while and said, "Have they conscripted corvee this year? If not, let the civilians serve corvée."

Luo Shixing felt that this matter was outrageous, so he couldn't help but said, "Wait for me, I'm going to ask Alezhen."

Cheng Jingwei said casually: "It's not Alzhen who rejected you. It's useless for you to find him. You can only say that he knows his people very well. These people don't even bother to farm land. Do you expect them to do other things?"

Li Youdao was a little strange: "Didn't they dig the canal?"

Cheng Jingwei explained: "That's because they want the little lynx to help them choose mussels."

Li Youdao: ...

Co-authorship or because it is profitable?

In other words, if there is no interest, these people will not take the initiative to do things.

Luo Shixing reluctantly said: "They didn't plant the land because they didn't know how to plant before. You see, Ale is really struggling to raise seedlings now."

Cheng Jingwei patted his head and said: "Son, be sober, don't they know how to farm and raise other things? There are so many edible things here, even if you get some seeds from the wild and plant them in the ground casually, a little It can grow if you take care of it, but do you think there is a race?"

The Panax notoginseng here works very well, and it can be regarded as a major source of income for local residents.

If it is placed in the Central Plains, someone must have found a way to plant Panax notoginseng.

There are no chemical fertilizers and pesticides these days, and the difference between wild and planted is very small. As long as the planting is successful, it will be a stable source of income.

However, people here would rather risk their lives to go to the mountains to collect herbs than grow them themselves.

It's not just the people of the Ouluo tribe, most of the tribes here basically live like this.

The tropical rainforest gave them a rich material foundation, and then these people became unmotivated.

When Cheng Jingwei said that, Luo Shixing couldn't answer, so he sighed and went to ask Alezhen.

Alezhen's seedlings are still half-dead, Luo Shixing went over to take a look and couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't Wei Ziyao come over to help you look at it? How can you grow like this?"

Al smiled wryly: "I don't know, I watched it three times a day, and it still looks like this."

After reading it three times a day, Luo Shixing looked at him seriously and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe these seedlings don't want to see you?"

Alzhen looked at him in shock: "Are you serious? What do they use to see?"

He refuses to admit the possibility!Anyway, he is the patriarch of the dignified Ouluo clan, how could he be rejected by the seedlings!

Luo Shixing laughed and asked, "Okay, what about others? Is there no one else to plant besides you?"

It can't be that no one in the entire Ouluo tribe can grow good rice seedlings, right?If that was the case, even if Luo Shixing was an atheist, he would wonder if this group of people was cursed.

Alzhen was silent for a while and slowly shook his head: "Most people have sold their fields, and those who have not sold are waiting. If I can really grow them, they will sell them at a high price."

A huge question mark slowly appeared above Luo Shixing's head.

He was shocked and puzzled.

This is the time when he felt the deepest gap between the three views after time travelling.

Although he always felt that his three views were different from those of people in this era, but because the people around him are all educated in Confucianism, they can still reach a consensus.

But with those civilians of the Ouluo tribe, he really...doesn't understand.

But if you think about it along this line of thought, you don't even plant the land, store food for at most three or four days, and don't think about the people in the future at all. It seems really impossible to let them plan for a rainy day and build a diversion tank.

In fact, Ale only told half of the truth. Not only did the clansmen not want to farm the land, but they even felt that Luo Shixing, who was tossing about farming the land, had not fulfilled the responsibility of the high priest.

They seemed that since the high priest possessed supernatural power, he should lead them to get rich, and helping them open river mussels every day was the right thing to do.

If Luo Shixing hadn't been guarded by a pack of wolves, these people might have come to "force the palace".

When most people were blinded by greed, even the patriarch Alzhen couldn't stand Luo Shixing's side.

But it's very likely that there are other people's handwriting in it. Ale really doesn't want Luo Shixing to worry about this, so he decides to clean up those troublemakers himself, and it won't be too late to tell little lynx after cleaning up.

Of course not now, now he has to be busy staring at the rice seedlings, and he has to wait for the two vacant elder positions to be re-elected before he can appoint other elders. The elder group needs a stable body.

Otherwise, if he killed all the elders at once, he might not be able to continue as the patriarch.

Luo Shixing didn't care much about their internal struggles. He was a little worried now, and now he was in a stalemate. He had a good solution, but he didn't have enough manpower to help.

The people that Cheng Jingwei brought back before are now busy growing vegetables, and what they do can ensure the normal circulation inside the manor.

Cheng Jingwei saw that his brows were frowning and said: "If it's really not possible, let's make the wall stronger. Anyway, as long as we don't suffer from disasters, it will be fine."

He really didn't want Luo Shixing to bother with those trash.

Luo Shixing shook his head and said, "A wall is not safe, it is better to add the diversion tank and the wall."

Pei Xingben simply said: "Then make it smaller, anyway, it will be enough to divert the flood and mudslides from our place."

Luo Shixing nodded in agreement. Indeed, when Ale really said that no one would be willing, and even the collection of corvee might be objected to, he didn't plan to take care of those people.

Still the same sentence, let go of the complex of helping others and respect the fate of others.

He just needs to protect the hardworking people in his manor.

Cui Shenji glanced at Pei Xingben and said: "This is not just a matter of size, but a problem that requires a lot of manpower once the excavation is done, especially if there is a rock layer under the soil layer, that is the most troublesome place."

Cheng Jing smiled and said, "Didn't the lynx cat come up with drilling equipment? That's very useful."

The mining of salt wells is proceeding in an orderly manner. Judging from the results of the feedback there, they should have at least two more salt wells before the dry season comes at the latest.

However, Yanjing also needs a lot of people, which is the root cause of their lack of manpower.

Cui Shenji was a little worried: "The sky wheel block is indeed easy to use, but it is still a bit difficult to dig a ditch."

Cheng Jingwei thinks so too, unless they make a lot of roller skates lined up one by one to hammer rocks.

At this time, he suddenly found that Luo Shixing hadn't spoken the whole time, so he couldn't help but poked Luo Shixing and asked, "Why are you in a daze?"

Luo Shixing looked around and said, "Actually... it's not that there is no way to save effort, I'm just afraid of scaring you."

Cheng Jing smiled slightly: "What can scare us?"

Luo Shixing said: "You can only find out if you have seen it. Go and prepare some sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal for me."

Is there anything quicker and easier to use than black powder?

In fact, Luo Shixing knew that the black powder itself was not stable, and he knew a more stable formula, but now there are many things that are not available, first of all, glycerin is an unavoidable hurdle.

Forget it, it’s just a mountain of frying, this recipe is the best, if you use it once, there may not be a next time.

Others were still wondering what he wanted these things for, only Cheng Jingwei went to prepare them without saying a word.

These things are available in the manor, and saltpeter is their important raw material for ice making.

Although it is easy to make ice with saltpeter, Cheng Jingwei kept this method a secret, and no one else in the manor knew about it except the two of them and Xiao Shanshi.

Every time they need to refill the ice, they do it in person, with Xiao Shanshi assisting.

As for sulfur, they will not be without this kind of deworming drug, and Alezhen sent a bunch of it back then.

After everything was ready, Luo Shixing looked outside and said, "Take it with you to the mountains tomorrow."

The next day when they were about to go out, the wolf seemed to have noticed something, and ran directly to Luo Shixing's side and cupped his hand, and then ran to the place where the saddle was placed to signal.

Luo Shixing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Is this true? Alright, you rest today, you don't need to come."

He was going to take Cheng Jingwei to go there with the three big brothers. Everyone was walking, so naturally he couldn't ride a wolf.

However, the wolf leader was unhappy and stopped Luo Shixing to let him go.

It was only at this time that Luo Shixing realized that the wolf was really tall. It blocked there, but Luo Shixing pushed it but couldn't push it, even if he wanted to make a detour!

Li Youdao on the side watched with interest Luo Shixing teaching the wolf to be obedient, and after listening for a while, he said: "The journey up the mountain is not easy, you are still young, let the wolf take you up."

Pei Xingben on the side was very straightforward: "Yes, letting the wolf lead you will save us from waiting for you."

In fact, Luo Shixing's legs are really not short considering his height, his proportions are very good, the thin waist and long legs look visually taller than his real height.

But no matter how tall he looks, he hasn't grown up yet, and he can't compare with adults, not even Cheng Jingwei.

Cheng Jingwei patted Lynx's head reassuringly and said, "When you get there, you still need to buy saltpeter, so save your energy for now."

Luo Shixing glanced at Cheng Jingwei enviously, hey, forget it, anyway, his height is really growing, and when he grows up, he won't need to be taken care of like this.

After riding the wolf, he turned his head and said to Cheng Jingwei: "Oh, I almost forgot to prepare some things, Ah Wei, you need to get some lard and bring your bow and arrow, etc."

Cheng Jingwei glanced at him in confusion. The bow and arrow can also be explained that they are used to drive away wild animals, but what is lard for?

However, when Luo Shixing said this, the wolf rushed out like Erha who let himself go, so fast that when Luo Shixing said the last few words, he was already outside, so he had to amplify his voice.

Cheng Jingwei took what Luo Shixing told him to do, and then he chased after him, held down the wolf's head and patted it hard.

When he patted the wolf leader, Luo Shixing looked terrified, for fear that the wolf would turn his face and bite him directly.

In the end, the wolf only whimpered aggrievedly, and walked with its head down pitifully, as if someone had bullied it.

The alpha wolf after being hammered was obviously much more honest, at least he didn't dare to run around casually, Luo Shixing said to everyone as he walked, "When it's done, the sound will be louder than firecrackers."

He needs to mentally prepare these people. These people haven't seen gunpowder yet, and they may not even have heard of it.

Although it is generally stated in the records of later generations that black gunpowder appeared in the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the time when black gunpowder appeared was at the end of Tang Dynasty, and it is still more than a hundred years away from now.

So the current alchemists probably haven't discovered this thing, or even the fryer doesn't know what caused the fryer.

Everyone was even more curious when they heard what he said. Luo Shixing led them all the way to the middle of the mountain, and then began to find a place to dig a hole. After the hole was dug, they put saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal into the hole in proportion.

This process is actually very simple. When Cheng Jingwei saw that Luo Shixing finished and left, he was confused: "Is this all right?"

Luo Shixing waved to them and said, "Come here, come here, go a little further, be careful not to get hurt."

Everyone walked up to him and looked at him curiously. Luo Shixing bent down to pick up the hay on the ground, tried it, and said, "It's okay, it's not very wet. Come on, pour lard on it, then tie it to the tip of the arrow and light it. Fire shot into that pit, understand?"

What he said was indeed very clear, and Cheng Jingwei quickly tied the hay to the tip of the arrow according to what he said, and then poured lard on it and set it on fire.

Archery is very simple for him. Bending the bow, setting the arrow and loosening the string, the whole process is done in one go, and the movements are so standard that they can be used as a demonstration.

Pei Xingben and others on the side all had admiration in their eyes. Even if archery is one of the six arts of a gentleman, there are very few people who can do it.

It's just that soon they didn't have time to appreciate Cheng Jingwei's archery demeanor.

The flaming arrow accurately entered the pit that Luo Shixing had just dug, and the flames burst into flames instantly, making an almost deafening sound.

Luo Shixing subconsciously covered his ears and thought: It seems to be a little too much.