This King Zhou is not stupid

As long as there are people, even if Yin Shang is destroyed, countless people will stand up and rebuild Yin Shang in the future.

After wiping his butt with toilet paper, Di Xin got up and walked out of the toilet door.

Now he gets angry when he sees something about Xiqi, so he just doesn't read it. Anyway, with Xiqi's combat power, even the Yin Shang Dynasty, whose combat power has been greatly reduced in the original book, took several years to defeat Mengjin.

Now he doesn't believe that Xiqi has the ability to break into Chaoge in one day, even An Lushan, the only capable person who rebelled in the prosperous age, doesn't have that ability.

"The weather is getting hotter, and there are more mosquitoes. It's time to make gunpowder."

Di Xin still remembers the chemical formula of black powder.

2KNO3+S+3C====K2S+N2↑+3CO2↑。

'If the laws of the prehistoric world have not changed much from the laws before I crossed over, if we divide them according to the mass ratio, it is probably 75%, 10% and 15% of saltpetre, sulfur, and carbonaceous matter. Anyway, the difference is not bad It can be made, at most, there are residues left after burning. '

Di Xin plans to make it himself this time. Although there was no chemical equipment in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, at most there was a medicine pestle, but he believes that he can definitely make gunpowder.

After all, in some modern rural areas, there are people who can make this kind of crude gunpowder.

"Come on!"

As soon as Di Xin said a word, someone came to him immediately.

"Go, find Gu a catty of saltpeter, a catty of sulfur, and a catty of charcoal."

The original name of these materials, Di Xin, is not wrong, because these things were used for medicine in the Yin and Shang Dynasties and belonged to Chinese medicinal materials. As for charcoal, the name of this thing has not been changed.

And Di Xin came to an empty courtyard in the harem, pointed to it and said, "It will be useful to clean this place up in one day!"

If the king said a word, the people in the palace would have to run away. The maids and imperial guards began to disturb the courtyard. Many women in the harem thought that there was a new concubine coming into the palace.

But no new concubine entered the palace.

When Di Xin came here the next day, the courtyard was completely new, spotless, and many precious flowers and plants were planted there.

Afterwards, Di Xin began to stay behind closed doors, neither delaying government affairs nor reviewing the memorial, which puzzled some ministers who knew about it.

"What is Your Majesty doing with saltpeter and sulfur?"

"Do you want to make alchemy?"

Saltpeter and sulfur can be used for medicine, and of course they can be used for alchemy, but they are right, what Di Xin is going to do is a by-product of alchemy.

The raw materials were crushed into powder with a pestle, and Dixin tested the ratio of gunpowder materials little by little with a medicine scale. In order to prevent excessive movement, he used very few raw materials.

He didn't want the whole yard to emit green smoke.

"It's been a long time since I've done this, and I'm very nervous."

Di Xin wrapped the brocade cloth around his mouth and nose, mixed the powder little by little in a small porcelain bottle half the size of his hand, and then used a paper strip as a lead, lit the paper strip and hid behind the pillar.

Don't underestimate this bit of gunpowder. The expansion of gas in a confined space produces enough force to blow up a porcelain bottle.

When Di Xin was a child, he stuffed a big firecracker into a plastic bottle, but the bottle was blown to pieces. When he was a child, his playmates were even more ruthless, throwing them into the cesspit to blow up shit.

It's all childhood memories.

Bang!

After a muffled sound, Di Xin looked at the place where the porcelain bottle was placed. Although the mouth of the porcelain bottle was emitting green smoke, it was not broken, but was collapsed away from the open space where it was placed.

"Hiss—this bottle is quite strong. I wanted to make a porcelain grenade, but that won't work."

Di Xin walked over and picked up the porcelain bottle, but he only picked up half of it, and the bottom of half of the porcelain bottle broke on the ground.

"It's a bit embarrassing, it's broken, so why didn't it collapse and fly?"

Some remnants of material were found at the bottom of the porcelain vase.

"Sure enough, the ratio is wrong, and a lot of materials were wasted. It's okay. Edison invented the electric light after experimenting with filament 1600 times. What am I doing, let's continue!"

Di Xin worked again, trying to make gunpowder before Xiqi rebelled.

At that time, if Xiqi dares to mention the style of "soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, king against king", then Yixiqi, but Emperor Xin has to let Xiqi's soldiers know that the times have changed.

Moreover, there are too many variables in the Great Tribulation of Conferred Gods, so you have to keep some cards for yourself.

At the same time, Xiqi was indeed preparing for a rebellion.

Xibohou couldn't get sick, and Ji Fa and Princess Longji got married. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Ji Fa's succession was inevitable, but Ji Fa and Guang Chengzi seemed to control all the power of Xiqi's high-level officials, and began to recruit troops and hoard food.

It's ridiculous to say that the method of hoarding meat products is that Di Xin proposed bacon and sausages, and Xiqi frantically bought supplies from the major vassal states as if he didn't want money.

His actions were so big that even the other princes and kings of the three routes also felt that something was wrong.

Donglu, Dongbohou Mansion.

Jiang Wenhuan, the eldest son of Jiang Hengchu and brother of Empress Jiang, looked at Xiqi's order for sea salt and was very puzzled. "Hiss—this Ji Fa is hoarding salt so much that he bought almost [-]% of the production of Yantian. What is he hoarding so much salt for?"

Since the emergence of the salt fields, the behavior of hoarding salt has been regarded as a fool by the merchants. The consumption of salt is not large, and the output is still surprisingly large. Whoever hoards is stupid.

Unless it is inland, even if it is inland, it is impossible to hoard so much, unless you plan to stop buying in the next few years or more than ten years.

Salt has no shelf life, so it won't go bad.

"Well, this Ji Fa definitely has an apprentice in his heart, but Xibohou and Dongbohou have always been friends, so let's sell it to him."

Jiang Wenhuan couldn't refuse. After all, buying more salt may be for other reasons, not necessarily treason.

Beibohou also received a large number of orders for meat and eggs. Similarly, Nanbohou also received a large number of orders for fruits, vegetables, and grain.

Because the weather has been good in recent years and the people's harvests are good, the supply in the interior is somewhat oversupplied, so the two princes approved the order without thinking too much.

Seeing the full granary, Guang Chengzi stroked his beard and smiled.

'Guangjiliang' has already done this.

The next step is to bide your time.

Chapter 220 Five: People's hearts are colder than the refrigerator

What are you most afraid of in summer?

Naturally it is hot.

And in Chaoge, a new store opened. This store is nothing special, the staff are all ordinary people, but here it sells iced food.

The clerk took out the frozen ice cubes from the freezer, and then scraped out the smoothie layer by layer with a wooden planer, added summer-specific fruits, and dripped a little honey water.

A cool and refreshing iced drink is ready.

In Yinshang, such iced drinks are really the best, with no coloring, no additives, and no sweeteners. The sweetness may not be enough, but it is in line with the current national conditions of Yinshang.

And the price is fair.

"As long as five dollars, you can buy a bowl of cold drinks. Just imagine how pleasant it is to eat such a bowl of drinks on a hot summer day."

Based on the current grain price of Yin Shang, the price of a catty of grain is about five renminbi.

In the period when people depended on food, the price of food was still quite high.

"Boss, is it too expensive to buy a bowl of ice for five yuan? I remember that the price of the freezer is only six thousand yuan."

The shop owner smiled and said, "Guest, you are right. The price of the freezer is six thousand yuan, but my shop also needs money, and I also need money to hire people. There are also high-quality honey water and fruits. If you pay five dollars, I may only earn one dollar, so is this expensive?"

When the customer heard it, yes, five yuan is really not expensive.

Not to mention anything else, the price of honey is very high, and ordinary people can't afford it.

"Okay, give me a bowl to try, it's only five dollars."

The customer took out five coins and put them on the counter, and the store owner immediately put away the money with a smile, and shouted into the room: "A bowl of ice cream!"

The wooden planer began to pierce off layers of ice on the ice cubes, then put the cut fruit pulp into a bowl, cover the ice chips, and pour cold honey water .

The ice cream is delivered to the table by the waiter in the shop, and you can get it for five yuan.

The guest scooped up the ice flakes with a spoon and took a sip, then pursed his lips.

"Sweet."

"That's natural, this honey is hard to come by."

"Boss, you're quite conscientious." The guest rarely ate such sweet food, coupled with the refreshing feeling brought by the ice chips, it seemed that the heat of summer had been driven away.

"It's a pity, the price is still a bit high, otherwise I really want to eat it every day."

"Oh, what you said is that the meat will still taste boring after a long time. I'll think about it someday." The shop owner knows how to attract business, and he always greeted him with a smile on his face.

When one guest comes, there will be a second one. The store's business has gradually improved, especially for some monsters who are naturally hairy, and they are very lazy in summer.

They do know spells, but not all monsters can make ice spells.

Usually they spend the summer by bathing in the river, but now they hold a large piece of ice and lick it.

"Ah, comfortable."

"I really want to spend the summer with this ice cube."

What's more, he just put his face on the ice and turned into a lazy beast.

It's no wonder that they have such an appearance, they are not suitable for summer with their hair, even if they are monsters, they will have some characteristics of the life of beasts.

The lower the cultivation base, the more obvious it is.

But on the contrary, the monster race of the plant department likes to bask in the sun more, and summer doesn't make them feel much discomfort, on the contrary, the aura lingers around them.

The performance of the human race is somewhere in between.

"Every summer, Gu can feel how painful the earth was when the ten suns were shining in the sky."

Di Xin's feet were placed in a footbath with ice cubes inside. The refrigerator next to him gave off a cool air, and all the civil and military officials under the white jade steps were sweating.

"My loves, I suggest you close the door of Longde Hall so that the air-conditioning doesn't escape?"

"What your majesty said is very good!"

Shang Rong is also hot and sweaty. Although the Longde Hall is shady, the heat of this dog days is about the same whether it is in the shade or in the sun.

It's only a few degrees cooler unless it's underground.

The gate of Longde Hall was closed, and after a while, the air-conditioning from the refrigerator caused the temperature in Longde Hall to drop a lot, even Wen Zhong nodded and applauded in his heart.

'The headquarters of the Ministry of Human Resources has to invest in buying a refrigerator. Summer is really hard. '

"Huh, this is much more comfortable."

Di Xin asked people to take the footbath away, and straightened his posture again.

"Is there anything you love to do?"

"Your Majesty, I have something to play." Dong Bohou came out and said.

"A few days ago, Marquis Xibo ordered a large amount of sea salt in my land of East Lu. I thought something was wrong. Maybe Xiqi has something to hide from me, so I came here to report."

"Oh?"

The corner of Di Xin's mouth is raised.

'Is this Xiqi finally going to reverse?That's right, Xibohou only has a few months to live, so it's impossible not to. '

"Don't bother with this matter, have other princes received orders?"

"Yes, I also received an order and bought a large amount of meat and eggs." Nan Bohou came out.

"The minister is also." Bei Bohou came out.

"Xiqi is hoarding food." Di Xin propped his face with one hand and smiled.

"What do you think about this matter?"

Huang Feihu walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid Xiqi has rebellious intentions."

The civil and military officials glanced at Huang Feihu, what else should he say?A few years ago, people in the world knew that Xi Qi had turned his back on him!

"Gu knew about this a long time ago, but what Gu didn't expect was that even under this situation, Xi Qi still wanted to turn against him. Hey, do you have any suggestions from the love friends?"

Di Xin threw this hot potato away from all the officials in the audience, and all the officials looked at me and I looked at you. In the end, Dong Bohou stood up and said: "I am willing to go to Xiqi to persuade Xiqi to return to Yin. Shang, to prevent Xiqi and Yin Shang from fighting each other."

"Dong Bohou is so caring, I am very pleased."

Di Xin nodded and said, "Okay, then it's up to you, but pay attention to safety."

"The minister takes orders."

After Dong Bohou retreated, Di Xin asked again: "Do you have something to play?"