Heavenly Dao Formula

"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 understanding. At this time, it really needs a special explanation to understand."

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.

Turn to the first page.

Turn to 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."