Great Zhou Tianzi

In the autumn harvest, Tuolongguan and Zhaocheng are silent in the joy of harvest. This year’s grain harvest is bumper, and Ji Jie ordered a [-]% rent reduction. The farmers are grateful. There is not enough grain every winter, and this year there is no need to be afraid of starvation.

Even if the rent was reduced by [-]%, the granaries in Tuolong Pass were full, like hills. Sima Xueran not only supported the paper mill, but also managed other daily affairs in the pass. The management is well-organized, including complicated matters such as the household registration system, grain and grass filing, etc., which are all a piece of cake in her hands.

Ji Xueling, who is also a girl, is not so bright in this regard, but she has trained an assassination team very well, with a number of [-]. She once competed with Ji Jian's elite infantry, and the result was [-] infantry. Before he knew the situation, he was besieged and "killed", and Ji Jian, the main general, was also taken prisoner in a daze.

After watching this contest, Zhao Ling, who was eager to try, retreated. In his own words-I am not looking for boredom. I washed my neck and handed it to me knowing that I was defeated. Isn't that courting death!

Ji Xueling divided 300 of the 60 people who were the most brave and skilled fighters into three groups, with 20 people in each group, and kept one group for herself, and gave the other two groups to Ji Jie and Sima Xueran, who were in charge of their daily security defense. Growing stronger and stronger, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not attract the attention of some conspirators. Ji Jian and Zhao Ling are generals in the army, and they have guards to protect them, so they don't need to send more people.

What pleased Ji Jie was that the relationship between Ji Xueling and Sima Xueran became more and more harmonious, and the two also asked each other's directors for advice from time to time.

The status of Tuolongguan has already surpassed that of the fief Zhaocheng. Except for some farmers who continued to stay in the fief to cultivate, he arranged the rest to Qishan to mine coal, and truckloads of black coal were continuously transported over.

The blacksmiths who were accustomed to using wood had a hard time adapting to the temperature of coal. Under the leadership of Ou Ming, they continued to explore and summed up a set of experience. Coal smelting completely replaced wood, and the output and quality of pig iron were greatly improved. Big improvement.

If it weren't for Ji Jie's modern mind, I am afraid that a simple process would have to go through several generations and decades of groping, but now, it only takes a short time to realize it. The level of science and technology still surpasses any other country outside. If Ji Jie is willing to keep it secret to the end, they will never catch up in 100 years.

The autumn harvest has just been completed, and everyone has not had time to rest. Someone came to report that Zhao Guo and Yan Guo were at war. A group of refugees from Yan State fled to Tuolong Pass and asked Ji Jie to take them in.

"Refugees?" Ji Jie asked, "How many?"

"There are about a thousand people!" The person who came to report replied, "They are dressed in rags, and they must have suffered a lot to come to us!"

Since the day Tuolongguan returned to Jijie, it has been a place with a very complicated personnel structure. Farmers, craftsmen, soldiers, etc. are all foreigners, so he has never had the difference between locals and outsiders in his heart. Come, as long as you are willing to stay and contribute, I will give you food, clothing and a place to live.

"Take me to see!" Ji Jie got up and went to the pass.

On the ground outside the pass, there were groups of refugees, and an old man stood upright all the time, standing out from the crowd.

"This is the patriarch of the refugees, named Hua Lixi! This is Zhaowen Jun Ji Jie!"

"Greetings to Lord Zhaowen!" Hua Lixi hurriedly saluted, and said: "The people in distress, I heard that Lord Zhaowen is wise, and come here to seek refuge. I wonder if your lord can take him in?"

Ji Jie returned the courtesy and said: "Mr. Hua is very polite. You can come to seek refuge with me because you see me, Ji Jie. There is no reason not to welcome you! But since you are here, you must abide by my rules, can you do it?" ?”

"Of course!" Huali Xi said respectfully: "Outsiders, you should abide by the rules here. As long as you can give us a bite to eat, I will lead the people to serve you!"

"Hehe, my place is a place where everyone is equal!" Ji Jie waved his hand: "As long as you abide by the rules and laws, no one dares to bully you, so come into the city with me!"

Through understanding, most of the people brought by Hua Lixi are hand-made craftsmen, and some farmers are also engaged in pottery making. The utensils produced are all over the north. This time when Zhao Yan started the war, the battlefield happened to be where the workshop was located. After the war, everything was gone, and King Yan had no time to care about their lives, so he ordered the army to retreat, and he had to leave his hometown in order to survive.

Pottery, although it looks a little rough, is also an indispensable thing in daily life, including dishes and bowls for serving food and vegetables, earthen jars for holding water, clay pots for cooking and so on.

Why not porcelain, but pottery?Porcelain is not only beautiful but also more practical.

The answer is simple. Porcelain has not been invented yet, and the evolution process from pottery to porcelain is also arduous and long. Ji Jie decided to shorten the process of history again and put the matter of porcelain on the agenda.

Since the economy is being vigorously developed, it should be developed in a diversified way. Although the income of the paper mill is very considerable, the current scale can only maintain the annual expenditure of [-] troops. If you want to recruit more troops, you must Start from other aspects and gather the wealth of the world.

Pottery and porcelain are two different concepts. The first is the difference in raw materials. Pottery has very low requirements for raw materials, which can be met by ordinary clay, but the porcelain clay required for firing porcelain is not available everywhere. I haven't heard of anyone doing research on this.

After settling down Huali Xi's people, Ji Jie's first task for them was also to go out and search, and bring back the surrounding soil of various textures for research and experiments, and make sure to find the existence of porcelain clay.

Xi's people in Huali were taken in by Tuolong Pass, and they were able to survive the war. They are grateful to Ji Jie, and they all work hard, of course.

From autumn to winter, the production of paper mills is affected by the temperature, and the output has declined, but this has not stopped merchants from all over the world, and they all want to make a profit.

Ji Jie's opinion has always been firm. Paper sales are only done through Qin's Trading Company. If you want paper, there is no problem. Please talk to Qin's Trading Company.Qin Qing greatly appreciated this, because few people in business can not be moved by immediate interests, as long as Qin's business company is left out, Ji Jie can make more profits, but he did not do so.

Qin Qing also showed her greatest sincerity, and sold [-]% of the profit to Ji Jie, and kept only [-]% for herself, and used it as capital to continue to develop the market.

At the end of the new year, porcelain clay was found, and pieces of porcelain that were more exquisite than pottery were turned out. Although there were no exquisite patterns and patterns, and the colors were only white, black, and sky blue, they were different from rough pottery. In comparison, it is simply the difference between heaven and earth.

Ji Jie was not satisfied with this, and immediately ordered to find glazes and pigments. With these finishing touches, the quality of porcelain will be improved to a higher level, and a group of ingenious young people were selected to start learning painting skills.