The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Chapter 153 Talk
Xia Jing, who traveled from the end of the world, was not used to the ancient transportation. Even after half a year, she was still not used to it.

Although the social order collapsed in the last days, many infrastructures can still be maintained.

For example, the means of transportation, mainly cars, ships and airplanes, the teacher at the base explained the oil refining process to the last generation.

When you think of oil, you think of cars. Her space has been completely unblocked, and there are a few cars in it, but it is a bit unrealistic to release them. It is impossible to manufacture cars in this era.

For a moment, Xia Jing couldn't help but sigh.

It only takes about ten minutes to drive from the city to the outskirts of the military camp, but in ancient times it would take an hour.

"Princess, is this bamboo cushion comfortable to sit on?"

"Fortunately."

Hearing Hongmei's question, Xia Jing felt it. There was a cotton mat under the bamboo mat, which was cool, soft and not uncomfortable. It's just that the road conditions were too bad. Even though the carriage was fully prepared, it still made her body uncomfortable.

Hongmei opened the curtain and looked at the bright sunshine outside, she couldn't help but frowned, "When I came to Lingnan, the slaves didn't feel cool, it seemed that it was only summer, and I didn't know that the weather would be so cold. How long?"

Xia Jing smiled: "You will know in winter."

Hongmei smiled silently, "At that time, I will experience what winter in Lingnan is like."

While the two were talking, Xia Jing suddenly asked about the cement factory, "Do you know how the cement factory is currently producing and selling?"

Hongmei really heard Ye Fei talk about this, "The current output of the factory in the northern suburbs of the city is enough to supply the entire Lingnan. I heard from Captain Ye that the branch factory built in Qujiang will deal with foreign dealers. It happens that Qujiang has Du Wei's Mansion, don't be afraid of bandits from the Nanling Mountains fleeing to Qujiang to make trouble."

Xia Jing nodded after hearing this. She had heard Ye Fei report on the establishment of a branch factory, but at that time her mind was all on the iron workshop and she didn't pay much attention to it.

It would be appropriate for him to locate the branch factory in Qujiang. Nan'an can be reached to the southeast, Guiyang County can be reached to the north, and Yangshan Mountain can be reached to the southwest.

"Now the salt shop is on the right track. When you go back, you go and tell shopkeeper Ding to let him hand over the salt shop to other people, and let him have free time to do infrastructure construction. First, let me repair the road on the Lingnan Fucheng side."

After all, it is inconvenient for Ye Fei to be responsible for the construction of the real estate in the north of the city. Ye Fei is her personal guard captain, and his first responsibility is to undertake her security work.

Now the shopkeeper Ding was transferred from the salt shop to be in charge of the infrastructure.

Most of the streets in Fucheng are paved with bluestone slabs, but the roads outside the city are basically dirt roads, which are muddy when it rains, and the potholes are really difficult to walk on.

Hongmei had expectations in her eyes, looking forward to how smooth the road would be after it was paved, "I will send a message to shopkeeper Ding when I get back."

Hearing that Xia Jing would come from the barracks, Ye Fei brought people out early to greet her.

Seeing the long convoy, Ye Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, what did the concubine make to reward the soldiers?

Xia He, who came out with Ye Fei, was not as subtle as Ye Fei. He saw the convoy approaching from a distance and asked, "The princess has brought food, and is she going to reward our brothers who are going out to sea this time?"

After returning from victory, they got six ships of supplies, and it was not too much to eat a meal. It was no wonder that Xiahe and the others thought that the carriage was food.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the camp, Xia He hurried up to meet him.

Xia Jing got off the carriage and met Xia He's smiling face head-on, "I have seen the princess, the princess has worked hard."

Xia Jing: "."

Ye Fei took a step behind, and he stepped forward to salute: "I have seen the princess."

Xia Jing turned her head and glanced at Xia He, who had already left for the carriage, and asked Ye Fei, "The boy is so happy today, what happened to him?"

Ye Fei pursed his lower lip, held back his smile, and replied, "Back to Wangfei, he probably thought you killed pigs and sheep in the city, and now you're here for meat."

Xia Jing suddenly said, "This kid is crazy about feelings!"

However, what they said also reminded her that it was time for the soldiers to celebrate when they returned from a great victory.

So, she told him: "I was negligent about this matter. You send people to the surrounding area to buy some pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks and come back. Take it as a celebration of this great victory."

Ye Fei nodded, "Okay, we will arrange it later."

"Ah! Princess, in this carriage"

Xia Jing and Ye Fei were talking, when they heard Xia He's exclamation, they both turned their heads away.

When Xia Jing turned her head, her hair slapped Ye Fei's face, causing him to take two steps back in fright, but the fragrance of her hair remained on the tip of her nose.

Ye Fei took a deep breath uncomfortably, and stared at Xia He with tiger eyes: "Are you still like an officer? How decent are you yelling!"

Although Xia He is the nephew of the concubine's natal family, he is just a small soldier in the military camp. If he does something wrong, Ye Fei has the right to scold him.

Xia Jing wasn't angry at all, Xia He's habit of being startled has his superiors to discipline him.

She turned her head and said to Ye Fei: "These dozens of carriages are full of ordnance. You send someone to unload them. Because the number is not large for now, it is only equipped for the most elite troops."

Ye Fei was overjoyed when he heard the words, and bowed to Xia Jing, "Yes, my subordinates will make arrangements now!"

Xia Jing saw the corners of his grinning wider and wider, and waved her hand amusedly, "Go, go."

The soldiers who were waiting to greet them all went to arrange for the unloading of the armaments, and Hongmei came to Xia Jing's side, "Princess, why does this servant think that these men are happier seeing the armaments than seeing their own daughter-in-law?"

"Hehe, maybe men love horses and weapons just like women love clothes and jewelry."

Xia Jing entered the camp and heard shouts from the training ground, so she took Hongmei and a few personal guards to the training ground.

Thousands of soldiers were sweating profusely on the training ground, practicing every move very seriously.

Only the movements of the team in the northeast corner were a little stiff and slow, and it was obvious from a glance that they were not familiar with the soldiers' moves.

No need to ask, Xia Jing knew that these people should be hundreds of pirates who returned this time.

Xia Jing didn't go to the stands, but went around the training ground to inspect the training situation of the soldiers.

"The last general, Sima Lu, has seen the princess."

Seeing Xia Jing approaching, Sima Lu, who supervised the training of the soldiers, hurried forward to salute.

Xia Jing looked at the tall middle-aged man in front of her. He had a handsome appearance and a refined demeanor. Coupled with the military uniform on his body, he had the demeanor of a Confucian general.

I have been a bandit for more than ten years, but I don't have any bandit spirit.

"Simaru, what official position are you in now?"

Sima Lu cupped his hands and said, "The last general has joined the fifth master, and his current official position is a general."

After hearing what he said, Xia Jing asked with a smile, "Do you think the general will bury your talent?"

Sima Lu's expression was serious, and he replied: "No, the fifth master gave the general a chance to abandon the dark and turn to the bright. The general is already very grateful, and he doesn't care about the size of the official position."

Xia Jing smiled slightly: "With your talent, I believe that you will be promoted to the chief soldier soon, let's work hard and accumulate military merits."

After listening to her words of encouragement, Sima Lu raised his eyes to look at her seriously, and smiled, agreeing that what she said was true.

Xia Jing glanced at the team behind him, and asked with interest: "Who was your former second leader in the team?"

She had heard that Sima Lu's headquarters had a capable right-hand man in Luofu Mountain, that is, the second leader who helped him manage the logistics.

Sima Lu glanced at Xia Jing, turned around and waved towards the queue, and saw a man walking out of the queue at the front of the queue.

He only introduced to Xia Jing when someone came close, "This is the former second-in-chief of the last general, and now he is Ma Qilin, the fifth master's deputy!"

"Ma Qilin has seen the princess." Seeing this, Ma Qilin hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Xia Jing raised her hand, "You don't need to be too polite, are you still used to coming to the camp?"

"Thank you, princess, for your concern. I'm still used to it."

"Just get used to it. I heard that you used to be in charge of logistics in Luofu Mountain. If I let you take care of logistics, would you be willing?"

Xia Jing noticed that Ma Qilin's bright eyes flashed from time to time. If this man was willing, she really wanted to transfer him to her side to manage the logistics for her.

Ma Qilin raised his head and looked at Xia Jing suspiciously, "Are you managing the logistics of Wuye's barracks?"

Xia Jing pursed her lips and nodded with a smile, "Well, our team is expanding a bit quickly, and we urgently need an experienced and courageous official to help manage the logistics. He can be regarded as your fifth master's chief minister."

In fact, if she has the ability, she doesn't mind giving him more power.

Sima Lu was overjoyed when he heard that, seeing that his brother was in a daze, he hurriedly pushed him.

Ma Qilin came back to his senses, and hurriedly bowed to thank him, "This subordinate takes orders, and I will definitely live up to the trust of the princess."

Xia Jing nodded with a smile, passed them and continued to the northeast corner.

With the sound of a whistle, the training of the soldiers stopped temporarily.

Xia Jing came to where the pirates were, and walked towards the man standing under the shade of a tree wiping his sweat.

"If I'm not mistaken, your name should be Gu San."

Gu San was very nervous when he found Xia Jing coming, but he was shocked when he heard her words. He didn't expect that the dignified princess would remember such a small person as him.

He subconsciously opened his mouth and asked, "How do you know my name is Gu San?"

Xia Jing smiled slightly: "I have heard that you have a talent for languages, and I have always wanted to meet you. Today I finally saw you, and I recognized you at a glance. It is because you have more aura than others."

Gu San was elated when he heard these half-truths and half-false words, but on the surface he was still trying to maintain his composure, "Princess praises it, it's just a trivial skill, it's hard to be elegant."

Xia Jing shook her head, "Any skill will be useful, you don't need to belittle yourself, I heard that you grew up in the sea, but is it true?"

Gu San glanced at Xia Jing in surprise, and then nodded. He didn't expect that she would understand him, so he tried hard to think about his own value, and found that the only one was language talent.

"Can you tell me which languages ​​you speak?"

Gu San quickly answered what he was good at, "Portuguese, English, and Spanish."

Xia Jing originally wanted to test it out, but she was shocked when she heard Gu San's answer. If this is a superficial dynasty, then why is the language of the Xiyi people the same as that of the European countries in the previous life?
Moreover, since Gu San can learn these three languages, he must have been in contact with people from these three countries. Then the question arises, does it mean that many parts of the Southeast Asian countries have become colonies of European countries?

Fortunately, knowing this made Xia Jing even more determined to develop her naval power.
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On the narrow and long mountain road of Nanling Mountains, a caravan's carriage was driving slowly on the mountain road.

It is cool to walk on the mountain road in hot weather, and sometimes there is a slight mountain breeze to cool off the heat when going downhill. The climate is more comfortable than walking on a flat road, but the only bad thing about the mountain road is that it is difficult to walk.

"Persevere, everyone. We will rest after we go down this slope. The guards on the left and right should be careful to hold the carriage, and don't let the carriage lose control and rush down the cliff!" Xia Qingshan wiped the sweat from his face, and turned to the team roared from behind.

This time, their Xia family caravan transported snowflake salt to Jingzhou, and the journey went smoothly.

Snowflake salt in Lingnan has already sold well in the surrounding areas, and the rich and powerful families in the surrounding areas are proud of eating snowflake salt.

Dozens of carriages of snowflake salt were sold out as soon as they arrived in Guiyang County in Jingzhou.

After finally going down this slope, the team found a flat open space and stopped.

The coachmen have to take care of the horses and mules, eat, drink and scatter before they can rest by themselves.

Xia Jiang walked up to Xia Qingshan with the water bag and sat down, and handed him the water bag in his hand, "Father, this time the crossing of Nanling went smoothly. Could it be that the bandits in Lingnan were really wiped out by the palace?"

Xia Qingshan, the boss of the Xia family, took a few gulps from the water bag, wiped his lower lips and said with a smile: "How can bandits be wiped out, but don't forget that bandits are also called bandits, rogues, that is to say, they commit crimes on the run. , it’s not easy to get along in Lingnan, they would have already fled to other places when they saw the situation was not good.”

Xia Jiang took a sip of water, and took the bait, "Then next time we go to other state capitals, we should be careful?"

Xia Qingshan sighed, "Who says it's not, how can other prefectures make great efforts to suppress bandits like Lingnan, otherwise the world would have been at peace long ago."

Other state capitals don't say that they are making great efforts to suppress bandits, even if they suppress them, the more they suppress, the more bandits there will be!

The more you suppress the bandits, the more powerful you are.

In the final analysis, the local officials of the Dayu Dynasty were corrupt, and there were too many corrupt officials. Several mountains weighed down the people and they could not survive.

Xia Dashu arranged the convoy, and now he also came over, sat down and drank two sips of water to quench his thirst, then frowned and asked, "Brother, why did you choose tea and cloth for the return trip this time? It was the second sister who told you of?"

Xia Dashu is the fourth in the Xia family, and the second sister he talks about is Xia Jing.

Xia Qingshan looked at him, shook his head and said: "She didn't tell me, but I feel that the food can't be shipped out, and the most lacking thing in Lingnan is cloth and tea."

The Royal Palace's army is expanding, so a lot of cloth must be needed to make military uniforms, and the people have now passed the land reform, so this year must be a bumper harvest.

When people have money in their hands, they will definitely consume it, food and clothing, and food and clothing will be improved, so cloth will sell well in the future.

As for tea, there are seagoing ships in Lingnan, and the tea he sells back can be resold to caravans at sea, and can make a lot of money, so why not do it?
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