After two or three days of rest, Liu Tao also began to work again. He had to ask about what happened in the clouds in the past few months, and then he began to take over the work gradually.

By the way, use the "Tulong Gift" to moisturize the land in Yunzhong County to make the crops grow faster and better.

"Has Kaolin been found within Jiling County?" If other news is more ordinary, then this news obviously attracted his attention and was highly concerned.

I thought this thing was only available in Jingdezhen, or it was concentrated there, but I didn’t expect that this thing could be found in the Inner Mongolia area.

"Yes, this is the result of searching everywhere according to the introduction and description of some resources left by my brother during the slack season. It turned out that there was a large amount of kaolin storage in Jiling County (the Qingshuihe County later generations). In addition, some were also found in the Yinshan Mountains, but the mining difficulty was relatively higher." Lu Yan replied.

During this period of time when Liu Tao left, he was Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. He completed the plan according to this plan. Thanks to an excellent assistant like Xun Yu, everything went smoothly.

"That's great, so you can start trying to burn porcelain!" Liu Tao smiled. Porcelain, tea, silk and rhubarb, seemingly the flagship product of China's foreign trade.

Especially exquisite porcelain, it is definitely the best decoration to enhance the style of life. However, as far as the Eastern Han Dynasty is concerned, he does not guarantee whether there is any porcelain in the true sense. Anyway, he has paid a little attention to the Bingzhou, Youzhou and Sizhou areas, but it has not!

Maybe it has appeared, but it has not been popularized. This is how technology itself is now, and some good things are hidden.

For example, this thing is recorded in Cui Shi's "Political Remarks" twenty years ago. Liu Tao remembers that it can be traced back to the 2nd century BC. But that is only a record, but it has not been popularized. Most people still plant it slowly with their hands.

Like the keel waterwheel, Liu Tao tried to make craftsmen try to restore. After all, it was not difficult to find that article. The key is how to let craftsmen use their creativity, restore it, and see if they can be further improved.

No utensils, such as trellis, have been popularized yet. Porcelain, which is a flashy thing, should be popularized faster, but in fact it is not.

For example, colored porcelain, blue and white porcelain, etc., even ordinary white porcelain, seems to be unable to appear. In fact, if there are conditions, Liu Tao even planned to burn all the glaze.

Anyway, if the requirement is high temperature, peat and coal resources have been found in various counties in Yunzhong.

"My brother Yu believes that you can try making it on a small scale, then check the sales situation, and then increase the scale." Lu Yan took the opportunity to make suggestions, which is actually what Xun Yu means.

Porcelain is not a necessity such as grain, cloth and salt. According to Liu Tao's idea, it can be a luxury item, decoration, or container, etc., used to improve the quality of life and cultural heritage.

As literati, Xun Yu and Lu Yan were both interested in this thing, but they also knew that it was not suitable for it and wasted too much energy. After all, in terms of practicality, it was not even as good as paper and printing.

"Indeed, before the technology matures, there is no need to produce it on a large scale..." Liu Tao also recognized this. At first, he was mainly thinking about whether it could be sent to the grassland or the Western Regions, or even Jingzhou or Xuzhou for some money.

After all, Ma Teng is now "superficially" respecting him. In the future, depending on the situation, he can consider asking him to help reopen the Western Regions. However, there was a very serious problem that needed to be solved during this period, that is, to subdue or eliminate the Southern Xiongnu to avoid any hindrance.

At the same time, the area of ​​the Hetao Plain, of course, should be used if possible, and it was too wasteful to be regarded as a happyland and pasture. At first, he thought so, but later he realized that the Southern Xiongnu actually began to farm and their living habits, and many places had begun to transform towards the Han people.

Perhaps it was because they had been together for too long, or because they were surrounded by Han civilization, they were affected by such an atmosphere, so the trend of assimilation was relatively serious. Perhaps it was precisely because of this background that Liu Bao's son Liu Yuan could successfully establish Zhao Han?

If you defeat Xihe County and Shang County, you will be able to communicate with Beidi and Anding County, which means you can get in touch with Ma Teng faster... The main reason is that there is no need to go around a lot, as it will take more than ten days to go.

"There is another news..." Lu Yan suddenly added at this time, "Iron ore was found in the Yinshan Mountains of Beiyu County!"

The so-called iron ore here refers to shallow iron ore, which is more convenient to mine. Similar things actually exist in various counties, but they are just difficult to mine and some reasons that have been mined in history, and they have no value for continuing to mine.

Liu Tao still knew about this, so he was very excited when he heard this, and even asked uncertainly: "Really?"

"Yes, I did find an iron ore, and the output is OK, and I am planning to start mining." Lu Yan replied affirmatively.

"People must be arranged to mine, and the big battle is to compete with logistics. Weapons, armor, horses, food, and even salt are indispensable. The population in the clouds is small, and outside the Great Wall, I thought the potential for war was not high..." Liu Tao sighed.

If you want to improve your war potential, you must defeat Dingxiang County and Yanmen County. If this is not safe, you must also defeat Taiyuan County to connect Taihang Mountains, and perhaps you will have the potential to fight.

"The new season of grain is about to begin to harvest. Judging from the current data, according to the farming model provided by my elder brother, the yield is higher and the damage to the ground is the lowest, so you can almost not have to fallow." Lu Yan continued to report, "I have asked the county magistrates/masters of all counties to come and see this. Everyone is very relieved and hope it will be promoted next year."

"After the promotion, the food in the cloud will no longer be a problem." Liu Tao sighed. He could even have excess food and could support other counties. The food prices in Bingzhou were a bit high.

However, considering that Wuyuan County and Yanmen County are both military towns, there are probably not many ordinary people. For the gentry and wealthy families, they have enough food to eat, so there is no need to sell it to these two counties.

"By the way, when will I find a way to take away the military powers of the two counties... Is there any way?" Liu Tao seemed to have left this as an issue before leaving, and he didn't know if there was a conclusion in the past four months.

"There is a method, it is nothing more than taking advantage of the Hu people's attack, taking advantage of the military power temporarily as General Zhenbei, and then... will never return it!" Lu Yan replied immediately.

OK... It turns out that Liu Bei's trick of using Jingzhou was not his original creation? Liu Tao couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Strictly speaking, both counties are military towns, and in the past, it was the same in Yunzhong. However, in order to make money, Liu Hong reset the position of prefect. Of course, from the establishment to the present, no one has bought the position of prefect in Wuyuan and Yanmen. His position of prefect in Yunzhong is almost a deal with goods, and no one wants it, so he threw it to himself... I suddenly felt offended.

"So what is the one you lack the most now?" Liu Tao asked.

"Lack of people!" Lu Yan replied frankly, "The situation is too big, there is a lack of various talents, and labor is also short of!"
Chapter completed!