My whole family traveled across time with an encyclopedia

Ning Changrong was sitting at the desk dealing with official documents when Village Chief Ning hurried in.

"Evergreen! Not good Evergreen! Something happened!"

Ning Changrong stood up, looked at the anxious village chief Ning in front of him and asked, "What's wrong, Uncle Ning? Didn't you go to register the population information?"

Village head Ning walked into his public room, looked at the little official who was poking his head outside, and immediately closed the door.

He whispered to Ning Changrong and said, "I found a spy today!"

Ning Changrong showed surprise in his eyes, "What's going on?"

"Didn't I go to check the population information as usual today? When I walked into a family, I found something was wrong. They said that they were all tenants in the north, but there were two men in this family and no woman. Let's not talk about it. The two of them People are tall and strong, and they don't look like tenants at all!"

The tenants did not fill in the fields for others. It is impossible to have enough food all year round, and it is even more impossible to maintain a strong body if they do not have enough food.

"I also asked, and they said that the daughter-in-law and children starved to death on the road. The money of these two people was to help rich people run away and rob, and they were rewarded with money to live in the county. They also said that they would run to the county. The county came to look for a living, but if they want to work, they can build roads outside the city. Not only do they need rent in the city, but there is no good job for them. They are just tenants and have no other skills. There must be something wrong with these two people!"

Ning Changrong was speechless after hearing this, isn't this spy too careless?The identity is full of mistakes.

Just when he thought this was the only thing, Village Chief Ning said again: "There is another person who has a problem. He lives alone and says he is a merchant. His goods were robbed on the road. He wants to come to our county to see if he can do it." Can't find another chance."

There was nothing wrong with Ning Changrong listening, he nodded to signal Village Chief Ning to continue.

"I asked him the prices of those commodities, and he answered them all. He also has a southern accent, so they all match."

"He also actively asked me a lot of news about our county, and I picked some to tell him. Just when I was about to leave, someone came to him."

"The businessman said that this person is his friend and also a businessman, but I look at that person's reticence, it doesn't look like a businessman! And I look at their hands with calluses!"

Those with calluses are either farmers or soldiers. Of course, there may be other situations, but at least the merchant should not have so many calluses, let alone the other party is a cloth merchant.

Ning Changrong had to admire Village Chief Ning for his meticulous observation.

"Uncle Ning, continue to do what you should do. If this happens again, you can come and inform me. Don't startle the snake. I'll discuss it with the general and see what to do."

"Hey, don't worry, Evergreen." Village Chief Ning nodded heavily.

……

Ning Changrong approached Chang Yuan and talked about it.

Chang Yuan was training in the barracks, walked to the side and said, "It is estimated that they were sent from the north and the south, what does Mr. Ning think should be done?"

Ning Changrong was silent for a while and said: "It's better to leave them alone and send someone to watch them. Maybe we can ask these people to help us spread some news in the future. It may be miraculously effective when necessary. Even if we put If these people are arrested, there will be another group of people coming, it is better to let them under our noses."

Chang Yuan smiled and patted Ning Changrong's shoulder, "Okay, just do as Mr. Ning said."

Ning Changrong took the opportunity to report some things in the city to Chang Yuan, and Bai Yunliang had already taken people away to buy food in the south.

He was so busy every day that he had to take care of not only the affairs of Taixi County, but also Taizhou Prefecture.

"General, do we plan to send troops recently?"

Chang Yuan also trained soldiers before, but he seemed to be training very diligently recently, and even started to lead the soldiers to practice throwing.

The stones were thrown, and the weight was about the same as a pack of dynamite.

It is also impossible for Chang Yuan to use real explosives to train soldiers.

"Yes, after resting for so long, we should move after Mr. Bai comes back."

Ning Changrong knew that Chang Yuan couldn't be idle, he thought that he would send troops after the autumn harvest, but he didn't expect Chang Yuan to be so anxious, he guessed that the gunpowder might have given him confidence.

……

Ning Qingxi has also received an order to speed up the production of gunpowder, and still works according to the previous assembly line, but because there is more time, and the other thing is that he has saved a lot of raw materials in winter, and the number of people is still enough.

But now there is a very important issue that needs to be addressed - the security issue.

The workshop was built in a relatively remote corner of the county. Previously, the population of the county was relatively small, and soldiers often patrolled it, so there was no major problem.

But now that the number of people in the county has increased, some cement people have begun to inquire, and the workshop is the most important thing they inquire.

These people haven't discovered that the gunpowder is directed at the cement, but it is inevitable that the news will be leaked if there are too many people.

Ning Qingxi discussed with Lu Cui: "Master Lu, I think our workshop needs to be changed. I heard that the soldiers patrolling outside have arrested many people these days. If this continues, our gunpowder will be exposed sooner or later."

There are also a lot of waterwheels and hand crossbows in the workshop, plus the raw materials for gunpowder, it already seems a bit crowded.

Even if it wasn't for the sake of secrecy, the workshop should have changed its location.

Lu Cui said: "I also think it's time to change places, but I can't think of where to go for a while."

Ning Qingxi thought for a while, and decided to throw this question at Chang Yuan, "Why don't we ask the general and see what the general said?"

Lu Cui agreed, and the two went to Changyuan in the army together.

Chang Yuan frowned after listening, "It's not a trivial matter at this time, but I don't have a good solution for a while. The location of the workshop really needs to be changed. At the very least, the production of gunpowder and cement should be the same as ordinary production. The craftsmen are separated."

The three of them thought for a while but couldn't think of any good place.

Ning Qingxi suddenly thought of a place, and Chang Yuan saw that she was hesitant to speak and said, "Miss Ning, did you think of something? But it doesn't matter."

Ning Qingxi hesitated, "I did think of a good place, but it's not absolutely safe."

Chang Yuan said, "Let's listen."

"General, do you still remember the mountain where our family lived before? There is a huge mountainside in that mountain, and we have already built half of the city in it. If we build the other half, it is safe to make gunpowder cement in it." Sex is guaranteed."

"But the other side of Jiuwan Mountain is Jinzhou, so it may still be a little unsafe. If someone climbs up from behind, there is still a risk of exposure."

Chang Yuan asked someone to bring a map. The map was rough, but the location of Jiuwan Mountain could be seen clearly.

Jiuwan Mountain is located at the junction of Taizhou Prefecture, Taixi County and Jinzhou. You can go up to Jiuwan Mountain from any of these three places.

It is really not safe to put the secret workshop on it, because Jinzhou does not belong to them yet.