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The number of textile machines has increased, and the inventory has also increased. Working overtime in the next few days should be able to produce the amount that Jiang He needs.

Mu Qing had no intention of selling the grain, so she rejected Jiang He's rice order.

The future market conditions are still unknown. Anping’s grain this year is only enough to feed the people of Anping, and even next year Mu Qing will not sell the grain easily.

Affected by natural disasters, no one knows what will happen in this agricultural era where people depend on God for their livelihood.

Mu Qing didn't dare to gamble.

Only when a certain amount of food has been accumulated will Mu Qing consider selling it.

If the soldiers and horses are not moving, the grain and grass will go first.

Food and fodder are crucial to a war.

When war came, the huge labor force in many cities transformed from "farmers" to "soldiers".

No one cultivates the existing fields.

Once there is no one to provide food, the only way is to rely on a city to transport it from various counties.

Such huge food consumption cannot be squeezed out easily.

Mu Qing wants to prepare for future wars, so she has to start storing food.

As for the food war and the like, when the time is right Mu Qing will consider selling Anping's food in another way. These are not the main factors to be considered at the moment.

Jiang He not only got the supply of snowflake salt he had been longing for, but also gained other goods.

These goods did not appear in other cities, and if she brought these goods to the city where the powerful gathered, the profit would be twice as high as the goods she brought from other places, or even more.

Jiang He wanted to make friends with Mu Qing, so when Mu Qing asked her to keep the source of the goods secret for the time being, she agreed.

As for her guards, they have signed contracts and will not tell anyone about this.

Jiang He didn't understand why Mu Qing didn't want other cities to know about Anping's high-quality and low-priced goods, but as a businessman, she kept her word and would not go against their agreement.

Jiang He stayed in Anping for several days. The people of Anping were very warm and welcoming. It was the only vibrant city she had ever seen.

Jiang He had never seen a ragged beggar on the street.

Not only Anping's commodities, but also Anping's commercial taxes and personal taxes are much lower than those of other cities.

Such a city reminds Jiang He of her hometown.

Her hometown was not only inferior to Anping, not to mention that the officials in Anping were so sincere in serving the people. Jiang He had never seen an official in Nanwan who was not corrupt.

Every time she paid tolls, she had to pay a lot and also had to add some filial piety money.

If Anping were not so weak, she would really like to become one of the people of Anping.

When Jiang Zhong learned of Jiang He's idea, he really started to consider it seriously.

"Jiang He, I think it's a good idea to settle down in Anping. Although Anping seems to have fewer soldiers, the silver-armored soldiers we saw that day were all very majestic."

As Jiang Zhong spoke, he began to envy those silver-armored soldiers.

Jiang He was speechless. The eldest brother Jiang Zhong had learned martial arts from the people in the escort agency since he was a child and liked to play with various weapons. The scimitar she was wearing was bought by Jiang Zhong.

Jiang He naturally knew why Jiang Zhong was envious. In fact, he was just attracted by the other person's weapons.

Jiang Zhongyi said, and Jiang Xin nodded:

"I think Nanwan City is even worse than Anping. There are many thieves in Nanwan City. My shop was robbed a month ago."

Jiang He found that what the two said made sense and couldn't help but be tempted. Nanwan was indeed not as good as Anping. She had originally planned to raise enough money to move her family to Beiyang or Shengjing.

Jiang He’s first choice was Beiyang.

The reputation of Beiyang Mohist School is very famous. The entire Mohist School is in Beiyang. There is an unwritten consensus in this world that this is tacit.

That is, do not kill scholars and literati during war.

Bei Mingzi of the Mohist school was considered a great doctor of the Tianchi Dynasty. He was not only a famous wise man in Beiyang, but also had a certain good reputation in other places.

To be on the safe side, it is safer to settle down in Beiyang.

But based on what the two brothers said, combined with Jiang He's businessman's perspective.

It is obvious that Anping has greater investment potential.

Jiang He believed in her intuition. The gray official roads and tall city walls she saw along the way all verified the difference of the city of Anping.

Maybe this time when she goes back she will consider moving her family to Anping.

Mu Qing had no idea what Jiang He was thinking.

If Jiang He and his family moved to Anping, Mu Qing would definitely praise Jiang He for having good vision.

Anping is developing steadily, and people coming to settle here are an investment and affirmation of Anping.

It's enough to attract people.

Mu Qing worries about the lack of labor in Anping every day.

Generally speaking, the factors that determine victory in wars in this era are still human factors.

The morale of the soldiers, the number of soldiers, and so on.

In a war, winning with the few is a minority after all.

But there are only so many people in Anping.

No matter how many soldiers Mu Qing recruits, the current number of soldiers has reached 20,000, which is almost the maximum.

If there are more, there will be fewer people working in factories and farmland.

I will not move until the enemy is immovable.

As long as no one invades Anping, Mu Qing will stay here quietly.

Sloppy development is the main theme of Anping's development.

Before black gunpowder was developed, Mu Qing had no intention of taking the initiative to start a war.

Speaking of black gunpowder, I wonder how the Gongshu family is doing with the development of the flintlock rifle.

All departments in the base were very busy. Mu Qing had not received any news from Gongshu Yi yet, so he could only research the gunpowder himself, Shen Moyan, and the farmers' disciples.

A flintlock rifle needs to be filled with gunpowder.

The formula for black gunpowder is not difficult to find. Mu Qing has seen many explanations of gunpowder proportions.

The real difficulty lies in its raw materials.

Gunpowder originated from the ancient Taoist alchemy. In order to achieve immortality, the ancients would add sulfur, saltpeter and other combustibles to these elixirs, which led to the emergence of gunpowder.

The use of gunpowder had already begun in this era, but Mu Qing didn't know whether gunpowder had been used in military applications.

However, what is certain is that gunpowder has appeared in fireworks and firecrackers.

The power varies depending on the ratio of gunpowder raw materials.

Black powder is more powerful than ordinary gunpowder.

One sulfur, two nitrates and three charcoal, this is the common black powder ratio among the people.

To be more precise, the raw materials of black powder are roughly composed of 10% sulfur, 15% charcoal and 75% saltpeter.

Needless to say, charcoal factories will have a stable supply of charcoal.

The second is sulfur, which is a common mineral and not difficult to find.

Mu Qing had marked a natural mineral with yellow needle-shaped crystals on the map, and this natural mineral was a sulfur mine.

In fact, most sulfur mines are distributed near volcanoes. Mu Qing was happy for a long time when he marked this mine.

As for saltpeter, Mu Qing had never found any trace of saltpeter mines in Anping.