Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Dingzhou is also a large province with a salt shortage.

The protein meat and some dried tea foods developed by Mr. Zhao contain salt, which is why they are very popular locally.

However, there is a problem with such food, which is the lack of iodine.

So he found the princess and told her the importance of iodine, because the cost of transporting sea salt to Dingzhou was too high, and the people could not afford it, and he, Zhao Sheng, could not afford it either.

Then he sent people to Yanzhou to find local fishermen and buy a kind of seaweed, also known as kelp, and required it to be dried and brought back.

This was the only solution he could think of at the time. Of course, when purchasing seaweed from fishermen, he would also purchase some seafood from the seaside, mainly dry goods.

Fortunately, Luancheng is not too far from the seaside and can be reached in a few days' drive. Because of this, a new product has been added to the ready-to-eat food category.

In ancient times, in the absence of plastic vacuum cleaners like in later generations, prepared food was placed in ceramic jars and sealed with oil paper, then covered with a lid and finally completely sealed with mud.

Because ready-to-eat foods have a short shelf life, Mr. Zhao does not plan to ship these foods to distant places for sale, but only to some surrounding counties.

In comparison, the army's supply is relatively large, because Mr. Zhao has taken the nutritional content of these foods into consideration more fully, and they are well received when distributed to soldiers.

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Today's Luancheng does not look like a city from a distance. Only the southeast city wall has been built. Construction is currently being carried out towards the north, and the east gate has just been completed.

The princess's wedding day is not far away. The only city center that can be used in Luancheng is the central city. The prince decided to set the central city as the princess's residence.

The city wall is still under construction, but the key issue is that it involves many water conservancy issues. Clearing the river, widening or deepening the river are all difficult problems, especially since Zhao Sheng wants to build a river from the other side of Luancheng, but the geographical difference does not allow this.

Mr. Zhao then thought of the device on a certain audio platform that could allow water from a low water level to flow to a high water level without power. However, he tried it many times but none of them worked.

Finally, he thought of using the water pressure difference to press the water into the high water level canal under water pressure through the siphon phenomenon.

Anyway, the river channel needed to be rebuilt. During the research process, the principle of driving the connecting rod in the previous experiment was also discovered, which reminded Zhao Xian of the piston and connecting shaft of a car.

If this can drive a set of gears, wouldn't it be possible to directly achieve semi-mechanization driven by water?

Because of this, the center of the construction of the entire Luancheng was shifted towards the direction of the river. Moreover, the rivers of other cities were outside the city, while the river of Luancheng was inside the city and occupied a large area.

In order to manufacture these accessories, Luancheng had to have another place dedicated to manufacturing these parts, temporarily named the Municipal Council, and recruited some blacksmiths and carpenters from inside and outside the city.

Most people come here just to have enough to eat, but after arriving, they find that not only is the food good, but the benefits and salaries are also high. However, the requirements of the Ministry of Industry are quite strict, and everything they see and hear must be kept confidential.

Some of the more skilled workers even asked to live in the factory and enjoy high salaries, including houses and cars. As they jokingly said at the time, these people were eating the emperor's food.

In fact, this is not the case. This world always gives Zhao Sheng an uneasy feeling, and he always feels that one day he will be in great trouble.

He took some time off to go to Shigang Village. Zhao Zhen hadn't seen Zhao Sheng for a long time and almost cried when they met.

"Look, I'm busy over there. Why are you crying?" Zhao Sheng touched Zhao Zhen's hair and said lovingly and gently.

Zhao Zhen took his arm and pulled him towards the inner courtyard, instructing Wanqiu to prepare a series of things such as boiling water. Wandong was still a little kid, and when Zhao Sheng was not around, she became Zhao Zhen's little tail.

In fact, we are all strangers, but after being together for a long time, we develop some feelings.

"Zhen'er, I'm getting married, and I'm going to be a live-in son-in-law." As soon as Zhao Sheng said this, Zhao Zhen stood there in a daze for a long time without coming back to her senses.

"What's wrong with you? Do you have to be so happy about your brother's marriage?" Zhao Sheng didn't notice the strangeness in Zhao Zhen's expression. In fact, Zhao Zhen almost cried at this time.

"How could you get married without telling me such a big thing?" In the end, Zhao Zhen couldn't hold it in anymore and burst into tears, choking with sobs.

"Well, that's what I meant. When the prince came to me, I had no choice but to act according to the emergency."

His identity has always been a thorny issue in the Great Zhou. He chose Shigang Village because there were many refugees here and he could fabricate an identity.

I didn't expect that my actions were so conspicuous that I had to reconsider my identity.

But Zhao Zhen didn't know all this. He only knew that the person who accompanied him was going to marry another woman. Was he being abandoned again?

Zhao Zhen's tears never stopped, and Wan Dong started crying anxiously beside her. Seeing the two girls crying, Zhao Sheng was also at a loss. He hugged Zhao Zhen with one hand and supported Wan Dong who was hugging his thigh with the other.

"I just got married. I told the prince that, in name only, I am his adopted son, but officially, I was recruited as his son-in-law and given the surname Zhao." Zhao Zhen still didn't understand, but her crying became quieter.

"My situation is a bit complicated, and it's not easy to make it public. This ending is the best for me right now. You will understand later, but you will always be my family in my heart."

In his previous life, Zhao Sheng was a mercenary and did not dare to talk to his family when he was away, for fear of being implicated. Now that he has become a dead prince, he cannot tell anyone his identity either.

Zhao Zhen listened to Zhao Sheng and realized that she would understand later. So she stopped crying and asked weakly, "Then you won't come back?"

"No, I plan to take you all with me. I'll leave this place to Erniu and Zhao Hu. There are many little orphans in there, and I'm going to take them all with me."

The person Zhao Zhen trusts the most now is Zhao Sheng. She doesn't trust anything about other people. Wanqiu and Wandong around her were carefully selected, but they cannot be considered as confidants.

Wanqiu has been following Zhao Zhen, and she has become more organized in her work, and she quickly arranges the tasks assigned by Zhao Zhen.

After returning home, Zhao Sheng took a comfortable bath, had a delicious meal with his family, and slept soundly alone at night. When he woke up, he found that there was someone beside him.

"Zhen'er, why did you come to sleep in my room last night?" Zhao Sheng was sure that nothing happened between them, and Zhao Zhen also slept with her clothes on.

"Brother, I just couldn't sleep yesterday, so I came to you at night. I feel much more at ease leaning on you."

During the days of fleeing, especially when Zhao Shicheng abandoned Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen was worried and scared. Fortunately, Zhao Sheng protected her all the way and treated her like his own family.

She had long been accustomed to Zhao Sheng's presence and regarded Zhao Sheng as her own relative. She felt safe only when Zhao Sheng was by her side while sleeping.