Chapter 781 Arrangement
According to the custom, there will be a half-month rest and bathing period for Wang Jian's big wedding, during which the daily life of Heishui will be in the hands of Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao was previously in charge of the "Department of Impermanence" among the four departments of Heishui. It was a hands-on department, but he knew enough about the entire operating system of Heishui. It would be no problem to temporarily replace Wang Jian to watch this stall.
The command envoy Yamen assigned the task of investigating "Nine Fate Returning to Yuanshu" in Wushi City to Zhang Liao, and asked him to go to the intelligence channel in Wushi City to collect as much relevant information as possible under the premise of ensuring his own safety. message.
Now that September is here, not only is Fengri City already extremely hot, but the east side of Wushi City has also entered the hottest season of the year, and it's extremely sweltering.
In the past, this kind of weather relied on the cultivation base to resist heat, or the iced soup, or the fan waving in the hands of the slaves. But this year is different. The advent of the air conditioner gave the people in the dead city another way to resist the scorching heat.
It is an exaggeration to say that every household has an air conditioner, but as long as it can be used on the countertop in the city of Wusi, there is an air conditioner.
Compared with the effect of the air conditioner, the consumption of mere pan-spirit stones is nothing to the people in the dead city, let alone the money. Therefore, the price of air conditioners in the city of vain has always remained high. The best sellers are those with gold and jade shells, while ordinary wooden air conditioners are sold at a low price.
The great sales of the air conditioner gave Heishui an excellent opportunity to infiltrate. Using the installation and commissioning of the air conditioner as an excuse, he could easily enter places that would be difficult to get close to under normal circumstances, such as the residences of major forces, the mansions of prominent figures in the city, etc. wait.
This invisibly puts a layer of cover on the Blackwater spies who use the air conditioner as a cover, and the quality of being recognized by various forces in the dead city is even higher, and it is not easy to arouse habitual suspicion.
At the same time, relying on the reputation of air conditioners and taking over the work of land transportation, Hengshun Car and Horse Company and Gemei Air Conditioning quickly gained a reputation in the city of vain.
In fact, it's not just in the dead city, but similar situations are happening all over Jingjiu Dynasty. Ordinary people basically have no idea about air conditioners, they are extremely expensive, and they can't afford them at all, thinking that the price/performance ratio is too low. The main buyers of air conditioners are nobles and big merchants in the high-profile and red-walled houses.
The situation is so optimistic, the people in Heishui will not be idle. According to Shen Hao's request from the very beginning, Heishui has been researching magic weapons that can be used as wiretapping or surveillance.
The function of this magic weapon is not complicated, and even in the formation circle, there are many formation models that can satisfy monitoring and monitoring. You only need to pick it up at regular intervals, but there is no teleportation function like the thousand-mile note.
But there was one premise that made the plan slow, even stuck. There is only one reason, that is, the concealment has not been solved perfectly.
As long as the formation is in operation, there will be mana fluctuations, the difference is only "obvious" or "subtle". But no matter what the situation is, I dare not take this thing out and put it into use easily. Because once an accident occurs, it will be a devastating blow to the current good situation of Gemei Air Conditioning.
But things are pushed forward bit by bit, and different usage environments have different requirements for the concealment of this formation.
For example, a magic circle created by Heishui recently can maintain its functional integrity, and at the same time has a relatively high degree of concealment. Unless the cultivation base reaches the state of concentration, it is impossible to perceive the subtle magic power of this formation. fluctuation.
It sounds like a weak point, but it is actually very suitable for places where there are few monks, or where there will be no monks from the state of concentration and above. For example, it can be used in merchant houses that are rich but have no status and few powerful monks.
Of course, it will not be used on a large scale. Blackwater is currently mainly testing the magic circle, which belongs to the stage of using and modifying. The selected merchants are also the ones that can be pressed to death at any time, and the leaks can be sealed at any time if there is a mistake.
These situations were sorted out by Wang Jian before Xiumu. Now that it is September, more than half a month has passed since the small-scale trial, so this stage was reported to Shen Hao by the chapter bureaucrat who temporarily acted as the head of Heishui.
"How is the effect?"
Zhang Liao is still the same, looking a bit dull, but his temperament is much calmer than before, and he even has a bit more fierce feeling, which should be cultivated by doing more actions in the Ministry of Impermanence.
"My lord, I have tried it for more than half a month, and there are many problems with the surveillance circle. The main reason is that the image will be blurred due to the influence of light, and it will be damaged after extraction. The effect is still far from your requirement.
The monitoring has been very stable. As long as the words are within the range of four feet of the formation, they can be clearly collected. However, the persistence is not enough, a Pan Lingshi can only last for about ten days. "
"What about long-distance communication? Can there be a breakthrough in this area?" Shen Hao was noncommittal. What Zhang Liao said were purely basic functions, and they were far from his requirements, and it was extremely difficult to use them now. In addition to the concealment of the core problem to be solved, the inability to communicate directly over a long distance is also a difficult problem, otherwise the timeliness of this thing will be greatly reduced. You must know that once the information loses its timeliness, it is basically useless.
"Long-distance communication is still an old problem. Once the long-distance communication is turned on, the mana fluctuation of the formation will increase greatly, and the concealment will drop sharply."
"Let Feilong think of a way to find some formation masters, as well as crafting masters."
"Alchemist?"
"Well. Since the formation is stuck and difficult to achieve, let's try to find a breakthrough in the refinement. You have to go on, this matter must be paid close attention, and we must not slack off."
Zhang Liao should then bow and step down. Although he was only a temporary substitute, he didn't dare to be careless at all, and hurriedly prepared to go back to contact Feilong. Now, with the spread of Gemei air-conditioning, Feilong has withdrawn from the air-conditioning business, and continues to be his black market brother honestly, but has more and more frequent contact with black water.
As soon as Zhang Liao left here, Wang Yiming knocked on the door and came in again, handing over a copper bar, saying that it was the return of the Jingxi Governor.
Shen Hao unfolded it and nodded with a smile. The previous "Jingxi Black Flag Battalion Commander's Yamen Action Plan to Suppress Evil" was approved, and Jiang Cheng also added some expectations to this approval. Come up with a brilliant result. At the same time, it also halved the support for the expansion of the establishment and the allocation of talismans and magical instruments applied by Shen Hao's Shangtiaozi.
Generally speaking, Jiang Cheng's support for Shen Hao is still as firm as ever.
"Notify Tang Qingyuan and Chen Sheng, and ask them to come over immediately. In addition, you draft an expansion plan, and the expansion will be 30%."