The appearance of ice lanterns first became popular not by people heading north, but by people in the capital.
The people in the capital who like to use ice lanterns are not high-ranking officials, or a certain family, but businessmen. After the fifteenth one, someone will immediately follow it.
Inferior craftsmen can sculpt very beautiful ice lanterns with only a little money. The space in the middle is larger, or the lower part is off the ground. You don’t have to worry about putting the candle in it. If it doesn’t work, it’s not easy to be spotted on the ice. Dig a hole in place.
Businessmen use this as an advertising sign, especially in the two most lively night markets, where an ice lantern will be made in front of each shop, even if the sky is gradually warming up.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan finally found out where Li Xun was going after the fifteenth century. He was named the king of Tongan County and he was on Huainan Road.
Normally, a fief like Li Xun will not let him pass, but collect a part of the local tax, which is more of a name.
But for various reasons, Li Xun really wanted to be sent there.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan really don't know whether it was the two of them that changed history or the history they came to is like this. Anyway, Bi Gou, who should have died, is still alive, and Li Xun, who died early, has also been growing healthy.
The two of them were studying this Tongan County now. They didn't know where it was. At first they thought it was in Xuzhou. The name was really messed up. They always changed it, but later they felt that it was wrong.
Fortunately, two people have maps, which are sent by the local government. They are very detailed. They are used to explore for the game. Military maps and commercial drawings. Except for the royal palace, the other detailed maps are in Zhang Xiaobao and Zhang Xiaobao. In Wang Juan's hands, the two of them need to gather together and distribute the benefits.
"Taihu Lake, I saw Taihu Lake, so it's not far from the sea, it belongs to Jiangsu Province? No, this is not a lake, it is a place name, where is it?"
Wang Juan found the word Taihu from the index, and only found out when he was happy that he was wrong.
"That belongs to Anhui Province. It's going up along the river, and down, it's Jiangsu. It's a bit different from what we expected. How big of a place Li Xun can manage? Tongan County, is it a county or a state? Speaking of the state, too OK, it’s a bit smaller than a normal state, and it’s okay to say a county, but it’s a bit bigger than a normal county."
Zhang Xiaobao was worried there with his chin in his hand. He hoped to be closer to the sea and convenient for transportation. He didn't have to make money through logistics, but was mainly able to sell local specialties and buy back useful goods.
"Come on, look at the map and find the specific location. It's next to the Yangtze River. The transportation is simple. Oh, will there be frequent floods?"
Wang Juan's hand points to the map, where a river is clearly drawn.
Zhang Xiaobao made gestures on the map, "It doesn't look like a flooded terrain."
"Why not, if the Yangtze River keeps going eastward, it's okay, but here it happens to turn to the northeast. With such a large margin, it's like the words of the Yellow River." The more Wang Juan looked at this place, the more he felt suspicious.
Zhang Xiaobao is depressed, how can he face danger everywhere he goes, staring at the map, and then he will say: "I don't believe it, we can send water when we go to the place this year, I have decided, go to the place, no, now Just see if we have anyone doing business in the local area.
Plant trees, plant trees in many places, plant hard along the Yangtze River in Shuzhou, and build river embankments. If there is big water from the upper reaches and rush to the opposite side, the willows will grow fast and survive. You said that the trees are now destroyed. It's not too powerful, why can it send water? "
"It has nothing to do with this. If a lot of vegetation is destroyed, then water is inevitable, but it does not mean that there is no forest, and the geology is always changing. Besides, what is the use of planting trees? It is not caused suddenly. The floods are accumulated from the upstream, so if you really want to plant it, go upstream to plant it."
Wang Juan does not complain about environmental damage. Even planting trees can only reduce some disasters, and it is impossible to prevent them. Moreover, if there are too many trees, forest fires are prone to occur. As long as the earth is still turning, as long as the geology is still changing, no one can Said that I will not suffer from disaster here.
The only way is to minimize the chances and invest more money in prevention and emergency.
Of course, the Tang Dynasty did too much damage to vegetation for the sake of food, but the production of deserts must not lay all the responsibility on cutting down trees. There are many reasons that can cause environmental changes, and man-made is only a part of it.
Zhang Xiaobao wants to plant trees, and Wang Juan has no objection. Since man-made damage can be done, he can also fight against the sky for maintenance. In the process of one increase and one decrease, many disasters that should not have occurred can really disappear.
But it is impossible for her and Zhang Xiaobao to go upstream to stop people from destroying forests and reclaiming land. Unless it is possible to find higher-yield grain earlier, where will the people take care of environmental protection? Compared to a disaster that may not be encountered in a lifetime, the most important thing is to be able to eat tomorrow.
"Xiaobao, otherwise just work hard to repair the embankment. It is useless to plant trees in one place," Wang Juan suggested.
Zhang Xiaobao smiled and said, "I don't know that planting trees is not useful for floods? Just make an excuse. There must be fertile fields next to it. If you want to plant trees, do you let them? Isn't it to consolidate the river embankment
I don’t have a deep impression of this place. My dad will always develop in the past. The transportation is not as good as other people’s local canals pass through, and the mineral resources are not easy to develop. Don’t you want to get in and out
Look at the map and you will know that the place is not big. As long as the plan is planned, there will be no delay in planting food, and some medicinal materials can be planted. I found that people now use medicine to gather instead of planting. We used to plant willow trees to prevent disasters. In name, medicinal materials are planted in the spacing of the willows, and the medicines will be sold in the future.
100-year-old ginseng may have a mutated part, that is, a certain element is different, but I don’t think there is any difference between 20-year-old ginseng and five-year ginseng. It's a big deal to increase the dose, and ginseng will not be planted now. Just kind of can be planted. "
"That's what you think? But where can I sell the medicinal materials after planting?" Wang Juan realized that Zhang Xiaobao's thoughts were not put on disasters at all. The excuses were all excuses.
"Of course it was sold to our own house and sold to our hospital. I don’t know whether it was our social development deformity at that time or the current social deformity. Do you think doctors are important? It is indeed important. Healing patients and saving people, there are even imperial doctors in the palace. , On the other hand, their social status is too low.
We can help craftsmen in organizing competitions, and doctors should do the same. This profession and teachers are the same. If we can ensure our character, it will play a very important role in promoting the development of society.
I am going to wait until one day, I can directly let my people in Datang enjoy very low-cost treatment conditions. In the spirit of internationalism, good things should also benefit other countries or races, and even earlier than my people in Datang. Enjoy good medical treatment earlier.
The price is also lower. For example, one stone of copper ore can be exchanged for a medicine for colds, such as Yinqiao tablets in Chinese medicine, to help them, and Japan, which has been living in peace with us, they also Enjoy the same or higher treatment, there is a lot of money there, right? One or two silver dollars, for a pill of this size, can be digested and cheap. "
Zhang Xiaobao finally showed the bad water in his stomach, and made a circle about three centimeters in diameter with his hand still there, indicating the size of the pill.
Wang Juan nodded: "I understand, you are planning to pass on the money lost in the internal subsidy to others. The benefits you mentioned are only for the people of Datang, and then let others pay the bill. That's the same as ours. What is the difference between the Western countries at the time? They put the pressure on the welfare of their own people on other countries through various means."
"That's not the same. The social system is different. People are capitalism. I am very disgusted. What I want to defend is imperialism. Compared with our time, the current medical treatment is backward, but now it is advanced in other places. .
The people of other countries now yearn for Datang just like we yearned for Western countries in the first 50 years. They would rather spend 50 or 60 yuan to go to the international standard fee foreign chain store to buy fried chicken. I don’t want to spend 30 yuan to buy a roast duck. This is not only related to the value of the commodity, it represents a consumer psychology. "
"It's not the international standard price. At that time, the money eaten abroad was equivalent to the currency at the time." Wang Juan also knew about that period of history.
"Let's pull it down, what's cheap? Isn't it cheap to have less food? There are no vegetables. The price of foreign vegetables is high. What I pay attention to is nutrition. In China, I only have meat. I want to order vegetables. Thanks I didn't live in that era. , Ask Grandpa Bi to ask, have my father's affairs been implemented?"
Zhang Xiaobao seemed to have studied the history of that period, and took Wang Juan to ask about his father.
As soon as the two people found Old Man Bi, Old Man Bi spoke to the two people first: "Little Treasure, Cuckoo, now you should rest assured, the place has been set, and you will get it from the third-rank official."
"From the third rank? I thought it was the fourth rank." Zhang Xiaobao was stunned, and at the same time he had other thoughts in his mind. At first he thought that Shuzhou was like a Zhongzhou, that was the official of the fourth rank. Now his father is the lower rank. .
Since it can be classified as the third grade, it must be the governor of Shangzhou. In Shangzhou, there must be a lot of food and the economy must be prosperous. Is that place really that good
While Wang Juan was happy for Zhang Xiaobao, he also asked, "Grandpa Bi, what about my father? My father is still a casual official under the fourth grade."
"This... this is not easy to handle. I will try to find a way later." Old man Bi did not expect that Wang Juan would ask his father for an official at this time. It is indeed not easy to achieve this wish. Just finished the arrangement for Zhang Zhong, it was an exchange of interests. It’s a bit too much to add one more to the position where it arrived.
Zhang Xiaobao knew that Old Man Bi had also tried his best. He was a person who had been idle at home and could still help. It was not easy. He did not get any benefits in the exchange of the benefits.
Since it's not easy to handle, let's delay it.
"Grandpa Bi, when will my father take office? You can't delay spring ploughing." Zhang Xiaobao asked what he cares most about.