As the rare food to be preserved, Li Longji had the only luck to taste it, and then sent someone to the champion building to inquire, and got a reply that he could only eat one meal after three days. This was because of his unusual status.
Li Longji had to temporarily suppress the Wotou matter, and looked forward to the arrival of every three days, reinvesting his energy into all aspects of Datang.
According to Wang Juan's words, Li Longji at this time as written in the book should be in a state of great success. A bucket of millet only needs a few cents. In the flattery of many officials, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous.
But now Li Longji no longer has any thoughts to relax. Zhang Wang's family and other businessmen jointly opened sales and transactions throughout the entire Datang, even in the most remote places, there is no lack of such commercial cooperation.
In addition to doing business, this part of the shop is also responsible for collecting information, such as the living conditions of people in a certain place, where the officials have bad evaluations from the people, and then sent to the capital to let Li Longji understand that his country is not good now, and it is better than ideal. The difference is far.
Zhang Xiaobao also took the opportunity to deceive, telling Li Longji how wealthy the legendary place has become. It was winter when his family had fruits, and all he wanted to eat all day were vegetables, and the meat was so boring.
There is also a car that can travel dozens of times or a hundred times faster than a horse-drawn carriage. It only takes two days to reach Luzhou from the capital of Datang, and everyone has a very small radio station, which you can carry in your pocket at any time. When I came out to greet the family in the Tubo area at the Heishui Dudu's Mansion, I was still able to see people's shadows.
Medical treatment is even more incomparable to the Deyi Medical College. When hunting in the mountains, don’t give ears to wolves. It’s okay. As long as you hide, don’t let the wolf bite your head off for the time being. Use that small radio station to tell the special section that there will be Something that flies hundreds of times faster than a hang gliding wing flies over to rescue people, and then grows an ear to mount it again like a farm.
For example, Li Longji would never believe it before the emergence of a ship without a telegraph and steam engine, but now he has to believe it.
So after making a comparison, Li Longji felt that the people of Datang were not doing well, at least he was not doing well, not comparable to ordinary people in that place, and he couldn’t grow any more if his ears fell off. One, this is the gap.
After looking at the information on the various areas of Datang that was sent to you after the summary, there are still many places where people can’t eat white noodles and rice. They can only eat millet, not to mention meat and eggs. Don’t expect to see fresh in winter. cucumber.
"I have to work hard." Li Longji closed the document summed up by Hedong Dao, picked up a small iron box on the book case, dripped two drops of eye drops mixed with borneol, and said to himself.
Gao Lishi, who was not far away, made a gesture to the little eunuch. Not so much. The little eunuch brought a tray back. There was a bowl on the tray with things in it.
"Your Majesty, it's late, drink some beef radish soup, and rest early." Gao Lishi put the bowl in front of Li Longji and persuaded.
Li Longji raised his head, squinted at the electric lamp hanging above his head, then glanced at the clock on the wall, the pointer pointed to eleven, and nodded: "It's time? Time flies, no matter how small it is. You can help me and find two more people who can rest assured."
Picking up the fast turnip from the bowl, Li Longji stared at it, "The winter turnip is also a small ginseng. I heard that Xiaobao and the others are growing ginseng in Jilizhou. What happened to it?"
"It was planted last year. It is said that it will be planted for five years. At that time, the hospital will have more ginseng and a lot of other medicinal materials. Don’t worry, your majesty, let them plant all the pearls. What's more, ginseng, oh, Xiaobao Letter, mentioning the cornmeal wotou that your Majesty ate yesterday."
When Gao Lishi was talking, he took out a gadget from his sleeve. There was a bucket. Then he took out a little leaf that came with the nest, stuffed it in, struck a match, and took two mouthfuls. Looks a lot of energy.
Li Longji chewed the beef tendon deliberately put into the bowl, and asked in a vague voice, "What's the matter with cornmeal?"
"I said that after a few years, I can use corn to feed cattle, especially cattle. I want the minister to help select cattle with a lot of meat. Later, they will be specially raised to eat meat and save other food. It’s good for cattle. Before the corn matures, even the corn cobs and stalks are shredded together.
The minister wondered whether it should set aside a special area in each of the Datang mansions to raise cattle, part of the farmland, part of the meat, and part of the milk. "
Gao Lishi's eyes looked at the bowl on the table and replied.
Li Longji suddenly said: "Oh... I understand. I really think corn is so precious. I didn't expect Xiaobao and cuckoo to be brought back from other places to make fodder. They should be raised. I heard Xiaobao said, that place People, whether adults or children, can drink fresh milk every day. Many of my children in Datang can only drink soy milk. I still don’t believe in this evil. If others can do it, so will I do it."
Gao Lishi nodded vigorously, expressing support and trust.
"Xiaobao wrote to say that he was going to travel and he was flying in a hot air balloon. Has things changed in Silla?" Li Longji didn't know where Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were going to travel, for fear of delaying Silla's deployment.
"The minister has heard the news that Xiaobao ordered his family’s industry to send all kinds of good goods to the border of Silla and Datang, such as the clock on the wall, such as pearl jewelry and cosmetics, and beautiful clothes. , A complete set of glass supplies, I want to make a big deal with Shilla."
"What deal?"
"For charcoal, the price is very high. The price of charcoal of the same quality is 1.5 times that of my Datang. There is also negotiation about opening a smelter in Xinluo."
When Gao Lishi was speaking, he wanted to point to the charcoal brazier to signal to the emperor, but he stopped suddenly. There was no charcoal brazier here, and it used heating, like pipes in the underground plate.
Li Longji also knew Gao Lishi’s thoughts just now, and smiled contentedly, “Technology must be developed, otherwise I still use candles and roasting charcoal fires. It seems that Xiaobao is going to cheat people again. Take the time to ask more questions. Weapons research part. Is there any new weapon coming out, which makes me happy, even if it is the experimental stage."
"Yes, the minister went back to contact him, and the minister remembered something, which might make your majesty happy. The cuckoo's letter to his family said that Xiaobao spent a lot of money this year to build a place to nurture kelp in Jilizhou, Xiaobao called Kelp, it means that if there is no mistake in the year, many kelp can be produced, and then let Dengzhou also learn to raise it.
After they were dried, they were sent to various places in my Datang, and they were sold to every household at a low price. It could prevent big neck disease. The two of them originally planned to extract something from kelp and put it in salt, so that the people would eat the salt. Yes, but because the technology can't keep up, it can only be postponed indefinitely. "
Gao Lishi didn't know the extent of weapon research, and came up with another aspect to tell the emperor to make the emperor happy.
It's just that Li Longji didn't look happy at all.
"Yeah, the technology can't keep up. Xiaobao and Juanjuan can think of this. It is probably their master who said and listened to them. That means that the technology of another place has been reached. We are still far away. We have to catch up. At least I also have to wait for someone to have the strength to parry when they call, and I'm sleepy."
Li Longji clenched his fists and ate the contents of the bowl as quickly as possible, letting Gao Lishi arrange to freshen up and go to bed.
In Luzhou, in the jungle northwest of the Match Factory, a group of people are busy, some are responsible for recording, some are hands-on.
When everything was ready, with a loud noise, smiles appeared on the faces of the people who participated in the experiment.
"Finally it was done. It was sent to Xiao Gongzi and Xiao Niangzi. Picric acid has been successfully developed. Trinitrotoluene is under development. The experiment of the new artillery is completed. The maximum range is 6.6 kilometers. The refining of gasoline and diesel failed. New methods are being developed. ."
The speaker was the craftsman who won the first place in the competition in the capital, Zhang Tianyou, after being selected at that time, he has studied with Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan for a period of time. Most of the books written by Wang Juan were his first. Look, I was later sent to Luzhou to take charge of scientific and technological research and lead the overall situation.
The people in charge of researching the new gunpowder stood tall when they heard what he said. Although they lost their freedom since they joined the research, the standard of living of their family members is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
If it weren't for the Jiaru research team, they might still be ordinary craftsmen who died within the limits of a certain county. Now they can at least wander around in Luzhou, or the kind that many people protect.
The ticking telegram sounded, and it was transmitted to Jilizhou all the way, but it was a pity that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan could not receive the news for the time being.
At this time, Luzhou did not stop working in the sea with the advent of winter, and the number of ships that went in and out every day still did not decrease.
Xinyuan Island has not yet been fully occupied and detected, and profit-seeking merchants have begun to go further away, such as a group of small islands next to Xinyuan Island, and there are islands that are not smaller than Xinyuan Island on the other side connected to the new island. All merchants passed by.
Ordinary businessmen used to explore resources, figure out a way to get on the ship, and then pull back to Luzhou, pay a portion of the tax, and wait to make a fortune.
Sun Miao is also the captain of a fleet in the south of the Yangtze River. He has a wealthy family. He was born as a member. Unfortunately, after several consecutive imperial examinations, they all ended in failure. After the new year, he gave up the idea of continuing to enter Beijing and was ready to find another way. To develop.
When he was on Xinyuan Island, he participated in the first advance team composed of merchants and made a lot of money. He also got to know the owner of another merchant. Frozen was that he quietly married home and became a flat wife.
There are two wives and three concubines in the family, sons and daughters run around everywhere, older sons and daughters have already entered the school, and their academic performance is not bad.
It stands to reason that he should be content, but who knows that a 22-year-old son of one of his neighbors went to Beijing this spring to take a test of a Mingjing background and stayed in Beijing as an official.
Now the status of the neighbor is obviously higher than that of his own home. In May, the house was rebuilt according to the specifications of the sixth grade official. My father complained more than once in a letter, and the meeting was lower.
Sun Miao also felt aggrieved. When he was a juror, his status was higher than that of his neighbors. Now he has no chance. He can only pin his hopes on his son. But his son is too young. How could he go at the age of twelve? The imperial examination? He didn't even have the identity of Juren.
Unless the ancestor’s grave is smoked, his son suddenly becomes Zhang Xiaobao, and his daughter becomes Wang Juan. Otherwise, even if everything goes well, he will have to wait for ten years. Could it be that the neighbors will be suppressed for ten years? official
Sun Miao was worried about this, and when he was looking for an opportunity, the opportunity suddenly appeared in front of him.
There are quite a few tribes on another big island not too far from Xinyuan Island. When I went last time, there was the head of a big tribe, or the patriarch, if not the chief, he would be so personal anyway. I learned Datang's words very diligently, and was able to carry out simple exchanges.
When talking about the exchange of goods, the other party suggested that he wanted to meet the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. That was not a normal worship. Perhaps the head was so exhausted that he could not imagine the extent of the majesty of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.
The speaker has the heart, and the listener is even more intentional. Sun Miao's heart is alive, and he can't pass the exam of Chunwei, so he can be an official through other roads. No one in the family can make a great contribution for himself. Isn't it enough
With an idea, Sun Miao who came back began to get in touch. He didn’t go to Luzhou’s governor stupidly, let alone write to Jingcheng directly. Although he was qualified to send a letter to Jingcheng, he knew to send it. It's useless, the emperor can't see it at all.
After thinking about it for two days, he found Luzhou’s business alliance. One alliance is under the control of the King Zhang family. If he wants the emperor to know, the emperor will know. Secondly, the King Zhang family will not take credit for his work. This kind of prestige does not care about the merits of the tribal leaders on an island, the most important thing is that the Zhang family is very talkative and friendly.
This connection has really been established. The person in charge of Luzhou directly agreed. As long as Sun Miao is sure to get the head of the tribe to the capital and bring a large number of local specialties to pay tribute, then the Luzhou party will be responsible for the road along the way. Protection work and contact matters upon arrival.
Before winter came, Sun Miao brought the people arranged by Luzhou to the island and found the head of the tribe, the hills and rocks. The name was given by the head of the tribe. At first, he said he would follow the emperor's surname Li, but was later discouraged. , If the surname is not passed down from the ancestors, you can't have a random surname, it should be bestowed by the sacred, especially for people who do not belong to the Tang Dynasty.
After Shan Tu Shi knew that he could go to meet the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, he was very excited. He prepared a lot of things he thought was good, and he wanted to go with Sun Miao.
But I don't know who leaked this matter out. As a result, it was blocked and hunted down by the joint efforts of the other two neighboring tribes, and Sun Miao naturally became the target of being hunted down.