Except for being in the palace and the academy, most people deal with various things every day. After a long time, they must feel overwhelmed.
Otherwise, there were so many emperors in ancient times who loved to travel when they had nothing to do!
It's a pity that firstly, there are so many things that need to be dealt with every day, and secondly, the status of the emperor is too important. Going out once is not a simple trip, and it will cost a lot of money.
Therefore, another situation has been born - Weibo private visit!
It's okay, just dress up and go to a brothel or something.
For example, so-and-so and so-and-so are coming!
There are many good stories that have been passed down through the ages!
For example, Zhao Feiyan and Li Shishi...
However, there are also unfavorable teachers. The Emperor Tongzhi went to the brothel and the flower willow died...
This shows...
Keke, pull away...
It's about traveling.
It is troublesome for ordinary emperors to travel, but in the world of high martial arts, if the emperor is still a coward, there is no need to consider these issues at all.
Like the empress, although there is a guard of honor most of the time, it is just to show the emperor's dignity.
If something really happens, it's not certain who will protect who.
Therefore, when there is nothing to do, it is more time to pack lightly.
For example, now, the female emperor is riding Qishui, Ren Baqian is riding General Wu, followed by Tong Zhenye and a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry, and then twenty or thirty guards, the effect of face is far greater than the actual effect.
"The things planted in this field seem to be different?" The empress asked suddenly, sitting on Qishui's back and looking at the lush field.
Although the empress doesn't know much about farming, she doesn't know how to raise pigs and has seen pigs running. Most of the fields she's seen before are all planted with the same crop in tens or hundreds of acres.
At this time, seeing two kinds of crops intersected in a field, I suddenly became curious.
"It's sugar cane and sweet potatoes! The growth period of sugar cane is relatively long, and it takes more than ten months. It would be a pity to leave the field empty at the seedling stage, and it can be used to grow some other crops." Ren Baqian took a glance and understood that this matter is still He notified the Ministry of Works.
He has long wanted to make sugar cane.
Sugar in this world is mainly extracted from sugar beets, which is too inefficient and too expensive. After switching to sugar cane... Ren Baqian felt that he could start a sugar factory...
This thing collects money no slower than those glass products and spices, at least Ren Baqian has the confidence to take out Lin Qiaole's small coffers.
Lin Qiaole has stayed in Qingxin Palace for so many years, and she has nothing to spend money on, so she should have saved some money...
"Sugarcane, is that the kind of crop you mentioned that can extract sugar?" The empress was obviously very interested in those weed-like sugarcane seedlings in the field.
Or rather interested in sugar.
"The value of this thing is not just sugar." Ren Baqian laughed. "Your Majesty should have seen those cars on the earth, but there is no oil found here, so other technologies must be developed, such as biodiesel, but there is also a very convenient one, which is ethanol. Whether it is sugarcane or sweet potato, a large amount of it can be extracted ethanol.
Although Ren Baqian has decided to develop diesel, ethanol fuel is equally important.
The main reason is that these two fuels have different ignition points, different densities, and different development directions.
Just like the difference between petrol and diesel.
Now Dayao's technology is developing by leaps and bounds, even the steam engine has not been widely used, and it can only be seen in some factories, but Ren Baqian is already preparing to set up a laboratory to study internal combustion engines.
After all, with the internal combustion engine, both the transportation time and the manpower for transportation will be greatly reduced, and even the manpower required for farmland will be much less. Coupled with the cement road under construction, the entire Dayao can develop rapidly.
"Ethanol can be used to make wine, right?" the Empress asked after thinking about it. Although the empress is ignorant... wrong... she doesn't know much about this aspect, but she still pays attention to the things she is interested in. At least she knows that ethanol is alcohol.
"If the concentration of ethanol is high enough, it can be used as fuel." Ren Baqian gave an example: "Water of life!"
The empress' expression suddenly became strange, she looked at Ren Baqian with vacant eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.
A few days ago, when he got married a few days ago, after he and Ren Baqian left, those bastards almost ordered Zichen Palace.
Moreover, Lianliang also demolished half of the wall.
Thinking of this, the empress started to hold her breath, and they set fire to the palace to demolish the palace after she got married
The cause of that time was because of the water of life.
And the culprit who took out the water of life was Ren Baqian.
Naturally, Ren Baqian didn't realize that his mouth was about to remind the empress of what he had done, and he was introducing the functions of those sweet potatoes and sugar cane with a flying figure.
Since the availability of high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, Dayao's food prices have dropped a lot in the past three years.
In other words, the prices of crops such as sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes are low enough.
The monthly income of ordinary people in Dayao is one and a half to two taels of silver, the salary of soldiers is three to four taels of silver, the salary of low-level officials is six taels of silver, and the salary of flying cavalry is ten taels of silver.
One tael of silver is equivalent to twelve hundred copper coins.
However, since Dayao produces less copper, there are more transactions of broken silver.
After all, the people of Dayao are not like other Izumo or Daxia people, who go out to buy vegetables and meat for half a catty.
Izumo people: "Give me two taels of meat! Give me two catties of cabbage!"
Then throw out a handful of coppers.
Dayao people: "Give me thirty catties of beef."
Turn around and change to another stall: "I'll exchange three catties of beef for you one catty of beets!"
In Dayao, it turns out that beef is one of the cheapest foods, only ten cents a catty.
Ordinary people eat four catties of meat a day, and the income of an adult is just enough to feed themselves.
Fortunately, Dayao is the real equality of women, men and women have to work to support the family, so they can barely feed the family.
This is also due to the low fertility of the people in Dayao. If there are seven or eight members in a family, I don't know how many people will starve to death.
Bones cost three Wen per catty.
Mutton costs twelve cents a catty.
However, people can't just eat meat, other vegetables and grains are much more expensive.
Salt is one hundred and twenty liters.
Beets are usually twenty-five to thirty cents a catty.
Edible wild vegetables cost about 20 cents a catty.
The unpolished rice that tastes like a rock costs twenty-five cents a catty, and the black sour flour costs thirty-five cents a catty.
As for the fragrant rice from Izumo and Daxia, even ordinary officials can't afford it, it costs two hundred and fifty Wen a catty, and two taels of silver a bucket.
It takes two catties of meat to be full, but it takes four catties to eat those miscellaneous grains and vegetables, so the poor people of Dayao can only eat meat!
With the passage of three years, two to three high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes a year have begun to impact people's diets in large numbers.
Like now in Lancheng City, sweet potatoes only cost three renminbi a catty, and pumpkins and potatoes cost four renminbi.
And brown rice has risen to thirty-five cents a catty... I found that this thing is easy to grow, so don't worry about it. After the production is large, many people directly plant sweet potatoes, so the price of other grains is actually more expensive!
However, the emergence of these high-yield crops has indeed greatly enriched the people's table, and also made the people no longer have to worry about hunger.
After all, two catties of sweet potatoes are the price of half a catty of mutton.
The dining table of common people has basically changed from stewed beef, roast beef, boiled beef to beef stewed potatoes, beef stewed sweet potatoes, beef stewed pumpkin...
In this regard, Ren Baqian's contribution is not small.
As some news spread from the Ministry of Industry officials who went down to promote high-yielding crops, the people at the bottom were very grateful for what Ren Baqian had done.