"Haha! Xiao Ke, you don't have to panic. According to His Majesty's wishes, you should be allowed to grow up in a few years before taking up a post in Shu. In the past few years, you will still stay in Chang'an and take up the post of Governor of Yizhou. , So, before you go to the fiefdom, Xiao Ke, you have to study hard and enrich yourself. When you come to the fiefdom, you will become a wise king and guard the territory for your majesty!"
In Yanhuang Academy, in the mountain chief's office, Li Zexuan looked at Li Ke and gave ardent instructions.
Li Zexuan is very satisfied with Li Ke as a student. He is very talented, can learn everything in one lesson, is good at both civil and military skills, and is very gentlemanly. Li Zexuan has high hopes for Li Ke!
Among the students who will carry forward Yanhuang Academy in the future, Li Ke will definitely have a seat!
Li Ke stood up, bowed respectfully to Li Zexuan, and said, "I will follow the instructions of the mountain chief carefully and never forget them!"
"Um!"
Li Zexuan nodded and asked, "Xiao Ke, don't you want to go to Shu?"
Li Ke was startled when he heard the words. After a moment, he shook his head and said softly: "What if you want to go? What if you don't want to go? As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, sooner or later, I have to leave the capital, leave my father and mother, my teachers and teachers. Classmates, go to a distant fiefdom to take up a post and guard our country for the Tang Dynasty! This is Ke’s mission!”
Everyone can hear the helplessness and sadness in these words!
Li Zexuan stood up, patted Li Ke's shoulder, then walked to the bed with his hands behind his hands, looking out the window at Yunshan Mountain and the village at the foot of Yunshan Mountain. He said with emotion:
"Xiao Ke, as a member of the royal family, of course there will be a lot of helplessness, but in this world, how many people can really do whatever they want and be unrestrained? Each of us has our own mission in life. Are you lamenting our fate? When you are helpless, I don’t know how many people in the world are envious of you. They envy you that you are in the royal family. Once you reach adulthood, you can rush to the fief and be a free prince, free and indulge in the mountains and rivers!
Life is like one besieged city after another. People outside the city want to get in, but people inside the city want to get out. Therefore, instead of running around inside and outside, it is better to accept the reality, accept your own identity, and complete your mission. Come and prove your worth in the world!
The land of Bashu is surrounded by mountains, and there are many local wealthy families and tribes. A little careless management will cause civil strife. The life of the people in Shu is relatively closed and very poor. In the future, you will take what you have learned from Yanhuang Academy and His Majesty's Holy Orders and go to Shu to take up your post. You will manage the wealthy families and tribes in Bashu, so that the people of Shu can be like The people here in Chang'an have become rich. Your Majesty and the Queen will definitely be very pleased, and your teacher will also be very pleased!
This is a kind of inheritance of hope that is not limited by space or geography! Moreover, don’t you think such a life is more meaningful? "
Having said this, Li Zexuan turned around and looked at Li Ke with burning eyes.
In fact, he understood Li Ke's mood very well. Anyone who was kicked out of his hometown by his parents in his teens and went to a strange place would become at a loss. As a member of the royal family, Li Ke, even though he had been prepared in his heart, was in trouble at this moment. After knowing that I will go to Bashu in a few years, I will inevitably feel sad.
Li Ke's eyes gradually turned from hesitant to clear. He bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, the mountain chief, for your enlightenment. I will definitely use the knowledge imparted by the mountain chief to benefit the people of Shu in the future! Ke, never again." I won’t blame others anymore~!”
When he was confused, Li Zexuan helped him clear up the fog and pointed the direction. He was really grateful to Li Zexuan.
Hearing this, Li Zexuan smiled happily and said: "Haha! That's good! From now on, you can take time to go to Yanhuang Bank for internship. The things I teach you are limited to theory. Xiao Ke, you have to practice theory and practice. Just combine them! If these economic methods are used in Shu in the future, they will definitely achieve miraculous results!"
"Yes! Chief Shan!"
Li Ke nodded in agreement. Suddenly, he asked with some confusion: "I wonder what the chief has to do when he comes to the palace to see my father today?"
"Oh, my teacher is asking Your Majesty for a mine in Bashu. Here's what happened..."
Hearing Li Ke ask this question, Li Zexuan briefly explained the matter of the vanadium-titanium magnetite in Weizhou. After hearing this, Li Ke raised his hands and said: "Don't worry, Chief Shan. When Ke takes up his post in Shu, he will definitely manage it well." The people of the country, so that the mountain chief can mine in Shu with confidence!"
Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Haha! Then I will thank His Highness the King of Shu in advance! Haha!"
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Sure enough, in the afternoon, a group of sergeants rushed out of Chang'an City and headed towards Bashu with Li Er's imperial edict.
And towards evening, several eunuchs came from Yunshan Mountain and invited Li Ke back to Chang'an from Yanhuang Academy, saying that it was tomorrow's morning meeting and Li Ke had to attend.
Li Zexuan estimated that in the morning tomorrow morning, Lao Li would directly announce the news that Li Ke would be renamed King of Shu!
Night, palace.
In the Ganlu Hall, Li Er looked at the map of Bashu on the Dragon Table and was in a daze. At this moment, Zhao Song walked in from the outside, stood beside Li Er, and whispered:
"Your Majesty, the spies sent to Yuezhou in Jiangnan a few days ago have returned!"
When Li Er heard this, he couldn't help being surprised. He quickly came to his senses and asked, "How is it? Have you found Li Yu's biological father and mother?"
Zhao Song bowed slightly and replied: "Your Majesty, according to the spies' report, Miss Li Yu's father is called Fu Lingyan, and her mother is called Liu Yixue. It is said that Fu Lingyan was originally a wealthy family in Taiyuan. In the third year of the Sui Dynasty, wars broke out all over the world, and Taiyuan It was also affected. In order to escape the war, Fu Lingyan fled with his wife and daughter to Izuyun Village in Yuezhou, where he stayed for more than ten years!
However, Fu Lingyan and Liu Yixue died of illness last year. Miss Li Yu came to Chang'an from Yuezhou alone. By chance, she met Meng Wenhao, and then became acquainted with the Marquis of Yong'an, and became the "Great Tang" A reporter from the editorial board of the Daily News! "
"Three years of great cause!"
Li Er frowned, as if he had thought of something, and then asked doubtfully: "Why did she, a little girl, come all the way to Chang'an after losing her father and mother?"
Zhao Song bowed and said: "I heard an old woman from Chuyun Village say that Li Yu is not the biological daughter of Fu Lingyan and Liu Yixue, but an adopted daughter. Li Yu should have come to Chang'an all the way to find his biological father and mother. City! But no other villagers in Izumo Village know about this. Only the old woman said so, and no one knows whether it is true or false!"
"Not my biological child! Definitely not my biological child!"
Li Er stood up, put his hands behind his back, and began to pace back and forth. After a while, Li Er waved his hand and said: "Okay! I know everything! You can step back first!"
"Yes, Your Majesty~!"
Zhao Song resigned.
In the main hall, only Li Er's sigh was left, "Li Yu, Li Yu, do you have anything to do with him..."
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Li Zexuan on Yunshan Mountain was thinking about making a light bulb. When Mo Lingwei built the microscope, Li Zexuan once said that he would create a more convenient and stable light source than sunlight, and he was talking about a light bulb!
Otherwise, relying solely on reflected sunlight to provide illumination for the microscope will greatly limit the application of the microscope. Therefore, Li Zexuan plans to start making light bulbs. Just as the hydropower station will be completed in a few months, the first electrical appliance will be used by then. It must be the light bulb, after all, this thing is easier to build!
Thinking about how to make electric lights, Li Zexuan soon fell asleep.
The next day, early morning.
Li Zexuan woke up from his sleep, only to find that Han Yuxi had gotten up earlier than him.
"Eh~? Madam? What are you growing in this flower pot?"
Han Yuxi was using a small shovel to loosen soil for the flowerpots. Li Zexuan was curious and quickly stepped forward to ask.
"Ah! Sir, are you up?"
Han Yuxi heard the sound, turned around quickly, and replied with a smile: "Ms. sir, I am planting white berries! There are orchids, peonies, and azaleas in our yard, but the only thing missing is the white berries." Diezi, I asked someone to buy this flower seed from a Hu merchant in the West Market. It’s already April, so it’s just the right time to plant it~!”
"Baidiezi? What kind of flower is this?"
When Li Zexuan heard this, he felt doubtful and couldn't help but stepped forward.
"Ms. sir, don't you know Baidiezi? The flowers of Baidiezi are all white and look like silkworm cocoons. The silk in the cocoons is as fine as silk. They are especially beautiful when they are in full bloom!"
Han Yuxi looked up at Li Zexuan and said with a smile.
"It's all white and looks like a silkworm cocoon? Madam, please let me see the seeds of these Baidianzi!"
Li Zexuan still didn't understand what kind of flower Baidiezi was. He went up to Han Yuxi and asked for some Baidiezi flower seeds. He put it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He saw that the seed coat of the seeds was black and there were still attachments on the seed coat. A layer of white hairs, peeling off the seed coat, there is a layer of milky white membrane-like endosperm relics close to the seed coat. Seeing this, Li Zexuan immediately exclaimed:
"Cotton? Bai Diazi is actually cotton?"
In his previous life, he was not a pampered rich second generation who did not live in the world. He was an out-and-out rural boy. Of course he had seen cotton seeds before, so he could recognize them at a glance. In addition, he had long known that cotton had a long history in the Tang Dynasty. It is also an ornamental flower, but I didn’t know that Baidianzi is cotton!
"Mr., what is cotton? What does this white stack have to do with cotton?"
Han Yuxi said strangely.
Li Zexuan shook his head and said excitedly: "Madam, you just said that these Baidiezi flower seeds were bought from Hu merchants in the Western Regions, but is it true? How many seeds do they still have?"
No wonder he was excited, cotton is so important to people in this era!
You must know that in ancient China, before cotton was planted on a large scale, the common people could only rely on white clothes and coarse cloth to keep warm in winter. If it were not for the briquettes and coal stoves made by Li Zexuan last winter, many people near Chang'an City would have froze to death just like in previous years. !
Han Yuxi smiled and replied: "Ms., the flower seeds of Bai Diazi were indeed bought from Hu merchants in the Western Regions. They should have a lot of seeds. Mr., how many do you need? I will ask someone to buy some for you!"
"Naturally, you can have as much as you want~! Madam, to tell you the truth, this kind of flowering flowers of Baidiezi can be used to make cotton-padded clothes, which are very effective in keeping out the cold. As long as we can plant Baidiezi on a large scale in the future of the Tang Dynasty, the common people will We no longer have to suffer the cold in winter!”
Li Zexuan smiled.
Han Yuxi was surprised and said: "Mr. sir, do you want to use white folding clothes to make clothes? Isn't this too extravagant? Even if it is made, ordinary people may not be able to afford it?"
Li Zexuan asked strangely: "What? Is this white stack very expensive?"
Han Yuxi nodded and said: "Of course it's expensive, sir! The price of this white dianzi flower is at least dozens of yuan. If it is used to make clothes, how many white dianzi flowers will be needed? There are such clothes among the people. But only some wealthy businessmen with a net worth of tens of millions can afford to wear them! I heard from my mother and father that we used to have clothes made of white folds like this in our house, but last winter we had heating at home, so we didn’t wear them anymore! "
It is generally believed that cotton spread to the Central Plains from the north and south. The South Road was originally Asian cotton from India, which was introduced to Hainan Island and Guangdong and Guangxi regions through Southeast Asia. According to historical records, at least during the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was later introduced to Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan and other regions. The second route was from India to Yunnan via Myanmar, around the Qin and Han Dynasties. The third route is that African cotton was introduced to Xinjiang and the Hexi Corridor through West Asia, around the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The North Road is the "Western Region" in ancient books. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, cotton spread to the vast areas of the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins. By the 13th century, North Road cotton had spread to the Wei River Basin in Shaanxi.
In fact, as early as the Warring States Period, according to "Shang Shu", some tribes in the South China Sea began to pay tribute to cotton to the countries in the Central Plains. During the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Yue tribe in Hainan Island had skilled cotton weaving technology.
In China during the Tang Dynasty, cotton cultivation began to become popular, but at that time it was still regarded as a precious flower and grass. "White fold" clothes made of cotton were exclusive to high-ranking officials. It is still far out of reach for ordinary people to wear clothes to keep out the cold.
Therefore, although cotton had been introduced into China long before the Ming Dynasty, it was only in the middle and late Ming Dynasty that it entered thousands of households. Before that, the horror of "no cotton in winter" was a real experience experienced by the ancient Chinese!
"So expensive?"
Li Zexuan frowned when he heard this. According to Han Yuxi, cotton in this era is basically as precious as orchids and peonies. No wonder no one uses it to make clothes!
"No! No matter how expensive it is, we have to buy it! Madam, how many Baidianzi flower seeds can we buy from the Hu merchants in the Western Regions?"
Li Zexuan gritted his teeth and said.
The reason why cotton is expensive now is because it has not been widely planted. Once it is planted on a large scale and then bred, within two to three years, he will definitely be able to have a lot of cotton! The price of cotton will also be quickly suppressed by him!
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