According to Li Zexuan's original plan, he just wanted to take these 300,000 chickens and sweep across the states and counties. But since the people of Xinfeng County voluntarily lent him their own chickens, he certainly had no reason to refuse. A total of Xinfeng County There are more than 8,000 households, and each household provides thirty or forty chickens, which can roughly make up more than 20,000 chickens. This is also a big improvement for the overall size of the Tianji Brigade!
On the other hand, now that the children in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun have loudspeakers, the size of the chicken flock that each person can control is much larger than before. The Tianji Brigade completely "eats" more than 20,000 chickens in Xinfeng County If even people from other prefectures and counties were willing to lend chickens out, Li Zexuan would still dare to continue collecting them!
After appeasing the people, Li Zexuan looked at Wang Dezheng and whispered: "County Magistrate Wang, this matter will be left to you. This can be regarded as giving you a chance to make a difference. Now you immediately send the Yamen to inform you." Anyone in the county who is willing to take the chicken to me should come and register as soon as possible!"
Wang Dezheng solemnly raised his hands and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, I will send officials to inform the people of each village and summon all the officials in the county to register the people!"
"Well! It's better for the people to register before Shenshi today, because after Shenshi, we will probably leave for Weinan County to exterminate locusts!"
Li Zexuan nodded and said again.
"The Marquis will leave Xinfeng County with the Tianji Brigade today?"
Wang Dezheng was surprised when he heard this. He thought Li Zexuan's Tianji Brigade was going to stay one night in Xinfeng County.
Li Zexuan nodded and said: "Judging from the speed in the morning, the locusts in all the farmland in Xinfeng County will definitely be wiped out before the official time in the afternoon. Now there are locust plagues everywhere. The disaster is like fire, and the people are living in dire straits. Time waits for no one, if the Tianji Brigade can go to the next place a moment earlier, the people in that place will suffer less losses!"
When Wang Dezheng heard this, he couldn't help being awe-struck. He bowed deeply to Li Zexuan and said: "Master Hou is dedicated to the country and loves the people like his own son. This noble and upright act makes me admire and feel ashamed at the same time. No matter what happens to the court this time, When dealing with a lower official, even if he can only be a small official in the future, the lower official will definitely remember the admonition given by the Marquis today and be a good official who benefits the people!"
Seeing Wang Dezheng's sincere face, Li Zexuan's impression of him couldn't help but change a lot. Even though Magistrate Wang could not escape the blame for the soaring food prices, it was undeniable that Magistrate Wang was an honest person. Generally speaking, although Wang Dezheng had flaws and neglected his duties as an official, he was not hopelessly bad and could still be saved.
"Wang County Magistrate, the Cui family was wiped out overnight last year. I once said this to Your Majesty: The king is a boat; the common people are water. Water can carry a boat, and water can capsize a boat. The Cui family believes that The common people were weak and powerless, so they oppressed the common people arbitrarily and harmed their servants. They had no respect for the common people and eventually died in the ocean of common people!
In fact, the same principle applies to being an official. If you, County Magistrate Wang, do not take the people into consideration and do not pay attention to people's livelihood and public opinion, then when one day the people cannot survive, you will not be able to continue to be an official. At this time, you should know that when a man is angry, he will even take five steps to splatter blood! "
Li Zexuan didn't need to say these words. He mainly said a few more words because he could save Wang Dezheng. What if because of his few words, there is another good official in the world?
Wang Dezheng obviously also understood this truth. Hearing this, he bowed to Li Zexuan with a grateful face and said: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your admonishment! The county magistrate will remember it for the rest of his life!"
"Well! Go and get busy!"
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said.
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"Dee~dee dee~dee dee dee!"
Lantian County, Qiquge New Workshop.
Accompanied by a "didi beep" telegraph sound, Li Tai quickly came to the desk and picked up a pen to record the telegraph code. About a quarter of an hour later, the telegraph finally stopped ringing. Li Tai shook his sore wrist and began Translate telegrams.
"Qingque, someone from the palace is looking for you outside! Get out quickly!"
At this moment, Meng Wenhao walked into the room and said to Li Tai in front of the desk.
Since Li Tai is the deputy chief designer of Yanhuang Academy's second and third trump card projects, he has a special office in this other courtyard, which is convenient for him to receive and send telegrams.
No one outside the project is allowed to enter this villa where the trump card project is being promoted, not even those from the palace who came to deliver the order.
"People in the palace? What do they want from me?"
Li Tai had just finished translating the telegram and asked curiously after hearing this.
Meng Wenhao shook his head and said: "I don't know about this. The little father-in-law didn't say, Qingque, you'd better go out and have a look!"
"Okay! I'll go take a look!"
Li Tai thought for a while, took out a page of manuscript, handed it to Meng Wenhao, and said: "Wenhao, this is the telegram sent back by the chief mountain. Regarding publishing a notice in tomorrow's "Datang Daily", you can take it and give it to Mr. Ma Zhou!”
"Yeah! I'll go right away!"
Meng Wenhao nodded, and the two of them went out together.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty summons you to the palace!"
The little eunuch outside the yard was a little angry because he was turned away, but when he saw Li Tai coming out, he quickly put on a smile and walked forward.
"Father wants me to enter the palace? What's the matter? I'm very busy here~!"
Li Tai said reluctantly.
The two killer projects have entered a critical stage, and he is indeed very busy now!
The little eunuch was instantly choked when he heard this. He thought to himself, what kind of devil is His Highness, King Wei, that he doesn't even want to pay attention to the Holy Emperor's summons? If the other party were an ordinary minister, the young eunuch would definitely have left in a hurry, but the other party was Li Tai, the King of Wei who was very favored by His Majesty Li Er. The young eunuch did not dare to be arrogant or make mistakes. He accompanied him with a smile and said:
"Your Highness, Your Majesty just said that he has summoned you back to the palace for something important, but he didn't tell us what it was. Your Highness, why don't you go back to the palace to have a look?"
Li Tai thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's okay! It just so happens that I also have something to tell my father!"
The little eunuch breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Your Highness, please come this way. The carriage has been prepared for you!"
"What kind of carriage do you want to make? Don't you know that my time is precious? Riding back to Chang'an!"
Li Tai glared at the little eunuch and said angrily.
The little eunuch was stunned for a while, then he quickly bowed and said: "Yes, yes! Let's prepare horses for His Highness right now!"
Speaking of which, Li Tai always rode a carriage before going out. After all, riding a carriage was much more comfortable than riding a horse. Today's abnormal behavior really made the little eunuch unpredictable!
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"My son, please see your father!"
In the Ganlu Hall, after being informed by the chamberlain, Li Tai walked in and bowed to Li Er, who was sitting on the first batch of memorials to be read.
"Yeah! No gifts!"
Li Er put down the memorial, raised his head and looked at Li Tai. After a moment, he frowned and said, "You've lost weight! Qingque, why haven't you returned to the palace to say hello to me and your mother for so long? Even though you have schoolwork on weekdays, the students at Yanhuang Academy You should still have time to return to Chang'an during the weekend break! Your mother has talked about you in front of me more than once~!"
When Li Tai heard this, he felt a little guilty and said, "My father and the Queen are worried about my unfilial piety. From now on, I will definitely go back to the palace to pay my respects to my father and the Queen when I have time!"
Li Er squinted his eyes and said, "What? What do you mean, I haven't had time recently? But something important is involved?"
"Uh...this..."
Li Tai was a little dumbfounded. According to the regulations of the academy, the second and third trumpet projects were top secret projects. No one involved was allowed to disclose them to outsiders, not even his own relatives. But the person in front of him was not only his Relatives are still the masters of this empire. This made Li Tai feel confused for a moment. Should he say it?
"What? What kind of thing makes you want to hide it from me?"
Li Er's face suddenly darkened, and there was a hint of coldness in his voice.
Although he already knew what Li Tai was busy with recently, seeing that his son had to hide it even from him, the father, made him very angry!
A chill ran down Li Tai's spine, and he quickly said: "No! Father! I don't dare! The mountain chief launched the second and third killer projects in the academy a few days ago. I have been busy with this project recently!"
"Oh? The second and third trump card projects? Why?"
Li Er's eyes flashed, he straightened up and asked.
He knew that the academy’s first trump card project was the Bahe Hydropower Station project. He didn’t know anything about the second and third trump card projects. It was because the academy had done a good job of keeping secrets!
Li Tai had already decided to inform Li Er of the trump card project. He no longer had any scruples at this moment, so he continued: "Back to my father, the academy's second trump card project is to improve the current telegraph machine. On the one hand, it will increase the power of the telegraph machine." The second is to enhance the signal recognition and anti-interference capabilities of the telegraph. The third is to build telegraph relay stations in key states and counties to serve as transmitting and receiving relays for electromagnetic waves. Ultimately, the effective communication distance of the telegraph will be reduced. It will increase to more than a thousand miles or even further!"
"A thousand miles~!"
When Li Er heard this, he was completely shocked. Li Zexuan had told him before that the telegraph machine still had a lot of room for improvement. He was still a little skeptical, but now the second trump card project has been approved, which will directly increase the communication distance of the telegraph machine to one It's more than a thousand miles away, and even an improvement plan has been drawn up, so he can't help but not believe it.
"Qingque, come and tell me, is it feasible to increase the communication distance of the telegraph machine to a thousand miles?"
After being shocked for a moment, Li Er came back to his senses and asked earnestly.
Li Tai cupped his hands and said: "Back to my father, the plan for this killer project has been demonstrated several times by more than a dozen gentlemen in the academy. We all believe that a communication distance of one thousand miles is absolutely feasible, and if the number of relay stations is sufficient, thousands of miles The communication distance here is not a problem!”
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay!"
When Li Er heard this, he was immediately delighted, but then he felt that there was something wrong with Li Tai's words, "We all think so? Qingque, what is your responsibility in this project?"
"Well..."
Hearing Li Er ask about this, Li Tai scratched his head in embarrassment. This is because children who have achieved good results want to show off in front of their parents, but are afraid of showing too much and making themselves immodest. "Father, , Erchen is the deputy chief designer of the second and third killer projects, and Mr. Mo Huai is the chief designer!"
“…!!!”
Li Er's eyes widened. Even though he was always calm about changes, he still couldn't hide his shock when he heard that his son had become the deputy chief designer of the killer project, because he knew that the gentlemen of Yanhuang Academy were all talented people, and Li Tai could, as a student , stand out among the crowd and become the deputy chief designer, how rare this is!
"Haha! You are worthy of being my son, Qingque, you are so good~!"
After being shocked, Li Er couldn't help laughing loudly and said: "Last year, Qingque, you wanted to join Li Zexuan's family and go to Yanhuang Academy to study. I was still a little hesitant because you had always studied Confucianism before. I was worried about you being arrogant. I couldn't adapt to engineering at Yanhuang Academy, but I didn't expect that in less than a year, Qingque, your attainments in engineering would reach this level. My father is very pleased~!"
Li Tai felt happy in his heart and said humbly: "Father, I praise you so much. Compared with the mountain chief, my son and minister are still far behind!"
"Haha! Take your time! Don't rush!"
Li Er was delighted when he heard this, and then asked: "Oh, by the way! What is the third trump card project?"
Li Tai cupped his hands and replied: "Father, this third trump card project is that the mountain chief wants to formulate measurement units and standards for some new physical quantities, and make measuring instruments. In addition, the mountain chief also re-formulated the unit of length to facilitate the work. Precision production behind the workshop! Compared with improving the telegraph machine, these tasks are not difficult! "
"Um!"
Li Er nodded thoughtfully and said, "When will this second trump card project be completed?"
Li Tai replied: "Within half a year! The deadline for these two killer projects is half a year. The mountain chief asked us to achieve the set goals within half a year!"
"Half a year? Okay! I will wait for you for half a year! After completion, everyone will be rewarded heavily!"
Li Er said with some excitement.
Just imagine, if the telegraph machine is successfully improved and can communicate thousands of miles, then the land of the Tang Dynasty will be several times larger, and Li Er will be able to control state affairs and military affairs at the palm of his hand, which is beyond the reach of the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty. What an achievement!
Li Tai remembered something at this time and said: "Father, the current telegraph machine has been initially improved by us. It is estimated that the communication distance can reach four to five hundred miles. This time the mountain chief went to other counties to exterminate locusts with the improvement we have just made. I have passed the telegraph machine, and this time I am trying its maximum effective communication distance! Oh, by the way, just now, Chief Shancai sent back a telegram, which is about Xinfeng County. I would like to ask my father to read it~!"
After saying that, Li Tai took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and raised it above his head.
Li Er's eyes flashed and he said quickly:
"Oh? Submit it to me for a look!"
Zhao Song quickly took it and handed it to Li Er.
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