Tao Zhu smiled softly when he heard this. He took the milk tea out of the food box and placed it in front of Li Qiao: "Have a taste. It will be cold in a while."
There was a small silver spoon in the milk tea bowl. Li Qiao picked up the exquisite celadon bowl in front of him with one hand, picked up the small spoon with the other hand to spread the soy flour and cream, and scooped a spoonful of milk tea into his mouth.
It has a mellow aroma with a bit of silkiness, and it tastes really good.
I scooped another piece of rice mochi and it tasted very good, just as I remembered.
He couldn't help but praise Tao Zhu again. Brother Zhu's cooking skills are so good!
Tao Zhu felt happy to be praised by his lover. He asked Li Qiao to drink it slowly, but he turned his eyes and looked at Li Qiao's desk.
There were some messy papers on the desk, and he picked them up curiously: "Huh? What are you..."
"I just looked at some information about the docks, and suddenly an idea came to my mind, so I drew it."
Li Qiao looked at the pieces of paper that Tao Zhu had already held in his hand.
The shape of a bicycle is drawn on it.
When he "invents" new things, he always tries many times, and only succeeds after making many mistakes and taking many detours.
The bicycle is a very novel innovation in this time and space.
Bicycles rely on human power to move forward, without the help of animal power, and they do not need to push on the ground like scooters.
In addition, there is also the chain transmission technology of the bicycle chain, which is so complicated, so he has to try and figure it out again and again.
So, he drew the drawings first today.
Once you have the drawings, you can then conduct experiments.
Tao Zhu looked at the bicycle on the drawing, his eyes widened with confusion on his face: "How does this car move?"
"There are two pedals in the middle. If you step on these two pedals, you can move around."
Li Qiao explained.
"Ah? Is this possible?" Tao Zhu was surprised.
"This is just my idea. I don't know whether it will work or not. I rarely take a break and don't want to read, so I just thought about it."
Li Qiao moved out for a reason that he had already thought of.
Tao Zhu believed it immediately. He knew very well how busy Li Qiao was every day. He immediately put down the drawings in his hands: "Since it's rare to have a break, don't think about this car. Let's do something else."
"do what?"
Li Qiao tilted his head and asked curiously.
"Think about the marriage between Yuning and Xiaolan. One of them is likened to An being two years older, and the other is likened to An being one year older. They are not young this year."
"Yu An is very happy every day now. Sometimes she even jumps when walking. Although Yu Ning and Xiaolan don't say it, I can tell that they are a little envious."
Tao Zhu stretched out his finger and tapped Li Qiao's nose as he spoke: "Although our children are capable and independent-minded under your influence, but with Yu'an wandering around in front of them all day long, they will inevitably be young and longing for their youth. A good man."
"this……"
Li Qiao was stunned for a moment, but then nodded.
One of these two children is eighteen and the other is seventeen. Even in his previous life, it would have been a good time to fall in love.
What's more, in this time and space, early marriage and early childbirth have always been the norm.
"Is there anyone suitable who has come to propose marriage recently?" he asked immediately.
"No, that's why I told you about it."
Tao Zhu felt a little worried.
Li Yuning and Li Xiaolan's requirements are not high. They don't care about the other person's family background. They just want good character, good looks, and average abilities.
As Li Qiao's niece and niece, this requirement could not be lower.
There are also nobles and officials who send matchmakers here, but none of the young masters and young masters of these families have wives and concubines at a young age.
Xin Zhi knows that there is no other such wonderful thing in the entire capital.
Moreover, with the example of Li Ershan, most of these people looked down on Li Yuning and Li Xiaolan who came from the countryside. They just wanted to curry favor with Li Qiao, so they sent the matchmaker here.
How can I be entrusted with this kind of family for life?
If you don't look for nobles and officials, you are a wealthy businessman, but young masters from wealthy businessmen's families who can keep themselves clean and have the ability and good character are rare.
At least it hasn't appeared in front of him yet.
We can't really let these two children marry into ordinary people's families, right?
"I have asked people to secretly inquire about everyone who comes to the door, but the results are not satisfactory. Since ancient times, men have been easy to get married, but it is too difficult for women and brothers to find a husband."
As Tao Zhu spoke, he looked Li Qiao up and down with his watery eyes, and said with some hesitation: "How about we find a scholar or a scholar from an average family background for them?"
Although he is an ordinary person, he is at least a potential stock.
Li Qiao was amused by Tao Zhu's sizing gaze. He put down the milk tea bowl in his hand, smiled and stretched out his hand to wrap around Tao Zhu's waist: "For a good man like me, I am the only one in Dasheng."
"I know you are good, but people like Meng Yue and Xu Ying are also okay."
"It's not easy to find someone like Xu Ying. He made Brother Hua sad for a long time. We wanted to find a young talent for Brother Hua who was better than him, but the whole Hexi Prefecture couldn't find one."
"As for Meng Yue, she was open-minded and not flattering when she was poor. After becoming an official, she still sticks to her true heart. She still values love and justice, is infatuated and single-minded, and has her own opinion. Even if she is not married at this age, she can still stop her family from talking about her."
"There are few scholars like Meng Yue."
Tao Zhu: "...Then what should we do?"
"Although we can't force this kind of thing, I'll ask someone to keep an eye on it for them."
If that doesn't work, then just like Li Chuntao, look for two talented people with good potential.
As long as his official position is high enough, there is no fear that the scholar will fall out in the future.
In addition to the scholar, there are also new scholars.
Some scholars will focus on studying and wait until they gain fame before starting a family. This is the case with Xin Zhi.
Therefore, he may be able to pick out the mistakes among the people.
Li Qiao had an idea in mind, and when Xin Zhi sent Li Yu'an home in the afternoon, he mentioned the matter to Xin Zhi.
Xin Zhi had studied in the Imperial Academy before, and Xin Zhi had been staying in the Hanlin Academy and knew many more unmarried candidates and scholars than he did.
Xin Zhi patted his heart and readily agreed to the matter.
By the way, I also told him about the situation of wells and ditches in the Xin family's hometown.
Xin Zhi is a man of action. Last time, Xiao Yuan said that Li Shu had worn out his shoulders while carrying water for irrigation. When he returned home that day, he immediately told his grandfather and father about digging more wells and more water in their fields. The matter of repairing ditches.
When the eldest prince broke his leg, Sheng Jun asked several people present to know the true situation at the scene. Marquis Wu An was afraid of offending Queen Peng and did not tell the truth.
Sheng Jun was fed up with the Xin family.
This difference in thought caused Marquis Wuan to suffer for many years.
With such serious consequences early on, he must have told the truth back then.
But it was impossible for him to change his tune, so he could only focus on his descendants. It was rare for the Xin family to have a smart Xin Zhi, and Xin Zhi was far enough away from the eldest prince when he was taking the imperial examination. Therefore, Xin Zhi became the whole The hope of the Xin family.
However, the Xin family protected Xin Zhi so well that during the general examination, Xin Zhi actually wrote a "coupon" to reduce the salaries of all officials. This made Marquis Wu An's eyes darken with anger and he almost fainted.
Fortunately, the Holy Spirit didn't care.
Moreover, this matter did not come to light and the officials did not know about it, but Wu Anhou was very concerned about Xin Zhi, his little grandson.
Their little grandson has no scheming and is naive. This kind of temperament will not go far in the officialdom. If the Xin family wants to rely on Xin Zhi to return to the center of power in Dasheng, it is better to hope that Xin Zhi will marry a good wife or husband. .
Now, Xin Zhi finally has a little brother he likes. The key is that this little brother is Li Qiao's nephew.
While Xin Zhiren was happy, he was also very concerned about Li Qiao and Li Yu'an. Now that Li Qiao asked about the wells and ditches, and Xiao Yuan himself had such a painful and tragic experience, the Xin family would definitely have to deal with it. Get this done as quickly as possible.
Nowadays, the Xin family is busy digging wells and digging rivers on hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland in their hometown. Moreover, half of the carpenters in Huaidong Prefecture have joined the Xin family to specialize in making keel waterwheels.
Now the Xin family has two thousand keel waterwheels!
Li Qiao was very satisfied with the Xin family's actions.
As Li Liang often said last winter, if it doesn't snow all winter, there will definitely be a lack of rain this spring.
Some diligent farmers went to the fields to water their crops on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Recently, farmers outside Shengjing have not only watered their crops, but also responded to the court's call and went to dig ditches.
Farmers know best whether their crops are short of water. Now they only need to dig ditches, and the Seventh Prince will equip them with keel waterwheels. It would be a fool not to do such a great thing.
Shengjing is working hard to fight the drought, as is Huaidong Mansion, where Xin Zhi's hometown is, and the locations of several princely wharves.
Very good.
Counting from the snow that fell before winter last year, there was not a drop of rain or snow in Shengjing throughout the whole winter. There is 80% chance of drought this year. The ditches and waterwheels dug by everyone now will definitely make it possible. Farmers' losses are reduced.
Two days later, Li Qiao received a letter from Jiang Zhixian.
Langfang Mansion was really close to Shengjing, so Li Bujin worked hard and arrived at Langfang Mansion's capital within one day.
Therefore, the letter from Jiangzhi County came quickly.
In the letter, Jiang Zhi County repeatedly expressed that he was very welcome to choose farmland in Langfang Prefecture, and introduced in detail the current cultivated land situation in the six counties of Langfang Prefecture. He also said that he had begun planning to dig ditches and build rivers in the whole prefecture. If Li Qiao chose the farmland in Langfang Mansion, so irrigation will be convenient in the future.
Being an official in Jiangzhi County is the same as being a magistrate in Mingfu. Although he is a magistrate, he knows the situation of each county under the prefecture very well.
Cement roads were paved to Langfang Mansion last year. Now the official road from Langfang Mansion to Shengjing and the official roads between several counties are all cement roads, and the transportation is very convenient.
When Li Qiao's grain harvest is good in the future, it will be easy to transport it to Shengjing.
After talking about business, Magistrate Jiang mentioned at the end of the letter that his grandson Jiang Mao passed the exam in his hometown province and could study in the Imperial College.
Jiang Mao will go to Shengjing next month. He hopes that Jiang Mao can pay a visit to Li Mansion. He wants to ask Li Qiao, the only number one scholar since the founding of Dasheng to win six yuan in a row, to give advice to his grandson.
Li Qiao was very satisfied after reading Jiang Zhixian's letter. When Li Bujin went to Langfang Mansion, he wrote a letter to Jiang Zhixian. In his letter, he asked Jiang Zhixian if he really put the cultivated land in Langfang Mansion, what would happen in the future? Is it convenient to irrigate crops?
Jiangzhi County responded to him with practical actions!
He picked up his pen and began to reply to Jiang Zhixian.
When he was taking the imperial examination, Jiang Zhixian helped him a lot. Now that it is Jiang Zhixian's grandson's turn to take the imperial examination, he will naturally try his best to help.
This Jiang Mao is only seventeen years old, but he is already a candidate. He is young and promising.
