"The weather is nice these days, remember to take out the quilt and dry it in the sun more often."
"Yes, Princess."
"Counting the days, I estimate that when it is almost here, let them come over every day to open the doors and windows, get some air, and clean up."
"Yes, Princess."
"And..."
…
Gu Qingling explained in detail, full of concern.
To be honest, she was a little worried that Yao Anhong and Yao Anyi would not be able to adapt when they first arrived.
There is another biggest difference between Shuxiangyuan and other places, that is, you cannot bring anyone in with you.
All students are required to be "self-reliant" and learn basic life skills.
One of the advantages that Yao Anhong and Yao Anyi have over others is probably that during the years they were in Gu Qingling's courtyard, Gu Qingling let them do their own thing.
After the early adaptation phase, they should...
Can you master it quickly?
Gu Qingling was a little unsure, but she hoped they could understand her painstaking efforts.
It was evening in a blink of an eye.
After having a meal in the dining hall, the princes and grandsons were free to move around.
Seeing that it was not too late, everyone suggested that they go back to the classroom and do their homework.
There is no way, some of them have to go back to the study room tomorrow, and some of them have to go back to the previous school. If they don't complete the homework assigned by the teacher, they will be punished tomorrow.
One by one, they quickly took out their books and began to memorize them while shaking their heads.
Of course, when there are more people, it is inevitable that some people will desert and discuss issues with the people at the front and back desks.
"Hey, let me tell you, I found an interesting book on agriculture in the library...it actually said that chickens and ducks can prevent locusts."
"Chickens and ducks can be locusts?!" After the twenty-second prince Li Zheng heard this, he immediately pricked up his ears and asked the man to speak more clearly.
Seeing that he couldn't explain clearly, the man took out the book and showed it to the twenty-second prince Li Zheng: "You see, this is what it says. Someone did an experiment and fed locusts to chickens and ducks, and found that they especially like to eat...
Some people have also discovered that certain birds also like to eat insects... Others have discovered that locusts like to hang out in relatively low-lying areas. When they turn up their eggs in the mud, there are a lot of white things..."
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng couldn't believe it. He opened the locust chapter in the so-called "Agricultural Science Strange Talk" and it was like reading a strange book.
Who doesn’t know about locusts? Once an insect is as big as a finger, it will fly everywhere in the sky.
It is said that they specialize in eating grain.
Every time locusts broke out, Emperor Mingguang would be so anxious that he couldn't sleep well for several days.
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng clearly remembered that one year when he was still young, he happily took his schoolwork to Emperor Mingguang who was looking for his mother and concubine, hoping to get a reward.
As a result, Emperor Mingguang happened to be in a bad mood. Before he did anything, Emperor Mingguang scolded him, saying that he didn't know how to do anything, so he just knew how to play.
At that time, he and his mother and concubine were so frightened that they had no idea what they had done wrong.
Later, his mother-in-law learned from other concubines that Emperor Mingguang's recent temper was entirely caused by locusts. She asked the masters in the harem to be more honest and not to be angered by Emperor Mingguang.
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng, who had already been angered: "..."
It was precisely because of this incident that he had a particularly deep impression of the locusts, and he would always remember the time he was reprimanded for this thing.
"Are the things you recorded above true?"
"Who knows? This book was written for the first time. It is said to be a miscellaneous account of strange knowledge in agriculture. This is not necessarily true. They are all kinds of 'odd stories' collected from various places. Everyone is welcome to correct me."
As he said that, he turned to the first page and let the twenty-second prince Li Zheng read it.
The twenty-second prince Li Zheng suddenly felt disappointed.
Oh, it turns out that it’s not true.
Make him happy in vain.
If only it were true...
When he returned to the palace the next day, the twenty-second prince Li Zheng "borrowed" the book and planned to take it back to the study and find the most knowledgeable gentleman in the study for verification.
Great Confucian of the time: "..."
You said it may not be true, so why did you take it back?
Are you embarrassing an old minister?
There was no other way. The great scholar of the time could only tell the twenty-second prince tactfully that no matter what happens, we cannot follow others' opinions and need to be careful to verify before we can get the truth.
It was as if he had not said anything. The twenty-second prince Li Zheng was speechless and felt that he had been deceived.
Could it be that his academic performance is not good, so his husband looks down on him and is too lazy to answer his questions?
The twenty-second prince Li Zhenghou, who felt uncomfortable, muttered to his companion.
After listening to the reading, I came up with a bad idea: "Sir, didn't the "Natural History Journal" say that no matter what the question is, you can boldly seek verification? Since I want to know this question and don't know who to ask, why not send it to
Post it in the newspaper and let everyone discuss it. Maybe in such a big world, someone has really found out?"
"It would be too embarrassing if people knew that it was me who posted such a weird question, wouldn't it?" Although the great scholars of the time did not directly deny it, they told him not to follow others' opinions, so it must be more or less the same.
No matter how much the twenty-second prince Li Zheng hates locusts, he will not make fun of his own reputation.
"Hey, sir, you can say that you have read the book "Agricultural Strange Stories" and feel that the questions above are very interesting and worth sharing with everyone. As for the rest, let the readers guess for themselves, right?"
"this……"
"I didn't say you asked the question, nor did you say what your opinion was. You just raised the question. As for how to answer it, that's their business..."
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Little did Gu Qingling know that the "Agricultural Strange Stories" she had specially compiled would fall into the hands of the 22nd Prince Li Zheng and arouse his interest.
If she knew that someone doubted the "scientific theory" she mentioned above, she would probably teach them a lesson - who said it was false?
Locust biological control methods have been tested by time and history.
The world she lived in in her previous life relied on this to control and control locusts.
Gu Qingling really wanted to carry out the "agricultural prevention and control" of his previous life, but the problem now is that the people can't even fill their stomachs. Who would consider planting less crops such as corn, wheat, sorghum, rice, and millet?
Come on, the wheat, sorghum, rice and millet grown now are not enough for the people to waste.
As for corn, it is still being planted in Gu Qingling's experimental farm. Only a few farmers in the surrounding area have started sowing. It is still early for large-scale sowing.
There is no way, once something is cultivated, you have to cultivate the seeds, right?
How many seeds can Zhuangzi cultivate?
Just those few experimental farms cannot satisfy the whole country. What's more, there are other crops to be tested in the experimental farms, and there are not many seeds left for certain experimental cooperative crops.
Therefore, they had to "attract" the surrounding people to help with experiments and breeding.
Just in case, Experimental Zhuangzi will make several preparations. One is to leave some seeds for himself. If the common people fail to plant them, Experimental Zhuangzi will still be prepared.
First, experimental farmers across the country exchange knowledge and see if the seeds cultivated by other experimental farmers can grow well in their own area under different geographical environmental conditions.
If it can, that's a good thing.
If not, then we won’t promote it here for the time being.
At the same time, we need to work harder here to see if we can improve the seeds so that they can grow here.
