Due to her age, Dou Jing's life has basically ended here. As a Jiuqing, she is considered a prominent family and has a glorious ancestor. She is just waiting for the day when she can no longer endure it, so she will retire from office and go home to take care of herself.
Although he has been approaching seventy for a few years, he does not consider himself very old...
But when she heard Fang Jun say the words "Publish the world", Dou Jing instantly felt a rush of blood rushing to the top of her head!
Sinong Temple is in charge of farming in the world. If Fang Jun compiles an agricultural classic, how can he bypass Sinong Temple? Besides, since Fang Jun can come to the door, he obviously has the intention to cooperate with Sinong Temple.
This is like pie in the sky!
Writing a book and talking about it, this is a remarkable achievement that many learned scholars have dreamed of but could not complete until their death. Are they going to fall on their own heads?
Dou Jing felt that the blood all over her body was flowing faster and her body felt lighter. The only doubt she had was that Fang Jun had the ability to publish this agricultural classic that had not yet appeared in the world.
This is not something that can be accomplished with a little money. If the number of publications is not enough, it cannot be widely popularized to the greatest extent, so what is the point? Most literati have this ability when it comes to just writing books. Of course, the level cannot be guaranteed, but the greatest The difficulty is the publication of books!
Due to the limitations of printing capacity, the cost of books in this era was very expensive, including expensive paper, expensive engravings, and even more expensive inks... Therefore, the price of books remained high. Ordinary people who wanted to buy a book had a heavy burden. Among literati It is more popular to borrow books and copy them. Firstly, you can deepen your understanding of the contents of the book. Secondly, it is also to save money.
Even if Fang Jun invented movable type printing, it would still require a huge expense to distribute it throughout the world.
Faced with the question, Fang Jun didn't care at all, and just said: "Above money, there is no need for seniors to worry. If juniors dare to say this, they will naturally have concerns. There is just one more thing, and I would like to ask seniors for help."
Of course you have to ask us for help. If you don't want to help, why would you come to your door? How can we get a share of this great good thing if we don't help?
Dou Jing's political struggle experience has already reached the level of returning to nature, and she knows that there is no need to play tricks at the moment, and Fang Jun will naturally be of use to her.
If you want to gain something, you must lose something.
If you want to make a profit from this agricultural book that is published all over the world, you will naturally have to pay accordingly.
Dou Jing said happily: "I and your father are close friends. In my eyes, you are just like my nephew. You don't need to be seen outside. If there are any difficulties, it doesn't matter. As long as I am within my ability, I will spare no effort to help you." .Writing a book and establishing a theory is an important event that will last forever. How can I stand idly by and watch?"
Sure enough, people become better with age. Look at what they said. They obviously want to get benefits, but they also have to give out a favor...
But now that I have said this, the relationship has immediately become closer and we can get along more comfortably.
Fang Jun said: "In this case, my nephew will share his thoughts with his seniors. Seniors are rich in experience, so please give me some advice... Since we are compiling agricultural books, we naturally have to ask seniors to mobilize Sicheng, who is subordinate to Sinong Temple. Officials with rich farming experience, such as the Department Order, brainstormed, learned from everyone's strengths, and pooled their efforts. At the same time, they gathered information on climate, hydrology, temperature, etc. from all over the world, classified them into categories, and compiled corresponding farming methods according to different regions."
This is why Fang Jun approached his boss, Sinong Temple, to seek cooperation.
Farming is not a simplistic thing, and it is impossible to apply one program to everyone. The soil, climate, precipitation and other conditions in each place are different, which means that the farming methods are different, and they must be based on the local natural conditions.
, make changes appropriately.
The gap between the Tang Dynasty and later generations is not just a time gap. It is not an exaggeration to say that a thousand years have changed the world. Fang Jun has no idea about the current climate and geological conditions, so how can he compile agricultural books that are suitable for farming in various places?
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The villages under the Sinong Temple are assigned at the lowest level to prefectures and counties in all states in the world. They are in charge of farming and farming, doing homework and livestock accounting, setting classes based on floods, droughts and locusts, encouraging farmers to engage in farming, and supervising land taxation. As long as they
When these supervisors from all over the country are gathered together, they can learn about the geological conditions of various places in the world, and only then can they compile agricultural books perfectly.
Otherwise, Fang Jun would simply do it himself. With his agricultural knowledge and farming technology that was thousands of years ahead of the Tang Dynasty, he didn't need help from others at all...
Although Dou Jing is not from a farming background, she has served as the minister of the Sinong Temple for many years. As the highest official in the agricultural class in the world, she is naturally familiar with farming. When Fang Jun said this, Dou Jing immediately understood what Fang Jun meant.
To put it simply, with the help of the administrative resources of Sinong Temple, we collect the geological conditions from all over the world and compile them to Fang Jun, who will take the lead in compiling the agricultural books. Of course, as the highest official of Sinong Temple, he can edit the agricultural books in
Signature in the author column...
Dou Jing looked at Fang Jun doubtfully: "Erlang knows about farming?"
In his opinion, this was really unexpected...
Who in Chang'an doesn't know that Fang Jun is a dandy? Although classic poems have been circulated frequently in recent years, and the confrontation with Jiangnan Confucian Wang Xue'an in the Chongxian Hall not long ago was even more shocking and brilliant, but
How could he farm?
Although the dynasty divided the people into four classes: "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants", farmers seemed to be just slightly lower than the scholar class, but in fact they were already the lowest class. Craftsmen mastered ancestral skills, and businessmen created a lot of wealth.
, farmers are already in a disadvantaged group compared with them.
How could a man like Fang Jun, a son of a well-off official and well-fed man, have no time to learn how to cultivate crops?
Fang Jun asked curiously: "Senior, have you never heard of the method of raising seedlings?"
The method of raising seedlings he invented last year has become popular in Guanzhong this year. Most qualified farmers have adopted this method to raise seedlings in advance. As a minister of agriculture, Dou Jing didn't know this?
Dou Jing was shocked: "Is this method really created by Erlang?"
Fang Jun asked in confusion: "Senior, why do you ask this?"
Of course I was the one who pioneered it. Without me, who could have brought the seedling cultivation method that was developed thousands of years later to the Tang Dynasty?
Dou Jing looked Fang Jun up and down and said in admiration: "There are rumors among the people in the market that this method was pioneered by 'Erlang of the Wind and Calling the Rain Fang', but the old man has never believed it. After all, Erlang's long-standing reputation will not make people
People believe that you will calm down and study farming..."
Fang Jun is depressed...
Reputation is indeed a good thing. Just because he had a bad reputation in the past, everyone would think of him when talking about fighting and causing trouble. When talking about the method of raising seedlings, even if he heard his name, he would not believe that he was the pioneer...
It seems that the idea of compiling agricultural books on a whim this time is really the best one.
Once this book is published all over the world, our Fang Erlang's reputation will definitely take on a new look and people will praise him! This is not as simple as a false reputation. In this age where moral character is infinitely respected, a good reputation is simply equivalent to a talisman!
As long as this agricultural book is compiled successfully, Fang Jun's reputation will be spread all over the world. It is still not an exaggeration to say that it will be a gold medal for avoiding death, but it is not an exaggeration to seek good luck and avoid disaster!
Not only can he transfer his advanced agricultural knowledge to the world, helping more farmers get more grain from a stone and eat more food, but he can also improve his reputation and reverse the bad reputation of being a "stick" in the past. It is simply killing two birds with one stone!
Not to mention, right now, Dou Jing's perception of Fang Jun has completely changed.
Each song is a masterpiece that is so classic that it can be passed down from generation to generation, which has already promoted Fang Jun's status to the pinnacle of scholarly circles.
The most important thing in the cultural world of the Tang Dynasty was "Poetry, Wine and Romance". In this era before the eight-part essay appeared, an immortal poem passed down to the world could establish a literati's lofty status, and even make a white man prosper with it.
Jump over the dragon gate and become an official!
And how could Fang Jun’s famous poems be just one or two?
It can be said that since the Tang Dynasty, Fang Jun's achievements in poetry have been enough to crush all the great scholars in Hongxue!
With the spread of the "plagiarism" incident in Chongxian Hall and the circulation of many of Fang Jun's famous poems, although Fang Jun has not yet gotten rid of his reputation as a playboy, scholars have recognized his status.
I can’t deny it, but my poetry is indeed good...
Now that we know that he has made great achievements in farming, his status has not been improved even a little bit.
Dou Jing rolled her eyes and made up her mind. The agricultural book proposed by Fang Jun must be completed, but...
Dou Jing suddenly looked at Fang Jun nervously and said sternly: "Sinong Temple is a poor yamen. It has no money to print books, let alone distribute them all over the world. Let's talk ugly ahead of time, Erlang, please don't take money from Sinong Temple.