In July of the twelfth year of Zhenguan, Duke Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao of Yi Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty passed away.
When an important minister passes away, the whole court is naturally shocked.
Although Qin Qiong has basically had no sense of existence in recent years, he is still the founding father of the country. Therefore, Emperor Li Shimin personally issued a decree and posthumously presented Qin Shubao as the governor of Xuzhou and was buried with Zhaoling. In addition, he also specially asked people to build stone figures and horses in front of Qin Qiong's tomb to show his dignity.
Qin Shubao's military exploits. Even Qin Huaidao, a fourteen-year-old brat, was named Qianniu Bianshen by Li Shimin. This was a senior imperial guard officer who wielded the imperial sword "Qianniu Sword", a job that the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan once did.
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Except for a little depression, Li Yuanjia didn't feel much about Qin Shubao's death.
Qin Shubao died after drinking the home-brew liquor... Ahem, it should be said that after getting the home-brew liquor, Qin Shubao, who was still alive, died. What does this have to do with him? I have already warned Qin Huaidao
, they don’t believe, what can Li Yuanjia do?
And what surprised Li Yuanjia was that when he went to attend the funeral of Duke Yi Guo in person, not only did Qin Huaidao treat him respectfully without any expression of resentment, but even Qin Qiong's reference to Prince Han's liquor seemed to
No one mentioned it!
It's like this never happened.
"So, I'm the one who thinks too much?"
After returning to the palace, Li Yuanjia breathed out gently. He was not afraid that this matter would cause him any trouble, but he was afraid of being included in a book written by some boring person. After all, the name Qin Shubao was really famous in later generations.
It's too big...
Life has returned to calm. Li Yuanjia teaches Fang Fengzhu mathematics every day, and occasionally teaches children at Wangfu Primary School. His life is still leisurely and comfortable.
But within a few days, Li Yuanjia received good news.
"That is to say, we have harvested a lot of cotton this year??"
Looking at Sun Zhan who looked excited, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Sun Zhan nodded vigorously and said respectfully: "This year we planted twenty acres and harvested a total of 716 kilograms of cotton, with an average of 35.8 kilograms per mu! We only harvested three acres of cotton last year.
Sixty-nine kilograms, an average of only twenty-three kilograms per mu...So, if we calculate the yield per mu, this year has increased by 55.6% compared to last year!"
"Oh, not bad!"
After hearing Sun Zhan's answer, Li Yuanjia's eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded in surprise.
Compared with last year, this year can be regarded as a "bumping harvest", right?
What surprised him was not only that the cotton yield per mu had increased by more than half, but also what Sun Zhan had just said! The output data was accurate to the kilogram, and even the increase rate was accurate to the figure of 55.6%.
, this makes Li Yuanjia even happier than the increase in cotton production.
So after a pause, Li Yuanjia smiled approvingly and said: "Sun Zhan, it seems that you are not only managing cotton fields, but you have also not fallen behind in mathematics! Not bad, very good!"
"...Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Gudong swallowed, Sun Zhan quickly leaned down and thanked Li Yuanjia for the compliment.
These things are the result of countless hours of hard work that he spent. Not only are the books given by the king already much worn out by him, Sun Zhan also likes to run there when he is free.
In the papermaking workshop, I consulted my teacher Wang Pu, and over time, it has been completely transformed.
"Okay, get up."
After waving his hand for Sun Zhan to stand up, Li Yuanjia looked at the boy in front of him and felt more and more satisfied.
Among the five people at that time, Sun Zhan was definitely not the smartest. The impression left on him was that he was honest and willing to work, otherwise he would not be sent to serve those precious cotton seeds. But now it seems that this kid is indeed
The most down-to-earth and hard-working one!
So after a pause, Li Yuanjia said happily: "You must handle the harvested cotton carefully and protect all the seeds! By the way, this time, these seeds should be able to plant the hundred acres of land, right?"
After thinking for a moment, Sun Zhan nodded seriously: "Yes, Your Majesty, even if you plant them more densely, these seeds are enough!"
"Very good, plant it for me next year!"
With a big wave of his hand, Li Yuanjia felt proud!
The technology these days is really not good enough, and the germination rate and survival rate of cotton seeds are still unsatisfactory, so even if the seeds harvested from twenty acres of cotton are actually not much, it doesn't matter. Sun Zhan is here to take care of it.
Taking care of those lands, Li Yuanjia was very relieved. He was sure that sooner or later, he would be able to save enough cotton seeds to plant all over the Tang Dynasty!
By then, ordinary people will have better things to keep out the cold in winter.
Seeing the longing look on the king's face, Sun Zhan felt a little strange, but he didn't dare to speak and just stood there quietly waiting for instructions.
After a moment, Sun Peng came back to his senses and said: "Sun Zhan, after saving all the seeds, pack up the more than 700 kilograms of cotton as soon as possible and send it to the palace. I will be of great use... What will you do this year?
That’s good, I’ll ask the butler later to receive the reward of ten coins!”
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"
After hearing what the king said, Sun Zhan immediately beamed with joy and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It is actually very troublesome to deal with the picked cotton, especially since every seed is quite precious. Sun Zhan and the others can only pick out the cotton one by one by hand, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Otherwise
, Sun Zhan and others have already used some tools to remove seeds.
But being able to receive praise from Li Yuanjia, and still having a ten-guan reward to collect, Sun Zhan didn't feel it anymore no matter how hard he worked.
But before Sun Zhan could be happy for a while, Li Yuanjia suddenly asked: "What about the spinning wheel? How are you improving?"
"As far as I'm concerned, Your Majesty, I'm still working hard."
With a thump in his heart, Sun Zhan quickly put away the smile on his face and replied: "Compared with what we did last time, there hasn't been much progress lately..."
The craftsmen under Sun Zhan had already made the spinning wheel for spinning cotton at the beginning of the year. After all, it is not too difficult to spin cotton into thread after removing the seeds, and there is also a reeling wheel for reference. But see you, Your Majesty
After getting it, he said it was too cumbersome and heavy, and demanded that it be made lighter and more convenient, so Sun Zhan could only let people continue to improve it.
Li Yuanjia was not surprised by this, he just nodded and said: "Don't worry, there isn't much cotton production anyway, just take your time... Okay, that's it for today, you go down first."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After bowing respectfully, Sun Zhan quietly stepped out.
After Sun Zhan left, Li Yuanjia stood up from his chair and walked around the room while thinking with a smile: "Seven hundred kilograms of cotton should be able to do a lot of things, right? Tsk, tsk, this
Once, but you have to think carefully about how to maximize their value..."