Li Kuan is going to Guanshishan Academy to give a lecture!

This news spread throughout the academies in Chang'an City in the shortest possible time.

Needless to say, Guanshishan Academy itself, even Weishui Academy, Qujiang Academy, Guozijian, Datang University of Finance and Economics, Wei's Academy, Wang's Academy, Datang Jiaotong College and other academies, there are also many colleges that have flocked to Guanshishan Academy, in order to hear what Li Kuan has to say this time.

In the past few years, Li Kuan's lecture collation has long become a must-learn book in all academies.

In particular, these new-style colleges such as Gewu College regard Li Kuan's lecture as a milestone in academic development.

After each Li Kuan's lecture, the related disciplines mentioned in the lecture often usher in a period of rapid development.

In the following year or in the following years, the winners of the Datang Royal Science and Technology Award often have research projects that are related to some of the content of the lectures.

Therefore, as long as the students have a certain academic pursuit, they are full of expectations for Li Kuan's lecture.

"Brother Eldest Sun, what do you mean by saying that Li Kuan suddenly gave such a large-scale lecture tomorrow?"

If Li Kuan wants to hold a lecture, he still holds a lecture on the main square of Guanshishan Academy, which can directly accommodate more than 20,000 audiences.

Until then, no one had ever given a lecture on the main square.

So after Zheng Hai heard the news, his first reaction was that there must be a deep meaning behind this incident.

Otherwise, Li Kuan only needs to give a lecture to the students in the lecture hall of Guanshishan Academy, why is the scale so grand?

"That Li Geng and Li Yixie have been back for several days, but there has been no special movement from the Guanshishan Academy, just that a group of strange-looking animals have been sent to the Ten Thousand Beasts Garden that has not yet opened. It stands to reason that Li Kuan has been advocating how vast the overseas world is, and it is impossible for him not to react at all to such a major event as Li Geng and Li Yixie preparing to go to the Americas.

Now I suddenly heard that he was going to give such a big lecture, and the target was obviously for the students of all the academies in Chang'an City, and even some craftsmen outside could enter the square of Guanshishan Academy to listen to the lecture as long as they were interested. My intuition tells me that there must be a connection between these two things that we don't know about. ”

The eldest grandson Chong is worthy of being the group of people who know Li Kuan best, and he guessed the purpose of Li Kuan's lecture at once.

Could it be that he also knew that going to the Americas was a dangerous journey, so he wanted people from other academies to follow them on the adventure? If that's the case, then that's exactly what we want. ”

"It's probably more than that. If it was just to achieve this purpose, there was no need for Li Kuan to be so enthusiastic and mobilized, as long as Li Geng and Li Yixie let out a little rumor, there would naturally be many academies following suit. Not to mention the rest, isn't our Weishui Academy already preparing to go to sea with them? ”

Eldest Sun Chong's words made Zheng Hai unable to refute.

"Since I can't figure it out, I don't want to, let's go to the scene tomorrow to take a look and listen to what Li Kuan has to throw out. The scale is so large, if he doesn't come up with anything by then, then Li Kuan will lose face. ”

Zheng Hai's idea is the idea of many noble children in Chang'an City.

So the next day, Guanshishan Academy became the focus of Chang'an City.

Early in the morning, many people flocked to Guanshishan Academy.

In particular, some people who have no status but hope to be able to come over to listen to Li Kuan's lecture came early, just to occupy a better position in advance.

For such a grand event, famous newspapers and periodicals such as "Datang Daily", "Chang'an Evening News" and "Qujiang Daily" naturally sent their best writers over.

Even newspapers like The Moon have arranged for personnel to come over.

It can be said that this is the most influential event since the beginning of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan.

"Brother Wen, your "Datang Daily" is the most well-informed, do you know what the topic of His Royal Highness King Chu's lecture is today?"

In the main square of Guanshishan Academy, Zhu Zhishan saw that Wen Daming had occupied a good position, ready to convert what he heard into a new report, and immediately squeezed over to greet him.

"Brother Zhu, I know as much as you do. In this lecture, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not tell everyone what he was going to say in advance, but judging from today's scale, there will definitely be some heavy news coming out. ”

Although the newspaper where Zhu Zhishan serves is his opponent, Wen Daming and Zhu Zhishan have known each other for so many years, and their personal relationship is still good, so they will not ignore others.

"Isn't it because he has any new theories to release?"

Zhu Zhishan's speculation is also what many people think.

After all, whether it is Guanshishan Academy, or other academies, the new theories of many colleges such as Gewu College and Mathematics College are all from Li Kuan's hands.

No matter which gravity experiment or pressure experiment is, it has provided a great boost to the development of lattice physics.

"I don't know if there are any new theories coming out, but His Royal Highness the King of Chu has never disappointed, and this time, I firmly believe this."

Wen Daming has a ride, and he talks to Zhu Zhishan.

Although the main square was already crowded, it was not time for the lecture to start.

Many of them arrived early.

Fortunately, Li Kuan did not play a big name, saying that he would start at 9 o'clock, and he appeared on the stage on time at 8:55 p.m., and then began today's lecture under the personal chairmanship of Xu Jingzong, vice minister of education.

"Everyone must be curious about the topic of my lecture today!"

As soon as Li Kuan spoke, the entire large square fell into silence.

I have to say that he is still very good at grasping everyone's attention.

"Many people should have noticed the globe in front of me just now, this is not the first time I have used the globe as a prop for my lectures, and there should be globes of different sizes in various colleges. Although at first, everyone was skeptical about the things on the globe, but after several years of exploration, more and more people have believed in the correctness of the information marked on the globe. ”

Li Kuan pointed to a large globe and began today's speech.

Not far from the audience, Changsun Chong and Zheng Hai were whispering.

"Brother Eldest Sun, you see, I didn't guess wrong, Li Kuan must have said something to do with the exploration of America this time."

"It's related, it's related, but it shouldn't be a simple announcement that Guanshishan Academy is ready to explore the Americas."

Changsun Chong was also a little surprised, but he didn't expect Li Kuan's theme today to seem to be very single, which made people guess at a glance.

"Whether it's simple or not, let's just keep listening."

There is a meeting on the stage, and a small meeting is held off the stage.

There are too many people here today, even if everyone is very interested in what Li Kuan said, there is no way to avoid listeners like Changsun Chong whispering there.

"The discovery of Australia is an important achievement of Datang's overseas expeditions in recent years. There are huge gold mines, vast pastures, and many unknowns waiting to be explored. It is reported that there are also very rich iron ore and coal mines, and when you shovel down, all that comes out are coal blocks that can be burned directly and iron ore that can be used to make agricultural tools. ”

Li Kuan did not immediately introduce the theme to the Americas, but first talked about Australia, which everyone seems to be familiar with, but is very unfamiliar.

As for those iron ore and coal mines, although no one has discovered them yet, Li Kuan knows that they must exist, so he uses a vague "there is news" to make people think that it is not the people from the East China Sea Fishery or Guanshishan Academy who have made new discoveries in Australia.

"I heard that near Yongping Port, there was an extra flock of sheep last year, and they grew very well. There are four seasons like spring, the pasture is abundant, and the cattle and sheep grow much faster than the grasslands of Hebei. The most important thing is that you hardly need to take care of the cattle and sheep, just enclose a pasture and you can sit and wait for the harvest.

Of course, if you are industrious enough to cultivate a fertile field and grow barley, the yield will definitely exceed your imagination. The most important thing is that in Australia, the imperial court does not levy taxes on all agricultural products. ”

Li Kuan's words aroused the interest of some children of the family.

Not everyone is like Li Geng and them, with the primary goal of making a name for themselves.

For most of the children of the family, it is actually very important to find an industry that can provide a stable income for the family.

"Big brother, no wonder I heard that after Li Yixie returned to Chang'an City, he procured all kinds of high-quality sheep in the West Market, and it turned out that he was going to transport these sheep to Australia."

Downstairs, Du He looked suddenly enlightened.

"From the globe, that Australia is very big. Even if only a part of the land is suitable for raising cattle and sheep, it can support countless cattle and sheep. Combined with the words of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, it is obvious that Australia is suitable for breeding cattle and sheep, and there should be no fake. It's just that it doesn't seem necessary to travel thousands of miles to Australia to raise sheep. ”

Du Wei frowned, listening to Li Kuan's lecture while communicating with Du He beside him.

"Big brother, if you just raise cattle and sheep to transport them back and sell them, it is definitely unnecessary, and it is even a loss-making business. But if cattle and sheep are just raised there, and then processed into wool thread, beef jerky, cowhide and other products on the spot, and then shipped back to Datang, then it will be profitable. Of course, whether this profit is so big depends on the cost of raising cattle and sheep in Australia, whether it is as low as His Royal Highness the King of Chu said. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has never broken his promise in business. Since you think this matter is profitable, then our Du family can consider arranging a fleet to go to Australia to have a look, anyway, now the route from Chang'an City to Australia is relatively mature, and the risk is not so big. ”

Du Wei didn't bother so much, for the Du family, sending a not too large fleet to try it, the price was still bearable.

"Guanshishan Academy will arrange a fleet of ships next month, mainly three new sea-going ships produced by the Dengzhou Shipbuilding Workshop of the East China Sea Fishery, passing through Puluozhong and northern Australia, all the way to the east. Among them, the flagship is the prestigious and lucky 'Devil Confusing the Crowd Yang Benman'. ”

As soon as Li Kuan's words came out, many people immediately became interested.

However, Yang Benman in the audience was depressed.

I just came with curiosity to hear what Li Kuan had today.

I didn't expect to be shot while lying down.

Sure enough, Yang Benman found that there were many eyes looming around him.

If Li Kuan had dared to "insult" him in public like this five or six years ago, Yang Benman might have rushed forward to have a live debate, and then impeached him at the court meeting.

However, now his mentality is different.

The most important thing is that "Evil Words Confuse the Crowd Yang Benman" is indeed like Li Kuan said, full of good luck.

From the very beginning of the exploration of the Wa Kingdom, the "Evil Words to Confuse the Crowd Yang Benman" has been driving in the sea.

Although the ships have been changed several times in recent years, the most advanced ships in the East China Sea fishery will always be named after the "Evil Words to Confuse the Public", and the other old ships, after the name is removed, will become an ordinary sea vessel.

At sea, seafarers are very happy to take the "Devil to Confuse the Crowd Yang Benman", and even consider the name to be a symbol of good luck.

Even some seafarers came to Yang Mansion to see Yang Benman, and they would send some overseas specialties, in order to thank or expect Yang Benman to be able to hold himself, which made Yang Benman sometimes cry and laugh.

"That Yang Benman is really shameless, Li Kuan humiliated him so much, and he didn't react at all."

Li Tai also brought Du Chuke over today to join in the fun.

After all, there are really not many such lively occasions in Chang'an City now.

"The Yang family's roasted tea workshop is firmly in the position of the third largest tea merchant in the Tang Dynasty, and the annual income to the Yang family is at least 50,000 yuan; Coupled with the fact that Yang Benman has recently made a lot of money on real estate speculation in Workshop City, how could he turn his face against Li Kuan? ”

Du Chuke said with disdain.

For him, being an official and being a bigger official is the right pursuit.

Like Yang Benman, he is obviously the imperial history, but he turned around and threw himself into the business sea, and he couldn't distinguish the key points, and Du Chuke looked down on him.

"This can be regarded as a side explanation that my second brother has earned countless amounts of money over the years. It's a pity that he has always refused to support me, and when the time comes, the room full of gold and silver treasures, I don't know who will be cheaper. ”

Li Tai looked at Li Kuan on the stage expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the last month or so, he has made a lot of moves to seal the win this year.

Judging from the current situation, the progress is quite smooth, and many ministers in the DPRK and China have expressed their support for Li Tai in a more or less explicit or implicit manner.

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, no matter who His Royal Highness the King of Chu supports, as long as that Australia really has the legendary high-yield grain, then we should support the seafarers to go to sea."

No matter who they are, they don't attach much importance to agriculture.

Du Chuke is a figure that Li Tai is preparing to serve as prime minister in the future, and he naturally has a little vision.

"This king naturally knows, let's see what he has to say later."

As soon as Li Tai's words were finished, Li Kuan on the stage motioned for someone to push out a few blackboards.

"Although Australia is rich, it is waiting for everyone to develop. But the Americas are even more desirable, with potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, all of which produce far more than rice, wheat or corn, and even the three crops of rice in the South Seas are only a fraction of what they are. ”

After Li Kuan said this, he found that everyone in the audience was staring at him.

Some smart people have already seen a little bit of fame from the blackboard behind Li Kuan.

"Australia has high-yielding crops, this king said it a few years ago, but many people think it's a fantasy. Today, before setting sail on the 'Evil Words to Confuse the Crowd Yang Benman', I will introduce to you the appearance of these three crops, so that you can find these crops in the Americas more easily. ”

America is so big, Li Kuan doesn't know if Li Geng's fleet can reach smoothly, and he doesn't know where they will settle down after they successfully arrive.

However, no matter where they will be in the Americas in the future, telling them pictures of potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes in advance will certainly greatly reduce the difficulty of searching.

Otherwise, just a sentence that there are high-yield crops in the Americas, everyone must be very confused!

It's like a person telling you that there are peerless rare plants in the primeval forest of the Shenlong Frame, do you know what this is talking about?

You can't let Li Geng be a Shennong in the Americas and taste a hundred herbs, right?

Of course, if they can meet the local natives, it is estimated that they can quickly find one or several of the high-yield crops from the food of the natives.

"The first thing you see is called corn. This is an annual herbaceous plant, which can reach one meter to four meters in height, it is said that the adaptability of this corn is very strong, much better than rice, it has strong drought tolerance, cold tolerance, barrenness tolerance and excellent environmental adaptation, you see, the leaves of this corn are flat and wide, the edge is linear-lanceolate, the base is round and ear-shaped, the leaves are basically glabrous or pubescent, the midrib of the leaf is thick, but the edge is slightly rough, and if you are not careful, you will scrape your hands. ”

Although it was difficult for Li Kuan to explain why he knew so much about corn, a plant that no one had ever seen, in order to keep Li Geng and his family from returning empty-handed after their adventure to the Americas, he still decided to share all the information he had learned with everyone.

And, in order to stimulate more people to go to sea, he also held such a lecture so that all those who are interested in going to sea can get the same information.

Although the scale of Guanshishan Academy is huge, the number of people is still too small compared to the huge demand for going to sea.

Besides, Li Kuan's establishment of Guanshishan Academy is not just to prepare for going to sea.

There are more scientific and technological inventions in Datang, and there are more technological innovations that need to be worked hard by the students of the academy.

Wouldn't it be worth the loss if everyone was sent to the Pacific Ocean to feed the fish?

"Let's take a look at the corn fruit, it's best to discern it. Corn kernels tend to be golden or white grains, like rice grains made of jade, so I named it corn. Whether it's the crew of the 'Misceasing Yang Benman' or the crew of other fleets, whoever discovers corn first will be rewarded with 10,000 silver coins!

The first fleet to bring back corn was rewarded with at least a thousand pieces of money for each crew member. At the same time, all corn seeds, the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy will purchase them at a high price, and the purchase price of the first batch of corn seeds per catty will not be lower than the same weight of silver coins! Other corn transported back by the fleet will also be purchased at a high price according to the situation. ”

The best way to get people to take risks is to give them plenty of incentives.

If people are still hesitant, your incentives are not good enough.

Li Kuan directly threw out a silver coin with a price of no less than the same weight of corn seeds, which was a real and huge incentive.

You know, since that thing is so productive, it means that as long as everyone can find it, it can be transported to Datang with a full ship.

Even if some is consumed or damaged on the road, there will be no less ones that will be transported back to Datang in the end.

Not to mention that in addition to selling corn seeds, the fleet also gets additional rewards.

All of a sudden, many students in the audience who were interested in going to sea became short of breath.

"Brother Li, this is troublesome, we have countless competitors at once."

Offstage, Li Geng smiled bitterly and glanced at Li Yixie.

"There are many competitors, and we can see the gap between everyone. I'm sure we'll be the first to bring corn back from America. Besides, the wind and waves are merciless, and the Pacific Ocean is so vast that even if we are experienced, it is difficult to guarantee that we will not encounter danger. With more fleets going to the Americas, the likelihood that people can take care of each other has greatly increased. Psychologically, at least, we know that we are not the only ones sailing in the middle of the ocean. ”

Li Yixie is very open-minded.

Fair competition, he doesn't think Guanshishan Academy will lose to anyone.

"I hope so, since His Royal Highness the King of Chu has spoken like this, then he will definitely share the proposed route to the Americas with you at that time, and even let the various supply points we build provide supplies for other fleets."

Li Geng knew that he couldn't change Li Kuan's decision, so he had no choice but to continue listening to the lecture.

"In addition to corn, the rewards for potatoes and sweet potatoes are also the same as corn. As the name suggests, potatoes are a crop whose fruit grows in the ground, and because they look like giant soybeans, they are called potatoes. It is said that this potato can be eaten not only as a grain but also as a vegetable to accompany rice, and it can be described as a multi-functional crop......

After talking about the situation of corn, when we mentioned potatoes, everyone's surprise was not so exaggerated.

However, Li Kuan's "selfless" corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes were shared with everyone, and there are really many people who are moved by their hearts.

Even Li Tai decided to support a fleet to go to sea and follow Li Geng's fleet to see if he could be the first to bring back these high-yielding crops.

Once successful, this can definitely bring Li Tai great prestige, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it will be famous through the ages.

All of a sudden, Chang'an City was surging again, and experienced sailors immediately became sought-after goods.