It's no secret that comets come about.

Li Chunfeng can see it, and some other people can see it too.

Soon, the news of the appearance of the broom star spread in Chang'an City.

However, fortunately, the internal situation of Datang is very stable now, and it has not brought much turmoil.

It's just that some people still have hidden worries in their hearts.

Li Shimin, as the emperor, naturally let the Baiqi Division pay close attention.

"Your Majesty, if His Royal Highness the King of Chu is correct, as long as an article is published in the Datang Daily, many people's worries can be solved. Otherwise, there will always be people behind the scenes, wanting to achieve some special purpose of their own. ”

Li Zhong has a deep understanding of what happened on the observatory and some rumors in Chang'an City.

So his attitude towards this matter is also relatively clear.

"Announcing the observations on the observatory and allowing some people to have the opportunity to use the observatory of Guanshishan Academy to observe the stars in person can naturally solve the comet turmoil this time, but this star image is not necessarily bad, if we say this this time, then there will be no way to come up with things related to Ziweixing and other stars in the future."

"This ...... That...... Then do you want to block the kind of statement of His Royal Highness the King of Chu? ”

Li Zhong's heart trembled, and he suddenly realized something.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the power of kings is divinely granted.

What is God?

What is the day?

What is the Son of Heaven?

No one can answer this thing.

Since there is no way to answer, often what the royal family says and what the court says is what it is.

Now His Royal Highness the King of Chu said that all stars are natural phenomena, and their appearance and disappearance have no special meaning.

Will the people feel that the royal family is no longer mysterious?

Although even in later generations, many people still believe in various gods, but this astronomical thing is still relatively sensitive after all.

Fortunately, Li Shimin is an emperor with enough self-confidence, if he changes people, he may be slandered, and Li Kuan will be unlucky.

"It's better to block than to sparse, and it's useless to block. The more you block, the easier it is for people to take advantage of you. Forget it, I want to see what kind of fame Kuan'er can make, let him toss it first. ”

……

With a report in the "Datang Daily", the popularity of the observatory of Guanshishan Academy immediately increased.

"There is no Chang'e on the moon? That...... So what's going on with Chang'e running to the moon? ”

"The moon is just a big bare ball?"

"Can an astronomical telescope on an observatory see what is on the moon?"

All kinds of questions have risen in the hearts of the people of Chang'an City.

However, there have been a lot of various "heresies" that have come out of Guanshishan Academy, and everyone's ability to accept them has become much stronger.

In such an atmosphere, the second batch of ships from Guanshishan Academy left Weishui Wharf.

"Lord Wang, this time there are several noble fleets in Chang'an City that are following behind the fleets of the academy, what if they see the gold mine at that time, what if they have bad intentions?"

Xu Jingzong and Li Kuan stood at the Weishui Wharf, looking at the farther and farther fleet, and said with a little worry.

In fact, according to Xu Jingzong's meaning, since this Australia was discovered by the students of Guanshishan Academy, there is no need to tell others that Guanshishan Academy can develop it alone.

In the vast sea, if there is no one to lead it, others may not have the courage to go to Australia.

Even if you make up your mind, you may not be able to find the location of the gold mine.

"Puluozhong is basically the only place to go to Australia, we control this new city, as long as the other fleets do not have water in their heads, they will not be able to get along with us in Australia. Besides, Australia is so big, and no one thinks it's possible to have only one gold mine, so I'm not very worried. Besides, even if they have bad intentions, can they be our opponents? ”

Australia is too far for Datang.

If you want to develop this continent, it is definitely not enough to rely on Guanshishan Academy alone.

Li Kuan's perspective was definitely different from Xu Jingzong's, so he guided the other noble fleets to follow him to Yongping Port as early as possible.

I'm not afraid that you're interested in gold mines, I'm afraid that you're not wanting.

"That's right, this time our academy sent five expedition ships in one go, recruited thousands of sailors and craftsmen, and the idle caravan is not our opponent."

"The rest of the fleets within Datang now rely on the East China Sea fishery, and there is nothing to worry about in the short term. What this king is worried about is the merchants of the big food, they are full of aggression, and their influence in the Western Ocean is getting stronger and stronger, if they know about the Australian gold mines, they will definitely take action. ”

Li Kuan had already learned about the current situation of the Great Food Empire from some Persian and Great Food merchants.

To put it mildly, Da Shi and Da Tang both rose on this planet around the same time, and each other is the most powerful existence in the nearby continent, and they are still expanding.

Before the two empires collide in full, their respective tentacles will definitely clash earlier.

Not to mention anything else, just the spices and other businesses in Nanyang, the competition between Datang merchants and big food merchants is already fierce.

"Big food? The prince seems to attach great importance to this country? ”

It is not the first time that Xu Jingzong has heard the name Da Shi.

Like many Tang people, he didn't think it was a big deal.

"Dashi is a country completely different from ours, and it will be our main enemy for hundreds of years to come. Even if we defeat them, it will be difficult to completely destroy them. ”

Li Kuan did not think of bringing the entire Middle East under the de facto rule of the Tang Dynasty.

But at some key nodes, there must be Datang's territory.

After all, there is the main industrial raw material of the future.

……

A certain grassland in the north of Shuozhou, in previous years, was the most lush time for wild grasses to reach July.

Today, however, it has been replaced by regular cotton fields.

The cotton seedlings, which are close to one person tall, have begun to bear budding buds.

From time to time, there are farmers in the fields doing farm work to get rid of weeds in the ridges.

And on the flower bud, a bee flies from time to time, inciting its thin wings, docking on the flower bud, happily picking honey.

On the official road next to the cotton field, several horse-drawn carriages were parked there, and a teenager was surrounded by several farmers, who were not sure what was busy there. ok essay network

"Wen Langjun, the honey in the hive has increased significantly faster in the past few days. According to this situation, it will not be long before we can harvest the honey again. ”

"Yes, this cotton honey is really beyond my expectations. Before the cotton is in full bloom, honey can be harvested. ”

The person who spoke was none other than Wen Guang from the Agricultural College of Guanshishan Academy, who now specializes in cultivating artificial beekeeping.

According to his previous understanding, honey is harvested from a variety of flowers.

However, after this period of observation, he found that cotton honey does not only come from open buds.

Unlike other nectars such as peach nectar, Wen Guang found that the leaves of cotton were distributed with large and small veins, which were not quite different from other leaves.

There seems to be a place where honey is secreted under the main veins of cotton, and bees can also collect honey through these veins.

In addition, there is also honey under the bracts, so you don't have to wait for the cotton to bloom, you can continue to collect nectar.

Therefore, Wen Guang concluded that the use of cotton for beekeeping, before flowering, the place under the veins of the cotton leaves will first begin to secrete honeydew, followed by the place under the bracts, and finally the honeydew secretion of the cotton itself.

This discovery means that around the cotton fields, there are at least several months to collect honey, without having to chase the continuous migration of various flowers, which greatly increases the yield of honey.

"Wen Langjun, I heard that the cotton fields planted next year will continue to expand, so that even if our bees do not move to other places to collect honey after the cotton is picked, they can harvest a lot of honey."

The people of the country are all relocated to the land, not to mention the people of the Zhenguan period.

So don't look at Wenguang for most of the past half a year, he has been pulling a few carriages and bringing several beekeepers to the continuous turnover around Shuozhou, if you can live a good life without tossing, no one will continue to migrate with Wenguang.

"Yes, but after September, the bees have no nectar source, which is not good for us to expand the scale of breeding. It would be nice if there were some other flowers that could be grafted together for a while. ”

Wenguang has found that if the bees can collect very little nectar, they need to keep enough honey in the hive for the bees to eat, otherwise there will be a large number of bees dying.

But this will lead to a decrease in honey production, which is naturally not what he wants to see.

However, this problem is obviously not something that can be solved in a moment.

……

In the cotton field of the Du family, Li Shuguo took Du Gou to walk in the field.

In order to do a good job in the cotton fields here, Du Wei was basically in Shuozhou during this time, and only returned to Chang'an once in a while.

Fortunately, now the official roads from Shuozhou to Chang'an are all cement roads, and the fast horses are galloping, and they will arrive in five or six days.

"Lang Jun, according to the predictions of the students of Guanshishan Academy, this year's cotton output will not be worse than those outside Chang'an City last year. Although the price may not be as high as last year, the profit is certain. Basically, as long as this year's cotton is sold, all the money invested by the government to reclaim the land will be returned, and it will be a simple profit from now on. ”

Li Shuguo felt that the days were getting more and more promising.

In the past few years, the Du family seems to have fallen into a dead end of development.

Although it is said that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, Li Shuguo is very worried.

Now seeing that tens of thousands of acres of cotton fields are about to usher in a bumper harvest, his mood immediately improved.

"A few days ago, the people of Chu Wangfu were selling cotton threshers, although the price was not cheap, but there were many people who bought them. Do you think we should buy a few too? ”

"Lang Jun, whether we buy it or not depends on whether we are ready to make our own cotton cloth. If it's just simple threshing, it doesn't make much sense, and the price of cotton won't be much higher. Those who bought threshers at high prices were all involved in the linen or silk or wool thread industry in the house, and they were ready to skip the Chu Wangfu directly and process cotton into cotton cloth by themselves. ”

Li Shuguo, as the chief housekeeper of the Du family, naturally knows more about what happened in the other noble families in Shuozhou.

"You mean not to buy it yet?"

Du Wei was not stupid, so he naturally heard what Li Shuguo meant.

Of all the industries of the Du family, none of them are related to "clothing", and naturally they have not accumulated too many textile talents.

In addition, the threshing machine is really expensive, simple threshing, the price of cotton does not rise much, I don't know how much cotton needs to be sold to earn back the money of the thresher.

It's a bit of a chicken rib indeed.

"Lang Jun, the Cui family, the Xiao family, the Lu family, and the eldest grandson family have all built their own workshops in Shuozhou City, preparing to process cotton into cotton cloth. Don't look at the fact that each of them grows a lot of cotton, but it is probably not enough to really meet the needs of the workshop. Therefore, they must need to buy cotton from the market, and I think that it is better to buy more land and more cotton to build a workshop, and they may not earn less than they in the end. ”

Li Shuguo knows the strength of the Du family very well.

Engaged in textiles, it is not as good as the Cui family and the Xiao family.

However, it depends on who is more attentive than planting.

"Okay, then follow what you say, and you will go to Shuozhou later, see if you can buy more land, and plant all cotton next year."

Du Goudao is not as often self-righteous as Du He.

Since doing a simple cotton farming can make no less money than other families, so why mess around?

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Scattered like nectar, condensed like cutting fat, chilled jade, marrow slippery orchid.

Hundreds of medicines must be harmonious, and Bian Que can get them and have good skills.

Since ancient times, honey has been a high-quality product and has become a tribute material all year round.

With so many nobles living in Chang'an City, the demand for honey is naturally strong.

Since honey farming in the Tang Dynasty is not very popular, more people rely on mountain people to collect wild honey and sell it to buying traders.

Although most of the honey is collected sporadically, in Chang'an City, there is only one shop in the entire West Market that sells honey, and the others dare not buy it at all.

Because this shop belongs to the Chai family.

Of course, the shopkeepers of each shop are not afraid of the Chai family, mainly because the output of honey is not very large, although the price is not cheap, but the annual profit is not enough to support the various nobles to compete.

Originally, the Chai family was also worried that the appearance of a large number of frosting sugar would lead to a decline in demand for honey.

It didn't make a difference at all.

Even the finest white sugar has no way to compare its taste to honey.

It's like sugar water, no matter how you drink it, it's not as good as honey water.

"Lang Jun, the price of our honey has increased by 20% last month, but it is selling even better. The subordinates learned about it, and the honey bread of the new language alone bought thirty percent of the honey in our shop. ”

In the honey shop of the Chai family, the shopkeeper personally explained the recent situation in the shop to Chai Lingwu.

As the second brother of the Chai family and Li Shimin's son-in-law, Chai Lingwu's life is very comfortable.

Especially at his insistence, the Chai family monopolized the honey business in the West Market, which raised his status in the family by a level.

"In that case, then it is better to continue to raise it by two percent this month. Rare is expensive, and now honey is in short supply, and it is normal for the price to be a little more expensive. ”

"The subordinates also have this intention, anyway, this honey, even if it is left for a few years, it will not spoil. Simply we store the honey we bought back this month, and limit the sale of dozens of catties of honey in the shop every day. Wait until next month and continue to raise the price before selling. ”

"No problem, just do what you say."