Chapter 104: The Use of Soldiers
Even if the other party is really a liar, Li Yuanjia will not seriously pursue it.
Otherwise, with his status and power as a prince, it would be too simple to force those few people to stay. And then it only takes a few months to find out the authenticity of these rice seeds, and then decide whether to reward them or make them understand how much it costs to deceive a prince!
But from beginning to end, Li Yuanjia never thought of doing this.
This kind of person has never been less.
Don't say that Li Yuanjia is just a prince, even if the emperors are high, no one will deceive?
Don't be funny!
Not to mention anything else, there have been countless "auspicious rui" in the history of Chacha, and most of them are not used to fool the emperor and pat the emperor's ass?
It's just that if it is a reliable emperor, if you have a bad temper, you will give an order to reprimand, and if you have a good temper, you will chuckle and disagree, and then you will not be able to do it...... To put it bluntly, everyone has their own plans, but those who offer auspiciousness are rarely punished. If you get some unreliable emperors, or say that they are very happy, they will be rewarded lavishly.
Although the nature of rice seeds is different from that of Xiangrui, Li Yuanjia has no idea of chasing after it.
The reason is very simple, he needs to let people know his "tolerance and generosity", and then encourage more people to help him find rice seeds that are twice a year - look, in order to get those things, even if he is deceived King Han doesn't care, that is really sincere!
But if you make a ruthless move this time, it will be different.
Let's not talk about whether the other party is really a liar, even if it is true, if Li Yuanjia is ruthless, it will attract some bad consequences. Not to mention anything else, unless you have seen the rice that crops twice a year, who would dare to rashly come to the Han Wangfu to receive the reward?
But today's Tang Dynasty does not have the existence of Zhancheng rice.
This means that people either go to the southeast peninsula to look for it themselves, or they have "heard" about the double cropping of rice in one year and have obtained rice seeds from others that may be real...... At this time, if Li Yuanjia had a reputation for tolerance and generosity, those people would naturally dare to give it a try!
What if, what if?
So this is Li Yuanjia's consideration, it doesn't matter if you lose a little money, it doesn't matter if you have a reputation of being cheated, the key is to attract more people to donate rice seeds!
As for whether it will attract more speculators, Li Yuanjia is naturally not worried.
If you don't give money, don't you just do it?
Before confirming that the rice seeds brought were indeed double-cropped rice seeds a year, a big son was not given a reward, at most he was covered with food and lodging.
If the trial is successful, Li Yuanjia will definitely not be stingy with a large bounty, but if the trial fails...... Hehe, whether to make these people suffer a little, Li Yuanjia hasn't thought about it yet, but the cost of food and accommodation must be recovered!
Under this set of procedures, who would dare to cheat bounties with fakes?
At best, it's a waste of time and money...... Qian Li Yuanjia doesn't care, as for the time...... Anyway, it's not that he does it himself, there are people under him, what are you afraid of?
So even if Fang Fengzhu was puzzled, although Han Lucheng understood but was also unwilling, Li Yuanjia made a final decision and decided on the follow-up treatment plan.
Those people who came all the way to Chang'an to offer rice seeds soon returned to their hometowns.
As for whether the address left for Han Lucheng is true or not, and whether they can be found in the future, in fact, not many people care, even Han Lucheng, who is very unhappy in his heart, understands that even if the rice seeds are fake, it is basically impossible to send someone to find them......
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There are rice seeds left in Jiangnan, and Han Lucheng arranged for people to try planting, so naturally Li Yuanjia doesn't need to worry about it. So after this occasional surprise and disappointment, he quickly regained his energy and refocused on the three major events at the end of the year.
Because he doesn't have to go to court every day, Li Yuanjia has plenty of time, and basically goes to the valley outside the city every few days to see the progress of mirror research and development.
As it turned out, it wasn't easy.
Even if Han Cheng and the others had found the right path and knew that they could use tin and mercury to make a bright mirror, how to make the bottom of the mirror smooth and flat, and as free of speckled impurities as possible, still gave them a headache.
Almost every day, new methods are being tried.
And in this incessant attempt, whether it is Han Cheng or Han Shan, including Han Lucheng, who often follows Li Yuanjia to the valley, they all understand what the king once said - the birth of any new gadget means the consumption of a large sum of money, even if it is just to make it better!
Every day, the valley is filled with the smell of copper coins being burned.
It costs money to keep them, and the price of tin and mercury is also expensive, including the coal and charcoal that are burned every day, as well as the new tools and processes that have been spawned by all kinds of whims. It can be said that every time you test, you have to burn several times!
After a month, Han Shan can look at the account book and pull his hair!
But he can't say anything, even if he is the old housekeeper of the Han Palace, his status in the valley is transcendent, but as an old stubborn Han Shan, he is also very aware of the huge potential of the mirror, as long as he can do it well, it will be an inexhaustible gold mine in the future! So although Han Shan always felt that this was too wasteful, the current mirror could be taken out and sold, and he would never say anything against it.
Of course, the most important thing is that he knows that even if he says it, the king will not listen.
Overall, everything is going well.
Although not every experiment has good results, one thing is certain, at the end of each month, Li Yuanjia can see a report that satisfies him - in addition to the extremely detailed data records that have reached the level of future experiments, every month Han Cheng and their skills can be further improved, so that Li Yuanjia can see a better mirror!
In other words, he doesn't have to worry about things here.
What really needs to be worried should be the graduates of the Royal Primary School. Towards the end of the year, three people in succession said that they didn't want to do what they were doing now, which made Li Yuanjia happy and worried.
The joy is that these people have figured out what they are thinking, and they have the courage to say out loud what they want to do, which is undoubtedly very important. The worry is that there is not much time left, in case they still don't like the change of position, Li Yuanjia will not make an exception for them.
After all, they are just slaves.
Li Yuanjia is willing to give them a chance to show their generosity and importance to talents, but if there is a second time, it is another matter.
The dignity of the prince must also be maintained.
So with a hint of worry, Li Yuanjia nodded in agreement with their ideas, and then silently looked forward to them going to their favorite positions......
It's not easy to be a prince!
In Li Yuanjia's exclamation and all kinds of trivial matters, the thirteenth year of Zhenguan finally came to an end. And just when the weather in Chang'an City was getting colder and colder, and Li Yuanjia couldn't help but want to stay in the house with a fire kang, a message finally came from the palace that Datang officially announced the use of troops against Gaochang......