In Chang'an in October, there will always be a thick morning fog in the early morning, and the ground and tree branches are covered with layers of frost.

The officials in the early years of Zhenguan were the most difficult to be, because they were a diligent emperor.

In the early dynasty, Li Shimin asked the big guy to discuss Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji and Dugumou and other people's joint excerpts, there was no war in the country this year, the south was stable, but the army could not neglect training, several generals suggested that before the autumn hunt, a grand military parade was held.

However, this so-called military parade is different from previous years, several generals suggested that it be held on Suzaku Street in front of the imperial city, and open to the whole people to watch, they mentioned in the recital that this move can boost the confidence of the people, and at the same time deter Xiaoxiao, Li Shimin saw it, he was a little moved, in history, he is a very fond of military parades.

Of course, he would not hold such a military parade in order to show the people of the world his military strength, in fact, Li Shimin decided to send troops to Shuozhou as early as when Qin Qiong presented him with cotton armor, and took down the rebel forces Liang Division, and the military parade with great fanfare is a good way to boost the morale of the people.

Everyone knows Li Shimin's thoughts, so there is almost no opposition in the court, after all, autumn hunting and training is a common practice, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty point to the period after the autumn harvest every year to train, and this year's situation in Datang is not bad, except for the small drought in Guan, there are bumper harvests all over the country, and Lingnan has also produced a new rice with a yield of ten stones and three per mu, which is the opportunity to show national strength and sweep away disobedience.

The time of the military parade was set for the eighth day of October, and there were only seven days left, and within these seven days, the government soldiers in Guanzhong had to assemble in the large camp outside the city and change into new equipment, so all the generals who led the troops, including Li Shimin, were very busy.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu in prison is rarely forgotten, and in the past few days, he has been in meetings with people in Happy Village.

"The queen promoted me to be the pastoral supervisor of the Fisheries Department, and appointed Erli Ge as the deputy superintendent of the Agricultural Division, and the pastoral supervisor of the Food Supervision Department is the eldest grandson Chun who has just returned to Chang'an, and now he is cleaning up the mess made by Lin Wenfu, but the eldest grandson went to Yangzhou, and the two million stone soybeans are going to be returned to the soybean paste workshop."

Shi Bao told Sun Xiangfu about the situation of the Animal Supervision Office.

In this era when power is the last word, although Sun Xiangfu is the largest shareholder of Yangzhou Farm, but at this time, it is also speechless, although the eldest grandson Wuji will not pit a few shareholders, but it will definitely be done to help the eldest Sun Empress erase this little account.

In fact, the news that Shi Bao said was just a loss of money for Sun Xiangfu, and he was not a retainer of the emperor, so the money that should have been shared was gone, this was a small amount, and Sun Xiangfu did not pay attention to it.

"Erli, there may not be any rain and snow this winter, will it affect the harvest in our village?"

Sun Xiangfu nodded, signaling to Shi Bao, he knew these situations, and said to Sun Er, who had just become an official and was still very uncomfortable.

"There should be no problem, these days, we should finish harvesting, broad bean particles are not very full, but one mu can also harvest more than two stones, amaranth is too old to eat, all pulled to the workshop to make feed, this is to make the feed reserves sufficient." Sun Erli replied.

"Well, since the feed reserves are sufficient, then all the chicken manure and pig manure next year will not be fed to the fish, dig deep ponds and store them, I have a lot of use, in addition, I don't know when I can go out, next year Guanzhong will definitely be a dry year, you will inform each family, don't leave any grain seeds, all plant drought-tolerant and water-retaining purslane and goldenrod, in case of a locust plague, these things eat a stubble, and they can grow out again, in addition, if it doesn't snow after winter, the fields must be shallow ploughing, and the farmers of each family should not be idle, Go to the riverside to pick up locust eggs and tell them that this is concentrated feed for the chickens. ”

The two nodded when they heard this.

Previously, because there was not much source of feed, Sun Xiangfu would choose to feed the fish with chicken manure and pig manure, but although the fish fed with manure was large, the taste was worse.

And growing food in drought years is a waste of seeds, so Sun Xiangfu simply asked everyone to plant some drought-tolerant, and tenacious vitality, crops that can retain water for the soil, these crops that may usually be regarded as weeds, at least can ensure the food source of pigs, fish, and poultry at critical times, and when necessary, although these things taste bad, they can also be used to satisfy hunger and will not poison people.

"What about courgettes and cotton? Not planting next year? ”

"It is estimated that it is also a white seed if it is planted in Guanzhong, so get more seeds and go to Luoyang Creek Village! Next year, it will mainly depend on the output over there, in addition, the farms in Yizhou can also plant a lot, after the beginning of the year, the old people who will plant in the village will be sent over, and the greenhouses will be covered, and the new vegetables that we will hybridize will be more diverse, and Chang'an here, don't leave so many people. ”

For the defense of drought, Sun Xiangfu used all the means he could think of, but it was only to minimize his own losses, you told millions of people in Guanzhong to go to other places to flee now, this is unrealistic, it still has to come what should come, even if the emperor wants to stop it, it is difficult to do it.

After talking about farming, Sun Xiangfu began to talk about the craftsman again, Wang Fu, Wang Gui, Zhang Quanmalin and the four of them brought their own achievements to Sun Xiangfu to show, Wang Fu took out a bunch of clay prints, combined these clay prints together, brushed with ink, a press, you can quickly print a page of clay prints, Sun Xiangfu called movable type printing.

This kind of printing is faster and cheaper than engraving printing, and Sun Xiangfu got it out to reduce the cost of reading for the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Gui took out several bottles and cans and a bundle of big goose feathers, and only after opening those jars did he say to Sun Xiangfu, "This blue dye is made of blue grass, this red dye can be made of madder, safflower, and Su fang, and the yellow one can be made of rosewood, gardenia, turmeric, purple with comfrey, perilla, and black with gallnut, Sumu."

What color do you want to write, use this quill pen to draw the dye juice, and the writing is done, these things are all made of plant juice, which is more difficult to decolorize than ink, especially black dye, the production cost is very low, but the amount is not large enough. ”

"Well, slowly explore, these plant dyes are not bad to dye the fabric, it will not hurt the body, find a more comprehensive production method, and hand it over to the garment workshop, it will be of great use."

Sun Xiangfu nodded and affirmed Wang Gui's work during this time, although most of the plant dyes he got have been mastered by some dyeing workshops, but if he keeps exploring, he will push the old into the new.

Of course, reducing the cost of reading is only a long-term plan of Sun Xiangfu, and what is really practical in front of him is Zhang Quan and Ma Lin's research.

"The caves in the village have already made coking coal according to the method you passed on, and we have tried to burn this thing, and the temperature is very high, and it can easily melt iron ore."

"It's a bit wasteful to take coking coal melt ore, add a small amount of carbon to the dissolved molten iron after going back, and constantly test according to different proportions to find out the proportion of steel with the highest toughness, and make steel in this ratio, make swords and armor and armor, first match the people of the escort team, and then make hundreds of sets as reserves."

Although the people present are all their own people, they will be taken down by others, and Sun Xiangfu is not Li Shimin's retainer now, so it is naturally difficult to give him a truth. It's just that let's make more as a reserve, in fact, secretly he will secretly transport a batch of armor weapons to Lingnan, where, there are still hundreds of people who are not equipped!

Of course, Sun Xiangfu is not trying to rebel with these things, he has to slowly accumulate some strength, so that his overseas trip will become more secure.